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Show Two Opposing Candidates Lauded by Supporters in House Race Washington Man Urges Voters Support Stephens The following letter was received re-ceived by Ed Stephen s, candidate cand-idate for re-election to the House of Representatives, from Representative Sidney J. Atkin, of Washington County: October 17, 1972 St. George, Utah Editor: I am writing to urge the voters of your area to re-elect Ed Stephens to the House of Representatives. It was my privilege, as a legislator, to work with Ed during the past session of the Legislature and I was very impressed with him. Because of my respect and appreciation for the strong rural image Glen Thurston had been, I was especially pleased when Ed Stephens, as his replacement, re-placement, brought the same strength and dedication. Recent Supreme Court decisions de-cisions have nearly eliminated rural representation in the legislature leg-islature and there seems to be little we can do to change it, but I want you to know that Representative Rep-resentative Stephens' influence had a great deal to do with the recent reapportionment in Utah. Because legislators recognized recog-nized the value of men like Ed in the Legislature, they voted to increase the number of members mem-bers in the House so the rural counties would still have a voice. Now it's up to these areas to take advantage of this and make their voice as strong as possible. The best way to do it is to find a good man like Ed Stephens and keep sending him back, because with each term comes experience, seniority and effectiveness. Sincerely, Rep. Sidney J. Atkin Washington County Morgan Lady Says Rita Stoddard Deserves Support Morgan, Utah Oct. 20, 1972 Publisher: Morgan County News Summit Bee Park Record Dear Mac: After reading the article written by State Representative Edison J. Stephens and published publish-ed in the October 6 issue of the Morgan County News, the Summit Bee, and the Park Record, Rec-ord, my mind recalled that anxious day last February when our State Legislature voted on the House Bill 6 (the Reapportionment Re-apportionment Bill). Many of our local citizens traveled to Salt Lake City to the LegislativeSession, several wrote letters, and many made long distance telephone calls to legislative members, to try to have them give more consideration considera-tion to the apportionment boundaries bound-aries being made for District 66. All this effort failed, and the Bill was passed with 47 ayes, 19 nays and 3 absent. Our only Representative, Mr. Stephens voted "aye", as shown in the House Journal of Feb. 2, 1972, page 14. Now, Mr. Stephens opposition for a seat in the Legislature is Mrs. Rita Stoddard, from a part of that district for which he voted. Regardless of the section of the district from which she comes, she has shown that her interests are for the entire District. Dis-trict. Mrs. Stoddard has made herself her-self acquainted in a house to house, business to business canvas of most of District 66. She plans to complete this ambitious am-bitious endeavor before election day. Her purpose has been to acquaint ac-quaint herself with the problems, prob-lems, needs, and desires of the people in each area of the vast and varied district. She has served as a secretary to the State Legislature, and has been employed in law offices for the past twenty years. She was born and raised in a rural community. She had no voice in the Re-Apportionment Bill, but is acquainted with legislature procedures, understands the needs of both urban and rural communities, and has a great desire to be of service to all the people of our District. Sincerely, Laura T. Larsen Morgan County |