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Until three months ago, Kanab (pop. 1,287) was a peaceful, elm-shaded Mormon oasis amid the wind-worn rocks and wild hills of south-central Utah. Basically a cow town, it was a pleasant stop for tourists and a sometime location for Hollywood westerns. Three months ago, Kanab's quiet was disturbed by the discovery of commercial-grade uranium ten miles east of town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Geiger-Counter Murder | 5/31/1954 | See Source »

Married. Rhonda Fleming, 28, auburn-haired cinemactress (The Great Lover); and Dr. Lewis V. Morrill Jr., 36, Beverly Hills surgeon; she for the second time, he for the third; in Kanab, Utah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 21, 1952 | 7/21/1952 | See Source »

Pink-faced, burly Burl has been on location for eight weeks at Kanab, Utah. In a rumpled, tan coat, baggy pants, and a red bandana around his throat, he looks more like a studio hand than a new star. Now about to be given a big Hollywood push, he well remembers his last trip to Hollywood, fresh out of the Army. He got a runaround. Says he: "Boy, it sure beats all the way they throw jobs at you when you finally land a good one, and the way they hide jobs on you when you haven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Blue-Tail Fly | 9/24/1945 | See Source »

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