Show OIL 1 INDUSTRY 1 BUSINESS NEWS Moab Firm Plans New Building BY DON ROBINSON Moab's Main street will undergo another face lifting beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning in two to three w weeks eks it was learned Monday P K KFord Ford ord will build a new large building on feet of frontage on South Main street near Pack creek owner Jack Jacle re Planned is a square foot complex that will allow display of the dealers dealer's Ford and Jeep lines Unes and provide a complete complete complete com com- service area Mr Payne said that the type of building material and exact type of building was not yet het Ut determined though bids are being studied The front as designed now will be primarily natural l stone and glass Facilities now housed at the downtown building will be included and expanded including full maintenance and body and paint shop areas The area on which the building will be located formerly was the site of the Bullpen Cafe CaIe Hecla Mining Company is reaching the end of their mining minIng mining min min- ing operation in the Big Indian Mining District of San Juan county Personnel numbers are down to 18 according to Philip Philip Phil Phil- ip Lindstrom manager A summary of company p plans ns Is covered covered cov cov- ered covered Page 8 Unemployment in the San Grand-San Juan county area now stands at 44 per thousand Last week the figure was 41 and anda a year ago it was 55 Utah figures show 54 per thousand unemployed unemployed un un- employed c compared to 49 a week ago and 52 one year ago Employment here is rated by the Moab 1 office of If Employment Security as very very slow Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios will investigate Moab as a possible site for lor the filming fllming of portions of The in April The chamber of commerce movie committee was assured assured assured as as- by the studio that this site would be among the first considered for lor the film starring Henry Fonda and Glen Ford See movie story on Page 10 Cal Cat Wyatt of Moab said Tuesday that plans are continuing continuing continuing contin contin- for the construction of a grocery store at Fourth No North h hand and Fifth West streets in Moab Two bids both bids both non local non local have havo been received on the erection of a 42 building Plans building Flans call for tor an metal all-metal building will house a grocery store and complete meat department Oil exploration locally suffered two reverses with the he failure failure failure fai fai- lure of two deep oil tests in the Moab area Three new now locations locations locations loca loca- have been added to the county Prime interest at present Is in Inactivity of Pure OH on In n some FJ Field ld tests and the depth record now being approached by Pan American east of here Oil news on n Page 1 1 K E E. McDougald announced th this week s that be and William William Wil wn- liam llam R. R McCormick had purchased the service north of Moab from the Utes Exploration Company and were planning on opening son The station has b been en closed for several years UH |