Show City Officers Close Tavern Melee Arrests An outbreak of lighting fighting among 12 persons arrested for public intoxication and disturb disturb- disturbing disturbing ing the peace Thursday after after- afternoon afternoon noon of last week caused Ver- Ver Vernal nal City Council action Friday morning closing a downtown tavern for an indefinite per per-I ier- ier lod iod i CITY POLICE were called to the Shamrock Tavern operated by Lloyd Hunt Watkins one one- half block south of Vernal City center about pm Thurs day when a fight broke out between a number of oC the tavern's ems erns I patrons Upon arriving nt at the scene and finding a large number of persons Involved city officers Ray Gee and Earl Ead Labrum call call- called called ed for assistance to the Vernal Utah Patrol dispatch dispatch- dispatcher er Troopers Ronald Honald Gale and andRay andRay Ray Herrington answered the call and a total of oC 12 persons were including two women ARRESTS ranged from pub pub- public lie lic Intoxication to drunken Ing The altercation apparently be gm gan when II a wife of oC one of oC the tu erns patrons entered the scene in the company of another man isian officers reported A fight erupted between the two men and spread outside with other persons joining In the melee CITY Councilman Gene Ray Hall hail who Is also city public safety councilman and Police Chief Claudius Banks were call call- called ed that evening to view the bulging of prisoners A special city council meeting was immediately called for the following morning and the tavern ern em operator ordered to appear Outcome of the meeting was that the Issued city license to sell beer was suspended for an Indefinite period Chief Banks reported |