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Show Serials Order Dept. University of Utah 84112 SLC,Utah AMHttCMW WESTERN T . VOLUME 1, NUMBER SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 312 MONDAY, NOVEMER 18, 1974 Funded Projects Revenue-Sharin- g Account Executives Join SSord Advertising Labor Department Warns About Paying Wages Government General entities receiving funds for construction projects should be aware that they are subject to the Revenue-Sharin-g Act which provides for prevailing wages in the construction industry. Failure to comply with all of the Act can result in severe penalties for a city, county or state whose total cost of a construction project uses 25 or more revenue-sharin- g funds, warned Davis-Baco- n pro-visio- ns Richard J. Hernandez, Wage Specialist in Denver. His office administers the Act in the six states of Colorado, Montana, North and South Dakota, Utah and WyomDavis-Baco- n Davis-- Bacon ing. The U. S. Department of Labor official said that failure to comply with the Act's provisions can the loss of revenue-sharin- g funds and a 10 per .cent penalty fee. The problem appears to be a substantial one because of lack of knowledge of the requirements by local and state government offire-sult- in cials, Hernandez said. The requirements uiclude: The insertion of prevaling wage rates for various occupations in the contract before the work in done. The prevailing wage rates are determined by the Wage Determ- ination Office. Mountain Fuel Tests Well SALT LAKE CITY A four-hodrill stem test of Mountain Fuel Supply Company's Spearhead Ranch well No. 6 in northeastern Wyoming has produced a ur flow of 48 degree gravity oil at the rate of 1140 barrels a day and natural gas at the rate of 1,750,-00- 0 cubic feet a day, it was announced Wednesday by B. Z. Kastler, Company president. The test was made in the top of the Frontier formation at a depth interval of 12,606 to 12,620 feet through a inch choke with 2400 psi flowing surface pressure. The well is located 2 miles southeast o fthe No. 1 discovery -- well. Mountain Fuel Supply Company, operator of the well, owns 62.25 percent of the well and is paying 62.25 percent of the cost of drilling. Other partners in the drilling venture are Chevron Oil Company, Southland Royalty Company, Davis Oil Company, Exxon Company, U. S. A., and Phillip Petroleum Company. 1 Submission of certified payrolls to the contracting agency. Recording of payrolls on a weekly basis. Reviewing the wage rates and calling the Wage Determination office when they are in error. They should also watch for discrepancies in classifications. Posting of prevailing wage rates at the construction site. Assuring that there are regulations in the anti-kickba- ck contract Government agencies should contact the Wage Determination office of the Employment Standards Administration (ESA) to insure compliance before they go to bid. The Jack W. Carlson To be Keynote at UP&L Seminar Jack W. Carlson, nominee for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Energy and Minerals, will be the keynote speaker at a special Energy Management Seminar, December 5 starting at 9 a.m. at the main ballroom of the University of Utah student union building. The seminar is under the auspices of the U. S. Dop rment of Commerce and sponsored by Utah Power & Light Co., the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce and -- the Utah Manufacturers Assoc. Mr. Carlson is the senior policymaking official on energy under Secretary Morton. Mr. Carlson ' is a graduate of the University of Utah. Also participating in the seminar is Dr. Irwin M. Stelzer, nationally noted energy economist and president of the National Economic Research Associates. He will discuss the economic impact on business of the developing changes in energy utilization. Dr. R. Hill, now associated with the Electric Power Research Institute and formerly on the University of Utah faculty, is one of the nation's foremost authorities on coal as a prime energy source for the immediate future. Other speakers include Virgil Dolen, regional vice president of Amoco Oil Co.; Dr. Val A. George office is located in Room 15415 Federal Office BIdg., 1961 Stout St, Denver, Colo. 80202. Phone: 303837-4818. The only exception to payment lower than the established Davis-Baco- n rate comes with the presence of a registered apprenticeship program which provides for trainee positions. It must be registered with the Bureau of Ap- Mr. Murdock was most recently Director of Agencies for the Ideal National Insurance Company before moving to Nord Advertising. Responsibilities as Director entailed overall direction of company sales effort, including manpower recruiting and selection, motivation, Public relations, advertising and agency service for a 16 state operations area. prenticeship and Training. Enforcement of the Davis-Baco- n Act in construction involving general revenue sharing is the responsibility of ESA's Wage and Hour Division. Workers can file a complaint through that office if they feel there are violations of the Act Hernandez emphasized that state and municipal agencies should read carefully the contract they sign when receiving general revenue-sharin- g monies since the penalties are severe. ters and three sons. Edward O'SulIivan, moves to Nord Advertising Associates as Account Executive from KLAT Radio, Bountiful, where he was Sales Manager. Prior to that Mr. Murdock was Director of Sales for the Surety Life Insurance Company and of SurEquity, a mutual fund broker-dealeHe also served as Director of Sales Promotion and Advertising for KSL Radio and Vice-Preside- nt r. Davis New Wage and Hour Head in Salt Lake City prediction for incoming industries and jobs, particularly in the energy field. Davis wants to make sure these new employers are aware of and understand the laws on wages and hours as they begin establishement and expansion of their work forces. Davis also will continue to work with State and local government groups who are newly covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act's minimum wage and overtime pay Jesse Davis, a Utah native, has been named area director of the Wage and Hour Division in Salt Lake City covering Utah, Montana, and Wyoming, the U. S. Department of Labor's Employment Standard Administration has announced. Davis has been replaced as assistant area director by Robert C. Kelley of Bismarck, North Dakota. Davis is responsible for enforcing the minimum wage and overtime pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, laws prohibiting sex and age discrimination, child labor regulations, and wage punishment provisions of the Consumer Credit Protection Act In the three States, 545,000 workers are now covered by the 303,-00minimum wage law (Utah Montana 154,000; and 88,000). Utah and Wyoming Wyoming are facing large growth provisions. Davis has been with Salt Lake Wage and Hour area office since 1960 first as compliance officer and as assistant area director since 1970. veteran of Kelley is a as compliHour work and Wage ance officer in Omaha, Sioux Falls, ' Aberdeen and Bismarck. Before joining the Labor Department, he spent nine years in education as a grade- - school administrator, teacher of social studies and math in junior high and high school, and football coach. Kelley has a B. S. degree in School administration and social studies from Minot State College in North Dakota. Kelley and his wife, Mary Ann Cook, live in Bountiful with their four daughters and two sons aged 13-ye- 0; Supreme Court Decisions i ar to 21. The Wage and Hour area office is located in Room 3207 Federal Building, 125 South State Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84111 (801 11 See details page il tising Associates' full service concept particularly in the area of financial and insurance account development Mr. Murdock is married and the father of two daugh- 1 Fin-layso- n, Utah Power & Light research engineer; and Clyde M. Heiner, director of rates and planing, Mountain Fuel Supply Co. Governor Calvin L Rampton will give dosing remarks at the KSL Television, earning five national awards for sales promotion efforts. Mr. Murdock is a Graduate of Utah State University, with a degree in Journalism. His 15 years of sales and marketing experience are expected to give an added dimension to Nord Adver- Nord Advertising Associates recently announced the oppointment of two new members to the Agency's full service staff. Lewis V. Nord, President, announced recently that Robert G. Murdock and Edward O'SulIivan have been named as Account Executives. 524-5706- ). . A Graduate of the University of Utah, Mr. O Sullivan has over twelve years direct selling and sales management experience in insurance and radio time sales. He spent 8 years with Metropolitan Life and 2 years with Kentucky Central before moving to Salt Lake City and the radio business. A native of Chicago, Illinois, Mr. O Sullivan is married and the father of 4 children. The addition of Mr. Murdock and Mr. O Sullivan increases the Nord Advertising staff to twelve, offering full creative advertising, marketing and public relations In This Issue Legals Probate Court .' 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