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Show CORNER ON COMMERCE $Z SI3D0SS $QQ i Air West Seeks Routes r & rterly " ""tZ- By DON C. WOODWARD ? j 1 First Security Bunk today rated business In Utah by the end of the third quarter as very C7 , v-- i good. i 1 . , In its quarterly news letter now being mailed to businessmen, the Intermountain Area's except for largest bank, said that slow down in the economy has bpen little in evidence, steel production. Steel is output lower nytiwu because inventories are being used, writes Dr. ElRoy Nel- t'pmj ft m son, vice president and economist. During the first half of the year, rteol production was at optimum plant capacity, but when an anticipated stnke did not take place, steel users into their began Dr. However, stockpiles. Hanks 6ays, inventory is disappearing more rapidiy than increased earlier anticipated. writes. I 's J i He estimated that the copper strike cost Utah 72,000 tons of output in the first three months of thic year and about 140,000 tons in the last half of 1967. Dr. Nelson predicts that the states economy will slow slightly in the fourth quarter. "Tnis applies to trade following a greater impact of the new surtax and - k . 4' 4 Monday, creased he withholdings," biles, & ' beginning in mid- si 1 '1 4- s J I ;;'.i 4 il,. . 4T A v 'V ' 1L 7, October 14, 1968 sales of New Woolwrth store was remodeling while still open for business. automo2-Le- he writes. K Woolworth Store vel Opens Its Doors In S.L. , The F. W. store from the old five and Woolworth Store, 225 S. Main, dime look. The attractive restaurant has formally opened its doors to the booths seating 64 plus the counpublic this morning. ter seats for 34. The snack counActually, the store neer has ter in the front of the store has been closed as work has gone been modernized also. forward during the past several A shoe department has been months on a complete remodel- added, bringing the total deing and modernization project. partments in the store to 51. The size of the store has been The r department approximately doubled with the has been expanded to carry a addition of 9.600 square feet of complete iine of clothing for the sales floor space in the entire family. Looking new and more attracThroughout the store, there tive are the traditional lines of are new counters and fixtures, rugs, draperies, lamps, house-warenew lighting, new floors and appliances, disnew ceilings. supplies, sporting goods, pet play windows in front have supplies, radios and stereos, the jewelry, cosmetics, stationery, transformed completely two-lev- ready-to-wea- 3 Air West RENO (UPI) plans to file an application Tuesday with the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) in Washington to increase its service on the Pacific Coast. Air West announced plans Saturday to replace United Air Lines in serving Elko and Ely, Nev. UAL is bowing out because it is converting to all jet planes and the two Nevada cities are not equipped to handle this type of aircraft. Under the proposal, Air West would replace UAL in provid ing one roundtrip between San Francisco and Salt Lake City with stops at Reno, Elko and Ely. Air West would also replace UAL on one roundtrip between San Francisco and Elko with a stop in Reno. Air West proposes to initiate one daily round trip jet serv ice flight between San Francisco and Salt Lake City wdih a stop in Reno G. Robert Henry, president of Air West, said UAL is the only a'rline that services the run Reno Pacific Northwest now and it has agreed to sup-poAir West in its expansion plans. He said the backing of UAL before the CAB should be a rt significant factor. I want to stress that while we would be substituting for United Air Lines in Nevada with seme increase in freour Henry said, quency, proposal is especially impor- tant because of the added service it would provide tourists and business travelers going to and from Nevada and the Pacific Northwest, California and Utah. Driver Training For Disabled art items, toys candy. The store carries over 45,000 different items. F. C Kirkbride who began his career with Woolwoith as a trainee in the Salt Lake store and became regional vice president of the company, will attend the opening ceremonies Monday. Mr. Knkbride retired last year and now lives here. and books, By LOUISE R. STEIN Copley News Service Teejiage paraplegics will be able to learn to drive in a specially equipped 1968 Toronado donated to the Utah Office of Rehabilitation Services by Ken Garff, Salt Lake auto dealer, and the Oldsmobile Division of General Motors. The car will be used in Salt Lake area high schools to give state driver education training to handicapped students, according to Dr. Vaughn L. Hall, executive director of the rehabilitation unit. The car has been equipped lever with a that actuates both the gas feed and the brakes, depending on the position to which il is moved. Mr. Garff said the car will be replaced each year with a new model. hand-operate- d Coleman Open House Klondike Strike: It's Black Gold garden h .A tw.. tr , sill lx s, r ... y rrr, i j 3 al summer, a substantial increase was from installment credit accompanying the in I fi'r I; j j Other key sectors outlined were agriculture, which should see a slight increase in cash receipts this year: and construction, which is down by 7.1 per cent in total valuation for the first six months. (The decline came in nonresi-denticonstruction and in alterations. Residential construction and valuation are both up by about 20 per cent). Total employment is about three per cent above that of a year ago, with manufacturing employment higher in every category, he writes. Employment is higher in electronics industries, durable goods, food and apparel cent from last year. Bank loans continued to increase and were up 5.9 per cent from a yar ago primarily in commercial loans. However, 4 fit1"' y Sales advanced both in the durable and nondurable goods categories. New automobile sales increased significantly, and for the first eight months of the year were up 12.8 per down A 4 r, t M ft 9 Retail trade in Utah, like that in the nation, increased significantly in the summer quarter and was considerably higher than anticipated, he said. pre-strik- Uf 1'' L cZr ' dipping Dr. Nelson writes that the output of nonferrous metals, particularly of copper, is back e level. Since at its the end of the strike in March this has continued above the 25,000 tons of recoverable copper per month. .. "v ww-- 4 , V 9 & - 2$ J i A special open house, complete with door prizes, will be held at the Coleman Co.s manufacturing plant in Cedar City' Tuesday, said Bob Sloan, new plant manager. Officials from Colemans main offices in Wichita, Kan. will also attend, he said, including Melvin Zundell, and warehousing and currently employs 115 people. It has been expanded twice since the firm located in Utah. The Coleman Co. has reported higher earnings for both the third quarter and the first nine months. Net income for the quarter was up 12 cents a share, while income for the nine montl a was up 39 per cent to $1.68 per share. Officials said sales of outing products this year have exceeded expectations so far. director of manufacturing, petroleum stampede Vcrn Williams, director and wildcatter s to Alaskas arctic of personnel. will the make North Slope Colemans Cedar City opergold rushes of the ation occupies 250,000 square in look terms last century puny feet for both manufacturing of money. The oil industrys investment New Firm of about $1.3 billion in Alaska already surpasses the value of! Jordan Brokerage Co. and The Jordan Brokerage firm all the gold mined in Alaska Golden States Sales Co., both has been in business in this since the Klondike strike. of Salt LLake have comarea since 1933, while Golden Since the Juy announcement bined their City, and States Sales is comparatively operations of strong evidence of existence to form Jordnew. of a 50 barrel petrole- incorporated an Brokerage Co., Inc. Mr. Merkling, formerly with um field on Prudhoe Bay, well in the new orgaMetals Co., will be Puncipals Reynolds over 1,000 applications have nization are R. W. Jordan, sales manager of the new been filed for drilling leases Dan J. firm. Dick Jordan is general Merkling, Lorell Brycovering about 3 million acres son and Bill Christopherson. manager. in the area. A of New Supervisor Thomas S. 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