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Show The Rational Enterprise , March 30, 1977 Page four Marketing Plans Formulated for Astrons Carburetor Astron Innovations, Inc. (OTC 1.95, 2.12) has announced marketing plans for g a new carburetor that it claims will increase gas mileage from 40 to 73 percent. The carburetor will cost approximately $225 and will be available at various garages and car dealerships in Salt Lake by August 1, 1977, according to Astron president Ralph Rollins. Astron has acquired the services of Omnibus Investment Corp, a Utah marketing gas-savin- to specialist company, handle all phases of carburetor marketing in the state. Utah will be the center of marketing operations for eight national marketing regions. Vice president Chuck Millet said the company has contracted with a Denver, Colo, manufacturing company to produce the carburetors. Production has not started yet. Millet said, but is scheduled to begin in April. The company expects to sell 30,000 carburetors per month within one year, he said. Astron also has a $1.5 million contract with a Brazilian group pending the completion of mileage tests in Brazil. The Brazilian group has agreed to pay Astron a five percent royalty on all carburetors sold in that country, according to Millet. He said the company is waiting for an opening at the only suitable test lab in Brazil, near Sao Paulo, and is tentatively scheduled to use it sometime in April. Revenues from the Brazilian contract will be split equally between the Astron, Montana inventor of the principle and a limited partnership that took part in the invention. car-bureti- on The Astron "Vari Vent" carburetor has already EPA sanctioned tests passed according to In the company. November, Vent Vari a 1976, equipped 41 a achieved Dodge percent increase in miles per gallon for city driving and a 73 percent mpg increase in highway tests. Millet said. The testing was conducted by an EPA certified company in California, Angeles, the vice president said, but he declined to name the firm. Millet said the company will issue a 30 percent overall mileage increase guarantee with each carburetor. The $225 charge for the device also includes installation and a tune-uhe said. in Los p, Bank THE NATIONAL Plans Enterprise Unveiled per year 50 Cents Per C'op Subscriptions Continued from page one tower will be joined with a covered walk way above five h bank lines, she said. Inside, the bank The National Enterprise is published weekly by the National Enterprise Publishing Company, Inc., 500 Continental Bank Bldg., P.O. Box 11778, Pioneer Station, Salt Lake City, Utah 84147. (801) 5330556 drive-throug- will emphasize the garden motif with ivory and beige shades accented with green plants. "We plan to color our bank with people," the designer said. Opening of the bank is yet uncertain, McEntire explained, as the bank holding company must first complete a just launched public stock offering of 600,000 shares. Second Class Postage Paid in Salt Lake Cit . Utah R. GEORGE GREGERSEN Publisher ALENE E. BENTLEY Editor mary McMillan gaber Managing Editor DEANALSUP JO SCHNEIDER Staff Writers R. PASSEY PETER HARRISON Production Manager Advertising Manager KRISTOPHER WHITNEY JONES Art Director Capitalization of $750,000 has been approved by Bank W.S. Commissioner Brimhall. IT TnKD K1 Silver Ex Signs Farmout ' the rate of advance among stocks traded over the counter, as measured by the NASDAQ Composite Index, was more than 50 greater than the corresponding rate of gain by the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the same period (29 vs. 18 ). The contrast was especially striking in the During 1976, Silver Exploration, Inc., (OTC .24, .27) Ogden, Utah based natural resources ex- ploration and development company, has entered into a with farmout agreement Fulton Producing Company, Denver, on 56 acres of Silver Explorations oil and gas property in the Upper Ojai oil field in Ventura County, Calif., according to Dennis Stettler company president. Under terms of the agreement, Fulton Producing Company can earn an ultimate 50 interest in the 56 acres by drilling four wells 5000 feet or less during the next 18 months and one deep test below 5500 feet before April of 1979. In the event oil and gas is found in commercial quantity, Fulton Producing Company will become operator of the wells. Fulton expects to begin drilling the first week in April, Stettler said. 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