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Show in Review: .f n,,Vtfr ce.ie to marvel, at tho end of each year, K h.'i h.ipp"u'd, fln how distant sonio of tho ovonts j,fn though we ore reviewing only the year that has '.K history. j.jjilionjlly. with each "final number of the volume," i Mt,w Year's, we at The Times have listed a running of the past year a feature which has proved t;3 and oft-times a little surprising. j hav agi,'n done this, and have found that tho ' --!oo.y f weeUy eveents, as listed below and on tho in-of in-of Section 8, brought back memories that had J, slipped away. C-r-paratively speaking, 1971 was a quiet year for ,1, and Southeastern Utah, although much happened. The of Arches National Park highlighted a year which fa tourist industry begin to como into its own. Com-,a Com-,a of the conversion to solution mining at the Cane properties of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co., has paved the jef production by this new method of solar evaporation r the coming spring and summer months. Work at the tranium mine and mill of Rio Algom Corporation has cn schedule and will result in production from that y during the coming year. The copper mining and mill-', mill-', oration of Keystone-Wallace Resources has moved tfa temporary to the relatively long-range category, in all, 1971 has se ne stage for what should become Njricd of stability for Southeastern Utah. Cjr chronology follows: Thursday, Janu;iry 7, 1971 Scluxil and community lead . crs were making plans for a workshop on Drug use ami abuse with state leaders to be . in attendance at the meeting. School were to be dismissed, for the workshop. With local sentiment con corning alignment of 1-70 near Thompson running high the State Road Commission was to hold a meeting in Mo-ab Mo-ab and local residents were urged to attend and voicj their opinions on the road. Construction of the new vehicular ve-hicular bridge across hte San Juan River near Bluff was expected ex-pected to begin soon following an agreement by the San Juan County Commission to pay for a portion of the cost. ' Thursday ,Junuary 14, 1971 Thursday, Jan. 14, 1971 Bates Wilson, Superintend-dent Superintend-dent of Canyonlands National Park had flown to Washington D. C. to confer with Senator Frank E .Moss about bills which had been introduced in the Legislature to convert Ar-' ches and Capitol Reef National Na-tional Monuments to National. Park status and to enlarge Canyonlands National Park. . Representatives from Grand and Uintah Counties-' were to meet in Price to try. to work put a boundary conflict con-flict between the two counties, i and gas in the area of the disputed dis-puted boundary had sparked the need for a meeting. The State Road Commission Commis-sion had announced the establishment esta-blishment of an Environmen-. tal Steering Committee to provide advise on the quality of life along the highways. Thursday, Jan. 21, 1971 Final cost figures were set on the curb and gutter pro-, iert which was underway in the city. Property owners were to be assessed $3 per running foot of curb and 75 cents per square foot on driveways. Commissioners of all the Southeastern Utah counties had sent letters to Utah s Congressional delegation urging urg-ing that they be consulted on any new bills introduced in Congress which might affect this section of the State. The new omni range station which had been installed at the airport was operating and had been commissioned by the FAA. It offered fliers much more accurate information infor-mation for landing and allowed allow-ed the reduction of landing approach visibility limits. Thursday, January 28, 1971 . MGM Studios was planning to bring a production crew into the Moab area for film ' of a portion of the movie Wild Rover" starring VU-liam VU-liam Holdcn and Robert R- Faulty brakes on an International Inter-national tractor pulling J mitraier were blamed fo. an accident causing more than $13,000 damage to the Crescent Junction Ameiican Oil Station. . Official reports from thj Census Bureau indicated that the population of Grand Cou -ty was up 5.4 per cent on the 1960 figures to a total of 6,345. iThursday, February 4, 1!W The -budget for Canyon lands National Park had been announced as $358,000 with $171,000 of that amount to be Continued on Page B2 . .. Annual Chronological Review Proves That a Year is a Long Time i; Continued from Page A-l set aMtli: fur planning on the Hig Spring Canyon bridge in the Needles section. A flow of natural ground water estimated at 50 million mil-lion gallons per day had caused caus-ed 1 ho filling of the Cane Creek potash mine to capacity capac-ity considerably ahead of schedule. sch-edule. flood, progress was reported report-ed on the switch from over, head cable telephone lines to the fore efficient and aesthetically aesthet-ically pleasing underground lines by Midland Telephone. The .Moab Ci'y Council was expecting a report on the feasibility of purchase of the Utah Gas Service Company. Thursday, February 11, 1971 Finding of the feasibility report re-port on the purchase by Mo-ab Mo-ab City of Utah Gas Service Company's Moab operation indicated that the city could make a good deal of money on the company. Grand County zoning ordinances ord-inances were adopted by th! County Commission to culminate culmin-ate a four year effort involving involv-ing planning research firms from Denver, Salt Lake City and a number of lay committees commit-tees from the County communities com-munities to be involved. A request for some $13,000 in technical assistance planning plan-ning money fcr a ski area feasibility study cn the La-Sal La-Sal Mountains was tabled during dur-ing a meeting of the Four Corners Regional Commission The San Juan County Commission Com-mission was working to pry loose Federal funds for improvement im-provement of the access road into Canyonlands National pa;k. Thursday, February 18, 1971 Steps were being taken to bring under control an excessive ex-cessive flow of water which was encountered in a haulage drive being extended from the ventilation shaft at the Rio Algom Mines uranium operation in the Big Indian Mining District. Moab City Council members mem-bers discussed the proposed purchase of Utah Gas Company Com-pany with no decision being reached at that time and the matter left open for further discussion at a later date. Officials at Canyonlands National Park replied to a statement by San Juan County Coun-ty Commissioners concerning the entrance road in the Needles Ne-edles Section of the Park by saying that the responsibility for maintenance belonged to San Juan County. Thursday, February 23, 1971 Word was received in Moab Mo-ab of the approval of funds firm the Fuur Corners Regional Reg-ional Commission for technical tech-nical assistance in a feasibility feasibil-ity study for a ski area in this region. San Juan County Commissioners Commis-sioners took exception to the position of the National Park Service concerning - the en-trance en-trance road into the Needles and said that the County was to have maintained the road only as a temporary measure. Mayor Winford Bunce registered reg-istered his disapproval of a proposed tax which wou'd earmark proceeds from a proposed pro-posed sales tax increase for specific purposes. Thursday, March 4, 1971 Operating schedules were changed at Atlas minerals from a continuous round the clock operation to an intermittent inter-mittent schedule which would allow the mill to operate for ten days and follow with a four day shutdown. State Representative Kenneth Ken-neth Silliman reported that the House of Representatives had acted in favor of a resolution resol-ution which proposes a road northeasterly from Moab ni-to ni-to a scenic section of Colorado. Colo-rado. One pump was installed and was working to remove several sev-eral hundred feet of water which had filled the ventilation ventila-tion shaft at the Rio Aigom Mine in February. Thursday, March 11, 1971 Preliminary surveys of the area which had been proposed propos-ed for a ski complex in the LaSal Mountains began wuh representatives of Envirocon arriving to do prelraiinary work on the details of the study. Indications from Frontier Airlines that new and belter schedules were not forthcoming forthcom-ing for rural communities brought sharp criticism from the Chief Counsel for Utah Agencies, Robert Campbell. The State Highway Department Depart-ment had announced that it would be opening bids later in the month for a $190,000 job improving Moab's Fourth East Street south from third South to U. S. 163. Thursday, March 18, 1971 -Members of the Moab City Council voted against purchase purch-ase of Utah Gas Service Com pany by the City with a vote of four to one. U. S. Forest Service officials offic-ials announced that the roads to Oowah Lake and Warner Campground would be closed until later in the spring when they were drier and safe for travel. With the exception of some small amounts of painting of trim, remodeling work at Allen Al-len Memorial Hospital, which had been in progress for almost al-most a year, was completed. Bids for improvements at Dead Horse Point State Park were reported to be more than $93,000 over the estimate esti-mate made by the State Parks & Recreation Division. Thursday, March 25, 1971 Frontier Airlines officials stated that subsidies which had been granted them would not enable them to improve service to small communities but only to continue it as it had been. A Forest Service spokesman spokes-man said a tree planting contract con-tract for some 65,000 pon-derosa pon-derosa pine seedlings had been awarded to Jose Torres of Monticello. A rash of dog poisonings had prompted City officials . to offer a $100 reward to the" person giving information which would lead to the arrest, ar-rest, and conviction of the offender. Thursday, April 1, 1971 Two officials of Walt Disney Dis-ney Studios had been in Moab checking location sites for the possible filming of a picture pic-ture during the month of May The Grand County Hospital Board made preliminary plans for a study to be conducted aimed at gaining answers to problems which were occurring occurr-ing at the hospital with regard re-gard to a low patient load. Removal of the heavy black lines used by Midland Telephone Tele-phone Company had created a new look for Moab. The lines were cut over to underground under-ground cable. Thursday, April 8, 1971 Residents of the area, as well as visitors for the Easter Weekend were gearing up for the annual Jeep Safari with five trails to be featured. Bids were opened for work on Moab's 4th East project with the apparent low bidder being Vincent Construction of Provo with a bid just over $202 thousand. Sunrise services were being planned by the Moab Ministerial Minis-terial Association for Arches National Monument on Easter Day. Thursday, April 15, 1971 Some 450 persons were on hand to hear an address by District Judge Edward Shea on the workings of the judicial judi-cial system. The meeting was organized after a mass arrest was made of local residents res-idents charged with violations viola-tions of drug laws. Problems at Canyonlands Field were brought to the' attention of the County Commission Com-mission when airport manager manag-er Royal Holter told them that the tar on the newly sur faced area of the parking area ar-ea was coming through the gravel cover. It was announced that Governor Gov-ernor Calvin L. Rampton would be the graduation speaker at, commencement exercises at Grand County High School. Thursday, April 22, 1971 Following about three months mon-ths of charges and counter charges over construction and maintenance of roads into canyonlands National Park, officials of the agencies involved in-volved agreed to a tentative plan for repairs of the road. Following an exceptionally dry spring and late winter in the Moab area, rain total, ing .66 inches fell on the valley val-ley during three days. W. B. (Skinny) Winn had arrived in Moab from Texas to begin his operation of the Moab Queen Canyonlands by Nite show. Thursday, April 29, 1971 Assistant Attorney General Loren Beesley met with residents resi-dents after consulting with County and City police officers offic-ers and announced that he was optimistic that a working work-ing agreement between the two agencies could be obtained. obtain-ed. Agreement was reached by the Grand School District and Grand Education Association on salary schedules for the upcoming school year. A 3 per cent raise in base salary was agreed upon. Crowded airplane parking conditions at the Airport were brought to the attention of the public. A Grumman Jet had landed at the field and with only one place left to park had started to sink into the apron. Thursday, May 6, 1971 Construction of additional mill facilities which were being be-ing built by Keystone Wallace Mining Company were expected expect-ed to nearly double the output out-put from the copper operation. opera-tion. B'-' Visiting for the Canyonlands National Park complex was up considerably over 1970 figures fig-ures for the same period. All . sections experienced substantial substan-tial increases. Hospital Board members had voted to begin a study which was to determine some methods for solution of fin ancial problems at Allen Memorial Hospital. Thursday, May 13, 1971 Ceremonies to formally establish es-tablish the Wolfe Cabin Environmental En-vironmental Area in Arches National Monument were being be-ing planned by the Park Service. Ser-vice. Summer school for junir and Senior High School students stu-dents was to be "outdoor education" ed-ucation" with the environment environ-ment being the principal source for study. Postmaster E. R. Carter explained new rate increases which were to take affect as the new United States Postal Pos-tal Service began its task of achieving self sufficiency. Thursday, May 20, 1971 Dean Hammer, industrial arts teacher at the Junior High School ' was named to serve as Director of Moab's new Vocational Education Center which was to open in the fall. Charges were dropped against a number of people who had been picked up on a mass drug raid. More than 800 local citizens and business people attended the Midland Telephone Company's Com-pany's open house which acquainted ac-quainted visitors with the new facilities there. Thursday, June 3, 1971 MemorialDay weekend was registered as a record in the Moab area with the number of visitors in Canyonlands Country far exceeding those who had been in the area ov- er Easter. Two young people who had been awarded a trip to Moab on the Dating Game Show were hosted by businesses in the area. Officials from Disney Studios Stu-dios had arrived here and were planning the final stages before production of "Seeta-the "Seeta-the Mountain Lion." Thursday, June 10, 1971 Some of the top cowboys in professional rodeo were expected ex-pected to be in Moab for the annual Canyonlands Rodeo. Senator Frank E. Moss had predicted quick passage of park bills creating Arches National Park and enlarging Canyonlands. A long-sought commuter-type commuter-type service to Denver and Salt Lake City was to be initiated in-itiated by Frontier Airlines. Thursday, June 17, 1971 Highway Patrol officers of Disrtict L. listed some of their work during the first half of 1971 and noted that more than 3,00o arrests had been made in the district during that time. Registration was being held for the first summer classes to be offered by the Southeastern South-eastern Utah Center for Continuing Con-tinuing Education. Continued on Page B-3 ml Set thejPace For a Busy New 1972 fc. fas, H!-V H!-V j W.'Vil.'ue N's L It " , on Ji-'y l Jiuif i. I jVjt wall, the Jui.V jj ' , ..,.'.'r..u 111 afiiw vs .u'aI an .uiua' a ' u1:..iims UaU li .u .i- j s at iii'-l'Kivoiii ut ot li .....a' load HI I"1' , "vi'Ji.'-i: u ''epoit .,:tSMi"'ii Garni AU-- :;. , .is by ! ' ;-r .'.J JitKft WUN HI VV. x:J tiio company !. a;.';.'.u:s a hot iui X W Ult" SU'tctS. ! cjj. Jay 1. :i ( - ii'j;i'-r on Liixi! w.is uearuig ex- tlJ :.te was a pvc;-1 pvc;-1 ... a a tiro cK-iuic er-l er-l :.. i-oJ. ' Lji u'w.:y Comi'.iissioii- ..v.:i f-iss an ordni-r..h ordni-r..h would cc::ro puv-0 .isei'.'.j.its su.ti r.vs itsnals. " t.j ir.v.t P.:iey Prc- i.s ere ur.huig f:!.:i- k L.e pr vi-v:i.'ii " Sce:.i. ' SI.w.ujj Loa" vjv. Jay S, 1971 . fAi r.:r:ct o:::c:uls rc-:-c x:J desi-r.s f t tLi-r.g to houe the ';i :-:.r.-j Traxxg Cuv ' UT .UU t'Uls nil tlu Imililiiij; io lit In- Mlii-iti'i iluriiiK tin' niiMUli t,n- mii'iiuij. in lu ii'S'usi' ui a ,U(T tumi I'.imu MiK.iv mi tu'li.ili of tin- San .In. in (.Vuiily I'oin. iii.-u-a ivum'Miiij; thai the Siivko I'i'iiMili'i- nuiv-ui. nuiv-ui. Minus iioiu Mo.ih i0 ftou. li.tl... wi.h tlk. l',, ui' ivinliiij; nut tlu puhhc M'UK'is .nut Minliis :is well :.s .u.al.ibiluy nt i-immioivi.il .1 I Ill'.oS ll .Ul-.poi t .ltUM UOL'O in.iji'i- io.i.mius tor tho Kk-.i-t:oa. HullMhl), Juv I, l'J7l tiol-i'iLs tioiu the tourist oiiiiil.il tiasau'sM-s in (he Mo..b .ao.i m.lioa'.oii that bus-Inorvi bus-Inorvi t.T !'.,' I was shnwini; ::uo a-.oioasos oor lovols so: m l'.)70. Wall llu- iiKvption of ju 0. 1rly iiioiiiin;; tlijjht from 1. '.iiioiil.uuls 1 ula to (.h-.uul Jur.oti.'ii by Frontur Auliuos, tho oarr.or was noting inor-o.ios inor-o.ios i:i boaiiluij;s at tho Iiohi. KolKnvu: a diu anost, t-'.'.y I'olioo ottiot-rs buinod a l.iio ii:i.ui:i:y of drugs tol-Kotod tol-Kotod by thorn. 'ltuirsd.iy. July , l'JTl Kd's I'liai-.baig Shop was lo.v b.iLUr on ir..s,..i'il.num of t i ioratid air oondr.ioiiiiis; at S.ar Hall for tho Soh.Jl l'::r:ot .Tho firm was also 10. s tiddir on oonviTsaui of t::o HMK b'.loiiiomary school t:o:n coal to natural gas. Loran I-ai:':u.n. ownor of I lah C.i-s Stmoo Company I. ..J cr.oo a.un made an offer of-fer to the (. r.y of Moab to r.l. U-: :ho::i to p.iro!;a.-o the gas company. Af.-.-oJ a!-j.r.i. a in Grand County ri g.-urid a drop in icoi of j J 2 m:l!ion witli i::.-t i-f li.o hiss due to the i::crs:o:i cf Ti-xas Oulf Sui-pi.ur Sui-pi.ur Coi'.'.par.y to solution Thursday. July 29. 1971 l',;'.'.s to establish Arches .N.r.; r.al r..rk. C.;p:tol Kief a::in..l Park ar.d to extend 11. e bour.Jar.es of Cunyon-l.ii.ds Cunyon-l.ii.ds X..-.; '.al Park wore fu-.c.-.Y:v r( ?-rted out of co:r.::ii.Ue in the U. S. Ilouo i! ripri ?c:r.a'.its. Cm.vrr.r C..I'. in L. P.ani;)-.o:i P.ani;)-.o:i ti'.et with C:-y, County ;:.:d So::..-.! oit'.tia'.s on V.'tJ-ri-.--J.iy n::rr.lr. to hear dis-c..--.. n en prrbl -'iiis encountered encount-ered in this area. County c;.;ci.:!s finalized plans to increase bud,et figures fig-ures in sevt-ral arer.s to carry car-ry the Cour.ty through the rest of the year. A hearing v.as set on the matter. 'IT. rno Coa-'ruction Company Com-pany h?.d completed the massive mass-ive curb and gutter and street pavir.g prj.;cct in Moab. Thursday, August 5, 1971 Grand County Commissioners Commission-ers increased the County mill levy by 2 mills to partially cf.s'et e drop in revenue brought about by a reasses- Miicnt of values nt TGS. iVilioiiiion of tho Moiii) Ar- 0.1 VlH'.ltloililt Kduoiitiuii (Vn. lor had boon sot for Nuvotn-ln'i- IZ uuh pr,lt;,v.s.s on to oonsiruolion Kl,i,w .;u, illlt, ooiiipU'lion oxpoolod by the olid ol tho month. A Ki.mt 4(1 ton cnine of 1 hoi no Construction Company tipped over following the collapse col-lapse of ono of the tour 0ui. HKftor pails. A loss of several thousand dollars was estimated. estimat-ed. Thursday, August 12, 1971 Following a hot debate mid a close vote in senate, funds were approved which would allow the expenditure of $tMIJ, IHU) for immediate development develop-ment at Dead Horse Point State Park. A drop in the general economy ec-onomy ot the area was noted by a drop in tho building permit per-mit valuations listed by the county. District Judge Edward Sheya granted approval of a petition for the organization ot a Grand County Water Con. sorvanoy District. The Dis-tnot Dis-tnot was needed fur further work to be done on the Mill Creek Dam proposal. Thursday, August 19, 1971 Officials from White Sands Missile Kiinge, New Mexico were on hand ut Green Hiver Missile Base for a press brief. ng on the new Athena 11. program being started th.t re. Atlas Corporation had announced an-nounced that it had contract, cd to sell approximately 1.1 million tons of uranium concentrate con-centrate to a number of purchases pur-chases with delivery to he made between Sept. 1, 1971 and Pec. 31, 1973. Registration was beginning at the Grand County Schools with eight new teachers hired hir-ed by the District. Thursday, August 26, 1971 Registration at the four Grand County schools was d wn only 1-15 pupils from end of school enrollment in May. Young's Machine Company of M.-nticello was presented the Utah's Annual Distinguish id Service Award for Industrial Indus-trial Development. A contribution of $20,000 v as made to Grand County School District from the S. 13. Eggert.-en Foundation with the money to be used in providing pro-viding adequate for handicapped handicap-ped children within the dis-trlct. dis-trlct. Members of the Utah Broadcasters Association were h -ilding their annual convention conven-tion in Moab. Thursday September 2, 1971 Ward Roylance of the Enchanted En-chanted Wilderness Association Associa-tion blasted the Times and other local officials for allegedly alleg-edly failing to make public the construction of solar evaporation evap-oration ponds at Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. Travel Utah Incorporated tcld members of the Chamber of Commerce that the new organization was taking responsibility re-sponsibility to make tourism Utah's number one industry. Core drilling was set to begin be-gin at the proposed site cf the Mill Creek Dam project by Rollins, Brown and Gun-nell Gun-nell of Prove The firm would also do the actual design work for the dam. A small bear was killed on the Dean Lincoln property on Murphy Lane after Lincoln's dog had treed the animal. Thursday September 9, 1971 The Upper Colorado River Commission had nublished a booklet concerning the relationship re-lationship of the level of Lake Powell to Rainbow Bridge National Monument and defending de-fending the level of the lake which would allow water to be below the bridge. The Atomic Energy Commission Com-mission and Environmental Protection Agency were launching laun-ching a program to check for radioactive areas of towns in the Western States. Chamber of Commerce members held discussions into in-to destruction of Canyon-lands Canyon-lands National Park which was being done by motorcycles motorcy-cles and decided to pursue the possibilities of gaining a U S. Magistrate for this area ar-ea to aid in prosecution of violators. Thursday, September 16, 1971 A drop of $50,00 in the sale P'ii'o of Utah Gas Service I'uinpnny was reason to bring llio issue U, lif0 lu(, Moiib City. Ott'ielal announcement from Canyonlands National Park indicated that Assistant Sup. erimendeiit Joseph Carithers would be moving and that Su-liTiitcnilcnt Su-liTiitcnilcnt Bates K. Wilson Wil-son would be retiring at the end of the fiscal year. Joe 1). Taylor was awarded award-ed lust place in the Register, ed Working Cowhorse class in the AQUA Show portion of the Utah Stale Fair. Thursday, September 23, 1971 At the quarterly conference of the San Juan Stake of the LDS Church, a new stake including in-cluding the four wards in Moiib, Mo-iib, ono ward in Green River Riv-er and branches in LaSal and Paradox was formed. A breakdown on the drilling drill-ing rig had delayed starting ol core drilling at the Mill Creek damsite. , A zone change by the Moab City Council would allow a portion of hmd along Cane Creek Blvd. to be used for an apartment house complex Thursday, September 30, 1971 After a great deal of work on the parts of the Counties involved, the Four Corners Mental Health Center had opened op-ened with Dr. Burr Taylor in charge. , Confusion and controversy was surrounding the possibility possibil-ity of re opening the old Moab airport for use as a private field. A contract had been signed by the National Park Service for a study to determine pos siblo methods of solid waste disposal for the Canyonlands Complex as well as several National Park Service admin, istered areas in New Mexico and Arizona. Thursday, October 7, 1971 Bills established Arches National Park and enlarging Canyonlands National Pars were passed by the U. S. House of Representatives and were to go before the Senate for approval of the ammend-ed ammend-ed version of the Senate Bill which had already passed. About 50 invited guests w ere to be in the Needles section sec-tion of Canyonlands National Park to hold an informal press conference and mark the release of the Sierra Club book, "Slickrock" which was about this area. Keystone Wallace Resources Resourc-es registered their desires that the old airport be reopened re-opened as a private field to allow them easier access to their Lisbon Valley operations. opera-tions. , Thursday, October 14, 1971 Moab Red Devils were preparing pre-paring to meet the East Carbon Car-bon Vikings for their annual Homecoming game. Advertising for bids for construction con-struction of the road from Squaw Flats to Big Springs Canyon in the Needles section sec-tion of Canyonlands National Park was soon to be started. Six hopefuls had filed for the three City Council seats which were to be vacated in January. Thursday, October 21, 1971 Two more men had filed for City Council posts, bringing bring-ing the number of candidates to eight. It was hoped that a predicted predict-ed warming trend would aid in removing snow which had accumulated on the LaSal Mountains just before the annual an-nual deer hunt. Plans and specifications on a proposd remodeling project at Allen Memorial Hospital had been received from architects archi-tects in Salt Lake City to al- low for possible conversion of a wing of Hie facility fur use us a nursing home. Thursday, Oehilier 28, 1971 Dedication of the new Vo-cational Vo-cational Education Center was to be attended by the governors who are represented represent-ed on the Four Corners Regional Reg-ional Commission, lrom whom money to build the facility was obtained. A town meeting on the proposal pro-posal to purchase Utah Gas Service Company was lo be held to allow citizens a chance to make their opinions known on the purchase. The Hospital Board had approved ap-proved plans for remodeling of the hospital and were planning plan-ning a meeting with the staff to discuss the measure. Thursday, November 4, 1971 William McDougald, Harold Jacobs and Dick Hammer were elected to the posts on the Moab City Council following follow-ing the election. Unseasonably cold weather and higher than average gas consumption, caused -the shutdown shut-down of Atlas Minerals alter UGASCO curtailed their consumption con-sumption rate of natural gas. The mill was to changeover to fuel oil and propane. The Moab Red Devils advanced ad-vanced to the State Quarterfinals Quarter-finals in football after defeating de-feating the Wasatch Wasps by a score of 35 to 6. Thursday, November 18, 1971 President Richard M. Nixon Nix-on signed the bills officially creating Arches National Park and enlarging Canyonlands Canyon-lands National Park. The Hospital board voted to go ahead with remodeling nt the Hospital and presented the proposal to the County Commission Com-mission for a final decision on the matter. Community Thanksgiving services were set by the Min isterial Association with the whole communily invited to come and participate. Thursday, November 25, 1971 An announcement by Dr. Sam Olivetti) owner of the Greenwell Molel indicated that he was planning lo add more rooms to the facility. Plans for a Christmas lighting light-ing contest were formulated by the Chamber of Commerce and the Moab Lions Club who were to co sponsor the event. Grand County Commissioners Commission-ers approved a tentative budget bud-get for 1972 of nearly $1 mil-lion. mil-lion. Thursday, December 2, 1971 Tentative plans were announced an-nounced for the construction of a new Federal Office Building Build-ing on South Main Sheet in Moab. Snow measurements on tiie LaSal Mountains by Enviro-con Enviro-con noied good depth at the base area proposed for the resort. A design engineer with th-i Soil Conservation Service had been appointed lo work on the Mill Creek dam design. Thursday, December 16, 1971 Absenteeism in the schools had risen to 15.3 per cent with many of the persons who were ill suffering from influenza influ-enza and high fever. Postmaster E. R. Carter reported re-ported that although Post Office Of-fice receipts were up for the year, mail flow during the Christmas rush was lighter. Texas Gulf Sulphur Com pany reported that they were pleased with the prospects for a market for their new fertilizer and indicated that they were in the business for the long haul. Thursday, December 23, 1971 Boardings at Frontier Airlines Air-lines were up during the summer sum-mer and druing the fall this year. Cold weather was again causing problems at Atlas Minerals where official reports re-ports indicated that gas supply sup-ply was varying from none at all U about 20 per cent of what was needed. Reports from the SCS and Forest Service indicated that snow depths on the LaSal Mountains yvere greater than were measurd last year at the same time. |