August Employment Reaches Record High
August employment in Uintah Duchesne and Daggett counties hit a record level with 8700 workers. The Uintah Basin remains strong, unemployment is among Utah’s lowest, and skill shortages persist in services. Forecasters warn 1962 may not match 1961 but expect a solid remainder of the year. Indiana University student JOSEPH G. Jorgensen won a Ford Foundation grant to study Ute language preservation and writing systems. He aims to analyze Ute sounds and attach symbols to help the Utes write their language.
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Indiana University
Ford
Joseph G. Jorgensen
II Creek
Uintah
Duchesne
Dage Get
Vernal Employment Office
TRE
Ates
Utah
U.S
Holiday Monday Labor Day Observances Across Town
All businesses and stores will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Essential services and gas stations will stay open as on Sunday. Drug stores will observe Sunday hours and remain open from morning until 6 pm.
Lucky Applicants for Elk Permits Named
Utah Department of Fish and Game lists successful elk and moose permit applicants. Notable names include Jain W. Larson of Dutch John among moose winners and numerous permit holders across Dutch John Vernal Manila and related areas. Continued on page.
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Utsh Dept. of Fish and Game
Jain W. Larson
Dutch John
Asuley-Daggett
Maude Goodrich
William J. Groxeclase
Dutch Jota
Bus Hatch
Vernal
Patricia Anne Hatch
Manila
Robert L. Jardine
Roger ¥. Jensen
Billie G
Kay
Elden Lamy
Manita
Sonya Mecfirlde
Buford McCurry
Burton F. McNeill
L. J. Michools
May Moulton
Sally J. Davy
R. W
Pease
Boyd Petereon
Duteh John
Riley Robinson
Willam Arthur Robinson
Joy L. Searle
Priscilla E. Searle
Elbert Steinaker
St. John
Randolph Steinaker
Dan Stevenson
Curl Ay
Advisory Board to Discuss Grazing Fees in Utah
The Utah Advisory Board to the BLM will meet Thursday at the BLM State Office Third Floor 322 South Main. Cattle and sheep representatives from 11 districts plus a wildlife interests representative join the board. Grazing fees on national land reserves are expected to be discussed. cochairmen Briant H Stringham Verehal and KR D Nielsen lead the group.
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Utah
Bureau of Land Management
Aim
BLM
South Main
Briant H, Stringham
Vere Hal
Kr, D. Nielson
Forester warns Onkire hazard in Ashy ley National Forest
Forester F Allen Shippee warns mountain areas on Ashy ley National Forest are dangerously dry. Gusty winds dry grass and timber creating a serious fire hazard. Labor Day weekend crowds will visit the mountains. forest officers urge full cooperation, practice small controlled fires, and report any fires promptly. Patrols and a fire prevention message will be posted at roads and campgrounds.
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Ashyley National Forest
Allen Shippee
Shippee
Forest Service
Two Cars Damaged In Vernal Collision Tuesday Night
A two vehicle crash on U S 40 near Vernal at 10 20 pm Tuesday caused about 400 dollars in damage to a 1956 Pontiac Delrey and left a 1949 Chevrolet Sedan total loss. Driver Gary L Slaugh 17 Jensen cited for improper left turn and Thomas D Colling 21 Vernal cited for reckless driving. Trooper R M Helm investigated.
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Ntiles
Vernal
U.S. 40
Pontive Delyen Py
Thomas D. Colling
Gary L. Slaugh
Jensen
R. M. Helm
The
Highway Patrol
Uintah Stake Conference Set for September 8 and 9
Uintah Stake Conference will be Saturday and Sunday, September 8 and 9. Elder Thorpe B. Tsancson, Assistant to the Council of Twelve Apostles, will be the visiting General Authority, accompanied by Elder Donald Ellsworth of the General Welfare Committee. General sessions are Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Stake President Frank B. Walker will preside. Saturday at 6:30 p.m. a welfare meeting, followed by a Priesthood leadership meeting at 8:00 p.m. All ward and stake welfare committees are expected to attend. Morning session will feature a stake choir. afternoon session focuses on youth with a stake youth chorus.
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Uintah
Thorpe B. Tsancson
Council of Twelve Apostles
LDS Church
Aim
Donald Ellsworth
Church General Welfare Committee
Frank 8. Walker
Stake Tabernacle
Stake
Ataka
High Council
Millards
Uintah County Fair Opens This Weekend At Armory
Uintah County's annual county fair runs Thursday through Saturday with exhibits in crops, gardens, home arts, flowers, and fine arts. A style showcase is tonight at 7 30 p.m. in the stake center, judging began Wednesday, and prizes include baking and home arts trophies. the fair is underwritten by Uintah County Commission.
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Uintah County
Stake Center
Fair Board Omentbergs
Doyle Y
London
Mary Freeman
Orla Pope
Dorothy Wach
George Johnston
Ruth Woslem
Schawl
Reese Anderson
Roland Merkley
Donna Levy
Dorothy Wael
Merrin R
Ick
Clue Bush
Ken Sewards
Uintah County Commission
Home Arts
la Ue
Fair Board
S. Harold McKee
Herbert M. Shydee
Rulon
Nacking
Uds Flr
Ultuk
Roosevelt 3rd Wins All-Church Slow Pitch Diva
Roosevelt 3rd Ward defeated Centerville 14-8 in Salt Lake City in the All-Church slow pitch tournament. The win marked Roosevelt 3rd’s fourth straight. Naples Junior also played, entering All-Church and losing two games. Local standout Shirl Hobbins was named the senior slow pitch's most valuable player.
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Bludlo City
Calif
Vernal
Bonneville
Wellsville
Monument Park
Shirl Hobbins
Roosevelt
Louis Rawlings
Keith Hergquist
Recsovelt Ard
Committee Sets Polio Clinic At Uintah County Courthouse
The first meeting of the Orde Pello polio clinic was held at the Uintah County Courthouse Tuesday evening last week. Executive chairman Dr. Bruce Chrisman. Morris Cook in charge of site selection materials and finance. publicity chair Mrs. Ted Williams. other committee members Alma Jeffries Venice Rocks and Venice Rocks as registrar and chair of pharmacy supplies Paul Armstrong.
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Uintah” County
Bruce Chris- Man
Morris Cook
Ted Williams
Alma. Jeffries
Veny Check Oni
Venice Rocks
Paul Armstrong
Vernal area eyed for 15 million biblical movie
Forest Service reports three fires on Ashley National Forest over the past week, two on Friday and one on Sunday. A 3 acre fire in Hagle Creek, a 40 acre blaze on Indian Mead Peak, and a 5 acre fire in Chokechurry Canyon were extinguished. George Stevens Productions, a Culver City film company, eyed Vernal area for major sequences of a biblical spectacular, with $1 million spent on site reconnaissance and planning. Movie officials toured Dinosaur National Monument and Island Park, Steamboat Rock, and Harpers Corner, noting Island Park’s proximity to Vernal as favorable for future filming. The project adapts The Greatest Story Ever Told.
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Ashley National Forest
Hagle Creek
Manila
State Highway Patrol
Indian Mead Peak
Duchesne
Chokechurry Canyon
Duchesne District
George Stevens
Steamboat Rock
Harpers Corner
Island Park
Island Perk
Vernal
Lebanon
Jordan
L. A
Burglars Take $700 From Harvey's Cafe Safe
Matvey's Cafe east of Vernal on U S One reported burglars entered Saturday night or early Sunday morning. A window was found broken and the safe taken. No suspects named.
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Matvey
Vernal
U. S
Cart Creek Canyon arch bridge linked in Utah project
Two massive arched sections of Cart Creek Canyon bridge joined forming an arch that will carry Utah's longest single span highway. Engineers witnessed the joining as work shifts to the suspension system with 14-inch hanger cables and 28-foot decking. The 530-foot two-lane bridge sits 300 feet above the canyon as Flaming Gorge water rises toward the deck. Total cost 750000 and material use includes 1300 cubic yards of concrete 200000 pounds of reinforcing steel and two million pounds of structural steel.
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Cart Creek Canyon
Utah
Novemer
Aton
Floming Gorge
Fire season tally rises with 26 fires this season
Fire conditions stay critical especially at lower elevations as authorities warn bow hunters and forest users to exercise extreme caution with fires. Forest officials urge vigilance amid ongoing fire management efforts and patrols.
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Otey
Gulf Oil Extends Gas Field Discovery in Utah Region
Gulf Oil area manager Jack Hanson reports a successful extension at the Boole Clifts Unit gas field in Grand County Utah. The No 3 Unit in section 33 twp 185 ree 22b flowed 2 500 MCFG D from the Dakota sand at 5300 333 feet depth. Top Dakota logged at 5300 feet. Drilled from 1800 to 3438 feet with air. No 1 Unit discovery completed by Great Yellowstone Corp with initial potential 4 500 MCFG D. Bryson Canyon Field lies west of Bryson Canyon and 8 miles west of Mesa Pipeline’s transmission line from San Arroyo. Continued on page 8.
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Jack Hanson
Gulf Oil Corporation
Boole Clifts
Grand County
Utah
Dakota
Sia
Discovery
Great Yellowstone Corporation
BLC
Mesa Pipeline Company
San Arroyo
Bryson Canyon Fields
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Shriners
Soma
Ed Thweatt
George Miller
A. M. Helm
Elmer Snow
J.D. Walker
Dell Daniels
Ted Miller
Low Miracle
Bob Antor
Staél
Free County
Woodrow Benedict
Jim Bird
Lucille Bruce
Aven Caldwell
Conrad
Nelson Carlberg
Alvin Casner
Tussell
G. Church
Betty J. Cloward
Reed Durfey
David A. Freemyer
Forester
Onkire Hazard
Elder Thorpe
Isaacson
Armory
Cart Creek
R. GB. Jarvis
Harald McDonald
Alex Mansour
Joseph West
Flaming Gorge
Gulf Oil
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