Show Interior Drafty Drafts Order to Open Helium Reserves The Minerals rals Division of ot the Bureau Dureau of Land Management has drafted an order which would open up the Helium reserves In Utah ct clearing the way for a potentially rich u helium Industry In East Central Cen Cen- l i tr l Utah according to Sen Wallace F F. Bennett Dennett The order which is now under under un un- der doer study In the Interior 1 De Department Department e- e Solicitors Solicitor's office would five 1 the state first firs right tight of selection Secretary of Interior Stewart L. L Udall Udal will make th the final decision which Is expected to be favorable favorable favorable fa fa- for Utah The revocation would be In Inthe Inthe inthe the form of a n public land or ore der The Int Interior 1 Department In reconsidering the Helium revocation re re- revocation vocation has changed its Us mind after first turning down a si sl similar sl milar request from Sen Bennett Ben Den n nett tt in 1961 The Utahn did get the 1 De Department Department e- e In 1961 to make maka I available large oil and gas re reserves reserves re-I re serves In the sa same helium lands However at that time the 1 Department insisted the lands remain closed to helium developments The latest order now being considered calls for revocation of the helium reserves In Woodside Emery county and ant Harley 1 Dome ome Grand county These reserves were withdrawn with drawn in 1924 and 1926 by President Calvin Coolidge as the nations nation's only helium reI re re- I serves The order opening the h he helium Hum lium area probably will clear cleaV the Ure way vay for additional commercial com come mercial activity In East Central Cen Central Utah Both the Federal government government govern govern- ment and private industry am aire depending more than ever ver on the properties of ot the lightweight gas in scientific j research and development programs pro grams In many vital production produce tion a applications n spokes spokes- spokesman I man In Sen Bennetts Bennett's office said said laId |