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Show 1972 in Review We never cease to marvel, at the end of each year, how much has happened, and how distant some of the events seem, even though we are reviewing re-viewing only the year that has just become history. Traditionally, with each "final number of the Tolume," around New Year's, we at the Times have listed a running chronology of the past year---a feature which has proved interesting and oft-times a little surprising. We have again done this, and have found that fce chronology of weekly events, as listed below and on the inside pages, brought back memories that had already slipped away. The past year "has been one of excitement and showed promise of great things to come for the future. fu-ture. Included in the events of the year was a marked increase in oil drilling activities in southeastern p Itah and a number of wells were successfully com- P'.eted. Rio Algom Corporation went on stream with L Production of ore from its Lisbon Valley mine and Nill and Atlas Corporation announced plans to rebuild re-build its vanadium circuit to accommodate new ores discovered by that firm. Building in Grand County showed great gain with permit sales for the year topping the million-dollar mark in value. Tourism also showed an increase and great promise for next J'ear was indicated. Good progress was made on bringing the Mill ueek Dam proposal closer to becoming a reality a new irrigation method was installed on test Plots in Spanish Valley to help determine potential agricultural benefits from completion of the dam. All m all, 1972, while not a boom year by any means, has set the stage for a general upswing in the economic I uture of Moab and Southeastern Utah. . Our chronology follows: : January 6, 1972 Highway Department M'icials had stated that ; "e segment of 1-70 be-' be-' tween Crescent Junction anl Yellowcat would be A ?w,arded to a contractor b.efre the end of the II flscalyear. J1Sltation in Arches d the other parts of yie Canyonlands complex "aJ reached record num-Ders num-Ders during 1971. A new Ford dealer-""P. dealer-""P. Peterson Ford op-f"ed op-f"ed ?ts doors to bus-mess bus-mess in Moab. January 13, i972 ph .lL- Cur"frnanassum- the position of gen-Giiir gen-Giiir mana?er at Texas ;u f and the company . StreamPeCted U 8 on iV Z m'.mng Production. CaedMera,Shadan- strurt S 10 con" . ft ci a pipeline across nsport potable water 10 uranium mill. lwpnty employees of J ont. on page B5) 1 972 in Review (Cont.' from page Al) Keystone-Wallace Resources Re-sources were laid off as a result of decreased decreas-ed copper prices. January 20, 1972 A group of Utah legislators legis-lators visited briefly in Moab during the early part of their budget session. ses-sion. A major piece of U-95 was to be built under the terms of a contract awarded aw-arded to Nielson Construction Con-struction Co. Gov. Calvin L. Ramp-ton Ramp-ton had assigned a committee com-mittee to begin planning a community large enough en-ough for the expected 5,000 residents who would locate by the projected pro-jected Kaiparbwits power pow-er plant in Kane County. Coun-ty. January 27, 1972 A number of top officials offic-ials of Texas Gulf Sulphur Sul-phur Co. were in Moab . to inspect new solution mining facilities. The firm of Groneman Construction Co., Orem was awarded a contract to build a new special education facility for the School District. Grazing fees on public lands were increased by three per cent, accord-int accord-int to a release from Federal agencies. February 3, 1972 The Utah Water Re-. Re-. sources had submitted formal application to the Corps of Army Engineers Engin-eers for construction of the Mill Creeck dam project. pro-ject. Workmen blasted a gap 250 feet deep and 1,300 feet long to provide a safe road down San Juan County's steep Comb Ridge on the U-95 project. pro-ject. The State Land Board decided to advertise for new bids for cutting lumber lum-ber east of Moab. February 24, 1972 " Staff members of the Utah Travel Council visited in Moab as part of a three day tour of Southeastern Utah. With the beginning of construction, the big paddle-wheeler built by Tex McClatchy was beginning be-ginning to take shape. Grand County Commissioners Com-missioners allocated funds for the renovation of the Senior Citizens clubhouse. March 2, 1972 Using the new solution mining method, Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. Cane Creek potash complex was once again producing produc-ing potash. The facility had not been in production product-ion since July of 1970 when construction of solar sol-ar evaporation ponds, slurry pits and pipeline was begun to convert from conventional mining min-ing to solution mining. Rio Algom Corporation, Corpora-tion, which had been working on development of mining and milling facilities in Lisbon Valley Val-ley for uranium ore was drawing construction to a close and beginning to make plans for tentative testing of the mill facilities. facil-ities. Keystone-Wallace Resources Re-sources announced the second consecutive record rec-ord production month at their Lisbon Valley cop per mining and milling complex. March 9, 1972 Moab National Bank announced that they would be opening a branch bank inMonticel-lo. inMonticel-lo. The Board of Directors Direct-ors had approved a motion mo-tion to change the name of Moab National Bank to First Western National Nation-al Bank. Plans for expansion and remodeling of City Market were underway with Phillips Construction Construct-ion Company of Moab doing the actual work. Moab's City - wide cleanup campaign was underway with the announcement an-nouncement of a contest open to any organized group who wished to participate. par-ticipate. March 16, 1972 The resignation of C. Robert Sundway as Superintendent Sup-erintendent of Schools was received by the Board of Education. Workers from the CCRMA, Sheriff's Posse and Moab Interact Club worked to prepare additional addi-tional space on the Moab boat dock for use during the Friendship cruise. The new space doubled the capacity at the dock. Governor Calvin L. Rampton had announced that he would seek a third term as Governor of Utah. March 23, 1972 Chamber of Commerce Com-merce members, volunteers, volun-teers, and members of the Moab Interact Club worked to improve and repair the Moab Rim Trail for the Annual Jeep Safari. U.S. Forest Service officials scheduled public pub-lic meetings in Price, Moab and Monticello, to hear views concerning the future management of all undeveloped land areas containg 5,000 or more acres in the Man-ti-La Sal National Forest. For-est. March 30, 1972 Grand County Commissioner, Com-missioner, Ralph J.Miller, J.Mil-ler, Sr., announced that he would not seek reelection re-election to the post he held for sixteen years. Gov. Calvin L. Rampton Ramp-ton and other visiting state dignitaries visited Texas Gulf Sulphur's potash complex. The Sixth Annual Jeep Safari, sponsored by the Moab Chamber of Commerce Com-merce began with a full slate of events scheduled. sched-uled. April 6, 1972 Final phases of construction con-struction were being completed on the $20 million uranium mining and milling complex of Rio Algom Corporation in Lisbon Valley. Charles A. Steen, formerly for-merly of Moab, and America's Am-erica's first "Uranium Multimillionaire" in the 1950's announced to the Moab Chamber of Commerce Com-merce plans for the restoration re-storation of his mansion and the opening of it to the public. Betty White assumed the operation of Moab's Mode O' Day. April 12, 1972 Members of the Grand County Board of Educa- y tion , accepted recommendation recom-mendation of the Salary Committee of Grand Education Association relative to salary levels for teachers in the district. dis-trict. Formal dedication of Capitol Reef National Park was held at the visitor center atthewest entrance to the park. A 20 round schedule was being planned for the spring series of off-range off-range firings of Pershing missiles from Green River, Utah to White Sands Missile Range. April 20, 1972 Tex McClatchey announced an-nounced his plans for launching, trial runs, and christening and maiden voayage of his "Canyon King" paddlewheel riv-erboad. riv-erboad. Final details were completed for a $75,000 master plan and transportation trans-portation study for Arches Ar-ches and Canyonlands National Parks. Work on the new Visitor Visit-or Center Park was progressing pro-gressing rapidly with workmen in the process of applying roofing material. mat-erial. April 27, 1972 Some 102 individuals from throughout Utah competed in the Canyon-lands Canyon-lands Amateur Golf Tournament. Nicholas L. Strike announced an-nounced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Utah. San Juan County Commissioner Com-missioner Calvin Black of Blanding announced that he would file for the office of State Representative Rep-resentative on the Republican Rep-ublican ticket. May 4, 1972 Sheer strength by masses of people, com.-bined com.-bined with a little aid from a D-8 Caterpiller combined to complete the launching of the Canyon King sternwheeler on the Colorado River. Rep. Kenneth Silliman had filed for another term in the Utah House of Representatives. More than three hundred hund-red Episcopalians were in Moab for the annual three day convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah. May 11, 1972 Bill B. Meador was named Superintendent of Schools of Grand County School District effective August 1, 1972. I .Marcia Lea and Paul Mobley were named as valedictorians of the 1972 graduating class. Dedication of Arches National Park was scheduled sche-duled for the weekend. May 18, 1972 P. V. Bethurum, Utah Operations Manager of the Minerals Division of Atlas Corporation, announced an-nounced that Atlas would start developing uranium properties in the Green River mining district about June 1. Bids for reconstruction reconstruct-ion work at Canyonlands Field were to be opened on June 13, according to an announcement made by County Commission Chairman Mars Pope. May 25, 1972 The 15th Annual running run-ning of the Friendship Cruise down the Green and up the Colorado River Riv-er was to get underway during the weekend. Graduation ceremonies for the Class of 1972 were held May, 25, 1972. Moab wons its first state championship in history by capturing state titles in baseball and golf. June 1, 1972 County conventions for both the Republicans and Democratic parties were to be held during the next week. Grand Valley Cemetery Ceme-tery and Sunset Memorial Me-morial Cemetary were decorated on Memorial Day by and "Avenue of Flags." June 8, 1972 Construction of Fourth East got underway again after being halted during winter and spring months. The Seventh Annual Canyonlands Rodeo and Festival was held with great success. Following a request from both the Grand County Sheriff's Department Depart-ment and the Moab City Police Department, the office of the State Attorney Attor-ney General had an investigator in-vestigator in Moab to listen lis-ten to charges and counter-charges brought by the departments. June 15, 1972 Although full production produc-tion capabilities had not been reached, Rio Algom Corporation was doing some work with high grade ore at their Lisbon Lis-bon Valley mill. Robert Kerr was appointed ap-pointed as new superintendent superin-tendent to head the Canyonlands Can-yonlands Complex. He replaced Bates E. Wilson Wil-son who retired. June 22, 1972 No criminal charges were brought about after the . investigation of the Grand County Sheriff's Office and the Moab City Police Department. Judge Edward Sheya Seventh Judicial District Judge declared his candidacy cand-idacy for the non-Parti-san Judical election. ' With only one bid rework" re-work" IT ruction F?pih at, Canyonlands $240 hnnnd that bid some JM40.000 over the engineer's en-gineer's estimate, mem- tverComthe Grand K-ty K-ty Commission agreed to make some adjust ments and re -negotiate contract before any decision was made. June 29, 1972 Contractors were tTnfftpCarPcti"end uung oi the new Feder-il gne building on Two Salt Lake businessmen busi-nessmen announced the Purchase of the Bert Wheeler properties t West Moab Valley from Palmetto Corporation. Tehy announced that the 800 acre tract was to be 1 developed as a complex of tourist-oriented fac-ilites. fac-ilites. July 6, 1972 A survey showed that residents in the fjve I southeastern counties I have divided feelings on the proposed highway I across the Escalante I county of southern Utah- Production on the television tele-vision series "AliaS Smith and Jones" began with scenes taken i Arches National Par Attorney William L Benge, formerly of Berkley, Ber-kley, California, arrive" in Moab to open a & practice. July 13, 1972 Treasure Resource. Inc. and Grand Gas Corporation Cor-poration announced tn they would jointly buii a gas gathering system in Grand County. Rio Algom Corporation Corpora-tion was settobcginPC' ( duction of the first .vf lowcake at their Lisbon Valley mill- Chamber of cn,j nierce members vo" to begin a program encourage horse raj . at the track at the MlW arena. July 20, 1972 -Water shortages in Moab finally reached a Point where rationing of lawn watering became a necessity. Frontier Airlines suspended sus-pended service to Can-yonlands Can-yonlands Field for anin-definite anin-definite period due to Poor condition of the runway. run-way. The month of August was set to see target Production levels reached reach-ed at the Cane Creek Potash operation of Texas Gulf, Inc. July 27, 1972 Building permit valuations valua-tions for repairs and new construction in Grand bounty during the first su months of 1972 showed show-ed an increase of some $146,000 over all of last year. .Finances for the first six months of 1972 at Allen Memorial Hospital were better than in the past several years. August 3, 1972' Atlas Minerals announced an-nounced that only a few nor contract negotiations negotia-tions remained before awarding 0f a contract w Centennial Develop ment Corporation for sinking a shaft for development of uranium properties in the Green River mining district. Robert Walker, director direc-tor of aeronautics for the State of Utah stated that work would be undertaken un-dertaken immediately to apply a "leveling course" to Canyonlands airport, to temporarily put the strip back into condition condi-tion that will allow resumption re-sumption of service by Frontier Airlines. August 17, 1972 Bids for construction of the road from Squaw Flat to Big Spring Canyon Can-yon in Canyonlands National Na-tional Park's Needles Section were to be called for about Oct. 1. Economic Development Develop-ment Director Don Hoffman Hoff-man reported that response re-sponse from elected officials of-ficials and state agencies agen-cies to stop Frontier Airlines from filing with the Civil Aeronautics Board to suspend service to Moab had been good. Bureau of Land Management Man-agement officials reported re-ported that mopping up operations on a 70 acre fire at the head of Nash Canyon had been completed. August 24, 1972 Moab's First Annual Community Picnic, sponsored by the Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce was in its planning stages. Frontier Airlines had abandoned its decision to apply for suspension of service to Moab. The cooperation problem prob-lem between city and county law enforcement agencies and the investigation inves-tigation of the Utah Attorney At-torney General's office into the situation again made front page news in Salt Lake City. August 31, 1972 Moab schools swung into the fall schedule as students and teachers teach-ers returned to the classrooms to begin another an-other year. Utah's Republican candidate for governor Nicholas Strike was in Moab meeting citizens and businessmen. September 7, 1972 Over forty members from fifteen states were in Moab for the First Annual Roundup of the Southwest Region of The Avion Travel Club. Word was received from the headquarters for the Bob Wolthuis for U.S. Congress committee commit-tee that he would be in Moab September 7. A heavy turnout of new voters to get their names on registration rolls indicated in-dicated that interest was good in the upcoming Primary Election. September 14, 1972 Completion of paving of scenic U-95 in San Juan County moved closer clo-ser to completion with the approval of $140,000 in State Highway Department Depart-ment funds for use in paving a section of the road across state land. Over 200 members of the Dodge Travelcade arrived in Moab for a three day stay. Attorney General Vernon Ver-non B. Romney informed The Times that the investigation in-vestigation between the Grand County Sheriff's Office and the Moab City Police Department had been closed. September 21, 1972 As fall and winter approached, ap-proached, Canyonlands National Park officials shifted their emphasis from caring for summer travelers to preparing for new programs for next year. Following a dismal Utah Primary Election, which saw only halfhearted half-hearted interest on the part of Utah voters, candidates, can-didates, both local and state, were settling into the last six week stretch prior to the General Election. October 5, 1972 Keystone-Wallace Resources Re-sources announced that engineering and feasibility feasibil-ity studies had been underway un-derway for the addition of a new plant in Lisbon Valley to process the mixed oxide-sulfide copper cop-per ore reserves. Governor Calvin L. Rampton was the guest speaker at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting. Construction work at Canyonlands field was to get under way that week after a delay caused by a challenge to the bid of Schocker Construction Con-struction Company. October 12, 1972 A "New way of life" began at The Times when a computer replaced the old Linotype and The Times converted to offset off-set printing of the newspaper. news-paper. Open house was held at the new Federal Building. A vandal-caused gas fire about 12 miles north of Cisco was extinguished extinguish-ed by crews. October 19, 1972 Dedication ceremonies were set for the New Horizons Center which included an open house to allow residents to visit the center. A massive crude oil slick was stopped on the San Juan River just before be-fore entering Lake Powell Pow-ell A meeting was held in Cortez to discuss means of improving commercial commer-cial airline service to rural communities in this region. October 26, 1972 Plans were being made by officials of Atlas Minerals Min-erals Division of Atlas Corporation to reopen the vanadium circuit of the Moab mill. Following the dedication dedica-tion of what had been known as the New Horizons Horiz-ons School, the Board formally announced the changing of the name to honor the recently retired re-tired Superintendent, C. Robert Sundwall. Members of the Four Corners Regional Commission Com-mission pledged their Anderson Named to Top Road Commission Slot support to communities in the Four Corners area in the fight to maintain adequate commercial airline service to the communities. November 2, 1972 Wallace Resources bought Keystone share in the Keystone - Wallace copper operation in the Lisbon area and a layoff of about 60 men began. A new experiment in hydroponic gardening was started by Ralph J. Miller, Sr. The Utah State Road Commission held its regular meeting in Moab as part of its policy of rotating meeting sites to provide a public forum for-um for local highway problems. November 9, 1972 Work was halted at Canyonlands Field by Schocker Construction Company due to heavy rains which hit the area. A report from Moab Building Inspector Cecil Shaffer indicated that construction in Grand County experienced a boom this year. November 16, 1972 A formal announcement announce-ment by Atlas Corporation Corpora-tion relative to a previously pre-viously discussed new uranium-vanadium discovery dis-covery brightened the outlook for operation of the company's uranium processing mill in Moab. An announcement of the consolidation of the five Ranger Districts on the Manti Division of the Forest and the relocation of three District headquarters head-quarters was made. November 23, 1972 It was reported that continued progress was being made on the planning plan-ning of the Mill Creek Dam project. The State Land Board agreed to exchange 10,-521 10,-521 acres of state lands in Canyonlands and other new national parks in the area for 8,192 acres in Castle Valley. Keith Peterson was elected as president of the Chamber of Commerce. Com-merce. December 7. 1972 Officials of Moab City, Grand County, the hospital hos-pital and School District attended a special telephone tele-phone question and answer an-swer session concerning revenue sharing. Members of the Moab Jaycees spent December 3, installing Christmas decorations in downtown Moab. December 14, 1972 The Santa Claus parade par-ade was held in Moab and termed a great success. suc-cess. Oil and Gas drilling in Utah hit a new high mark this year. It was the best recorded since 1968 with still two weeks left in 1972. December 21, 1972 Recognition was given to retiring County Commissioners Com-missioners Mars Pope and Ralph J. Miller, Sr., for their years of service ser-vice to the community. Leland Teeples was named as superintendent of Sevier School District at Richfield and Moab school posts shifted. Atlas Corporation announced an-nounced an agreement to acquire uranium -vanadium properties in the vicinity of Moab. Charles V. (Skip) Anderson, And-erson, District Five Engineer En-gineer for the Utah State Department of Highways, has been named to succeed suc-ceed Blaine J. Kay as State Highway Engineer. Mr. Kay, who will assume as-sume the responsibilities responsibili-ties of Director of Highways High-ways in March of 1973, nominated Anderson. Clem Church, Chairman Chair-man of the Utah State Road Commission, announced an-nounced the appointment during the Commission's regularly scheduled meeting in Salt Lake City. In making the announcement an-nouncement Commissioner Commis-sioner Church said, "Skip's proven good judgment and experience will serve him well in his new assignment. I and the commissioners are satisfied that Blaine Kay and Skip Anderson will prove to be one of the most progressive and energetic teams ever appointed to administer the activities of a highway high-way department." C. V. Anderson, atage 40, has been involved in highway construction for 24 years. Anderson is a veteran of the Korean Kor-ean Conflict, a Civil Engineering En-gineering graudate of the University of Utah and a registered Professional Engineer. Anderson is a native Utahn, born in Springville. He will be moving to Salt Lake City from Cedar City with his wife Florence and their four children; Charles V. Jr., Paula, Laura and Maria. Prior to his employment employ-ment with the State Highway High-way Department, Mr. Anderson worked for W. W. Clyde & Co. as a Field Engineer, Utah Power and Ligh Company Com-pany as a Designer, and Morrison-Knudsen Company as a Materials Engineer. He joined the Highway Department in March of 1959 and has . served as Chief of Party, District Design Engineer, Engin-eer, and Assistant District Dis-trict Three Engineer. In August of 1966 Mr. Anderson And-erson was appointed District Dis-trict Five Enginner, responsible re-sponsible for a large area from the Utah -Arizona border to the Juab-Utah Juab-Utah County line and from the Utah-Nevada border to the mountain summits between U. S. 91 and U. S. 89. Mr. Anderson will officially of-ficially take the responsibilities respon-sibilities of State Highway High-way Engineer on March 15, 1973. At that time Henry C. Helland will retire as Director of Highways and Mr. Kay, who has been State Highway High-way Engineer for the past eight years, will assume Mr. Helland's responsibilities. |