This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
3
Uintah County farmers collect Acreage Reserve payments for 1958 wheat as first local disbursements. 25 growers signed agreements covering 9247 acres, with national totals around 175000 agreements over five million acres.
Uintah County authorities charged Everett Bond and Adolph Frank after a Ohio traveler Saul Lane 68 was beaten and robbed 25 miles west of Vernal. Lane met the suspects in Salt Lake City and was struck unconscious while en route to Denver. Lane's suitcase papers and $98 were taken. the bandits were arrested in Denver. Lane planned to reunite with his wife Jackson Hole for a vacation after the case.
The body of a 04 year-old Indian woman found near Standlett after lying under trees for about two days was discovered Wednesday of last week. An autopsy indicated death from outward causes. FBI agents in East Lake City reported no federal violation. Dortill Fleming said the body was found by a niece, Mrs Davis Combost, with locals recalling sighting the woman Monday evening.
The Utah Department of Fish and Game reports yearly aerial fish planting underway for two months. Fish are being dropped into lakes in the Boulder Escalante and Thousand Mountain areas during the early season.
Postal rates rise August 1 with three cent stamps becoming four cents for first class letters postcards jump to three cents airmail set at six cents and a new short paid charge of five cents applies to deficient mail effective July 1 unpaid mail will be rated for the shortfall plus the new fee the notice lists rate changes and urges readers to prepare with updated stamps and stamps valued at four cents for Lincoln’s face value references appear throughout the list of rate adjustments and instructions for stamping and mailing practices
Doyle Y Landon Uintah High school vocational agriculture teacher outlines summer help for sixteen crop projects and visits to eight adult farmers. He will overhaul farm mechanics equipment including welders and air adjustments. A trip with FLA students is planned to cut poles fish and camp in the mountains in July 14108. He also aims to meet 25 upcoming sophomores enrolled in farm mechanics to introduce them to the program.
Bookmobile displays in Vernal and Jensen drew large rural crowds eager to borrow books. Utah State Library official Russell Davis outlined a regional system to expand access and choices, with logging of borrows and returns through the county library. Attendees included county librarian J C Taws, school officials Alvin Bowden and Pearl Shaffer, and county and Jaycee leaders.
The annual program, in its third year, aims to plant native and brook trout fry and fingerlings into over 300 off road lakes in the High Uintas by air in late August. State hatcheries rear the fish and pilots use a special thin-water tank for early daylight flights to avoid rough air. The stocking targets future higher creel returns guided by department studies for each water.
Nalson Paik recalls monitoring labor conditions since World War I, highlighting his long friendship with Samuel Gompers and Woodrow Wilson, noting labor leaders’ tensions with churches and colleges, and criticizing graft in unions while urging solutions to prevent strikes and ease the economic recession. The column hints at ongoing investigations and Kennedy's anti-graft efforts, with a continuation promised on page 12.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.