Publicity Campaign to Promote Uintah Basin Tourism
Alvin Kay of Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce leads a growing regional effort to boost tourism. Ten wood signs mark Vernal routes to Dry Fork canyon and other scenic spots while Lions and Jaycees plan Humphrey Park improvements, road work, and a Green River camp site.
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Uintah Basin
Alvin Kay
Vernal Junior Chamber of Commerce County
Vernal
Vernal Lions Club
Henry Millecam
Jaycees
Humphrey Park
Kay
Atty
Wallace Calder
Jaycee
Sth
Main Street
Dry Fork Canyon
Dry Fork
Jaycee Committee
Mr. Kay
Harris Bradshaw
Myron Hacking
Harold Richardson
Lawrence Siddeway
Nicholas Meagher
Forest Service
Vernal- Manila
Workman
Dry Fork Mountain
Taylor Mountain
Lions Club
Green River
Penny Newspaper Aided Rise Of Common Man
A 23 year old printer Benjamin Day launched the New York Sun on Sept 3 1833. The penny paper made news affordable for the common man and became a political force. Earlier cheap papers by Horace Greeley and others failed, but the Sun’s success spurred democratic change.
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Benjamin Day
New York Sun
Day
Springfield Republican
New York
Horace Greeley
Horatio D. Sheppard
Boston ‘Transcript
Sun
The
United States
First White Man Navigated Lake Michigan Credited
The Encyclopaedia Britannica credits Juan Nicolet with being the first European to navigate Lake Michigan. Sent west by Cuampilain on an exploration voyage, he crossed in a birch bark canoe and reached the lake in the summer of 1084.
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Lake Michigan
Juan Nicolet Ia
Encyclopaedia Britannice
Cuampilain
Girls Nation Report by Utah Delegate
Utah delegate recounts the Girls Nation gathering in Washington D C on August 7 where 94 American girls from across the country studied government. The article celebrates diversity and civic engagement, notes mock parties and platforms, and urges women to participate in politics while praising democracy and national leaders.
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Utah
Washington, D. C
American Legion Auxiliary
New England
Acucus
Florida
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Girls’ State
Girls Nation
East
Permits for 1948 Elk Hunt Due by Sept. 11
Applications for the 1948 elk hunt must be received by 5 p.m. September 11. Mail a $15 certified check or money order to Utah Fish and Game Department 500 Atlas Building Salt Lake City. Do not send to other offices. Include applicant name big game license number unit choice and animal sex.
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State Fish and Game Department
Utah Fish and Game Department
Atlas Building
Salt Lake City
Fished Game Department
Seo
Continental Bus group plans coast to coast routes via Colorado
A 16 executive Continental Bus system tour through Utah and Colorado explored routing more coast to coast traffic through the mountains. Meeting officials including M. E. Moore of Dallas discussed expanding operations after recent acquisitions of Rio Grande Trailways, West Coast Trailways, and Santa Fe Trailways to cover 16 states.
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Glenwood Springs
Colo
Continental Bus
Colorado
Utah
Continental System
Rio Grande Trailways
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
M. E. Moore
Dallas
Tex
Continental
West Coast Trailways
Santa Fe Trailways
Indiana
Journalism History Traces Early School Roots 1869 to 1908
The article surveys claims to the first journalism school with Walter Williams at Missouri opening degrees in 1908. It notes courses at Missouri by 1878 and mentions Washington & Lee earlier drafting presses and staff in 1869 to teach printing oriented journalism to bridge the North and South. It also references public hunting permit draws and refunds for unsuccessful applicants.
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University of Wisconsin
Kansas University
Walter Wiiiiams
University of Missouri
Missouri
Washington& Lee
Robert E. Lee
Washington College
Paying Bits with Pennies and Silver Coin Limits
The notice states pennies and nickels and pennies are legal tender only up to 25 cents. Silver coins are legal tender up to ten dollars.
Home accidents now leading cause of deaths in America
The 1948 National Safety Council yearbook reports 32 800 motor vehicle deaths in 1947 and 1 500 000 injuries. Deaths fell 5 percent from 1946, yet home accidents topped the fatality charts with about 34 500 deaths last year.
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America
National Safety| Council
State reports sharp drop in diseases and traffic deaths
Report shows disease cases in state declined sharply while traffic deaths fell to a record low 8.6 per 100 million vehicle miles. Officials note 1947 traffic volume rose 10 percent from 1946, yet fatalities and injuries remained historically low amid ongoing monitoring of reportable diseases.
Roosevelt Airport Manager Named
Howard Dennis has been appointed manager and flight instructor at Roosevelt Municipal Airport, which is under expansion. He succeeds Crumbo and Hob Holmes, who plan to leave the state.
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Howard
Dennis
Roosevelt ‘Municipal
Crumbo
Hob. Holmes
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Merkley Park
By Nancy Colton
Vernaliis
Senate
State Capitol
Uintah ‘Bank
Fead Vernal
Aracey Y Weter
Roosevelt Airport
Deny NA
Estone
Iweek
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Niel
Soria
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Searle’s Saving Center
Firestone
Woodby
Smarle
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