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Show sai B GARY R. BLODGETT yWper News Editor BOUNTIFUL - It was their joint appearance, and guber-jny"rial guber-jny"rial candidates Wayne Owens. f''"" krat' and Norm Bangertcr. -PUDhcan, reiterated their stands S APPPj0r 'SSUes-35 'SSUes-35 aT K'NG before the Bounti-' Bounti-' tw Chamber of Commerce, S3 pey,8ubernatorial candidates , y ea to have very little diffcr- Jiroarh beliefs " ony the fir ,t0 be Used to accomplish Pr goals. ycUhat Utah - along with seven other Rocky Mountain states - are politically independent and have politically balanced governments: gov-ernments: that is a governor of one party and a legislature of the opposing party. SPEAKING first, former Congressman Con-gressman Owens emphasized the need for a Democratic governor while the legislative body is favored fa-vored with Republicans. He noted that during his four-year term, Gov Scott Matheson vetoed about 75 major bills, and all but about a dozen were upheld. "We need that check and balance," ba-lance," said Mr. Owens. "And it is just as important that committees have representation from both parties par-ties even those the majority may be slightly in favor of one party or the other." MR. OWENS placed economic growth as the No. 1 priority of major ma-jor issues facing voters today. He said he would strive to solicit new businesses while working with local, loc-al, state and federal agencies to get aid for small existing businesses. He noted that 34,400 newjobs were opened in the state last yearand the state has the strongest tax base ever. Speaking on education, he said classrooms are overcrowded and that Utah spends less per student for education than any other state except Mississippi. He is campaigning cam-paigning for higher salaries for teachers and funds to reward excellence ex-cellence of achievement for deserving de-serving teachers. HE STRESSED need for a balanced ba-lanced budget and said he would support Gov. Matheson's stand against any radiation waste dis-pository dis-pository in Utah, Mr. Bangerter. Speaker of the House for the Utah Legislature, said his No. 1 priority is efficient management of government and a cutting of financial waste. "EDUCATION is also very important im-portant to Utahns at this time because be-cause we don't want to be just average." av-erage." he said. He agreed that less money per student is spent on students stu-dents in Utah schools because of the great number of students. "Actually, he said, "we spend a greater percentage of what we earn on education than do most other states." He said he would seek a re-evaluation re-evaluation of the state's education system that would include ( 1 ) year- around schooling: (2) reduction of "fancy items" in our schools; (3) an intensified technical training program for highly skilled professions; profes-sions; (4) increased vocational studies stu-dies in high schools: and increased salaries for non-teaching as well as teaching personnel in the educational educa-tional system. HE ALSO stressed economical development in the state "because that forms the tax base which fuels all other projects." He said he would help to support existing businesses while seeking new industry. in-dustry. - - ' J |