Five Million For Power Backbone In Cold Storage Project
Senator Moss announced on Tuesday that the Bureau of Reclamation has requested permission from Congress to use five million dollars to begin constructing the backbone transmission system for the Upper Colorado Storage Project. Funds are already available from prior appropriations. The bureau also seeks forty thousand six hundred dollars to start feasibility studies for Gray Canyon Dam on the Green River above Green River City Utah. The dam would be 578 feet high with a two million acre feet capacity and an installed capacity of 210000 kilowatts producing about 1.3 million kilowatt hours annually.
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Bureau ‘of Reclamation
Congress
Coldorado
Sen
E Moss
Bureau
Gray Canyon
Colorado
Green River
Green River City
Utah
Oss
Attica Diners Hear Talks On Freedom And Africa
At a Vernal area dinner club meeting, speakers discussed Africa's claim of freedom as Attica residents heard about colonial echoes. A separate traffic report noted a 2 car crash near Verbal'a main intersection causing about $250 damage per vehicle and two drivers cited for drunk driving and license issues.
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Verbal
Jackson
Inez
Lucille Thompson
Melba Colorow
Jack Lent
Vernal City Police
Glines Ward
Holmes
R. M. Selm
Parent Teacher Conferences Slated Across Uintah District
Uintah School District plans twice yearly parent teacher conferences. Report cards for the third term show student progress over nine weeks. Elementary and Alterra Junior High will dismiss one day for 15 minute parent meetings. Ashley Valley JH and Uintah High will dismiss 14 6 hours early to hold conferences. Parents urged to accept invites for better understanding of student achievement.
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Uintah
Alterra Junior High
Ashley
Valley Junior High
Uintah High School
More Units Cafe Seen For Motel Expansion
Woodey HB Searle and Sons, operators of Diamond Hills Motel at 580 West Main, plan 18 to 20 more motel units and a cafe. Construction starts about June 1, with the new units east of the existing motel. The cafe will have a dining room seating about 60.
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Woodey HB
Searle and Sons
Diamond Hills
580
West Main
Searle
Jung 1
Remodeling Now Underway On Rock House
Remodeling work on the historic Rock House now underway at Vernal City follows a move to a new site opposite the stake tabernacle. DUP officials announced plans to merge the tithing house with a new museum and pledged progress after workmen returned to town. The council discussed overtime parking fines and approved a cinder block cemetery building for storage, with bids to be sought and city workers to participate.
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Rocks
Stake Tabernacle
Daughters of Italy
Vernal City
Pennell
LaVell Manwaning
DUP
Buell
Bennett
Ashley Stake Conference to host Elder Marion Hanks
Elder Marion D. Hanks of the First Council of Seventy will visit ashley stake for a two day conference on April 1 and 2. The event includes General Authority sessions on Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm, MIA and youth choir programs, and priesthood leadership meeting in the stake tabernacle and Vernalist Ward chapel.
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Marion D. Hanks
First Council of Seventy
LDS Church
Ashley Stake
Hanks
Eisenhower
David C. McKay
Stake Relief Society
Stake
Gilsonite Pipeline Growth at Bonanza Raises Output
The Bonanza operation expands Gilsonite mining and shipping. A two mile water tunnel mine method increases ore output to 400000 tons yearly, with 1100 tons daily via the Grand Junction pipeline. Executives including Ernest Goodner and Paul Borden toured operations, noting high productivity and global ink uses.
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Bonanza
Ernest F. Goodner
Paul Borden
Roy Nelson
George Kilborn
Nelson Aldrich
Grend Junction
Uintah Railway
Mack, Colo
Italy
American Gilsonite’ Company
Grand Junction
Fui Pun
Salt Lake
Science Fair Opens Friday at Uintah High School Gym
The Uintah Basin Science Fair opens Friday and runs into Saturday with a variety of unusual projects by potential nuclear physicists and chemists. The event is in the Uintah High School gymnasium and open to Uintah Basin and Daggett County students as well as the public on Saturday from 1 pm to 5 pm, under WHS Science Club direction.
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Uintah Basin
Uintah High School
Daggett County
To & P.m. Raerh
WHS Science Club
Seven Juveniles Referred Over Uintah Rexall Pilfering
Seven juveniles have been referred to juvenile court in connection with pilfering small items at Uintah Rexall Drug Store. One suspect allegedly gained a key to let others in after hours, with no damage reported. The thefts were ongoing since Christmas, per law officials. Trooper WR M Helm of the Highway Patrol assisted.
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Uintah Rexall
Wr, M Helm
Thighway Patrol
Utah PSC Denies Basin Milk Haul Authority
The Utah Public Service Commission rejected Federated Milk Producers Association’s bid to haul packaged milk and ice cream from Salt Lake City to Vernal and back, denying contract carrier status to support an exempt westward bulk haul. Arden-Meadow Gold sought to contract Federated for eastward milk movement. Federated, a 6001 member agriculture cooperative, serves Grade A producers across northern and southern Utah.
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Utah
PSC
Public Service Commission
Federated Milk Producers Assn, Inc
Salt Lake City
Polata
Federated
Uintah Basin
Beatrice Foods Co
Arden-Meadow Gold
Cache Valley
Millard County
Tooele County
Uintah County
Savings Bonds Sales Reach $8924 in Uintah February
Uintah County sales of U S Savings Bonds for February totaled 8924 with all closed NJ. Meagher Jr county bond chairman reported this week the two month total is 27820 or 23.2 percent of the 1961 goal, according to the chairman.
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U.S. Savings
Uintah County
Meagher
End a Meeting for All Stake Parents at Five PM
A note announces the stake meeting ending for all parents at 5 p.m. The gathering aims to finalize discussions and outline next steps for the stake community. Attendees are urged to arrive a few minutes early for check in.
Uintah Utes Suffer Heartbreaker Against Delta in Tourney
The Uintah Utes fell 51-49 to Delta High in Utah Class D basketball after a tense late finish. Gayle McKenchnie Jim Chivers and Arvel Tassainer sparked a second quarter surge giving Uintah an eight point halftime lead before Delta rallied, tying the game 49 all with seconds left before Paul Pace banked in the winning shot.
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iThe Uintah Utes
Utah
Delta High School Rabbits
Hedskins
Enterprise Wolves
Judge Memorial Bulldogs
Delta
Utes
Gayle McKenchnie
Jim Chivers
Arvel ‘Tassainer
Rabbits
Uintah Vary
Paul Pace
Page
Echo Park Lodge Begins Motel Office Remodel
Motel owner Paul M. Batty says remodeling starts at Echo Park Lodge near 8th West and Majin Street. Plans include removing the roof, installing a flat roof, and adding a new office at the west end of the building.
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Echo Park Lodge
8Th West
Majin Street
Paul M. Batty
Batty
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