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<br />!loo'~;~~ ~~y I, <br />'To Talk at ~, <br />e r <br /> <br />~ Dam Event ~ <br />, / <br />Floyd E:' Dom1ny, commis- <br />" <br />sioner of the U.S. Bureau of l3 <br />r <br />n Reclamation, will be principal S <br />n speaker at groundbl'eaking cere- ( <br />monies for the Blue Mesa Dam <br />o near Gunnison, Colo., July 7. t <br />d Shooting of a big charge of t <br />11 dynamite signaling the official J <br />_ ground breaking for this vital <br />phase of the CUrecanti unit of i' <br />the Colorado River Storage Proj- ~ <br />~ct is scheduled to follow Dom- <br />my's talk at about 2 :45 p.m. t <br />that day:. <br />,Jim Seery I Curecanti project C <br />3 engineer I said the blast wllI he <br />seen and hea.rd tor se\-'eral <br />miles. I\olore than 3,000 specta. r. <br />tors will have a grandAtand view <br />from a. vantage point about a <br />mile east of tbe damsite on the \~ <br />Gunnison River. r' <br />Among those scheduied to \ <br />participate in the ceremonies 1 <br />starting at 2 p.m. that Saturday <br />are Gov. Steve McNichols and t, <br />Felix L. Sparks, director of the a <br />Colorado Water Conservation \~ <br />Board. <br />The CurecanU unit ultimately <br />will involve the construction of 1< <br />two and possibly three major E <br />dams on the Gunnison, ? <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />OENvW-. Post <br />S!'3I/{,Z> <br />