Go Women to Grow Up in Judge Gillam Speech
Judge Phillip B Gillam at Denver Juvenile Court urges teens to grow up and take responsibility. He dismisses excuses and entertainment entitlement while urging work, service, and self improvement to aid others and reduce poverty and war. The sermon emphasizes maturity, backbones over wishbones, and returning home.
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Phillip B Gillam
Denver
Tod Cross
Salvation Army
Heoaven
Kunin
Not an American but a caricatured critique of citizens
The piece mocks Americans as inconsistent in spending and values, contrasting budget clashes with consumer frugality. It critiques voting on education, tobacco, and prices, notes familiarity with baseball but ignorance of the Star Spangled Banner, and ends with a quip about payroll delivery and armored cars.
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Khirwshehes
Maysville
Record Herald
Ilo
Imoce Didso
Vernal Gun Club Earns BLM Board Appointment
Lyman Merkley, president of Vernal Red and Gun Club, was appointed to the Bureau of Land Management Board. A club letter of appreciation from Douglas Merkley of Wasatch County Education praised the club for youth work, noting 74 junior high students enrolled in the Utah Gun Safety Course and 250 more expressing interest.
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Lyman Merkley
Vernal Red and Gun Club
Burea of Land Management Board
Douglas Merkley
Board of Education
Wasatch County
Vernal Club
Ashley Central Canal
Maeser Youth at Sea on Coral Sea During Recommissioning
Francia Tall, electrician’s mate fireman and son of Emmett A Maeser, serves aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea. The ship was recommissioned January 25 after a three year modernization at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton Washington. Coral Sea to undergo sea trials in Puget Sound area and a shakedown cruise off California. After active duty in May 1947 with US and NATO forces in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, she decommissioned in May 1957. Current improvements include an angled flat deck streamlined hurricane bow and a modern combat information center.
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Francia Tall
Fireman
USN
Emmett
Maeser
Coral Sea
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Farm policy clash stalls long attempted farm bill
The session shows no path to farm legislation acceptable to President Eisenhower and Secretary Benson. Disputes center on price supports versus free market production, with Democrats warning of higher production and surpluses and Republicans arguing supports hinder necessary adjustments. The Eisenhower economic report highlights rising output and productivity, yet prices and farm income lag, underscoring a broad policy dilemma without a clear solution.
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Congress
Eisenhower
Ezra Benson
Lisenhower
Benson
America
Russia
United States
Mental Health Guest Speaker Addresses Jr Current Topics
Jane Thomas of Salt Lake City, state executive director of Utah Mental Health, spoke to the Jr Current Topics club at the County Courthouse on January 20. Co-hostess Dale Meagher introduced the program. dessert luncheon followed at Elaine Wenderson’s home. Members plan a future meeting at Isla King’s home.
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Jane Thomas
Salt Lake City
Utah
County Court House
Dale Meagher
Uintah Basin
Good Old Days 20 Years Ago February 8 1940
A son arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Monroe Hatch on Jan 27. Mr and Mrs Dick Bennett of Manila announce the birth of a baby girl on Jan 24. Mr and Mrs Charles farmer and children have moved into their home. Miaa Mary Alice Meagher married Samuel Arentz of Reno Nevada Monday morning. Stanley Harrison moved his store into a new building. Mr and Mrs Earl Gurr are the parents of a baby boy born Jan 28. Miss Francis Ellsworth married Marvin Perry Saturday in Duchesne. Mrs Gordon Smuin entertained a group of children Sunday afternoon for her daughter Peggy’s fourth birthday. Mrs Frank Couture entertained last week at a waffle supper in honor of her husband.
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Monroe Hatch
Dick Bennett
Manila
Charles Farmer
Miaa
Mary Alice Meagher
Samuel Arentz
Reno
Nevada
Stanley Harrison
Earl Gurr
Francis Ellsworth
Marvin Perry
Duchesne
Mra
Gordon Smuin
Peggy
Frank Couture
Dinosaurs Draw Big Visitor Jump to Dinosaur National Monument
Utah Tourist and Publicity Council reports a 770 percent rise in visitors to Dinosaur National Monument after a new Visitor Center and access roads. 1950 saw 12,911 visitors while 1959 recorded 111,493. ads in national magazines aided the surge, tied to road conditions.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Utah Tourist and Publicity Council
Dinosaur
Acces
Monument
Panmuary 13 1920 Public health notes urge calm and action
40 years ago warnings advise people to act calmly avoid crowds and dances and keep in fresh air to help neighbors in need. A move aims to raise Basin parcel post shipments to 500 to 1000 pounds. Lamar Nickel and Robert Wickman wed last Saturday. Elder Davis Morrill cites Colfax, Washington reporting flu concerns. A fifteen pound baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Austin Morley and a baby girl to Mr and Mrs John Robbins on February 6 at the Olsen home Tuesday. Cars are circulating in the area.
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Lamar Nickel
Robert Wickman
Davis Morrill
Colfax
Washington
Austin Morley
John Robbins
Norman Olsen
Way of Glines to Reach Mag Ser Blocked by Road
The route from Markley corner to Mae Ser store is nearly impassable hindering travel. Local reports note rough terrain and waterlogged areas, delaying deliveries and commutes. Residents seek repairs or alternative paths to restore access to Mag Ser.
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Magser
Markley Corner
Maeser
McCoy Home Hosts References and Mission Calls
Sixty years ago Walter McCoy hosts a family gathering while Joseph Hacking and William Workman accept calls to serve missions. Mary Dennison of Richfield Colorado gave birth to a baby weighing eight pounds at birth, gaining five pounds in a month. Charles Viardy, a returned missionary from Washington, persuaded Miss Stella Colton to change her name to his. The Jensen meeting house nears completion with plastering finished and rustle up. A dance has been moved from February 14 to 16. Marcellus Pope builds a new assay office south of the Uintah. Lycurgus Johnson returns home after attending a livestock convention in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Joseph Hacking
William Workman
Mary Dennison
Richfield
Colo
Charles Viardy
Washington
Provo
Marcellus Pope
Uintah ]Trouse
Johnson
Fort Worth
Texas
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