Funeral Services Held This Week For Explosion Victims
Four Vernal men dead after a dynamite blast at an isolated Meeker oil well site. Names include Charles McConkie and his son Duane, Robert Match, Nowtz Ross. Bodies found Sunday. 22 sticks detonated. truck damage. Joint and separate services held. buried in Vernal Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeker
Colo
Charles M. McConkie
Duane
East
Sth
Robert Match
Nowtz Ross
Vernat
Rangely
Calo
Equity OF Co
Ross Rooks
Equity of
Rio Blanco County
Bob Kracht
J. Glen Briggs
J Kracht
New Mexico
Utah Casing Co
Charles
Duane McConkle
Stake Center
Howtz Ross
Glines Ward Chapel
Robert Hatch
Fourth Ward
Salt Lake Temple
McConkie
Utah
Egyptian Group to Tour Vernal Area September 4 5
An Egyptian Exchange Farmers group will tour the Vernal area Friday and Saturday September 4 and 5. They arrive at the Skillet on September 4 at 12 30 PM for luncheon then visit Flaming Gorge at 2 PM return to Vernal at 4 PM for the Stelnaker Project at 5 PM host homes 6 to 8 PM and rodeo style events at the fairgrounds 8 9 30 PM. On September 5 they depart 8 AM for Dinosaur National Monument then visit the Field Town at 1 AM before heading to Price stopping at the asphalt plant. Committee chair Les Thacker leads event with A DeMar Dudley County Commissioner S Harold McKee Lynne King Milt Searle L Siddeway and Robert Olver of the Bureau of Reclamation and City Manager Buell Bennett coordinating the Stelnaker tour. Hosts include Les Thacker Morgan Merkley Sid Merkley Hugh W Colton L Elmer Lind Ray Searle Victor Bing ham Linford Batty and Don Batty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rroun
Bevntian Exchange
Verne
Skillet
Flaming Gorge
Vernal
Stelnaker
Fairgrounds
Dinosaur National Monument
Price
Les Thacker
A. DeMar Dudley
S. Harold McKee
Lynne King
Milt] Searle
Siddeway
Robert Olver
Bureau of Reclamation
Buell Bennett
Morgan Merkley
Sid Merkley
Hugh W. Colton
L. Elmer Lind
Ray Searle
Victor Bingham
Linford Batty
Don Batty
Mourning Dove Season Opens in Uintah County in September
The mourning dove season starts in Uintah County on Tuesday and runs through September. Duchesne Daggett and nearby counties also have a month long season while the rest of Utah offers a 15 day hunt. Doves are active statewide with cooler weather bringing movement. Hunting hours run from half an hour before sunrise to sunset with bag limits of 12 daily and 24 in possession after two days. No federal stamp required for doves. hunters 16 and older must display their license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Duchesne and Daggett
Department of Fish and Game Conservation
Post Office Bids Slated For Aug 28
Senator Frank E Moss announced in a telegram from Washington that the GSA will issue bids August 28 for Vernal Post Office Building modernization including heating lighting air conditioning painting and renovations at an estimated 200 008 dollars. Bids open September 28. Further details may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Services Administration
Vernal
Frank E. Moss
Vernal Express
Washington
Moss
Vernal Operator Seeks Permit For Radio Phone Service
A hearing is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the county building courts room regarding David R. Williams of Vernal doing business as Industrial Communications. He seeks a permit to provide mobile telephone service with an aerial radio transmitter to serve officers, construction crews, and other operators within a limited area.
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David R. [Williams
Vernal
Silon
Heidi L
Trans’ Martter
Alert Citizens Aid Police in Arrests
Alert citizens aided law enforcement in two car theft cases over the weekend. In the first, Dean W. Burnett was arrested for drunken driving and held for disposition as the stolen auto linked to Walden Colorado. Dyer Act violations were being checked by Colorado and federal authorities. In the second, three occupants of a stolen car were arrested in Vernal after tips fromNaples and Pop’s service stations. the vehicle was stolen in Dodge City Kansas and the suspects face federal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Mitchum Junior Hatch
Dean W. Burnett
Ft. Collins
Colo
Walden
Colo. Burnett
Colorado
Howard D. Powell
Utah Highway Patrol
Red’s
Molini Service
East Main
Powell
Pop
Chevron
Aldridge
Vernal
Ashley Farmers Co-op
Sgt
Red
Mobil
Ray M. Gee
Dodge
City
Kaw
Leonard BD. Wilson
Albert A. Saze
Judy Lee Davis
Ttts
Salt Lake City
Football Schedule Revealed for 1964 Season
The article lists 1964 football schedule details including home games at nightpending arena lighting and a sequence of practice games with dates in September and October. It notes Region play and league games against East Carbon and Union with locations and times.
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Ball Park
Green River
Wye
Craig
Colo
Rangely
Union
Rock Springs
Wyo
East Carbon
Utah BLM Board Meeting In Vernal Details Range Tour
Utah BLM State Advisory Board will meet in Vernal to review programs. Sessions in Uintah County Building courthouse hotel Vernal and a range tour Friday follow talks by Vernal officials Utah Mining Association manager Miles Romney and others will present with board members from Salt Lake City and Cedar City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Land Management
Utah
Bureau
Delant 4
Stringham
Vernal
R. D. Nielson
Salt Lake City
BLM
Bam
Uintah County
Alvin Kay
Win‘tah County Commission
Rulon $. Hacking
Barslay Gardner
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Miles P. Romney
Romney
Clyde
Gardner
Pay
J. Whitney Floyd
Logan
Aldin O. Hayward
Bountiful
Lawrence E. Thorderson
Cleveland
Arthur P. Brown
Roy
Claron E. Nelson
Ralph Ellis
Woodruff
Ferris James
Parks Valley
Keith Brown
Grantsville
J. W. Jordan
Heber City
Alden K. Barton
Stanley Meinight
Minersville
Keith Smith
Cedar City
Kenneth Summers
Monticello
Orson Marsing
Price
Glenn Murray
Jensen
W. W. Cunningham
Cisco
Dan McIntyre
Hotchkiss
Cole
Herman Munster
Delta
Edward Nielson
Fountain Green
Meltair Hatch
Panguitch
Reed Brian
Loa
Mil ‘Fon
Art
Bickner
Melvin Dalton
Patrick Winters
Castle Dale
Wallace Ott
Tropic
Vernal Pool to Close After Busy Season
Vernal officials announced the municipal swimming pool will close Sunday after one of the busiest seasons on record. The city cited high usage and preparations for off-season maintenance as the reason for the temporary shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Municipal
Marriage Licenses Issued in Vernal and Nearby Towns
The notice lists several marriage licenses issued in August in Utah towns. John C. Schmidt, 21, and Elaine Atwood, 16, Vernal. Leo Snow, 17, Rangely, and Leta Chapman, 14, Vernal. Alex W. Givens, 26, Artesia, and Carolyn Partridge, 18, Artesia. Daniel R. Gardner, 26, Roosevelt, and Maxine Jenson, 138, Myton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Clarence Schmidt
Vernal
Elaine Atwood
Leo Snow
Rangely
Leta Chapman
Alex W. Givens
Artesia
Carolyn Partridge
Daniel R. Gardner
Roosevelt
Maxine Jenson
Myton
Fallout Shelter Exercise At National Guard Armory
A shelter exercise at Vernal National Guard Armory had 59 participants including men women and children as the announcer delivered a chilling mock message about enemy attack and retaliatory strikes. The group planned meals and contingencies for an overnight stay as part of shelter management training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal National Guard Armory
Vernal Manila Road Section Completion Reported
A final inspection confirms the Vernal-Manila Forest Highway segment from Sheep Creek Gap to Bennett's Ranch is finished. Wheelwright Construction Company of Ogden completed the project ahead of schedule at a cost of $103,000, providing an all-weather surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.eesley
Ashby National Forest
Sheep Creek Gap
Bennett's Ranch
Wheelwright Construction
Fleet
Stanton
Schools Open As 4100 Pupils Return Monday
More than 4100 students will start the 1964 65 school year on Monday as buses begin new routes and parents of Kindergarten pupils drive their children to registration. District offices issue first time registrations and principals and staff prepare for the general opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen
Oldroyd
Tursday
Eas Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Igenerat
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Charles M. McConkis
Robert Hsich
Duane McConkie
Howlz Hoss
GSA
Denver
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
L. Y. Siddoway
Provo
Ft.Thornburgh
Whitney D. Hammond
Conference of Uintah Stake
Stake
Frank R. Walker
Uintah Stake
LDS
Laird Snelgrove
Priesthood
Milton L. Wettenmann
Missionary Committee
Louis Mele
BLM Board
Peer En Shelter
Internal National Guard Armory
Ere
Everett E. Coon
Melvin Gardiner
Kay Bendixson
Jim Chapman
Bernice Thomas
Albright Civil Defense
Ath
Alvin-Kay
Rex
IGA Foodilner
Weel
Joe Hennigan
IGA
Rex G. Roylence
Stall Phate
Manila Road
Wheelwright Construction Company
Ogden Ped
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