Vernal Gas War Flare Cuts Fuel Prices Below Cost
A Utah gas price war mirrors Salt Lake moves as Vernal and Roosevelt stations slash prices below wholesale costs. Major retailers cite weak cooperation from independents while premiums and gift offers rise. Fire turmoil also rages in Uintah Basin with 100 firefighters, volunteers from Rangely to Roosevelt aiding containment and warnings to avoid fire in dry conditions. Continued on page 8.
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Davenport
Little Hole
Uniteds Basin
Glen Lambert
Ernest Hirsch
Manila
Julius Murray
Uintah
Ouray
Rangely
Vernal
Duchesne
Roosevelt
William D. Hurst
Hurst
Hethio Duiry
Salt Lake
Gilsonite Project Affects Gas Industry Reach
A $10 million Gilsonite program by American Gilsonite Company aims to manufacture high test gasoline and coke, claiming potential to supply up to 100 million barrels of oil competitively. Contracts to be let in August, marking a decade of Standard Oil California and Barber Oil influence, with high pressure jet mining to dislodge Gilsonite in the Cowboy vein ten miles long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilsonite Company
Standard Il Company of California
Barber Oil Corporation
Cowboy
Cigarettes Blamed For Two Fires On Vernal Avenue
Carelessness with cigarettes blamed for two fires Friday on Vernal Avenue. One blaze struck the Ray Siddeway corrals, a mile north of Vernal Avenue, in high wind, with minor damage reported after the Fire Department responded at 2:55 p.m. The second fire occurred in an apartment house. (Continued on page 4)
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Ray Siddeway
Vernal Avenue
Loyal Broome Hurt as Car Rolls Near Canal Curve
Loyal Broome sustained a severe bead laceration when a car rolled over on the Mighline Canal bridge three miles west of Vernal. The driver and hitchhiker were unhurt. Broome was listed in good condition Thursday after the incident reported by Highway Patrol officers.
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Loyal HO Brodme
Mighline Canal Bridge
Vernal Dilven
Jack Wharrisos
Vernal
Sace
Highway Patrol
Broome
Fair Fishing Slow Spring Reported From Baldy Mountains
Three Vernal families vacationing over Independence Day at Chepita Lake in the Baldies report spring three weeks late in the mountains. Henry and Melen Schaefermeyer Coke and Alma Jeffries with Jimmie, and Leo and Iva Tutshaw left Saturday noon and returned Monday evening, noting delayed schedules.
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Chepita Lake
Baldies
Henry
Melen Schaefermeyer
Coke
Alma Jeffries
Jimmie
Leo
Iva Tutshaw
Petition for Municipal Gas Vote Presented in Vernal
A mass meeting is planned after a petition to put the municipal gas question to a vote was presented to Vernal Mayor Ralph Siddeway. Of 272 contacted, 216 signed. 187 signatures were required. The Citizens Sponsors Committee for Municipal Gas notes strong community cooperation and will host discussions with attorneys and a qualified engineer before the August mass meeting. Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys will perform at Imperial Hall in Vernal, 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., part of a Western Swing tour.
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Vernal City
Ralph Siddeway
Siddoway
Citizens Sponsors Committee
Laughlin
Citizens Sponsors Committee For
Municipal Gas
Wiley Baucum
Warren Belcher
Henry Milecam
Clayton Simmons
William Slaugh
Charles Lewis
Greny Russell
Dean Voorhies
Hank Thompson
Imperial Hall
Hank and the
Boys
United States
Canada
Hollywood
Hank
Over 10 000 Visit Dinosaur Monument in June
June visitation at Dinosaur National Monument reached 10 515, per superintendent Jess Lombard, over half of the year’s total to that date. Through May and June, 44 boat trips carried 1 050 people on Green and Yampa rivers, with Sierra Club leading private and guided trips.
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Dinosaur National Monument
Jess Lombard
Green
Yampa
Mr Lombard
River Guide
Sierra Club
Lily Park
Modified Colorado River Bill Gains Support as House Vole Approaches
The article reports rising support in Washington for an amended Upper Colorado River Storage Project amid momentum from major newspapers and conservation groups. Utah senators Bennett and Watkins discuss passage timing, costs, and likely conference steps, with Eisenhower backing aiding House momentum and a Hoover Commission favorable view cited.
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Washington
Oitl
Behe Park Dam
Washington Pay
Times Herald
Beha Park Dam
Daly
Uouse
Upper
Colorado
Echo Park Dam
Utah
Len Wallace F. Bennett
Congress
Mountain West
Ile
Echo Park
Avokeno Park
Bennett
Arthur V. Watkins
Eisenhower
House
New Auction Yard Set To Serve Expanding Meat Trade
A new livestock auction yard will be built three miles west of Vernal on Highway 40 to meet rising demand from Vernal to western Colorado. Construction started in early summer with completion planned for fall, costing eight to twenty thousand dollars. Meat dealers say rapid selling via auctions is growing, and a livestock auction company will operate the yard.
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Vernal
Highway 40
Hoosevelt
Colorado
Biggest season attraction slated for weekend at Vernal Golf Club
Intermountain’s top golfers converge at Vernal Golf Club for a two day event at Empire Golf Course. Notables include 1954 Utah Open record holder Bill Johnston, Lee Branca, Walt Harris, and Dick Kremer with many state and regional champions in the star studded field. Amateur ace Low North headlines the amateur division alongside Herb Pollock.
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Vernal Golf Club
Rugged Empire Golf
Bill Johnston
Timpanogas
Provo
Lee Branca
Utah
Walt Harris
Dick Kremer
Bon
Funeral rites for Bishop John Eaton held in Vernal
Ardent church worker and former bishop John Burton Eaton 74 died Monday at a local hospital. Burial was at Vernal Memorial Park. Survivors include a daughter, two sisters, three brothers, and others. Also a public roads notice: a 4908 mile Vernal Manila Highway contract will be awarded July 19 by the Bureau of Public Roads. Extends from Yellow Pines to Forest Boundary. completion in 240 days. The Bassett Springs Yellow Pines project nears completion and should open soon, completing 11 miles from Red Springs to Yellow Pines.
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Glines
John Burton Eaton
Pleasant Grove
Joseph
Victoreen Walker Eaton
Pearletta Ross Eaton
Ashley Valley
Marlin
Leatha) Pennington
Henson
Irvin Eaton
Lewis Eaton
Shelley
Idaho
Ethel Hunting
Hawthorne
Calif
Eva Wardle
Inglewood
Vernal Memorial Park Cemetery
Bureau of
K. S. Chamberlain
Ogden
Yellow Pines
Barker Springs
Basset Springs
Red Springs
McKee Draw
Temperature Drop and Daytime Jump Tally
Temperatures fell near freezing at night and rose sharply by day this past week, with Frontier Airlines reporting highs around the daytime doubling the nightly lows as readings continued to vary.
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Frontier Airlines
Rodeo Royalty Selection Planned at Fairgrounds
The 1055 Professional Hodco queen and attendants will be judged Saturday at the fairgrounds starting at 7 p m Frank Hackler, queens committee chair, announced A dance will follow at Imperial Hall where the new queen and attendants will be crowned Contestants include Doreen Reynolds Lee Ann Gerendale Marva Oaks DeAnn Workman Nadean Stubbs Dixie Reynolds Dodie Calder Marilyn Gardiner and Marcia Fletcher
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Fairgrounds
Frank Hackler
Queens Committee
Imperial Hall
Doreen Reynolds
Lee Ann Gerendale
Marva Oaks
DeAnn Workman
Nadean Stubbs
Dixie Reynolds
Dodie Calder
Marilyn Gardiner
Marcia Fletcher
Uranium Speculators Spur New Exploration in Jensen Formation
Renewed uranium exploration heats Jensen area as Homestead Uranium Corp plans road and drill work on Shirley Janey and Walker claims about 11 miles west of Jensen. Prospects cite Shina rump formation and ore pockets in Mesaverde with drills to 100 feet and bulldozing to 30 feet but require substantial investment for deeper cuts. Local prospectors note rare uranium bearing ore veins and lands leased to Salt Lake and Denver groups with little activity this year.
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Jensen
Homestead Uranium Corporation
Salt Lake City
Shirley, Janey
Walkover
Corporation
Shinarump
Salt Lake
Denver
Bennion Park Scout Camp hailed great success
A six day Bennion Park camp in the High Uintas drew over 550 Scouts and parents for a Court of Honor ending Friday night. Many earned multiple merit badges while safety measures including a Highway Patrol mobile radio and on site doctors ensured well being.
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Uintah Basin
Bennion Park
High Uintas
T. R. Seager
Herbert Fowler
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Gilsonite
Loyal Broome
Canal Curve
Baldy Mts
Watkins
House Rules Committee
Hoover Commission
Watisins
Utah Water and Power Board
Aqualantes
State Capitol
Fairway
Herb Pollock
Mr. Pollock
Grand Junction
Earl Wild
John B. Eaton
Joe Jensen
Sugarhouse Chamber of Commerce
Uintah High School
Skinner
Pole Creek
State Fish and Game
Rowan C. Stutz
S Dilworth Young
Council of Seventy
LDS Church
Mr. Ware
Ware
Hulon Skinner
Dr. Join Smith
George Hacking
Jack Dexter
Rowen Stuts
LaBell Anderson
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