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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1955
Page
5
Letter from readers discusses a dog supposedly given to President Eisenhower and trained in Vernal. The writer questions where the dog was trained, mentions Cut Bank Pioneer Press, and notes frigid weather and local ties to Carter Oil Co. in Vernal.
Editor notes thank reader Ted A Phillips for correspondence about a dog story sent by Dr Street who raised the animal. The piece mentions the dog was only partly trained in each place but travels widely and boosts the doctor's dog and book advertising.
Senator A V Watking spoke in Vernal on a summer visit criticizing Echo Park dam plans. The text argues river development aids national resources and defense, urging unity against regional water claims and praising reclamation projects in the west.
A devotional passage thanks God for pain and hardship guiding moral growth and perseverance. It credits heavy blows, hunger, cold, and rough paths with sharpening resolve, insight, and victory. The speaker also seeks forgiveness, learns from mistakes, and values empathy and service in the spirit of self-improvement.
A quotation urges every citizen to serve the country through active efforts for better local schools, stressing earnest, wholehearted work as a duty in the community. The speaker is Adlai B. Stevenson, emphasizing civic responsibility and educational improvement.
Kenneth Brady Hacking, a University of Utah sophomore from Uintah High, Vernal, Utah, has pledged membership in Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Dr Burns B. Crookston notes Hacking is a 1954 Uintah High graduate and joins the fraternity on campus.
A cryptic boarding-room exchange has passengers debating two elusive words. The operator dismisses guesses about ups and downs and jerks, insisting the pair hides in plain sight within the terse dialogue.
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