Interstate Salt Lake City to Denver Highway Push
H J Corlelssen Utah Road Commission chairman and Colorado Governor Ed Johnson will testify before a Senate Public Works Subcommittee in support of an Interstate highway linking Salt Lake City and Denver. Rep Clair R Hopkins Vernal Chamber of Commerce Road Committee chair says the Utah-Colorado effort emerged at a Salt Lake City road meeting this week. Attendees from Vernal included L Y Siddaway Sem B H Stringham Rep Hopkins Ken Sawards Fran Feltch Jack C Turner and Ralph Preece.
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H. J. Corlelssen
Utah State Road Commission
Ed Johnson
Colorado
Senate
Salt Lake City
Denver
Clair R. Hopkins
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Rep. Hopkins
Chamber
Mr. Capleissen
L. Y. Sid
Interstate road designation talk at Vernal meeting
The Vernal group discussed designating U S Highway 40 as an interstate route. Utah officials plan to widen and resurface the Twists road west of Vernal and eliminate bad dump. Engineering on the Vernal Jonsen road is two thirds complete and will be advertised upon completion. A $17,000 Silver Creek Junction improvement is planned to lengthen the turnoff road west of the junction.
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Corleissen
Utah
Vernal
Vernal-Jonsen
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Rep
Hopkins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vernal Chamber
Silver Creek
Te Vernal Group
United Nations Rep to Address Uintah Club
Mrs. Lorena B. Hahn, U S representative on the UN Commission on the Status of Women, will address the Uintah Knife and Fork Club in Hotel Vernal on Saturday evening, April 23. She traveled in Africa and Asia for the Educational Exchange Program of the Department of State, visiting multiple nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena B. Hahn
United States
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Uintah Knife and Fork Club
Hotel Vernal
Hahn
Africa
Asia
Department of State
Liberia
Indian
Pakistan
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Turkey
Jordan
Egypt
Cyprus
Rome
Spain
Portugal
Uintah High Juniors Ready Prom Events Friday and Saturday
Uintah High School juniors prepare for the annual Junior Prom set for Friday evening at the Uintah Stake Center with a repeat show Saturday night. Chaired by Valey Eaton and Soneta Freestone, committees work on wiring, painting, and decorating while the theme remains secret until attendees arrive.
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Wintan Nignchool
Uintah Stake Center
Valey Eaton
Soneta Free‘stone
SealeRe Ro and Me a birth announcements
Mr and Mrs Harry Thomlin announce a son born April 6. Mr and Mrs Clark Jones announce a son born April 6. Mr and Mrs Robert Brough announce twins a boy and a girl born April 8.
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Harry Thomlin
Clark Jones
Robert Brough
Vernal Teen-Age Road-e-o Sponsored by Jaycees
The Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts the first annual Teen-Age Road-e-o Saturday at 10 am at Vernal Airport. The driving skill test and written exam will select winners for the state contest in Murray on May 9 with a national event in Washington DC offering 2000 dollars in scholarships. Cars for tests are supplied by local auto dealers. entry blanks available at Uintah high school and Vernal Drug. participants under 20 with a license or permit urged to submit by 9 40 a m.
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Vernal
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Vernal's
Murray
Washington D. C
Baain Chevrolet Company
Shawsalter Motor Company
Utah Motor Company
Uintah High School
Vernal Drug
Jaycees
Checks Recovered In Heist Near Victory Park
Sheriff Herb Snyder reports March 1 theft of $750 in checks and cash from Uintah Rexall Drug safe. Last week a cigar box near Victory Park yielded $265 in checks to Miss Walburg B Laws of Roosevelt.
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Herb Snyder
Uintah Rexall
Victory Park
Clark's Welding Burglarized on East Highway 40
Thieves broke into Clark's Welding and Mechanics shop by a west window Monday evening. Deputy Sheriff Carl Staley said $50 in cash was taken from a cash box while checks remained. The burglary was found Tuesday morning when Jim Clark opened the shop.
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Clark
Welding and Mechanics
U. S. Highway 40
Carl Staley
Jim Clark
Vernal Auto Dealers Parade and Show Spotlight Automobiles
Vernal hosts a week of auto events led by an Armory show from 2 to 10 pm Friday and a Saturday parade at 2 pm along Main Street with Uintah High School band. Eight Vernal dealers display 1995 models, open until 9 pm Thurs to Sat, public meets with dealers.
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National Quaad Armory
Main Street
Fifth West
Fifth Enst
Wirth West
Uintah High School
Vernal City
Vernal
Stringham Leads 21-County Colorado River Group
Sen. B H Stringham re elected as head of the 21 county Colorado River Development Association meeting in Salt Lake City. Sen. Arthur V Watkins predicts Senate consideration within three weeks of the Upper Colorado River Storage Project with optimistic passage and broad publicity drive including 15000 copies of his speech. Directors elected include L Y Siddoway Vernal Sterling Price Springville Henry Roberts Goshen Gerald Irvine Salt Lake Warren Bulloch Cedar City. Stringham calls for lobbying House members to secure approval.
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Arthur V. Watkins
Colorado River
Senate
Sen
Watkins
Colorado River Development Association
Fatel Uted
Salt Lake City
Ben Walline
House
Sen. Watkins
Dinosaur Natt Monument
Polio Vaccination Begins in Uintah County Schools
Polio vaccination for first and second graders in Uintah County will start next week with 667 eligible children receiving the first of a three shot series on April 20 under the direction of Ray E. Spendlove and Dr. Herb Fowler. Vaccinations will be given in schools at no charge. a limited amount of vaccine will be available to the public afterward for 12 to 15 dollars per series. The program, supported by federal licensing of the Salk vaccine and supplied by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, aims to protect against paralytic polio and hopes wider availability next year. Also noted are plans to vaccinate children not in the program and two local residents traveling for medical checks.
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Uintah
Ray E. Spendlove
Counry
Herb’ Fowler
National Foundation For
Highway 40 Members Discuss Tourist Booth Plans
U S Highway 40 members from Heber City to Idaho Springs Colorado will meet in Vernal this Saturday evening to hear a proposal by the Vernal Chamber of Commerce tourism committee to set up information booths at Silver Creek Junction Utah and west of Idaho Springs Colorado. A subcommittee will present findings on costs and maintenance. Attending will be Henderson, chairman. Warren Belcher, Jack Allred, Privetts Smith and Ken Sowards. A. W. Roberts of Steamboat Springs, Utah Colorado U S Highway 40 Association president, called the meeting, with Henry B. Millecam Sr. of Vernal a national director of the association expected to attend.
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Heber City
Idaho
Springs
Colorado
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Silver Creek Junction
Utah
Idaho Springs
tour‘Ist Committee
Echo Park Promotion Trip Heads to Washington
L Y Siddoway will leave Vernal by plane Sunday for Washington D C to work on promotion of Echo Park Dam. He is sent by the Uintah County Colorado River Development Committee. Vernal Rod and Gun Club to hold a trap shoot at their range north of Vernal Sunday starting at 12 am. Shooters seek hams bacon and steaks. Parking meters on Vernal Avenue and Main Street are being removed to widen parking lanes by two feet.
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Coca-Cola Bottling Company of
Vernal
Varnal Avenue
L.Y
Vernal Rod and Gun Club
Vernal Avenue
Main Street
Teens Arrested in Vernal Cigarette Theft Behind Hotel Vernal
Deputy Sheriff Carl Staley and Trooper Mack Helm arrested several youths this week after a tip that one was selling cigarettes by the carton. The theft involved 300 to 400 dollars worth of cigarettes from a car parked behind the Hotel Vernal on March 16. The vehicle belonged to L. J. Seaton of Salt Lake City.
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Tree Vernal
Carl Staley
Mack Helm
Utah State Highway Patrol
Vernal
Fhe ‘Carton
L. J. Seaton
Salt Lake City
Laughlin Applies for Gas Franchise in Utah Cities
Loren Laughlin of Goodland Kansas seeks a natural gas distribution franchise in Vernal Monticello and Moab. A PSC hearing is set for April 26 to decide which applicant will serve the three communities. Franchises were previously granted to Laughlin in Moab and Monticello, while Vernal granted franchises to Laughlin and Greeley Gas Company of Colorado. The PSC will determine which party may operate the system.
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Vernal
Monticello
Moab
Utah Public Service Commission
Loren Laughlin
Goodland
Kansas
Me Laughlin
Mr. Laughlin
Greeley Gas Company
Colorado
Upper Colorado River Storage Project Bill Advances in Senate
Senate debate opened on the Upper Colorado River Storage Project bill led by Chairman Clinton P. Anderson who hopes floor action within ten days. A opposing report by Senator Kuchel and another opposing Echo Park Dam by Senator Neuberger accompanied the measure. Neuberger favored authorization but urged delaying Echo Park until alternate sites yield equivalent benefits.
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Senate
Clinton P. Anderson
INM
Thomas R. Kuchel
R-Calif
Echo Park Dam
Richard Neuberger
D-Ore
Neuberger
Colorado River
Echo Park
Vaccine shipments expected for Uintah Basin doctors
Shipments of the new Salk Polio Vaccine to Uintah Basin physicians are due in the next few days, but today none is available. The public may obtain shots at local physicians’ offices as soon as vaccines arrive. Three shots complete the immunization for a $10.00 fee.
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Uintah Basin
Frontier Air To Begin Vernal Grand Junction Service
The Civil Aeronautics Board approves Frontier Air Lines to launch Vernal to Grand Junction flights 15 and 12 effective May 1, linking Vernal with Grand Junction Salt Lake City Albuquerque Phoenix and other points with quick connections to the mid southwest. Existing Vernal routes to Wyoming Montana and North Dakota through flights 4 and 23 remain, with schedule times noted, and flights 5 and 6 between Rock Springs and Denver reinstated to improve Vernal Deaver travel and eastern connections.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Frontier Air Ones
Verimal
Grand Junction
Salt Lake City
Sntu
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Salt , Lake City
Rock Springs
Denver
Vernal
pDeaver
Golfing Season Opens April seventeenth at Vernal Course
The Vernal Golf Club announces the opening of the golfing season with a Mixed Scotch Four some tournament set for Sunday April eleventh at one p.m. The event invites all players including beginners, pairing experienced golfers with beginners. Snacks and beverages will be available, and additional events are planned for the day to attract spectators and participants.
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Hotel Vernal
Grant Leavitt
Vernal Golf Club
Leavitt
Uintah County to Install Radios in Sheriff Cars
Uintah County and the Federal Civil Defense Administration will jointly purchase radios and install them in the two sheriff cars within the next two weeks according to Sheriff Herb Snyder.
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Uintah County
Herb Snyder
Federa Civil Defense Administrain
Rubinoff charms Vernal crowds with violin recital
Dave Rubinoff and team played for about twelve hundred people in Vernal on Tuesday. He performed at Uintah High School with pianist Homer Phillips and manager Ralph Perssons. The morning assembly delighted students and staff with stories of his Russia to America journey. The matinee drew roughly 709 attendees while the evening show reached about 502. Rubinoff then left for Craig, Colorado.
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Dave Rubinoff
Vernal
Rubinoff
Homer Phillips
Ralph Perssons
Price
Uintah High School
America
Closa
Craig
Colorado
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Washington
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Prom
Valay Eaton
Valay
Bonete
Pram
Voit J. Roper
Floy Gelaer
Janete Tanner
Reidler
Sealere RO & Me
Jaycees Road
AL Higging
Traffic Safety Committee
Armerica
Jpart
Don Showalter
National Automobile Week
Topaz
Showalter
Bill Slaugh
Slaugh Motor Company
Don ‘Showalter
Showalter Motor Company
Henry Millecam, Jr
Chuck ‘Harrison
Vernal Auto Shop
Ed Calder
Chris McKinlay
Basin
Chevrolet Company
Lloyd Eatson
Lloyd's Motor Service
Vic Walte
Walter Motor. Company
B. H. Stringham
River 21 Counties
Elmo Hardys
Richard Uttord
V. A. Hospital
Highway 40
Frontier
GAB
Vernal Course
Philosphy
Russia
Antonio
Stradivariis
Chopin
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