Show Asphalt Ridge RidgeLands RidgeLands Lands N Nearer carer State Ownership O About acres of land in inthe inthe the vicinity of Asphalt Ridge were nearer state ownership this week with the increasing possibility of an industrial de- de development development in the extraction of oil from asphalt AT VERNAL Chamber ot of Commerce meeting Tuesday at atthe atthe the Hotel Vernal L Y Sid do way secretary manager reo re- reported ported that the state Bureau of o oLand f Land Management present ad of the land had art an I advertising the land d for proposed transfer to the state Mr pointed out ou t that at an Informal public hear t Continued ContinuE on page 8 B Ownership Continued from page pae 1 ing Wednesday of last week at atthe atthe the county building no lions were apparent to the prop posed transfer See lead story County Commissioner Rulon S Hacking reported that the is by passing by-passing passing the land that Lisa Ule state may take over in pre pre- present present sent improvement projects MR reported that an industrial development corn com meeting waS scheduled for Wednesday morning Jan 5 to plan the annual economic development conference A road committee meeting will be held Monday Jan 10 at pm County Commissioner hack hack- hacking Ing announced that Commis D Blayne Morrill is the the- new chairman of the county commission and therefore will willbe willbe be attending the Chamber meet meet- meetings ings in the future Mr said that a team from the National Geo- Geo Geographic Geographic graphic Society is pres presently in Dinosaur National Monument working on an article AN UNEMPLOYMENT re- re report report port was given for week ending December 25 For that week the unemployment ratio was 54 percent compared with 45 per cent for the Ule week before and 77 percent for the same week last year Larry K Wardle manager of I the Vernal office of Utah De De- De Department of Employment Se Se- Se Security said that wage and sal ary employment was up 3 per per- percent cent with the increase noted especially in the petroleum and construction fields Mr reported that in western Colorado extraction of oil from oil shale was being made by voltage high electricity I IJ J Harvey Madsen secretary gave a financial report of the I Chamber I HE SAID that finances were in better shape than for the past two years as deficits had been overcome and the Cham ber likely would wind up the year in the black lie pointed out however that the Chamber faced expenditures in the future for office equip ment and the salary of a new when Mr leaves March 1 |