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Show the Utah .ENTERPRISE 1 y Salt Lake takes outside shot at basketball team Talk that the National Basketball Association will move to Salt Lake City with the proposed purchase of an existing team is just in the rumor stages," according to NBA executive Don Mulinelli. Mulinclli said although several teams are on the market, including the New Jersey Nets and Atlanta Hawks, no serious motions have been made to purchase or sell these teams. But Donald Gics, presi- dent of Jolene Manufacturing Co., in Provo, told the Enterprise he is scouting the area for community support for an NBA team. He and several Salt Lake investors hope to prove an interest" and purchase one of the 22 existing NBA teams very the Enterprise. Geis said he was not considering beginning soon. basketball fans. It was once the home of the Stars until the American Basketball Associa- other It would take about $3.5 to million the team together here," Geis said. We would also need a sales commitment of about 8,000 season tickets." Geis denied he and his were considering the Nets, but refused to comment on the possibility of the Hawks moving to Salt Lake City. Total purchase price for an existing team runs around $7-$- 9 million, Mulinelli told fellow-investo- rally rs Gilsonite a new team. Salt Lake is not new to tion folded in 1975. The Stars were never a profitable team although attendance records were high. And Mulinelli is quick to point out problems with a Salt Lake City franchise. It is much more profitable for a team to own and arena. " its own operate Mulinelli said. Otherwise, it only receives a percentage of the box receipts and can't Perma-Se- al KEEPS ASPHALT ALIVE benefit from concession or parking fees." Doug Borg, manager of the Salt Palace, said he had been contacted by Geis and confirmed that preliminary plans call for using the Salt Palace, should a Salt Lake team materialize. The Stars also played in the Salt Palace. Mulinclli claimed there is Deseret to add new jobs Preserves - Beautifies Seals Asphalt Pavement. Most economical method of maintenance. Most asphalt pavement failure is caused from deterioration. When pavement is unsealed or improperly sealed the surface scales off and the pavement becomes brittle - subject to cracking Co. will be employing a herd of new salespeople by January when a $3 million-plu- s expansion program at the Sandy plant is completed. According to Silas Smith, Deseret vice president of operations, the company will divide its intravenous and operating room products into e separate divisions. will be utilized for operating room products and 100 for intravenous. That compares with a total sales force of 90 to 100 last year. The building program will add 85,000 square feet of space to Deserets plant, 9450 South State St., Smith said, where a new intravenous pro- and potholes. Gilsonite seals in oils preventing oxidation and brittleness. 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Deseret is a subsidiary of Warner Lambert Co. and manufactures, designs and markets a line of disposable surgical medical devices such as needles and catheter placement sets. Dividend set Northwest Energy Company has declared a quarterly cash dividend on the company's common stock of fifty five cents per share, payable Dec. 9, 1977 to stockholders of record on Nov. 18. 1977. The company's principal subsidiary. 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