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Show VOLUME 17, NUMBER 234 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH le Salt County Employment Lake-Tooe- Employment . The Civilian Work Force in the Salt e County area now totals 264,900 persons, a growth of 2,000 persons (0.8) from November and a growth of 9,100 persons (3.6) from December, 1972. The growth from November is below the fourteen-yea- r average while the growth from last year is slightly above. In both cases, however, the growth is below that of Lake-Tooel- should be in order. Precipitous measures such as large scale layoffs, broad cutbacks in expenditures, or other similar actions, will surely do more harm than good. Perhaps the followBusiing adage would apply to all nessmen, government, consumers, workers all of us: If you think you are going to panic don't! Sales of Autos Show Upturn; Small Cars Lead Edward S. Lechtzin UPI Auto Writer DETROIT (UPI) For the first U.S. time since have reported they sold more cars in a sales did this than they period year same the last period year. during By - mid-Septemb- auto-make- rs 10-da- y the past year! e Unemployment in the Salt County area now totals 13,900 persons. This represents an increase f 1,700 persons (13.9) from the November level but remains at about the same level as in December, 1972. This months unemployment level change compares favorably to the fourteen-yea- r experience as themonth-to-montincrease was just slightly above the average. The no change from last year is actually better than Lake-Tooel- fourteen-yea- r average. The strong Outlook It has been said of the Economic State, "If enough people think something is going to happen, it will! Be this true or false, we know not, but we may have an opportunity to test it in the weeks ahead. Many persons are expressing great concern for the economy as it is being influenced by an energy shortage. Dire predictions are being made, some with good basis, many with little or no basis at all. The most that can be said at this time, with much assurance at all, is that there are a lot of unknown factors facing the area, the state, and the nation; a lot of confusion. Our experience with things like this is limited but that which we do have would seem to tell us that rational, careful reactions Aerosol Sprays Face Hearing-OControls n - The WASHINGTON (UPI) Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced it will hold a public hearing early next year on a request from a private research group to impose tight controls on aerosol sprays. Center for The privately-finance- d Science in the Public Interest asked the Commission, November 8, to begin a public education program on the dangers of aerosol sprays used in the home and said all poisonous or unsafe sprays should be banned and removed from store shelves. It also said the government should test all spray ingredients for possible cancer causing and birth defect potentials. 1-- . period in 1972. Mack W. Worden, GM vice president for marketing, said the new car market continues to i Vice President SALT LAKE CITY, - Utah;ldaho announced h the They credited a steady switch to smaller cars for the reversed trend in declining sales, a one per cent increase over the December U&l Announces Unemployment economic situation of this past year is still having its effects on the area helping to hold unemployment at a fairly favorable level, all things considered. MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1973 COST-OF-LIVIN- G COUNCIL PHASING DOWN PHASE 4 NEW YORK Despite the White House new energy controls, is acting to wind down Phase 4. Thats the new economic policy. Administraiton's of the part Director Dr. John T. Dunlop has already asked Congress for funds to phase out Phase 4. In the meantime, he is removing controls from various industries fertilizer, cement, honey, dehydrated alfalfa, etc.' inBut, say Washington informants, some special-probleunder controls will dustries perhaps indefinitely stty under new legislature. Reason: Jie public would raise holy hell if all controls were dropped while there were restrictions on various uses and allocations of energy gas, electricity and gasoline. C-of- m Housewives are complaining about a backdoor substantial increase in prices of various items on supermarket shelves. The and heretofore coupons on coffee, those removed makers of padkaged by detergents, etc., are being goods. Sugar Company today appointment of a new vice president and elevation of two vice presidents to senior vice president. Rowland M. Cannon, president and chief executive officer, said the appointments were made by the Board of Directors at its quarterly meeting in Salt Lake City. They included: Keith J. Wallentine was appointed Vice President-Corporat- e Relations and Secretary. He previously was Director of Public Relations and Secretary. Reporting to Mr. Wallentine in his new position will be the industrial relations, public relations, governmental relations, safety and insurance, and manpower scheduling functions. As secretary he also will be the industrial relations, public relations, governmental relations, safety and insurance, and manpower scheduling functions. Reed Smoot, Vice President-Sale- s and Traffic, was appointed Senior Vice President-MarketinM. Keith Ellis, Vice President-Productiowas appointed Senior Vice n, President-Productio- reflect buyer indecision resulting from confusion and uncertainty with regard to the energy situation and its related impacts. Nearly every small car model available showed an increase over last year, as did many of the in- termediate models. The in automakers sold 182,436 cars the December period a modest one per cent jump over a year.ap It was the first time since the 1974 models were introduced that General Motors, the industry giant, showed such a gain. GM sales were up 2.8 per cent while American Motors continued its strong pare with a 43 per cent jump. Ford Motor Co. sales were down 6.1 per cent, but small cars the Pinto, Maverick, Mustang II and Comet accounted for one of every two sales. Mustang was up 185 per cent from a year ago, Pinto was up 39 per cent, and Maverick showed a 25 per cent jump. Chrysler was down 1.1 per cent, primarily in the big car area. Sales of the compact Valiant were up 64 percent, while Dart sales increased 41 per cent. Chairman Chrysler Lynn a year-en- d Townsend, December 13, said his statement. firm's production would be more than 50 per cent small cars by in mid-Januar- The company is y. in- definitely idling 2,100 workers at two big car assembly plants while converting its Newark, facility to production. Dart and Del., Valiant seven-cents-of- f There was not repeat not big block selling of stocks by trusts and pension funds managed by commercial banks during , the markets November price collapse. Also, the banks did not use the incoming new funds of trusts and pension funds to buy stocks. They did buy Treasury shortterm notes which accounted for the yield nearly one per cent dive. There was considerable selling of stocks during the market pice collapse by small traders and investors who had positions on margin accounts. Brokerage houses confirm such selling. These investors got tired of the new burning and wanted out. Mutual funds took a beating too. But managers of the investment divisions of insurance companies and commercial banks handling trusts and pension funds did get their accounts burned. Most have been in love with oil and public utility shares. Shares of the' oil industry now are at averages below two years ago and the D--J utilities are at a low. But they can afford to carry the positions for years. 13-ye- ar Honda Motors new Detroit is scrambling for Japan-base- d which combustion was the first to pass the tough internal engine U.S. clean air standards test. The giant of the little motorcycle kingdom passed that test about ayeai' ago using a Chevrolet Impala. Ford wants in. So do Chrysler and Japans Toyota. Geiieral Motors seems to be content to continue its plans for the Wankel rotary engine. The Honda engine doesnt require expensive devices such as catalytic converters which add much to the cost. 1973-mod- el Christmas Ranks As Busy Day For Mountain Bell, Christmas ranks with Mother's Day as the busiest long distance calling day of the year. And, with the fuel shortage creating travel problems for many people, it may be busier than usual this year. So, don't wait until December 25th, to make your long distance holiday calls. You could get caught in the Christmas rush. Even though the Bell System is adding 3,000 more telephone circuits to meet the demand, some people will find the circuits busy when they try to call Christmas morning or evening. Especially with traveling limited because of fuel shortages and cancelled airline flights. For holiday callers, here are a few tips that can save you money and help speed your calls: First, dial your own calls. If you need the telephone number of a friend or relative, call Directory Assistance before the rush, so you will have the number ready when circuits are busier on the holiday. Directory Assistance for any city in Utah is Universal Directory Assistance for any city in the U.S. is Harea code If you must call on Christmas Day. do so before 8 a.m. or in midafternoon. Your chances for completing the call will be greater. And, if you encounter a busy signal or have to wait awhile to get an operator, remember, more than 500 Mountain Bell operators and 68 other Mountain Bell employees will be giving up Christmas with their families so you be in touch with yours by telephone. Utah Supreme Court Decisions See details page 4. i |