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Show t - ' , t' 4 Canyon Vaults Hold Firms Records By Con Jsarras says Martin will, Mchowald, storage manager for the firm, known formally Tribune Staff Writer LITTLE COTTONWOOD If youre what CANYON society consider "typical" if you drive a car, buy insurance, have credit cards or involve yourself in any number of social interests -chances are your name is safely filed away in a large, tnmbdike, granite and steel vault halfway up this picturesque canyon. Omni west Corp.s microfilm storage vault eiglit miles west of Alta is indeed an Impressive hall of as Omniwest Corp.-Perpetu- Storeage Inc., and at 3322-3r- d headquartered East. Specific names of Omniwest's clients are kept secret under a contracturai agreement, but Mr. Mehowald said clients include a Philippines insurance company, large national banks, credit bureaus, international insurwhose ance corporations names you would recognize" and a large California university. Microfilm Stared Government agencies also store microfilm records in rcord8. Clients as varied as international banking and insurance firms, major universities and hometown newspapers all solicit the security vault of the as a site for preserving their records. Our clients fed their records should be preserved under all contingencies, and we can guarantee that they the eight-year-ol- d vault which was blasted out of a granite mountain on the canyons north side. . A lot of the records are Mr. very sensitive, Mehowald said. Our employees are bonded and we have taken a great many YOU! HOME DECORATING CENTER foots- 6P - CARPET Lk FASHION ETC- CENTER - FREE HOME ESTIMATES UNO THE A IAS OTMT MHCES KM UNCHJUM. WALL COVERINGS, WINDOW SHADES, WOVEN WOODS, LIGHT PAINT AND COUNTER FIXTURES, TOPI HUNG IN OUE CARPET, security precautions to ensure their (the records) safety. For example, the vault i6 guarded 24 hours a day by armed private, security police who keep watch over a console of television screens focused on the vaults garageentrance. -door Weve had no trouble with anybody trying to break Mr. Mehowald said. in, Occassionally, a curiosity seeker will wander up but or something, they usually dont try to get inside. Mr. Mehowald acknow-lege- d that originally, the firms attraction to its clients was based somewhat on fears that hostile parties would attempt to procure senistrve records to "get back at corporations toward which some political animosity may be held. Many companies may have been a little frightened then (early 1970s) of sabotage Mehowald explained. Thats aot true so much any more. ReaMM Cited at issue, he adds, is protection of records against natural disasters fire, floods, earthquake, etc. More ' "There is horizontal access to the vault and the entra nee is 400 feet above the valley about 5;0)0 feet above sea level so the possibility of a flood occtir-in- g is low. . Mr. Mehowald said. As far as earthquakes go. nix For Spring SUX Stwm Fumitur Polish Mufti-fl- art the most violent earth- quake. Even though the vault is located near a large earthquake fault, the facility "is solid enough tc withstand damage by earthquake under any reasonable probability," he continued. Further, the vault is tuckinto the mountain far enough to ensure little change in temperature and humidity. The temperature is constantly 57 degrees, in any See Page Column 3 ed Claaner u Buy At Smith' . Mr. Mehowald said studies commissioned by the firm indicated that the solid nature of the granite mountainside would preserve the vault in the event of "even Food King Motor1 Mlrt. W repair and alter your clothes At Salt Lake's lowest prices. EUROPA TAILORS 3005 I. 33r S. .0, DAVID'S I WHERE ITS "THE CUT THAT COUNTS" you have the March blahs, put a little fun in your life with a hair cut from DAVIDS The nun with the golden hands If Lake Salt The 81 The cut is the secret, h it not always art especially complicated style by which a coiffure excels. Members of the younger generation usually prefer a line which amazes you because of its simplicity. The simpler the design, the more often it is ashed far. However, what look so simple, often turns out to be a hatrstyie based upon an expert cut. (Mlv on the base of a perfect technique s successful coiffure can be creased. The cut supplies the foundation for an uncomplicated head of hair which can easily be fixed again een after having been exposed to Hrm and ram. 467-997- 1 2020 East 3300 So. iGilUHl cid TMtMM TO REMT KM EVERY EVENT gt IAYL03 REUTAl I Ctvifci " SANDY Ml SS. 7001. 23S-6M- 3 KEARNS 931 A S. 401 S W. MS4M1 Oil Pointings & Supplies Plants Candles Macrome Handicrafted Items Stained Glass Suncotchers 4649 South 2300' East 278-445- 9 Nt to Ratlun Robbins) |
