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Two Additional Women Join City Council RacePetitions for candidates in the , they'll be seeking one of the forthcoming Colorado Springs five at-large seats on the coun-City Council election were taken • cil on April 1. out Friday by three more per- i The three latest to enter the sons, among them two women i race are Mrs. Edna Sprague, members on the Citv Planning11523 Wood Avc., who is chairwo-Commission. j man of the planning commis-The three additional candi- sion; Mrs. Mary Kyer, 1830 date petitions brought to 15 the Grant Ave., a member of the number of candidates who have same commission, and Maurice thus far at least indicated Hanson, 2811 N. Hancock, re-Tax ReformTop Issue, Says Lammtired poultry producer and inventor.The entry of Mrs. Spragueand Mrs. Kyer into the race brings to four and probably livethe number of women who'll be seeking council seats in thiselection, probably the highest(Continued From Page One) : proportion of women candidatesthe svstem. jin city election history.He noted that he and Colora-j Mrs. Betty Krouse, the do Chief .Justice Edward E. present vice mayor, announced Pringle had discussed the prob-1 Thursday she'll seek re-election lems of the court system, but and Mrs. Gerrie Gerdcs. house-he also inuicated the two were wife, previously announced hernot in agreement. candidacy.In an address to the Colorado Also, Mrs. Neva Roa. a cundi-General Assembly Friday, Pringle suggested that a number of counties get more judgesto speed up the administration of justice.Lamm said that Pringle’s suggested package would cost more than a million dollars.date two years ago. has taken out a petition but has not signified, as yet, vvhetner she's the candidate or not.Mrs. Sprague will be running for the second time but this will be her first time as a bona fide candidate from the outset of theHe noted that this will be a campaign. Two years ago, Mrs lght budgetary year and that Sprague and her backers le thinks the state should main- launched a belated write-in ain a surplus of about $50 mil-campaign and just narrowly ion. missed getting her elected toIf inflation continues and one of the at-large council seats here is not an upturn in the which were up for filling conomy later this year, state• couple of unexpired terms.operations could well eat up iat size surplus, said Lamm.Mrs. Kver has been active m*a wide range of community affairs and was president of the local league of Women Voter-* (LWV) at a time when the league probably was at the peak of its prestige.None of the three who took out petitions Friday have made A District Court jury late Fri- formal announcements but are ay night found Amy L. Barton expected to do so shortly, uiltv of simnle robberv and ■ —• —---- —Amy BariGuilty of Simula Robin
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Colorado Springs Gazette
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sat, Feb 15, 1975
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