Optimism for Echo Park Project Voiced by Vernal Leaders
Vernal Chamber leaders urged optimism for the Echo Park water project during a Wednesday noon lunch session. L Y Siddoway and Hugh W Colton said opponents were hindering progress but expected a House floor victory. They noted active Washington support and anticipated committee marking and a House vote by late June or early July.
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Echo Park
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Siddoway
Hugh W Colton
Utah Water and Power Board
Washington
Siddaway
Salu
Biideway
Cong Clair Maget
Pipeline Ditching Set to Start Before June 20
Surveyors report clearing and ditching of the Pacific Northwest natent xis pipeline 14 to begin around June 20. Spread 5 runs 18 miles south of Green River crossing the Green River three times, with 30 rail cars of heavy equipment planned for the pipe-laying project by Associated Pipeline Contractors, Inc.
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Pacific
Dodge
Associated Pipeline Contractors, Inc
Manila
Utah
Green River
Linwood
McKinnon Road
Diamond Mountain
Brush Creek
Junior Softball Season Opens in Vernal This Week
Vernal area junior softball fans and players will see the season begin Friday with four night games at Jaycee ball park starting 6 40 p m Regular Friday and Saturday games feature matchups including Genes versus Tridelt Jensen versus Vernal Fifth Hyde Lanoine versus Vernal Maeser 1st versus Vernal 3rd and Maeser 2nd versus Vernal 2nd Naples versus Vernal 1st and Davis versus Tridell Ines versus Vernal 4th on Saturday June 11.
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Vernal
Jaycee
Genes
Tridelt
Jensen
Hyde Lanoine
Maeser
Naples
Davis
Tridell Ines
Master’s Degree Awarded in Iowa To Dale Haws
Dale Haws of Vernal received a Master’s degree in Entomology from Iowa State College, Ames. He is a Uintah High School graduate with a bachelor’s from Utah State Agricultural College in Logan, served in the U S Army in Germany, and fulfilled a mission to the North Central States.
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Dale Haws
Jesse A. Haws
Vernal
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Haws
Uintah High School
Utah State Agricultural College
Logan
U. S. Army
Germany
North Central States
Echo Park dam aid in Upper Colorado project still hoped for
Supporters of Echo Park dam in the Upper Colorado River Storage Project remained hopeful after a 12-8 House irrigation and reclamation subcommittee vote. Southern California reps Hosmer and Ott supported the dam, arguing it aids broader project defeat if removed. Others warned removal could bolster arguments to restore the project. The Upper Colorado bill has Senate approval with Echo Park dam included. vacationers Bowden family depart for Hamilton, Montana.
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Echo Park Dam
Colorado River
John P. Saylor
R-Pa
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Irrigation and Reclamation
Eisenhower
Colorado
Senate
AMON Plusass_a. EaSTETHCES
Yampa
John B. Oaks
New York Times
America
B Jacobson
Bureau of Reclamation
Ottis Peterson
Commissioner of Reclamation
Washington, D.C
Dave Brower
Sierra Club
Jess Lombird
National Park Service
Bus Hatch
Mantles Ranch
Yatopa
Island Park
Vistors
Salt Take City
Eisenhower Award Honoring Bond Drive Hero Meagher Jr
Mrs. Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer of the United States, presented N. J. Meagher Jr. with an Eisenhower award for extraordinary service in the 1954 savings bond drive. A framed scroll features Eisenhower’s inaugural personal prayer, the frame sourced from the inauguration platform, and crafted by Vermont’s Industrial Commission with glass from Pittsburgh Plate Glass.
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N. J. Meagher, Jr
Ivy Baker Priest
United States
American Legion
Meagher
Eisenhower
Industrial Commission of the
State of
Vermont
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
American Stationers’ Association
Migde Toy
Meagher Jr
Hatch resigns as Uintah County deputy clerk
Mrs. Louise Hatch resigns after nearly four years as deputy county clerk for Uintah County. She will move to Salt Lake City to join her married children and work for the Utah Department of Employment Security while attending Henegar School of Business evening classes. The incoming deputy will be Ethel Brown, Vernal resident since 1947, formerly with the Corner Store and employed by the Uintah..
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Uintah County
Louise Hatch
Vernal
Hatch
Salt Lake City
Utah Department of Employment Security
Henegar School of Business
Ken
Priest Addresses Utah American Legion Banquet
Ivy Baker Priest told 400 Legionnaires and Auxiliary members at the Utah state banquet in Vernal that faith and freedom, not gold, sustain the nation. She urged a sound dollar, education, and responsibility, joking about images on currency and advertising space on bills. Robert L. Shelby and Addington Wagner spoke on goodwill and defending democracy amid the cold war. Continued on page B.
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Ivy Baker Priest
United States
American Legionnaires
Vernal
American Legion and Auxiliary Department of Utah
Priest
Utah
Robert L. Shelby
The
American Legion
Shelby
Eve Ashton
Addington Wagner
Detroit
Legion
Lone Ranger Urges Youth to be Patriotic in Vernal
The Lone Ranger visited Vernal to inspire local youth with patriotism. Bruce Beemer of Oxford, Michigan, accompanied him as he prepared to attend his son's wedding on the West Coast. The appearance, funded by the Lone Ranger, emphasized national pride and his commitment to encouraging American youth to value their country.
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Lone Ranger
The
Vernal
Bruce Beemer
Oxford
Mich
the Lone Ranger
Nick J. Meagher Jr
Stewart Ashton
Owdboy
America
Ex-conknife suspect snared after Uintah Duchesne dragnet
Police across Uintah and Duchesne counties and nearby agencies rounded up an ex convict and a second hitchhiker linked to a knife attack after a statewide dragnet. The operation followed a violent incident on Highway 40 near the Utah Colorado line, with suspects identified as Ernest Poole of Illinois and Edwin Crook of Arizona.
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Uintah County
Duchesne County
Indian Service
Roosevelt
Vernal
Uintah
Arthur R. Sanden
Moorhead
Minn
Topeka
Kansas
Ernest R. Poole
Hinois
Leavenworth
Bee
Denver
Edwin Crook
Dragoon
Arizona
Utah-Colorado
Poole
Mr. Sanden
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Treasury
Aqualante
Lawrence Y. Siddoway
Maxwell E. Rich
Legion Auxiliary
Robert Shelby
Witbeck
Nettie Hayes
Armory
Fort Duchesne
Tatck
American Legion and Legion Auxiliary
Stort Orland Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Siddeway
Lillian Husbands
Nettle Hayes
Fillda Morgan
Jim Lattimer
Phil Peterton
Herbert Adamson
Victor Bott
Clark Cheney
Lee Pannington
Bob Shelby
Don Tibbs
ECHO
Alvin Bowden
Hamilton, Mont
Arene - Poneman
Nille Sonja Searle
Woodey Searle
Tamera Curfew
Roy Todd
Ulmia
Rickie Merkley
Holand Merkley
Dry Fork
Uintah Basin Jr
Uintah and Duchesne
N. Y. Times
Govt
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