Word: rampton
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...name, but a man of little political experience. New Mexico's David Cargo, 39, barely squeaked past Democrat Fabian Chavez in a down-to-the-wire race. On the other hand, such Democrats as Missouri's Warren Hearnes, 45, North Dakota's William L. Guy, 49, Utah's Calvin Rampton, 54, and Kansas' Robert Docking, 43, all won re-election handily...
Nixon won in Utah to add 4 electoral votes to his total. The percentages were about 54 for Nixon, 35 for Humphrey, and 11 for George Wallace. Gov. Rampton won and Republican Wallace Bennet defeated Milton Weilemann to regain his Senate seat...
...August convention, but every day brings word of new defections. Of the nation's 24 Democratic Governors, no fewer than ten have failed to commit themselves to the President. Even the loyalists are finding themselves with shrinking armies to command. In Utah, pro-Johnson Governor Calvin Rampton declared after learning that six of his eight top nonsalaried advisers prefer New York Senator Robert Kennedy: "I may have a tough time holding the delegation for Johnson." In Iowa, where Democratic precinct caucuses last week showed that Senator McCarthy might pick up as many as 21 of the state...
Spreading Impact. In Utah, where Governor Calvin L. Rampton has twice intervened in the deadlocked negotiations between Kennecott Copper Corp., the nation's No. 1 producer, and the United Steelworkers union, the impact of the strike is spreading. Some equipment and chemical firms have laid off help, and state welfare officials are paying an estimated $4,000 a day to idled workers, including some strikers. Sales have fallen among railroads and truckers, and banks report a substantial drop in the clearings and debits that reflect the pace of the state's economy...
...Shafer last week asked the governors of eight other steel-producing states to join him in negotiating an end to the walkout. And in Utah, where the economy is off by $30 million so far because of a twelve-week strike against the Kennecott Copper Co., Governor Calvin L. Rampton summoned labor, management and TV cameramen to the state capitol for a well-publicized effort to get negotiations moving again...