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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1957
Page
1
A machinery demonstration scheduled for this week has been postponed until Monday. The event will take place at the Theodore Johnson farm, located one mile south from Fifth West.
Rain and heavy snow last weekend raised Vernal water sheds to about sixty to seventy percent of average. Storms hit from Rangely west to Vernal with heavier snowfall. Strawberry Reservoir saw clearer skies. Rainfall estimates ranged from 3.4 to 4.4 inches. high basin snow up to seven inches. Snowplows cleared Rangely roads. post storm winds dried surface soils reducing benefits. Utah congressional letters to Vernal Chamber show funding for the Vernal project unlikely before next fiscal year.
The Extension Service and Welfare Committee announce a Food Storage Demonstration at the Ashley Stake Center on Monday April 1 at 7 30 pm. The Uintah Stake event drew over 200 attendees. The demo covers seven basic food storage conditions with exhibits of a year’s supply of fresh and dehydrated foods. Samples include bread from old wheat and canned milk, plus a dry ice fumigation demonstration.
Uintah District marks a successful Scout Conference with 68 juniors earning graduation certificates. Training covered Den Chief Patrol Leaders and Explorer Leaders, led by volunteers Lynn Mecham Carl Seattle Jack Dexter Tom Howells and Grant Merrell. Names of graduates listed across Maeser Naples Vernal Glines Kiwanis and Marser posts.
Sgt Sammy Hatch of Vernal joined Highway Patrol sergeants at the University of Utah for a ten hour course on radiation detection units for atomic attack readiness. The class covered nuclear weapons and included hands on demonstrations with a field exercise to locate hidden radioactive cobalt deposits. The sergeants will monitor Civil Defense operations.
Union Oil Company of Los Angeles announced a $4 million oil shale processing plant to open near Grand Valley Colorado on May 18. The plant will be the first commercial oil shale production in the United States, located about 19 air miles from the Rifle shale experimental plant in Colorado.
The Uintah County Commissioners chair Orville Swain says a successful bond election for a new county building on May 7 would trigger an anticipated 82 mill levy. Chamber of Commerce members, Whitney Hammond, county attorney, and others discussed the urgent need and legal steps, noting replacing records damaged by fire would cost more than the new facility.
Nearly 600 music lovers attended a varied program titled Music USA, a joint Ashley and Uintah Stakes festival at the tabernacle. A mixed chorus of about 125 sang religious and popular selections with Uintah Ashley Valley Symphony Orchestra performing two numbers. The program featured patriotic, religious, and Broadway tunes, with soloists and a youth program planned for Sunday.
Gov Clyde names Francis Feltch Vernal contractor and businessman to Utah State Road Commission. Feltch is president of radio station KVEL and a business leader in Vernal. The article notes a reorganized commission of five part time unpaid members and mentions Feltch’s appointment Wednesday.
The Chamber of Commerce announces three vice presidents and a director for the Hotel Vernal. Iie will represent the third district on the ward, covering Unitoh County.
Hi-Land Dairy producers purchase six milk tanks from Sie Brown's Dairy King in Utah. Tanks holding 250 to 500 gallons were delivered by E. A. Call. System will move milk from cow to consumer via sterilized stainless tubes with full automation, avoiding hand contact. Stockholders Paul Ingram, Loren and Reed McKee, H Arvene Cooper, Harvey McKee, and Victor Bingham will use the equipment to qualify for milk quality bonuses.
Uintah Sheepmen gather in Vernal for their annual woolgrowers meeting at Hotel Vernal to discuss industry problems. National president Don Grondben and state president Clyde Hooper will speak, with officer elections at 10 am and a 7 30 pm banquet featuring a program, dance, and fashion show.
Honald V. Hateh aged 29 and Joyce Nivens aged 19, both of Ver nal, were issued their marriage license on March 26.
Two oil companies, Sterling Oil of Oklahoma and Fant Resources, secured additional Uintah County leases between Roosevelt and Ashley Valley pools. They acquired 23 000 acres and a 350 percent checkerboard interest from Entrada Oil and Gas Co. in a deal announced by Sterling Oil president Jess True and Fant Resources counsel T R Gillenwater.
Mrs Harrell and her husband Mr Harrell, a civilian U S Army employee, toured Europe visiting 12 countries including Greece and Turkey, with Paris as their base. They spoke of the pre Suez and Hungarian tensions and will return to Washington after a stay in the San Fernando Valley.
A new bill in Congress aims to halt grazing and resource use on vast forest and park lands including Ashley Forest and Dinosaur National Monument. It would designate most National Parks and wilderness areas as off limits to mining logging oil and gas and impose a federal council to expand wilderness areas with Congress retaining veto power. Sponsors include Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Rep. John Saylor.
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