Show Economy Shows Strong Gahs in ii Sales and Jobs In spite of a somewhat un sin settled weather wrather picture the overall economy of the Uirt Uin ton tah Ba Basin ll is experiencing a good seasonal recovery Larry K K Wardle Vernal em- em employment em plo ment office manager mak es Cs this report in the depart depart- department's ments ment's quarterly newsletter The report notes that wage and salaried em em- employment rose to nearly people by midpoint of the sec and ond quarter showing sho an in in- in increase crease of five per cent over the March level and 12 per 11 percent cent over the same period one year ago ngo THE BIGGEST boost to area employment has been new nelV jobs In construction retail trade federal government and service organizations The employment peak will not be reached until all work is underway on the Starvation Dam and Reservoir complex at Duchesne the reo re- report port ort notes Unemployment has cor c o r declined as dm- dm m inched upward Cur Cur- Currently there arc persons without jobs showing an im im- im impressive drop of 34 per cent during the last 30 days Even more impressive is the fact that it is 11 per pel cent below the counterpart period last year and 39 per cent below the figure recorded during the second tel ter of 1965 Mr 11 Wardle com coin ments BUSINESS as reflected by a sampling of local business es es- es establishments ta was generally good in the to county area Ov Os crall retail sates sales receipts were up nine per pel cent in Vernal spearheaded b by an 11 per cent jump jump in new und and used automo- automo automobile automobile bile sales und and a six per pel cent increase in sales of general merchandise and home jugs ings Residential construction pre pre- presents a mixed picture Several new homes and additions to existing dwellings are arc un- un underway underway derway in both Uintah and Duchesne counties yet building material sales sules continue to lag First quarter figures were off ocr over eight percent Motels ho ho- ho holets lets and other tourism sensitive businesses are about on a par with last years year's activity OTHER ECONOMIC indicators ors Ol'S such as electric power us- us usage usage age and postal receipts were up about five percent and down Continued on of page 6 Economy Continued from page 1 26 per cent respectively No slackening in the seasonal pace is foreseen for the next three months considering the momentum built up thus far on fronts the report notes AI ready rady developing labor short short- shortages ages will ill be alleviated consid consid- considerably when schools close for forthe forthe the summer but qualified help will remain a scarce commo commod ity New and Improved tion facilities should bring th the greatest influx of tourists in inthe inthe the history of the Basin Mr 11 Wardle states and subsequent ly nearly every seg segment ment of th the business community will feeL feeLa a bigger impact from th tourist dollar |