Vernal Express launches long term traffic safety drive
The Vernal Express will join a statewide road safety campaign launched by the Utah State Press Association. The effort will run for 40 months with monthly safety articles graphics and sponsored ads aimed at reducing highway fatalities. Governor Herbert B. Maw commends the campaign and urges wide newspaper support.
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Herbert
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Ee Hendler
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Utah State Ry ‘Association
Herbert B. Maw
Antwerp Diamond Trade Cuts Output Amid weak US Demand
Antwerp's diamond industry reels from a sharp drop in US demand as wealthy buyers curb purchases. Factories run at about 60 percent capacity to avoid flooding the market with polished stones and industrial diamonds.
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Antwerp
United States
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Tourism and genealogy thrill Utah visit by Swiss guest
Swiss tourist John Zwicky toured East Lake City and the Mormon Genealogical Library where he discovered his own family tree among the Zwicky records. Separately Utah officials discuss a federal plan to build 75 synthetic oil plants nationwide, using coal and shale, with Utah highlighted as a key site.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
Colorado
Wyoming
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Winish Basin
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Bureau of Mines
Willow Creek News Highlights Local Family and Social Note
Mr and Mrs Richard Eksund hosted visitors from Roosevelt and Vernal in March. Dick Brewer ill in Vernal. family in Vernal and Willow Creek assist with chores. Betsy Hatch leaves Willow Creek for work near Fruitland. Sewing Club met with few absentees. local road watch noted. Aunt Martha reportedly modeled after film stars. long odds on Uncle Langoon’s marriage.
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Vernal
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Dick Brewer
Chilldren
Jack Brewer
Frank Brewer
Speedey
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Bhotty Hatch
Willow Creek
Tina Buller
But’ Lara
Richard Ekaund
Good Publicity of UPID Praises Nevada Efforts
The Reno Chamber of Commerce lauded Utah Publicity and Industrial Development for its constant good publicity in a letter to Governor Maw. Hay Kronemyer, director of Publicity and Biomotion, praised UPID's progressive program as gaining world wide attention after a Salt Lake City visit.
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Reno, Nevada
Utah Tops Educational Rankings In Congressional Note
Congressional Record cites Utah leading the nation in overall educational performance. Professor Raymond M. Hughes notes a book by Homer D. Angell and points out Utah’s top rank among the ten highest rated states, with Oregon singled out for pride in education.
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Raymond M. Hughes
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Law State College
Geologist Questions Uintah Oil Sands Prospects
Veteran geologist Glen M. Ruby doubts Basin oil sands near Uintah will yield lasting prospecting results. He warns the oil sands may be a contemporaneous deposition of oil and sand from adjacent lands and could be “dead oil” at deposition. He notes lack of trap evidence and predicts other sands may share the same origin.
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Green River
Uinta
Utah
Ukrasia
Rhubarb’s Spring Use and Caution on Leaves
A historical blurb notes rhubarb once seen as a remedy for spring ailments and a punny name quot.prealant quot. emerges. It highlights vitamins A and C and a fruit acid praised by nutritionists, while warning that rhubarb leaves should never be eaten.
Municipality Garden to be planted in near future
The new Garden project will include a memorial feature honoring war dead with a plaque by American Legion Post No. 11. Eight additional plots will be formed and planted by garden club members and Uintah High School students under supervisor Doyle London. The Forest Service will assist landscaping the site.
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American Legion
Witheck
Uintah Shearers Enter Craig Contests At Harvest Festival
Uintah County sheep shearers plan to enter the world sheep shearing championship during the Woo Harvest Festival in Craig on May 26 and 27. Cash prizes, trophies, and special divisions will be awarded. a sheep dog show and wool products contest accompany the events with auctioning of entries after prizes. Vernal is invited to enter a candidate for the festival queen title.
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