Candidate Filings Close In Utah November Race
Tuesday at 5 p.m the county clerk closed the books on political candidate filings for the November 3 election. Only one candidate filed per office for the primary. The four year State Senate contest features Glenn H. Cooper and incumbent Leland Sowards with Dan W. Turner and Ashel Manwaring vying for the two year State House seat. County Commissioner races include Rulon E. Shacking and Wm. 2 Karren for four years and D. Blayne Morrill with A. R. Kunto for two years. A brief bio notes Cooper is Vernal Drug Company manager and a Uintah Daggett sena torial candidate.
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Utah
Glenn H. Cooper
Leland Sowards
Ashley
Dan W.turner
Maeser
Ashel Manwaring
Naples
Rulon
ES Hacking
Karre
Cooner
Uintah
Daggett
Vernal Drug Company
Thel
Formal Opening Set Saturday For Art Gallery
The Little Gallery of Arts at 192 South and West announces a formal opening this Saturday with an 2 to 7 pm reception and a 4 pm program featuring Mayor Alvin Kay and University of Utah officials. The exhibit Vernal Collects will display Amish Basin objects loaned for the opening.
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Little Gallery of Arts
South and West
Mary E. Patterson
Patterson
Art Center
Basin girls face multiple charges in Vernal juvenile court
Four Ulitsh Basin girls aged 15 to 17 faced drunk and disorderly, assault, and battery charges in Vernal juvenile court after a Friday 11 pm attack near 2nd East and Main Street. Victims suffered nose injuries and a chipped tooth. two victims were Vernal residents, one from Lapoint, one from Gusher.
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Ulitsh Basin
Vernal
Lapoint
Gusher
2Nd East
Main Street
Dinosaur Motel
Sacar
Twn
Brigham City
Milburn Jr. Hatch
Jack Tent
R. M. Helmut
Utah Highway Patrol
Vernal Chamber to Hear NPS official at annual meeting
Lemuel A. Garrison regional director of the National Park Service in Omaha will speak at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Monday April 13 at 2 30 p m at TH Cafe The NPS region covers Dinosaur National Monument and Flaming Gorge Recreation Area The nomination committee listed ten candidates for the new chamber board including John C Beaslin David W Elias Alvin G Green Whitney D Hammond Lyman Merkley Dr T R Seager Dr Jack A Saltz Grant Southam Gary Sprouse and Dan W Turner A report from visit to American Gilson Tile Co at Bonanza noted stock dividends not declared recently A questionnaire sought cargo tonnage in and out of Vernal for a possible railroad A letter from Rep Laurence Burton said Ouray Wildlife Refuge would get 105000 The bill to rename Flaming Gorge Reservoir to O Mahoney Lake was pulled from action A letter from Sen Wallage F Bennett said Blue Mountain road funds headquarters were approved Tony Wirtz cited local resource development plans at Uintah and Ouray Agency including gilsonite phosphate sand and gravel oil and gas in quantity
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Lemuel A
Son) Garrison
National Park Service Office
Omaha
Neb
Vernal Chamber of Commercce
Garrison
Dinosaur National Monument
Flaming Gorge
Hotel Vernal
Folowing Chamber
John C. Beaslin
David W. Elias
Alvin G. Green
Whitney D. Hammond
Lyman Merkley
T. R. Seager
Jack A. Saltz
Grant Southam
Gary Sprouse
Dan W. Turner
American Gilsantle Company
Bonanza
Naw
L. Y. Siddeway
Vernal
Laurence Burton
Ouray Wildlife Refuge
Frank E. Moss
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
O'Mahoney Lake
Wallage F. Bennett
Blue Mountain
Tony) Wirtz
Uintah & Ouray Indian Agency
Gilson
Washington Man Hurt in Auto Rollover Near Jensen
A Bremerton man on emergency leave from Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard was slightly hurt when his 1980 Ford 2 door coupe overturned after a defective left front wheel caused loss of control two miles west of Jensen on U.S. 40. The vehicle was a total loss. State Trooper Honard D. Powell of Utah investigated. No injuries were issued.
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Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard
Bremerton
Wash
Jensen
U.S. 40
Donald R. Breeden
Mr. Breeden
Honard D. Powell
Utah Highway Patrol
Uintah County Reports Three New Well Locations
Uintah County reveals three new well sites from Scout oil operators in Red Wash Field. Locations include California Oil Co No 192 Red Wash Unit and Gulf Oil Corp No 30 Wensils Valley Unit. Tests note Green River formation depths and elevations. precise Section, Township, Range figures listed.
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Uintah County
Scout Oil
Pan American
Petz
Peert Broadhurst
Red Wash
Greenriver
California Oil Co
Gulf Ol Corp
Wensils’ Valley
Haws Family Visits East for Easter Blessing
Mr and Mrs Kay Haws and family from Bountiful Utah spent the Easter holiday here visiting Mr and Mrs George Johnston and Mr and Mrs Morris Haws. During the visit they had their daughter JoJeanne blessed.
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Kay Haws
Bountiful
Utah
George Johnston
Morris Haws
JoJeanne
Roosevelt May Get Museum After Fracas
Capt. 8. A. Dulany Hunter of the Hunter Foundation will meet Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce to discuss moving the proposed arts and science museum from Vernal to Roosevelt. State Sen. Gordon Harmston welcomed the idea and they reviewed four Roosevelt lots as potential sites. The move followed an 11 month dispute with the State Park Commission and opposition from Vernal residents against placing the museum near the Field House.
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A. Dulany Hunter
Hunter Foundation
Vernal
Roosevelt Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Hunter
Gordon Harmston
Harmston
State Park Commission
Rail line urged into Uintah Basin to aid phosphate industry
Senator Moss announced to The Vernal Express that Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad is considering a line into the Uintah Basin centered on phosphate deposits. Three routes were considered Craig Colorado east Weber west and Rock Springs north with Craig favored for lowest cost 125 miles about 13 million dollars. San Francisco Chemical Company chief Scotty King outlined economic viability noting a 19 million Craig route could handle 250000 tons of 31 percent phosphate and be financed by a four cent per ton cost recovery.
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Verna
Railroad
San Francisco Chemical Company
Brugh
Heber
Scotty) King
Vernal
Alaska Quake Vastly Stronger Than San Francisco Event
Vibrations linger at Um ah Basin Seismological Observatory as the main Alaska quake, located about 2000 miles from Vernal, registers 8.6 on the Richter scale at 8:42 p.m. Friday. A second tremor from the Aleutians hits Sunday at 7:24 p.m. with 7.9. If Alaska had San Francisco’s population, about 3000 lives could be at risk.
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Umah Basin
San Francisco
Vernal
Aleutian Islands
Alsup
Alaska
Lkely
Youth Council Plans Fight on Juvenile Crime
The newly formed Youth Advisory Council met to discuss combating juvenile delinquency in the Vernal area. It planned internal communications, task assignments, and recommendations to lawmakers. Rev. Richard D. Thomson was asked to help by organizing a car club, with the Jaycees potentially sponsoring. Randy Morrison of Uintah High School will talk with student leaders about suitable punishments for law violators. Gene Ray Wall will confer with Uintah Recreation Association on athletic efforts.
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Gene
Ray Wall
Uintah Recreation Assoclatlon
Teaching Career Month Proclaimed in Uintah County
Mayor Alvin Kay designates April as Teaching Career Month noting the teaching profession’s key role in shaping future citizens. The observance features a monthlong speaker series with sessions hosted by the Chamber of Commerce Utah Education Association Vernal Lions Club Jr Chamber of Commerce and other local groups through April and May with educators and officials including Glen Oldroyt Craig Kennington and Esmond Wilson among presenters.
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Alvin Kay
Clen C. Oldroyd
Alvin G. Bawden
Jay Larsen
UEZA
Wn. A. Jacobe
Uintah Education, Association
Wm. A. Jacobe
Uintah! Education Association
Chamber of Commerce
John C. Evans
Utah Education Assn
Vernal Lions Club
Glen C. Oldroyt
Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Craig Kennington
Lapoint Lions Club
Jacobe
Kievanls Club
Ashel J. Evans
Rand- Jett Tions Club
Esmond Wison
West High School
Two Suspects Apprehended After Car Theft Probe
Lt Hatch Nahs two suspects in an abandoned Chevrolet station wagon theft case near Parley's Canyon were identified as Bert Lee Johnson 18 and Arthur Roy Wilson 20 both Dayton Ohio. They were picked up with hitchhiking near Blue Mountain by Lt Watch and Jim Johnston on the Utah Colorado border and released from Salt Lake City jail after two weeks. Summit County sheriff held them on an additional car theft charge.
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Sam Hatch
Utah’ Highway Patrol
Pam
Ilbert Lee Johnson
Arthur Roy Wilson
Dayton
Ohio
Garag Parley
Watch
Jim Johnston
Colorado State Patrol
Blue Mountainty
Salt Lak City
Bureau Seeks Large Land Withdrawals For Utah Water Project
The Bureau of Reclamation and Bureau of Land Management seek withdrawal of about 850 acres from Ashley and Uinta National Forests in Duchesne and Wasatch Counties. The land would back the Strawberry aqueduct and channel of the Central Utah Project, blocking land entry and mineral leasing. Objections are due by April 25.
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Bureau of Reclamation
Central Utah
Bureau
Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Ashley National Forest
Duchesne County
Uinta National Forest
Wasatch County
U.S
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Ashes Manwaring
Glenn
H. Cooper
Senate
Mrs. J. L. Kay
Phoembi
Syw Indian Mission
Chas
Bert Angus
Glade M. Sowards
Ralph Olsen
Steff
Washington
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Malls
Uintah Basin
The
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Frank E. Mos
Vernal Express
Basin
Moss
Youth Council
Millard F. Malin
Hatch Nahs
Hatch
Summit County
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