| Show I Gordon E. Harmston Will file for Senate Gordon E. State Senator from Duchesne and Wasatch Counties and Roosevelt cafe an motel announced Tuesday that he will file for the Fifth Senatorial district he filled in the 1963 Legislature as an THE INCUMBENT state senator is currently serving as Democratic committee chairman for Duchesne County and was appointed early in December 1962 by Governor Clyde to replace Bennie who resigned to become Orem City Harmston is a native of Roosevelt and comes from pioneer his parents being among the early settlers of the Roosevelt As a freshman senator in the session Harmston was rated very highly by his associates in both He held membership on three important and Fish He assisted in sponsoring legislation dealing with fish and game the In-Lieu of tax payments the Fish Game Department pays to counties on private land purchased by eradication of and and act that would protect power companies from having their customers taken by the larger See G. page 10 y SENATE CANDIDATE Incumbent State Senator Gordon E. Harmston has announced his candidacy for the Fifth Senatorial seat on the Democratic G. Harmston P WHEN ASKED what he considered the most important legislation that probably will come before the next session of the Legislature in Harmston had this to say feel that Utah must come up with an educational finance formula that will be acceptable to all people of our state and one which will not have to become a strong issue each but which will be more or less usable each legislative We must find a way to finance education without placing the total burden on property A political science and economics major from Colorado Harmston at- tended schools in Roosevelt and at Wasatch Academy in Pleasant He has been active in community having served as a member of the Duchesne County Board of president of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Lions HIS assists him in managing their business They are the parents of six two of which are currently attending the University of The incumbent senator will file with the Secretary of State during the next few and is expected to be the only Democrat to file from either Duchesne or Wasatch |
