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Show unumwi II Several hundred years ago Black Mesa, located southwest of Blanding, was used by Indians, in more recent years it was the site of Indian skirmishes and wars with chases involving the infamous An-asa- i Old i q Posey. Tuesday of this week this same mesa became the site of perhaps the most apparent industry of the decade a mis sile shoot. At near 10 am. Tuesday morning the first in a series of five programmed Army Pershmg missiles roared from and climbits erector-launche- r ed high into the sky. and impacted some four minutes lat . v White Sands as prom ammed. A BYTTEKY FIRES The firing unit of the successful test was A Battery', 2nd Missile Battalion, lph Artillery, fiom Fort Sill, Okla Battalion commander is L. Col. Pat Powers and A Battery is commanded by Capt. Donald Phipps er a distance in excess of 330 miles away at White Sands Missile Range, N. M. Thus opens a new era for Black Mesa, an area largely unused in recent yeais except for sheep grazing and perhaps an occasional sightseer or arrowhead hunter. HOLD FIRST The first of the Pershmgs, a two stage type missile, was to have been fired at 6 40 a. m. Tuesday. A hold during the countdown held the sleek 34 foot long missile until near 10 a m. when the countdow n w as resumed and the vehicle was fired and the warhead impacted at NO. 2 SCRUBBED . when used by ternoon but have been invited i troop; .n back for a programmed te-.- t at t! e field The Pershing is do 2 p m. Fi iday Officials from signed to replace the Armys Cortez are also scheduled to 70 foot Rtdstone in the long witness the Friday firing range artilleiy field. Less than TRAILS SEEN half the length of the RedConti ails and smoke from stone, the Pershing has a cap the rising missiles have been ability of being fired twice as deal ly v lsible as far north as far as the Redstone range of Monticello and east to Cortez 200 nules. Kayenta, Ariz residents aKo SYFETY FIRST ti-- Tuesday afternoon another leport that the filings are visshot was scrubbed but in an ible that far south 6 40 a m. firing MCJICAIi CONDITIONS Tiete d conditions are sum Wednesday morning another Pershing was successfully fir- u atcd throughout the firings ed Dignitaries, including May-o- i operations and the launchings s, city councilmen an coun- are service tests to dateimme system meets ty officials, were guests at the it be Per-h.n- g scheduled firing Tuesday af tm desired militaiy eharutter- - solid-propella- 1 Safety requnements for the e firing over populated areas aie quite stringent and some delays caused with the Blanding firings would piobably not hold the missile in actual combat use Another shot went Wednesday afternoon, making a total of three successfully fired Perslnngs to date. Tentative plans call for the final two missiles in the series to be fued Friday'. Similar Pershing tests were conducted last month from Hueco Range, pait of the Ft. Bliss, Texas installation and additional filings, afer completion of the Blanding series, are scheduled from near Ft. Wingate, N M to White Sards. Tests from all the sites are being conducted by the Missile Division of the U 3 Army Artillery Board Prime contractor for the Pershing ballistic missile is Martin Company, Orlando, Fla. Div ision. r Volume 47 Monticello, San Juan County, Utah 10 per copy 12 Pages Thursday, September 26, 1963 Number 35 i Residents over 35 urged l. Terraces start at lake to take glaucoma test All residents over the age that there are at least 34 cases PAINLESS of 35 were this week urged by of glaucoma within San Juan The process for detecting Monticello Lions Club President County. glaucoma is entirely painless. Howard Rogers to participate in the free glaucoma screening clinic to be held at Monticello High school next Thursday, Oct 3, from 7 to Eye physicians throughout the state we cooperating fully with the testing progiam and so far have tested 27,138 sate residents. These doctors have 9 30 pm. given over $136 000 in public Monticello Lions are"'coupon- service to this program since soring the clinic - furnishing December of 1959 medications and supplies and the actual clinical testing will be done by Utah eye physicf ians and local medical Assisting the medical doctors will be the Lions, Utah Society for the Prevention of Blindness, Utah Commission for the Blind and local public health nurses. CAUSES BLINDNESS Glaucoma, an eye malady affecting persons 35 and over, is a common eye condition that slowdy steals vision causing blindness. Claucomas onset seems to be slow and it is undectable to the person who has it. Pressure builds up w ith-the eye and damages nerve fibres. Some symptoms are rainbows or halos around lights, dull headaches and misty vision that frequent changes of glasses will not satisfy. At an estimated rate of two per cent of total population of over 35, it Is reasoned j An anesthetic is administered in the form of eye drops and the pressure within the eye is measured with an instrument called a tonometer. The anesthetic drops do not affect vision and tested person can drive immediately. pract-lcioner- ( t i ' A WILKIN CONTRACTING CO. bulldozer is here shown making terracing cuts on the hill north of Monticello Lake. A total of 135 acres will receive the ter- National Forest by the Acracing treatment with funds provided to Manti-LaScelerated Public Works allocation. Terraces will be seeded and the entire area will be fenced to prevent livestock entrance until the grass has taken hold sufficRecord Photo iently. More photos on page 5 al ' Bean cutting now underway msA. PERSHING MISSILE number two roars from the Black Mesa launch site southwest of Blanding, San Juan Countys little Cape Canaveral, right on schedule at 6:40 a.m. Wednesday. These sequence photos were taken by The Record from the press site some 3,000 feet from the actual launch spot and show the initial lift-oe solid fuel missile of the and its course as it continues to gain altitude. Four minutes later, after successful separation of the first stage and ignition of second stage, the warhead of the Pershing impacted at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., a distance of over 350 miles. The missile contains an inertial guidance system and is fired in a trajectory (curve) much the same as the flight of a bullet. Three of the mighty bullets have been fired so far with the final two in the series scheduled Friday. Record Photos More photos on page 9 ff two-stag- Although some beans have been cut on farms in the extreme eastern portion of the county it would appear from talking with farmers and grain men this week that many beans are now in the process of being cut and cutting has not begun in places. Threshing of beans will probably begin on some farms next week, weather willing, and some reports of yield should be available then. So far the weather has been cooperative with no rain on the newly cut beans and no freezes to damage beans which have not been cut. Prespects for a good yield appear Scenes around town . Porcuplne sauntering down Main and Center . . . fishing still popular at first lake . . . hunters looking over their guns and attire for big game season . . . several leaving to meet the president in Salt Lake City . . . two businesses under new management street at from heavy water runoff, lack of necessary cover and other erosional problems e will be cured on a plot around Monticello Lake with completion of a terracing and fencing project now underway there. Harold Laird, of the Monticello office of the Manti-LaSa- l National Forest, said funds for the needed project were obtained through an Accelerated Public Works allocation to the forest. Funds so obtained will also be used to rehabilitate the Devils Canyon picnic grounds and to close and seed abandoned mining roads. STARTED FRIDAY Actual work on the lake terracing project began last Friday by the Wilkin contract- ing Co. of Monticello. WTilkm was low bidder on the project w ith a $12 60 hourly rate fee USE OF THE TONOMETER to measure eye tension for the dozer used. Mr. Laird said the project or pressure is demonstrated in this photo. The infor0 would cost approximately mation thus gained determines if an individual act- which will also include a ually has glaucoma, the sight-robbin- g eye disease. An fence some two miles long to instrument such as this will be the main tool used in keep livestock from the area held. the free glaucoma detection clinic to be held at Mon- while the grass is taking Following cutting of the terticello High school next Thursday (Oct. 3) from 7 to races a mixture of 10 pounds 9:30 p.m. The tonometer procedure is painless be- of grass seed to the acre will cause a local anesthetic is placed in each eye, as an eye be broadcast. HOLD 3 INCH RAIN drop, before the tonometer is placed on the eye. Terraces are so constructed Damage p 135-acr- $7,-40- k that they tirely a contain enrainfall at the steeper areas would three-inc- h Hat Chamber holds successful dance one time. On they wall be placed 66 feet The Mexican Hat Chamber apart. Dams are spaced within the terraces so that they of Commerce sponsored anare actually small closed res- other very successful dance ervoirs and not just deep Saturday night at Bobs Cafe. Proceeds of the dance, which was well attended by townsCOMPLETE 2 YYEEKS people, service men and out Mr. Laird said he expected of town guests, will be used the project to be completed for the Chambers projects. The Chamber is planning a within two weeks or prior to Hunters Ball which will be the opening of deer season held on Oct. 17. ditches. Urge park headquarters here Following receipt of information from the Department of Interior that no site has been chosen for park headquarters for the proposed National Park, the County Commission Monday authorized letters to be written strongly urging that any such headquarters be San Juan been chosen was contained in a letter from that department to Sen. Bennett. The departments letter stated that A conclusive determination on the question of a location for headquarters can be made only after a Master Plan for the management and visitor use of the park has been developed. The Master Plan for Canyonland3 must, of course, wait for its establishment as a National Park. The letter went on to say located in San Juan County. The commission had written to Sen. Wallace F. Bennett asking information concerning the park headquarters and access roads. Sen. that the preliminary studies Bennett m turn wrote the In- for development of the park terior Department and the in- showed The Neck and Squaw formation that no site had (Continued on Page 8) |