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Show Spotlighting tUTAH-1 "STRICT INSPECTION SEEN FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Strict inspection of motor vehicles will be the theme of this season's inspection period starting March 15 and ending June 15. Superintendent Superintend-ent P. L. Dow of the state highway patrol says that after June 15, his men will begin arresting all nonconformists. non-conformists. The law requires that all vehicles in Utah must bear an inspection sticker between June 13 and September Sep-tember 15. By enforcing strict inspections, in-spections, the patrol hopes to prevent pre-vent many highway accidents. Utah has about 170,000 vehicles. WILL BUILD MOTION PICTURE FILM INDUSTRY The Utah department of publicity and Industrial development is now developing a motion picture film library of Utah's major scenic attractions. at-tractions. Recently the national ski events held at Snow basin were filmed In color by the department who hopes In the near future to be able to have for distribution Its own publicity film on Utah's major ski areas. When completed the picture will be available for showing before ski clubs and others Interested in winter sports. UTAH AIRPORTi LISTED FOR IMPROVEMENT Among the 307 large airports In the nation which congress has been asked to approve new construction or lmprovem-U Z.e have been listed list-ed for Utah. The Utah airports and contemplated expenditures arc listed as follows: Provo, municipal, $50,140 and $80,870; Salt Lake City municipal, No. 1, $125,000 and $220,-656; $220,-656; Logan and Cache county, $43.-640 $43.-640 and $70,200; Ogden, Hinckley, $50,000 and $80,438; Delta, municipal, $10,190 and $16,430. STATE TO MIDS- VETERANS' GRAVES The State of Utah haa ordered 500 bronze grave markers to be used In marking graves 6f Utah veterans veter-ans In all wars. The markers will cost $10,750. D. U. P. WEEK PROCLAIMED "Know your living pioneers week" has been proclaimed by Oovernor Herbert B. Maw starting Sunday, March 15th. While no original pioneers of 1847 are still alive, the Daughters of U-tah U-tah Pioneers estimate that of the 80,000 Mormon pioneers who migrated migra-ted to Utah between 1847 and 1809, fewer than 100 remain alive today. As a special honor to the present living pioneers, observances will be held during the "Know your living pioneer week" throughout Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and California. CAPITOL INTERIOR TO SPARKLE It will cost $4,320 to clean several sever-al season's smoke and grime from the walls of the Capitol rotunda, reports Secretary of State E. E. Monson. The walls and murals were last cleaned Just before the war. The cleaning Job will require sixty days and will be completed before the summer centennial tourist season begins. |