>From an AP report, published by the Salt Lake Tribune, date unknown.

"Candidates Do About-Face on Anti-Gay Measure"

IDAHO FALLS -- A majority of the eight candidates for an  Idaho Falls
City Council seat said they erred in initially announcing their
support for the Idaho Citizens Alliance anti-gay initiative.

Seven of the candidates for the seat of outgoing council member Joseph
Groberg said during an October forum they would support the measure
proposed for Idaho's November 1994 ballot.

That prompted Don Allen, a special-education aide who opposes the
initiative, to launch a write-in campaign  and become the eighth
candidate.

Within hours of Allen's announcement, retired auto-parts- store owner
Ken Radford said he had erred by not studying the initiative.  Radford
labeled the measure a threat to civil rights, a headache for libraries
and a potential legal nightmare forthe state should it require a
defense in court.

On October 21, Richard Shepherd, a senior chemistry technician for
Westinghouse Electric Corp., became the second candidate to change his
mind.

"It is quite discriminatory," Shepherd said.  "I really hadn't done my
homework."

The next day, candidates Don Whitaker and Beverly Branson jumped ship.

Whitaker, a jeweler, signed a petition to place the anti-gay
initiative on the ballot.  However, he had not read the measure and
relied on the Idaho Citizens Alliance for an explanation of  what it
would do.

Branson, the mayor's secretary, called the initiative "very
misleading," and said candidates were not well informed when they
spoke at the forum.

Automobile salesman Marlin Baer also admitted his initial support for
the measure was based on secondhand information. He tried to step away
from the issue without jumping into the anti-initiative camp.

Health-club owner Val Carpenter criticized the initiative as "poor
legislation," but said he would not retract his previous statement.

Only Army Corps of Engineers regulatory-project manager Ray Kagel
retained his support for the measure.  He accused his fellow
candidates of "backpedaling."