Dinosaur Rodeo Opens Thursday at Vernal Fairgrounds
Dinosaur Roundup kicks off Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Vernal fairgrounds with events including saddle and bareback riding calf roping steer wrestling and bull riding. More than 100 top riders are expected for prize money surpassing last year’s 3380 with Royalty named and nightly parades and dances planned in Vernal.
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Pal
Fairgrounds
Tn Alvidus
Monty
Jay Hadley
Ogden
D. A
Swanee) Kerby
Salt Lake City
Able
Main Street
Vernal Trad
Gun Club Lodge
Miller Bros. Orchestra
Aloma Richardson
Diane Wilkins
Uintah
Joan Winn
Radens
Yost
Barney Goodman
al Higgins
Frank Hackler
Canyonlands Highway Report Heard by Chamber
Royal B. Henderson told Vernal Chamber members that a Canyonlands Highway study favors linking Grand Canyon to Yellowstone through park areas. The loop would be scenic rather than fast, with a paving forecast for two years and ongoing Indian Canyon work totaling miles under construction.
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Royal B. Henderson
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Price
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone Park
Parks
Henderson
Indian Canyon
Henderson Fore
Local figures listed for parade and event roles
Mr Hackler, Queens, Weldon Eaton and Harold Sentine coordinate parking with Hal Hatch concessions. Clyde Wilkins handles tickets with Wes Robbins stock for KX. Lynn Bennett leads public relations, DeLoy Shiner directs dance, E W Coon and Ray Sprouse parade, Dean Sessions advertising, Cloyd McCarrel and Ken Calder street decorations, Wylo Mackay grounds.
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Mr.Hackler
Queens
Weldon Eaton
Harold Sentine
Hal Hatch
Clyde Wilkins
Wes Robbins
Lynn Bennett
DeLoy Shiner
E. W. Coon
Ray Sprouse
Dean Sessions
Cloyd McCarrel
Ken Calder
Wylo Mackay
Basin Shale Urges Utah Investor Echo in Basin Oil Plan
Utah investors led by John H. Morgan Jr and Clarence I. Justheim lease 240000 acres of state land to develop Uintah Basin hydrocarbons. They claim billions of barrels exist in sands and shales, aiming for 200000 barrels per day and $580 million in school funding over 25 years, arguing Basin deposits surpass Canadian Athabasca tar sands in richness and proximity to West Coast markets. The Interior Department is noted.
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Salt Lake
Athabasca
Canada
Uintah Basin
JOHN_H. Morgan, Jr
Clarence I. Justheim
Utah
Uintah
Morgan
Department of the Interior
Students Visit Fosters Greater Understanding Through Exchange
Three lively teens from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico returned home after a month with Vernal families as part of the AM MEX exchange program aimed at building cross border understanding. Gildardo Araque 17 stayed with the Thomas Grua family and helps his father run a 4500 acre ranch He enjoyed friendly hospitality and cheer. Lupita Yomans 16 stayed with Mr and Mrs W E Sweeney and loved cooking Mexican dishes for her hosts Panchita Molina 20 also relished living with the Lovell Sim family and wished to stay longer
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Hermosillo
Mexico
America
Lupita Yoman
Gildardo
Panchita Molina
Sonora
Thomas Grua
Gildardo Araque
Lupita Yomans
W. E. Sweeney
Lovell Sim
New Facilities Opened Near Flaming Gorge
A shopping complex opened in Dutch John to serve Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. Sewards & Sons of Vernal bought the service station from Continental Oil and lease the entire complex with the Bureau of Reclamation. MAHK BATTY of Vernal operates it and added a grocery store and dining. Fishing licenses tackle are sold. A mechanic is on duty for car and boat motor repairs.
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Dutch John
Flaming Gorge
H. 8
Sewards & Sons of
Vernal
Continental Oil Company
Bureau of Reclamation
Mahk Batty of
DUP Entertains 75 Pioneers At Annual Fete
Uintah County Daughters of Utah Pioneers treated about 75 senior citizens at the annual Builders of Uintah dinner and program held at Naples Ward chapel. DUP officers led by President Norma McLean organized the event with music from Tona Wacking and Ina Chivera, community singing led by Eben Kirkham, and decorations by Camp Tokawana and Camp Sacajawea.
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DUP
Uintah_County Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Builders of
Tona Wacking
Ina Chivera
Ebenezer John Kirkham
Salt Lake City
Camp Tokawana
Lila Robing
Camp
Sacajawea
Glines
Ila Herbert
Camp May Rupte
Vernal
Marge Eklund
May Rupte
Mapies
Effie Powell
Camp Thornburg
Mieser
Inez Timothy
Camp Buena Vista
Macser
Mildred Mansfield
Milcha Jones
Fecnlante
Jensen
Aliee Snow
Anna XK. Bartlett
Deon Merkley
Amish County Dup
Margaret Roberts
Sam Hatch
May Jorgensert
Theodocia Rich
C., Sewell
Eugene Waodruff
Mark Hall
Mra
Ora Hemstreet
N. J, Meagher
Leo C. Thora
Uintah
Naples Ward Chapel
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Enid Hatch
Norma McLean
Mas
Millie Kay Haws
Elin Faitch
City Officers Recover Cash in Roofing Racket
City officers recovered 500 dollars paid by a widow for roofing work at 277 South 1st East, performed with aluminum paint and gasoline. Walter Miller, 19, of Oklahoma, was arrested after cashing a dubious check and cited for operating without a business license. Miller was fined and left town as the investigation noted other victims in the valley.
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Miller
Banks
Cockleburr
Vernal
Pioneer Day Celebration Planned with Parade and Events
Pioneer Day festivities begin Friday with a daybreak dynamite display at ten county locations. A free breakfast from 7 to 9 am at the stake center parking lot, then a Main Street parade from 10 to 11 am with prizes for best non commercial lots and authentic costumes. Activities continue 11 am to 2 pm on tabernacle grounds with games and food, followed by a 6 pm to midnight dance at the stake center.
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Verbal
National
Stake Center
Safeway Stores, Inc
Main Street
Tabernacle Grounds
Lowell Wardle
Alvin T. Purdie
Uintah Stake
Wayne K. Bullock
Ashley Stake En
Lagoon Valley Bands Parade Trip to Salt Lake City
Ash Ley Valley Jr High and Win tah High School bands traveled to Salt Lake City to march in the Annual Youth Parade. The procession began at Hotel Utah, moved along Main Street, crossed 3rd South to State Street, ending at the City Building. Students then enjoyed refreshments before rides and swimming at Lagoon.
Rites Honor Youth and Road Crash Victim
Funeral services for Bidon Ivan Atwood 17 were held in Davis Ward chapel after a highway crash near Meeker on State Highway 132. He died from a broken neck and other injuries suffered when the car overturned 46 times and was thrown 103 feet. His brother Fred Atwood 21 was seriously injured. Also injured were George Wayne Pierce 17 and Ella Marie Mintz 17. All were treated at Pioneer Hospital Meeker and Grand Junction hospital respectively. the crash was investigated by Meeker police officer Sam Jones. continued on page 5
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Bidon
Ivan Atwood
Davis
Davis Ward Chapel
Vernal City Memorial Park Cemetery
Sam Jones
Meeker
Fred Atwood
George Wayne Pierce
Rex Pierce
Maeser
Pioneer Hospital
Ella Marie Mintz
Ernest Mintz
Grand Junction
Eldon Atwood
Pioneer Day Sunrise Salute by Vernal National Guard
The Vernal National Guard presents a Sunrise Morning Salute as part of the Pioneer Day activities. Military units assemble, salute the day, and honor community heritage with synchronized observances and ceremonial displays.
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Vernal National Guard
Pulp mill proposal eyed for Green River basin area
A letter from Regional Forester Floyd Iverson to Representative Laurence Burton signals a potential new pulp mill industry in northeastern Utah. The Forest Service offers a long term pulpwood sale with wood mainly from Ashley and Wasatch National Forests in Utah and some from Bridger NF in Wyoming. A proposed mill site is about ten miles west of Green River Wyoming and would benefit both states.
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U.S
Laurence J. Burton
Utah
Forest Service
Intermountain Region
Floyd Iverson
Hegional Forester
Ogden
Forest Serice
Green River Basin
Iverson
Ashley and Wasatch National Forests
Bridger National Forest
Wyoming
Green River
Wyo
Ashley, Bridger and Wasatch National
Wya
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