Big Timber Industry Moves to Lapoint in Wasatch County
Great Lakes Timber Co plans to relocate its entire operation from Keetley to Lapoint Utah with a seven million foot annual cut and 0 to 75 seasonal jobs. The move includes a new power line from Highway 40, offices, and a sawmill setup to be completed by July 13 1960. local hiring to include Tridell Neola and Gusher residents.
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Great Lakes Timber Co
IL 40
Keetley
Wasatch County
Lapoint
Bill Sweeney
Sweeney
Lapoint Tridell
Neola
Gusher
Uintah Power and Light Co
Highway 40
Karl (Duff) Swain
Belco Schedules Ninth Wildcat Drilling in Uintah County
Belco Petroleum Co. Friday announced the ninth wildcat location in the Chaplin Wella Unit Uintah County. Unit No. 9 spud is set for Wednesday at 2239 feet from both north and east lines, Section 21 Township 9S Range 22E. Target depth 6500 feet in Wasatch formations, with Wasatch and Mesaverde gas discoveries nearby.
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Belco Petroleum Co
Chaplin Wella
Uintah County
Wasatch
Mesaverde
Township 9
Range 22
Armory Floor Work Began As Unit Receives Alert
Construction of a new hardwood floor started at Vernal National Guard Armory. The project should finish next week with a short curing period before use. The armory received a statewide practice alert at 9:55 pm Tuesday, prompting all members to report for two hours of instruction, though no real emergency occurred.
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Vernal National Guard
First Fatality At Dam Project At Flaming Gorge
The Flaming Gorge Dam project reports its first fatality when 26 year old Tony Simon of Price fell about 150 feet while cleaning cuts for the keyway. The incident occurred Friday night around 6:15 PM as he began his shift, witnesses said.
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Flaming Gorge
Canyon
Tony Simon
Price
Keyway
Flaming Gorge Dam
Uintah County Census Opens Soon Reflecting Growth
Advance census forms are being distributed by Vernal Post Office for the 1960 count. April 1 marks census takers’ start. Uintah County’s population rose from 790 in 1880 to about 12,000 projected for 1960, with Duchesne and Daggett counties showing varied trends and Dutch John town growth tied to Flaming Gorge Dam construction.
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Uintah
Vernal Post Office
Uintah County
Sanpete
Wasatch
Duchesne County
Uinta
Duchesne
Daggett County
Dutch John
Flaming Gorge
Uintah County Dairy Schools Air Production
Three dairy schools were held in Uintah County with Dr Don Thomas and Prof John Barnard leading discussions. Topics included dairy industry outlook, milk quality, and herd management. Barnard urged efficient operations, higher milk per man hour, and better cows, noting Utah averages and national trends. Discussions also covered mastitis control and milking machine pressure and milk yield data.
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John Barnard
Ulah State University
Fella
Keith Squire
Don Pitt
Uintah County
Don ‘Thomas
Cxtension
Utah
Union High School
Fridell Chapel
Barnard
Arizona
California
Thomas
Jon
UP and L to Build 138kV Line to Uintah Basin Development
Utah Power and Light plans an 86 mile 138000 volt transmission line from Castle Gate Carbon County to Vernal to energize the Uintah Basin. The project aims to link Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon facilities, support phosphate and other resource growth, and attract mills and retailers to the Vernal area.
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Up&l
Utah Power and Light Co
Castle Gate
Carbon County
Vernal
Uintah
San Francisco Chemical Co
Brush Creek
Chemical Company
Uintah Basin
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Great Lake Timber Co of
Keetley
Lapoint
Uintah Thaisin
Glen Canyon Dam
Flaming Gorge
D L. Broussard
Uintah Dasins
Utah
Glen Canyon
Salt Lake Tribune
Junior College Mass Meeting Slated Friday
A mass meeting will be held Friday at 8 pm in the Union High School gym for Uintah Basin residents interested in the proposed Uintah Basin Jr College. State Supt. of Schools Aj th Bateman Dr Hf Grant West and State Building Board members will attend. 50 member central committee already organized representing Uintah Duchesne Wasatch and Daggett counties. Proponents expect over 1000 attendees and a following central committee meeting.
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Atmass
Union High School
Uintah Basin
Jr College
Ajth Bateman
Hf Grant West
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
State Building Board
Uintah
Duchesne Wasatch
Daggett
Ground Broken For Laundromat On Main Street
Ground work started Monday on the Batty property at 400 West Main for construction of the Trollday Laundromat. Max Rasmussen and crew will build a one block long building with glass front housing coin operated washers and dryers for public use 24 hours daily. Adams and Hayden, owners, hope to be ready for operation in about 60 days.
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Batty
400 West Main
Max Rasmussen
Adams and Hayden
Own Era
Golf Course Opens For Tournament Play
The golf course opens for a tournament weekend with play on the regular greens. Opening fees for 1960 are reduced by nearly a third from 1959 while membership and athletic tickets stay the same. Over fifty players were on the course last weekend and the greens are open to all.
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Menbera
Private Pheasant Preserve Debate At Vernal Chamber Meet
A protest at the Vernal Chamber of Commerce meeting challenged a private hunting area near Ashley Gorge near the old Vernal power plant site 12 miles northwest. Bar A Bar Ranch promotes the preserve with $18 for all day shooting and bird minimums. critics fear $5 a bird and possible general price hikes for nearby farms. The board opposed the preserve and will write to the State Fish and Game Dept. Other items include freight moves on rail lines to the Vernal area and plans from developers in Urush Creek and nearby firms eyeing Vernal growth.
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Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Ashley Gorge
Salt Lake City
Bob Williams
Chamber
Fish and Wildlife Committee
Bar Ranch
Vernal
Willams
Boand
State Fish and Game Dept
Ken Sewards
Industrial Development Committee
Cain
D L. King
San Francisco Chemicallo
Urush Creek
Vernal Chamber
Hawks Fall Short in Vernal GNBA Title Game
Consolation prize notes the Vernal National Guard basketball Hawks lost to the Salt Lake Darts who beat every other team to capture the state championship, leaving the Hawks with pride in a season shadowed by the defeat.
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Hawks
Vernal National Guard Bantam Basketball League
Salt Lake Darts
Uintah County Convention Schedules Readied by Parties
Republicans and Democrats in Uintah County announced conventions for the county building with chairs and officers to be chosen. The GOP set Friday evening 7 pm, while the Democrats meet Monday April 4 at 8 pm to elect county leaders for the next two years.
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Uintah County
Tne County
Republcs
Democratic
Republican Party
Preaeucer and & County Central Committee
Royal D. Henderson
Clayton’ & Simmons
Democrats
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Inwood
Orginal
Ross A Slye
Utah Dept of T
Hughways
J KR Granger
Bureau of Reclamation
Aite
Green River Canyon
Belco
Wildcat
Fradur
Don Thomas
USA
Roy Simper
Glines
Rex Winder
Wyoming
ARN
Roosevelt
Myton
Ourayy
Jensen
Pfriday
George Bowden
Jeff
West 1St North
Glenn Cooper
Vernal Drug Co
Bowden
May E. Spendlove
Mr. Bowden
Vernal Drug Store
Cooper
Denver and
All Grande Railroad
Craig
Vernal City
Utah State Dept of Health
Borority Tee Pee
Kayuyan Sonnon
Orlan L. Johnson
East Second
North, Vernal
Pledger of
Gamma Fi
Alpha Phi
Arizo
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