Vernal Express Wins Utah Press Association Honors
Vernal Express captured multiple awards at the Utah State Press Association luncheon in Salt Lake City. The paper earned second place for Best Front Page, Best News Story, General Excellence, Typography, and honorable mentions for Editorial and Use of Illustrative Material.
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Vernal Express
Utah State Press Association
Utah
Salt Lake City
Express
Tartison Ro Merrill
Walter L Webb
Lehi
James He Wallis
The
Edmund C Arnold
Mergenthaler Linotype Co
Arthur R McQuiddy
US Steel Corp
Uintah Matmen Lead Tourney At Union 311
Uintah wrestlers scored 104 points, led the city tournament at Union 311. The Redskins send 10 to Monticello for the regional. Union High School had 10 qualifiers and Altamont five, with Uintah earning six firsts and four seconds led by pins from Smuin Bingham and Lube and Wilson claiming the unlimited crown.
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Uintah
Union
Redskins
Monticello
Union High School
Altamont
Uintad
Utes
Leon Smuin
Jack Bingham
Jime Lube
Pins Durfee
Hatch
Kristin Wilson
Fortel
Leo Conk
Montecelli
Marshall
Shiner
Alta
Durfee
Hullinger
Doug Hatch
Cesspooch
Ist
Goodrich
Massey
Smuin
Merkley
McKee
Clark
Bingham
Lube
Carroll
Ray
Serano
Jet
Dudley
Trujillo
Knight
Burton
Alfa
Unlimited
Wilson
Dixon Alleges Politics In New Federal School Aid Bill
Rep Dixon accuses political maneuvering over an $18 billion two year federal school aid measure, noting Senate approval but House resistance and a White House veto risk. Meanwhile the House Education Subcommittee backs a $675 million three year classroom construction plan focusing on building aid, not teacher salaries, with grants initially to states and a final year state matching requirement.
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Rep
Dixon
Capitol
Senate
House
Vernal Dollar Days Bargains Set By Merchants
Vernal merchants announce annual Dollar Days February 26 27 and 29 in the Vernal area with a free children matinee February 27 at the Vogue theater. The event, sponsored by the Vernal Chamber of Commerce, aims to boost shopping while Ray Cundick leads planning and journalism coverage will appear in The Vernal Express radio KVEL and the Rangely Times.
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Vernal
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Vogue Theater
Ray Cundick
Chamber Board
Vernal Express
KVEL
Hoop Games Start in Jr and Sr Divisions
The first round of the Jr and Sr Division basketball tournaments occurs Monday February 20 at Ashley Valley Jr High School with teams from Ash ley Uintah Roosevelt and Duchesne stakes. Each stake will enter two Explorer and one Senior team into the initial playoffs.
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Ashley Valley Jr High School
Ashley, Uintah Roosevelt
Duchesne Stakes
Explorer
Civil Defense Lecture Series Begins at County Building
A five part Civil Defense lecture series focusing on fallout protection and radiological dangers began Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the county building Civil Defense director Dean Rowland reports teachers Carl McDaniel, who received special training in this phase of national defense.
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Civil Defense Room
Rowland County
Civil Defense
Carl McDaniel
Perry Buys Auto Firm To Form Perry Beotra
Clifton L Perry acquires the former Slaugh Motor Co and establishes Perry Beotra as the new business. Wm Tf Slaugh sells the firm with Dale Slaugh staying on. Perry will run Meadow Gold Dairy in Maeser during personnel transfers. Perry, born in Vernal, is married to Elaine Thomas with twin eight year old boys Roger and Russell.
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Clifton L Perry
Slaugh Motor Co
Perry J Beatora
Perry
Wm Tf
Slaugh
Dale Slaugh
Vernal Theatre
Meadow Gold Dairy
Maeser
Vernal
Elaine Thomas
Roger
Russell
Utes Triumph Over Union for Near Tourney Spot
Uintah fed by a furious late surge controlled the boards and piled up 25 points in the final stretch to pull away from Union in a tight contest. Coach Bart Johnson’s squad, led by Terry Bastian and George Lee, faced key tests this week with Manila and Duchesne looming as the road to the state Class B tournament narrows.
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Provo
Bart Johnson
Uintah
Union
Utes
Manila
Duchesne
Glines
Redskins
Gayle McKeachnie
George Lee Bastian
Sixkiller
Cats
J Cougara
Flaming Gorge power essential to basin industry voiced
Vernal Chamber forum heard officials urge Bureau of Reclamation to build power lines from Flaming Gorge Dam to Basin consumers to keep costs down and attract industry. Moon Lake Electric outlined expansion plans and a proposed daytime substation, while private utilities were said to risk higher rates.
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C. of C
Waming Gorge
Uintah Basin
Moon Lake Electric Agent Inc
REA
MR. Ballard
Moon Lake Electric
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Flaming Gorge Power
Bureau of Reclamation
Moon Lake
Ballard
Brush Creek
San Francisco Chemical Co
LDS Authority Visits Uintah Stake Conference
Elder Bruce T. McConkie and Elder A Lewis Elggren will visit Uintah Stake Conference on February 27 and 28. Spatial meetings include a Naples Ward chapel welfare meeting at 8:30 p.m. and no readership session at 8 p.m. General sessions for the public are at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the stake tabernacle, with an MIA session at 7:30 p.m.
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Bruce Tt McConkie
First Council of Seventy
Lewis Elggren
General Church Welfare Committee
Uintah Lds
Uintah
Frank R Walker
Naples Ward Chapel
Stake Tabernacle
Vernal Honey Goes to Russia Amid Beehive Gifts
An odd gift exchange at Balt Lake airport sees S K Hampton and Utah Honey Assa presenting Dmitri Polyanski, a Soviet delegation spokesman, with Vernal honey and beehive shaped containers. A gift exchanges include a beehive pin and a Russian alarm watch.
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Russa
Balt Lake
S K Hampton
Utah
Honey Assa
Dmitri S Polyanski
S K Wampton
Fed Stampton
Ruseian
Mr Wampton
Hampton
Polyanski
Haropion
Vernal Guard Miss Aloma Itateh Chosen Queen
Aloma Itateh was chosen queen of the Vernal National Guard at a Monday contest after noon and evening. Four contestants were judged by local clubs and a point system across four phases. The winner will attend the Miss Utah National Guard and Miss Utah contests, traveling by special Guard plane to Salt Lake City.
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Pelbert G. Brown
Ogden
Mt States Telephone Co
Val Anderson
Aloma Hatch
National Guard
Birch
Lana Abegglen
Barbara Boyatt
Dudges
Herbert Price
Steven Ellis
William C. Sampson
Lawrence V. Erickson
William A. Jacobse
Aloma Ywatch
Vernal
Vernal National Guard
Llone Birch
Kiwanis
Lions
Barbara Boyalt
Seycees
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Natch
Miss Utah National Guard
Hotel Utah
Aghley Valley Jr High School
Miss Hatch
Miss Birch
Miss Abegalen
Miss Boyatt
Metcert Price
Wiliam C Sampson
William A Lac
Uintah County Commissioners Schedule Meeting Change
Uintah County Commissioners will meet on Tuesday instead of Monday next week. The meeting date shift affects local governance and agenda confirmations.
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Uintah County
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