Western senators oppose plan to move BLM and Forest Service
President Eisenhower received a letter signed by 53 senators and congressmen from western states opposing government reorganization that would transfer BLM activities from the Interior Department or Forest Service from Agriculture. The letter, drafted by Sen. Pat McCarran, argues the move is administratively irrelevant and would create complications, denying any economy gains.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bureau of Lend _ Management
Interior Department
Forest Service
Department of Agriculture
Utah
William A. Dawson
Douglas R. String
Idaho
Nevada
Wyoming
Pat McCar
Eisenhower
Organ Recital Tonight by Will Give Vernal Show
Salt Lake organist Seldon N Heaps of the Hammond Organ Division will perform at Kingsbury Congregational Church tonight at 8. Heaps is famed for his musical artistry and will play audience chosen selections.
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Seldon N. Heaps
Salt Lake
Kingsbury
Pear
Heaps
Hammond Organ Division
Glen Bros. Music Company
Salt Lake City
Pioneer Welder Joseph Collier Keeps Iron Craft Alive
Joseph Collier, born January 24, 1883 in Provo, Utah, is described as a pioneer blacksmith and welder who still toils long hours in his shop at age 70 plus. He notes modern inventions ease his work, such as electric blowers and power hammers, while recalling early life moving his family from Provo to Uintah County in 1890. The piece highlights his enduring craft, memories of family migration, and the hardy pioneer spirit that shaped his career.
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Joseph
Collier
Provo
Joseph Collier
Utah
Joab
Theodocia Keeler Collier
Uintah Couny
E Wnrak
Spanish Fork Canyon
Joab Coillier
Vernal
A. A. Haws
Pas Ward
New Retort Process May Boost Basin Oil Shales
Denver April 4 High yields of better products from oil shale come from a new entrained solids retorting process developed at the Petroleum and Oil Shale Experiment Station. Preliminary pilot tests show a three-step continuous operation yielding high quality oil and high octane gasoline, plus aromatic gases and key chemicals. The system uses hairpin alloy tubes, a spent shale recovery line, and gas sampling. East notes potential for major chemical firms to use shale for strategic chemicals.
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Col
Bureau of Mines
Laramie
Wyo
J, Jr
East Jr
Bureau
East
Benson Sets 90 Percent Wool Parity For 1953 54
Washington March died: Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson announced a national average wool support price of 531 cents per pound for the 1953-54 market year. The price is based on 80 percent of the 66 9 cent parity and is slightly below the 54.2 cents of the ending year. The 1940 act requires a wool support program with 60 to 80 percent parity, Benson opted for the maximum parity.
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Benson
Washington
Ezra Taft Benson
Return from Alaska for Soldier Cpl Barney Sessions
Cpl Barney B Sessions, son of Mrs Erma Sessions of Vernal Utah, is scheduled to return to the United States after serving with the Army in Alaska. Units there are receiving intensive field training and securing northern approaches to Canada and the United States. Sessions entered the Army in May 1951, arrived in Alaska in October 1951, and served with the 4th Regimental Company C.
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Alaska
U. S
Barney B.” Sessions
Erma Sessions
Vernal
Utah
Canada
United States
Corporal Sessions
Be Patient On Price Changes As Free Competition Looms
Babson discusses the shift away from price controls, noting many prices either stay flat or fall. He argues free competition will lower costs, but retail beef and other foods may lag by four to six months as high-priced stock is consumed. He urges cautious buying and smart storage practices based on seasonal data.
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Eisenhower
Thia
Benson
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Falm
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