Show OIL 1 INDUSTRY 1 fr BUSINESS NEWS P SC Grants Approval To Local Loca Tour Operator By DON ROBINSON The Public Service Commission of Utah has granted to I Mitchell and Tours of Moab the Williams Tag Long right to take guided tours into the Needles area of San Juan County and to include Emery County as an offering A hearing last month was held in Moab before the commission to hear protests protests pro pro- tests by Kent Frost Tours and L. L E. E Ottinger of Moab on the request for an expanded area of operation Mr Williams previously previously pre pre- had acquired the franchise for jeep travel In Wayne San Juan and Grand Counties exclusive of the Needles Universal Construction Company of Kansas City Kansas and Olsen Construction Co of Salt Lake City have begun work on additional microwave relay stations for American Telephone and Telegraph in the Moab area Henger Construction Construction Con Con- Co of Dallas began hiring last week for their two stations 21 miles miles north of at Moab Moan and north of Universal is building a station n near ar La Sal and one at Cleveland Cleve land Emery County Olsen Construction Is erecting their station sta tion near Peters Hill HUl San Juan Four of the stations are employing personnel from from the area served by the Moab office of ot Employment Security Manager Man 1 ager alter Bud Lincoln said Tuesday that peak employment by the four projects would Involve a work force Sorce of at mer me Three months will be required to complete each of ot the sta stag dons See story page one r Texas fexas Gulf Sulphur has hired approximately thirty men in the past two weeks In preparation for the time that the potash developer will take over the Cane Creek mine from contractor International Harrison project manager Frank Tippie Tippie Tip- Tip pie said Tuesday There has been no definite detinUe date reported for tor jr the completion of the Harrison contract The fhe men hired are skilled miners and maintenance personnel per per- sonnet for tor underground work and the purpose In hiring now is to train them so that they will be ready for Immediate work when Harrison Is completed Mr Tipple explained Work In Jn the mine is now concentrated in finishing one section of the Two South entry Elam clam Company of at Grand Junction Colorado began Tuesday the hard surfacing of Nichols Lane In Moab The contractor has set up a hot mix plant near the old city cemetery Third South Street is also to be surfaced for tor Moab City School Superintendent William said that Elam will also be contracted for the surfacing of he high school chool parking lot and an area at the Southeast Elementary School I |