The Herald-Journal from Logan, Utah • 3

um Utah Friday Aogustn 1171 ft HiraU Jownd-J To Quit Race Obituaries By Peter GtHias SALT LAKE CITY (UP1) -A committee of key Utah Democratic officials wants to dump Congressman Allan Howe from the party's ticket this tail fearing that his conviction on a sex soliciting charge will hurt other The six-member Utah Democratic Executive Committee the managing board of the state party' voted Thursday night to ask Howe to drop out of the race and allow the party to appoint another candidate to run for his Second District seat The committee met Jack Anderson Interviews Howe Saturday to discuss further action regarding Howe Several county Democratic oragnizations have passed resolutions calling fa Howe's ouster The executive committee held its meeting st the airport because two of its members were leaving town to attend a convention Howe also left the city after the meeting returning to Washinton DC where he was scheduled to appear on two network television programs But his press secretary Mike Whitney said the committee vote not totally will be a serious consideration in his decision" Whitney said After his conviction Howe asked voters in his district to let him know whether he should remain in the race a plea which drew ova 800 phone calls to his office Thursday Staff workers said they received 407 calls in fava of his running fa reelection and 402 urging him to withdraw plan to make my decision by Just counting the number of said Howe Just part of the process But I think the telephone response has been Howe had at least one staunch supporter his wife Marlene who said in an interview die thinks her husband is innocent and will stand by him certainly think Ervin Peterson She complained that prejudicial publicity prevented ha husband from getting a fair trial and accused the police decoys of telling falsehoods further assasinate my Police disclosed Thursday that a month ago both the decoys on whose testimony Howe was convicted took lie dectector tests at their own request and according to vice squad captain police Wilford Stoler them with flying colors" County Board Of Adjustment Approves Two Requests The Cache County Board of Adjustment unanimously pasted both agenda items at its regular meeting Thursday at 2 pm in the Cache County Courthouse With three members present Russell Kearl Keith Meikle and Sam Holt the board granted approval to A tawrence Larsen to construct a 12 12 addition to his mountain cabin in the Birch Glen area in Logan Canyon and to Jack Ryan for an addition to his nonconforming home located in a C-l (commercial) zone at 720 South Main Logan Adjoining property owners for both requests appeared at the meetings to voice their approval fa the construction Ehrera Muse CMdbraadseu Maud Rich Geary WASHINGTON (UPI) -Congressman Allan Howe appeared with columnist Jack Anderson on ABC AM America program today 2 Decoys Passed Lie Tests Maud Geary Goldbrandsen Peterson privately for an hour with the freshman congressman at the Salt take International Airport a meeting Howe described as a But after he left five members of the group voted to ask him to quit the race because of his conviction Tuesday on a charge of solicting sex from two decoy police officers posing as prostitutes The other member abstained (Me of those voting to ask Howe to not seek re-election was Utah Democratic National Committeeman Daryl McCarty who has expressed an interest in becoming the replacement candidate very clear what he has to said McCarty whan Howe defeated in a 1974 primary election can't Utah State Treasurer David Duncan also voted against Howe calling him he stays in the race he will hurt the whole said Duncan a candidate fa Utah lieutenant governor told him we would withhold our Judgement until after his court trial We did Now got to drop However the party leaders have no power to face Howe out of the race He was the only candidate to formally register as a Democratic contender for the congressional seat and can be replaced only if he resigns Howe has promised a decision by Sept 3 McCarty Duncan Party Secretary Beverly White and National Committeewoman Elizabeth Vance called for a resolution asking the congressman to quit the race State Party Chairman Justin Stewart who has been a strong supporter of Howe went along But Party Vice-chairperson Marion Peterson abstained saying die wanted to wait until Sept 3 to give Howe a chance to make his decision The executive group also scheduled a meeting of the 265-member State Democratic Cental Committee for Sept a and charged again that his two Utah convictions on morals charges woe unfair The freshman Democrat said that he and Ms attorneys were still investigating the possibility of appealing of his convictions in Salt Lake City Court and on appeal in Third District Court But he said as for the Jury trials are through witt that As in his trials Howe still maintained that he "get a fair trial in Utah because of the pre-trial publishing of false information by the news media and because the police released information to the press" He also brought up his contention that he had been for the arrest last June by two special women police officers posing as prostitutes Howe said are still trying to find that out We put all the pieces together yet But I feel that someone may have been trying to get me out of He said the incident when he met the two women decoys had all the of feel the great print here is my personal honor and integrity I am asking the people of my district to tell me what to do The people out there are not really that unfair I think they would Judge this tiring that unfairly'' THATCHER Ervin Christian Peterson 73 died at his home Tuesday following a heart attack He was bom Feb 24 1903 in Thatcher to Peter Carl Christian and Patria Matilda Peterson Peterson He was reared and educated in Thatcher He married Ella Jensen Aug 1 1928 in the Logan LDS Temple He was a retired fanner At the time of his death he was a High Priest in the Thatcher-Penrose Ward Surviving are his wife of Thatcher three sons and four daughters Orval Peterson Tremonton Ronald Peterson Snowville Larry Kay Peterson Hyrum Mrs Philip (Bonnie Rae) Wright Bountiful Mrs Kent (Karen) Palmer Preston Mrs Marion (June) Lish Garland and Mrs Michael (Sharrie Mae) Hewitt Billings Mont 22 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 pm at the Thatcher-Penrose Ward Friends may call at Rogers Mortuary in Tremonton tonight from 7 to 9 and Saturday from 10:45 am to 12:15 pm Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery in Bothwell she said have a beautiful love and trust fa each other closer than Mrs Howe said she had been urging ha husband to in and fight" but I don't know you like to be a Congressman but is it worth the struggle" SALT LAKE CITY-Elvera Helena Muse Goldbrandsen 82 whose home has been at 297 East Center Logan died Wednesday in Salt lake City She was bom June 28 1894 in Ogden a daughter of Ludwig and Augusta Anderson Ernstrom She married Joseph Muse July 14 1919 in Salt Lake City He died in January 1927 She then married William Goldbrandsen July 25 1935 He died in 1965 Surviving are a son James Muse Chicago 111 stepchildren Harold Goldbrandsen Victorville Calif Mrs Darrell (Phyllis) Farrell Mrs Anthony (LaRue) Maldonado both of Phoenix Arix 13 grandchildren a sister Mrs Ruth Egbert Phoenix brothers Willard Ernstrom Orem George Ernstrom Fullerton Calif Henry Ernstrom Gloversville NY James Ernstrom Alton NY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 pjn in the Larkin Mortuary 280 East South Temple Salt Lake City where friends may call tonight from 6 to 8 and Saturday prior to services Burial will be in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park CARD OF THANKS The family of Frank James would like to express their deepest gratitude and thanks to all friends and neighbors who Joined with us in our time of sorrow at the loss of our husband and father Pearl James and Family Mrs Maud Rich Geary 78 of 97 Marindale Ave died Thursday in an Ogden hospital following a short illness She was bom Oct 1 1897 in Richvllle to William and Flora Kate Rawle Rich She married Ivan Geary Feb 19 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple He died July 15 1948 Mrs Geary was an active member of the LDS Church having served in the Primary and MIA A member of the Relief Society she was an active temple worker from 1949-69 Survivors include a son DeVar Geary of Ogden grandchildren Steven Bodntiful David Ogden Bradley A serving an LDS mission in Japan and two great-granddaughters Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1 pm in the Hall Mortuary Chapel where friends may call tonight from 7 to 9 and Saturday one hour prior to service Burial will be in Smithfield Cemetery Robert Quinn Graveside services for Robert Nelson Quinn 62 will be conducted Saturday at 11 am in Logan City Cemetery Friends may call at Cranney Mortuary 400 East 1800 North Saturday from 10 am until time oLburiaL A former Cache resident Mr Quinn had lived most recently in Sepulveda Calif 762-6432 Stt03I303SS Howe repeated his earlier statement that whole thing has been Mown out of proportion" Discounts on Cdcutators 60AST TO COAST STORES Clfti I OOP GRAND OPENING SPECIAL We wish to flunk all who have extended extraordinary kindness and service during the time of Mr JN Ream Sr funeral Aug 12 The Ream Family tofallhand na rjet SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -Police disclosed Thursday that the two decoy prostitutes whose testimony convicted Congressman Allan Howe took lie detector tests and results corrobrated their version of the incidents leading to Ms arrest Capt Wilford Stoler chief of the vice squad said two women took the polygraph test their He said the test was administered July 9 by Dr David Raskin a psychologist and polygraph expert at the University of Utah Dean Mitchell defense attorney and campaign manager said asking the freshman Democrat to take a similar test would be if we get a clamor for it sure I suggest that he Mitchell said the defense knew of the polygraph tests but had not been asked by the prosecution to allow introduction of the results at either of 1 trials "I hold out any credibility for lie detector Mitchell said know how unreliable those things Stoler said he did not know the exact questions Margaret Hamblin and Kathleen Taylor were asked during the tests But he said questioning was statements that they were making on their reports whether those statements were true and correct statements as to what had taken place down in the red-light district where the two arrested Howe June 12 what we were told they were right on the button All he (Raskin) did was confirm what I already knew that thp girls were telling the truth about it only whether somebody takes stock in the polygraph the next question Some people do and some people Raskin said he tested the two decoys on the basic elements of their charge against Howe that he propositioned them were both he said two individual tests on the same issue the probability of error is no more than one per Howe maintained his innocence through two trials both of which resulted in guilty verdicts on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting sex for hire He testified at the second trial an appeal trial in Third District Court this week that he had had Just a friendly chat witt the two decoys They swore he offered them 820 for oral sex and VERY LIMITED SPECIAL BUYS ON Nation's Weather NAIIONM WIAIIKI II MCI KMICAH to 7AM 111 I- unwA-mtiMocAMV The Saturn Forecast Model WT5576NW By United Press btenattaul A few showers dampened widely scattered portions of the drought-parched northern midlands today but forest fires raged unchecked in Minnesota and Michigan and crops in wide areas lay withered by heat Paul Sindt Nebraska director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service estimated that farm losses because of the drought have increased 19 to 20 per cent in two weeks Nebraska Gov JJ Exon called a meeting with otter state and 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