Dinosaur Bill Threatens Water And Grazing Areas
Recount of stranded travelers highlights recent snowstorms near Vernal and Diamond Mountain. Narold E Davis and DB Wallis spent twelve sleepless hours in a stuck truck, awaiting help as a blizzard closed in. The article notes a public debate in Salt Lake and Vernal meetings on a proposed expanded monument and park to protect grazing lands and water rights, with potential impacts on the Upper Colorado River project and Flaming Gorge dam.
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Vernal
Express
Ashley Villey
Narold E Davis
Yin DB Wallis
Diamond Mountain
Janet Hole
California
Eiarra Club
Jenan Hole
Sierra Club
Governor Seeks All-Weather Interstate Route Denver Salt Lake
Governor Edwin C Johteen met with Washington lawmakers to push inclusion of a direct Salt Lake City to Denver route in the Interstate system. He cited Bureau of Public Road opposition to mountain passes and initial Utah hesitation, noting Utah legislators now back a shorter all-weather path via Colorado rather than Wyoming.
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Colorado
Edwin C Johteen
Washington
Utah
Salt Lake
Denver
Secreary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
Gen. Johnson
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Johnson
U.S Bureau of Public Road
Congress
Two Vernal Men Chosen National COP Delegates
At the Republican state convention in Salt Lake City Vernal residents Darryl Hopkins and Hugh W Colton were elected delegates to the national COP convention. Governor Smylie of Idaho spoke on Eisenhower administration achievements. Fourteen Uintah County residents attended, including Ralph Preece, Barbara Mott, and other local party members.
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Salt Lake City
Prdar Clair Roopkins
Thigh W Colton
di Salt
Hopkins
Con Manatt
Salt Lake
Governor Smylie
Ida
Eisenhowers
Uintah County
Ralph Preece
Barbara Mott
Hugh L Mitchens
Victor Wilkins
Claw Ro
Hugh W Colton
Vera Tacking
Oh Stringham
Marte Turner
Ralph Siddaway
Dek Coltharp
Whitney Darmond
May C Samuels
Grant Southam
Bill to grant Utes forest mineral rights approved
The House Interior Committee backed a bill to let Uintah and White River Ute bands keep mineral rights to about 46,000 acres. The land, added to Uintah National Forest, was federal acquired in 1905, and the measure, sponsored by Rep. William A. Dawson, aims to speed a court of claims case.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Uintah and
White River
Utah
William A. Dawson
Uintah National Forest
Moon Lake Electric Plans Meeting On Moving HQ to Vernal
A special Moon Lake Electric Association meeting is set for Saturday May 26 at Altamont High School to vote on centralizing headquarters in Vernal. Registration opens 10 00 am with the session starting 2 00 pm. The move follows a REA operated study urging a more central location and notes Vernal offers better transport and facilities. The record recalls Moon Lake Electric formed 1938 and first energized 1939 serving Blue area. continuation on page 8.
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Moon Lake Electric Association
Vernal
Altamont
Utah
REA. Offi
Moon Lake Electric Asso‘eiation
The
Basin snow pack shows above average water content
Snow surveys by the Soil Conservation Service indicate above average water content across Uintah Basin watersheds with several sites reporting 118 to 142 percent of average. Runoff prospects look better than last year though spring through fall flows may remain below long term norms.
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Soil Conservation Service
Uintah Basin
Kings Cabin
Shove Vernal
Para Lise Park
Mosby Mountain
Lake Fork
Vernal Manila Highway To Reach Completion By Year End
A long road from Vernal to Manila is slated for completion by December under normal conditions. The schedule could accelerate due to Ashley Nina site for Wenning Gorge reservoir access needs and the newly approved Omnibus Highway bill in Congress.
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Vernal
Manila
Tuh
Congress
Teenage Party Explodes Dynamite Scare In Merkley Park
Residents near lower Dry Fork woke to loud blasts from dynamite during an overnight party of 20 to 30 teens at Merkley Park. Vandalism cited as lights and wiring damaged, with barometric fears from an expectant mother. Sheriff’s probe noted second such incident in weeks as highway grading and forest road work progressed toward Vernal and Manila.
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Lower Dry Fork
Sheriff's Office
Merkley Park
City Zoning Hearing Slated May 28. Manager Post Decision Looms Monday
Salt Lake City reports highlight that weekly newspapers drive most ad spending for banks based on a Utah Bankers Association survey. Vernal City Council schedules public hearings for May 28 at 7 30 pm on the proposed owning ordinance with the office on file for review. The council also debated and tabled the city manager selection pending further contacts by the mayor.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Bankers Association
Louis Lundberg
Bank of America
eHent
Legion Auxiliary to Hold Rummage Sale This Saturday
Needy children will benefit from funds raised by the American Legion Auxiliary at a rummage sale Saturday from 4 to 6 pm in the building next to the O P Skaggs store. Proceeds go to the child welfare fund. Mrs Bud Heecking and Mrs Marry Brown Sr. are chairmen.
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Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Luxiary
Bud Heecking
Marry Brown, Sr
Vernal Officials Push Berthoud Pass Tunnel Drive
Clair R. Hopkins and L. Siddoway lead Vernal delegates at a Craig meeting backing a three mile Berthoud Pass tunnel under the Continental Divide. They seek a Utah Colorado link via Salt Lake Denver highway with a $21 million price tag and tolls estimated at five dollars for trucks and one dollar for cars.
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Berthoud Pass
Clair R. Hopkins
Alan
L. ¥. Siddoway
Betthoud Pass
Colorado Legislature
Denver
Rorkies
Straleht Creek
Craig
Tong and I
Upper Colorado River meeting in Farmington warns of SoCal opposition
The Upper Colorado River Commission in Farmington NM warned that Southern California opponents may sue to block river development. Commission engineer Ivan Goslin urged a program to counter Lower Basin efforts to seize or delay water entitlements as talks cover Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon projects. Aqualante Grass Roots, Inc voted to stay in business, reelecting Tom Rolack as chairman and BW Stringham as director to educate the public on Upper Basin storage and development. Colton noted the group’s duty to the people and the need to allow dam access roads cautiously, citing Hoover Dam traffic concerns. The Vernal chamber reported attendance by Colton, Stringham, Siddoway, and others.
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Colorado River
Commission
Farmington
N. M
Southern
California
Ivan Goslin
Congress
Upper
Grass Roots, Inc
Aqualantes
Tom Rolack
BW Stringham
Vernal
Utah
Grass Roots
Upper Basin
Hugh W Colton
Aqualante
I Group
Colton
Vernal Chamber of
Hoover Dam
Flaming Gorge
Glen Canyon Dam
Vernaln Adition
Stringham
L. Siddoway
Chamber
Second Degree Burglary Charge Faces Two Men
Roy Stamper, 24, of North Carolina, and Ray Holland, 28, of Maryland, were charged with second degree burglary in three Ver nal establishments. A third man, said to be asleep in the car, was involved. Goods stolen from Slough Motor, Mazchlights and spark plugs, B's Texaco, oil, and King Cole, food. Case turned over to Board of Adult Probation and Parole for investigation.
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Roy Stamper
North Carolina
Ray Holland
Maryland
Board of Adult Probation and Parole
Slough Motor
B'S
Texaco
King Cole
New River Project Seen Key to Wide Economic Gains
George D. Clyde of the Utah Water and Power Board told Utah Bankers Association delegates that the Upper Colorado Silver Basin Storage project will yield broad economic benefits over 20 to 40 years of development. Full river-system development could span 78 to 100 years, with the first phase supplying water for 32 070 acres and supplemental water for another 152 290 acres, plus mineral, chemical and timber development, tourism growth, and a large construction program generating 102 000 man-years of labor and 45 000 man-years in equipment manufacturing, plus cement and lumber production. Clyde projected Utah’s population surpassing 1 000 000 by 1970, and a regional population rise from 20 to 40 million within 700 miles of Salt Lake City.
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Colorado Silver Basin
George D. Clyde
Utah Water and Power Board
Utah Bankers Assn
Salt Lake City
Clyde
Utah
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