Couple Burned In Hatch Cabins Inferno
A Sunday blaze at 42 East 2nd South destroyed three cabins and part of a garage in Hatch, injuring Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Anderson. Both suffered first to third degree burns with 80 and 50 percent body burns respectively, and lung involvement. neighbors helped evacuate them to Vernal Hospital as fire crews investigated ignition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownie Hatch
East 2Nd South
Newell Merrel
Kenneth Richardson
Anderson
R. E. McWorter
South 3Rd West
McWorter
Hatch
Vernal Fire Dept
Fires Damage Cutting Plant and Garage in Vernal
A roof fire at Gray's Cutting Plant at Fifth East and Fifth North started by a suspected wiring short. Roof damage to the slaughter house estimated at 1500 dollars. garage and a 1953 Cadillac at A N Johnson's home at 43 East 2nd North suffered heavy damage after the family woke to smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray
Fifth East
Fifth North
A. N. Johnson
East 2Nd North
Vernal City
Vernal Race Meet slated for July 29-30 weekend
Vernal Racing Association announced a two day meet at the Fairgrounds starting at 2 p.m. daily on July 29 and 30. Seven races daily feature quarter horses and thoroughbreds with a saddle horse and a pony race for youths under 14. Calf roping and other events will fill interludes as horses from southern Utah and Colorado are brought in. Purses include pony race 15 dollars saddle 25, 220 yards 75, 440 yards 80, 3 1/2 miles 90, 1/2 mile 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairgrounds
Utah
Colorado
Vernal Racing Association
Sports Association
Carl Allen
Glendon Rhoades
Atomic Energy Commission Opens Vernal Reconnaissance Camp
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a reconnaissance camp at Ross Traner Court in Vernal. Two geologists will study uranium resources in the Uintah Basin and Uinta Mountains, with potential leasing to drilling companies if deposits are found. Geologists Ned Noble and Erle Annes will operate with trailers, aided by the Grand Junction office, for two to three months barring bad weather.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Ross Trainer Court
Vernal
Ned Noble
Noble
Omiclal
Uintah Basin
Uinta Mountains
Mr. Noble
Temple Mountain
Green River
Utah
Erle Annes
Henry Mountains
Annes
Grand Junction
Near Completion of New High School Reduces 1955 56 Budget
Uintah School District plans a reduced 1955 56 budget as Uintah High School nears completion. Superintendent Max G Abbott announced receipts from federal funds total 169 544 80 and state uniform funds 427 035 75. Local taxes and bond proceeds support 1 305 063 01 in expenditures, mainly construction of the new high school. A separate note describes a lavish Detroit to Las Vegas trip planned by Mr and Mrs Frank Hackier starting July 15 with stops in New York and New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Max G. Abbott
Vocational and Educational Fund
Veterans' Training
Alterra
Uniform School Fund
Frank Hackier
Detroit
Mich
New York
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Ney
Helen Stevens
Pre-Season Deer Hunts Start August Six Amid Anticipated Yield
The article notes deer hunting opens August 6 with expectations of above normal yields. It also covers rodeo royalty being announced at the Queen’s Dance and a trout planting effort in the High Uintas with details on crews, lakes, and numbers. Weather warns of hot, dry conditions and high fire danger.
Two Men Hurt When Driver Sleeps at Wheel
Two men were hospitalized Friday after a crash one mile east of Artesia on Highway 40 at 10 50 p m when the driver fell asleep at the wheel. Warren Skinner 25 of Wellston Missouri drove east into a barrow pit and overturned. Skinner suffered a fractured nose skull and brain concussion. Charles Cecil Warner 17 of Cincinnati Ohio was hospitalized with a fractured left shoulder blade a broken right collar bone and bruises.
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Artesia
Warren Skinner
Welleston
Missouri
Skinner
Barrow Pit
Rangely Hospital
Charles Cecil Warner
Cincinnati
Ohio
Funeral Planned For Frank Peters Timber Victim
Funeral services are set for Frank Peters at Vernal First Ward with burial at Memorial Park. Peters, a timber worker for Thomas Lumber Co, was fatally injured when a falling tree struck him near a logging camp north of Red Cloud Ranger Station. Eyewitnesses included relatives about 12 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peters
Vernal
Eva Peach
Infernal Memorial Park
Peters
Red Cloud
Thomas Lumber Co
Larry Thomas
Miles Roberta
Larry Knight
Eva P.hatch
East 1St North
Bids Open Tuesday On Vernal Manila Highway Section
Bids will be opened Tuesday by the Bureau of Public Roads for a new five mile section of the Vernal Manila highway between Yellow Pines and the forest boundary about twenty miles north of Vernal. A six mile project awarded last year nears completion, giving 11 miles of road so far. A possible seven mile contract next year could extend from Red Springs in McKee Draw to the head of Steinaker Draw, speeding mountain travel and reducing switchbacks. Wyoming has completed a paved route from Green River City to Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Roads
Wyoming
Green River City
Manila
Missionary Larson Caldwell Returns From Tahiti three years
Larson Caldwell arrived in Vernal after a three year missionary stint in Tahiti for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He will report his activities in Ashley Ward Sunday at 8 p m. He served 22 months as acting mission president directing about a dozen missionaries under French restrictions. Tahiti and its Australs Sa cmy and Tuamotu groups total 85 islands with 26 branches and a population around 43500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Tahiti
Larson Caldwell
Vernal
Tahitian
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Caldwell
Ashley Ward
J. K. Orton
Australs
Sacmy
Tuamotu
LDS Church
Thei
Artesia Man Killed Jumping From Runaway Truck
Albert Mecham, 46, of Artesia, died when he tried to jump from a runaway truck whose air brakes failed near Rude on a hillside. The Seckman truck, driven by Finnis Tackett, descended the hill before Mecham was killed, the vehicle passing over him. The truck remained undamaged and stopped on the roadside while Mecham’s brother Leonard in Seattle and a cousin in Ogden were named as survivors. Mecham had lived in Artesia for three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Janelion
Mr. Mecham
Leonard
Seattle
Wash
Ogden
Artesida
Early special deer hunts eyed for Utah region
Fred Reynolds, area game warden, says dry conditions this year may boost deer numbers. Three early special permit hunts open July 20 at Vernal Courthouse and Moulin, with 100 permits per area across Vernal Buckskin Hills, Vernal Coal Miners Basin, and Daggett North Sheep Creek. Costs are 3.00 for residents and 5.00 for nonresidents with 1st come, 1st served by mail or in person. Restrictions keep big game licenses to one special deer permit per year.
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Mio
Fred Reynolds
Vernal
Moulin
Vernal-Buckskin Hills
Vernal-Coal Miners Basin
Daggett-North Sheep Creek
Utah Board of Big Game Central
Rock Point Canal
Slong
Humphries Phosphate
Woodey Searle
Diamond Mountain Road
Coal Miners Basin Area
Hightine Canal
Two Golfers Break Par At Vernal Course Open Playoff
Walt Harris the Ft. Douglas pro and Rollo Gibbins the Dugway amateur each shot four under par 48 at Vernal Golf Course to contend for the Open Golf championship. Harris won in a playoff while Gibbins earned the top amateur award. Marrs also broke par as the other of eight participants. Summers of Grand Junction placed second in the pro division.
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Walt Harris
Ft. Douglas
Rollo Gibbins
Dugway
Vernal Golf Course
Ted
Mr. Haris
Marrs
Gibbins
Harris
Harold Summers
Grand Junction
Residents protest proposed 4th North opening in Vernal
Residents opposing the opening of the proposed 4th North street from Vernal Avenue to the southwest plan to discuss the issue with the Vernal City Council at the regular meeting on July 20 at 7 30 p m City officials announced Monday A petitioner from west end residents presented at the previous council session urging the project be halted but the council moved forward with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
4Th North
Vernal Avenue
Vernal City
Caldwell couple depart on mission voyage to Tahiti
Mr Caldwell left the missionary home in Salt Lake on June 26, 1952 and spent 28 days at sea en route to Tahiti. His wife Lucille Carroll Caldwell followed two months later. She could not depart at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wevon
Caldwell
Salt Lake
Tahiti
Lucille Carroll Caldwell
Northwest Pipeline Reports Eight Miles Of Pipe Welded
Pacific Northwest Pipeline project north of Manila reports eight miles of pipe welded and coated before trenching. Surveys from Little Hole Ranch to Jensen reveal a new shorter route by one mile, saving about $100,000. A large wildfire north of Davenport Draw approached the ditch area but did not halt operations. The section near a mountain pass over 8000 feet high marks the highest point reached in the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Hole Ranch
Jensen
Davenport Draw
Haag Bea
Congress Near Adjournment Delays River Storage Bill
Congress nears ad journment and could delay action on the Upper Colorado River Storage Project Bill as House Rules Committee members show reluctance to take up controversial legislation before the session ends. Rep Dawson and Rep Howard W Smith note uncertain action this week, with a January or next session return possible if not acted. Wilbur A Dexheimer of the Reclamation Bureau predicts passage, urging Echo Park Dam inclusion.
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House Rules Committee
House
Bil
Dawson
Howard W. Smith
D-Way
Aero Amt
Supertera
House Interior and Insular Affairs
Mittee
Denver
U.S. Reclamation Bureau
Wilbur A. Dexheimer
Congress
Echo Park
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Lee Anin Gerondale
Doreen Reynolds
Jeff
Marya Oaks
Queen's Dance
Dry Fork
Whiterocks
High Uint
Reynolds
Neynolds
Ann Gerondale
Nand
Marva Oaks
Frank Hackler
Rodeo Queen
Grant Parry
Jbrownette
Cindy
Lee Ann
Clinton Roundup Club
Clinton
Okla
Larry Gerondale
Helen E. iCanada
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Gerondale
Mrs. Larton Caldwell
Mr. Caldwell
Leslie Hina
Carol Mohea
Vernal Course
Northwest Pipeline
Pacific Northwest Pipeline
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