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Show Individuals credited with higher incomes this year, report shows Personal income in Utah during the first half of 1961 was 2.5 percent above the same period in 1960, and signs point to greater gains for this year's second half. That is the report of First Security Bank's Newsletter which will be distributed this week. Utah's missile industry employment em-ployment is now over 12,000, and continues to increase in total and relative importance despite some slowdown in the rate of hirings in June. The bank observes that an- state's steel ingot production for 1961's first half "was approximately ap-proximately equal to the very good total of the first six months of last year." There are also increases in steel fabricators fab-ricators orders. Copper production produc-tion continues on a lively 7-day 7-day week basis. Lead output is running ahead of strike affected af-fected 1960. There is some slight decrease in uranium, but "most mills continue high level lev-el operations." In hospital Mrs. Ruth Scoville is convalescing con-valescing at the Payson hospital hos-pital from a recent heart attack. at-tack. She came from her home in Los Angeles, Calif., to spend three weeks with her sister, Rhoda Groesbeck and other relatives re-latives in Springville. While she has been at the hospital, a son, Attorney Harmon Scoville Sco-ville and a daughter Janet came from California to see her as have other relatives from Ogden. ticipated cash receipts from agriculture this year will be considerably below the total of $158 million in 1960. The drought is the big contributing factor. "Slow but noticeable increases increas-es in segments in Utah's mineral min-eral production are expected," the newsletter says. "Steel orders or-ders are reported good in July, should be even better in August and September." The |