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Show FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1973 Page Eight Business Activity Increased by 11.8 in Salt Lake Last Year Business activity increased by Salt Lake City last year, according to a study prepared by Utah Foundation, a private research organization. For the state as a whole, the total volume of business activity rose by 16.3 per cent in 1972. The Foundation report shows that gross sales, as measured by local sales tax collections, were $948,338,000 in Salt Lake City in 1972. This compares with a toatl business activity of in 1971 and $641,432,000 in 1967. The study is based on an analysis of local option sales tax collections to February, 1973. According to the Foundation, the largest percentage gains in business volume in 1972 occurred in Emery, Duchesne and Uintah counties with 165, 88, and 51 per cent. A new major power generating facility is now under construction in Emery county, while extensive oil exploration activities are being carried out in Duchesne and Uintah counties. Among the major cities for which data are available, greatest gains in 1972 were recorded by Roosevelt, Orem, Vernal and American Rork with 64, 48, 37 and 34 per cent. Cities with the largest overall increases in business volume since 1967 include Orem, Roosevelt, St. George and Murray with 204, 198, 150 and 141 per cent. Total sales volumes in the state amounted to nearly $3.34 billion last year, an increase of 16.3 per cent over 1971. The study notes that the percentage gain exceeded 18 per cent each of the first two quarters of the year but slacked off to about 14 per cent in the last half of the year. 11.8 per cent in $848,-221,0- 00 , Although part of the increased sales volume during 1972 may be attributable to higher prices, the adjusted rise of 12.6 per cent after allowance for inflation, still was very impressive. In the preceding year sales volume in the state, expressed in terms of constant dollars, rose by 10.2 per cent. By comparison, during the 1960 to 1970 decade, the average increase, after adjustments for inflation, amounted to only 2.8 per cent per year. In other words the average rise in business volume during the past two years has been four times as great as the average increase experienced during the 1960-7- 0 decade. Over the past five years, the total volume of business activity in Utah has risen 71 percent. About. half of this increase was due to inflation. When sales volumes are adjusted for changes in the consumers price index the increase between 1967 and 1972 amounts to 36 per cent. In the preceding five year period of 1962-196the adjusted rise was 10 percent. Foundation analysts point out that more than 54 percent of the total business activity in Utah is concentrated in Salt Lake County. Salt Lake City proper accounts for more than half the Salt Lake County total and about 29 per cent of the total sales for the state. During recent years, however, there has ben a shift of business away from the central business district to suburban areas. Between 1967 and 1972 business activity in Salt Lake City increased by 48 per cent with a rise of 115 percent for the area of Salt Lake County outside the city. 7, . Workshop for Inventors Starts In Salt Lake City Schools Community Education Services the adult education division of the Salt Lake City Board of Education, has announced a new course, "Making Your Invention Pay," designed to help inventors, would-b- e inventors, idea creators, promoters and small manufacturers. While the course will concentrate on providing sources of information, it will also point ot pitfalls to avoid how to reduce risks, and how ot minimize capital investment. Instructor will be Dale W. Nelson, a local inventor, who has had many years of practical experience in creating, patenting and marketing new products. First class session started Wednesday, April 11 at Irving Center, 1179 East 21st South. The course will continue for continue for 2 hour sessions on succeeding Wednesday evenings until June 27. Students are encouraged to register in advance at the Irving Center as registration will be limited. A nominal fee of $15 will be made. Methods of instruction will include lecture, group discussion, case studies and a project which will offer each participant the opportunity to find a new product, research it and develop it hypothetically to the point of sale. The course is being jointly sponsored by the Community Education Services of the Salt Lake City Public Schools, Utah State Board for Vocational Education and the Small Business Administration. , Course content includes: The Sources of Information; Screening Ideas; New Product Design; Prototypes; Patent Research; Reducing Risks; Market Survey; The Pilot Test; Financing; Production; Channels of Distribution; Advertising; Reducing the Risks; Avoiding Pitfalls. . Natl. Guard Adds to Salt Lake Complex Senator Moss Sees Consumer Ripoff There were no holds barred this ' week when Utah Senator Frank E. Moss joined in a panel discussion before the Ford International Management Conference in Washington. "Everyone is ripping off the publis," Moss told the auto executives in an opening statement. Moss is recognized as a Senate leader in consumer causes and is chairman of the Commerce on Committee Consumers. The Senator rejected the idea that the bad image of business in the consumer's eyes is because of only a few "rascals." He listed a number of Federal Trade Commission action against more than two dozen of America largest corporations. He said, "Rascals? No, the American consumer no longer feels that it is the unethical few who give business a bad name." Moss also touched on the subject most dear to the hearts of his audience. "The auto, which had come to symbolize the brilliance of our American manufacturing genius, has progressively been revealed as a surface styled, poorly engineered, unsafe primary polluter of the environment," said the Senator. "As one after another massive recall campaign comes to light, even the Detroit miracle of mass production loses its glow." He could have been one of millions of Americans when he said, "One constant source of outrage is the nagging gap between the promise of an abundant, affluent consumer economy and the frustrating realities which the consumer faces in the daily, dreary round of confrontations. Sub-Committ- ee Auditor Talks Commission (Continued from page 1) the 11 elected officials are charged with different responsibilities, elections make them essentially equal. Merger of the Salt Lake City and County Health Departments several years ago stand as an example of the value of the consolidation and the added values received. The auditor went on to say that another concern is a desire to keep community consciousness the "something that makes residents feel they are a part of the community. Another example Mr. Hansen pointed out as far as an appointive sysetm is bad, is the fact that it would be dangerous for any surveyor to make inspection of contracts let out by his bosses the governing body. "Thats a separation that cant be skipped through by executive fiat or whim." The auditor also went on to say that if the study group decides to recommend electing only key officials then those posts should be the governing body, Auditor and Attorney. addition to the Utah National Guard complex on Guardsman Way has been announced by the Utah Adjutant General, Major General Maurice L. Wats. The facility will be a one story, six bay Organizational Maintenance Shop to be used primarily to maintain the vehicles of various units associated with Headquarters, Utah National Guard. Construction will be of brick and masonry and will match the existing buildings at the National Guard complex. The contract was awarded by bid to Thorup Brothers Construction Company, Inc. of Salt Lake Man Sentenced for City and the design was by a Salt Lake architect, Edmund D. Claiming Exemptions Max W. Reeves, 7962 So. State Fotheringham. Construction is to be completed by August 26th of Street, Midvale, pleaded guilty this year. at his recent arraignment before Of the total cost of $101,679, Judge Willis W. Ritter in U. S. some $89,000 will be from ap- District Court for Utah. Judge Ritetr sentenced Reeves to three propriated Federal Funds and years probation. the remaining $3,679 will come Reeves had been charged by from state funds. the U. S. Attorney with filing a A $101,679 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Student Volunteer Corps Among Nation' Top Five ; A volunteer corps of some 600 Dave has been involved in University of Utah students has community work for several been named one of the five most yearn prior to the time he spear active campus service organiza- headed organization of the U tions in the country by the National Center for Voluntary Action. The student volunteers receive the recognition for services rendered to the community through 30 cooperating Salt. Lake agencies, including the detention center, American Red Cross, Veterans Hospital, juvenile court, and mental health clinic. Even though the campus corps has been organized for only two quarters, it has already attracted some 1000 participants representing many U departments. "All we ask is that students put in a minimum of three hours a week for 10 weeks," explains Dave Hansen, chairman of the student volunteer corps. He says optional enrollment in a three-cred- it hour general education class makes it possible for many students to find time for such off campus activities. "In the last decade, students have become increasingly outer directed. They are concerned on making the community the kind of place they would want to raise their own families in," the student chairman notes. program. Convinced that others would enjoy similar service opportunities, he solicited and won ASUU support for a central campus agency that would recruit and coordinate students for service. The result was the ASUU Corps, created last fall. Dave believes the service program provides students with a valuable insight into both community problems and personal Some students change goals. their majors several times during their schooling. By doing a volunteer work they can preview their career choice and perhaps save themselves years of education," he explains. Program administrators have found relevant positions for virtually every major. One student, a biochemistry major was placed in a volunteer position in the hematology laboratory of a local hospital. Business majors have been assigned to special agencies within the Chamber of Commerce. Others select tutorial programs within the schools, or choose to cultivate a special an with friendship underprivileged child on a senior citizen. 'Road Scholars' to Compete in Trouble Shooting Contest Who will be the top 1973 Road Scholars" in Utah? Auto shop instructors here are now holding classroom tests to determine which students will win that title and represent their schools in the regional Plymouth Trouble Shooting Contest May 11 at Skyline High School. The "Road Scholars" will be members of two man Troubleshooting teams selected by their instructors for this nation-wid- e competition which offers generous rewards for outstanding auto mechanic students. The teams at the regional contest will be looking for a series of malfunctions which are deliberately hidden in new cars to test the knowledge the students have gained in classes in auto mechanics. Their job is to find the malfunctoins using classroom procedures, correct them, and restore the cars to perfect running order. First team to find and fix all the problems is the winner, provided the team also receives good grades in the written examination which is part of the contest and which contributes to the final score. The annual event, now in its 25th year, is sponsored jointly by the schools and the Plymouth dealers of this area to encourage talented auto mechanics students to complete their education and seek careers in the auto industry. 113 regional con. There are tests scheduled in the U.S. each spring. Regional meet winners receive trips to the National Fito 7 nals at Boston June compete for more than $90,000 worth of scholarships, prizes, trophies and tools which will be given to their schools for auto shop training aids. This spring, some 165,000 students studying auto mechanics in more than 2,000 schools in 50 states are competing for rights to represent their schools in the regional contests in which they qualify for the finals. School instructors select their own trouble shooting teams on the basis of the skill and knowledge studetns demonstrate in their class work. Competition is divided into two classes, one for high schools and one for post-hig- h school institutions such as junior colleges and vocational training centers. Surveys show that about 65 per cent of the contestants find jobs in the auto industry. Welcome to the world. 25-2- false Employees Withholding Exemption Certificate (Form W-claiming 54 exemptions at Employer Kennecott Copper.W--4 The filing of a false Form violates Section 7205 of the Internal Code which provides a maximum penalty of one year in prison or a $500 fine or both. EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EXCITING JOBS 4) SFC Walter D. O'Hara Salt Lake Federal 524-402- 6 - 4027 WOMCNI ARMY OORPS |