Utah publishers tour steel plant and shale plans
At the Utah Press Association convention publishers toured U S Steel Geneva plant and attended a governor reception where Governor Matheson spoke on shale land claims. An energy forum featured Rees Madsen of White River Shale Project touting oil shale potential as Utah eyes energy future.
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Utah Press Association
U. S. Steel
Geneva
Matheson
Verna
Rees Madsen
White Ttver
Utah
Free use permits for Vernal Ranger District fuelwood
Ranger Vaughn Francis reminds the public of firewood availability on the Vernal Ranger District of the Ashley National Forest amid energy shortages. Free-use permits for dead and down wood for personal fuel use are available at 650 North Vernal Avenue Vernal Utah. Do not cut within summer home areas campgrounds or within one quarter mile of Utah Highway 44.
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Vaughn Francis
Vernal
Ashley National Forest
Vernal Ranger District
Francis
Utah Highway 44
North
Vernal Avenue
Utah
Bicentennial meritorious service cited at luncheon
At a Bicentennial Award luncheon held Friday February 11 at the Lamplighter Inn the Unith Bicentennial Board of Directors received an Appreciation Award Certificate of Meritorious Service. Marguerite Colton presented the award signed by Governor Rampton and Bicentennial Commission Chairman Dr. C C Tanner.
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Lamplighter Inn
Unith. Bicentennial Board of Directors
Marguerite Colton
Utah Bicentennial
Calvin Rampton
Bicentennial Commission
C. C. Tanner
Gene Ray Hall
Lillian Henderson
Sec
Treas
Dwight L. Wetenkamp
Warren D. Richardson
Grade J. Nelson
Jack Seitz
Elmer Maight, Jr
Philip Ellis
June Stewart
Ala Winward
Dave Condon
Fred Brown
Denny Davies
Sam Snyder
Jack Wallis
The
Vernal Express
PSC approves Utah Gas pass through increase
The Public Service Commission approved an $83.0 percent pass-through increase for Utah Gas Service Co to offset higher wholesale charges from Northwest Pipeline Co and Altonah Plant. The rate hike, effective Jan 2, followed a December tentative approval and a December hearing. A March 1 hearing on a $200,000 exploration allowance was continued after notice issues.
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Public Service Commission
Utah Gas Service Co
Inal
Utah Gas
Daggett
Uintah
Grand
Juan Counties
Eastern Air
Hts
Northwest Pipeline Co
Utah Gas Sereice Co
Fred §. Waiss
California
Utah Gas Service
Thomas M. Zacr
Tourists survive Red Cloud Loop mishap in Utah mountains
Louis Legac and Bil Locke, both of Oklahoma City, spent a weekend in the Uinta Mountains after choosing the Red Cloud Loop. Their car became stuck on Dry Fork Canyon and they endured a cold night before reaching Trout Creek Rangers Station eight miles away. They cooked rice with bouillon and eaten applesauce, then were aided by Ranger Mike Bergfeld near Twin Parks.
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Louis Legac
Bil Locke
Oklahoma City
Okla
Uinta Mountains
Red Cloud Loop
Mr. Legac
Bill
Dry Fork Canyon
Fork of
Ashley
Hacking Lake
Trout Creek Rangers
Louis
Twin Parks
Mike Bergfeld
City sewer to get TV inspection and infiltration study
Vernal City undertakes a $53,000 project with Community Consultants to use internal TV inspection and monitoring to analyze excessive groundwater infiltration in the sewer system. Uintah Engineering and Land Surveying assist as subcontracts. EPA funds 76 percent, city 24. The goal is to reduce infiltration by up to one third, extend plant life, and assess upg rade options and costs for future growth.
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Vernal City
Nelson
Community Consultants, Inc
Provo
Uintah Engineering and
Sam Snyder
Environmental Protection Agency
Vernal Y
Arena
TLE
Snyder
Matinger Nelson
Uintah County 1977 dog tags on sale now
Uintah County dog tags for 1977 are available through the sheriff's office. Deadline to display new tags is February 28. Tags cost $2.59 for males, $10 for females, and $1.50 for spayed females. Available at Country Cash Maeser Naples Trading Post Naples Winns Grocery Lapoint Murray's Market Gusher and the Sheriff’s Courthouse office.
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Uintah County
Bomb hoax at Uintah High forces brief evacuation
Uintah High School received a pay phone call warning of a bomb set to go off at 1 p.m. Principal Bert Gividen said the building was evacuated for about 30 minutes while a search was conducted. no device was found. He also noted eight broken windows from prior weekend vandalism and announced no school Friday during the state wrestling tournament.
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Uintah High School
Bert Gividen
Gividen
Uintah High
Salt Lake City
Brown's Park road priority status sought
Daggett County officials led by Commissioner Albert H. Neff urged the Utah Transportation Commission in Salt Lake City to grant Brown's Park Road in Daggett County first priority for future Federal Lands Highway funds. Transportation officials outlined FLH funding requests for Boulder to Grover Road in Wayne and Garfield counties for 1877-78, with a public hearing on the environmental impact statement planned for fall.
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Tri-State
the Transportation Commission
Salt Lake City
Brown's Park Road
Daggett County
Albert H. Neff
Uintah
Daggett Counties
Boulder To
Grover
Wayne
Garfield Counties
Transportation
Samuel J. Taylor
Utah Transportation~ Commission
Slayer suspect pleads innocent due to illness
Artie Duckett 33 of Tucson pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the Feb. 4 shooting of a Vernal truck driver. Authorities say a bystander who identified as a police officer shot Jerry Chew after a minor crash in Rock Springs Wyoming. Duckett held without bond for psychiatric evaluation at State hospital in Evanston.
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Jerry Chew
Trock Springs
Vernal Avenue
Chew
Artie Duckett
Tucson
Ariz
Vernal
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Duckett
Sweetwater County District Court
Kenneth Hamm
Hamm
State Hospital
Evanston
Heart disease deaths in Uintah County rise in national context
National Heart Month highlights Uintah County where 35 percent of local deaths come from heart disease versus 31 percent nationwide and 46.5 percent in Utah. Mortality varies by region due to diet, occupation, and heredity. estimated local cost of heart disease is about $822,000 yearly.
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Uintah
United States
Uintah County
U.S. Public Health Service
Utah
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Colton
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Reed
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Duchesne County
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