1954 to Be a Year of Opportunity Says Chamber
Washington reports the Chamber of Commerce of the United States forecasts 1954 as a year of opportunity with tax cuts expanding buying power. Consumers will drive demand for new products and home fix-up markets while auto backlogs and public works need provide growth avenues amid ongoing defense budget shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chamber of Comerce
United States
Wavings
King
University of Michigan
Eisenhower
National Conference On Highway Financing
The
Chamber
Three Enlist in Armed Service From Ballard
Ellen Bracken reports Ballard residents and families in motion. Larry Letrsen, Arlen Bellon, and Frank Hing Ham wall plan to join the armed forces. Shanna Bellon misses A Co after a holdup. Local moves include visits to Albuquerque and Idaho, hospital stays, school enrollments, and a Ballard pageant by Genealogy members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Bracken
Larry
Bernard Letrsen
Jon
Arlen Bellon
Frank Hing Ham Wall
Shanna Bellon
A Co
Paul Reves
Albuquerque N M
Meo
Kent Gueitting
Lewiston
Idaho
Jesse Hullinger
Hullinger
Local church notes and community updates from North Salt Lake
Eight members attended a chapter meeting with Ellen Bracken leading the lesson. Visitors include Ellen Bracken Bishop Mrs Golden Collins and Mr Mrs Wendel Johnson who traveled from Glendale California Jan 3 to Pasadena and Las Vegas then to Tijuana Hoover Dam Zion National Park and Long Beach. Jeanette Todd announced her engagement to Francis Todd.
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Troy Adams
Ft Duchesne
Alterra
Ballard
Orlan Cook
Ina McQuare
Beaver City
John A Gardner
Earl
Delmar Gardner
Stanford Butcher
Union High School
Squire Mangum
Hoosevelt Hospital
Lyle Morrill
San Diego
Calif
von Morrill
Keith Jackson
Salem
Ore
Join A Gardner
Jack Cooker
Dewey MecConkie
Salt Lake City
Betts
Gary
Furt Gardner
Glenda
USAC
Dorrall Bellen
Ralph Harrison
Xavier Hellens Max
Keith Snyder
Altonah
Charles Bingham
John A. Gardner
Roosevelt
Winfred Long
Bennett
Marvin Kettle
Earl Winn
Leland Angus
Vida Betts
Erna Stalla
Ellen Bracken
Charles Hewitt
California
Leslie Collins
Ernest Betts
Ensign Clark
Vaughn Simper
Bishop
Golden Collins
Wendel Johnson
Hilton Marx
Glendale
Pasadena
Tijuana
Mexico
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
New
Zion National Park
Nyles Andreagons
Long Beach
Califor
Billy Patterson
Tupele
Angus Anderson
Lublock
Texas
Elbert Smith
Bill Parrish
Ernert
Junior Betts
Duane
George Bracken
Paul Reyes
Jeanette Todd
Francis . Todd
North Salt Lake
Todds
1954 GMC Trucks on Display at Vernal
The first equipment of 1954 GMC trucks has arrived at Vernal Auto Shop and are on display. Chuck Harrison, new manager, announces the light line offers styling and 125 horsepower. Hydra-Matic extends through medium duty to 45,000 lb gross weight with eight speeds forward and two in reverse, patterned after the GMC 6x8 military trucks used in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GMC
Vernal Auto Shop
Chuck Harrison
Korea
Lattner Son Completes Air Force Training at Lackland
Harvey D Lattner, son of Mel Melba Lattner, completes Air Force basic military training at Lackland Air Base Texas. The passage notes Lackland as a training site and mentions related military education and evaluative testing for aptitude and orientation toward specific vocations within the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Harvey D Larttner
Mel Melba Lattner
Air Force
San Vitorio
Himtin Resource Research Confey
USAF
Haven’t They Always Stnstichins Say Women Care Wages
Married men have long known that women want equal pay and say many women now care about men’s wages. The fragment notes this shift in attitudes toward earnings and gender roles.
Richfield Lions Support Echo Park Dam Hearings
Richfield Lions Club hosted a discussion on the Echo Park Dam and passed resolutions to be forwarded to Washington hearings beginning January 18. Speakers included Paul P Ashworth, Harvey Dastrup, Wistor N Stokes, and RTY Buchanan. Local figures and civic leaders attended the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richfield
Echo Park
Lions Club
O C Cluft
Cluft
Paul P Ashworth
theAssocinuxt Civics Clubs
Utah
Harvey Dastrup
Sevier County Stoclawan
Wistor N Stokes
Fishlake Forest Service
RTY
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Utah Power & Light CO
Ing
Relief Society
Jan Oo
Lora Assy
Ben Locke
Independence
David Lundberg
St Douglas
Daulter
Wyo
Veryn
Brighton
Thea
U.58
Blue
Calf
Vernal
Oldsmobile
Dealer
Richfield Lions
Jagper
Nye Mehei
Basin‘ Chevrolet Company
Ie Sas Sebel
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