Show OIL fr r INDUSTRY fr BUSINESS NEWS White While Sands Confirms Athena Rocket Success BY DON ROBINSON White Sands Proving Grounds confirmed Friday the successful successful suc sue firing of an Air Force Athena rocket from the Green River Missile Complex monitoring the missile Impact In a predetermined range safety area I The Athena fired at approximately pm p.m. Friday from Green River and witnessed by many Moab residents as It 1 passed southward impacted near Dual New Mexico n the desired area It was the second successful firing from the Green River complex Major Richard Ri hard Schmidt officer In charge confirmed the success in relating the official release to The Times dent The next slated firing Major Schmidt said sald would be Friday Oct October ber 2 No time was announced It It It It G U ii Jack Gr Foote Foot has acquired controlling Interest In Moab Broadcasting and Television Corporation from Forrest Simpson and Mrs Ellen Alger and will take ov over r operation the corporations corporation's KURA radio station October 1 Mr Foote who will take over as manager of the 1000 watt station is a former fonner director of the corporation founder of Town T Television In Moab and a former Moab City Coun Gilman cilman For the Ike past two years he has lived d In Mendocino California J Tuesday the new owner announced plans for a a- reorganization of the corporation As soon as possible He lie said a new board of directors selected from prominent citizens holding stock U is the corporation will be appointed Personnel and other corporation corporation Changes Changes will be announced later Grand Count County's quarterly income from industrial salaries 4 substantially increased over 1963 the state economic report revealed this week Also Grand county became the state leader lead lead- er in average salary paid In manufacturing industries and ranked sixth of 31 counties in the average monthly salary paid for all Industry and business The quarterly Income in 1963 1003 first quarter was 2677 The first quarter quaner of 1964 showed snowed a n salary Income of While there are less Jess people employed In the county county county coun coun- ty In 1964 the gross income has showed a healthy Increase Involved In the computation are salaries paid In Jn mining milling mill ing manufacturing contract construction transportation government gov government and service communications utilities wholesale and retail trade finance insurance and real estate The manufacturing Industry which includes the missile operation at Green River and is heavily Influenced by wages there pays an ax average of tops In the state Grand county lists persons In that field Average salary paid In the county is this year compared to dollars in 1963 Employment Service officials say that we have hit the thelow thelow thelow low and are now experiencing a gradual and healthy growth gro It The Th closing of the former Corporation Mi Mt oil VIda mine in the Big mg Indian Mining 1 district of San Juan county ends an era but does not reduce the importance of the mining and milling industry here substantially The mining and milling industry In Grand county still employs some persons and an additional are employed In trucking and tion While the former figure Includes new resource Industry hiring 1 the latter is nearly all uranium ore hauling Moab Electronics Carl Car Sabo owner operator has moved to a new location at Center enter and l First East streets and Is 11 open for business Mr Mr- Sabo Saba says a grand opening is planned for tor the future The firm offers otters sales and service with a line Una of Emerson Emer Emer- son and Zenith TV and cartridge type trpe tape ma maa chine chines 1 |