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Show i Republicans l7o oExe Control hi Wtiah CoSy 1 r- An era of solid Democratic con- 1 trol over Utah County political of- ' 1 fices -extending over the II year ' life of the New Deal will ol'l'ic-hilly ol'l'ic-hilly come to an end Monday in the city and county 1 j 1 1 i ! r i t : ; . . On that day, er;HI. republicans will lake the oat h of office w Inch begins Iheir new Icrms, wctnr.s in the November la nd slide I hat on si ed all but Ihreo Democrats from county ol fices. County Commission chairman, It. .1. Murdock said tentative inauguration in-auguration plans call Tor the new officers to be sworn in by a member mem-ber of their own party, District Judge Joseph E. Nelson, who is a Republican. District Judge W. Stanley Dunford, a Democrat, will probably administer the oath, Chairman Murdock said, to Sheriff Theron S. Hall and County Attorney Attor-ney Arnold Roylance, only Democrats Demo-crats to survive the election. The eight new members who a-chieved a-chieved the Republican victory include in-clude Reed J. Knud.sen, Provo, and George A. Cheever, Payson, comm-issioners; comm-issioners; Verl Dixon, Provo, clerk; J. Austin Cope, Jr., Spanish Fork, assessor; Karl II. Bennett, : American Fork, auditor; Mildred '"- Evans Ream, Spanish Fork, recorder; re-corder; Maurice Bird, .Springville, treasurer; Hugo Trice, Provo, surveyor. sur-veyor. Although Commissioner Sylvan I Clark of Lehi, a Democrat, re-I re-I tains his present office for an- other two years, the chairmanship : of the commission, top governing govern-ing unit in the county, is expected to swing to Republican control. This will be in line with established political practice, which gives the chairmanship to the party in the majority if both parties arc represented repres-ented on the commission. Provo Herald ' 1 . |