Uintah Alumni edge Utes in close practice game
Uintah alumni beat the Utes 48 to 43 in a Tuesday night exhibition at Roadway Field. Utes led early quarters, but a seasoned alumni squad finished strong under coach Frank Wright. Valey Eaton led Uintah with 16 points in the first half while Don Barr and Charley Wells powered both ends for the alumni.
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Grant Moser
Eridan
Union High School
Ules
Uintah
Utes
Valey Eaton
Ronnie Abegglen
Charley Wells
Don Barr
Charley
Grant Richens
Johnny Lacking
Frank Wright
Jessie Johnson
Frank Hatch
Brent Roberts
Moser
Norwood Hardy
Abegglen
Anderson
Lee Vm
Heo Thi
Johnson
Richens
Roberts
Waterfowl harvest study mailed to Utah hunters
Utah State Game Department mailed 5,000 questionnaire forms to randomly selected licensed hunters for the 1954 waterfowl season to gauge harvests and guide resource management. Last year questionnaires showed 427,223 ducks and 9,635 geese killed in Utah, averaging 12.4 birds per hunter.
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Utah
Dr Grant Vest Named to President's Education Advisory Group
Dr Grant Vest former Uintah School District Superintendent is named to President Eisenhower's Advisory Committee for state and White House education conferences under Public Law. The 32 member panel includes Dr Wests as Denver Education Commissioner and Neil McElroy of Procter and Gamble as chair. Oveta Hobby and S M Brownell serve as honorary vice chairs.
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Ur. We. Grant Vest
Uintah
Eisenhower
Plain State
White House
United States
Wests
Denver
Neil McElroy
Proctor and Gamble Company
Clinton Pace
Austin
Texas
Oveta Colp Hobby
S. M. Brownell
Ion Comets
Washington,c
Hobby
Oklahoma Indian youth wins prize with erosion essay
An Oklahoma Indian youth produced the winning 100 word essay for an erosion contest based on a decrepit farmhouse photo. The piece argues the white man’s actions harmed the land by cutting trees, clearing stone, and killing deer, leaving the area damaged and desolate.
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BLM
Tag Team Match Set Saturday At Imperial Hall
A six man tag team wrestling contest is scheduled for Imperial Hall this Saturday night January 8. Ted Christy Gypsy Joe and George Bruckman face BI Melby Len Rossi and Buzz Jones in a highly anticipated bout. The show opens with three fifteen minute one fall matches. Promoter Orvel Hullinger says negotiations are underway to sign Primo Carnera for a later match in January or February.
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Imperial Hall
Orvel Hullinger
Ted Christy
Gypsy Joe
George Bruckman
BI Melby
Len Rossi
Buzz Jones
Intermountain
Hullinger
Prima Carnera
Uintah County Sees Spike in Chicken Pox Cases
Weekly health report shows Uintah County with 64 of 72 cases being chicken pox for the week ending December 24. State totals reach 215 cases across diseases, including cancer, poliomyelitis, influenza, measles, German measles, mumps, strep infections, tuberculosis, whooping cough, hepatitis, gastroenteritis, rheumatic fever and meningitis, versus five year median of 403. The narrative closes with a cultural aside on Plains life, recalling a Western farmer’s short essay.
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Uintah
Utah State Department of Health
Poeta Atrial Becom
Eastern
Idaho
Cancer Symptom Center Planned in Salt Lake City
A Cancer Symptom Center will be held January 6 and 7 from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. at Division Headquarters 176 Social Hall Avenue Salt Lake City. Registration requires a written referral from a doctor seen in the past year and only registered attendees will be examined. Complete examinations are not provided. exams focus on areas where cancer is suspected and patients are referred back to their family doctor for further procedures or treatment.
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Salt Lake
Utah
American Cancer Society
County Medical Society
Social Hall Avenue
Cancer Society
Salt Lake County Medical Society
VA Pensioners Must Fill Out Annual Income Questionnaires
The Veterans Administration begins mailing annual income questionnaires to about one million veterans and survivors drawing VA pensions. It explains that income information determines eligibility for pension and sets a ceiling of 140400 for those with dependents. Penalties include suspension of payments for failure to return the form within 30 days.
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T VA
Vane
Eagles on the Silver Dollars Symbolize Swift Fight
The piece notes that the eagle design on silver dollars represents a swift combat spirit. Whit's Wit discusses the symbolic meaning, linking national imagery to a quick, decisive defense.
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Whit
Funeral Services Conducted for Lily Anh Boan
Funeral services for Lily Ann Boan 88 longtime Vernal resident were held at Congregational Community Church with Rev H B Gordon officiating. Born December 10 1886 in Council Bluffs to Riley and Sarah Walyters she married Wilson Bryan Boan in 1886 and helped establish Brush Creek ranching early Utah settlers. Surviving children include Joe Boan Ruby Kurtz Clarence Bean Rebecca Morris and sister Inez Ferguson with eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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Mre
Oan
Ld Surray
T. Mary's I Hospital
Grand Tunction
Council Pit Town
Bans Riley
Sarah Waly
Ters Bradney
To Chattern
Nebraska
Born
H. B. Gordon
Uest
Old Rugged Cross
Hnson
Tepeliberens
Angpone syUson
Glen W. Bean
Neldon
Arial Shiner
James Hem
Gordon
Hatch Named Foreman at Kennecott Mine in Bingham
Gus L. Hatch, formerly of Vernal and son of Mr and Mrs Bus Hatch, became property watchman foreman at Kennecott Copper's Bingham mine on January 1. He succeeds Harry Sours, who retired after 32 years with the company. Mr Sours joined Kennecott October 9, 1922, as a shovel watchman and later became level foreman and property watchman. Hatch joined Kennecott January 22, 1951 as a trackman, then student brakeman, and in 1952 was made a property watchman. He is a Vernal native, attended the University of Utah for two years, and previously worked for Jack Smith at Midvale. He and his wife Patricia Joan Mannion have two children and reside at 7100 South State Street, Midvale.
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Gus L. Hatcn
Vernal
Bus Hatch
Kennecott Copper Corporation
Bingham Mine
Harry Sours
Mr. Sours
Kennecott
Hatch
University of Utah
Jack Smith
Midvale
Patricia
Joan Mannion
South State Street
Vernal Firms to Get 1954 Census Forms Soon
Utah firms in retail wholesale and service sectors including theaters hotels and mines will receive 1954 Census of Business forms. Nationwide about three million businesses will be surveyed alongside 275000 manufacturers and 35000 to 40000 mineral industry establishments. First censuses of manufacturers and mineral industries began long ago, with 1939 figures showing Utah copper ore value at 62.8 million.
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Utah
United
United States
Social Security Talks Reach Salt Lake and Vernal
A Social Security representative will visit 212 South West Temple Street Salt Lake City and Vernal City Hall on the third Wednesday monthly at 11 a.m. The next three dates are January 19 February 16 and March 16 offering help for those reaching 65 or with a worker death in the family.
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South West Temple St
Salt Lake City
Vernal City
Colonel Colton Leads JAG Unit in Germany
First Lt Sterling Colton, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Colton, 67 N Second Vernal, Viah, serves in Germany with the Seventh Army's Judge Advocate Section. A Utah and Stanford graduate, Colton came to Europe last month to coordinate intensive training of U S combat units stationed across Germany.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Sterling Ie Colton
Hugh Colton
Viah
Seventh Army
U. S
Colton
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
Stanford (Calif.) University
Europe
Editor's quote on American peace aims and ad strategy
Edwin J. Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor, argues that the United States has managed immediate international problems but failed on long-range peace planning. He advocates smart advertising as the best method to boost totals in 1955.
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Edwin JD. Canham
Christian Science — Monitor
America
Ealling
First among the mineral industries in Utah in 1839
The report notes Utah’s mineral sector led the territory’s output accounting for more than half the total value of products reported. It highlights the prominence of mining activities in 1839 and the dominance of mineral production in the economy.
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Utah
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