Show OIL ft INDUSTRY ft BUSINESS NEWS Movies Spur Business Give Needed Boost BY DON ROBINSON Warner Brothers move to Moab has bas given a much needed boost to a lagging economy employment and business figures show this week Employment while only part of the picture has been a large reason for a sudden spurt in retail and service business Some 75 local people are employed as extras and another 50 to 75 are wrangling working as guards building or doing other tasks Not only has employment jumped from movie hiring the thA th I Utah State Employment Service office in Moab has been placIng place ing retail salespersons and service personnel One retail merchant mer mer- chant said this week that Saturday was the largest day since his store opened Thrilled too with the sudden business were laundries motels service stations and cafes Some persons are arc being fed at the set by Harper and Green Concessionaires of Los Angeles The concessionaires also are handling the Indian group imported for the Moab area scenes In all aU the economic spur could not have come at ata a better time for Moab Calvert Drilling Company could provide the breakthrough in n the present lull lun in oil exploration this week Word today a change from our regular oil report is that Calvert is 20 feet above their objective and setting casing The They were exp expected ex ex- p ted to be at objective depth this morning but had some difficulty i i i iThe The Federal government has recognized ed the need for tor a conservation and development program on oil shale lands due to hl high current interest Grand County locations pre are at a three month high of 25 with four added this past week r Missile Complex activity near Green River has required some additional employment during the past week About 15 persons were added to the initial staffing to meet immediate n needs s. s It was however specifically pointed out that the additions additions addi addi- do not reflect any basic change in status This Tills does not indicate a go ahead on operations was the comment All Ali prime contractors were involved January 1 is stIR still the inside date for tor or operational status r r The Mining Anning Division of the Bureau of Land Jand Management Is considering an order that would open potentially rich he lium reserves in southeastern Utah to private development The order is Js to go now to Interior Secretary Stewart Udell Ude and is expected to be approved If It approved the order would closure of pf f two reserves re J serves near here Woodside Dome In Emery county and Harley Dome in Grand county They have hav be been n closed close 1 since 1924 and 1926 See more details on Page 5 |