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Show mmnr.pnyinypii y fr,i nryin-i- m nprn)iriTryr-fnr- T" r ; - - tt t y Employment Diversified In Utah, Builders Told Firms to Decide On Chain Saws The Consumer Prixiuct WASHINGTON tlPI) Safety Commission agreed Thursduj to let (ham saw manufacturers work out their own safety modifications to reduce the 7(1 (Hid injuries a year caused by the dev lees Chain saws have become increasingly punilar with amateur woodcutters, feeding their fireplaces to combat high energy costs The devices are believed responsible for at least 150 deaths in recent years The commission will supervise the voluntary program for improvements over the next IK months. The agency will spend $350,000 to help the chain saw manufacturers association develop modifications which will involve such changes as devices to deactivate the chain saws during a "kickback and of perhaps design - The commission staff rejxirted the latest figures showed 70, KO0 persons were injured by chain saw accidents in a one year period, with 29,(XH of the injuries requiring emergency room treatment The most common injuries were cut hands ()Miiinp iWars for Nursing Homo 11 April h , Firms Seareh for East Coast Oil to defer action on the The commission voted petition and to let the industry go ahead with its approach .1 By Ietcr Mattiacc Press Writer AsscH-iale- Six oil companies are ATLANTIC CITY. N J rushing to join Exxon Corp ill its search tor oil and gas off the East Coast. Exxon officials said their drilling ship Glomar Pacific had completed 250 feet of a planned wide 14,000-foo- t well and were cementing the hole on Thursday Actual drilling 101 miles east of this resort will resume in a few days, officials said The ship arrived last Thursday and began drilling Wednesday morning. "Were in no race for first," said David Moffit. a Continental Oil Co. spokesman, whose New Era drilling rig is due to arrive h is our The lone dissenter, Commissioner David Pittle, said, every one of those major decisions is going to be made by an industry controlled committee." "This is probably one of the most serious hazards Ive seen since Ive been on the commission," Pittle said. to let He said it would be a "dangerous precedent the industry come in at this point and take over the process e 10. April outfit!! d for Atlantic waters Cmux u ohieials hope to start their first exploiatory well about April 12 anil eventually drill to 12.IKKI feet at a point 77 mile s ea-- t of here On the surface rigs look like towers on the ocean floor But they can withstand rougher seas than ships because part of the rig is underwater Most exploratory drdling in the Atlantic wdl he done by rigs, which are more stable, but carry less supplies, than drilln g slops like the Glomar Pacific. Most drilling rigs are leased by the oil companies from about $50, OuO to $70,000 per day Shell builders Dr Weaver turning to the national trends of the building industry sad that a record $48 billion was taken out ill mortgages m the United States during 1977 197S will he th thud year that the holin' building industry will have grown "There has never been a time since Die Korean conflict m the early 19:t)s that a recovery has lasted three yeuts he said m a row in building industry He said the m a row will Co d Early Thursday, tugboats moved the New Era from a dock in Sabine Pass, Texas where it was ... with Curtis Mathes 100 Electronic Selective Sensor Tuning a great choice because... O' i T s c eg r jut- Mitchell-Montgomer- 1 y well ITS MORE VERSATILE Ki' r pvjsif,0i cr No Notomorrow foolin! ' April first is ITS MORE EASILY OPERATED March 31, 1978 Page 12 .Section ( largest nationally over the last 10 years, most of that growth has been through the high birth rate rather than immigration The growth rate, in terms of people moving here from other states, is less than other states of the Intermountain Region. In fact, he said, Utah ranks 20th in the nations 50 states in net migration growth rate. The state is first in the growth rate due to births over deaths, and the second state, Alaska, isnt even close, said Dr. Hachman. "With all we have to offer, people just havent discovered Utah yet, he said. "There is just not a national awareness of our state like there is of Colorado or Arizona. But, Dr. Hachman said, people will follow their jobs here. And industries are becoming more and more aware of Utahs great potential, not only because of the states abundance of natural resources, but also because Utah has a superior work force compared with other states What does this all mean, to the housing industry? Dr. Hachman predicted that between 15, (XX) and 20, (XX) Special to The Tribune NEW YORK Equity Oil Co., Salt Lake City, reported completions of two gas discoveries in Pecos County, Texas, Fred H. Evans, Equity president, told oil analaysts here. One, the No. 1 Emma Lou, has been opened to sales under a temporary y testing agreement The other, the No 1 Mitchell Montgomery, is shut, awaiting pipeline connection Equity has a 23 5 percent working interest in the No. 1 Emma lou until payout and an 11 75 percent interest following payout. It has a 22 percent working interest m the Friday Morning, He said that while Utah has experienced a growth rate that is the sixth 2 Gas Wells Discovered &0IT0R Salt Lake tribune Business to fill new jobs. Dr. Hachman painted a picture of increasing growth patterns in the state for the next few years. use the semi submersible Pacesetter II 73 miles east of here by n.id April. The rig still is working on a well in the Gulf of Mexico Ocean Victory is Texacos scheduled to begin drilling by late April near the Glomar Pacific. Oil residential units will 1' hu'.lt in the ill 1478 He predicted that between will move into 111 inni and 11 mio people the Wasatch Front per y cat for the next (our years to fill those residential units While the la.otxi to Jo otto new units are a far cry from 23.1KXI that were hull! last year, that is nothing to be alarmed atxiut Last year was a record builidng year. Dr Hachman reminded the n at 3855-7tHast. Developer Janies Gaddis says designs for intermediate care. opening is planned for the Mb bed "Valley 7th Mast" Nursing Home An The agency had been petioned to impose mandat ory controls on chain saws by John Hurtle, a lawyer from Batesville, Ark who had been involved in a case relating to a chain saw kickback injury The industry then offered its voluntary plan to remedy the situation Solution in the most expeditious manner responsibilty, he said. state That's because so many new employers and diversified industries have begun in Utah during the 1970s, accord ing to Frank C Hachman. researcher for the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah. Dr. Hachman and his colleague. Dr Rodger Weaver, spent the morning here Thursday briefing the Utah Home Builders Association on the economic outlook for the building industry m 1978 The seminar was the first major workshop conducted at the Intermoun-taiHome Builders Conference at the Four Seasons Convention Center here through Saturday Dr Hachman said the current questions surrounding Kenneeotts ability to operate at past levels of pnxluction cause serious problems foi Utah's employment picture And relocation eflort.s would take a long time if many employees were laid off But. with Utah's current situation, those employees could be absorbed, he said Ten years ago, he added, the impact would have been devastating "What I am much more afraid of is a major inundation of Californians," Dr Hachman joked But, he said the employment rate in Utah will stay between 4 and 5 percent for the next several years And the state's present population is not enough the cutting chain itself Commission Chairman John Byington said he favored that plan because it would take less than half the four or five years the commission would need to go through the mandatory process leading to imposition of a safety rule new Special to The Tribune If one of I tub's ST GEORGE major employers, suc h as Kennoeott Copper Corp, cut hack its operations substantially, the impact on the state s economy would be great, but nothing like it would have been 10 years ago Firm Recalling Bu ses, Trucks International CHICAGO (UPlt Harvester Thursday ordered the recall of 30, (XX) school buses and trucks, warning that rear spring bolts may be loose on Harvester chassis produced between September 1975 and August 1977 The company said one accident was reported because of the chassis defect but there were no injuries. 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