Education Week Observed in Uintah County Schools
The thirty first observance of American Education Week runs through November 17 with displays of student work in Vernal shops and local businesses. Daily themes focus on faith, schools and freedom, teaching, and urgent needs. Radio scripts and PTA broadcasts accompany the event with a film trailer Where Freedom Begins shown in theaters.
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Nev Ith
Antil
Mudenta
PYA
PTA Council
National Education Week
National Pducation Agsarta- Honthe American Section
United States Office of Education
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Robbery suspect captured after station hold up
Offic ers nab the gunman after a station hold up and he was brought to Vernal jail. The money was recovered. The suspect gave the names Donald J Harris and Don ald Smith, carried discharge papers of Sgt Raymond D Parris, and admitted deser tion from Camp Carson Colorado. Aged 22, stocky with fair complexion, photograph and fingerprints were taken for FBI identification.
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Harris
Vernal
Donald J Harris
Donald Smith
U S Army
Raymond D Parris
U.S Army
Camp Carson
Colo
F.B.1
The Fellow Who Can Face the Muse Leads the Charge
A lively note jokes about who can confront inspiration, hinting at a figure capable of guiding the creative effort. The remark plays on the notion of leadership through artistic courage and poetic challenge.
Weber College Geology Field Trip Explores Uintah Basin
Weber College geology students led by Walter Buss spent last weekend visiting geologic and fossil sites in the Uintah Basin and surrounding mountains. The annual field trip aims to introduce future Dept of Geology students to regional geology and paleontology, with the Field House serving as a visiting school base and orientation hub for scholars.
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Weber College
Department of Geology
Walter Buss
Uintah
Dept of Geology
Lack of Rain Leaves Winter Range Below Normal
The article notes winter range conditions at about 90 percent of normal due to drought. It details seeding 400 acres in Uintah Basin with crested wheat grass and bromes, experiments with perennial wheat grasses, and the cost efficiency of burning sagebrush and reseeding. Despite range strain, valley crops prospered with high mountain runoff.
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Uintah Basin
County weighs road to Blue Mountain with rancher aid
County commissioners discussed building a new road to Blue Mountain in cooperation with local ranchers. A $2,400 contribution from area residents was hinted for construction and a potential reservoir midway up the slope was noted. A motor patrol would maintain the route through winter for stockmen and travelers.
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Vinta County Conmnriecdonery
Blue Mountain
Stuppe
Blue Mt Stockman
Aalnare
Arze
Toyan Hlue
Conference program notes and closing remarks cited
The report covers afternoon conference events with talks by Elder Lee and Byron Goodrich, musical selections led by George C. Davis, and prayers by Oma Wardle and Bishop Hullinger. It notes messages of sacrifice and character, a polio patient appeal, and a benediction by Owen Bartlett. The piece ends with a quote on a free press by Justice George Sutherland.
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Mer and Forest Goodrich
J_Wallace Johnson
High Council
Elder Lee
Oma Wardle
Northwestern States
Pat Johnson
LDS
Salt Lake City
Johnson
Harold E Hullinger
Stake
George C. Davis
Stagg
Loreen Johnson
God
Owen Bartlett
George Sutherland
Pheasant Hunt Attracts 200 Outside Hunters
About 200 hunters registered over the weekend for the pheasant season while total kills were below average. Wardens attributed lower pheasant harvests to a cold spring and hatch year drop, noting little poaching and cooperative ranchers who kept farms unposted.
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Fred Reynolds
Carter Oil moves main offices to Vernal and Roosevelt Pool plans
Carter Oil Company shifts its headquarters to Vernal Utah while detailing the Duchesne and Roosevelt Pool projects. The unit agreement mandates six to nine test wells in the Green River basal formation, with costs around 3.6 million dollars, plus future plants and repressuring gear to sustain production. A stray note on no flame lighter wires mentions platinum catalysts igniting vapors in flammable air.
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Carter Oil Company
Vernal
Duchesne
Greenriver
Attorneys Win 2.8 Million For Ute Care
A Utah and Colorado land claim ruling awards the Ute tribe 2.8 million in damages with about 70 lawyers sharing the remainder. The judgment, noted as the largest fee ever from the Court of Claims, directs funds toward tribally wide improvements and payments to individuals in eastern Utah and southern Colorado.
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Wasiington
U & Court of Chun Vivaday
At Fornova
Utah
Colorado
Thete Cormer
Court of Claims
Ernest L. Wilkinson
Brigham Young University
Eco Colorado
Utah Utes
Vernal City mayor race and council thanks voters
The Vernal election results show H. B. Millecam winning the mayoral race with 274 votes and Frank W. Wright totaling 228 for the north and south sides. Millecam thanks voters for confidence and pledges a clean, progressive administration with the city council, while Walker Fox and Richardson Lee express appreciation and commit to civic leadership. Ordinary chatter is dismissed as not worth listening to.
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Frank W. Wright
Frora
Milocam Sak Uynt
Vernal
Vernal City
Tan
Utah
Gald
Counel
Walker Fox R
Richardson Lee
Vornal
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Uintah County
Lee Walker
Mary's Cafe
Baxter Springs
Artesia
Blue Mt
Studebaker
Stiller
Eagioat “Hatch Motor Company
Don E. Richardson
Ute Care
Nick
Jack
Freedom
Samuel Adams
McNeil
Dea McNet
ABC
Sally
London
Toggs
H. B. Millecam Wing
Mae
Bermard Selden
Mlem Heepltal
Mayor McGup
John Jarvis
Neha
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