Wool Payments To Begin For 1962 Year
The U S Department of Agriculture announced short wool payments for the 1962 marketing year to raise the average wool price to 62 cents per pound. Pays 30 percent of the dollar returns from shorn wool, about $30 per $100 in sales, compared with $44.50 for 1961. Also sets 57 cents per hundredweight on unshorn lambs to offset wool on them. ASCS offices will begin payments after July 1. applications were due April 19.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Vernal Amateur Rodeo crowns winners at Uintah County Fair
The 13th annual Vernal Amateur Rodeo ran June 28 and 29 at the Uintah County Fair grounds. Cowboys from Utah Colorado and Wyoming competed in five major events including saddle bronc bareback bull riding and more under the Ver nal Roping Club sponsorship.
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Uintah County Fairgrounds
Vernal Roping Club
Utah
Gol Tado
Wyoming
Doc Jenkins
Roosevelt
Dick McIntyre
Don
Ray Bud Pease Top Dinaland Golf Tourney
Ray and Bud Pease won the Dinaland Invitational golf tourney finishing 36 holes in 1236. They led by four strokes over the second place team, with a Saturday 70 and Sunday 66 contributing to the winning total. Prizes included trophies and 250 in gift certificates.
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Ray
Bud Pease
Uintah County Increases Asphalt Price At Meeting
Uintah County commissioners raised asphalt price from 1.50 to 2.00 per square yard with immediate effect due to extra materials and overburden removal. They also noted TV facility inspections, bids for gas and oil, a court seminar travel request approved, a road budget boost to 15900, and a travel allowance increase to two cents per mile.
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Uintah
Pic
Joe LeBeau
Tabby Mountain
Big Blanco
Duchesne
Continental Oil Co
Uintah Basin Oil
Bowden Oi Co
Texaco
Attanney Whitney
D. Hammond
Coumty
Earl Freeman
Golden Collins
Water use hits all time high in Vernal area
Vernal residents use 50 gallons per day per person, far above the national average of 250. City Manager Buell Bennett says the system was designed for 300 gallons per day per person for 124 times the population and urges limited sprinkling and turning off water in public buildings to conserve supplies.
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Mt Vernal
Buell Bennett
Bennett
Park Ranger Reports Steinaker Use Heavy
Park ranger notes Steinaker State Boating Park sees growing use for boating water skiing and picnicking as temperatures rise. Fishing remains decent but quieter while fires litter the shoreline and rafts and non seaworthy vessels must stop. Litter cleanup continues and enforcement on roads and horse activity remains strict.
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Steinaker
Vernal Girls Plan East Tour By Bicycle
Two 15 year old Vernal girls Stasia Ross and Dana Price set off with parents on Sunday for a cross country bicycle tour with the American Youth Hostel Association. They will ride through Massachusetts Vermont and New Hampshire visit Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod before returning to Massachusetts. The month long trip includes six other youths and a leader. The girls will average about 30 miles daily and travel by jet to Springfield before joining the group.
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Paul Tevere
Stasia
Fsa
Dewey T. Ross
Dana
Dana. Price
Denver
Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Vermont
New Hampshire
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Uintah District Adopts 1963 64 Budget and Appointments
Uintah School District Board officially adopted a 1963 64 budget of 2 424 902 24 with a 4 1/2 mill levy. The meeting covered employee insurance options, new custodians and teachers, transport staff hires, bids on utilities and supplies, and upcoming Delegate Assembly attendance. The next regular meeting is set for August 6 at 6 pm.
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Ulatah —School District Board of Education
William A. Jecobe
John G. Hacking
Uintah Education Association
Salt Lake
Inherited Bike Returns to Home Territory in Springfield
Around Jensen and Lapoint, Dana's bike was inherited from her father. A steel tag shows it was made in Springfield, Massachusetts, so it will be in its home territory. The girls look forward to seeing colonial history and swimming to the Atlantic.
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Jensen
Lapoint
Dana
Springfield
Mass
Atlantic
Bloodmobile Summer Visit Scheduled for Vernal
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Vernal Monday at the National Guard Armory from 7 to 7 30 p m to collect blood. Uintah County Red Cross chairman Ed Horton urged residents to support the drive noting July and August shortages. Donors walk in register give blood enjoy a snack and return to duties after about an hour away from daily tasks.
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Red Cross
Ed Horto
Uintah County
Red Cross Blood Program
Natonal Guard
Horton
Bridge links Flaming Gorge Dam traffic with long Utah highway
Cart Creek bridge is the longest singlespan highway bridge in Utah linking workers to Flaming Gorge Dam and soon to be a major route. Traffic is light now as the dam work proceeds. A Bureau of Reclamation viewing area attracts sightseers, while dam work blocks most dam road use to preserve safety and ease access for Dutch John residents.
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Cart Creek
Flaming Gorge
Flaming Gorges
Utah
Forge
Bureau of Reclamation
Dutch John
Chamber Meet Refers TV Hassle to County
Vernal Chamber of Commerce discussed a local television facility with Rex Howell of KREXTY Grand Junction Colorado. Howells plan to serve northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado faced questions about interference with existing reception and a suggested Vernal site for a wider signal. The chamber may refer the matter to Uintah County for a recommendation and next steps.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce Board of Chlractors
Uintah County
Rex Howell
Krexty
Grand Junction
Colo
Iseal
Howell
Towell
Tne
Utah
Colorado
FCC
Tie
Hoyal B. Henderson
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EAI i Prri Minners
Ray Pease
Hay
Nina Pease
Vernal Ladies
Ge Assa
Corrina Stephens
Renee Shimmin
Vernal
Tom Freestone
Park
Eere
Stasia Hoss
Dena Price
New England States
Board of Education
Utah Teacher's Welfare Association
Bam Hemingway
Little Bonanza
Bonanza
Ben Wilson
Marvin Kette
Ernest Betts
Todd
Alden Merrell
Central
Alfred Elquist
White Rock
Virginia Kizziar
Craig, Colo
Rosella Johnson
Arcadia
Frances Lenox
Bloodmobile
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