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Utahns rejected nuclear weapons in the '80s. Local advocates want to do it again.
Amid the tumult—in the quiet reaches of the South Salt Lake City Council chambers—local citizens and elected officials deliberated on matters of peace and nuclear disarmament.
The rain bore down upon the Salt Lake Valley on the evening of Aug. 23, with occasional strikes of lightning to accentuate the periwinkle blue of the clouds above. Amid the tumult—in the quiet reaches of the South Salt Lake City Council chambers—local citizens and elected officials deliberated on matters of peace and nuclear disarmament.
In an enthusiastic, unanimous vote, council members joined South Salt Lake Mayor Cherie Wood in endorsing the United Nations' Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (2017) as well as recommending the steps advanced by the U.S.
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