Three Big Dinosaurs Arrive in Vernal at Park Site
A trio of life size Ceratosaurus Stegosaurus and Camarasaurus arrived Wednesday in Vernal and will be erected at Ulak Field House of Natural History State Park. The 314 ton group is by Millard F Malin with casting by Otto Buehner Company and funded by Dulacy Hunter Foundation Utah State Park & Recreation Commission Uintah County and Vernal City. The Lions Club built the base and the display is expected to become a top regional tourist draw with the dinosaurs portrayed in dramatic scale through life-like poses.
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Vernal
Ulak
Field House of
Natural History State Park
Utah
Dulacy Hunter Foundation
Utah State Park & Recreation Commission
Amuseum
Uintah County
Vernal City
Vernal Lions Club
Ceratosaurus
Camarasaurus
Stegosaurus
Millard F. Malin
Salt Lake City
Otto Buehner
Deteriorating Range Highlighted by Local BLM Chief at Vernal Talk
BLM Vernal manager Fran Frandsen told Vernal Chamber attendees that ranges are declining and much of winter grazing may close. He cited halogeton infestations rising from one acre to 200000 acres, and noted BLM duties beyond grazing, including minerals and the Recreation and Public Purposes Act. He discussed local land requests for a park near Masser Cemetery and a dump site, plus forestry, fire control, homestead entries, and planned recreation at Points of Pines and Dry Fork.
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O'del
Fran Fisen
Vernal Bureau of Land Management Office
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Skillet
BLM
Frandsen
Tie
Masser Cemetery
Tand
Vernal
Frandsett
Pines
Dry Fork
Arrested Man Found to be FBI Fugitive
A Vernal arrest for petty larceny led to the discovery that suspect Wm. Fugate, an FBI fugitive, was in custody. Utah Highway Patrol and city police stopped a described car. driver Everett Watkins of Payette Idaho faced license and registration charges.
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Aangerprist
Vernal
Galaxy
West Highway 40
Howard D. Powell
Utah Highway Patrol
Claudius A. Banks
Everett
Watkins
Payette
Ida
Wm. Fugate
FRY
Roosevelt
Fugate
FBI
Ashley Stake Conference Set Oct 10 11
Ashley LDS Stake conference is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday October 10 and 11 with Elder C Laird Snelgrove and Elder Frank H Brown assigned as speakers. General sessions will be Sunday at 10 am and 2 pm in the stake tabernacle. Special priesthood and missionary meetings are planned for Saturday with multiple leadership attendees listed by stake and ward.
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Ashley
LDS
C. Laird Snelgrove
Priesthood Home
Frank H. Brown
Wes. B. Wallis
Priesthood
Stake Home Teaching Committee
Ward Home Teaching Committee
Stake Presidency
High Council
Stake Missions
Stake Missionary Presidency
Seventy
Stake
16 Families Moving Here With Firm In Vernal
W. S. Hatch Co of Woods Cross expands to Vernal with a truck terminal at 177 West Malin. Tony Wilde, terminal manager, says local drivers will be hired and eight trucks operate around the clock hauling phosphate from Brush Creek Plant to Garfield smelter. Headquarters stay in Woods Cross.
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Vernal
W. S. Hatch Co
Woods Cross
West Malin
Tony Wilde
Brush Creek
Garfield
In Vernal
Wilde
W K McLean Appointed To Uintah School Board
W K McLean of Maeser was named to the Uintah School District board after Moyd Tullis resigned to attend Harvard. McLean, a Maeser town and former county health board member, also leads Ken's Farm Store and chairs the Vernal Kiwanis Club. He has backed education since moving to Vernal in 1946. Governor Clyde proclaims October 4 to 10 as National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week to urge job opportunities for disabled veterans and others in Utah.
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W. K
Ken) McLean
Maeser Friday
Uintah
Moyd UN
Tullis
Harvard University
McLean
Maesers
County Board of Health
Vernal Kiwanis Club
Ken
George D. Clyde
Utah
Dowd Mountain road opens as Vernal Manila project progresses
Dowd Mountain road opened to traffic as part of the Vernal Manila Highway plan. The $172,311 contract for 41 miles of forest development and oil surface was awarded to Ross Construction Co. of Vernal. Project engineer Fleet L. Stanton said the link from Summit Springs ranger station to the rise near Vernal-Manila is vital for accessing the relocated highway. The Bureau of Public Roads and State Highway Department cooperated on the project which will allow travel from Summit Springs to Greendale Junction near Flaming Gorge Dam, with Deep Creek used only by fishermen and campers until project completion.
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MR. Dalley
Hickerson Park Road
Summit Springs
Bureau of Public Roads
State Department of Highways
My. Dalley
Dowd Mountain
Traver
Ranger Station
Greendale Junction
Flaming Gorges Dam
Deep Creek
Oakley
Teety
E. Boss
Manila
Manila Ranger District
Vernal
Vernal Chamber of Commerce
Alvig Kay
Chamber Road Committee
State Road Commission
Stelnaker
Corn Construction Co
Grand Junction
Colo
Sand Canyon
Harper's Corner
Strong Construction Co
Kay
Jones Hole
Duchesne
Tablona
Uintah
Grand Counties
County Airs Loop Road At Whiterocks
During a Monday meeting County Commissioner D Blayne Morrill discussed the Whiterocks loop road with Senator Wallace Bennett's Washington office. Ralph Mecham said an inquiry is underway and the senator will contact the county soon on outlook. Sheriff served a summons on Karen May Scott. May C Samuels recommended Carol Hall as deputy treasurer replacing Lula Havens resigning October 1. Continental Of Co. was the low antifreeze bid at 1.36 per gallon in cans.
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United County Commissioners
D. Blayne Morrill
Wallace ¥. Bennett
Washington
Whiterocks Loop Road
Ralph Mecham
Sheriff's Office
Karen May Scott
May C. Samuels
Carol Hall
Lula) Havens
Continental of Co
County Savings Bonds Total Reaches 54.8 Percent of Goal
August purchases of U S Savings bonds in Unital county totaled 4273, per county bond chairman N J Meagher Jr. Eight month total stands at 54787 dollars, or 54.8 percent of the county's assigned goal.
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U.S
Unital
N. J. Meagher, Jr
High School Rolls Show Slight Drop
Mitchell Melich, Republican governor candidate, outlined part of his plan at Vernal Chamber of Commerce, proposing a new department to attract industry to Utah working with Pro-Utah and local groups. He noted his role in creating the Utah Water and Power Board and the Upper Colorado River Project, while criticizing opponent’s tourist promotion funding. A Uintah School District meeting reported enrollment around 4,189 with Uintah and Union High School under projections. Naples School up, others near expectations, plus a preschool testing study and a policy on workshop reimbursements.
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Mitchell Melich
Vernal/ Chamber of Commerce
Pro-Utah, Inc
Melich
Utah Water and Power Board
Colorado River
Belich
Anzona
Nevada
Uintah School District Board of Education
Craig Kennington
Uintah High School
Union.High
Naples
Kennington
Leland G. Rox
Board of Education
New BLM Facility Completed in Vernal
The Bureau of Land Management warehouse and garage at 433 East 2nd South in Vernal is finished. District Manager O dell A Frandsen says the facility provides parking workshop storage and sanitation for Ver nal District BLM staff. It replaces deteriorated older buildings. Smith and Glines Construction Company of Vernal won the low bid. An adjacent equipment yard area was asphalted after completion.
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Bureau of Land Management
East 2Nd South
O'dell A. Frandsen
Vernal District Blm
Smith and Glines Construction Company
Vernal
Frandsen
Distriet
Odell A. Frandsen
Heft
Cal Jorgensen
BLM
Smith and Glines Construction Co
Salt Lake City Woman Sues Uintah County for 30500
Karen May Scott, 20, of Salt Lake City, sues Uintah County alleging hospital negligence after a September 14, 1963, one car crash near Vernal left her with burns from hot water hoses while unconscious. The suit seeks 5000 special and 30000 general damages, with Ulatah County as defendant and no insurer agreement.
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Karen May Scott
Salt Lake City
Uintah County
Miss Scott
Vernal
Ulatah County
Yam
Clair
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Vern
Ashley Stake
W.K. McLean
Dowd Mt. Road
Tha Dowd
D.G. Dailey
Ashley National Forest
Ross Construction Co
Fleet L. Stanton
The
Forest Service
Summit Springs Ranger Station
Whiterocks
Chamber
Mitch Melich
S. L. Girl
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