Vernal Army Store Robbed Again in 12 Months
For the second time in a year, the Vernal Army and Navy store at 530 West Main Street was burglarized Saturday night. Police reported about $300 in damages and missing items including belt buckle sets valued at $2500 a carton of pocket knives and various gear from the Army and Navy store and nearby Milt's Merchandise Mart. Entry suspected via skylight and a basement window with footprints found in the snow.
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Vernal Army and Navy
West Main Street
Mitton Searle
Carl Staley
Morris Caldwell
Ray Gee
the Mart
Mart
Milt
Army
Navy
Stringham
Army and Navy
Levis Anc
Stuart Olbrich to Lead Kingsbury Community Church
Stuart W. Olbrich will resume the pulpit of the Kingsbury Community Congregational Church on Sunday March 18, announced by church officers Rey Olbrich and family. He is arriving in Vernal Friday from Mitton Freewater Oregon where he pastored Ingle Chapel Congregational Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tey Stuart W. Olbrich
Kingsbury Community Congregational Church
Rey Olbrich
Vernal
Mitton
Freewater
Oregon
Ingle Chapel
Vernal Race Meet Joins State Assn and Schedules 1956 Races
Ver nal Race Meet affiliates with Utah Racing Association to host June 7 9 in Vernal featuring 75 top Basin horses. B Warren Belcher elected president with Orvel Huilinger Glendon Sthoades and Clift Frisby as officers. Seven races daily with events between races. purses total 2500. Officials say track and fairgrounds facilities are being improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Assn
Utah Racing Association
B. Warren Belcher
Giant 15 Foot High Dinosaur Skeleton For Fieldhouse
Contractors Otto Beuhner and Co of Salt Lake craft concrete bones for a 76 foot long skeleton to stand on the Fieldhouse lawn. Completion is due in early summer with construction about to begin on the My Diplodocus skeleton by late fall. Materials cost about $1900 as the bones, found in a quarry, were molded and sent to Vernal before casting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Beuhner
Vernal Fieldhouse
Bauhner
Jim Heaton
Salt Lake
Otto Beuhner and Co
Vernal
Seleton
Death of Indian Tribal Council Member Sparks FBI Probe
Fred Mytom Parriett a 60 year old member of the Wintah Ouray Tribal business council was found dead Tuesday night at a cabin near Whiterocks. FBI agents and Indian police investigated for possible violence as autopsy proceeded. Burial set for Ft Duchesne cemetery with services at Whiterocks Episcopal Church Friday at 1 30 PM. Survivors include Rose his widow two sons Alfred and Wilford and a granddaughter. Friends may call at Olpin Mortuary in Rooseby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mytom Parriett
Wintah-Ouray Tribal Business Council
Whiterocks Episcopal Church
Mr. Parriett
FBI
Johnny
Ruby Black
Charlie Joe Quitchapoo
Marka
Parriett
Edgar and
Peart Sheech Parriett
Rose
Alfred
Ft. Duchesne
Wilford
Whiterocks
Olpin Mortuary
Roose
Car Truck Crash Damages Reported at Intersection
A two-vehicle collision at the First South and Second West intersection caused damage estimated at 1900 dollars to a Ford sedan driven by Vienna Barbara Miller 18 who was traveling north. The right side was struck by an eastbound Chevrolet one ton truck driven by Abe Hatch. Miller received a citation for failing to yield at a yield sign.
Legion Celebrates 37th Birthday of Post Saturday
The 37th annual birthday party of Witbeck Post No 11 of the American Legion will be celebrated this Saturday night at the Legion Hall. Commander Bud Mackingh announced all Legion members and Auxiliary members with partners, plus servicemen and ex-servicemen with partners, are invited. A dinner at 7:30 followed by an entertainment program and evening of fun is planned.
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Witbeck Post No 11
The
American Legion
Legion Nall
Bud Macking Hag
Legion Auxiliary
Higher Than Average Runoff Seen in Uintah Basin
Water flow forecasts for the Uintah Basin predict above average runoff for most streams and rivers aside from Ashley Creek. Snow surveys as of late February show high water content in upper elevation snowpack ranging from 120 to 183 percent of average, with Indian Canyon at 140 percent. The study, by Jock C Stevenson of the Soil Conservation Service, cites snow data, fall precipitation, and soil moisture in projecting irrigation season runoff.
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Ashley Creek
Uintah
Jock C Stevenson
Sail Conservation Service
Housefelt
Ashley S Creek
Soil Conservation Service
Kings Cabin
Uintah Basin
Trail Lake
Duchesne River
Indian Canyon
Kiwanis Publish New Uintah County Directory
Vernal Kiwanis Club announces the 1950 Uintah County directory on sale as a public service. Proceeds fund Kiwanis youth and civic projects. Plans include inviting Kiwanis members traveling Highway 40 to the national convention in San Francisco June 17 to visit Vernal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Uintah County
Vernal
Kiwanis
San Francisco
Enrollment and school planning after river storage bill passage
The Uintah school board discussed a 100 percent enrollment growth forecast over the next 10 to 15 years following the Upper Colorado River Storage project. They planned future school sites with city and county planning, arranged a summer kindergarten and bus service, explored a county wide education conference, reviewed test results and bus bids, approved contracts, and considered fire hydrant placement to reduce insurance costs. The Civil Air Patrol was allowed to remove the Barracks behind Ashley Valley Junior High and Ballard School lot bids would be opened April 10.
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Colorado
Hugh W. Colton
B. H.stringham
L. ¥. Siddoway
Board of Education
Alterra
Whiterocks
Lapoint
Tridell
Avalon
Randlett
Ouray
Uintah High School
Gats Barracks
Civil Air Patrol
Givn
Ashley Valley Junior High School
Ballard
Steinaker Reservoir and Upper Colorado River project dispute
The Senate and House conference committee near accord on the Upper Colorado River Storage project amid a language disagreement. Flaming Gorge and ten Canyon dam sites would become hubs with new highways and townsites. A $760 million overall cost was reportedly accepted, with Utah’s Gooseberry project remaining study status. George D. Clyde outlined highway and dam site plans and timing for Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon constructions.
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Senate
House Conference Committee
Colorado River
Flaming Gorge
Ten Canyon
Senate House
House Interior Committee
Clair Engle
Dcail
Utah
Stata ‘Capitol
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Stata Road Commission
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
George D Clyde
Upper
Colorado River Commission
Flaming Gor
U.S. 30
Wyoming
Townalea
Bureau of Reclamation
In Canyon P
Glen Canyon
Flaming’ Gorge
Glent Canyon
Morgan Tips Utes 38 43 Wednesday In State B Game
Morgan, led by Gary Randall and Mike Bridges, defeated the Utes 58 49 at the BYU Fieldhouse in Provo in a State B round. Randall scored 23 points and Bridges 28 for Morgan, while Eaton led Utah with 19 points before fouling out late. Uintah meets Cedar City in consolation Thursday at 7 40 p.m.
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Morgan
Utes
Ulniah
Monticello
Cedar City
BYU
Provo
Gary Randall
Mike Bridges
Salt Lake
Randall
Valey Eaton
Bridges
Vernal
Eaton
Ute
Lyexan
Cutshaw
Pope
Gardiner
Lee
Firidges
Dixon
Carter
Roar
Dr John Shimmin Named Chairman For Cancer Drive
Dr John Shimmin named chairman of the 1956 Uintah County Cancer Drive to be conducted by the American Cancer Society in April. A door to door fund drive is planned for the first week, with Mir and Mrs Charles Shumway as co-chairmen of residential solicitation and Lynn King as business district chairman. Mrs Harold Richardson serves as treasurer and James Stanley handles publicity. Grace Hall is county chairman of the American Cancer Society.
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Red Cross
Uintah County
Lee Adamson
American Red Cross
Ray Nash
Home Service
Cual
Getty
Billy
Uintah County Hospital
Salt Lake City
Adamson
Joan Shinnin
American Cancer Society
Shimmin
Mir
Charkes Shumway
Lynn King
Harold Richardson
James Stanley
Mra
Grace Hall
Prontier Announces New Light Slate Air Service
Frontier outlines new scheduled air transportation linking Albuquerque and Silver City New Mexico with Phoenix Tucson Salford and Clinton. service to begin April 1 following Civil Aeronautics Board approval to extend existing route from Silver City to Albuquerque and expand Frontier’s Phoenix to Silver City operations.
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Prontier
Albuquerque
Silver City
New Mexico
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Salford
Clinton
Civil Aeronautics Board
Airlines
Sane
Sliver City
Frontier
Vernal Bowmen Tournament Planned at Ashley Valley Junior High
Ribbons will be awarded to the top three in Thursday's Red Cloud Bowmen tournament at 7:00 p.m. in Ashley Valley Junior High gym. All interested may watch. The meeting noted archery as recreation and sport, with 30 members and growing interest.
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Red Cloud
Ashley Valley
Fish Sand Game Commission
Loyd Stevens
Fred Reynolds
Andell Gardiner
Record Outputs Depress Prices Of Hogs Beef Cattle Poultry
Record outputs depress prices as hogs beef cattle and poultry reach cyclical peaks. Lloyd A Clement Better Farm ling agent notes poultry eggs and milk reach new highs while two price adjustments aim to push down meat prices. Beef production up 61 percent and hogs up 28 percent reflect shifting supply cycles and consumer habits amid market changes.
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Lloyd A Clement
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Vernal Army Store
United
Dome Hullinger No. 1
Dry Fork Canyon
Vernol ON and Gas Co
California
Aevenge
Vernal Gas and Oil Company
Forkwell
Harold T Martin
Texas
Ken Stringham
Milt's Merchandise Mart
Stuart W. Olbrich
New Community Church
Indian Tribal Council
Congress
Legion
Post
County Red Cross
Test Reyalrs Hy
Reese Anderson
Guidance Services
Jie
Vernal Auto Shop
Utah Motor Cominy
Steinaker Reservoir
John Shimmin
Cancer Drive
Jr. High Gym
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