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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1946
Page
3
J M Jones executive secretary of the National Wool Growers Association urged revisions to OPA policy on lamb and mutton. He spoke after meetings in Chicago and Kansas City and said the industry must oppose current continuance until more information is available to ensure adequate returns to growers and feeders.
Mr Jones urges removal of price controls on lambs and mutton and subsidies on slaughter sheep to move toward a free economy with broader product distribution. He notes no government policy announcement and highlights a second USDA price cut on domestically produced wool, urging a long range wool program and tariff or quota measures to boost domestic wool use.
Mr and Mrs Jack Foster led a party that crossed Cross Mountain canyon on ice in Moffat county Colorado. The group included guides Ferry Carpenter and others, with Foster editor of the Rocky Mountain News and his wife a top national reporter. They traveled a previously untrodden stretch of the Yampa river and canyon 50 miles west of Craig, returning home with vivid accounts of their adventurous voyage.
Earl Barbour head of I Barbour Construction at Rifle reports rapid progress on the government oil shale plant offices. The building, bid at 47600, nears completion with only finishing touches remaining.
Mr Harbour reports a contract awarded to a southern engineering company for 147000 for erection work. The plant aims to be in operation this summer, supplying energy to the shale plant and local community. Fifty workers to staff the site, with thirty five houses already up and a dam and reservoir under construction to serve the project. Power lines and lighting will draw from Transic Service Company transmission lines.
Utah town and country youth enter a six annual vegetable production and marketing contest with scholarships totaling 6000 dollars. H C Seymour of the Oregon 4H Club leads the Western Region committee and outlines awards from 500 to national champion, 200 to regional winners, 100 to 33 sectional winners, plus state prizes. Open to boys and girls 12 to 21, entries via county agents or Massachusetts State College.
Miss Cook of Roosevelt hosted visitors on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Ha vor Goodrich hosted and saw Boulder City visitors. Earl Rasmussen of Los Angeles and Willard Rasmussen hosted guests. C P Ruppe traveled to Salt Lake City for attention. Owen Timothy and Josephine Bascom spent three days in Roosevelt last week.
The Blue Cross Plan of the Inter Mountain Hospital Service covers Utah southern Idaho western Wyoming and eastern Nevada as one of eight Blue Cross plans approved. The reapproval confirms continued support for health care coverage across these states.
J Jenkins announces continued approval of the Inter Mountain Blue Cross by the American Hospital Association Board of Trustees. The plan meets standards for non profit operation and sound administration. Blue Cross coverage expands to more states and territories with 2000000 enrollees today, and Utah braces for a surgical plan expansion into 1946 as Uintah County Hospital joins.
Naples dn Ooanthan Corremmon Dallis Nickell returned Thursday to duty after a short furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs James Nickell. Donelay Karren left Tuesday for Fort Douglas after a thirty day furlough with his mother Mrs Glindys Karren. Mr and Mrs Halver Goodrich stayed in Salt Lake City several days. Karl Goodrich of Moses Lake Washington visited there last week. Frank Elwin Merrell Carma and Lila Goodrich spent Thursday in Salt Lake City with Mrs Elwin Merrell accompanying them.
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