Ballard Man Seeks Permit for Wrecking Yard
Uintah County commissioners discussed permission for a wrecking yard in Ballard and considered cooperating with the city to buy used floodlights from Arch Dam Constructors for night games at the city county park. They may join a three way arrangement with the school district, while also planning a county exhibit at the state fair with rental support.
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Uintah County Commissioners Meeting
Vernon Tdwards
Ballard
Flaming Gorge
Mehting Hall
Four Fires In Week Cause Heavy Damage In Vernal
Vernal Utah fire officials report four blazes in the past week causing extensive damage. The Vernal 2nd Ward Scout House burned interior after attic wiring sparked, necessitating razing. A nearby H Arveng Cooper Farm hay stack and shed were destroyed by a spark from an incinerator. An Imperial Body Shop engine fire injured Mrs Bowles and damaged vehicles and building. A Washington driver’s car overheated and burned near a scenic overlook, brakes failing reportedly. Wildlife and fishing notes: year around 24 hour fishing begins January 1 on Utah side. Wyoming side open. special stamps required for Utah anglers. 30,000 fingerlings and $500 catchable fish planted in Green River below the dam.
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Flaming Gorge
Utah
Pew
Fish and Gare Dept
Wyoming
Green River
Community Cleanup Day Set by Uintah Group
Uintah community groups are urged to join a Saturday cleanup on December 14 led by Tom Grus, with youth groups civic clubs assigned areas. Home owners should tidy yards, and heavy equipment will haul away large debris. Groups already involved include LDS Seminary at Uintah High, Glines Ward Cub Scouts, St James Catholic youth. Jaycees Lions Pace for road cleanup. police help to move old cars and trailers.
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Tom Grus
Winth
LDS Seminary
Uintah High School
Glines Ward Cub Stouts
St. James Catholic
Jaycees
Lions Club
Vernal City
Forest Roads Update From Vernal Chamber Meeting
Vernal chamber heard Forest Service engineer Ashley Nat ional Forest outline road projects including Dowd Mountain and Sheep Creek Canyon contract readiness. Plans include access to Flaming Gorge and a boat ramp. Chamber membership drive ends next Tuesday at Hotel Vernal. Houston of Fish and Wildlife thanked Untermann for survey cooperation.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Durray Dalley
Ashley National Forest
Dowd Mountain
Forest Service
Sheep Creek Canyon
Sherp Creek Gap
Bennett Ranch
Flaming Gorse
Harclay Gardner
Chamber
John Houston
The
Fish & Wildlife Service
G. BE. Untermann
Fieldhouse
Houston
U.S
Vernal
Basin Woman Arraigned on Murder Charge
Imogene Sowsonicut Hart, 24, of Whiterocks, was arraigned in U S District Court Salt Lake City on a murder charge involving a 19 month old girl. She declined to enter a plea and asked the government to submit the accusation to the grand jury. The court had ordered the grand jury to convene Monday December 9 at 10 a m in the federal building. The defendant had been charged as Imogene Sansonicut but said her true name is Imogene Sowsonicut Hart.
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Imogene Sonsonizut Hart
Whiterocks
U. S
Salt Lake City
APW Funds Planned for Indian Roads
Sen Frank Moss reports to The Vernal Express from Washington that Accelerated Public Works funds will be used to complete three roads in the Uinta and Ouray Reservation Whiterocks Loop Ulntah Canyon and Neola North Ulntah Canyon. Moss, a member of the Senate Public Works Subcommittee, says federal projects create more jobs at lower cost than local programs.
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Frank
Moss
Vernal Express
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Af Fairs
Ulistah and
Ouray
Whiterocks Loop
Ulntah Canyon
Neolanorth-Ulntah
Canyon
Sen
Senate Public Works Subeya
APW
Uus
Scout District Meet Sets Winter Camp Plans
Uliah District meeting will be held Wednesday December 11 at 6 30 p m at the county building reports Chairman Morris R Cook It is important that committee chairmen and representatives from the sponsoring institutions are present Pang will be discussed on the Rey Scout Winter Camp for December 27 and 28 Program dates for 1964 also will be established Mr Cock said
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Uliah
Morris R. Cook
Pang
Rey
Santa Claus Set to Arrive for Vernal Christmas Festival
Santa Claus will arrive Saturday signaling the climax of Vernal's Christmas Festival of Values. He lands at noon, is paraded through town on a fire truck, and will hand out free candy at the county building at 1 p.m. The Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event, with Weldon Eaton as chairman. The festival runs through Saturday December 7, featuring a mystery personality contest, a Treasure Hunt, and broad store promotions drawing shoppers from Duchesne Roosevelt and Rangely.
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Yuletide
Santa Claus
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce
Weldon Eaton
Vernal
the Express
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Vernal
Vernal Fa
Retail Merchants Committee
Gary Sprouse
Chamber
Sprouse
Duchesne
Roosevelt
Rangely
Duc Ghesne
Troosevely
Ranges Dy
Spacuse
Bids Set for Vital Uintah Basin Highway Projects
The State Road Commission schedules bid openings for two Uintah Basin highways at about $1 million each. Bids open December 17 for seven miles of Indian Canyon road and December 23 for 7.1 miles of U.S. 40 toward Millway Hollow. Completion is planned in 175 days.
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State Road Commission
Uintah Basin
Indian Canyon
Vernal
Millway Hollow
Funeral Held For Victim Of Auto Mishap
Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 pm in Rand Lett Episcopal Church for Mrs. Elizabeth Bumgarner F Poowegun 45 who died Wednesday of last week from injuries suffered in a traffic accident. The body was found Wednesday at 9 am in her automobile after the crash near Lapoint road and U.S. 40. Investigating officers described the car speeding past a stop sign before crashing through a steel fence and ending in a sage brush field. The victim had been dead for several hours when found.
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Randlett Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Bumgarner
Poowegun
Burigl
Ft. Duchesner
Thooper Ronald Wilson
Utah Highway Patrol
Uintah County
Norman R. Fletcher
Carl Schoenberger
Ray Wardle
Lapoint Road
U.S.40
Whitney D. Slammond
Funeral Wednesday for Traffic Victim in Vernal
Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 pm at the Roosevelt Stake Center for Victory in Mitchell for 42 year old Mitchall Mitchell, killed Saturday night in a one car crash seven miles west of Vernal. The Utah Highway Patrol report says he was driving a 1962 Buick west at about 100 mph when the car left the road, rolled end over end down a 25 foot hill, and crushed him after being thrown from the vehicle. Skid marks stretch 600 feet from the point of loss of control to the wreck site. Mitchell, born May 29, 1921 in Antelope Duchesne County, was the son of Marion I and Gertrude McKowen Mitchell and was married to Joan McClure on August 25, 1946 in Salt Lake City.
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Roosevelt Stake Center For Victory
Mitchell
Vernal
Uish Highway Patrol
Mitchall
May Herrington
Utah
MR. Mitchell
Antelope
Duchesne County
Marlon I
Gertrude McKowen Atitchell
Joan McClure
Salt Lake City
White rocks Fish Hatchery Receives Eggs for Winter Hatch
Whiterocks State Fish Hatchery processes incoming eggs to hatch this winter. Most eggs will be planted as fingerlings for summer 1885 with others held for catchable sizes in spring and summer 1985. Rainbow and Kokanee egg shipments total 272,440 and 26,000 respectively. Eggs are counted by egg count and ounce measurement, and hatching time depends on water temperature.
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Whiterocks State Fish Hatchery
Whiterocks
High Uintah Lakes
Moss seeks bill to name Flaming Gorge Lake Kennedy
Senator Frank Moss announced plans to sponsor legislation to rename Flaming Gorge Reservoir Lake Kennedy in honor of the late President. The proposal would divide the name: Wyoming part Lake O Mahoney and Utah part Lake Ashley. Critics fear potential confusion from two names.
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Frank D. Moss
Flaming Gorge
Lake
Kennedy
Wyoming
O'Mahoney
Utah
Ashley
Gale McGee
Wyo
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Uintah County Agricultural Office
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Uintad Utes
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