200 Bed Hospital Unit Arrives Here Friday
Venus acts as evacuation center and Uintah County Hospital prepares for disaster. A 200 bed portable hospital with 18 tons of equipment arrives for storage and potential use. The unit includes two operating rooms, lab, X ray, pharmacy, generator, water pump and 1500 gallon tank. Utah Freight Lines will ship from Salt Lake City and Vernal may host the unit in a large building if activated.
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Uintah County Hospital
Irland Preece
Vernal
Salt Lake City
Utah
Salt Lake
Wnit
Utotah Freight Lines
Leka City
Tunnel Employe Falls in Flaming Gorge Dig Accident
An 87 year old Vernal man, Ralph Morrison, walker superintendent for Coker Construction, suffered a broken neck and ribs with a head laceration after his pickup slid off a dump and fell 50 feet onto the frozen Green River near the Flaming Gorge dam site. Morrison was taken to Vernal hospital on a stretcher. His family home is on Vernal Avenue. A youth helper had driven Morrison’ watch back to work. the incident closed the dump area.
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Flaming Gorge
Ralph Morrison
Coker Construction Co
Vernal Hospital
Morrison
Vernal Avenue
Flaming Gorge Access Highways Discussed at Chamber Meet Tuesday
Vernon Chamber of Commerce road committee chair Clarke Hopkins told directors Tuesday that Flaming Gorge bridge across Cart Creek and a road to the dam top should begin by July 1 1960. The project, a Bureau of Indian Affairs Salt Lake City coordination with Utah State Road Commission, aims for primary standards pending congressional funds with work to start fiscal 1961.
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Cart Creek
Flaming Gorge
Claire Hopkins
Vernal Chamber of Commercce Road Committee
Hotel Vernal
Hide
Ollng
Red Springs
Vernal
Uintah Beats Altamont Here
Uintah defeated Altamont 22 322 in a varsity action while Altamont JV edged Uintah 39 35. The Utes secured second place in the division and will join Uintah Union in the northern division at the round robin in Green River.
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Utes
Altamont Jr
Longhorns
Uintah and
Union
Uintah My the Tong
Greenriver Yhureday
Fridey
Uintah Wrestling State Champions Again at Vernal
Uintah High School wrestlers won their second straight Class GW state title in Vernal, scoring 66 points to Cedar City 60 and Millard 54. Individual honors went to Freestong 154 first, Corless 175 first, plus third place awards for Billings 93, Boren 103, Bennis 120, Smuth 127, Slaugh 145, Murray Amateur. team officials lauded the squad at a Uintah High School assembly with photos, cheers, and a post-event dance.
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Vernal
Cedar City
Millard
Pleasant Grove
Arvin Billings
Butch Boren
David Bennién
Lynn Smuth
Tim Slaugh
Robert Freestong
Teddy Corless
Jerry Murray
Uintah High School
Dale Sul- Unger
Don Batty
L ¥ Lutehings
Utah Tigh
Asm
LY. Siddoway
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Supt J C. Haws
Lea Conk
Bart Johnson
Leland G Rex
Rex
Conk
Uintah Board Extends Typewriting For Junior High
Uintah School District authorized Superintendent J C Ilaws to add typewriting instruction at Ashley Valley Junior High for next year. A business training expansion was recommended, led by Electa Caldwell, with aims to boost senior high graduates. Bus bids awarded to Vernal Auto Shop for a GMC chassis with Superior body as part of district plans.
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Roosevelt Stake Ymmia
Cecil
Doc) Jenkins
Evan Percival
Burr Aldredge
Sharon Cummings
Vernal
Denver Stake
Western States Mission
Fauk
Four Basin Stakes
Duchesne
Roosevelt
Ashley
Uintah
Uintah Stake
Ahley
Maeser
Ward
Myton
Roosevelt Stake
Duchesne Stake
Ashley staWe
J C Ilaws
Ashley Valley
Electa Caldwell
Uintalt High School
Board of Education
Vernal Auto Shop
GMC
Hawg
Ouray Indian Agency
Whiterocks
Uintah School District Tests Show Steady Pupil Growth
Recent testing across Uintah School District shows a pattern of growth in most subjects over three years, with reading and vocabulary near national averages. High marks in natural sciences and literature contrast with weaker language arts and writing, while future programs aim to boost gifted and general development.
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Uintah
Reese Anderson
Anderson
Kok
Science Researth Associates
SRA
Iowa
America
Treas
Uexe
Explosion Damages Home Injures Couple East of Guy Limits
Eyewitnesses recount a Tuesday explosion and fire near Alam injuring a middle-aged couple and demolishing eight small homes east of Guy Limits. Mr Nelson, 54, suffered facial lacerations. Mrs Nelson, 52, fractured ankle and hospital care reported. Building inspector cites leaky buoyant understructure as cause. fire crew contained blaze with extensive structural damage.
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Guy Limits
Amoke
Dey Bria
Harett
Nelson
Nelsons
Claudius Danks
Haymond Lind
Intermountain Concrete
Ike
Alvert
Bob Turner
Turner Building Supply
Eve Evel
Manamiage Licenses Issued for Weldon Hurson and Mary Bibello
Weldon Hurson and Mary Lou Bibello, both residents of Ouray, were issued marriage licenses on February 27. The records name ages 59 and 31 respectively and list Ouray as the domicile of both applicants.
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Weldon Hurson
Mary Lou Bibello
Ouray
Green Valley Market Sells Wholesale Part
The wholesale division of Green Valley Produce is sold to Tony Tangero announced by Bam Colabella. Tangaro will run the wholesale unit as Dinsh's Produce while the retail department remains a separate business run by Mr. Chlobella. Tangaro will rent a cooler to stock merchandize.
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Green Valley Market
Green Valley Produce
Tony Tangero
Bam Colabella
Dinsh’s Produce
Chlobella
Tangara
Green Valley
Utah State Legislators Visit Uintah Basin Saturday
Utah House members will tour Uintah Basin areas this weekend hosted by Vernal city Uintah County and the Vernal Chamber of Commerce. State Senators arrive by plane Sunday for area briefings with a public dinner at Hotel Vernal featuring Vernal honey.
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Utah
Seation
Uintah Basin
Vernal City
Uintah Comnsky
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
State Senate
Vernal
Leland Sowards
Hebert Benfilon
Bennie Schmiett
Schmilett
Rooslevelt
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