Show hold mee meeting ting of weather assoc alsoc A special meet meeting fg of the tn san juan weather Im improvement improved proven t association was held hel d june 22 at cortez mr tom denver public relations counselor for the water resources development advised the board that teletype units were being installed in their area offices over which all news and weather feather forecasts will be transmitted from denver one unit is being installed at cortez ir I 1 he also reported a that several generators in in southwestern colorado and Soui southeastern heastern utah had been shifted to new locations A generator was placed at naturita Na turita there was considerable considerable complaint from members reg regarding aiding inaccuracies of weather forecasts coming to the area and the lack of personal and local attention to weather conditions here by the according to A jay redd san juan county chairman the board asked that mr lew grant chief meteorologist ot of be sent lit in immediately and that a local i meteorologist be stationed in the area to consult with board members on matters pertaining to seeding of the atmosphere during cloudy periods representatives agreed to this proposition and said that mr grant would be sent next week to t meet with the various county chairmen they also agreed thata that a meteorologist meter would be available throughout the area to keehln close touch with local conditions mr redd said mr admitted the lack of attention in this area and also the inaccuracy nac curacy of weather forecasts he explained that it was due to the company being in the process of moving its offices from Pasa pasadena deni to denver and also to the ithe vast amount of territory that had been taken into the program by unanimous vote the board d agreed to withold the july payment to until it showed tangible evidence of good falan fainn it was brought out at the meeting et n that the Colo colorado radd state ie legislature ls latue had enacted into law house ouse hill bill an ac to assist and to foster private or public research and development in artificial weather modification and to protect life property and public interests from injurious weather modification practices the board discussed the fact that in its special session the utah legislature enacted into law a bill authorizing various county commissions to levy a one mill tax on all property for rain making purposes there were fourteen present at the meeting attending from this area were mr R redd edd J C ketchum and paul covey cortez A L james and walter snyder dove creek |