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The Provo Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee will honor Mike Jense Friday as a prelude to Aviation Day at the airport Saturday. Designation of “Mike Jense Day” provides a fitting recognition for a man who has been at the forefront in aviation here for so many years, Mike, founder of the Central Utah Aviation whose… Continue reading ‘Mike Jenso Day’ in Provo

Figures for the first nine months of 1976 in the just-released Uniform Crime Report released by FBI Director Clarence M, Kelley show some gains and some losses in the fight against crime. Serious crime in the nation rose 2 per cent during the first three quarters of the year over the same period in 1975,… Continue reading Crime: Ever-Urgent Problem

A long – envisioned blooming mill at Geneva Works was put into operation Monday as an integral part of U.S. Steel’s Geneva Works. Appropriate ceremonies marked the occasion, with a fair sized crowd of community leaders, steel customers, and steel officials present as Utah’s first lady, Lucybeth Rampton, threw the switch to signal the official… Continue reading Steel Industry Milestone

Persons and groups with evidence and opinions relevant to the proposed Four Seasons Project have an official opportunity now to be heard. They will receive that opportunity at hearings on the preliminary environmental statement; and during a po’st – hearing period extending possibly into the early days of July. The hearings for receiving public input… Continue reading Four Seasons Hearings

Utah commemorated its entry into the Union as the 45th state at weekend ceremonies. The principal observance, of course, was the Saturday night program in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, a “reenactment” of the statehood celebration of Jan. 4, 1896. Since the Tabernacle event kicked off the state’s Bicentennial year events, you might say it was… Continue reading Utah Begins 81st Year

Steps are being taken in Utah County to fill a longtime need – a rural area house numbering system. Sometimes in the past, calls for an emergency service – a fire engine, ambulance, or law enforcement officer, for example – have not been answered swiftly simply because those involved got temporarily lost en route or… Continue reading Rurul House Numbering

Pleasant Grove’s city hall built in 1939-40 as a WPA project – is a long way from being adequate for all services of the growing city now housed within its walls. Thus, the announcement of a government grant of a $432,500 for a new public safety and court building is good news. The allocation was… Continue reading New Public Safety Building

When he retired after quarter of a century as sectetary and manager of the Provo Chamber of Commerce years ago, Clayton Jenkins was honored at a community banquet and testimonial. It was a memorable occasion for the man who had played such an important leadership role in the community for so long. There have been… Continue reading Deserved Recognition

Reports of the demise of the family farm have been greatly exaggerated. Far from disappearing, the family farm still accounts for about twothirds of American agricultural production, according to the chief economist. of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Not only that, this percentage has remained stable over a long period of time. ” We don’t… Continue reading Family Farm Still Stable

AProvo’s Freedom Festival moves to the center stage this week in the’Central Utah paradevof celebrations – anda look atithe schedule indicates there’ll be plenty of color, excitement, and patriotic flavor. It will be Bhe Bicfentennial edition( of a long. string of Provo , Independence Day celebrations. U Early-day Provoans celebrated the “Fourth” at the “public… Continue reading Provo Freedom Festival