Vernal Manila highway contract set for Oct 1
Senator Wallace F Bennett says contracts for the Vernal Manila forest highway will be let on October 1 with funds available. The project, raised in cost from 240000 to 395000 after upgrading to a Class 1 forest road, aims to speed Flaming Gorge development and access the Flaming Gorge area, with most work in spring 1958.
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Manila Forest
Wallace F. Bennett
R-Utsh
Vernal Express
Washton Sen
Bureau
Sen Bennett
Flaming Gorge
Bennett
Utah
Tax Foundation estimate on budget cuts and family impact
For every billion dollars cut from the federal budget the Tax Foundation figures the average family of four would keep 19 which otherwise would go to Washington in tax es.
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Tax Foundation
Washington
Vernal Father Dies in Meeker Oil Well Accident
James Soderstrom, 30, of Vernal, Utah, died instantly when a pipe fragment struck his skull and chest on a Phillips rig eight miles west of Meeker, Colorado. Vaughan, also injured, was taken to Meeker Hospital. Soderstrom leaves a widow Beverly Frances and two children. body to be taken to Bowman, North Dakota for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Soderstrom
Meeker
Soderstrom
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co
Maeser Road
Phillips
Vaughan
Meeker Hospital
Mr Soderstrom
Los Angeles
E . Soderstrom
Beverly Frances
Bowman
North Dakota
Vernal All Stars Shine in Western League Tourney
Vernal All Stars from the Western Little League played in Heber regional games. They beat Morgan 14 3 then lost to Wasatch National League 3 2 in the finals. Curg Belcher homered twice against Morgan, while Roger Tullis pitched Monday and Kenny Davis on Tuesday. Umpire Ken Schulsen called Belcher the most promising player seen this year. Local managers praised team work and listed many players and supporters by name.
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Vernal All-Stars
Little” League
Heber
Morgan
Wasatch
National League
Curg Belcher
Salt Lake
Ken Schulsen
Curg
Roger Tullis
Eddie Mottis
Eddie Oaks
Kenny Sutton
Cary Pelcher
Kenny Davis
Raymond Staley
Roy Caldwell
Tommy Murray
Jimmy Siddoway
Dale Lee
Don Roberts
Dennis Price
Scott Oldroyd
New Gilsanite Development Forecast Boosts Uintah Basin Economy
A new Gilganite plant in Cola will inaugurate the first private commercial operation to produce high octane gasoline from solid gilsonite ore. Officials including Secretary of the Interior Frederick A. Seaton and Utah Governor George D. Clyde attend, highlighting the venture's $18 million scale and its output of metallurgical coke. The project uses a 72 mile pipeline from the Bonanza mine to deliver gilsonite slurry, promising substantial economic expansion for the Uintah Basin.
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Uintah
Gilganite
Interior
Frederick A. Seaton
Stephen Lt. McNichals
Colorado
George D. Clyde
Utah
Seaton
Bonanzg
Roy E. Nelson
Bonanza
Abandoned Uintah Railroad Echoes In $2 Million Gilsonite Pipeline
Vernal resident W A Banks recalls the Uintah Railroad era as a $2 million pipeline to move gilsonite slurry from Bonanza to Gilsonite refinery reuses the old route. The line began in 1903 04 hauling gilsonite and diverse freight, with passengers mail and a telegraph network. Government takeover ended passenger service around 1938 36. Banks notes earlier telephone line construction and a dirt road from Dragon to Vernal and Bonanza to Ft Duchesne, reflecting a bygone transport era.
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Uintah
Bonanza
Gilsonite
Calo
W A. Banks
Vernal
Lne
Utah
J. Bracken Tee
Dragon
Danks
United Basin
Vernal City
Vernal Man Hurt By Falling Tree Near Sawmill
Charles Hadlock of 475 East North was injured when a tree dislodged by a winch truck struck him at the Standard Saddle Tree sawmill near Trout Creek. He spent five days in the hospital and has begun recovering at home with severe back bruises.
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Trout Creek
Charles Hadlock
475 East North
Parallel Completion Planned by S. L. Pipeline Co
S L Pipeline Co plans parallel completion between Ran ely and Salt Lake City by November first. C V Saxter, VP, states the parallel pipeline will raise capacity of the ten inch line from 2 500 to 70 000 barrels daily. The line was looped years ago to increase capacity.
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Ceudevil
Ranely
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Pipe Line Co C
Saxter
Standard Oil Company of California
Gulf Oil Finds Oil Zone In Uintah County Well
Gulf Oil Corp reports a significant oil discovery at its Wonsls Unit No 1 wildcat between the Bren dan Bottoms pool and Red Wash Field in Uintah County. The well, in 11 section 1 township 8 south range 21 east, tests a zone in the Green River formation. Early estimates suggest reserves potentially exceeding 109 million barrels.
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Gulf Oil Corp
Brendan Bottoms
Red Wash
Uintah County
Woodrow White Opens Dinosaur Conoco Service
Woodrow White Monday began operation of Dinosaur Conoco Service at 301 E Main. White, bishop of Gimes Ward, formerly worked with Uintah Packing Plant and also runs a small farm.
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Woodrow White
Dinosaur Conoco
Main
White
Gimes Ward
Uintah Packing Plant
Provo Iron Works Submits Low Bid On Damsite Tank
Provo Iron Works submitted the apparent low bid of 47218 dollars for furnishing materials and erecting a 500000 gallon insulated steel water storage tank at Flaming Gorge damsite. Bids opened in the Vernal office of the Bureau of Reclamation. Other bidders included Nelson Bros. Const. Co. and Thaya Construction Co. Both firms are located in East Lake City.
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Flaming Gorge
Hammond Iron ‘Works
Provo
Bureau of
Nelson “Bros. Const. Co
Thaya Construction Co
East Lake City
Dutch John
Kfat
Colorado Governor Leads River Trip to Study Echo Park Dam
Governor Stephen McNichols of Colorado will join Utah officials and state lawmakers on a Green River voyage Saturday to assess Echo Park Dam impacts on fly fishers and the regional economy in northwest Colorado. The roster includes Lt. Governor Frank Haya and several senators and representatives from Colorado and Utah, plus agency staff and business representatives.
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Colorado
Legislators
Echo Park Dam
Stephen McNichols
vHtate
Utah State
Green River
Tun
Northwest
McNichols
Frank Haya
Roy H. McVicker and Son
John. G. Mackle
John D, Varderhoot
Department
Perforinel
Kimball
Mining methods transform Bonanza gilsonite operations
Newsmen from Uintah Basin and Salt Lake City visit American Gilsonite at Bonanza where 130 plus workers are employed. The refinery and coke plant receive ore via jet cutting and water-assisted mining, using pumps, carbide drills, and hydraulic jumbs to lift ore from 64 foot wide chambers to a drying plant for processing.
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Wm. B. Wallis
Uintah Basin
Navional
Salt Lake City
Vernal Express
American Glisonite Company
Bonanza
Vernal
Myron
Little Bonanza
Little Emma
Gillsonite
Ruge
Mina
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Colo
American Gutonite Company
Eureka
Davis
Dan Oaks
Warren Belcher
Chellus Caldwell
Boyd Price
Ray Siddoway
Midway Fish Hatchery
Provo Canyon
theTomestead
Everett Pitt
Vernal Lions
Tom Downard
Vernal Red Sox
American Gilscoke Company
Ernest F. Goodner
M Eine Detroleum
Vfrong
Pational
Basin Publications
Allan. Pritchard
Grand
Junction Daily Sentinel
Reynolds Beaman
Glenn Grarr
William Smart
Deseret News
Noy E. Nelson
Company Incedent
Hubert W. Barnick
The
Salt Lake Tribune
Ingae
Paul Borden
Vernal Expres
S. L. Pipeline Co
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Greenriver
Red Wish
Provo Iron Works
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