Ashley Elementary School design earns praise in trade magazine
Ashley Elementary School in Vernal Utah is highlighted by Intermountain Contractor for its advanced daylighting system. The building uses skylights and recessed windows to provide glare-free natural light, with indirect artificial lighting and glare reducing glass. The 21 rooms serve over 700 students with bus loading supervised outside the principal’s office.
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Vernbl
Intermountain Contractor
Ticle
Oeticle
Vernal
Utah
Uintah
A. Alwyn Call
Two Vehicles Damaged In West Main Street Collision
A Tuesday 5 30 pm wreck at West Main Street and Ird West caused about 200 in damage to two cars. George Marsh 21 Vernal drove a 1957 Mercury, Ed Ruppe 18 Vernal drove a 1961 Plymouth. Marsh cited for speed. Ruppe charged with failure to yield. City Marshall Pete Moore led investigation with Trooper Ray Herrington.
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Ird
Main Street
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George Donald Marsh
Ed Ruppe
West End
Marsh
Safeway
Ruppe
Pete Moore
Ray Herrington
Utah Highway Patrol
Heating and layout of a school on a 20 acre tract
The building uses a combination oil and gas furnace with oil as standby. Classrooms have movable formica desks and chairs. Kindergarten rooms have radiant heat and warm fat doors. Play areas lie outside the kindergarten rooms with large windows for supervision.
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Ypethine
What Makes Your Watch Tick
A playful look at watchmaking from grandfathers crude loud mechanisms to modern refined, silent pieces. The piece extols the craftsmanship of watches, invites readers to inspect a display of men and women’s timepieces priced from $0.95 with easy terms.
Uintah County Teens Drive Local Economy Growth
Uintah County’s growing teenage population is shaping the economy as parents spend to equip and maintain teens. Studies from the U S Chamber of Commerce and other agencies estimate high yearly costs per teen, with median expenses around 890 dollars, applied to the county’s 1468 teens.
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Uintah County
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Us, News and World Report
Uintah
Personal Income Rise in Utah 1961 Report
First Security Bank reports Utah personal income in 1961 around 1.81 billion, up 3.8 percent from the 1940s. Industry shows 150 million in farm income. teen spending patterns highlight 400 for food, 150 for clothes, rest for housing and activities. Population projections and retail focus on teenagers as big spenders. Value of minerals and electricity use set records. retail sales also noted.
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Utah
First Security Bank
Harold R. Sargent
Vernal
Uintah
Top Magazine Praises Utah in National Feature
Cosmopolitan highlights Utah as a good place to work and live. John Thirkill of Brigham City, a Thiokol engineer, appears in a photo story showing his daily work at the missile plant and family life. Thirkill leads the Preliminary design and analysis dept of Thiokol Wasatch Division. Utah is praised for scenery, recreation, and the “good way of life.”
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Ali Way
Hye
Utah
John Thirkill
Brigham City
Thiokol
Thirkill
Wasatch Division
Thiokol Chemical Corporation
Utah Economic Data Hint at 1962 Growth
An OCR fragment notes an estimated $30 million above 1960 totals and 13,000 more nonagricultural Utah jobs by December. Dank loans in Utah in 1961 rose about 7.5 percent over 1960 per First Security. An increase in joong is anticipated in 1962.
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Utah
Tate
Veterans Administration suspends services in Vernal region
Acting V A regional contact officer Tussell A Nellan told Barclay Gardner of Vernal Employment Security Office that veteran services will be suspended for an indefinite period. The move comes after reevaluation of the veteran population served in the area.
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Veterans Service
Tussell A. Nellan
Veterans
Administration
Salt Lake City
Nellan
Barclay Gardner
Vernal Employment Security Office
W Ietter
Fire damages Lowe Goodrich Building in Naples incident
An overheated stove in the Meeping quarters of the Lowe Goodrich residence in Naples started a fire Friday. It burned the roof and interior, with two boys sleeping in the outbuilding escaping as clothing rifles and bedding were destroyed, estimating a loss of 359 dollars.
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Lowe Goodrich
Naples
Coke Jeffries
QO. J. Barnett
Mel Burke
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