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UTAH IS THE LAST STATE in the Union to begin talking about the economy. For Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Ted Wilson, who is arming to unseat Republication incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch, the luxury of Democratic challengers throughout the nation--attacking President Reagon's programs--was taboo for him until a month ago, when the highest state unemployment rate since before World War II (8.7 percent) was announced and the largest copper and steel manufacturers began massive layoffs...
...even now that Wilson has begun speaking out against Reagan's plan-and coincidentally closed Hatch's 15 percent to 8 percent lead over the last two weeks--he has had to walk a tightrope between attacking the president's policies and appearing to support the man himself. In Utah, says Wilson's campaign manager Micheal Graham, it's still "a candidate's death warrant" to criticize Reagan on anything but the economy...
...state where Reagan has injected himself so visibly into the Senate race, campaigning in person for Hatch twice in the last six weeks, observers say a good deal will ride on whether the Mormon population--almost 7 percent of the electorate--is fed up with the worsening economic outlook or still responding to the president's personal draw...
...REPAYING HATCH, who campaigned for him in 38 states in 1980, Reagan not only visited Utah once to support the Republican senator on his own turf, but also made what the press characterized as a panic second appearance on Friday. Conversely, Hatch has championed the conservative causes to which his constituency is receptive--a constitutional balanced-budget amendment, a ban on federally funded abortions, and an increased defense budget...
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has already collected an astounding $750,000 from 531 PACs. Over scrambled eggs at a breakfast last Tuesday in Salt Lake City, he graciously accepted