Energy warnings and calls for conservation in Carter speech
A Vernal audience hears critique of federal emission and regulatory controls blamed for energy waste. The writer urges pragmatic conservation while urging exploration of coal, oil shale, solar, wind, tides, and nuclear options to extend energy supplies and avoid price shocks, with note on western reclamation funding. The piece ends with Welcoming Wildlife Federation visitors and local attractions.
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Carter
Pation
U.S
State Wildlife convention opens in Vernal this weekend
The Utah Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Federation holds a three day meeting in Vernal starting Friday. Registration at Lamplighter Inn starts at noon with a Friday trap shoot, buffet dinner, and a ladies program. Delegates from Uintah Basin and several officers will attend. The opening ceremony is Saturday at 9 am at the Elks Lodge with remarks by Vernal Mayor Sam Snyder and a keynote by Harmston of the DNR. Business meetings conclude Sunday at the Elks Lodge, followed by an awards luncheon at Lamplighter Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Federation
Vernal
Lamplighter Inn
Vernal Rod and Gun Club
Gail Herrmann
Duchesne County Sportsman Club
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Utah Wildlife and Guide
Dave Wallace
Sunset
Keith Hintze
East Carbon City
Uintah Basin
al Stringham
Roosevelt
9 Arms
The
Elks Lodge
Sam Snyder
Gordon Marmston
Utah State Department of Natural Resources
Harmston
Federation
Donald A. Smith
Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources
Utah Wildlife Board
Carbon Country Club
Salt Lake City
Tyzack Dam contract awarded by Reclamation to Brown & Root Western
The Bureau of Reclamation awarded a 12.79 million dollar construction contract for Tyzack Dam on Big Brush Creek ten miles northeast of Vernal. Brown & Root Western of Denver won the bid among 19 bidders. The earthfill dam will be about a third of a mile long and 130 feet high with a spillway, outlet works, aqueduct, roads and recreation facilities. Completion is slated for 1980, serving Vernal's water needs and local irrigation, with 22 600 acre feet of water planned for municipal, industrial and agricultural use and fishing recreation at Ashley Valley.
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Big Brush
Commissioner of Reclamation
O. Kelly Higginson
Tyzack Dam
Dental Utah Project
Jensen
Brown & Root Western, Inc
Denver
Big Brush Creek
Vernal
Ashley Valley
Green Construction Co
Des Moines
Towa
Foley Brothers, Inc
St. Paul
Minn
Reclamation
Texas American reports gas well in Uintah Basin under production
Texas American Oil Company says its No. 1 Some Federal Well in the Uintah Basin is producing 1.44 million cubic feet of natural gas daily and three barrels per day of crude oil from depths of 7,760 to 9,433 feet in the Mesa Verde Formation. Drilling to beyond 10,000 feet was planned but tests did not indicate commercial feasibility.
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Texas American Oil Company
Uintah
Texas American
Free National Guard Clinic Offers Free Medical Tests
The 133th Evacuation Hospital of the Utah National Guard will sponsor a free medical clinic at the Vernal National Guard Armory Saturday from 1 pm. Jointly sponsored by the Vernal unit and Uintah County EMT Association, it offers heart attack prevention, vision and hearing checks, diabetes screening, first aid tips, and blood pressure tests. Tests are free to anyone, with referrals to doctors if issues are found. The unit plans its next clinic in St George.
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National Guard Armory
Bill Gibson
EMT
Joyce Thames
B.J. Adama
Ronald Perry
Uintah County Hospital
DeVon Smuin
Norman Powell
A’s
Bruce Todd
National Guard
Cll Whitmire
133Th
Utah National Guard
Vernal National Guard
Vernal Unt
Uintah County Association of Registered Emergency
St. George
State panel to review Ute Tribe conflicts at Capitol
Gov Scott M Matheson named a special study group to review major problems between the Ute Indian Tribe and political subdivisions and state and federal governments in the Dintah Basin. The committee met at the State Capitol to begin work and must report by June 45.
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Scott M. Matheson Friday
Dintah Basin
State Capitol
Matheson
Basin drought assessment meeting in Roosevelt Friday
Public basin wide drought meeting at Roosevelt Junior High School auditorium 1 30 p m Friday will explore anticipated drought problems. Lieutenant Governor David Manson leads a state investigating team to assess needs and relief programs. County and area officials welcome statements from Daggett Duchesne and Uintah counties.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
David Manson
Daggett, Duchesne
Uintah
Plane Crash Kills Three North of Duchesne
A light plane with pilot Forest E. Buss Baig 57 Salt Lake City and two Montana businessmen Ray Turtle 38 Eugene Predalue 22 crashed in snow north of Duchesne while attempting to land on a dirt Forest Service road. Wreckage found April 13 in Bear Wallow near Moon Lake after disappearing from Salt Lake radar and a 11:30 a.m. distress call.
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Uinta Mountains
Duchesne
Bear Wallow
Moon Lake
Forest E. (Buss
Lake City
Montana
Ray Turtle
Eugene Predalue
Salt Lake City
Vernal
Duchesne County
George E. Marett
Forest Service
Salt Lake
Rancher of the Year Ross Snow of Jensen Named
Ross Snow of Jensen has been named Rancher of the Year by the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District. He operates a 180 acre irrigated ranch with 244 acres wet meadow near Green River and 1000 acres rangeland plus 3000 acres of Blue Mountain lands. He improved production through water management, brush control, rotation grazing, fencing, and water developments. He is state Brand Inspector for Uintah County and has long service on local ag boards. He and Vera Harrison, married in 1935, raised a family of six, with two sons now full and part time on the ranch.
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Ross Snow
Jensen
Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District
Ronald Dudley
SCD
OSS
Green River
HLM
Blue Mountain
Ross Tus
Ross
Vera Harrison
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BCL
State Wildlife Federation
State Wildlife Convention
Utah
Field House of Natural History
John Nagel
DWH
Alton V. Frazier
DWR
Wildlife Club
BOA
Ntl
Guard Medical Clinic
Tribe
Bruce G. Parry
State Division of Indian Affairs
Lyle Taylor
ASCS
Area Eural Development Committee
Leon Michaelsen
USU
Moo Eserss
Uintah County
Uintah Cattleman's Association Board
Amos Merkley
I To
Ben Dudley
Uintah Soil Conservation District
Bryant Brady
SCS
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