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Show Upward trend seen in Utah building Construction in Utah is continuing con-tinuing an upward trend. As the first half of 1963 came to a close, total construction in Utah reached $9.7.9 million, a 12 percent increase over the $87.7 million recorded for the first half of 1962. These figures fig-ures were released by the Bureau of Economic and Business Busi-ness Research at the university of Utah. June was the sixth consecutive month of 1963 that the cumulative valuation of total construction for the state of Utah exceeded the amount recorded for the comparable com-parable period of 1962. The figures further show a 15 perecnt increase in the number of new dwellings started start-ed during the first six months of 1963 over the number started start-ed during the comparable period per-iod of 1962. There were 4,974 new dwelling units, valued in excess of $55 million, started during this period 635 more than the number started during dur-ing the first six months of 1962. Non-residential construction construc-tion (excluding public works and utilities) started during this six-month period of 1963 exceeded $35 million, a 20 per cent increase over non-residential construction started during dur-ing the same period of 1962. There are no wallflowers in Ladakh in the Himalayn wasteland. Men outnumbered women and the latter are permitted per-mitted to practice polyandry to have several husbands. |