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Show The Enterprise Review . December 8, 1976 Page 3b NBC Pulls News Program; KWMS Will Remain AH N KWMS radio will continue its format despitethe fact that NBCs News and Information Service is going out of business in May 1977. According to Chuck Harper, KWMS network general manager, the division of NBC lost $20 million during the last year and a half. The people were And features the expensive. required research and writers. They would spend thousands of dollars for travel and programming on a feature that lasted five Office Complex Planned has been one of the greatest networks of all time. Harper estimated the stations budget will be increased by $150,000 next year, in order to enlarge the staff and add equipment. "Staying an station will be more work than it has been. We will be using a combination of networks, in addition to our own staff. But we will have more local control, I think more flexibility. we will be our our and improving product gross sales will go up, he continued. Harper said he anticiaptes no changes in management as a result of the network change. all-ne- all-ne- all-ne- minutes. Harper said, explaining the enormous loss. He added other networks are now saying the News and Information Service Herman Seppi, owner of Seppi Builders, is developing a three-officewarehou- year. Small companies, with between 2 and 50 employees, have their rates increases by 21 percent. Companies with between 50 and 500 employees will experience an increase of 22 percent. The rates were authorized by the Utah Insurance Commission after a public hearing last week. Not a single objection was raised to the rate hike during the hearing. Effective dates for the increased rates will vary. Small companies will pay the increased rates either on Jan. 1 or July 1, depending will on when their ng The mediumsized companies' will be faced with the hikes only upon the renewal date for their insurance plans. "We have had to increase our rates to keep up with the increased costs of a Blue-Cros- s benefits, spokesman said. We anticipate a 20.4 percent increase in the cost of hospital services and a 9.13 percent increase in the cost of physi- date occurs. cians services during 1977. We expect next year to Christensen Gets Post Kenneth Maury Christensen, 32, has been' named assistant tourism director of the Salt Lake Valley Convention & Visitors Christensen has Bureau. been the Information Director at the Utah Travel Council for the past three years. Before joining the Travel Council, he worked for United Press International in Helena. Montana. Corps volunteer, he received a B.A. in An ex-Pea- ce journalism from the University of Minnesota in 1966 and is doing graduate work at the University of Utah. be the first year since 1974 that we will bring in enough in premiums to. cover the increased costs, the spokesman continued. Utah is experiencing the second-fasteincreases in health care costs in the st intermountain region, he said. He explained 175 new hospital beds were added in the state last year, and another 247 are on the drawing board for entry in 1977. He said in addition to raising rates, the company is intensifying its own more West 3900 South. Seppi said he expects the two-acr- e development to contain offices with about 4,000 square feet each, to be rented for about According to Jim Call- aghan, plant manager, the new operation will be five times larger than the present one, located at 1975 West 1500 South. While construction Off-sit- e began about a month ago. Seppi said he expects to build to suit tenants, beginning next spring. . 5J rJWirw' Cam at CXimCzRun now offers its rural setting two additional days each week. cost Enjoy French cuisine Wednesday through Saturday Brunch on Sunday and a s. He' could not estimate Basque style dinner Sunday evenings how many firms may change insurance companies as a result of the recent rate hike. We would encourage people to shop around, he said. But we're sure they could not find any similar coverage at the same cost. Phone Fi Safeway Building New Milk Plant Safeway Stores, Inc. is building a new $8.5 million milk processing plant on about 8 acres oi the Centennial Industrial Park. Construction began a few weeks ago and the project is scheduled for completion in March, 1978. .One 1800 warehouse will square-foo- t park at 555 mini-industri- al control of administrative costs. New pamphlets for customers, for example, will discourage patients from extending hospital stays and encourage doctors to be cost-consciou- -- also be built on the site. se Blue Cross Gets Okay to Boost Insurance Rates Small and medium-size- d companies will pay higher rates for Blue Cross and Blue Shield group insurance next 25 cents a foot. 7 942-175- 1 for reservations. sjpeed ghtogH ireDoGaMofly, if? ft the future it could be expanded along two sides. The existing operating will probably be sold intact, he added. Christansen Bros., Inc. is building the foundation for the plant, designed by a San Francisco architect. Since it is being contracted "fast track, contractors of other construction phases have not yet been selected, Callaghan seoud SftettfGurt Title Insurance and Escrows Stewart Title Guaranty Company of Houston, Underwriters Harlan Y. Hammond, President Virginia Godfrey, Closing Officer 330 Broadway Plaza 250 East Third South Salt Lake City, Utah 841 1 1 Telephone 355-478- 3 said. the present plant contains about 10,000 square feet, the new plant will be 58,000 square feet. "Our new plant will have computerized process flow, running the milk directly into fillers." Callaghan He added the new said. system will allow the plant to process about 60,000 pounds of milk per hour, while the present plant capacity is about 26.000 pounds per hour. The Utah center services five states: Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho. Oregon and Utah. The. Salt Lake division has grown. Sales volume has tripled in the last eight years, Callaghan He said the new stated. plant design is flexible, so in ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS BY FRANK ERICKSON AND OTHER NOTABLE ARTISTS. OPEN TUES.-SA- T. 1:00-7:0- 0 p.m. ' 467-960- 1 |