Guide Dogs and 4-Hers Prepare California Training Trip
Vernal Lions Club sponsors six 4-H youths and five Labrador and Golden Retriever puppies to travel to San Rafael California for Guide Dogs for the Blind training. Trainers from Vernal area, led by Roland Merkley, oversee puppy raising and basic commands. Puppies, about three months old and averaging 25 pounds, have learned house manners and car rides. Training will continue in San Rafael for five months before graduation.
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San Rafael
Calif
Dogs For the Blind, Inc
Vernal Lions Club
Lions
Vernal
Roland Merkley
Jeade
Tad
Tar
Tod
Trick
Cody
Hickin Merkley
Gary Mall
Julie Abplanaip
Alan McConkie
Neldon Hall
Kiynga Aupianaip
Carol Whitmeyer
Foundation President Reveals Dinosaurs Giftback Story
A Utah girl Dorothy Hunter Dot Hunter wrote to the Utah Field House of Natural History in Vernal seeking dinosaur knowledge. The museum director replied warmly, sharing insights about dinosaurs and the world they inhabited, and sending Dot a dig and a package of bones as a thoughtful gift.
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Gunnen
Vernal
Utah
Dorothy Dulany Hunter
Dorothy
Dot
Ae Sasnam
Jefer
Field House of Natural History
Vernel
National
Mute Iseum
Washington, D. C
Ding
Robbery Charge Faces Foursome at Market
Four suspects—Worchester Burrough 25 of Oklahoma City Shirley A. Trotter of Portland Oregon and Normin Hutcherson of Oklahoma City—posed as planters in a raid at Mike's Market Basket east of Vernal on US 40 carting away about 90 dollars. They appeared for preliminary hearing before Judge Earl J. Freeman after the Tuesday 2:30 p.m. incident.
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Earl J. Freeman
Mike
Burrough
T. M
Shorty) Keele
Trotter
Nelson Merkley
Vernol
Mr. Keele
Montgomery
Texaco
Hutcherson
MA. Keele
Sherifff
Mott
Carl
Schoenberger
School Club Plans Transport and Donation Drive
The club will organize transportation for six students and oversee a $100 donation to the Daughters of Utah Pioneers for their building program. Principal Leland G. Hex reports on the profond Science Fair at Winthar High School from March 14 to 16. The club will donate $50 cash or a savings bond.
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Ben Lindsay
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Leland G. Hex
Wintah High School
Car Track Crash Causes $550 Damages Here Saturday
A truck car collision occurred Saturday at 11:45 a.m. at the intersection of 2nd West and 4th South. Floyd T. Potter, 25, drove the truck and Mrs. June Wi Harmon, 33, drove the 1959 Ford station wagon. Harmon was cited for failure to yield right of way. No injuries. Trooper Ray M. Herrington investigated.
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2Nd West
4Th South
Floyd T. Potter
June Wi. Harmon
Vernal
No Grazing Fee Increase Seen For This Year
Sen Alan Bible says there will be no increase to grazing fees on western rangelands this year after a meeting with John Carver of the Interior Department. Stockmen feared the proposed changes to the Federal Range Code would raise the 19 cent per animal unit per month fee. Carver delayed the change and the matter will be discussed in February at a National Advisory Board Council meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Alan Bible
Sen
Bible
John Carver
Tnterior
Bible 4S
Senate Public Lands
Carver
National Advisory Board Council of the Dept. of the Interior
Albuquerque
N, Mf
Funeral rites set Thursday for Mag ser toddler
Funeral services for Lisa Michelle Squire, 22 month old daughter of Lee O and Bobbie Brown Squire of Maeser Texas? Mag ser wi be held Thursday at Apin Maeser 2nd Ward chapel. The child suffocated Monday when trapped between a sofa and wall while playing with her four year old brother Dry an. She and her mother rushed to a Vernal clinic where she was pronounced dead on arrival. She was born March 14 1000 in Agana Guam where Mr Squire had been teaching. Survivors include parents and brother a sister Shauna Lee all of Maeser two grandmothers Grace Tracy Mesa Ariz and Emers Brown Memphis Tenn Friends may call at Vernal Mortuary Thursday prior to services.
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Lisa Michelle Squire
Lee O
Bobbie Brown Squire
Magser
Apin
Maeser 2Nd Ward
Iris
Agana
Guam
Squire
Shauna Lee
Macser
Grace Tracy
Mesa Ariz
Emers Brown
Memphis
Tenn
Winter Snowfall Triggers Record Cold Across Utah
A major snowstorm dumped up to three feet in the mountains and a foot in Ashley Valley, followed by a record cold wave. Temperatures plunged to 13 below in Roosevelt and Fraser, with efforts continuing to clear roads and assist stranded residents as four to five feet of snow coated ski areas and numerous communities. One fatality from exposure was reported as residents battled travel chaos.
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Ashley Valley
Ye Mountains
Roosevelt
Utah
Frazer
Colo
Continental
U. S
Grizzly Wige
Indies
Dry Fork
Greendale
Dutch John
Manila
Vernal
Uintah
Indian Canyon
Utah Highway Patrol
Tridell
Lupoint
Dry Park
Whitecocks
Samrday
Jore W
Moon Lake Elec Annual Meeting Set for Feb 3
The Moon Lake Electric Association will hold its annual meeting at Uintah Meh School Auditorium on Saturday February 1 with R W Johnston announcing. A luncheon served last year spurred a repeat meal for about 400 members along with prizes and favors. Directors for districts 2 and 6 7 up for election. Marion Ross noted as board president.
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Moon Lake Electic Association
Uintah Meh
R. W. Johnston
Thembera
Vernat 1St Ward Relief Society
Romst
Turkey
WIM
Duchesne County
Icolorado
Marion Ross
School Board Acts to Curb Thefts at Uintah District
The Uintah County School District Board approves burglary insurance for each school and orders no money left in schools at night. Bus drivers are urged to report speed and lights violations by motorists who pass buses during loading and unloading. The board cites nearby districts experiences and aims to deter break ins and improve student safety.
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Wintori
Addit Honal
Uintah
Board of Education
Budget Message Seeks Funds for Area Projects
Senator Frank E Moss notes Kennedy's budget to Congress calls for funds to study two Eastern Utah projects. The Gray Canyon Dam on the Green River and the Junip ee Project in the Yampe River White River area would join the Colorado River Storage Project.
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Frank E. Moss
Utah
Kennedy
Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
Gray Canyon
Green River
Yampe River
White River
Moss
Carbon
Emory
Uintah
Grand Counties
Colorado River
National Wool Growers Meet Conveys Farm Policy Stance
More than 300 sheepmen gathered in Salt Lake City for the 97th annual National Wool Growers Association convention. Governor Clyde opposed federal park proposals and urged Congress to retain authority over wilderness designations. W. N. Staken Jr and Penrose Metcalfe spoke on industry challenges, while Sen. Sennett pledged continued support to shield wool and sheep sectors from regulatory pressures.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Natonal Wool Growers Association
George D. Clyde
Congress
Penrose B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
Toxes
Association
W. N. Staken, Jr. Towns
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston
Washington
Roth
Clyde
Stokes
Httle Norehan
Wallace F. Sennett
Tie
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Vernal Avenas
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Lon
Eye
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Dulany Hunter
Nefie
Lisam
Era
Towal
Woodrule
Rim County
Comann
Maesor
Rees
Moon Lake Elec
Utah Education Association
Ula Congress
Durlal Wilt Jo
Macsee-Fairview Cemetery
National Confab
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