Four Days of Rain and Snow Brighten Basin Water Outlook
Storms brought rain hail and snow to the Uintah Basin through Tuesday morning boosting March moisture. Soil Conservation Service reports show snow surveys with varying depths and water content across multiple camps including Spirit Lake Paradise Park and Mosby Mountain while urging early planting and weed control to maximize the improved but still below normal water outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah Basin
Soil Conservation Service
Spirit Lake
Hickerton Park
Upper Kings Cabin
Lower
Kinga Cabin
Julius Park
Paradise Park
Mosby Mountain
McKee
Vernsl-Mantila
Dutch John
Highway Patrol
Basin
Vernal
Wm. F. Farnsworth
Farnsworth
Utsh
Salt” Lake
Flaming Gorge Dam concrete work advances in 1964 season
The Flaming Gorge Dam project moves into full three shift operation as concrete placement resumes after weather pause. About 9 million cubic yards of concrete needed, with 32 000 cubic yards already placed, and 550 to 600 workers expected on site this year. The dam, 700 feet long spillway tunnel nearly complete, aims for mid 1962 completion forming a lake 91 miles up the Green River. The article also notes LDS conference events in Vernal with leaders visiting from the First Council of Seventy and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaming Gorge
J. R. Walton
Consi Tlors
Bureau of Reclamation
Green River
Wyo
Local Girl Enters Talent Semi Finals
Miss Geraldine Washburn daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Washburn was named a winner in the Eugene Jelesnik talent show semifinals for February. She advances to the finals tentatively set in Vernal along with another February winner a group of East Lake City girl singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Washburn
Fred Washburn
Miss Washburn
East Lake City
Vernal
Refinery Expansion Planned by American Gilsonite
American Gilsonite Company will add a 300 900 refinery unit at Grand Junction to extract LPG from Gilsonite. The facility will produce about 225 barrels per day of liquefied petroleum gases mainly propane with some butane and will be marketed in the Grand Junction area by Tulomines Products Company. Equipment is built by Stearns Roger Manufacturing of Denver and the process starts late this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Gilsonite Company
Grand Junction
Paul Borden
Bonanza
Tulomines Producta Company
Uintah
Borger
Stearns-Roger Manufacturing’ Company
Denver
Vernal Chamber Annual Meeting with Top Speaker
Vernal Chamber of Commerce schedules its annual meeting Monday at the Vernal Hotel with E. LaMsr Buckner, former US Junior Chamber president, delivering the address. Five directors will be elected from nominees including Wal L. Anderson, John C. Beaslin, Dr. R. Bruce Christian, and others. Reservations required. wives and guests invited.
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E. LaMsr Buckner
United States Junior Chamber "of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Inyther Hotel
Ey Wo
Wal
L. ‘Anderson
John C. Beaslin
R. Bruce Cheistlan
Martin W. Curtis
A. DeMarr Dudley
A Barclay Gardner
Calvin E. Gibbs
Geneva
Hall Lyman Meftkley
Paul L. Webb
T. R. Seagier
Whitney D Hammond
Paul M. Armstrong
Grade M. Sowards
Don Milleam
Vic
Lsted
I Mullecam
Marriage Licenses Issued In Vernal And Nearby Areas
William Lloyd Gill aged 18 and Ee Sue Williamson aged 17 from Vernal received a marriage license in March. Norman TD Wooley 24 from Philadelphia and Georgia and Lee Hicks 18 from Vernal issued March 23. Merrion Bird 24 and Karen Murray 20 both from Loosevelt issued March 28.
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Wm. Lloyd Gill
Ee Sue Williamson
Norman TD. Wooley
Philadelphia
Georgia
Lee Hicks
Vernal
Merrion Bird
Karen Murray
Loosevelt
Miss Sherma Oaks Appears on Talent Show
Summer showcase highlighted Miss Sherma Oaks daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan Gakej performing as an acrobatic dancer on last Sundays talent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherma Oaks
Ivan Gake J
Wyoming Lawmaker Questions NPS Vernal Office Move
State Rep. Adrian Reynolds of Wyoming accuses the National Park Service of insincerity in moving Flaming Gorge Dam recreation area headquarters from Green River to Vernal Utah. Reynolds says the Utah site is far from the dam and rail line and presses colleagues to reject excuses and restore the Green River location.
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Wyoming Solon
NPS
Wyoming
Flaming Gorge Dam
Green River
Wyo
Adrian Reynolds
Sweetwater
Green River Star
National Park Service
Vernal
Reynolds
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah
Young Scientists Exhibit 190 Entries At Uintah Science Fair
The second annual Uintah School Science Fair drew 190 exhibits in the Uintah High School gym with diverse displays including dioramas and protozoan study. Winners spanned biology chemistry junior high and grade school divisions, with notable work on hemocytometer use weather instruments water purification and reflections. The event was a joint venture of Uintah Duchesne and Doggett districts and sponsored by the Knights of Science at Uintah High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uintah High School
Center Alule
Uintah
Duchesne
Doggett
Gordon Gee
Sphyales
Susan Sewards
Terry Tullis
Kirk Jolley
Colleen Jacobe
Dit Schaefermeyer
Richard War Mston
Roosevelt Jr. High
Becky Larson
Roosevelt
Todd School
Dates Set For Proposed United County Fair
County officials announce proposed fair dates after State Fairs Association meeting in Salt Lake City. Exhibits to be received August 23, judged August 24, and the fair open to the public August 25 and 26. Attendees included County Commission Chairman Harold McKee and County Agent Wm Farnsworth.
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State Fairs Association
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake
County Conmission
Harold McKee
Wm. F. Farnsworth
Plans for seven county water district outlined
Groundwork for a seven county Central Utah Water Conservancy District including Uintah County was approved at a Provo meeting. Representatives from Vernal and seven counties named a planning committee, with April 30 deadlines to appoint members. Utah officials urged unified action for the Central Utah Project amid water rights and regional planning questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sever
Utah
Vernal
J. ¥. Siddoway
Uintah Conservancy District
Leon Christensen
B.H. Stringham
Leland Sowards
C. D. Dudley
Grant Pickup
Hugh W. Colton
Rulon S. Hacking
Sterling D. Jones
Utah County
Central Utah Project
Jay Bingham
Utah Water and Power Board
George D. Clyde
Colorado River
National Congress
Central Utah Water Project
Palmer B. DeLong
Salt Lake
Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Conservancy
Goshen Bay
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F. B. Slate
Wegen
Hichard Harmston
Flaming George
Stake Tabernacle
Mothers and Fathers
Vernal 1St Ward
Ashley Stake
Marion D. Hanking
First Council of Seventy
LDS Church
Stanka
Eisenhower
David C. McKay
Stake Relief Society
Stake
Vernalist Ward Chapel
Vernal Chamber
Alte
Christ
Stuart W. Olbrich
Kingsbury
van ¢, Tull
7 County Water District
Vernal Rotary Club
Lions Club
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