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Show V Vol. 1 No. 27 I - '' Xv September 2, 1969 25$ per copy 3 00 l7W PB (j90O I Si O Cascade Energy and Metals Corporation, Salt Lake City, has been granted exclusive distribution rights in the United States and Canada for all movies by the produced Czechoslovakian film industry, according to A. Park Smoot, president. This is a plum which has been eagerly sought by UJS. film distributors, said Smoot in announcing the agreement recently signed with Art Centrum, the Czech government department which controls the output of the countrys art and N-te- st There were immediate indications the case may be appealed to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. U.S. District Court Judge Alfred Arraji denied an injunction sought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Colorado Open Space Coordinating Council. The two groups, in consolidated suits, blast-aim- ed at the production of gas might endanger stimulating natural Colorados residents and resources by radioactive contamination. Judge Arraji, in a verbal opinion at the conclusion of a two-da- y hearing, left the way open for objectors to the hlasts to bring a future action to open prevent any flaring-- or burning of natural gas containing radioactive tritium as a result of the explosion. (Continued on Page 2) Youth calls shots LesStuds Corporation of New York, which originated as a spin-of- f of Atomic Fuel - Alpert said LesStuds has obtained a 25 per cent interest in an option in a land venture near Extraction of Ogden, Utah, has development it has acquired an option to purchase the El Dorado Casino in Henderson, 12 miles from Las Vegas. . The option if exercised is subject to approval by various regulatory authorities,' according to Gary AlAlpert, president. Alpert, who recently made a flying trip to Utah and Nevada, said the company has also signed an agreement in principle to parcel of land acquire a five-acon Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas itself. View Dam area which involves possible residential development of a 656 acre land parcel. Other Utah interests include the acquisition of a 424 lot (120 acres) residential subdivision tract in Roosevelt, Utah, which is being examined for possible development as a mobile home park, Alpert said. The company recently signed a joint venture contract for a full length movie production. The (Continued on Page 5) announced re designed the Czechoslovakian pavilion and became closely acquainted with members of Art Centrum. After the success of Closely Watched Trains and Shop on Main Street in the UJS., the Czechs decided to make a concerted assault on the huge North American film market. They contacted Mr. Morrison. Morrison, convinced he didnt have the necessary marketing experience, in turn contacted a friend he felt d id-JDaitz, the of vice executive president industrial division of Cascade Energy and Metals. Morrison introduced Daitz to Dr. Hubert ack (Continued on Page 2) Alaskan oil field spy has tough row to hoe Judge squelches bid to halt Rulison claim the Cascades opportunity to acquire distribution rights to the Czech art products came about film industries. ' as the result of Expo 67, the Induded in the agreement are world fair held in Montreal, distribution rights to Czech fine Canada, Smoot said. Earl arts, handicrafts and other Morrison of Vancouver, B.C., CZECHOSLOVAK FILM projected on screen at Expo 67 helped introduce die talent of Czech film ' industry to rest of world. Cascade Energy, a Salt Lake City mining firm, has exclusive contract to market Czech films in U.S., Canada. DENVER-- A federal judge refused last week to halt Project Rulison, an underground nuclear explosion scheduled Sept. 4 in western Cplorado. cultural and artistic works as well as motion pictures. The Czech film industry has gained international recognition and excellent finandal success in the U.S. with its Academy Award winning movies Closely Watched Trains and Shop on Main Street. It is considered to have one of the finest technical labs in all Europe for the production of films and is particularly noted for its puppet movies and animated cartoons. Huntsville, Utah and the Pine ANCHORAGE, Alaska-T- he job of a prying oil scout, known these days as industrial espionage, has taken on a new dimension in the worlds hottest petroleum spot, the Arctic slope of Alaska. Theres no way he can peek are no from behind a tree-the- re trees on the bleak tundra. Thats one of the stumbling blocks to snitching a bit of the competitions data. The natural barriers to picking up information are aided by some of the tightest security measures ever practiced in the oil industry. Alaskas commissioner of natural resources, Thomas E. Kelly, says security is about as stringent as you can make it. An example of how tight, is the way Rallys agency handles information which companies are required to submit but which the state must keep secret for two years. The data is placed in double-loc- k safes in banks, and Kellys men either pore over it there or take it back to their offices for only the time needed to study it. And when the latter is done, two men handle the transportation of the information. Kelly says that when the time comes to take a sample at a drilling site, all but the essential personnel are cleared from the platform. Then a courier flies the material directly to his companys headquarters. And if headquarters thinks its men in Alaska need to know anything about the analysis, the information is sent back One oil company official said, We re going to lengths to keep things confidential that were public in the part. The fewer people who see any data, the less likely it is to get out. Alaska's North Slope sale in Anchorage has been changed from Sept. 1 1 to Sept. 10. Hotel space is so tight some oil company officials will be arriving in Anchorage by private oil-lea- se jets, just for the day. The stringent security (Continued on Page 2) SALE OF OIL LEASES totaling 450, 857 acres of state land on Alaska's North Slope promises to be one of the biggest days in the 49th states history. Some Alaskans are calling it the Great Event. Estimates of lease bonuses to the state range up to $1 billion or more. The shaded section of the map, near Prudhoe Bay, is the lease area. THE |