Teens Held After Preston Night of Threats and Firearm Shows
Four Logan youths under 18 were taken into custody after a Friday night chase in Preston. They faced charges of attempted assault with a deadly weapon for challenging locals to fights, displaying a 22 pistol and possessing weapons. Sentences ranged from jail time to suspended terms, with one paroled to the Utah State Industrial School.
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Logan
Preston
Main Street
Gray
Brockman
Ben Swann
Utah State Industrial School
Hoover Dam Reaches 25th Year of Service Milestone
Hoover Dam marks its 25th anniversary this year as construction lumbers toward completion on the last and largest generator. Since dedication in 1938, the dam has become a major Southwest power, irrigation, and tourism source with Lake Mead forming the largest artificial water body in the region.
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Hoover Dam
Southwest
American Southwest
Boulder Dam
Hoover
National Geographic Society
American Society of Civil Engineers
Nevada
Lake Mead
Colorado River
War Department
Colorado River Commission
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Boulder Canyon
Secretary of the Interior
United States
50th Anniversary Noted for Emory Belnaps in Preston
Mr and Mrs Emory Belnap celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a family gathering at the Elwell home. Married in 1910 in the Logan LDS temple the couple has long resided in Preston where he started the first dairy and helped organize the first Preston rodeo. Mrs Belnap led the second ward Relief society and ran Preston’s first music and penny candy store. They are parents to seven children with four living Robrea Elwell Dan Belnap Parley Belnap and Eva Munoz among 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Emory Belna
Don Elwell
Logan
Freston
Labor Law Changes Debated by House and Senate
The U S Chamber of Commerce reports progress on a bill to repeal major protections from last year’s labor reform act. The measure would allow secondary boycotts and picketing at construction sites and facilities, potentially harming defense programs and government projects nationwide.
Three Franklin Students Nominated for Wilson Fellowship
Three juniors at Utah State University are named as candidates for the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Douglas Palmer Steven Johnson and Neil Wold, all majoring in humanities science journalism physics and mathematics, were recommended by USU department chairs. The foundation offers 1500 stipends for senior students pursuing graduate work in humanities and sciences.
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Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation
Franklin County
Utah State University
Douglas Palmer
Dave Palmer
Preston
Steven Johnson
Ben Johnson
Neil Wold
Darrel Wold
Riverdale
USU
Coree
Falmer
Johnson
Wold
Utah State
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Judd Harmon
USA Department of History and Political Science
Picket by AFL CIO Plumbers Union Sparks National Action
A picket from the AFL CIO Plumbers Union drove off as fellow AFL CIO members worked, triggering a work stoppage. The National Labor Relations Board intervened to ban the secondary boycott under present law, while noting many similar blackmail picketing incidents occur annually in construction. The piece warns that if the picketing bill becomes law, nothing would be safe including homes schools factories or the U S defense program.
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Afl-Cio
National Labor Relations Board
National Chamber
U. S. Defense Program
Norman Dee Taylor Graduates With High Honors
Norman Dee Taylor of Preston will graduate from Stevens Henager College with high honors after completing a general business course. I W Stevens, the college president, notes his average exceeds 3.75. Commencement is Friday at Kingsbury Hall on the University of Utah campus with Oscar W McConkie Jr. as speaker. Stevens Henager, founded in 1907, is an accredited junior college of business.
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Norman Dee Taylor
Ervon Taylor
Preston
Stevens Henager College
I W Stevens
Kingsbury Hall
University of Utah
Oscar W McConkie Jr
Utah
Taylor
Ogden School
Stevens Henager
4 H Members Head to Bear Lake Camp Next Week
About 200 4 H club members and leaders will depart Monday for the 15th annual 4 H camp at Camp Hunt Bear Lake June 27 28 and 29. Quinten Crockett Jr will represent the Preston club at the state meet in Blackfoot June 26.
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Bear Lake
Roadae O
Utah Power and Light Co
Quinten Crockett
Billy Dean Palmer
Anna Lee Fisher
Miss Fisher
Merlin Austin
Road-C-O
Blackfoot
Young Crockett
Preston Club
Dell Smith
Franklin County
Camp Hunt
Lucretia Maughan
4-H
Owen Gibson
Ellen Roberts
Ann Maughan
Keith Gamble
JoAnn Winward
Teryl Gibson
Loyal White
Ellen Gibson
Lorna Larson
Gaylord Larson
Mady Bergquist
Lee Bergquist
Albert Moser
Special Committee Appointed On East Side School Problems
A citizens committee of lay members was appointed by East Side School District 201 to study local educational problems and advise the board. Temporary chair J Leo Palmer and temporary secretary Grace Gamble will lead until permanent organization is set. The panel will work independently to assess capital outlay needs including building upgrades equipment and grounds.
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Eastside School District
Citizens’ Committee
W.S. Geddes
Delmer L. Olsen
Marlow C. Woodward
Vaughn J. Larsen
J. Leo Palmer
Marian Ballif
Grace C. Gamble
Richard Harmon
Edgley
Taxes Delinquent Pay Now to Save in Franklin County
Aphrodel Mitchell county treasurer and tax collector warned Franklin County taxpayers that the deadline for the second half of 1959 taxes is June 20. After June 20, taxes become delinquent and interest will start from January.
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Aphrodel Mitchell
Franklin County
Preston Fire Department Battles Hay Fire on Local Farm
The Preston fire department was called to Ross Moser’s farm Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a hay fire under a wagon. Moser scattered the hay and only four or five bales were burned.
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Preston
Ross Moser
Moser
Thompson Receives Army Commission As Second Lieutenant
Army ROTC cadet Dennis L Thompson of Mesa Arizona receives commission as second lieutenant in the United States Army Reserve. He completed four years of ROTC at Arizona State University Tempe where he earned political science studies and participated in Phi Eta Sigma Young Republicans and student government. Thompson graduated from West Side High School and completed summer camp at Fort Lewis Washington in 1959 with basic army intelligence course planned for November 1960.
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Gillmore
15Th Corps
United States Army Reserve
West Side High School
USA
USU
Phi Eta Sigma
Young Republicans
Fort Lewis
Wash
Local Tire Dealer Warns of Holiday Driving Dangers
Luther A. Boyd of OK Tire Shop warns that one third of the 30 million cars on the three day Fourth of July weekend may fail safety checks. He urges pre trip checks from lubrication and battery to tire tread, inflation, caps on valve stems, spare tire, extra fuses and ignition keys, plus a first aid kit and fire extinguisher.
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Luther A. Boyd
OK. Tire Shop
Boyd
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Alabama
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Texas City
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Alaska
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Franklin Pareer Park
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Wilson
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Mount Rainier
National Geographic Magazine
Quinten Crockett Jr
Jaycees
BIG Tire
Smitty’s
Idaho
T. Smith Allen
Allen
Smitty's Tire Shop
South State
Dennis L. Thompson
Dennis L Thompson
Weston
Mesa, Ariz
Ivan H. Thompson
Arizonas State University
Tempe
Julie Hammond
Lois Sorensen
Roller Rine
Thedford
Ted” Roper
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