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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1960
Page
10
A reader shares two concerns: a young woman seeks guidance on joining peace work without funds, and a troubled pair discusses love and parental disapproval. Letters describe joining organizations, possible UN ties, feelings for a married man, and a mother seeking welfare resources. The page presents Amy Adams style replies guiding readers through personal and civic challenges.
Uintah County leaders and dentists gathered at the county building Tuesday to plan improving dental health. They will boost education through PTA groups, schools, and public talks with Dr John Shimmin, Dr Dana Price, Dr RK Murti, Dr Vitamyas, Fort Duchy agency dentist J C Haws, Uintah School Superintendent, and county health nurses attending.
Artesia residents report visitors from Plains Kansas including George Dunnica and Anna Mae Potter with daughter Pam. Dick Dunnica hosts Mra Potter, Dick’s sister, while Mr and Mrs Gene Mower welcome a newborn son. The small baby of Jack Brandon was taken to Salt Lake City for surgery. Dob Gadd traveled to Salt Lake City after a truck incident near Uintah Refinery. Dill Jackson visited Senor Cady Saturday as Ruth Crook hosted the Sewing Club ladies Thursday evening.
More than half of all idle days in 1859 occurred in primary metal industries. The nationwide steel stoppage and copper refinery walkouts accounted for virtually all idleness in this industry group, representing the bulk of the disruption.
Mrs. Lucille Wateh hauled a 12 pound catfish, 29 inches long, from the Green River near Jensen Tuesday night. She used a fly rod with six-pound-test line and a cheese bait, adding to a year of record sizes in area waters.
Babson Park resident Babson argues for immediate Cuban engagement by Nixon and Kennedy. He warns Russia could gain a foothold in Cuba and urges consultation with Governor Rockefeller, stressing the Monroe Doctrine and Latin American sentiment. He notes Florida ties to Havana and the risk of gradual Soviet occupation.
The article notes large American investments in Cuba including railway, telegraph, and sugar lands, with the United Fruit Company among major holders. It discusses how Cuban women and children are leaving Cuba as the regime's future remains unclear, and how U S policy and retaliatory actions affect sugar producers and beet sugar interests. The piece questions whether Eisenhower’s approach will influence the sugar sector and outlines the stake of U S stockholders in Cuban assets.
The Vernal rancher Woodey Searle, with lineage tracing to George Searle who first brought cattle into the Uintah, built a varied business at 18 as a fur dealer in Craig Cole. He later moved to Vernel, opened a rad and building material store, added propane, and pursued commercial cattle and sheep, feedlot work, and a prominent horse operation including Haley Sox stallion lineage.
Fragmentary note discusses a company near two-decade lows and mentions earnings from Cuba. It references Russia seeking Cuba for bases and a threat of nuclear war, but the text is fragmented and lacks verifiable details.
City council Wednesday decided painting zones near schools remains the schools responsibility though the city will paint crosswalk lines. A sewer connection outside city limits for Boug McLean Dinosaur was authorized, and $240 was allocated for advertising. Streets opened for gas connections by Utah Gas Service Co will be repaired, and no more cemetery water line connections will be allowed until extra capacity is available. The policy also covers taller houses.
Progressive Quarter Horse breeder Woodey serves on the community hospital board, rodeo roping club, state committee, and the Quarter Morse Association board of directors. He supports the Uintah Basin Jr Livestock Show with Alean Searle. they have five children. A full page picture shows Mr Searle riding his horned horse.
Lt Col and Mrs Clayton Findlay and their two children visited Vernal en route to Hawaii where Col Findlay became the new commander of the Military Air Transport Service s Hickam based 48th Air Transport Squadron. He brings 19 years in the Air Force, last at McChord AFB Washington as commander of the 38rd Air Transport Squadron. He succeeds Lt Col Merrin E Mannett Jr as head of the Hawaiian squadron. Col Findlay is the son of Mrs Grace Findlay of 369 East Main Vernal.
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