Valley Water System Given Official Title
Vernal City Council named Ashley Valley Water System the official title for the proposed valley wide water system after approval at a Wednesday meeting. Fewer than 200 applications had been received outside city limits. The February 28 deadline was extended to March 15 to count applications and decide if enough requests justify the new system. If not, Vernal will build sufficient facilities to serve its needs and areas with approved connections. It is estimated 330 applications are needed to proceed. Mountain States Telephone Co presented a contract for new services tied to a dial fire alarm system set to start around June 1962. The council will study the contract. A city canvass began to identify dog owners. licensed dogs must be registered within a week, with impoundment for those unlicensed after follow up.
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Ashley Valley
Vernal City
Vernal
Tt 1A
Mountain States Telephone Co
Waa
Requiem Mass for Salt Lake City Victim of Brush Creek Plant
Robert Gabriel Conlan 49 of Salt Lake City died after a fall from a scaffold during the San Francisco Chemical Co phosphate plant project north of Vernal. He suffered brain injuries and died at a Salt Lake hospital after the Oct 19 accident. A Catholic and 18-year city resident, he belonged to Local 182 Boilermakers and was married to Lucy Stelden. Survivors include his widow, his mother Blanca Conlan, a son Jesse and daughter Blanche, two brothers Rene and Charles, and a sister Mrs Marin Wempe. A Mass was held Tuesday at 10 am at St. Patrick’s. Bids were opened for a city water department pickup. Showter Motor Co. bid $2279.
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Robert Gabriel‘ Conlan
Salt Lake City
Brush Creek
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Salt Lake Hospital
Conlan
Boilermakers’ Union
Mr. Conlan
Baltimore
Lucy Stelden
Elko
Nev
Blanca
Ontario
Calif
Jesse Conlan
Blanche Conlan
Rene Conlan
Charles WM. Conlan
Marin
Ellen) Wempe
Las Veys
City Water Department
Showter Motor Co
Uintah and Union Set Big Showdown Friday at Ute Gym
Uintah and Union clash in a high stakes Uintah Division title game at the Ute Gym Friday night. The top two teams in the division meet after both earned state tournament berths, with Uintah riding a 67-23 win over Tabiona and Gayle McKeachnie leading the Utes.
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Uintah and Union
Ute Gym
Errol Burns
Uintah
Amish
Union
Utes
Altamont
Tablona
Tigers
Bomes
Vincente Manzanares
Ute
Tabiana
Igern
Union Infernal
County to Name Resident For Hobby Group
Uintah County commissioners plan to appoint a local resident to a proposed state committee on hobbies and crafts to create local souvenirs for tourists and aid in promoting Utah counties. The meeting also covered erosion near Brush Creek and road work on Diamond Mountain road with federal engineers to seek solutions ahead of a new Salt Lake gas line project.
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Uintah County
Utah
Aim
Diamond Mountain Road
Brush Creek
Calvert Hidaers
Turner Building Supply
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Ouray
Salt Lake
Workers Vote Union at Utah Phosphate Plant
Thirty nine workers at the San Francisco Chemical Co phosphate mine and mill north of Vernal voted unanimously to affiliate with Local 3 of Operating Engineers AFL-CIO Utah Nevada Section. They chose among Operating Engineers United Steel Workers of America Chemical Workers Union AFI-CIO United Mine Workers Ind and non union status in a National Labor Relations Board election held in Vernal City and County Building. The mine began operations in January with forty three workers eligible to vote.
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San Francisco Chemical Co
Vernal
Utah
Nevada
Afl-Cio
United Steel Workers of America and
Chemical Workers Union
Afi-Cio
United Mine Workers
Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Myton and Neola Eye Semi-Finals in S L Friday
In the LDS Region 14 tournament at Roosevelt Stake Center, Myton beat Highland View Ward 68-55 in a late thriller to advance to Salt Lake City for Friday's semifinals. Neola beat Bryan Ward 44-27 joining Myton in the finals stretch as Wasatch 2nd topped Altamont 71-42. Garden Heights defeated Roosevelt 2nd 50-42 in junior action. If Myton and Neola win Friday they reach the All Church basketball tournament.
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Salt Lake City
Roosevelt Stake Center
Myton
Highland View Ward
Neola
Bryan Ward
Wasatch
Altamont
Snow Brightens Water Outlook Yet Critical Shortage Fears Persist
The Uintah Basin and Utah faced heavy snow and rain with a brighter water outlook yet forecasts warned of a critical shortage for the coming growing season. County agents urged drought planning and outlined a seven point plan to maximize scarce irrigation with early planning, proper soil moisture measurement, and efficient water use.
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Utah
Leason
Ashley Creek
Whiterocka
Uinta
Wm. F.J Farnsworth
Rep Manwaring Amendment Passes Correction
A correction note indicates the heading should read Rep Manwaring Amendment Passes instead of Rep Sowards. The amendment passage reference remains the focal point of the item.
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Rep. ' Sowards
Rep. Manwaring
263 Acre Land Withdrawal Planned At Jones Hole Hatchery
The Bureau of Land Management in Utah proposes withdrawing 26323 acres of public land for the Jones Hole National Fish Hatchery near Diamond Gulch, northeast of Vernal, to stock Flaming Gorge reservoir. The plan includes funding for a Green River bridge, road relocation, and possible El Paso Natural Gas involvement, with public comments invited for 30 days.
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Jones Hole Hatchery
Jones Ple National Fish Hatchery
Wal B Richman
Utah
Bureau of Land Management
Utah State Road Commission
Tocal
Ated
Diamond Gulch
Vernal Lands
Dinosaur
Green River
Flaming Gorge
Richman
Burreau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
U.S. Fish and Wild- Ute Service
Salt Lake
Department of the Interior
P. O. Box
Salt, Lake City
Bureau of Sport Fisheries
Marriage Licenses for Kier and Duke in Vernal
Richard Warren Kier aged 31 and Helen Marie Duke aged 32, both of Vernal, obtained marriage licenses with issuance recorded in March.
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Richard Warren Kier
Helen Marie Duke
Vernal
Fire truck dedication and water projects tour reported
Roosevelt City dedicates a new Uintah Duchesne County fire truck costing 21877 in a joint Roosevelt City and county effort. Fire officials from Roosevelt and nearby counties attended the ceremony and the Utah Fire Rating Bureau inspected the facilities. A Vernal Chamber of Commerce and Utah State University Extension Service tour then inspected water developments and farm improvements across Burns Beach, Jensen, Naples and other sites, including diversion structures, cement ditch lining, and the Dry Fork Sinks Project with various engineers explaining the works.
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Uintah County
Rulon S. Uacking
Mel Burke
Floyd
Uintah and Duchesne County
Roosevelt City
Richman
Roosevelt
Kenneth Labrum
New York
Kenneth R. Aycock
Utah Fire Rating Bureau
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Utah State University Extension Service
Burne Beach
Brush Creek
A. DeMar Dudley
Bill Karren
Jensen
Dudley
Mr. Dudley
Ray E. Nash
Naples
Skillet
Rex Morgan
Bureau of Land Management
Dry Fork Sinks
Gaylord Skogerbee
Utah Water and Power Board
Ft. Yhornburgh
Lanak
Stanaker Dam
Alton J. Peterson
Bureau of Declamation
Montana Firm Lands Canal Contract For Utah Project
Sen Frank B Moss and Rep M Blaine Peterson announced a 1 372 554 Bureau of Reclamation contract to A and B Construction Co of Helena Montana for Stanaker Service Canal and a lateral of the Central Utah Project near Vernal Utah. The bid was the lowest of seven and work must be completed in 390 days per Asst Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Holum.
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Frank B. Moss
M. Blaine Peterson
Bureau of Reclamation
A and B Construction Co
Helena
Montana
Utah
Vernal
Asst
Secretary of the Interior
Kenneth Holum
Moss
Bureau Invites Trashrack Bids for Flaming Gorge Dam
The Bureau of Reclamation invites bids for trash racks for the penstock and river outlet trashrack structures at Flaming Gorge Dam. Bids open March 30 at 2 PM at the Denver Federal Center. Item 1 covers 72 penstock racks and Item 2 covers 30 river outlet racks. delivery within 240 days to Green River or Dutch John.
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Bureau of Reclamation Tan
Flaming Gorge Dam
Denver Federal Center
Denver
Colo
Forest Timber Cut Doubles In Five Years
Forest timber on Ashley National Forest is forecast to yield 13 million board feet this fiscal year with 16 million feet under contract. Timber business has more than doubled in five years. University of Utah highway seminar attendees Hal Hatch and D G Dalley attended. Administrative officer Jack Pierce returned from Ogden after specialization on clerical work plans. A staff meeting in Verhal outlined plans for the upcoming field season.
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Forest Service
Ashley National Forest
Hal Hatch
D. Gd. Dalley
University of Utah
Ogden
Utah
Jack
le Pierce
Ash’ley Forest
Verhal
Tollot
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Orvel Hullinger
Harold McKee
Mra
Donna Bevy
Honald Markley
Tom Freestone
Orville Swain
Wayne Pickup
Ben Lindsay
Wm. F. Farnsworth
Valley Water System
Gayle McKeachnie
Bart Johnson
Fen Bates
Tiger
Gayle McKenchile
Tat Lona
Mike Craner
Divisision
Acorera
Utes Va
Cougars
Neola Eye
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Valley
Farnsworth
SIP
Ukifah
Chamber of Commerce and Extension Division
Agriculture and Livestock
Wyoming
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Ita Hines
Cart Creek
Catt Creek
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Utah-Wyoming
Bonanza Junction
BLM
Uintah, County
Estern Duchesne County
Bureau
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