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Show Tuesday, December 4, 1979 Page 14—THE HERALD. Provo Utah The latest happenings from in and around the Beehive State In Utah: ALK Utah's Fast Growth, Good Business Climate Is Noted meeting our long-term objective of T LAKE CITY (UPI) — Utah is the seventh fastest growing state in the nation and has the fourth best business Scott Matheson told business leaders Monday providing multiple and diverse job opportunities for our young people.” he said Matheson also said the economy is rapidly moving away from a historic In what he termed a ‘State of the Economy’ Area Chamber of Commerce. governor dependence on agricultural and govern ment jobs. He said 92 percent of the address to the Salt Lake said “Utah's economy the newnon-farm jobs are in the private 1s relatively better than it has ever been An unprecedented growth in new non-agricultural jobs of 36,000 during 1978 and total of 31,600 already in 1979 gives us confidence that we are business sector. The governor said there are a number of reasons the economy is growing, including a solid work ethic amongthe state's citizens lowutility costs, and a central location in the West Utah has attracted an average of 10 manufacturing firms per year since 1977 — the vear Matheson took office Mathesonsaid the state's Industrial Development Division has tried to be selective in the type of businessit en. ages to come to Utah. Th emphasis has been on clean hightechnology firms such as the electronics companies which have built 66 percent of the new manufacturing firms coming to Utah in the past three years have located outside the Salt now construc’ a satellite plant in Ephraim 100 miles southofSalt iake The governoralsotold the business Lake City area leaders that three major developments Industri s already in the state have also been expanding he added All of this has contributed to a very healthy economy multiple job oppor- huge plants along the Wasatch Front tunities, and a reputation as a state But he addedthe labor marketfor the with the fourth-best businessclimatein electronics companies has now become the entire nation "’ said the governor tight and the time has cometoallow “Utah once dependent on that industry to stablize. agriculture. mining and defense jobs He said a new emphasis is being has catapulted into one of the fastest placed on locating industry in non- All counties have experienced growth could tax the state's ability to manage in non-farm jobs averaging 7.9 percent statewide he said. That compares to a the growth They are the proposed $33 billion MX missile system, the Inter- national average of 4.3 percent The governor said Utah has also begun to stress a “satellite or feeder plant” concept in which maufacturers are urged to locate secondaryfacilites in areas of the state where there is labor availability. eastern Utah But he said the state is developing metropolitan areas of the state. He said Matheson noted that Sperry Univac1s growing manufacturing states mountain Power Project near Delta andii the synthetic fueis industry in management mechanisms through its Department of Community Affairs and the federally funded Four Corners Regional Commission Chargedin Brother-in-Law’s Death Gilmore’s Mother Raps Book on Her Son MILWAUKIE, Ore. (UPI) — Bessie Gilmore doesn't like the way Norman Mailerin his book about her son, Gary Mark Gilmore, who was executed by a Utah firing squad. has “written down” her family. She said she considers “The Executioner’s Song,” whichhit the bestsellerlist this fall, to be basically fiction. “I called him and told him (Mailer) I didn't like it,” said Mrs. Gilmore, 66. ‘‘Hejust said he wassorry. I said I didn’t like the way I was writ- ten up and the way the Gilmore family waswritten down. ‘A lotof it is inaccuracies. Norman never met quite a few of the people he wrote about.” Mailer did talk to Mrs. Gilmore. who hasdifficulty moving around her mobile home because of crippling rheumatoid arthritis, for than six hours. She also had lengthy talks with Lawrence Schiller, who had obtained exclusive publication rights from Gilmore and otherprincipals in the case. Mailer became author and gives Schiller credit for much of the research. Gilmore's execution on Jan. 17, 1977, after he was convicted of murdering Ben Bushnell, 25, during a Provo, Utah, motel robbery in July 1976 wasthefirst in the United Statesin 10 years. He also had been charged with murdering Max Jensen, 24, a service station attendant. one day before Bushnell was shot, Gilmore had been paroled from a maximum security prison in Marion,Ill., and served time at Oregon State Correctional Institution and Oregon State Penitentiary. Gilmore and his brothers Frank Jr., Gaylen and Mikal grew upin Oregon, but Mrs. Gilmore's roots are in Provo, where her brother-in-law, Vern Damico, gave Gary a job in his shoe repair shop to help him qualify for parole. Mrs. Gilmoresaid she was unable because of her condition to see her son after he was arrested on the murder charges, but she said she did telephone andwrite to him.She refused to be interviewed during the months before her son's execution, a period in which numerouslegalattempts were madetoset aside the death penalty despite his desire the sentence be carried out Mrs. Gilmore said she finally agreed to talk with Schiller. “They were going to write the book anyway,” she said. “I got in to try and straighten things up. I would have preferred that there be no book. I had no control over that. I would not do business with them if I had to do it over. “T talked to Schiller for two solid years, sometimes twice a day.” She said she received a ‘pittance’ for her timein interviews. “It would figure to about 25 cents an hour.” She said she was distressed that the hundreds of questions directed at Gilmore before his execution dealt with the mother-son relationship to find a reason for his later sociopathic behavior. “There was no way { could make LarrySchiller understand.” she said. ‘I was never mean to Gary. Never. Never. He (Schiller) just wouldn't buy it. Gary loved me. This was something that Larry tried to tear down. “One thing saddens me. Did they send him to his death wondering if I didn’t love him.” She said she does not excuse herson's actions “T could never defend him for takingthelife of those two innocent men,” she said. ‘But I'm sorry for Gary — the poor manthatdidit. Like the priest told me. ‘Hate thesin, but love the sinner.’ She said she was ‘speaking out now because I thinkit’s terrible what the book's doing to the granting her a hearing before the employees’ merit council. u .S. District Court Judge Bruce Jenkins Monday ordered the Davis County Merit Council to hold another hearing on Layton’s dismissal. The council must hold its hearing before Jan. 15 to determine if the library board complied with grievance procedures whenitfired Miss Layton, and if it had just cause to dismiss her, the Delight that special little one with a soft, fluffy stuffed animal or their very own Mickey Mouse wrist watch. It's as simple as openingor adding to your Insured Savings Account vings. But hurry. at State Savings. hurry. Our supply ofnicelittle surprisesis limited. judge said. If the deadline passes without action by the council, Miss Mi Layton will be automatically reinstated to her post as Davis County Librarian, Jenkins ordered. The library board fired Miss Layton on Sept. 28, citing a disagreement over her administration of the library system. A key issue wasthe availability of the novel “Americana” to library patrons — a book which County Commissioner Morris Swapp said was “‘filth.”” After her firing. the county merit council said Miss Layton was protected by GIFT FOR SAVING Griegs has been bound over to Third District Court to stand trial on charges family. First the languagein it. I don’t like the gruphic description ofthe sexlife between Gary and his girlfriend.” Mrs. Gilmoresaid she hadoften talked on the telephone with Nicole Baker whois living in of second-degree murder in the Oc- tober shooting-death of his brother-inlaw, Grant Charles Raymond, 58 Say me Merry Christmas : with a Pair of Oregon. “I have never met herbut she used to call me three weeks and talk for maybe three said Mrs. Gilmore. “I said to her once: ‘Nicole do you have any idea how weare going - Armadillos to be written up in that book?’ “She said, ‘I don’t know. I just decided I wouldn't botherto readit.’ Since the book came out I haven't spoken to her. She always wanted t Koo about Gary and how he was when he was little.” Shesaidshelikes to rememberthe time when her husbandwasstill alive and before Gary got in trouble and was sent to Oregon's MacLaren School for Boys at age 14,in May 1955. She said the family lived in a house on Crystal Springs Boulevard in Portland. Ore. “Crystal Springs — that was a happy house,” she said. “They were kids and Gary had a dog named Queen. They were at an age when they played cowboy and Indianandput on circuses. She said only two of her sons arestill alive, Frank Jr.. a year older than Gary, wholives in Portland, and Mikal. 28, who lives in Los Angeles. She said Gaylen was 26 years old when he died in 1970 from “mysterious circum- Armidillos are lightweight, comfortable casuals for both men and women. stances, “Frank and Gary werevery close.’’ she said. “Nobody knew Gary better than Frank. They grew uplike twins. had the samefriends. That’s whyit’s been very difficult for Frank, who has never broken the law.”” Women’s 5% to 11 Wide & Extra Wide 11 & 12 Medium & Narrow 9Men's to 12 Extra Wide 12 to 14 B, C & D Widths “Frank asked them notto even put him in the book. He hatesit, too. This book is going to be hard on mytwosons.” Firing of Librarian RuledIllegal _ SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — A federal judge has ruled that the Davis County Library Board acted illegally whenit fired County Librarian Jeanne Layton without SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — Ivan merit guidelines. But Swapp and other library board members said she was a department head, and wasnot under council standards. The board passed an ordinance on Aug. 9 declaring that Miss Layton was a nonmerit employee. Board members also went to state court to seek an injunction against any further merit hearings on the librarian's dismissal. Miss Laytonfiled a federal suit. claiming her constitutional right to due process had been violated. 1754 S. State, Orem OpenFridaystill 9 AZCmMmMI Shop Monday-Saturday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Cooks by time or cooks to temperature- can actually tenderize meats. 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