Pioneer Day Celebration Draws Large Vernal Crowd
Vernal hosts a major Pioneer Day event with a parade sports and fireworks attended by several thousand. A 12 gun National Guard salute opened the day and participants toured Main Street while former residents revisited. J Walter Woolley urged preserving pioneer heritage at Ashley Valley Junior High School. Local sports and concessions entertained a huge crowd before a grand fireworks finale at the fairgrounds.
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National Guard
Ashley Valley Junior High School
J. Walter Woolley
Little League
Fairgrounds
Alvin E. Weeks
Ray J. Spendlove
Whittey D. Wammond
Labell Anderson
al Tassainor
Warren Bolcher
LaMond Tullis
Clyde Anderada
Isabella Watkins
Ada Busch
The
Richard Gilbert
Gvent
Federal aid to education faces renewed push and warning
A 4.5 billion federal education bill, introduced by Montana Democrat Lea Metcalf, would fund four years of grants for school construction and salaries, with estimates suggesting long term costs around 87 billion. Critics warn against inflation risk and loss of local control as the program could outlive its initial term.
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Lea Metcalf
Montana
Jerspoandt
President Prefers Quiet Time at Get tysburg Farm
The President plans extended time away from pressure and palace life to rest after a heart attack. He advocates more time to think before making daily decisions, noting Americans often hurry and make rash cuts. He may stay on the farm or play golf to reflect on difficult choices.
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Gettysburg
Imade
Eisenhower urges time to think amid busy government flow
President Eisenhower urged more time for undistracted thought in a press conference and speech. Officials and business officers say they are too busy with conferences, memos, and papers to reflect, yet public service demands full attention.
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Eisenhower
Able Business Company
Mrisenhower
All-Time High Wool Incentive Payments Scen
Utah State University extension sheep and wool specialist Russell Keetch notes 1950 and 1959 incentive payments for wool differ, with a 62 percent target to boost returns. Payments apply to lambs marketed April 1 1959 to March 31 1959, via County ASC offices, amid low 1959 wool prices.
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Russell R Ieetch
Utah State University
Ile
USA Extension Service
Keetch
Flaming Gorge Diversion Tunnel Seen Completing Sept 1
Project construction engineer J QR Walton of the Bureau of Reclamation says the 1,190 foot Flaming Gorge Diversion Tunnel has reached the south canyon wall and is about halfway lined with cement. Other crews clear brush, grade access, and prepare dam portals as work continues toward first storage projected for fall 1962 and a high pool elevation of 4,400 feet.
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Laming Gorge
Green River
J QR Walton
Bureau of Reclamation
Walton
Utah
Fish and Game Con
Green Idy
Wyo
Keys
Ataris
Capitol Trailer Sales expands with new Boise lot rental
Capitol Trailer Sales with head office in Boise Idaho has rented a parking lot from Slaugh Motor Co of Vernal. Trailers are moved in and the recently blacktopped lot measures 127 feet wide by 200 feet long. The site lies immediately west of Slaugh Motor.
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Capitol Trailer Sales
Boise
Idaho
Slaugh Motor Co
Vernal
Slaugh Motor
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