Dinosaur Plans Seen as Tourists Lure for Monument
The Interior Committee voted unanimously to redraw Dinosaur National Monument boundaries and authorize entrance roads and related improvements. The panel backed protecting grazing rights while Utah and Colorado negotiators disputed a 3,400 acre parcel on the southern edge. The bill sets the monument at 209,144 acres, adds 6,055 Utah acres, and subtracts 7,040 from Colorado, with costs estimated at 144 million for roads and 50,000 for headquarters land and rights of way.
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House Interior Committee
Dinosaur National Monument
The
Park Service
Peg Colorado
Hugh W Collen
Vernal
Utah Cattlemen's Association
Utah
Monument
Utah Colorado
Utah Fish and Game Commission
Wirtn
Wayne N Aspinall
D-Cole
Interior Committee
Henry A Dixon
FiveYear Plan for US Highway 40 Presented at State Road Meet Here
A five year plan for US Highway 40 in the Uintah Basin was presented to the Utah State Road Commission by Kenneth Sowards of the Vernal Chamber of Commerce. The plan ranks routes from Weber City to Daniels Canyon Summit and Duchesne to Bridgeland as priorities to spur industrial growth and tourism with funds likely via Public Lands. The meeting included Salt Lake and Wasatch chamber leaders and local advocates pushing for rail and junior college support, plus the Central Utah Project.
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Uwinish Basin
Salt Lake City
Gus Backman
Salt Lake
Stanaker Dam
John
Flaming Gorge Dan
Heber Duchesne
Roosevelt
Weber
Harold Ho Smith
Wasatch Chamber of Commerce
Wasatch County
Duchesne County
Central Utah
Uintah Basin
Utah State Road Commission
Vernal
Kenneth Sowards
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Vernal Chamber
Sowards
Weber City
Daniels Canyon Summit
Duchesne
Bridgeland
Randlett Road
Ashley Valley
Duchesne Toy I'Tablena Junction
Jensen
Bonanza
Sewards
Southam
Chamber
Vicious TV Ads Called Harmful at Uintah Stake Meet
Visiting LDS General Authority Elder John Longden condemned vicious television advertising of beer tobacco and liquor aimed at youths. He urged families to resist temptation through family prayer as Uintah Stake Conference in Vernal opened with organ preludes songs and prayers led by Stake President Frank Walker.
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LDS General Authority
Bunday
John Longden
Council of the Twelve
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
Uintah
Vernal
Stake Tabernacle
Molba Sargent
Frank Walker
Ymmia
Clyde
Anderson
Aaron Jolley
J. Ross Merrell
Stake
Frances Southam
Norene Morrell
Walker
J.B. Karnen
West Central States
Thilip Mannating
Netherlands
All Day Safety Conference Heads Regional Meet Series
An all day safety conference in Vernal capped a regional series planned by Utah safety groups. Over 100 delegates attended with sessions in Uintah County, including a lunch and dinner at Hotel Vernal. Otton Weisley of the Utah Industrial Commission spoke on workers compensation and employer insurance requirements. (Continued on page 5)
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Vernal
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Uintah County
Otton Weisley
Utah Industrial Commission
Utah
Uintah Basin High School seniors set for commencement week
About 300 Uintah Basin seniors will take part in graduation events with Uintah and Union ceremonies on Friday May 27. Uintah High's program includes a guest speaker Dr H Grant West, a baccalaureate service May 22, and a awards and diplomas schedule in the auditorium.
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Uiitah Basin
Uintah
Union
Puchesne
H Grant West
Utah
Coordinating Council For Higher Education
Uintah Tigh
Uintah Igh
Alan . Tull
St Paul's Episcopal Church
Uintah Jligh
Narold Sargent
Lynda Murdock
Carma Stewart
Dick Roberts Soto
Wallace Perry
Mra
Paul Ellis
Diane Anderson
Larry Knight
Lynna Webb
Sherry Turner
Elis
Leland G Rez
Dr Vert
Carol Lee Bennion
Mars. Ellis
Rex
Ruth Haslem “Salis
Lynn Cundick
Sargent
Murdock
Ashley Valley
Uintah County Population Growth Reported in 1980 Census
Uintah County shows slow but steady growth from 1950 to 1980 rising from 10 300 to 11 448, while Duchesne declines from 8 434 to 7 144 and Daggett surges from 364 to 1 980 after Flaming Gorge Dam brought Dutch John.
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Uintah
Ducheane
Daggett
United County
Duchesne
Daggett County
Dutch John
Flaming Gorge
Centerville Firm Has Low Bid On New School
Uintah School District Board of Education met at Uintah High School to award the bid for a new 20 classroom elementary school in Vernal Utah. Hogan and Tingey Construction Co Centerville was the low bidder among ten firms with base bids ranging from 516699 to 684845.
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Uintah School District Board of Education
Cial
Uintah High School
Vernal
Utah
Hogan and Tingey
Centerville
Hansen Construction
Altamont
Mogan and Tingey Construction Co
Johnson Construction Co
Salt Lake City
Kaze and Gammon Construction Co
Provo
McCullough — Construction Co
Miller Construction Co
Springville
Rosentof Construction Co
Orem
Talboa Construction Co
Turner Construction Co
Heber
Vernal Emerges as Big Power Center Under New Marketing Plan
Interior Secretary Fred A Seaton approves the marketing area for Colorado River Storage Project power. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming form a northern division with first priority. First power set for 1963 from Flaming Gorge on the Green River. Transmission lines decision remains open as to whether federal or private utilities will build the backbone system.
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Vernal
Colorado River
Interior
Fred A Seaton
Flaming Gorge
Glen Canyon
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Green River
Iigh
Arizona
Nevada
California
Reclamation Bureau to Build Dam Power Lines
Seaton assigns Bureau of Reclamation responsibility for the main Upper Colorado power transmission lines. He says private agencies cannot handle the backbone lines and cites private firms’ backing of the project in 1956. Utah Power and Light Co opposes federal control, urging private construction of 2,000 miles of lines cost 400 million. The decision hinges on who builds the backbone system and if Arizona joins the marketing area. Len Dennett seeks Interior support for Upper Colorado Commission power allocations, prioritizing Upper Basin users, then Lower Basin, with private utilities receiving excess. One-third of backbone lines expected to be federal-built.
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Fneda. Seaton
Secretary of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
Upper
Colorado
Washington
Sid No
Utah Power and Light Company
Utah Power and Light Co
Colorado River
Seaton
Naughton
Salt Lake City
Len Wallace F Dennett
Utah
Department of the Interior
Nfag
Colorado River Basin
Len Hennett
Watkins Named Indian Claims Commission Chief
President Eisenhower appointed Arthur V. Watkins as chief commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission to fill the unexpired term of Ger Wilt. Watkins, a Utah Republican former senator and Vernal editor, will serve until April 1962. The commission adjudicates Indian claims against the United States.
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Eisenhower
Utah
Arthur V. Watkins
Watkins
Edger E. Wilt
Lved
Vernal
Vernal Expresa
Len Walace ¥ Bennett
Senate
Fragmentary note on proposed routes and connections
The fragment mentions travel lines from Vernal toward a midpoint between Provo and Timber City, plus a potential link from Flaming Gorge to Vernal and Glen Canyon to Phoenix. Details are incomplete, but the outline suggests a transportation network plan with interconnections among these Western locations.
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Vernal
Provo
Tiber City
Flaming Gorge
Glen Canyon
Phoenix
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Ad Ye Wittheld Bial Agency
Ba Agency
NPS
Canyon
S. L. Chamber
Nem Ere
Verpal
Keith McFarland
Viola Pett
State Industrial Commission
Otto A. Weisley
Industrial Resiant
Casper A. Nelson
Industrial Iselar
Grant 5. Winn
State Dept. of Health
Bak Jr
Judy Hatch
Otto A. Walsley
J. Ramsay Harris
Ne- Honal Safety Council
J C Haws
White River
Ouray
Lon A Logan
Indian Service
W R Construction Co
Grand Junction
Colo
Jay Lord Wright
Ilo
300 Basin High School
Four Corners
Curecantt Dam
Reclamation Bureau
American Public Power Assn
Glen Canyon Dama
Naugnton
Ela
John E. McNaughton
West Motn Ie
Ttt
Mov Mies
McNaughton
Belewey
Arthur Watkins
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