Transatlantic telephone cable project advances to Europe
Dallin Oaks receives the Joseph Henry Beal prize at the University of Chicago Law School for first in class and strong legal writing work. Navy and Marine Corps enlistments and inductions are listed for Vernal area residents as of 1958. Laying of the first transoceanic telephone cable between Newfoundland and Scotland begins, with three-segment laying planned via Clarenville to Oban, and a second cable to Newfoundland in 1958. The project, a joint effort by AT and T, the British Post Office, and Canadian Overseas Telecommunications, costs about 40 million dollars and will enhance US-UK telephone service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallin If Oaks
Stella Hi. Oaks
Vernal
Joseph Henry Bealer
University of Chicago Law School
Oaks
Brigham Young University
Uintah High
Provo
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Scotland
Boswell
Mountain States Telephone Internal
Nova Scotia
United States
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
British Post Office
Canadian Overseas Telecommunication Corporation
Clarenville
Oban
Glasgow
Great Britain
Newfoundland-Nova Scotia
HMTS
Monarch
Newington
N. H
Continental Shelf
Vehter
Burmese Farm Student Joins Uintah Exchange Programme
Maung KoKo, a 33 year old Burmese youth, arrives in Uintah County for a brief farm exchange to learn American agricultural methods. He will stay with local hosts in Lapoint and Ballard while sharing his homeland insights. this visit follows another six week stay by Maung Hla Sein in Duchesne County with talks to 568 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New International Farm
Rangoon
Burma
Uintah County
Maung KoKo
Maung
KoKo
Floyd Angus
Lapoint
Don Nielsen
Ballard
Maung Hla Sein
Duchesne County
Roland Merkley
Dry Fork
Harold Davis
Vernal
Hla Sein
Scenic signs to spark interest above Uintah Valley
Pictorial signs along Highway 40 near Vernal and the valley reach out to visitors. Two 24 by 2.24 foot masonite panels publicize current events, funded by Vernal City Uintah County Lions Club Kiwanis and more totaling 85000. A new scenic lookout atop Asphalt Ridge will feature a panoramic photograph donated by Ernest Untermann with a glass display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 40
Wiley Baucum
Chamber of Commerce
Highway 40 Association
Vernal City
Uintah County
Kindergarten Planned for Alterra Area
Uintah School District will offer a six week summer kindergarten at Alterra school from July 11 to August 18 for children age five by October 31, 1955. Transportation is parent responsibility and enrollment requires a birth certificate. Special effort will be made to enroll Indian children entering school this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah
Alterra
Max G Abbott
Mr Abbott
Beatrice Stringham
Local Shriners Club Aids Underprivileged Children in Vernal
The Vernal Shriners Club held its regular meeting with officers including President Phillip Martin and Dr Robert H Delafteld. They described Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, noting 750000 Shriners run 17 hospitals costing 40 million dollars yearly. A Vernal circus is planned next year to raise funds. Only underprivileged children up to age 12 qualify for free treatment. any Shriner may sponsor a child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shriners Club
Phillip Martin
Robert H. Delafteld
J. Harold Reader
Robert Ferron
Roosevelt
Francis Feltch
Vern McCarrell
William W. Preas
Uintah County
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
Salt Lake
Vernal
Reader
Shriner
Long List Of Discharged Basin Servicemen
A county lists recent military separations from Local Board No. 32 Selective Service System. Army names include Franklin D Murray Vernal Max E Timothy John K Haws Hullinger McLean Gaynel DeMille Ned R Lee Robert C Chapoose Oran Hunting and others plus addenda from Vernal Randlett Jensen Ouray and nearby areas. The notice records returning service members and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Dee Murray
John Murray
JoAnn York
Max Earl Timothy
Thomas Timothy
John Keith Haws
Jesse Haws
Hullinger Gilbert McLean
Fred McLean
Gaynel Jay DeMille
Ivan DeMille
Ned Roger Lee
Clyde
Warren W. Labrum
Pearl Lathrum
Lapoint
Myles B.murray
Albert Murray
Jensen
Karl David Roberts
Louis D. Roberts
Vernal
Bobby J. Robison
Jennie McBruilin
Randlett
Robert Dennis Showalter
Roy Showalter
Lloyd A. Hatch
Abe Hatch
Raema Adams
Ouray
Max Anderson
Maud Anderson
Glen Wo
Babson Brevity on Industrial Revolutions and World Outlook
Babson argues a third World Industrial Revolution is dawning fueled by uranium, aviation, and global communication. He cites Einstein Roosevelt Wrights as pioneers and warns future progress erases national boundaries, urging readers to embrace world consciousness amid postwar optimism and new tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarson Park
Mass
Sime
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
America
Gutenberg
John Rogers
Columbus
Watt
Washington
Stephenson
Einstein
Roosevelt
Wright Brothers
Alrpinnex
London
New York
Ime
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Rial Chew
Doral Ray McLean
Ernest McLean
Vernel
Melvin John Weeks
Alvin E. Weeks
Quint E. Pickup
Ada Pickup
Rendlett
Clifford Sirewap
James T. Sirewap
Amelia Accuttoroop
Berke Toigg
Coble Whamen
Lesa
Mae Atan
Lawrence Kay
Salt Lake City
Kay
Joy Gpenshaw
Martin W. Curtis
Uinish
Waring
Basin Loans, Inc
Ehuue
Raat Wain General Agents
Babson
Virginia
New England
Gloucester
Gloucester Harbor
Renee
Firestone
Searle's Saving Center
Wooday B
Searle Your Firestone Dealer
Vhoue
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