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Show TH(OUOM THE FILES Of THE TIMES-INDEPENDENT AND THE GRAND VALLEY TIMES 10 Years Ago Construction crews were laying feeder pipeline for the $200,000 sewage disposal plant designed for a maximum 15,000 population. The hospital was ready, the gifts from Moab merchants were ready, but Moab's New Year's baby had not yet arrived. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton this week announced his approval ap-proval of a federal grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity Oppor-tunity amounting to $63,623 for the Southeastern Utah Community Action Program headquartered in Price. The funds would be used to carry on its functions. 20 Years Ago Preliminary work began on a new industrial arts building at the high school. Vanadium Corp. of America had announced that the uranium urani-um mill operated at Naturita, Colo., the oldest uranium vanadium van-adium processing mill in the nation, would be closed. Joel David Story, son of newcomers to Moab, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Story, made his entrance into the world this week and became the first baby of the New Year in Moab. 40 Years Ago County Nurse Grace Nason announced this week that children in the county would be innoculated for diptheria this week at the courthouse. State road officials and county commissioners this week inspected road work starting on Pace hill in Castle Valley. Work scheduled there by the county was expected to keep about 25 men on the job for two months. C. S. Wilkinson of Salt Lake City, former editor of the Iron County Record in Cedar City, took over duties this week as editor of the San Juan Record in Monticello. 60 Years Ago Stockholders of the Moab Irrigation company this week formed the Moab Pipe Line company to take over the Moab water system. Contractor V. N. Rush was putting finishing touches on the First National Rank build- ; ing, new home of the bank and 1 the Grand Valley Times. ' A whirlwind campaign was ', underway to sell Grand Coun- ; ty's allotment of war savings ' bonds amounting to $.18,400. ' |