Duchesne Girl 14 Struck by Stray Bullet in Rural Utah
Kathryn Thayne fourteen was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when a bullet struck her left temple while in a family outbuilding on the Duchesne County farm. The bullet came from her brother Taylor's rifle. she was evacuated to the LDS hospital in Salt Lake City and was listed in safe condition Saturday night. Sheriff Lorin Steven investigated the incident as the family, moments after the shot, moved toward Duchesne in an improvised drive that stalled on mud. the girl was treated by Dr John E Smith in Duchesne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathryn Thayne
Mountain Home
Duchesne County
LDS
Salt Lake City
Lorin Steven
Duchesne
Starry ‘Thayne
Taylor
John E Smith
Storage bill support grows as Echo Park drop cited
Wayne N Aspinall and sponsors push storage bills in Congress while Sierra Club and allied groups back the proposal. They require no dam or reservoir in national parks and prefer including a proviso to this effect. Utah officials and Utah women press for early authorization amid bipartisan optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne N Aspinall
D-Cole
Congress
California Sierra Club
Trank Walton League
Garden Clubs of America
General Federation of Women Clubs
The
Wildlife Federation
Echo Park
George D Clyde
Utah
Washington
Upper
Colorado
Clyde
Eve Ashton
Vernal
Henry Aldous Dixon
Ashton
Polio Benefit Ends With Mothers March Tonight
In a Mothers March for the March of Dimes porchlights will glow from six to seven p.m. Mrs. Rodney Ross chairs the porch light parade as the community supports polio relief. Kiwanis beat the Jaycees in a dime contest at the downtown intersection, raising 207.16 dollars to 143.72.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney Ross
Tridell MIA Plans Gold And Green Ball In March
Tridell MIA held a Thursday meeting to plan the Gold and Green Ball with the theme Suddenly There's A Valley and a tentative date of March 14. The Goodrich family returned from California after Dennis Goodrich’s Navy discharge and will move to Mark Bartlett home. Also mentioned are local visits by Ross, Allred, Morrill family members and other town activities and speakers at the Sunday meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorna McKee
Dennis Goodrich
California
Goodrich
Navey
Goodricha
Mark Bartlett
Bountiful
Laren Ross
Ross
Harold Allred
Orem
Marta Morrill
BYU
Ells Morrill
Jay Marveys
Tridell
Alice Morrill
Nellet
Boclttz
Action Seen Soon On Improvements At Dinosaur Park
National Park Service will begin planning for improvements at Dinosaur National Monument as weather allows. Rep William A Dawson reports from Washington that Park Director Conrad Wirth intends to improve public access. Budget notes include $708,056 for Utah, with $11,174 for Dinosaur National Monument and $36,000 for roadwork and contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Dinosaur National Monument
William A Dawson
Utah
Washington
Dawson
Conrad Wirth
Monument
Len Wallace YT Bennett
Rutab
National Path Service
Mel Christensen's life from desert toil to resilient shoe repair
Mel Christensen recalls a harsh summer job erecting poles in the Salt Lake desert followed by a long low mood period. After three years idle he moved to Delta, married Evelyn Waters, and shifted to farming, then mining at Butterfield Canyon where a car string accident nearly cost him his leg and pelvis. He later worked at Hotel Utah, Tooele Ordinance Depot, and has run a Vernal shoe repair business for four years with a cheerful, independent outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake Desert
Me Christensen
Mel
Delta
Evelyn Waters
Telephone Company
Combing Metal Heduetion Company
Butterfield Canyon
Bingham Mine
Christensen
Bing
Holel Utah
Tooele Ordinance
Ile
Vernal
Eus
Cal Gardner 14 Kills Mountain Lion on Missouri Creek
Cal Gardner, 14, killed a mountain lion on Missouri Creek Saturday. The large female lion was the season’s biggest received from the creek this year. Gardner is the son of Cap Atwood and Winnie Mott of Meeker.
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Artelia
Cal Gardner
Lee Cal Gardner
Missouri Creek
Cal
Cap Atwood
K Ranch
Winnie Mott Af Meeker
Roy Mott
Russ Fiddler
Uintah County Hospital
Vernal
Shirley Ainge
Tony Angelo
Craig
Ivan Jacobson
Tony Machado
Laurence Lee
California
Lucille Baker
June Lee
Dick Dinolea
Steamboat Springs
Artesia
No Perfect Solution To Nation's Water Problems
Solon officials cite lack of a perfect overall fix as the nation struggles with water resource policy. Clarence A Davis notes three federal agencies plus local bodies complicate efforts amid rivalries and inadequate cooperation. Admiral Ben Moreell proposes a major overhaul. Dewitt Nelson urges broader small watershed liberalization. Davis warns no program can be fully federal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A Davis
St Louis
Mavis
Ben Moreell
Second
Hoover Commission
Dewitt Nelson
California Department of Natural Resources
Nelson
Dayis
Yearend FHA Analysis Guides Farm Credit Aid
County office conducts annual yearend analysis for Farmers Home Administration borrowers. The service, supported by county agents and state agriculture resources, helps farm families identify conservation needs, balance cash crops with stock operations, and modernize farm and home management. The program supports those with operating or farm ownership loans and soil and water conservation borrowers.
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Fitzgerald
Farmers Blome Administration
State College of Agriculture
Experiment Farms
Farmers Home Administration
Artesia Man Linked to Theft and Check Forgery Case
Bruce Patrick Christensen, stepfather of five, with prior prison terms in New Mexico Missouri and Colorado, admitted cashing a check twice and obtaining $20000 for personal gain. Fossold charged with knowing unlawful failure to restore the $200 and conversion for personal use after learning of the theft. Christensen pleaded guilty.
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Fid
New Mexico
Missouri
Colorado
Christensen
Hampton
Parker
Fossold
Bruce Patrick Christensen
Service Members Departures and Inductions Listed
Local Board No. 32 of Vernal details recent separations and enlistments across the Armed Forces. Names include ARMY: Sheldon Clark Vernal J Var Horrocks Lewis Roy Massey William McKenchnie Vincent Juan Vasquez Vernon Russel Willer Frank Elmer Bingham Ralph Serawop and Lawrence Bernard Larsen. NAVY: Reid Delbert Good trek Trdell Marion Arthur Wackford Gusher Tarry Keith Dahlberg. AIR FORCE: Fimer Jay Was tem Vernal Jack Vernon Atnip Vernil Jacek Dale Me. Artvir Randlett T and ARMY recruit Lynn Eldon Bracken NAVY Lloyd Dwight Wettenkamp Arthur Les Roy Lee AIR FORCE Gordon Chris Hayne Elwin John Da ivis Walter Henry Klo eppel Claryn L Gardner. Vernal INDuctees: ARMY Blaine L Murray iensen NAVY Charles C Bartlett Tridel. This registrant was a volunteer and the first man from the country inducted into the Navy since the Korean conflict.
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Vernal
Armed Forces
ARMY
Sheldon Clark
J Var Horrocks
Lewis Roy Massey
William McKenchnie
Vincente Juan Vasquez
Vernon Russel Willer
Frank Elmer Bingham
Roosevelt
Ralph Serawop
Randlett
Lawrence Bernard Larsen
Roosevelt Navy
Reid Delbert Goodtrek
Trdell
Marion Arthur Wackford
Gusher
Tarry Keith Dahlberg
Gusher Air Force
Fimer Jay Wastem
Jack Vernon Atnip
Vernil
Jacek Dale Me
Artvir Randlett
Lynn Eldon Bracken
Lloyd Dwight Wettenkamp
Arthur Les Roy Lee
Vernal Air Force
Gordon Chris ‘Hayne
Elwin John Daivis
Walter Henry Kloeppel
Claryn L Gardner
Blaine L . Murray
Iensen Navy
Charles C Bartlett
Tridel
Navy
Oil Co bid on tribal and allotted lands in Uintah tract
Bids came from Richfield Oil, Corp. of California, Skelly Oil and Gas Co., and The Texas Co. on tribal and allotted lands in Uintah Ouray agency area. Standard of California topped per acre with $319 on Tribal Tract 16, while total tribal bids reached 1 252 151.01 and allotted lands 159 268.80. payments of 125 an acre per year were pledged. The Tribal Indian Council will act on bids after USGS recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richfield Oil, Corp
California
Skelly Oil and Gas Co
Texas Co
Standard of
Uintah-Ouray Indian Agency
Standard of California
Tribal Indian Council
United States Geological Survey
Uintah County Health Report Covers Illness and Local Officials
In the past four years Trena Ruppel served as city recorder while J A Burgess was reappointed as health report head. Mrs Rawlings becomes the first woman on Roosevelt council. Aycock and Dwinsten were reelected in November. The Utah State Health Department report lists nine whooping cough and three chicken pox cases in Uintah County for the week ending January 20.
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Trena Ruppel
J. A. Burgess
Rawlings
Roosevelt
Aycock
Dwinston
Homeit
Uintah County
Utah State Dept of Health
Uintah County Purchases $108,785 Savings Bonds
Me J Meagher Jr Savings Bond Chairman reports Uintah County residents bought 23827 in series E and M1 bonds in December, totaling 108785 for the year or 92.4 percent of the county 1955 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah County
Me . J. Meagher, Jr
Roosevelt City Council Committees Reassignments
Mayor Paul Murphy announced Roosevelt city council committee assignments with Johnston, Peterson, Aycock, and Rawlings leading fire water sewer and other departments. Aycock leads streets alleys and finance. Buchanan Peterson Johnston Rawlings cover city property and health. Marvell Neilson named city treasurer, a former elected post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Murphy
Roosevelt City
Lynne Johnston
Finyd R Peterson
Kenneth R. Aycock
Aycock
Dwain Buschanan
Johnston
Meenses
Peterson
Eben L. Rawlings
Rawlings
Buchanan
Umah Basin
Mes Rawlings
Bur Vehanan
Board of Health
Ht. Y. Larson
Mibrary
Marvell Neilson
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Nature Group
Mia
Dinosaur Park
Solon
Artesia Man
Westinghouse Sewing Machine
Lee Riders
Lucky 49Er
West Math
Searle Electric
Lee Overalls
Bpartan
Peyton Machine Shop
Carter Oil Company
C. Johnson
DeSoto
Meadowbrook
Utah Motor Co
East Main
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