Show movie premiere lures many celebrities here on the banks of the green river where years ago major john wesley powells Pow ellB expedition camped the world premiere of a movie depicting the historical exploration was held monday evening governors of a number of states and actors in the feat ure film ten who dared were special guests at the showing also honored were ten modern pioneers who have made vital contributions in their respective fields THE celebration preceding the premiere got off to a tardy start when the huge chartered DC 0 bringing in the visitors touched down at vernal airport more than an hour late A short parade followed in which visiting dignitaries rode down main street in boats boat towed by automobiles highlight of the parade was a demonstration of the aero mobile by dr william bert elsen of neponset Nep onset the inventor the vehicle floated several indies inches off the ground on a cushion of air the downward blast of at air r also was used for propulsion FOLLOWING THE parade persons enjoyed a barbecue style dinner on the balcony of the visitor center at dinosaur national monument and heard a lecture on the work wa rk of the center by dwight L hamilton of the monument staff immediately after the dinner a program was held at split mountain gorge picnic ground on the banks of the green river and a 15 minute excerpt from the movie was projected on to the sheer face of the cliff with a picture 60 feet wide showing very clearly y whitney D hammond ammond II pre continued on page 8 Pre premiere S continued from page 1 ident of vernal chamber of commerce introduced the master of ceremonies for or the program robert W sell bellg pre ident aident of fox intermountain inter mountain theartres theatres Thea The trea atres of driver mn MB introduced ac tore tora in the movie who were present they were brian keith james drury stan jones den johnson and H R 0 armstrong A novel feature of the program were indian dances dancea by the uintah ouray tribe under the direction af chief henry cuch As governor george D clyde had to leave early for another appointment governor john D mcirvin of the virgin islands was appointed acting governor of utah for the occasion governors merwin and stephen L R of colorado helped jack foster editor of the rocky mountain news present citations to the ten mod ern pioneers the news new is in the west a old eat newspaper and carried the story ot of the powell expedition years ago facsimiles of the front page of that edition were presented to governors merwin and the news also researched to obtain the contemporary ten who dared THE MODERN ten honored were I 1 dr john S of golden colo developer of the proximity fuse and design er of buildings to be used on the moon 2 mrs nellie tayloe ross ROBS of washington DC D C first woman governor of wyoming and suffrage pioneer 3 george edward pendray of N Y pioneer experimenter with rocket fuel 4 vernon pick of saratoga calif modern day prospector who struck avast a vast uranium deposit in the colorado utah re gion 5 dick fabrick of choteau montana crusader for water development soil conserva alon and reclamation 6 dr bertelsen abromo bile inventor 7 CHIEF PAUL JONES of window rock ariz fighter for indian rights and tribal development 8 dr maxwell Ein trobe of salt lake city pioneer re searcher in hematology 9 edwin kassler jr for edwin kassler sr for busl busi ness progress in the rocky mountain region 10 otis marston of berkel ey calif greatest living ex pert on the colorado river CHIEF CUCH presented in than dlan beaded ties to govern ors merwin and and a beaded purse for walt disney producer of the movie which was accepted bijesse by jesse chenick top new york executive for disney productions mr hammond ammond II presented model dinosaurs to the mod ern 10 who dared actors and governors mr selig paid tribute to vernal chamber of commerce and the national park service which had sponsored cosponsored co the event the groups broke up at 8 30 p m and returned to the airport to catch the special plane to denver and a similar premiere there tuesday governors attending the celebration were and merwin price daniels texas mark 0 hatfield oregon I 1 and wesley powell new clarn hampshire P hire many newspapermen and reporters from radio and television were present with re presenta tives of the buena vista film distribution co inc and fox intermountain inter mountain theatres theartres The atres THE MOVIE Is currently being shown in its entirety at a local theater |