Good Pheasant Hunt Set to Open Saturday
Dob Jensen reports the pheasant season will start Saturday at 8 am with a promising but not record year. A five day hunt runs east of Uintah County with a new Roosevelt unit north and west of Roosevelt offering 9 000 to 10 000 acres of pheasant land sponsored by the Boy Scouts. Permits are $1 and are available in Roosevelt.
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Dob Jensen
Uintah County
Uinta River
Duchesne River
Trandlett
Green River
Grand County Line
Jensen
Arcadia
Bridge Land
Randlett
Roosevelt
Boy Scouts
Extended Hunts Open for Deer November TL 13
The extended deer hunt on the Vernal Unit runs November 11 12 and 13. Hunters who were unsuccessful during the regular season may use their tags and the special antlerless permit. Antlerless permits may be obtained by mail or in person at the Fish and Game office in Price.
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Book Cliffs
Fish and Game Office
Powerline Bid Invites for Dam System Project
The Bureau of Reclamation invites contractor bids for the first link of the Backbone Powerline system from Flaming Gorge Dam in Daggett County. Bids open December 2 at 2 pm in Dutch John. The line, with 138000 volt capacity, runs from the damsite toward the proposed switchyard.
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Flaming Gorge
Daggett County
Dutch John
Bureau of Reclamation
Teglon Four
Exchange Place
Salt Lake
Wat
Jean 1. Walton
Utah Power & Light Opens 138000 Volt Line to Vernal Basin
The Utah Power and Light Company energized its new 138 000 volt line at Ashley substation Monday at 1 " am linking Vernal and the Uintah Basin to the Interconnected system The ceremony featured Lester Mirache and Akers describing the line as a symbol of the Basin great industrial frontier The upgrade cuts local diesel generation and promises about 22 percent lower rates for customers and potential industrial growth in the basin as the Vernon Chamber of Commerce foresees new jobs and sources of revenue
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Tm Wage
Renee Ashelli
Fred Cat
Whitney D. Hammond
Vernal Chamber of
Commarea
Uintah Basin
Thorne Studio
North Vernal Avenue
Utah Power and Light
Saige Kao IH Ea Mor Ae Gee
Utah Power & Light Co
Mammoth
Ashley
Lester 2 Mirache
Vernal
Utah Power & Light
Akers
Uinted Basin
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Whitney D Hammond
Jury Acquits Centerville Driver in Fatal Highway Crash
A four man jury found Don Collier not guilty on charges of failure to yield right of way in a collision on Highway 40 near Fort Duchesne that killed Marla Turner and Marlene Pitt. Collier, driver of an oil spreader, collided with a car carrying Marlene Pitt and Vera Pitt, both of Colorado. The verdict came Tuesday of last week after the trial in Centerville.
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Don Collier
Centerville
Highway 40
Fort Duchesne
MR. Collier
Marla Turner
Marlene Pitt
Vera Pitt
Colorado
Mias
Tuvener
Political Hopefuls Eye Last Lap Before Election Tuesday
Weary candidates press a final push ahead of the general election Tuesday as national contests unfold. In county races, Curt Dudley seeks four year commission re election via write in effort while West End ballots reflect split in population shifts and write ins loom. On GOP tickets Rulon S Hacking eyes a four year post with Ives Maeser and Merkley in Dry Fork, while Democrats include Glen A Lambert and Herbert M Snyder for commission roles. State level battles see BD I Breierham seeking a third term against Leland Sowards and Royal Henderson vs Asher Manwaring for district seats. Ballard Gusher Avalon and Willows voters pick a District No 4 representative. Incumbent Grant Pickup seeks school board reelection as District No 4 candidates are listed.
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Congress
D Blayne Morrill
West End
Ucket Rulon S Hacking
Ives
Maeser
Roland Merkley
Dry Fork
Glen A. Lambert
Herbert M. Snyder
Vernal City
Bdif Breierham
Leland Sowards
Royal BD
Henderson
Asher Manwaring
Ballard
Gusher
Avalon
Willows
Grant Pickup
Vernal Woman Dies of Self-Inflicted Pistol Wound
The body of 37 year-old Mrs Mella Ruth Myers Armstrong was found Wednesday at home in Vernal. Police report a self inflicted wound in the right temple from a 32 caliber automatic pistol. She was married to John Irvin Armstrong a field mechanic for Waukesha of Utah Inc. The couple had lived in Vernal three months. Funeral plans call for shipment to Jackson Mississippi Thursday night. Born in Camton Mississippi March 12 1923 she married February 22 1944 in Jackson. Survivors include her husband her mother and one brother Wallace of Jackson and several half siblings. No inquest will be held.
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Mella Ruth Myers Armatrong
John Irvin Armstrong
Waukesha of
Utah
Vernal
Henry Troy
Nung
Eva Huff Myers
Jackson
Abilene
Texas
Wallace
Wm. V. Mott
Claudius A. Banks
Nay E. Nash
Vernal Man 20 Killed On Kane County Road Project
Vernal resident engineer Robert Wheadon said the earth moving machine plunged from a 60 foot air trajectory while carrying about 35 tons of dirt. Trooper M N Johnson investigated the Tuesday fatality six miles north of Glendale. The accident caused about $6,000 in damage to the machine and cement plant.
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Lewis Keith Merkley
Vernal
Glendale
Kane County
David Merkley
Ashley
Black Rock Canyon
Merkley
Highway Patrol
M N Johnson
Kanab
Robert Wheadon
Strong Construction Co
County Promotes Civil Defense Amid Pearl Harbor Anniversary
Uintah County will emphasize civil defense on December 7 the Pearl Harbor anniversary. Homes meeting 20 recommended preparations may be recognized. Commissioners approve funds for Civil Defense training in Salt Lake area and authorize an electric typewriter for the extension service. Bids on tax lands cover high bidders including Lawrence Wall and Western States Land Development. Lomond Tullis granted an easement for a sewer line to Bull Rite addition with liability for damages.
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Uintah County
Pearl Marbor
Alma Jeffries
Minnie Angus
Camn Willams
Salt Lake City
Lawrence Wall
Moffat
Ves
Ferdinand Drislaw
Guoeher
Western States Land Development
Lomond Tullis
Tullis
Formal Opening Slated Nov 12 For First Security Bank Building
Vernal community to host the grand opening of the First Security Bank Vernal office on Saturday November 12 with 2 to 7 pm open house. Harold R Sargent announces a souvenir gift coin guessing contest antique coin bank display and a $110000 three story building at Main Street and Verna Avenue.
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Flrst Security Bank
Harold R Sargent
America
Main Street
Verna Avenue
First Security Bank
Uintah State Bank
Bennett backs economic plan for Upper Colorado transmission
Senator Wallace F Bennett of Utah said he will support the proposal he regards as economically feasible for the Upper Colorado Storage Project and in Utah’s and the Upper Basin people’s best interest. He notes Interior recommendations will be economics based, not political, and cites a Reclamation board representing private and public power groups. The panel's study precedes Floyd Dominy’s forwarded recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior and then Congress for final action.
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Wallace F Bennett
Utah
Glen Canyon
Flaming Gorge
Upper
Colorado
Upper Basin
Department of the Interior
Senator Bennett
W. Derry Hutchings
Intermountain Consumer Power Assn
Bountiful
Ben Bennett
Bureau of Reclamation
Floyd Dominy
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
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Lucerne Valley
Taylor Flat
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L. R. Miracle
Utah Power and Light Co
Paul A. Blanchard
Vernal Ave
Up&l
U.S
Curt
Dudley
Rene
Verni Main
MA. Merkley
Christie Dow
Orderville
Claudius
Banks
Deb Cagada
331 West 5Th
Casada
O J Barnett
South West
Vandala
Walla
Barnett
Alvin
Bowden
Browe
Glines
Naples
Wm Mott
Sen
Wallace Bennett
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