Vernal Plans July Fourth Celebrations With Siren Pageant and Fireworks
Vernal's July 4 program includes civil defense siren alerts at 11 a.m., a patriotic pageant at the fairgrounds starting 7:30 p.m., a volcano and fireworks display, and a pony giveaway. Commander Pete Santee urges all residents to pause and reflect on Independence Day. A proposed new air service from Denver to Salt Lake City via Yampa Valley and Vernal was recommended to the Civil Aeronautics Board to aid travelers and freight, with Frontier Airlines anticipated to operate and Pueblo to be dropped as an intermediate stop.
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Vernal
Pete Santee
Witbeck Post No. 11
American Legion
America
Independence Hell
Philadelphia
Santee
Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Fairgrounds
Stella[ Richards
Nelson Marshall
Vernal National Guard
Paul, Batty
Denver
Salt Lake City
Yampa Valley
Colorado
Bureau of Economic Regulration
Frontier
Gunnison
CAB
Pueblo
Frontier Airlines
Betwee Denver
Grand Junction
High Uintas Scout Camp Opens Monday
More than 200 scouts and scouters prepare to open the High Uinta Scout Camp at Windy Park joining Uintah Roosevelt and Duchesne districts with Provo area scouts for a weeklong program. Troops will camp by patrols and earn merit badges with Friday night campfire recognition.
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Windy Park
Uintah, Roosevelt and Duchesne
Provo
Utah National Parks Council
Windy Parks
Fhornburg
Bast
Evanston
Wyo
Bert Dannenberg
Joval
Douglas Larson
Springville
Roland Merkley
Morris R. Cook
Uintah
Hearings Set Tuesday On BLM Grazing Cuts
Two hearings proceed Tuesday and Wednesday at Uintah County Building to hear testimony on proposed grazing adjustments affecting over 100 309 acres in the Vernal District. BLM range surveys show current forage cannot support existing livestock levels.
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Uintah County
Bureau of Land Management
Vernal District
Mul Creek
Ray Siddowly
Bonanza
Juanita Smith
Emory C. Smith
Roy Showalter
Hill Creek
BLM
Vernal Chamber Chief Praises Year of Progress
Vernal Chamber of Commerce president M Sowards retiring lauds directors and members for notable work in the past year. Barclay Gardner set to become president next week as Vernal continues to emphasize its strong position and regional standing in Utah.
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Chamber Chief
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Skillet Glade
M. Sowards
Vernal
Sowards
Barclay Gardner
Utah
Sewards
L. ¥. Siddoway
Frontier Airlines
Colorado
Early Development of County Oil Shale Probed by Skeletal Plans
Senate OKs 991000 for hatchery road funding and 870000 for Flaming Gorge and 932000 for Dinosaur National Monument. Skyline Oil confirms contracts for early development of 400 acre shale claims in United County with 480 million barrels potentially recoverable. Tesco process touted to cut costs and enable a 50000 bpd plant with plans for first commercial shale plant by 1967 in Colorado.
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Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
Dinosaur National Monument
United County
Rulon K. Nelson
Skyline Oil Company
Salt Lake City
Oil Shale Corporation
Sehio Petroleum Company
Fee
Skyline
Range
Evacuation Creek
Rainbow and Watson
Neilson
ML. J. Koolsberger
Oil Shateé Corporation of
New York
Big Dlem
Tesco
Utah
Denver
Koolsberger
Hla
Plansito
United States
Colorado
Last Rites Scheduled For Local LDS Leader
Funeral services for Archie Albert Johnson 69 will be held at 1 pm in the Stake Tabernacle. Johnson long served Uintah and Ashley Stakes as president and patriarch and held roles in church and community work. He died Sunday in Uintah County Hospital after a long illness.
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Glines
Stake Tabernacle
Archie Albert Johnson
Uintah County
Mr. Johnson
Uintah
Ashley Stake
Bingham
Salt Lake County
Andrew
Emma Rasmussen Johnson
Vernal
Ora Bell Perry
Salt Lake Temple
Johnson
Stake Ymmia
Stake
AAA
Lions Club
First Security Bank
Ulitah’ State Bank
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Forest Sells 24 Million Feet of Timber
Ashley National Forest reports nearly 24 million board feet of timber sold in the past week to two buyers. Sawtimber totals include 14.30 million feet of lodgepole pine and 9.65 million feet of Engelmann spruce. William E. Sweeney of Great Lakes Timber Co. tops bidding on the Johnson Beach sale, with timber dated June 22 comprising roughly 4.55 million feet of lodgepole pine and 5.60 million feet of Engelmann spruce.
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A. 3. McConkie
Ashley National Forest
William E. Sweeney
Great Lake Timber Company
Bt. Duchesne
Johnson Beach
Murals by Ernest Untermann Move Through Utah Venues
Murals created by artist Ernest Untermann for Milwaukee Zoo in the 1930s have journeyed to Vernal and Salt Lake City. Two African animal paintings valued at 36,000 were donated to Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. Remaining Milwaukee murals will be displayed in Vernal Museum this winter. Untermann, who died in 1956, donated over 100 works to Utah museums, totaling more than 100000 in value.
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Ernest Untermann
The
Uintas
Washington Park Zoo
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Milwaukee Zoological Society
G. E. Untermann
Untermanns
Vernal
Utah Field House of Natural History
Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City
Alze
Vernal Museum
James E Chapman Named New Uintah Welfare Director
James E Chapman recently appointed a case worker in Uintah County joins the Welfare Department as Director effective Wednesday. Mrs Carol S Lange resigns as acting director June 30 to expect a child after serving since October 1963. The Public Welfare Board made the appointment at a meeting last week. Chapman holds a master's in social work from the University of Utah.
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James E. Chapman
Uintah County Welfare Dept
Carol S. Longe
Unntah County Department of Public Welfare Board
Lange
Chapman
University of Utah
Angling Spots Open July Fourth Weekend Under Special Rules
Utah Game and Fish Department reports opening of select waters with special season regulations starting Saturday July 1. Areas include Duchesne and Wasatch counties with streams such as Duchesne River Red Creek Currant Creek and Lake Center Creek drainages. Access aims to align fishing with livestock operations on private property.
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Utah Fist and Game Dept
Duchesne
Wasatch
Duchesne River
Red Creek
Lake
Center Creek
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ASCS
Tricounty
Karl Shisier
Uintah Asc
Don Homer
Tremonton
ASC
Thad Nebeker
Carl Larson
Washington, D. C
Southwest
John Gilman
Grem
Fred Pratt
Jesse Tuttle
Castle Dale
ASC State Committee
Daggett
Burnell Haws
Steampoat Springs
Hayden - Craig
Civili Aeronautics Board
Alexander N. Argerakis
Civiic
High Uintas Scout
Archie A, Johnson
Tabernacle
Senate
Frank E. Moss
Department of the Interior
Jones Hole
Moss
House
Conference
Hanie
Central
Ulatah
School Foods Service
Portland
Oregon
Ethel Young
Lou Hoopes
Todd
Doug Lamb
Lynne Johnson
Todd Schoal
Norman Shelley
West Ur
Jintah High School
Union
East Carlon
Meab
Boyd FT. Hatch
Hatch
Forest
Noah Rodeback
Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum
Hare
LaVell Manwaring
Naples
Manwaring
DUP Museum
James Chapman
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