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Show THROUGH THE FILES OF THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT AND THE GRAND VALLEY TIMES 10 Years Ago Thousands of people participated par-ticipated in the weekend Friendship Cruise. Despite rainy weather, boaters were unanimous in expressing their enjoyment of the cruise. rtrrangements were made by Paramount Studios to film portions of the Canyonlands Rodeo for use in the western film "Blue" being filmed in the Moab area. A series of seven Army Pershing missiles was scheduled sche-duled for launching from the Blanding test site beginning June 2. 20 Years Ago Bids were opened for the paved Arches entry road, an approximate $700,000 project. This was the first of the Mission 66 Development program pro-gram underway by the National Nation-al Park Service. The Beta Sigma Phi sorority had ordered $500 in playground play-ground equipment for the new city park. Thirteen days of rain had toppled precipitation records in the Moab area. One storm left .53 inches, also a record breaker. 40 Years Ago A whooping cough epidemic was fatal to a Moab child this week. Doctors were in hopes of controlling the outbreak immediately. im-mediately. The fourth carload of Big Indian copper ore was enroute to the smelter this week, and returns in earlier shipments showed that the grade was running very high. Moab sugar beets were looking good and a large promise of seed was in the offing, according to a state inspector who looked over the fields this week. There were about 25 acres in the valley this year, and it was hoped that a total of 200 per year could be put into cultivation, so that Moab might become one of the major beet seed producing centers of Utah. 60 Years Ago The Times w.s 21 years old this week, and a feature of this issue was an article written by J. N. Corbin, founder and for years editor of the paper, reminiscing regarding the printing of the first edition. The State Road Commission planned to expend $1,000 per mile on the road from Thompson to Bluff, now designated as a post road. |