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Show will be passed shortly by the full Senate as well," the Utahn added. The 710-foot-hlgh dam, completed com-pleted in 19G3, is on the Colorado Colo-rado River in northern Arizon-a, Arizon-a, some 12 miles downstream from the Utah-Arizona border. Then -President Eisenhower pressed a button from the White House to trigger the first blast signaling the start of construction on the dam. ' Senate Committee 'approves change in Glen Canyon Name I Son. Wallace F. Bennett, R-Utah, R-Utah, today announced the Senate Interior Committee Wednesday afternoon ap- ' proved his bill to rename the Glen Canyon Dam in honor of former President Dwight D. Elsenhower. The Utahn, who introduced the bill on March 20, was joined by 62 other Senators as co -sponsors. "I am very pleased the Interior In-terior Committee gave the measure its stamp of approval approv-al today, and am confident it |