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Show Till ItSliAV, til l'. 5. Indian Health funds awarded to local hospital Sen. Wallace K. ilennett, announced today that the Roosevelt Hospital In Duchesne County will receive $2D0,000 from the Public Health Service's Division of Indian Health for Its planned construction program. Bennett said, "The Is available so that construction ran begin assdie-dule- d In May, l'.HO. This award will be applied to tin cost of Sen. SriO.OOO facilities." He polntediHit, "I he $2:10,000 contained In the 1308 Division of Indian Health appropriation fur assisting In the construction of community hospitals Is not adequate to provide all of tlie funds for which the Roosevelt project is ellgitde." THINGS LOOKED RAD When p arrived at the Monday morning after receiving the alarm, this l the scene they beheld. Flame had completely engulfed one large gawline storage tank, and were (twirling around similar tanka on either aide. A large tanker truck, whlrh hud I teen replenishing the supply of regular gaaidlne, wan standing nearby. Adjurrnt to the tanka was the aervlce station building of the Co-owhich waa rebuilt after a dlsuatemua fire three yeara ago. I.raa than 150 feet away waa a storage building heavily stocked with nitrogen fertilizer, which In highly explosive, and within a radius of 50 feet of the fire waa a numlier of vehicles which were endangered. rs Co-o- FLAMES CONTROLLED As soon a a volley of water was thrown on the flames to cut the Hearing heat, men went Into action, moving the tanker and other vehicles. The heat caused some window breakage In several vehicles and In the service station building. As this pk'ture Indicates, prompt action by firemen kept the fire damage down to the point IDtofteir averted Convention set for Peoples Party Oct. 14th Don't cuss the weather. Nine-tentof the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once In awhile. hs Each week we receive one or more reports or articles our Congressmen In Although some are and some arent, newsworthy so far as they pertain to our readership area, they do serve to keep us abrest of some of the happenings in the capltol. We noticed an item from Rep, Laurence Burton this week that makes us wonder If maybe the worm Is turning, so to speak. It seems that when the speaker of the house asked for the adoption of a "continuing appropriations bill" last week, which allows government agencies to continue operation until the complete appropriations bill Is passed, a major skirmish developed. The proposal Is normally a routine matter with unanimous consent from house members. Never In the momory of house oldtlmers has any one of the 435 members risen to say, "I object, Mr. Speaker. As Rep. Burton reports the issue this week, on this occasion It seemed that nearly half the members of the house did rise, and did voice objection to the move. Why are house members restive? Here are some reasons as put forth: 1. Ws are faced with the biggest deficit ever, $30 billion Gt cost only $24 billion to fight all of World War 1, and it's costing $24 billion A YEAR to fight a fifth-ra- te power In from Washington. Edward Yack and Orson Stevens still have two more years to serve on the Roosevelt City Council. The municipal election will be held at the City Hall in Rooselvet November 7. James E. Bacon Is chairman of the Peoples Party and Dr. Calvin R. Kowallls Is secretary. Rollover delays U.S. mail Friday Gilbert Hulllnger, the driver, received serious cuts about the head when the truck left the highway on the right side of the road. It travelled for several hundred feet in the bar-ro- w pit and when he tried to bring it back to the highway it Asia). tipped and rolled down coming 2. The president wants a to rest on Its top. major tax Increase. Mr. Hulllnger was brought to $. No matter how much we the Roosevelt hospital by a seem to spend In the slums, truck driver, Lloyd Fenn, who ths riots get worse. cams along, for treat4. No matter how much we ment released and was spend for foreign aid, we seem Friday. Another motorist arto hive fewer friends. rived and thought the driver communities was 5. States and pinned In the wreckage and continually want more federal reported at Duchesne. A wrecprojects, yet less expenditures. ker was sent to the site and the 6. Ws have taken the sliver truck lifted. Damage to the out of our coinage and the gold truct was but definextensive, reserves dally continue to dim ite value was not reached at Inlsh. this writing. 7. Last Thursday the cost of living Index went up again as it has for months, which means ROOSEVELT WEATHER mors Inflation ahead. As Rep. Burton concluded, The storm on Saturday netIt reminded him of the words ted .05 inch of rainfall. of the sons: "Hey Boys, Say HIGH LOR 76 45 Boys. ..where do we go from September 30 1 here?" 43 77 October "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains Forbid it, and slavery? October October center. This 2 3 78 53 54 Is only a beginning. We've got to build from here. We are limited only by our own Imagination and Initiative. We can create, from this beginAs the man said, "Where ning, any type of institution of learning that will meet the needs do we go from here?" This was our thought the other of the people of the Basin, If we but have the desire and drive. renight after a most gratifying sult of registration (or college The die Is cast, as the saying work at the new educational goes, and the future Is up to us. Recognize Almighty God! the quote? Yes, It was Fat-triHenry who uttered these profound words. ck Jack Uresk is honored as semi-finali- st Principal Max Gollaher has announced that one student at Union high school has been named Semlflnallsts In the 1967-6- 8 National Merit Scholarship Program. The student Is Jack Uresk, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Uresk, Myton. The V. S. mall was late Friday due to an accident 7.9 miles west of Duchesne. The mishap happened about 4:30 a.m. donkey basketball game and Junior rodeo sponsored by the Cedarvlew H Riding club will be held Octoiier 7 at 1 p.m. at the Cedarvlew Riding Grounds. Members of the riding cluL will participate In the game and the Junior rodeo will be open to anyone age 10 to 18. Mr. and Mrs. Maurel Taylor are leaders of the H club. Dale Anderson Is furnishing the grounds and stock for the rodeo. A nominal admittance charge will be made and a concession stand will be operating 4-- for three councllmen for four year terms on the Roosevelt city council. Members of the council who have terms that will expire on January 1, 1968 are Ted Olpin, Murrell Wilkins and Merrill Mlllett. Mr. Mlllett was appointed to fill the unexplred term of Dr. Dan Dennis when Jack Uresk . . . named Merit he resigned to accept the state 8cholar semlflnallst this yeas. representative post last year. Mayor W. Ralph Shields and councllmen Ufa., A organization and nominating convention Is called for Saturday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion hall In Roosevelt for the purpose of placing in nomination a ticket 4-- examination, and submitting information about their achievements and Interests. Every Semlflnallst who becomes a Finalist will be considered for one of atiout 2,400 four-ye- ar Merit Scholarships (Continued on bark pago.J es- caped Injury when the car In which they were riding went out of control and rolled over Just east of Duchesne City limits, on U.S. 40. The Sunday at IMS p.m. Driver of the 1959 model sedan was Its owner, Terry Reed Lance, 17. Passengers in the vehicle were Carol Bakaccl-occurr- ed er, 16; Lee Jaccl Cambell, Mecham 17, and 18. Apparently the car swerved to the right, and the driver to the left, and the over-correct- ed vehicle rolled over Prompt and decisive action on the part of Roosevelt volunteer firemen Monday was credited with averting a major disaster in the community, as flames fed by gasoline threatened to repeat the work of a New Year's Day blaze nearly three years ago which leveled the Title teacher I Uintah ing. Farmers Co-o- p build- Mondays blaze shot a column smoke Into the air, as flames leaped across a pool Brian Baum Is the Title I of gasoline on the ground, and teacher for the Duchesne elesliot up the sides of a large mentary school, announces Pristorage tank, fed by gasoline David W. Clair. Mr. ncipal from the Baum Is assigned to this work apparently overflowing top erf the tank as it was being In the afternoon. During the filled. morning, he works with Keith No one was In the vicinity of Lewis, Sarah Cook and Judith blaze when It Ignited, con the teachers in the coMecham, no Injuries were susoperative teaching situation at sequently tained. the school, with fifth and sixth When employees at the stagrade students. tion discovered the inferno, they were aide to get to the tanker truck and stop the pump, lnit because of the heat were unable to move the truck at that time. As firemen arrived on the had com scene, the flame pletely engulfed the one large tank, and gasoline continued to spew out of the overflow valve as the heat expanded the con' tents of the tank. The fireball, was lashing out at the tanks on either side. As soon as a barrage of water was thrown on the flames, cutting the intense heat, workers were able to moved the tanker truck and other vehicles that were near the fire. The truck suffered several broken windows as well as some paint searing, and the floor mat in the cab was Ignited by some means. A car next to the station had windows broken from the intense heat, and the row of windows high on the wall above the lube room at the station were also damaged. No other apparent damage was done to buildings, which included the service station and warehouse on the north, and a fertilizer building nitrogen (filled with highly explosive material) to the south. The flames did destroy the catwalk atop the storage tanks, and possibly damaged some equipment. The tanks will have to be repainted becaused of the heat and flames named by Dist. of black College classes underway, more classes to begin at Basin Center "I haven't seen such enthus-la- m Basin since early residents become so elated over the prospects of a railroad coming here". This comment was given by an observer at the meeting in connection with the registration and organization of the Uintah Basin Center for Continuing Education, held last Thursday evening. Classes began Monday of this week. Basic Communications or English I, which had 47 persons registered for the class last Thursday had 69 students there to attend the class Monday, as interest continued to In the The 14,000 Semlflnallsts appointed throughout the nation have advanced to the second step In the competlton for about 2,900 Merit Scholarships, valued at more that $8 million, to he awarded In 1968, Semlflanllst scored the highest In each state on the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test given last February, They constitute less than one percent Some had been unable of the graduating secondary grow. school seniors In the nation. to attend the registration last The Semlflnalslts are young week. Glenn Wilde, instructor, said people of high Intellectual potthere would be two more that to M. John ential, according Stalnaker, president of the Na- Instructors here next week to tional Merit Scholarship Corteach the students in this class. poration. "From this group A large number of students will corns future leaders of had also registered In other business, Industry, and the proFreshmen classes which are fessions," he said, "These students deservs credit and honor. They have put forth the effort to develop their abilities and to attain academic success. They bring honor to their families, who deservs much credit, as do their teachers snd their communities. Their future success, however, will depend increasingly upon their ability to become productive at the high intellectual levels of which they are capable." Semlflnallsts must advance to Finalist standing to be considered for Merit Scholarships, since all winners will be selected from the Finalist group. Semlflnallsts become Finalists by receiving the endorsement of their schools, taking a second only the catwalk and other farllllrs atop the tanks were destroyed. It Is believed that the blaze started when the tank, second from the left, overflowed during the filling process. As the gasoline ran down the tank onto the ground, it was Ignited by a spark of unkown origin, setting olf the Inferno. tHrateins Junior rodeo and Group escapes as auto rolls donkey ball set for Saturday Four Duchesne teenagers An that npiiarently - - being held other evenings during the week. More than 300 persons attended the registration held at Union high school last week. At that time 130 registered for the group of classes given on the Freshman level which had already been set up. A general icdstratlon was held In Vernal Monday evening at Uintah high school, attended by 74 people, Mr. Purnell said. Interest there was in the special education, special classes for teachers and busi- ness education Including accoA number of persons unting. also registered for the basic Freshman classes being held at Union high school. Another phase of the center Is the Interest shown by people who have had one or two years of college and wish to work towards their degree. Special classes will be arranged for them the coordinator pointed out. He estimated that T bet- - to start Thursday night Ar-de- an b 'yvV : a EDUCATION BEGINS The rlowi In ('iillcgr Fugllsli which started Monthly n I ihr I'lntah llnsln Kiluratliin Center was tillfil In owtllowmg u lit students ruiue In class. Forty-seve- n tnnl registered ne hnish . Menu Wilde, slsiiiding nt bark, Is the Inslrin-lor- . crus sect leu uf tin- elnss shows Students were writing their first tlieme. niemlsTS nrr from just out of high srhool to gnimlNirent. - nt Co-o- p County officials io receive increase in pay cost of living pay increase leti authorized fur county officials ard deputies, starting Jannarly 1,1908. This action was taken by the Duchesne County Commission at a Septeinlicr mooting. In approving the Increase, 15 percent for elected officials, and 8 percent for deputies, the commission emphasized that each department is expected to operate within its tmdget, and to keep these budget requests as low as possible to help offset the cost of tlie salary Increases. al At this meeting, every expressed willingness to cooperate In this respect. The commission said It Is expected the bulk of this increase will be offset by the money brought in through additional buildings, equipment, and other taxable properties being luilt or brought Into Duchesne A has off-cl- County. It has been three years since a salary Increase has been allowed these officials. Present salaries for the officers are $1,630 each year for the commissioners; $4,620 per year for the clerk, treasurer, recorder, assessor, sheriff; $3,9G0, county attorney. The clerical deputy pay Is $247.50 per month, at present; and the deputy sheriff's Is the same as the elected official. He will be allowed tlie Increase due the deputies In January. Duchesne county, as a fourth class county, may pay, under the Utah Statutes, salaries up to $7,000 to the sheriff, $6,000 for each of the other elected officials, except the commissioners, who may draw $3,300. Duchesne Dist. scouters to The Duchesne District University of Scouting, training program, to he held October 19 and 26, was announced to day by Keith R. Hooper, Sr., scout district chairman. Institute program Is being The Duchesne district Is paroffered In conjurtlon with the ticipating with the Roosevelt Uintah Basin Center for ConDistrict officers to make a tinuing Education, reports avI.DS Seminary greater training experience Bench, In the Uinscouters for ailable principal. The first class will tah Basin. be held Thursday, Octolwr 5 Cub leaders, scout leaders, from 5 to 7 p.m. In the Semexplorer advisors and meminary building. A registration fee of $2.9(1 bers of the committees will all A second will be charged. partlrlpate In the training prosection may be offered for gram, which will lie held at those who cannot meet at the 7:30 p.m. on these two dates, at tlie Risisevelt Stake Center. srhoduled time. The cliss is Thrologv 230, Mr. Hooper requested th.it llv "The Gospel In Principal and units gel reservation- ine.iilv Practice." to him, or to Bert Daiinouherg, Mr. Bench Invites anyone In- Roosevelt, (he field sexit exterested !( come and register ecutive for the Uintah Basin, for the class. National Parks Council, BfiA. An 'v planned facility which also will serve Indians. attend training Institute class s. The Department of Health, Education and Weltare told Sen. Hennett today that It will propose that the 19P9 budge contain funds to assist the Roosevelt Hospital to complete its |