Show 1 Express Express' Stories Make News in Basin During 70 The top news stories having the greatest impact and creating the most interest in the Vernal area during 1970 have been summarized by The Vernal Express staff stare into four categories this year car instead of or the top ten Top news events have been divided into events that affect the future of or the area accidents ac sports and special events as follows AREA FUTURE JENSEN PROJECT The Jen Jensen 11 Unit of or the Central Utah Project was included in the 1971 budget sent to Congress by President Nixon The Bureau of or Reclamation asked for to get construction underway The Jensen project will provide municipal municipal muni muni- cipal industrial and Irrigation water including 7 acre feet acre feet for a proposed phosphate plant Work would include flood control recreation benefits and drainage ditches in the agricultural area to be served The Reservoir cite will be located on Big Brush Creek about three miles downstream from the crossing of or Highway 44 44 VERNAL CITY GAS NEGOTIATIONS After two and one one half half years the Vernal Vernal Ver Vcr nal City Council reached an unanimous decision that it would be best for the interest of or Vernal City its citizens and the Vernal area to purchase local gas utility Vernal City then hired C C. C II It Hoper Koper and Associates of Denver to make an engineering study and report the value of or the gas system The new cost was which Is under the selling cost of oC 1 The gas system will ull be financed by revenue It was stated that a policy will have to be established WATER QUALITY STUDY FARM Construction of or the Rater aler Quality Study Farm started in January located local ed cd on the Harold E E. E Hullinger farm fare at the south end of or the main runway of or the Vernal Municipal Airport tifty two acres have ha been leased from Crom Mr I Hullinger The federal project was granted to study the quality of irrigation water return return re reo turn flow Total funding of oC the project amounts to nearly Utah State Stale University is in charge of oC the project All field work will be done in Vernal The research and technical study will willbe willbe willbe be performed at the in I Logan ogan DEDICATION OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Uintah Board of or Education conducted dedication ceremonies for Cor over one million million mil mil- lion dollars of or building projects I rejects Projects Included the new 1200 seat 1200 seat junior high auditorium and music department de de- de facilities Central School new purpose multi purpose room addition and media center At the Uintah High School remodeling included construction of oC a new cafeteria cafeteria cafe care teria terla m media dla center sewing machine addition student lounge boys boys' locker room addition and a rear entrance leadIng lead Ing lug to the four Cour new shop buildings on the west side aide of or the school building Also Elementary Ele School was dedicated and Naples Elementary School addition finished OIL DISCOVERY AT BLUEBELL FIELD New oil discoveries were made In the County Bluebell Field and In Uintah County West Gusher oil oilfield field The big find lind was Shell No 1 I 15 miles west of oC Duchesne and some 10 miles southwest of oC Bluebell The new well produced 30 barrels an hour and barrels without any Iny acid icing Izing Oilmen are arc exuberant about the recent finding which may prove to be one of or the biggest oil exploration surges sur sur- In this area WARNER BROTHERS CROW KILLER Production designers and construction chief for Cor the Warner Brothers motion I picture Crow Killer to be partially filmed at I tulle Little Hole southwest side aide of or Green made preparations to construct scenes for Cor the movie Movie actor Robert Bedford and movie director Sydney Pollack will produce the film 1 Production schedules have been lIten set get up to finish h the construction by Jan Jannary nary uary and start shooting March 1 1 MARIJUANA PROSECUTION Prosecution of or two current drug cases In Vernal were seriously hampered by byU byU byU U S S. S and Utah Supreme Courts concerning concerning con con- search warrants and seriousness seriousness seriousness serious serious- ness of or unlawful possession of or marl juana Continued on page 6 Top News Stories Continued from page 1 Because of Df procedures in m obtaining and serving a search warrant warrant warrant war war- rant it was felt the case should be dismissed ACCIDENTS COMPACT CAR KILLS 3 A 1966 olva Volva driving along highway high high- way U U. S S. S 40 nine and one half one half miles west of Vernal left the highway and hit the abutment of the 12 mile 12 mile bridge instantly killing three young people Carl N N. 19 Mountain 1 Lakes New Jersey Mary Iary Dinky Binky Lehn 20 New Britton Britton Brit Brit- ton Connecticut and Elizabeth Jane J Jan Jarris is 23 Boulder Colorado Left in serious condition in the StMark St St. Marks Mark s Hospital al in Salt Sail Lake City was Evelina Lynette Ponce 23 Berkeley California ma HEAD HEAD ON ON COLLISION Three young men hurled to their deaths Monday morning August 3 as their 1970 red Mustang was ripped to shreds in a hend head on on collision with wills a semi semi semi- truck Hi Land IIi Land Dairy unit on Highway 40 nine miles west of Vernal The victims were identified as Kichard Richard Rich Kich ard Charles Charlls 23 23 driver of the car cir and Howard Lee lie Smith 22 both boils bothof of Wyoming Michigan 1 and Paul L L. L 19 New York New York believed to have been hitch hitchhiking SPORTS UTE WRESTLERS TAKE STATE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR Uintah Uintah's a wrestling team brought home its third straight Class B championship despite a strong challenge from both Delta and Union at Reber lIeber City The Uintah Utes won five championship champion champion- ship matches to win the state title with 86 80 points Delta 74 and Union took look third with 67 UTE BASEBALL TAKE STATE Uintah Utes Ules baseball team walked away with its fourth straight Class B championship winning over the Dixie Flyers five to two Ted Taylor Taylar is coach of Df the mighty tiles Lowell Aycock junior was the star with a three three run run home in the sixth inning This was the second year the Utes have sent the flyers scuttling SPECIAL EVENTS UTAH MOTHER OF THE YEAR Mrs Calvin L L. L Smith president of the Utah Mothers Mother s Association announces ces that Alta Alla C C. C Rust has been selected select select- ed cd as the Utah Mother 1 of the Year Mrs Rust represented Utah at the National Mother of the Year contest held in m New York City PETROLEUM DAY Uintah Basin Petroleum Day was held Saturday May 1 23 to salute the oil Industry industry In in- in the Uintah Basin as part of Utah's Utah s foremost business enterprise The events which took place included a parade at 10 a am a.m. m featuring all aspects as dS peels of the petroleum industry The public was then invited to the County Club for a barbecue and to view free displays and movies of Df th petroleum industry A golf tournament was vas scheduled at the Country Club anda and anda a dance began Saturday night LIONS CONVENTION Registration began June 11 for far Vernal Vernal's Ver Ver- nal nals nal's s third Utah State Lions Convention which is expected to draw over Dver 1200 Lions members and their wives Special feature speaker of the convention convention conven conven- tion was Dr Robert D D. McCullough McCullDugh Lions International first vice vice president of Tulsa Oklahoma The Vernal Lions Club has 83 members the Lady Lions has 64 members KIWANIS CONVENTION Kiwanis convention goers started arriving arriving arriving ar ar- riving in Vernal Wednesday for the annual annual an an- nual Utah Utah Idaho Idaho District Kiwanis International International In In- convention scheduled Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day September 10 30 Reservations have been received for over COO members and their wives T T. T R R. R Johnson president of Df Kiwanis International Intel national a former resident of Df Vernal was present GENERAL ELECTION The Democratic Party in Uintah won two commissioner seats scats and lost its previously held sheriffs sheriff's s position in a closely matched general election Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day November 3 3 Over votes vates were cast in the county general election None of the write write write-in in candidates gained gamed enough votes to be bea a threat to any of the running candi candi- candidates dates |