| Show Highway 40 Meets In Vernal Chooses Officers Gene Cook of ot Steamboat Springs Colorado was elected president of the Highway 40 Association As As- Association at the groups group's annual meeting at lintel Hotel Vernal Satur Satur- day Mr Cook Is the owner of Western Lodge of Steamboat Springs and is the former owner owner own own own- er of the Steamboat Laundry and nd also former head master of Whiteman School BILL THOMAS owner of the Midwest Cafe and Golden Of bf Craig was elected vice president president pre pre- for Colorado together WI With Alva of f Granby n I Vice presidents s for u Utah are Harold Duke of Vernal and Fred Goodhue of Roosevelt i I KANSAS vice president Is Arhold Ar Ar- Arnold hold nold Blankenburg and Les Koe Koe- ted led of Reno Nevada is the vice president for Nevada I Speakers st at at the meeting were Blaine Elaine Kay Utah State Highway I engineer who spoke on the future plans for Highway 40 John David Rose Rase director derector of the Utah Travel Council and Bruce Kuster vice president of TraVel Vel Ltd AN ANNOUNCEMENT made by Bruce Kuster of Tra Vel Tra-Vel Vel stated that Utah has hoC approved a travel information center tobe to tobe tobe be built on Highway 40 Just west of the Utah Colorado-Utah line It H was then brought to to the attention of the group that Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado had been contemplating a center of similar type to be built just east of the Colorado- Colorado Utah line Une The representatives of the 11 two states e then agreed el that a be much l J more eft eff build only one cooperative cooperative cooper cooper- center and plans are to get the two states together at atthe atthe t the next meeting of the Association Association tion In Las Vegas February 1 7 l' l and 8 to complete plans plena IT WAS PELT FELT that such auch a center should be built as 81 soon as possible as the new construction con construction con on Highway 40 Is slat slated slated ed to begin soon with right right right-of- of- of ways to be bought In the next few weeks |
