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Show frontier announces csrvice f ermincaitfon Airlines, acting on a request Reagan administration to " proposed cuts in small-city Eunced Friday its in- t terminate air service at 12 six states including Vernal. ::lr President Glen Ryland said p I expects to delete the 12 ,rwith two others announced fSn it route system by the JPral subsidies guaranteeing 1 m service to small cities were scheduled to end Dec. 31 1982 but Reagan has asked the regional airlines rece.vmg those subsidies to cut them off Sept. 30. Frontier's announcement Friday was part of its effort to comply with the request. Ryland said. Under provisions of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, cities are entitled to essential air service through the Civil Aeronautics Board through 1988. Frontier plans to work with civic (Continued on Page 16) p HORSESHOE BEND BRIDGE as designed by Uintah Engineering Engineer-ing and E. W. Allen and Associates. The bridge is expected to cost about $2.5 million and will give heavy truck access to the rich energy area of southeastern Uintah County in the Bonanza area. The bridge is somewhat similar to the bridge over Starvation Starva-tion Reservoir on U. S. 40. near Duchesne. Frontier termination. - . (Continued from Page 1) officals and replacement carriers chosen by the CAB to insure a smooth transition in service, Ryland said. The cities besides Vernal chosen for transfer to other carriers, he said, were: Alamosa, Hayden, Crotez, Gunnison and Pueblo in Colorado; Worland and Cody in Wyoming; Harrison and Fayetteville in Arkansas; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; and Lawton, Okla. The cities where cutoffs previously were announced were Liberal, Kan., effective June 1; and Gallup N.M. effective Sept. 1, Ryland said. Frontier service was expected to continue past the cutoff date to cities with airports capable of landing jets that have long-term profit potential, Ryland said. "There are, however, no guarantees of permanent service to any Frontier city," he said. "Continued Frontier service is dependent on. ..the marketplace." The cut-off of service to Vernal and the other cities came as no surprise, Dan F. Nelson, executive coordinator of the Utah Air Travel Commission, said Friday. Under the subsidies system of the old Section 406 program, he said, service to Frontier was costing more than $800,000 yearly. |