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Show I Spotlighting I UTAH NATION'S GOVERNORS TO MEET IN I'TAII Up ii the urging .f (lovernor Herbert B. Maw. the executive council of the National Governor's Curnerence hus .se'ect.-d Salt Lake CMy as the site tor the 1S47 national na-tional governor's convention. 'They huve be Invited t come and see wlih their own eyes, the beginning of a new Industrial empire em-pire of the wesl", said Governor MaW. ft DISNEY TO FILM UTAH PICTURE The Colorado River, one of Utah's greatest undeveloped resources, will be featured in a Walt Disney educational film next reason. Norman D. Nevllls, Mexican Hat. Utah, and termed the "Worlds No. 1 Riverman" has teen signed by the Disney studios to act as technical tech-nical advisor and "star" of the film. Erwin L. Verity, unit production manager of the DLsney studios came to Utah purposely to sign the contract with Mr. Nevllls and confer con-fer with the Utah Department of Publicity and Industrial Development Develop-ment relative to the possibility or making other educational pictures in this Mate. CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT, "PROSPERITY MAKER" By 1970, Utah's potential power market will amount to two and one-half billion kilowatt hours, declares de-clares E. O. Larson, regional director, direc-tor, U. 8. Bureau of Reclamation. It Is now up to the people of Utah whether they will make themselves prosperous by supplying that power or rely on neighboring states for approximately two-thirds of It, he pointed out. The Central Utah project would supply 2,01)0,000.000 kilowatt hours of electrical jiower, provide adequate ade-quate irrigation water for 450,000 acres of Utah land of which 150,000 acres would be land never before irrigated. |