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Show Sen. A. V. Watkins Cited For Work On River Project Senator Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) (R-Utah) is the recipient of a cherished cher-ished Certificate of Merit presented present-ed to him in his office by Chairman Chair-man Tom Bolack of Upper Colorado Colo-rado River Grass Roots, Inc. and his fellow Aqualantes. , The Aqualantes are a four-state organization of citizens interested in assuring the fuLl development of the water resources of the Upper Up-per Colorado River Basin. Senator Watkins is a member of the four-state four-state delegation which campaigned for this project, an effort capped by passage this session of the Upper Up-per Colorado Storage Project, a $760 million development involving involv-ing four states. Chairman Bolack previously had presented a Certificate of Merit to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhow-er, who emphatically endorsed the Project on numerous occasions and' signed the bill making it public pub-lic law., Other Certificates are to be awarded, Mr. Bolack said, to members of the Congressional delegations in the four participating participat-ing states of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming Wy-oming and New Mexico. |