Vernal Express | 1959-02-26 | Page 1 | Dinosaur Monument Gets Top Fund Slice Section

dinosaur monument gets top fund slice dinosaur national monument has race received ived more funds than aej any other n nation al 1 park or monument during the first three yar of 0 the mission 00 66 program senator wallace F uennett bennett 11 butah utah disclosed this week lie ile announced that the national park service has spent for improvements 0 on n the dinosaur national 1110 monument ment during f fiscal 10 c a 1 yuru years 1057 1937 through 1959 of this thin amount has been allocated for roads and trails and has been used to develop build ings and utilities much of the money for buildings has been used in the construction 0 of f employee housing and a visitor center in the monument additional amounts are scheduled to continue the development of minor roads and dialls and for the relief ing ol of fossils senator dennett bennett said the figures were based on a new revision of tile the mission 66 spending schedule eche dule the third revision ot the schedule since the program began ile he noted that utah parks had a high priority during the first three years of the program which has helped them prepare for an expected flood of tourists into thu newly det de V eloped areas other utah parks recel receiving vIni high development allocations allocation are bryce zion cedar breaks aud aid arches national monument in grand C county