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Show Sijfe Looking Backward Q wSf Through the Files of 77 VT r Grand Valley Times Q 10 years ago "Three Young Americans" Ameri-cans" is the tentative title for the ABC documentary a large part of which was filmed in and south of Canyonlands National Park last week. ABC Producer Steve Fleischman and Unit Manager Steve Leyu were in the area with cameramen camera-men and sound technicians techni-cians to produce what they called "a two-hour color special on the ecological crisis of our time." Scheduled for nationwide nation-wide broadcasting on March 17, the documentary documen-tary will feature the Needles district of Canyonlands Can-yonlands National Park with a great amount of the footage filmed of the recent Interagency Field trip and the discussions of how local officials meet the needs of the future population. ABC's interest in the Canyonlands came about as a result of the Sierra Club's John Flannery suggesting this area for filming. The theme of the documentary is being based on the thesis of USU graduate Research Assistant Gary Smith. The ABC cameramen caught scenes of the discussions that took place along the proposed south entrance route into the Needles and the Kigalia Scenic Way. 20 years ago Travel into the Arches National Monument during dur-ing September was 68 per cent above the same month a year ago, according accord-ing to a report from Bates E. Wilson, superintendent. superinten-dent. Computed from the number of cars counted, a total of 7,932 persons entered the Monument . during the month this ; year. l The high increase over . last year is partly due to local residents who, since , the opening of the new entrance, are going into the Arches for family and group picnics and outings. However, the number of tourists visiting the area is comparably high, Mr. Wilson reported. The total number of Arches visitors for the year so far is 30,404. 40 years ago The state road commission commis-sion has commenced the grading and graveling of about four miles of highway high-way extending through Greenriver city eastward to connect with the newly paved highway at Brown's wash east of Elgin, according to J.P. Simon-son, Simon-son, druggist of Green-river. Green-river. From the bridge the road will follow in a direct course to the bridge across Brown's wash. It is announced that the stretch of highway will be graveled and oiled this fall. This stretch of road through Greenriver and Elgin is the only section on highway No. 50 remaining re-maining to be constructed to a dustless surface standard. 60 years ago A campaign is under way in Moab this week for old clothes, which will be sent to the 10,000,000 imprisoned people of Belgium and France. Mrs. J.B. Skewes, Chairman of the conservation committee committ-ee of the Red Cross, is in charge of the drive, and the school children are rendering valuable support. supp-ort. Every person having old clothes of any description descrip-tion is urged to give them to the cause, to alleviate the suffering that threatens threat-ens the imprisoned population popu-lation of our allied countries count-ries this winter. Articles of clothing most needed are coats, suits, dresses and shoes. All articles must be clean otherwise they will not be accepted. Worn garments of heavy material will bo particularly welcome, as they can be utilized for making children's clothing. cloth-ing. Woolen goods of any kind whatsoever are acceptable, acc-eptable, soft hats, caps and sweaters. Shoes must bo tied in pairs. A complete list of articles accepted by the committee commit-tee muy bo obtained from Rod Cross headquarters. |