Air service eyed as Uintah basin comes of age
Next Friday ushers first scheduled air flights from Salt Lake City and from Wyoming and Colorado to Vernal. Local leaders see potential permanent passenger and airmail service if demand proves strong, linking Vernal with Salt Lake City within a day and boosting regional trade despite poor roads.
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Uintah Basin
Salt Lake City
Wyoming
Colorado
Ing
Ave
Salt Linke City
Air Service
Vernal Lions Club
Let's Go Western campaign boosts Vernal events
The Jaycees campaign Let's Go Western gains momentum with Western garb and unshaven faces seen in Vernal stores and streets. Women join in wearing overalls downtown as colorful costumes promise livelier summer rodeo and homecoming activities. Special events are planned nearly every night through homecoming, aiming to heighten local interest.
Vernal Chamber of Commerce Sets Growth Goals
The Vernal chamber outlines top aims including a better Vernal Lapoint highway, stronger merchant buyer relations, and a drive to spur local buying. It backs Echo Park dam work, housing, and industry as vital to growth, urging public support for forward-looking plans and city planning.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Vernal-Lapoint
Henry Millecam
Echo Park
Chamber of Commerce
Busines
Ann
Chamber
Bonanza Plant Work Continues Into Pipeline Era
The Bonanza plant construction advances as workers push toward completing the Rangely to Salt Lake pipe project. Officials announce progress, with Gilson Oey named vice president and CeDEO Ner overseeing segments, while recent activity hints at early milestones and funding being allocated for the broader development.
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Salt Lake
Gilson Oey
Projected costs and test plans for hydrocarbon pipeline
The article cites two estimated sums of 200000 and 300000 and notes a planned test involving powdered hydrocarbon injected into the pipeline as soon as the plant is finished.
Oil discovery mapped by forest color in New Guinea
Archibald expedition 1926 27 notes oil deposits beneath forests visible from air. Lighter green canopy over oil seepage areas identified by early surveyors.
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Oil Discovery
New Guinea
Indonesia
Washington Congress Grapples With Labor Law and D C Home Rule
In Washington the senate debates repeal of the Taft Hartley Act and a new labor bill while John L. Lewis orders miners out for a week to cut stockpiles. Congress also weighs government seizure in emergencies as NCA warns against it. Lilienthal inquiry proceeds with mixed evidence, housing gains debate, and lobby reform moves advance in both houses. The senate approves District of Columbia home rule with an 13 member council amid scrutiny of slum conditions.
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Senate
Congress
John L. Lewis
National Coal Association
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Concensus
Washington
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
AEC
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Albert L. Reeves
Missouri
Robert Watson
Max O. Truitt
Alben Barkley
Homer S. Cummings
William A. Sutherland
TVA
Charles Evans Hughes Jr
Oscar Ewing
Joseph Co. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Supreme Court
O'Marhoney
District of Columbia
Vernal Navy Man Serves With Attack Squadron
George R. Bryant a seamain apprentice USN son of ELS Bryant of Vernal serves aboard Attack Squadron 34 at Naval Air Station Quonset Point. He entered naval service Oct 2 1948 after recruit training at San Diego and attended Uintah High School.
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George R. Bryant
Seamain
USN
Els. Bryant
Vernal
Naval Air Station
Quonset Point
R. 1
Bryant
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
San Diego
Cal
Navy
Uintah High School
State Plants 12 Upland Game Bird Sanctuaries
The state plants 12 upland game bird sanctuaries to acclimate birds before release. Bird stock from state game farms moved to sanctuaries in Cache Box Elder Uintah Duchesne Emery Juab Sevier and Wayne counties. The sanctuaries serve as experimental stations and guarded cover during mow, fog, fire and harvest seasons, with fencing projects underway.
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HL. Turpin
Tae Cache
Box Elder
Uintah
Duchesne
Emery
Utah
Tron
Stripping at Strawberry Starts Stripping at Strawberry Starts
Stripping operations at Strawberry Reservoir have begun near Clyde Creek mouth. Turpin, state fisheries director, said the stopping station is in full operation with three men on hand during takings days. The first big strawberry natives hit the traps recently and the run is later than usual due to lake ice conditions. The big fish survived the winter, Turpin added.
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Strawberry Reservoir
Turpin
Fish and Jaime
Strawberry River
Clyde Creek
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Grant Heath
Uintah County
Jaycves
Vernal Chamber
Commerce
Bonanza
Capitol Dome
Capital Alley
Gue
Strawberry
Mr Turpin
Cheech
GMC
Vernal Auto Shop
North Vernal Ave
Coke Jeffries
Airlines
Rock Springs
Casper
Denver
Billings
Wnyo
Challenger
Civil Aeronautics Board
Air Transport Association
Ryeley Qdenver
Sar
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