Show UINTAH COUNTY CIVIC GROUPS PROTEST OIL VERNAL Citi Citizens ens of Vernal Jensen and the Ashley valley are protesting th the th proposed oil off surfacing surfacing surfacing sur sur- facing by the sUate road commission commis- commis I sion of the mile 13 13 strip of ot U U. U 3 S. S 40 highway b between tween V Vernal and Jensen The recent resurvey of ot the route brought forth many inquiries as ast s se t e to the intent of ot the state road road roag commission at a time when it would b ba impossible to asphalt the road with the mat material mateal ial right at l which would give employment employment em to local tabor labor at t least 85 per cent ot of production cost Request Deferred Action V W. S. S Henderson and W V A A. AI 6 Banks Banks of ot the tho Lions cu club road I Ico co committee mitlee met with Mayor Rice C C. Cooper and the city council and later with the Uintah county co commission Friday s ng that further action cUon be deferred byth bythe by th the state road commission and that thal U. U S. S 40 be paved to the Cob Cojo- rado line Une with native sand tum turn They cit cited d the ned nerd for 10 local employment of labor in a n s section cUon without a ct payroll the pride 01 our people in a n. road paved with witha a 0 native product taken from the surrounding hills the gre greater ier in upkeep costs a far superior roadbed which would l lasi sL many times Umes longer than oil SUlA sur SUl surfaced faced road A They also allo dwelt dwell on the Incon of bringing oil to a distant distant dis dis- dis tant place as a surfacing materia when this particular strip is the nearest to the state slate asphalt plant |