Show Ceremonies for Starvation Reservoir to he be I Held eld May 31 Rep Hep Laurence J Burton Durton Il- Il it- it Utah 1 today announced that Chairman Wayne N Aspinall D Colo of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will be the principal speaker at ceremonies signaling start of construction of the Bonneville Unit ol of the Central Utah Pro Pro- Project The rites riles will be held May Mayn n 31 at the Starvation Dam site near Duchesne THE BONNEVILLE Unit is the largest and most complex of the lour four separate units of the Central Utah Project A Akey Akey key feature of 01 the Bonneville Unit plan 1111 Is the transfer of sur sur- surplus plus water in the Uintah Basin to the states slates populated heavily areas along the Wasatch Front The project will develop some O acre feet of water for mUnicipal industrial and agri- agri agricultural agricultural cultural use LIse in the two basin area It is highly appropriate that Chairman Aspinall should part part- participate in these ing activities because he as much as any single person has been responsible for passage of oC legislation that has made this Important reclamation develop develop- development ment possible Rep Burton said Without Wayne Aspin- Aspin Aspinall's Aspinall's alls all's leadership in the House of Representatives It is quite likely that there would he be no Central i Utah today There isn't anyone that I personally would rather see come to our state for this purpose We in Utah are certainly honored that Mr Aspinall has accepted the in to participate in the ceremonies OTHERS WHO are expected to join In the beginning beginning- con of activities are memo mem- members bers bels of the Utah Congressional Delegation state and local of- of officials and federal authorities including Floyd E Dominy Commissioner of 01 Reclamation Rep Hep Aspinall has been Chair Chair- Chairman Chairman man of the thc House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee since 1959 All legislation in the House of Representatives dealing with reclamation matters is consid- consid considered creel ered by Rep Aspinall's Com Com- Committee mitte Rep nep Burton Durton is a rank rank- ranking Ing Republican member of the committee corn THE COLORADO district which Rep Hep Aspinall represents borders on the State Slate of utah The district comprises the west west- western ern hall half and northern part of Colorado Rep Aspinall resides in Palisade Colorado and has served in the House con con- continuously since 1949 He is the senior member of the Colorado delegation |