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Time flies, memory fades. it is a full 10 years since man first walked on the moon, yet it does not seem like yesterday, So much has happened down here on Earth in this eventful decade, space exploration itself has gone beyond the moon in other and unmanned directions, that this supreme achievement of human… Continue reading A Mun on the Moon

Utah had 374 traffic fatalities in 1918, up from the 360 in 1977 and second highest toll in the states history. The all-time record year for fatal accidents was 1972, with a total of 383. In the early years of the 55 mph speed limit, fatalities dropped quite dramatically. But the to l is climbing… Continue reading High Cost of Accidents

Smoldering differences within the all-Republican Utah County Commission broke into the open during the past week. The “rift” became quite public, with new Commissioner Jerry Bradshaw issuing “news releases” castigating veteran Commissioners Kar Lyman, chairman, and Kenneth Pinegar for what he called violation of open meeting. laws, passing measures in is absence, and other procedures… Continue reading Differences on County Board

Rep. Gunn McKay’s announcement that a House subcommittee will conduct a “full-scale” investigation into radiation and nuclear fallout health dangers to Utah and Nevada is reassuring. The congressman said Rep. Robert Eckhardt, D-Tex., chairman of the House commerce oversight and investigation subcommittee, would schedule hearings in Washington, Utah, and Nevada on (1) the effects of… Continue reading Utah-Nevada Fallout Study

Utah County has one of the hottest tourist attractions in the state in the Osmond Studios in northeast Orem – and this without the benefit of a great deal of promotion thus far. A state travel source was quoted unofficially as saying the Osmond movie and TV producing faclllty ranks next to Temple Square among… Continue reading Utah Valley and Tourism

‘I’he Interstate Commerce Commission is exgected to rule next week on t e Rio Grande Railroad’s request to discontinue the Salt Lake-to-Grand Junction leg of its Zephtyr passenger train. And if the I C goes a ong with the company’s request, the last run over the link which traverses Utah County, could come as early… Continue reading Zephyr Ruling Anticipated

The Clean Air Act of 1907 re ires that companies like neva Works bring the primary ..ir particulate level to 75 micrograms per cubic meter by the close of 1982. Geneva Works of U. S. Steel Corp. has accepted the responsibility – and after much research and engineering, says it can do the cleanup job… Continue reading EPA Should Give Go-Ahead
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Central Utah Project, the state’s No. I water development program, has encountered many pro lerns through the years, most of them involving the federal government or national issues. – But now the vital billion-dollar project faces a new test in a dispjute with Utahns – Indians of the lntah and Ouray Reservation over the Ute… Continue reading New Concern Over CUP

How fast the national debt has spiraled! In July 1972 the Herald carried an editorial supporting President Nixon’s appeal to Congress to hold the line on Eolitically-inspired spending in t e election year. Nixon had just asked Congress for legislation temporarily extending the $450 billion ceiling on the national debt. So how much is the… Continue reading Sud Story of Nution&1TI%I:5

There’ll be pomp and ceremony at Cedar City Wednesday when Dr, Orville D, Carnahan is inaugurated as 12th president of the Southern Utah State College. Gov. Scott M. Mathesen will be there. So will Commissioner Terrel H. Bell of the Utah System of Higher Education; Donald B. H0 brook, chairman of the Utah State Board… Continue reading Inauguration Ceremonies