Earthquake Felt In Uintah Basin Moon Lake Area
Friday tremor reported by residents in Roosevelt Duchesne and Moon Lake area prompts a questionnaire to map location and intensity. The piece discusses possible quake risks with dams and a note on local school and holiday calendars. It also shares a humorous Chamber of Commerce skunk anecdote tied to museum dinosaur projects.
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Uintah Basin
Roosevelt
Duchesne
Moon Lake
Vernal
University of Utah
Chamber of Commerce
Mike Perry
Vernal Natural History Museum
Joe Murray
Intermountain Concrete Company
Mike
Readymix
Ivan Nall
Joe
Conventions Set for City Nominations in Uintah County
Progressive Party plans a convention on Thursday October 6 at 7 30 p m in the Uintah County Building Courtroom to nominate candidates for mayor and two council seats. The Citizen Party has not fixed a site or date but must meet before October 10 as required by law to allow filing October 11. Candidates may be nominated by petition with 25 resident voters and forms available at the city office. Residents must register by November 8 for four year terms. absentee ballots and residency rules are outlined for disabled and absent voters.
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Progressive
Citizen Party
Progressive Party
Uintah County
City Recorder
Tober
Aot
Utah
Auto theft chase reaches 100 mph on Utah roads
Nineteen year old John Spencer Stewart led Utah Highway Patrolman Gary Cutler on a high speed pursuit from Vernal toward U S 40 culminating at a 100 mph stretch near the Twelve mile bridge. Kathleen Smith reported her stolen pickup at the Utah Museum of Natural History as the chase unfolded.
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Denver
Colorado
Utah
Gary Cutler
Utah Museum of Natural History
Verna
Kathleen Smith
Vernal
John Spencer Stewart
U.S. 40
Ouray Junction
Utah Highway Patrol
Cutler
Culler
Vernalon Highway 40
Twelve Mile Bridge
Stewart
Highway 121
Freedom
Chris Anderson
Highway 40
Utah Gas Service Receives PSC Price Increase
The Utah Public Service Commission approved a pass-through rise in natural gas prices for Utah Gas Service Co. About a 1.40 monthly increase for the average residential bill may be lowered if a supplier’s FTC approval is not granted. Utah Gas serves nearly 4,010 customers across Daggett Uintah Grand and San Juan counties. Average annual bills rise from 289.92 to about 307.00 if fully enacted.
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Utah Gas Service Co
Utah Public Service Commission
Utah Gas
Federal Trade Commission
Daggett
Uintah
Grand
San Juan
Vernal City approves water and sewer policy changes
Vernal City Council approved cutting the sewer connection fee by fifty percent for abandoned laterals that are rehabilitated or replaced. They also added a new waterline extension policy to provide more flexibility for 10 inch lines, affecting about 2 000 acres.
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Vernal City
Nelson
Plane Crash Near Vernal Kills Two Men
Two Vernal men Arthur Lee Pong 26 and Clarence Estes 27 died when their Bellanca two seater crashed five miles southeast of Vernal about 6 15 PM. The crash near Harrison Auto Wrecking Yard injured none onlookers, wreckage cleared by EMTs and sheriff's deputies. Both men employed by Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. Estes survived by wife Lauwanna Kay Gardiner and children Billy Daye and Tabatha Kay Poag is survived by his mother, grandmother. investigation by Uintah County authorities.
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Vernal
Arthur Lee Pong
Clarence Estes
Bellanca
Harrison
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp
Estes
Lauwanna Kay Gardiner
Billy Daye
Tabatha Kay
Poag
Samuel J. Poag
Elizabeth Kears
Local pool offers AAU swimming team for youths
Arnie Anthon, a swimming instructor, seeks 100 more members aged 6 to 18 to form an AAU team. Eligible youths must swim two pool lengths and commit to regular practice and meets. Parents must participate in a dedicated advisory council to arrange transportation and manage summer and winter competition against Utah Colorado Wyoming Idaho and Nevada teams. Anthon previously coached an AAU team in Logan City for three years.
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Arnie Anthon
AAU
Amateur Athletic Union
Anthon
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Logan City
Vernal Youths Escape Injury In High Speed Crash
Two sixteen year olds in Vernal escaped serious injuries after a 1968 Ford ton pickup lost control on a washboard road. The vehicle overturned into a ditch at about 70 mph, struck a culvert and pole, then slid and totaled the truck. Damages were about 2800 dollars. the driver was cited for reckless driving.
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Cutler
Vernal
1500 West Street
1500 West
150 South
Washboard Road Service
Utah
Gary Cutler
Second body found at Flaming Gorge
A male body was found at 1 am on October 2 at Jug Hollow near Lucerne Marina in Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Park Ranger Larry Mullin reported the body lying in sand with lower legs in the water after the water level dropped 52 feet. Authorities had earlier recovered another body on June 12, 1977, identified as one of four fishermen drowned May 22, 1972, with periodic searches continuing for the remaining victims.
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Manila
Jug Hollow
Lucerne Marina
Larry Mullin
Flaming Gorge
Ken Reed
Salt Lake City
First oil shale royalty check paid to state
Utah reports its first royalty from oil shale last month. The $24 payment marks a possible U.S. first for a government agency. Geokinetics proposes in situ extraction in southern Uintah County with leases on Tract A. The federal EIS for land is stalled and action is sought from Rep. Gunn McKay and Sec. Cecil Andrus to move Tract 3A.
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Utah
U.S
Charles R. Henderson
Uintah Basin Association of Governments
Geokinetics Oil Shale Group
Uintah County
Hoosavelt
Con
Henderson
Geokinetics
Gunn McKay
Interior
Cecil Andrus
Colorado
Wyoming
Inter-Agency
Aty. Henderson
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Clarence David Estes
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