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Show The Enterprise Review , September 29, 1976 Inflation, Divorce Push Women into Work Force An increasingly high divorce rate and inflation is swelling the number of women in the labor market, according to Brenda' Hancock coordinator of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women. Currently, 55 percent of the women between ages 25-5- 4 According to the U.S. Department of Labor, that percentage is expected to jump to between 60-7- 5 percent by risen from 2.5 per 1,000 in Hancock attributed the hike in womens participation rate to high divorce rate which places women at the head of households. She rate in Utahs labor market has increased rapidly during the last 15 years. In 1960, 32.4 percent of women worked. By 1975 that figure had jumped to 44.5 percent. said Utahs divorce rate has 1961 to 5.1 per 1,000 in 1975. Womens participation 1990. are in the work force. An economical alternative to the form letter... Merrico Projects Trebled Earnings with Acquisition White Ready Mix Concrete Co., 175 West 50th South in Murray, will change its name on Friday to Mid Valley Concrete Company. The firm was acquired by Merrico Corporation in June. Judd Kemp, Secretary-T- of Merrico, said his company did not buy White Ready Mix Corporation: We bought Whites business and their good reasurer Kemp said. He declined to give the amount of the purchase. Merrico s revenues for will, fiscal 1975 were above $450,000 and the company has projected sales for 1976 in excess of $1.5 million, Kemp said. Inc., Kemp said. White is converting his business to land development and engineering work. Merrico, a private Utah corporation, headed by president Taylor Merrill, is a wholesale supplier of aggregate and ready mix concrete. Gary White, previous owner of White Ready Mix Co., remains the owner of White Concrete Products, Merrico also does large-scal- e some excavation work and subdivision improvement work in the Salt Lake and Murray areas. Merrico supplied concrete for the construction of the Canyon Crest Apartments, the Mer-ri- l Engineering Building at the University of Utah, the Hilton Hotel, LDS Church Office Building and the new addition to the BYU Bookstore. Merrico is rapidly becoming a marketing oriented company, he added, saying they are spending more on advertising, making special efforts to reach contractors, cement finishers and various With the acquisition of White Ready Mix Concrete , Merrico expects to triple annual sales this year. buyers of ready mix cement. Merrico s new ready mix batch plant began operations in June. The plant is completely enclosed to allow for winter batching and better quality control. LOANS $500 to $10,000 SENTRY MAKES IT EASY Were a local company. So--we- re not tied down to national credit policies. At Sentry, we work with you. And, if youre in a hurry, we can be, too. Well cut you a check in less than a day. SAVINGS ACCOUNTS (HIGH INTEREST), BUSINESS LOANS, MORTGAGE LOANS, PERSONAL LOANS gWMY commercial Finance & Thrift Companies personally typed letter at 185 words per minute can provide you with an economical alternative to the form letter. Personally typed, personally signed- -a compliment to your customers' importance. The trick is an IBM Mag Memory typewriter. Salutations, dates, etc. are manually typed, as are specific differences from one individual letter to the next. Constant, unchanged text is remembered by the machine and typed automatically. No spacing problems, no mistakes. Each letter looks as if your secretary typed it from scratch. Beautiful. A a wide variety of applications Sales forms and contracts. The basic form is preprogrammed. You simply let me know the client's name and appropriate figures. The Mag will produce an originally typed, custom con- tract. Thank you notes and collection notices. Preprogrammed format. Just call in the specifics. Revision of multiple page items . This one is super. If you make frequent revisions in multi-pag- e documents, retyping can be expensive and time consuming. I'll type the changes manually; the IBM Mag automatically retypes the unchanged portions (with no spacing problems). Great for legal briefs. My name is Linda. Give me a call and I'll tell you how I can help. 363-218- 2 2285 So. Main (suite 11) SALT LAKE CITY 486-815- 1 Lower Lobby, Hilton Hotel |