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Show Milford Weatherstation faces Shutdown to the farmers of this area by giving weather data which is so important in the harvesting har-vesting of local grain crops," he told the committee. What seems to be a simple administrative move would cause serious disruption among the farmers in southwestern south-western Utah, Congressman Dan Marriott said this week. Addressing a House subcommittee Thursday on the proposed closing of the Milford weather station, Marriott said such an action would "leave 20 percent of the state of Utah without the benefit of accurate weather information." Marriott said both agricultural interests and air travelers would be affected af-fected if the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric At-mospheric Administration, NOAA, goes ahead with plans to shut down the Milford station. "This station provides a unique and very important service |