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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1963
Page
3
Enlistment rules for the National Guard were standardized for ages 17 to 25 effective Sunday Aug 11. All start six year terms with minimum four months active duty and at least US days annual training. If in ready reserve, annual training limited to 30 days. Notifications of address changes required.
The US Department of Agriculture reports Utah lamb crop at 901000 head, down 3 percent from the prior year’s 4962 figure, with about 30 000 fewer lambs produced than Taft year. Sheep shorn in 1983 fell 1 percent, wool production dropped 23 percent from 1862 and 6 percent from the 1957 61 average, and lambs living ten days or longer were 88 per 100 ewes one year old or older.
Coach Louis Mele told the Rotary Club that Uinish High will have 14 returning lettermen and eight regulars when the season begins August 26. Last year’s team went 4-4-1. Mele urged confidence and team spirit, noting earlier praise from communities for players’ conduct. He also serves as county recreation director, reporting shifts in youth programs from general games to softball and noting about 250 participants in the recreation program.
The Vernal Express reports a visitor’s travel through Israel noting Jewish land reclamation from the Negev water project, kibbutz life, and thriving crops. Highlights include the 250 mile water pipeline from Galilee, Arab protests, Sabbath observances in Tel Aviv, and comparisons of Arab prosperity in Israel versus Jordan.
Gulf ON Corporation completed two new producers in the Red Wash Field area. The No. 10 Wonsits Valley Unit, NESE 12-85-21E, yielded 1997 barrels per day with no water, while the No. 12 Unit posted 655 barrels daily and 189000 cubic feet of gas with 15 barrels of water, both from the Basal Green River formation. Additional wells are under completion as Gulf re-enters No. 1 Wonsits Valley Unit Federal and plans further tests in Wasatch formation.
The U S Forest Service amends a mining lands withdrawal in Ashley National Forest Daggett County Utah to add land near Flaming Gorge Reservoir for public recreation facilities. The amendment includes S4SW i4NWwy Sec 14 1 2N BR 22 KB SL Mer Utah and deletes S44 Lot 6. Comments due by September 9 to the Utah State Director BLM P O Box 777 Salt Lake City.
The speaker notes heavy guarding as the journey continues via Vienna and Geneva. Departing the Middle East, they express high regard for the nations visited while labeling the region as the most rugged leg of the tour.
Francis L. Anderson of Provo has been named manager of Mountain States Telephone in Roosevelt. Born in Della Utah he moved with his family to Spanish Fork later. He and his wife Lois Hansen of Springville have three children Kurt 12 Kristine 9 and Karalee 2. Anderson began in tele phones in 1951 in Salt Lake City and has held roles from installer to central office foreman and instructor.
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