Show Ten Top t News Events Dunn During 72 in rn Review The top 10 news stori stories s having the greatest impact Impart and creating the most ii h t tre re t in the Vernal area during 1972 have hae been cho chosen chown en and summarized by byThe byThe byThe The Vernal Express staff as follows LOCAL MN MURDERED GIRL RAPED NEAR HERE HIRE An out all search earch was conducted in the Uintah nn Basin ln area for two men involved in the killing of a local man burning hl his hiscar hiscar car with his body inside and abducting and double raping his female companion Sunday November 26 Massive aerial and ground searching failed to turn up evidence of the whereabouts of the two suspects u stated Uintah County Sheriff Arden W W. Stewart Nearly law enforcement officers and volunteers assisted in the search throughout the rugged Book Cliffs south of Vernal to the Colorado line and west vest throughout Duchesne C County Victim of the slaying was Gregory Dahl Dahi Nickell The night of terror story was told by Ranelle Stanger rape vic vic- tim OIL ACTIVITY IN BASIN KEEPS UP RAPID PACE The high rate of drilling activity in Utah continues to attract national interest interest in in- terest and offers significant encouragement encouragement encouragement encourage encourage- ment to Utah's oil and gas operators Announcement of new discoveries new leasing and several new locations selected for drilling keep in in- creasing Evidence of these developments are reported by Petroleum Information Corporation Corp Corp- oration PIC reports rig employment in inthe inthe inthe the continues strong with a count of active rotaries solidly ahead of last years year's 98 for the comparable period period period per per- iod up to April 6 1972 BUILDING HOUSING BOOM HITS ASHLEY VALLEY The Vernal area is experiencing a building boom that is a sure indication of an increased economy and a growth in population The prime reason for the surge in building is the influx Influx of of families oving into the area due to oil exploration in Uintah and nd Duchesne counties The greatest greatest greatest great great- est pressure is for residential structures s for incoming oil oriented people LAKE MEMBERS VOTE FOR OFFICE MOVIn MOVE In a standing room only o crowd members mem memo hers bers of Moon 1 Lake Electric Association mo rno ty from the nest cst area voted overwhelmingly overwhelmingly over over- 1446 to to move the headquarters hel office from Vernal to Roosevelt Roo Ron sevelt The annual meeting of ot the REA HEA cooperative cooperative cooperative coop coop- was scheduled to be held at the Uintah Ugh High School auditorium but had to be moved to the gymnasium because of the size of the crowd FLAMING GORGE SEARCH FAILS TO LOCATE FOUR FISHERMEN Grim and painstaking search operations opera began the week of April 21 for four Californians missing and presumed drowned when their boat capsized in the icy waters of Flaming Gorge Reservoir The accident near the Wyoming Utah border is the worst since water began accumulating behind the Flaming Gorge Dam in 1962 UINTAH WRESTLERS TAKE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR FIFTH YEAR Wrestling in what has become their traditional championship style the Uintah Uintah Uin Uin- tah High School Utes under Coach Dannis Dennis Den Dan nis and assistant Coach Ted Taylor Taylor Tay Tay- lor tor dazzled a record crowd of nearly 2000 fans to win their fifth consecutive Utah Utan State Stale Championship February 26 20 A record-breaking record session four on attendance attendance attend attend- ance of ot with wilh standing room only for three sessions supported the state Class A championship wrestling tournament tournament ment held at Uintah High School Entering 11 men in the tournament Uintah captured seven seven first places two seconds and two thirds to h earn 12 total points and far outran Delta who qualified ten men took four seconds two thirds and one fourth to earn points for second place REPUBLICANS WIN SEATS IN COUNTY ELECTION Republican candidates made a clean sweep in Uintah County winning every office in November 7 general election But the state officials with the exception of Vernon B. B Romney and David S S. S Continued on page 8 8 Top Tap 10 Stories Continued from page 1 Monson lost out to a clean sweep to the Democrats in the state slate counts The closest county race was that for 4 year County Commissioner with Warren Warren Warren War War- ren D. D Richardson edging out incumbent Hyrum Sl ugh by only 29 votes voles In the year 2 commission race Orlan Cook Cooke e easily won over Loren R It McKee FIVE IN FAMILY KILLED IN CRASH NEAR DUCHESNE An entire Vernal family with the exception exception ex ex- of one son serving in the armed forces was wiped out in an n automobile automobile- pickup truck on head-on crash five miles west of Duchesne on Highway US 40 November 4 Five member of the Gene Adams Family Gene Adams 47 his wife Nola Nola Nola No- No la C. C 40 their son Dale 12 lt and daughter daugh daugh- ter Debbie Adams Broome 20 and Mrs Broomes Broome's 9 month old child Toni Ton Christine Christine Christine Chris Chris- tine were eastbound in their automobile when a pickup pick truck driven by William WilliamJ J J. J Carroll III IH 24 Aspen westbound crossed the center line and ran on Head into their vehicle reported Trooper Phil Barney Darney DEER MANAGEMENT RIFT SETS OFF UTE TRIBE FUSE Highlights of the controversy between the area sportsmen the State Division of Wildlife Resources and the Ute Uto Indian Indian Indian In In- dian Tribe over hunting man management gement was discussed by Clair Huff Vernal district district district dis dis- dis- dis manager of Wildlife Resources at atthe atthe atthe the Vernal Area Chamber of Commerce directors meeting meting held October 3 at Westons Weston's Westons Weston's Wes Wes- tons ton's Lamplighter Inn The hunting problem has existed for many years and has been worked out well until it surfaced a month ago when area sportsmen complained about the Ute Tribes Tribe's planned post deer hunts explained Mr 11 Huff FOREST STREAM STUDY ATTACKS CUP DIVERSION A stream habitat study of the Uinta and Ashley National Forests authored by Henry P P. P Chrostowski zone Fishery Biologist for the US U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forest Service was re re- leased The study represents about seven years of research and probably near a million dollars in total costs The release is very timely sin since e hearings have been scheI scheduled scheduled duld on the Donneville Bonneville unit of the I Central Utah Project that will directly affect the mountain streams studied Inthe in inthe inthe the National Forest str stream am report |