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Show Jf , 0 y Through the Files of UlQQteUM Z5ClCfc(MViet Times-Independeni And the Grand Valley Tim 10 YEARS AGO Members of the Moab Lions Club put the finishing finish-ing touches on ten new picnic pic-nic tables built for the new City Park. Dedication ceremonies of the new Grand County High School were set and progress pro-gress on the building was reported satisfactory. Confidence in the present and future economic importance im-portance of Moab underscored under-scored the remarks of Frontier Airlines president Lewis W. Dymcnd when he revealed the airlne's plans for augmenting its air service ser-vice in the Grand County area. Two Moab men Glen M. Carlson and Charles Brechtel were named directors di-rectors of Monte Crlsto Corporation at the annual stockholders meeting of the company. Mayor Norman G. Boyd had proclaimed Community Concert week in Moab and the concert association was to begin its annual campaign cam-paign for members. 20 YEARS AGO Grievances and problems of independent uranium miners were to be presented present-ed to top government officials offi-cials in a public meeting in Grand Junction. The Moab post office had a plentiful supply of school saving stamps and albums and were anticipating a heavy demand for the stamps during the year. Utah was soon to gain the second non-secret "atomic Vie" in the United States. This atomic pile nuclear reactor was to be patterned pat-terned after one at Los Alamos Al-amos and was to be used for peaceful research. Engineering aids were needed to carry out a flood rehabilitation program in disaster areas in Utah. 20 YEARS AGO A new departure in gasoline gas-oline was announced when the White Eagle Oil Corporation Corp-oration introduced Mobil-gas Mobil-gas with Climatic Control. Governor Dcrn was considering con-sidering the question of calling a special sessicn of the legislature for the en actment of legislation to enable cities and towns to borrow for self-liquidation projects. Oil processing of the fed-eral fed-eral aid highway through Moab had begun and was to be completed within a week. Numerous local organiza-, organiza-, tions and individuals were to give stunts of various kinds at the County Fair rcdeo program with prizes to be awarded for the best siunts. Work on the Warner Ranger Ran-ger Station road on the La Sal Mountains was rearing completion and funding was available for the Pack Creek - Castleton read. 60 YEARS AGO The largest crowd evfr gathered was in Salt Lase City to attend the National Irrigation Congress which was combined with the Utah State Voir After the owner of a salo-on salo-on in Atchee along the Uin- tah railway had shot and wounded a Moab boy, it was expected that the people of that town would "force him -to close up and leave. |