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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1955
Page
9
The Christian Science Monitor reports New York State upholds a law prohibiting refusing to yield a party line during emergencies or faking one. The first offender, a Clinton woman, received no sentence after conviction, with the court noting the law’s usefulness and courtesy on shared lines.
An analogy compares U S highway financing to catching a ring-tail monkey with a melon. The piece argues the federal gasoline tax lures taxpayers by funds duplications and overlaps, suggesting a 50 percent tax rise. It notes the tax was meant as temporary in the 1930s and now lasts 23 years.
Taxpayers face a bold question as Washington expands highway spending. Critics warn of loss of states rights and local control to a federally designed road program. The upcoming developments promise a clash between local needs and federal aid.
A Hollywood jewelry storefront displays a banner offering wedding rings for hire. The note, reported by Harold Hart, appears in Top Stutt, documenting an unusual rental service in the shop window.
A fragment portrays Ho Is Man as a figure compared to a lamp wick trimmed many times before revealing the right flame, set near Blain Bridge on Main Street. The odd metaphor hints at delays and eventual breakthrough in a local scene.
The 1955 58 highway budget lists five projects on U S Highway 40 with most of the 46.8 million dollars slated for four lane super highways in eastern Colorado. The Idaho Springs four lane upgrade tops the list at just over 1 million dollars to bypass a bottleneck. Another major item allocates 450 000 dollars for westward construction.
The budget outlines 190000 for rebuilding between Mtar ria and Craig and 75000 for upgrading through W ers Canyon. It also proposes 400000 to rebuild Highway 40 from Granby to Tabernash. GO TO LOS ANGELES Mr and Mrs Dick Gardiner travel Friday to visit their daughter Jeannine Letze rich and family and sister Mrs Johnson. They plan to return this weekend.
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