Show SENATOR RESIGNS Senator Bennio resigned his seat in this Utah law-making effective He represented Duchesne and Wasatch Counties the past two Bennie resigns seat in senate When the Thirty-Fifth Utah Legislature convenes in January the Fifth Senatorial District which is made up of Duchesne and Wasatch will have a new state This fact became evident Monday when Senator Bennie announced he would submit his resignation to become effective 15 to Governor George D. SENATOR was elected two years ago on the Democratic ticket for a term and served during the 1961 He had two more years to but when he accepted the position of Orem City manager last July and eventually moved his family to that he announced he would resign the post following the general The senate seat held by became the object of some early summer controversy when political leaders of the opposite party insisted he resign so the post could be voted on at the November 6 the attorney general pf Utah ruled he did not have to resign until he so The further indicated there was nothing in the law that would prohibit the senator from even though he had moved from his CLYDE was contacted Tuesday by the Standard in an attempt to determine when he would appoint a successor to Senator He stated he had not yet received the letter of but had been advised by telephone by that his letter would See page 10 f continued pare 1 be in his hands Wednesday to become effective on The appointment will be made some time next The Utah statutes provide that the governor must appoint a successor to a senate or representative seat from the same political party as the previous legislator was affiliated This means that a Democrat will be appointed by Governor Clyde next DESIRE TO fill the vacancy as soon as possible to allow successor much time as possible to prepare himself for the forthcoming Clyde told the Standard Prominently mentioned as a possible appointee is Gordon current chairman of the Duchesne County Democratic Central along with Ray Brown and R. V. was approved by the central committee several weeks ago for the appointment and the names were submitted to the governor THE RETIRING state senator was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1958 and served during the 1959 In 1960 he filed for the senate and defeated John A. Anderson of Heber for the |