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Show THE NATIONAL ENTERPRISE, OCTOBER 5, 1977 13 Railroad motel step closer at Park City depot railroad cars, dated TITT3 ' IRERMei I I i 1 1 ? i t i ' 3 i i ) Delivery of 1 1 railroad cars to Park City last month has brought Jack Sweeney, John Prince and Wally Wright a little closer to meeting their expected winter deadline for opening the Union Pacific Railroad station as a motel. Brooke Grant steps down at Talcott Salt Lake City business- Theres nothing like the tranquility of crackling flames dancing in a fireplace on a cold night. Build beautiful memories with a fireplace from the largest selection of colors, styles and sizes in the Mountain West. Also a complete line of fireplace accessories. City-base- Uintah National owns 53 percent of Talcott and Grant owns 76 percent of Uintah National. Talcott, founded in 1854, is principally engaged in commercial finance, factoring L:; .v man Brooke Grant has stepped down as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Talcott National Corp., New York City. John Kingston, president of the corporation, has been named the new chairman by the board of directors. Grant is chairman of Uintah National d Corp., a Salt Lake holding company. and consumer finance. 0 FRANKLIN WALL-HANGIN- BUILT-I- G Fireplaces Inc. has just the right fireplace to fit virtually anyplace in your home or office. Let us help you today! F.lftPJ!ACCS ER N Construction slated on Sunnybrook American Tierra Corp. expects to begin construction this month of a $1.4 million complex, to be called Sunny-Broo- k Apartments, at 4100 S. 3150 W. The family-orientetownhouses, designed by d Todd Rather, will be built by Sawyer Construction Co. The will brick veneer contain apartments averaging 1,150 square-feefour-plex- t. es The 1929, will be converted into motel rooms and line the tracks outside the UP depot, at the north end of Main Street in Park City. Plans call for an eventual 50 cars, most of which will contain two motel rooms. Older, more exotic cars, some from the defunct Orient Express, are expected to be delivered early next year. The three developers have purchased the Union Pacific depot and plan to convert it into a restaurant and motel check-i- n spot for Park City visitors. Renovation of both the cars and the depot are expected to begin this month. New Products issues rights New Products has filed registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a rights offering to its shareholders of units consisting of one share of New Products Corporation common stock and one share of common stock of its wholly owned subsidiary NP Energy Corporation (formerly United Energy Corporation). Stockholders of New Products Corporation at a record date to be set will be entitled to purchase one unit for each ten shares of New Products Corporation common stock held on that date. Follow public opinion says GE executive Todays intellectual and chief executive well-rea- d officer follows public opinion avidly and wants business to do more to develop its own constituencies. And a new type of CEO is developing one who wants to be on the offensive rather than on the defensive in relation to social and legislative programs. The opinions belong to Robert L. Fegley, chief i executive officer for communications, General Electric Co., who addressed a recent meeting of the Public RelaHe is a tions Seminar. spcechwritcr for GE chairman Reginald Jones, of the Business Roundtable. The Roundtable comprises 170 CEOs of some of the largest U.S. companies. An associate editor of Fortune, Paul Weaver, said hostile public opinion is still a an a .4 large and continuing problem for business, although some feelings among the public are starting to recede. anti-busine- 1 4 ss George W. Griffin, Jr. vice president for public affairs. General Telephone &, Electronics, said that employee education should begin at home with companies conducting programs for their He said that own workers. GT&E conducts economic discussions on company time among its 142.000 U.S. employees. |