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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1960
Page
4
A stake gathering featured Bishop Wirthlin praising church magazines and urging youth missionary training. Leaders urged fidelity, chastity, and service, noting 28 percent attendance in the morning and 20 percent in the afternoon with diverse choirs, readings, and prayers.
Shamrock Oil and Gas Co announced a second wildcat in the Rockhouse area of Uintah County. Rockhouse Unit No 2 will be drilled 1,925 feet from the south line and 554 feet from the east line in Section 15 Township 11 South Range 23 East to 6,000 feet in the Mesaverde formation.
Moose Lodge No 1612 hosts its annual Halloween masquerade dance this Saturday October 29 at 0 pm for 431 members and guests. Music by Art Eat on and his fun boys with Masquer ads antise costume urged.
Public use of the area and land laws will continue as compatible with management objectives and regulations for the refuge. A detailed land description will appear in the Federal Register and be posted at the Salt Lake City Land Office. The land is under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.
The Ute Indian Tribe Fish and Game Board issues a statement that Indian lands within the Uintah and Ouray Reservation are not part of special hunting units. Hunting on tribal lands requires possession of proper permits issued by the Ute Tribe as prescribed by 18 U.S.C. 1165.
A letter from Fox Inter Mountain Theatre publicized by the Vernal Chamber of Commerce at Tuesday's meeting praised Vernal and the Chamber for their role in the world premiere of Ten Who Dared. An erroneous Salt Lake report claimed Frontier Airlines sought to cut two Vernal flights. Green River officials questioned the need for a new riverfront road. A Ti Paso Pipeline Co bridge across the proposed reservoir is being considered to improve access to Dutch John from Manila.
Pvt Thomas J McNeill completes basic training at Ft Ord where he earned a first class marksman medal. He was transferred to Fort Leonardwood Missouri after a brief assignment in Nast Thursday to attend his father Robin McNeill’s funeral and is now home for a 12 day leave.
A Jensen bridge hill crash sent seven riders, including a six month old, to treatment after a pickup with a canopy rolled over. Waller Sharp, 47, of Denver, and his wife, 42, suffered severe injuries. The sheriff's office investigated. Earlier, two Vernal Project accidents near Stanaker Draw involved a truck fire and a rock-hit windshield, injuring the driver and a second driver. Trooper Helm investigated both. one incident left a paramedical scene and the other saw a driver cited for hauling loose logs. A three-car chain reaction on the Vernal Manila highway caused $700 in damage with no injuries.
Brown of Salt Lake City stopped for cows in the road. Wel don Fost, 33, of Roosevelt, and Gale G Wilkins, 24, of Randlett, failed to stop. Wilkins hit Ross’s car, pushing Moss into Brown’s auto. Damages: Wilkins 500 dollars, Ross 200, Brown 100. Wilkins cited for following too close. Also noted death of former Vernal resident Russell Hooks by electrocution near Durango, Colorado. survivors listed.
General livestock conditions are from fair to good according to Uintah County agricultural agents. Fall and winter ranges are nearly normal, but local hay supplies are noted as variable with continuing needs for feed.
Grain markets report limited supplies with alfalfa hay at 30 dollars per ton in stack. Feeder and herd cattle prices range from 21 to 24 cents per pound for calves and steers. Moisture content described as excellent with early seeded grains well established and November planting anticipated.
James R Granger assigned as construction engineer for the Yellowtail Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project. James D Beery named construction engineer for the Curecanti Unit of the Colorado River Project. Plans include dams at Blue Mesa and Morrow Point on the Gunnison River in Colorado. Seery previously led the Navajo Dam engineering division on the San Juan River in New Mexico.
A Detroit businessman declares he is not interested in politics, likening himself to a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water, underscoring public apathy in governance.
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