Show Utes Win Grant For Foe Chemical Plant Study The Thiokol Chemical Com Com- Company pany of Brigham City and the ute Indian Tribe with head head- headquarters quarters at Fort Duchesne have been awarded a grant to study II a proposed area fertil fertil- fertil fertilizer izer and allied chemical pro pro pro- products ducts plant near the Uintah Ouray Indian Reservation THE GRANT was made by bythe bythe the Economic Dev Development Ad ministration following a ute request for technical l as as- as assistance Vernon Bottenfield Bureau of Indian Affairs project dir dir dir- director ector said the tribe has agreed to provide an additional the he project The study will provide regarding site sHe loca lion tion plant size major market characteristics lon ion public facilities and ser vice usable natural resources and the labor market THREE Thiokol staff memo mem- members bers bels led by Galen Dawson of the Ogden branch will operate from trailer housing near the agency offices while making the three month study Mr Bet Bet- Cliff Duncan Rex Cur ry and Ute Tribal Dual Busi ness committeemen will assist in the study If the study shows that a plant is feasible Thiokol and the ute Ule Tribe may jointly build I the 9 million facility which would provide about new jobs THe PLANT would take an estimated two years to build once planning is completed and financing obtained Mr Botten Botten- Bottenfield field explained Money would come from the Ute Tribe private vate Investors and some loans from the government he said The study will start in mid mid- May It could lead to the largest owned Indian and oper- oper operated industry in the United States Mr Bottenfield remark remark- remarked ed Largest so far Is a 7 mil mul- mullion lion Navajo Indian lumber In in- in industry located In New Mexico |