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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1948
Page
5
The National Safety Council warns of up to 10 collisions per mile over the three day Fourth of July holiday with more than 30 million vehicles expected on U.S. roads. It urges careful driving and a nationwide safety campaign led by diverse organizations to reduce holiday traffic deaths and injuries.
Nationwide egg output reaches 383 million eggs in September, up 3 percent from last year and 21 percent above the 1936-45 average. Production per layer runs at 10.7 eggs, against an average of 0.7 eggs.
Five thousand naval reserve officers are needed for active duty for at least one year due to stepped up navy strength approved by congress. Applications from reserve officers are invited and highly desired for sea duty or future sea assignments, with 12 month periods funded by appropriations. Submissions go to the Bureau of Naval Personnel via the 12th Naval District Commandant in San Francisco.
A wedding dance and shower were held Wednesday evening at the chapel for Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Johnson. Mrs. Johnson is the former Floy Slaugh. Duane Slaugh flew to Craig with Gene Bullard to see the Craig Air Show. The Sherameft meeting featured Seventy quorum events with Garth Fisher on trumpet and talks by Byron and LaMond Tullis. Alonzo Atwood returned home after serving with the army in California.
The June 1948 issue of Utah Water and Power Board publication lays out reclamation plans in Utah. It features a center spread on aerial views of multi purpose storage on the Colorado River main stem and an essay by William R. Wallace on Utahs little reclamation bureau. Parley R Neeley and F M Warnick analyze Central Utah Project and Weber Basin Project within articles. Also announced is the forthcoming Water for Utah economic report to justify Utah water claims.
Guy Henderson of Roosevelt is reported in fairly good condition in a Salt Lake hospital after a farm accident. He was kicked by two horses while repairing a broken double tree at noon Saturday, suffering a fractured left hip and a forearm.
In Vernal during a trip to Denver, Kary J. Magleby of Salt Lake City head of Utah and Idaho Farmers Home Administration paused Tuesday June 15 to confer with Uintah County supervisor Vic tor L. Bingham and staff.
The National Association of Teachers of Speech published a hot list naming the ten ugliest words in English. The selections include phlegmatic fatylent cacophony treachery sap jazz plutocrat grips and plump.
The article notes Aloys Senefelder's invention of lithography in 1799 and later color lithography in 1820, mentioning royal pension in Bavaria. It also references early U S uses of lithographic products for animal feed and various corn derivatives, with percentages for cattle, horses, sheep, poultry, and humans.
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