Show Industrial Development Conference The rho world o outside side utah seems to believe we are narrow provincial straight straight- laced and backward We are not projecting the proper propel image of ourselves Richard Benson manager of Utah Valley Industrial Develop Develop- Development ment Association call call- called ld ed for every to become involved in selling Utah Ulah as a place to live work and grow Expand your minds and do something about development he The comments came during ing Vernal's Seventh Economic Development and Forecasting Conference Monday evening Sixt Sixty persons gathered for the Chamber of sponsor Commerce ed event SHARES ON SALE Roger chairman of Vernal's newly emerging in- in industrial industrial Development Corpora Corpora- Corporation lion tion reported that shares in the corporation are now on sale Plans for fOl foran an industrial park are arc also In the works he reported Successful efforts of and others have brought 15 new industries to the Utah Valley Mr 1111 Benson told the conference explaining that all but two are arc home based there To really work life and vito vit- must be into any devElopment program the speaker explained Gl Glenn nn Cooper chairman of I the Vernal Chambers Chamber's Industrial al Development Committee called the conference to order at pm at the Hotel Ver Ver- Ver nal cal Bill Gibson program chair chair- I ma n introduced town out guest speakers Gen Maxwell executive vice president for Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and Mr 11 Benson of Speaking as Industrial Devel Devel- Development sub committee chair chair- chairman man Mr Hocking hacking reported the progress of the new Vernal cur eor lie Ill announced the sale price of shares of stock stockis stockis is 25 each with a minimum subscription of 50 Ten per pel percent cent must be paid at time of subscription Twenty five sub sub- subscribers scribers must obligate themselves yes ves before the corporation Can be filed with the Secretary of State he said INVOLVEMENT NEEDED Mr Bensons Benson's remarks fitted closely with Mr Hackings Hacking's call for community financial sup port Everyone has to be in- in even though it is just 50 cents each person must feel they own part o of the com com com- community and will take pride in it he explained Total com com- community Involvement is essentIal ial Ial Even your must be involved Community efforts to attract new industry must overcome the widespread impression that arent aren't interested in in- in industrial development the Utah Valley leader continued If you dont don't have prepared indus indus- industrial industrial trial sites these must be zoned d and set aside for indus Indus- Industrial trial development Streets curbs and utilities all must be In and ready and a price set sel on the land The manager suggest ed cd that weak areas be ana ana ana- analyzed and real effort be spent to strengthen them Weakest area in his opinion seemed to be community im Im- Im Image age You cant can't hide the heart of a community Sir Mr Benson continued All anyone has to todo todo do is 15 ask the people how they feel about their town Every Every- Everyone one must take pride in where Continued on page 6 j- j r f r 1 vr I I i r tw v I et I G j jj j t w r rI I y r ri i 1 v I 1 I iJ 1 IJ I 1 I J wl f I f I tl l t y 1 I J 1 of jh lf L sJ I I t il 0 I wN jI tf J l t A 4 j t l jr f 1 II t r l f 1 a i GEN MAXWELL RICH addresses the Economic Conference held Monday In Vernal Richard Benson left was the meets meet's other guest speaker Program chairman Bill Bill Gib son and development committee chairman Glenn Cooper far right headed the pro gram Staff photo Industrial Development t Continued from page 1 they live then go out and tell the world We want industry in our town Turning to youths of the corn com Mr Benson called for renewed efforts to turn young minds toward developing their local area rather tha than looking for other places to move to ECONOMIC SUMMARY Cham Chamber er President Jack A Seitz delivered what was later praised by his organization as asan asan an excellent summation of what has happened and may be expected to happen in the Basin area Strong economic factors listed by him included the US For est Service with a 2 annual budget and 56 em em- employees the Bureau of Land Management also with a large budget and staff the National Park Service with Dinosaur Quarry repairs contracted a system planned I and 30 seasonal employees fore fore- forecast cast for this summer the I Bureau of Indian Affairs with development planned on the Cedar View Reservoir John Star Flat and Bottle Hollow pro pro- projects projects and 23 new cooperative homes planned Fish and Wildlife works in- in include include clude the Ouray Refuge and a December 1968 completion date set for Jones Hole Fish Hatch Hatch- Hatchery ery Bureau of Reclamation works include the Starvation Dam project underway in Duch- Duch Duchesne Duchesne esne County Road projects this season will include Manila highway Sheep Creek resurfacing for Indian Canyon relocation and surfacing al al- al allocated located for US 40 alignment and a Uintah County project to improve the Maeser Lapoint road Vernal Junior High School is slated for completion this year Dr Seitz reported and a con con- contract tract is set for the vocational center in Duchesne County Oil developments include 10 new wells in the area and four or five n new w wells be be- be belag lag ing brought in by Tenneco in Mile 12 Wash Phosphate mining is teetering on the outcome of the copper strike he noted and new developments were foreseen for gilsonite agriculture or home homebuilding homebuilding building although some new hones homes are replacing older ones Tourism will be affected by bya a a loss of Wasatch Front traffic jf if the copper Strike through the summer Dr Seitz observed lie He too called for a stimulus of industrial growth and a search for some means of retaining our young people Gen Maxwell Rich addressed his remarks primarily to com com- coming ing developments in the Salt Lake Valley where he foresees greatly expanded air facilities as a boon to increased travel I tourism convention and and sport sport- sporting ing events in the Salt Lake area Specifically he explained a scheme now under consideration tion for building parking ramps over Union Station with a mono mon monorail orail connecting link to the Salt Lake air terminal log ing only a minute 3 coach run Visitors from Rangely and Roosevelt were among the aud- aud audience audience attending the conference which ended at |