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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1977
Page
2
A fragmented news wire item from the Vernal Express lists researchers Jaaes er Naples Randiett Tridell Whiterocks in a correction or byline note. The readable fragments indicate attribution remains unsettled and requires follow up for full names and roles.
The author argues for a Utah led air quality plan using coal while opposing rushed national clean air policies. HeUDIO urges practical, state driven standards to balance development with health safeguards, noting past legislative hurdles and the need for long term stationary and mobile pollution controls.
Pvt Alen Williamson is in basic training at Fort Jackson SC and will train as a field radio repairman after. He enrolled in the Guard cooperative Education program earning high school credits while on duty. Williamson plans to return to Uintah High School to complete his diploma. Pat Williamson, born in Tampa TX, is his mother. Company A wishes him success in the National Guard.
Washington news notes Captain Douglas L. Jacobsen of Vernal Utah receives the Department of Defense Joint Service Commendation Medal at the Pentagon for meritorious service as Pentagon Bicentennial Tour project officer and for the corridor dedication honoring NATO. He is a 1961 Uintah High School graduate and BYU speech degree graduate, with an M.S. in education from Troy State University. His wife is Nedene Stringham.
In Plymouth Massachusetts residents approve a second nuclear plant by a 4 to 1 margin praising the first plant for lower costs and no air pollution. The piece notes tax reductions and monthly electric savings, with a closing contact at Edison Electric Institute in New York for energy questions.
A rapid rise of optical communications using hair-thin glass fibers and lasers could reshape data transfer by the 1980s. Benefits include higher capacity, speed, and security, offset by cost and fragile connectors, with major firms like AT&T Corning and IBM pursuing pilot systems and stock recommendations from Rabson's Reports.
The piece argues Dr Timothy Leary and followers pushed marijuana and other hallucinogens as harmless self expression. It cites mass media coverage and a youth culture embracing pot, LSD and hashish while predicting decriminalization and reduced enforcement under Ford and Carter era shifts. It questions public health oversight and calls for Ralph Nader.
Instructions for checking and adjusting front wheel bearing clearance. Guides wobble test, locating play between brake parts, removing caps, handling cotter pins, tightening axle nuts, and reseating with care. Emphasizes not over tightening and rechecking both sides for smooth operation.
The Express invites Uintah readers to submit letters on any subject for publication. Include full name signature and address. writers may request withholding of name for good reasons.
Disgusted family writes from Rock Springs Wyoming about the February 5 1977 killing of Jerry Chew known as Road Hauge. They reject media portrayal linking his earlier accident and express sympathy and demand fair treatment from landlords and the public.
Daggett County commissioners Carl Collett Albert Neff and Laftoy Saddler and their wives attended a road meeting at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Ladies pinochle gathered Monday at the Conference Hall with prizes to Danna Callett Connie Rogers Doris Combs and Marion Cummings. Opal Arrowswaith visited Greendale as did the Colletts relatives. Birthday notices for Camie Anderson Becky Combs and Kenneth Thompson celebrated at home. Carl Collett and Heatrice Stringham Edith Hatch and Deana Frymer visited. Mrs Athleen Miller has her kin in a cast after a broken wrist last Sunday.
Elder Brent W. Merrill recently completed a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints in Veracruz Mexico. He served in Cordoba Atlixca Caldad Mendoza Tuxpan Tierra Blanca and Poza Rica. He will report February 20 at the Verna 6th Ward Ashbey Stake Center at 2:30 p.m. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Merrill and a 1973 Uintah flight school graduate.
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