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Show NRP plant will allow NRP and these companies to manufacture and market a full line of industrial hose products throughout the United States and internationally. The principals of the Cypher and Jones companies are practical, good people. I have enjoyed assisting and helping these men in to purchase and I trust the good NRP. reopen people of Nephi and Juab County will pull together, as usual, in supporting the new NRP and our new friends. I wish to thank the Juab County Commissioners, the "Nephi City Council and administration, and the many other local, state, and federal officials who have supported our efforts and made this success Fuhriman reports on NRP purchase To the TN Editor: To the citizens of Juab County: I have had the opportunity of assisting and working closely . with the Cypher-Jone-s group that has recently purchased NRP and I would like to report to you my findings. I have spent many hundreds of hours in working and negotiating with the Cypher and Jones companies and their representatives as they have patiently and persistently pursued the purchase and reopening of the NRP rubber plant in Nephi. I have visited and inspected their plants and offices in the Midwest and East and have met many of their employees. I have found clean, modern, and plants and and facilities; loyal, hardworking people. The Cypher-Jone- s group consists of The Cypher Company, owned by Robert Cypher of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Jones well-organiz- The Times-New- s Nephi, Utah October 10, 1985 Enterprises, owned by the Keith Jones family of LaPorte, Ind. A Jones division, has been the largest customer of NRP for several years, and the Cypher Company has been one of the top five largest customers for some years. The Cypher and Jones companies have had a working business relationship for the past 15 years. The Cypher and Jones comHy-Te- hard-workin- k, then-endeav- are professionally panies g, managed, appropriately funded, and carefully led enterprises. Together, the companies have been in business for over 60 possible. years. The Jones companies Mark W. Fuhriman manufacture hose components Director and assemblies, and distribute Juab Community them to agricultural and inDevelopment Office dustrial users. The Cypher Company manufactures, assembles, and distributes hose prodFrom Cypher-Jone- s ucts for the mining industries. The Cypher and Jones companies need NRP and its good people to manufacture a needed product for their companies and the general market plac&. The To the citizens of Nephi and Juab County: By now, most of you know that we have completed an agreement to acquire NRP Hose Products. The bankruptcy court approved our offer and 15th principals To the TN Editor: stopped the auction last Friday, Oct. 4. We express our appreciation to all those who have helped and supported our effort to acquire this facility. Officials of the federal, state, county, and city government worked dilithis facility. gently to Mark W. Fuhriman, director of the Juab Community Development Office, and Randy OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, October 4 to 8 p.m., 230 West 500 North , Nephi , re-ope- n The 623-019- 4. Times-New- s Mc-Knigh- Volume 83, No. 41 October $2.00 off if you bring a friend Vance P. 10, 1985 & Allan R. Cibson, Publishers ) The Times-New-s is published each (LISPS Thursday by the Times-New-s Publishing Co , 96 South Mam Street, Nephi, Utah 84640 Second-clas- s postage Is paid at Nephi, Utah POSTMASTER: Send address P O Box 77, Nephi, Utah changes to The Times-New84648 Deadlines: News and advertising, close of business, Tuesday prior to publication Deadlines advance one day when a postal holiday falls on Thursday. Quality toys under $10.00 Toys that teach educational concepts, birth to adult Over 90 playthings for all ages. $20.00 order sent anywhere in Subscription prices. Sii months, $8, one year, $12 in uab County, SIS outside uab County, payable in advance No subscriptions accepted for less than six months Single copy price, 304 . V Service office. We are extremely optimistic that we, along with the many former employees of NRP, will succeed in building a viable and Advertising rates available on request All articles and photographs submitted for publication are subject to editing and will only be used if the editor deems them newsworthy. The editor reserves the right to hold submitted news items for use in later editions s The is not responsible for the return of articles or photographs unless they are accompanied by a stamped return envelope of the proper size U.S.A. profitable manufacturing plant. 1 s fAMWWtCAO Hurry In Today for Exciting Price Cuts! 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There are too many intogether a very workable prodividuals to thank personally, allow the peogram that would few a of these are Mayor and but own to area of this ple operate the plant. Although financing for the plan did not come through in time for the court, every effort was put forth to achieve this goal. , , I feel that the' employees,-Nephi City, Juab County, and the surrounding communities should give Dr. Chris Meek of Brigham Young University a very special thanks for the many hours of research, meetings, phone calls, and countless other things he did to keep the plant alive. He did this without any remuneration and with great sacrifice from his family. Without Chris, there would not have been a $700,000 health and human services grant that makes it possible for the plant to reopen under Jones Steele and the Nephi City Counthe Employees Steering Committee, headed by Frank Booth; Dr. Warner Woodworth and the BYU group; the employees; - and local , people that gave support. 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