Show Basin Area Inspected As Likely Movie Site Officials of a major movie movie- I making company spent Fri Fri- Friday Friday day and Saturday In the Uin tah Basin to inspect possible sUes sites for a multi million dol dol- dollar I lar spectacular It was report ed at Vernal Chamber of I Commerce meeting Tuesday Here were Wm Creber and Floyd McCarthy of George Stephens Production Inc West Washington Blvd Culver City Call Calif Guided by Dr Leroy Kay of Vernal the officials visit ed Steamboat Rock Pats Pat's hole lIole and Harpers Corner DR KAY SAID they were thrilled with the pictures pictures- picturesque picturesque que nature of the scenery and took about pictures They disclosed that q director r wilt will visit Arell- Arell if he l e approves of the site movie makIng will begin In late July or early August The visitors said they had Inspected many places during the past eight weeks but Steamboat Rock was by far the best The movie makers are planning the film version of The Greatest Story Ever Told an account of the life of Christ THE OFFICIALS earlier had met Francis Feltch In Moab a popular Ing center and had been in to this area They had magazine pictures of Steam Steam- Steamboat boat Rock Roell and declared their intentions of inspecting that site Other Chamber business Tuesday included a report that G E director tor of Vernal fieldhouse would visit Salt Lake City to tomake tomake make a TV tape on the mus mus- museum cuss eum extension for a telecast Work on a recreation map of the area aren is continuing and about copies will be printed at a cost of Continued on n page paga 5 3 Movie Set Continued from page 1 IT WAS REPORTED that tha t published the Forest Service has pub pub- a booklet on the Shee Sheep p Creek area which is highly scenic and will become in- in increasingly In Increasingly popular as roads road s develop Tom Grua of Uintah Uinta h and Mick True Tru and W H Link of Link Lin Truck Lines explained the th e new rearranged arranged freight rat rate schedule which is now on a mileage basis They estimated that th the e changes would average about abou t a 2 to 3 increase The ma mat matter t- t ter was the retail l merchants committee for fo r study BILL MAYBERRY man man- manager manager ager of th the local HI Land d Dairy operation left a report t disclosing that Land Ill will wil t include invitations to Din Dino- Dino Dinosaur o- o Land in its commercials commercial s over radio station in 1 Salt Lake City |