Show Standard-Examine- IF 1974 1 Thursday August r FOREIGN CARS ALSO SUFFER US1NESS By EDWARD S Lechtzin UPI Auto Writer DETROIT (UPI) — Despite all the rosy predictions from Detroit many Americans haven’t been convinced that now is the time to buy a new car 1 : I : - Weber River District—served Utah Employment by the Security Office in Ogden— employment reported non-fara totaled 77100 by mid-Jui- y level which is 720 employes or nearly 1 per cent above last July’s figure office manager Harvey Rich said today Job Growth since last Ju'y has centered in manufacturing increase and with a trade which is 650 above the year ago mark he said Additional expansion has been in construction experienced finance and service but transportation has slipped by 160 and government (primarily in federal installations in the district) by 600 in the year’s period Mr Rich said FEDERAL JOBS Since last month non-faremployment has declined by 450 as a workers a toll has taken slump The bulk of the loss can he found in the federal state and local levels of government much of which is seasonal in m 570-work- er and Piping Engineering plant which will eventually employ 250 people expected growth at White Motor Corp West Bend John Inglis Frozen Food and other area manufacturing plants High unemployment persists in the district and is estimated at 8600 individuals for July which figures at 86 per cent of many Americans decide to get a few more miles out of the cars they own When the new 1974 models were coming out last fall predictions were for an car year including imports’ in 1974 By December after two months of the Arab oil embargo that was scaled down to 10 million-10- 5 million cars and by May 115-milli- Wood House Plans Opening Monday m mid-summ- first-ha- lf sales performance in 12 years with imports not doing much better An energy shortage inflation and fears of a recession combined to make the labor force Unemployment a year ago : stood at 7560 or 77 per cent of the labor force INSPECTING a hand earved wooden duck wnile preparing the ready-to-finis- h One of the contributing facfurniture stock for Monday’s grand opening of the Wood House at 2665 Washtors to high summer unemington are Mrs Joe Long owner and Tim Graham store manager ployment is the large number of college and high school students READY-TO-FINISH LINE seeking temporary work until UP September Mr Rich said A total of 982 new job SAYS openings were made available through the Ogden Employment SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) Security Office in the last 30 — Skaggs Companies Inc a more than the days — 118 food Salt Lake City-basprevious month and chain had it says drug Even though the supply of cent a record increase workers in the area continues to The grand opening for a new The business was originally in net earnings for the sec- exceed the demand work op- Ogden business specializing in started to manufacture ond of 1974 over the : h furniture will be furniture but moved into retail samequarter portunities have held up well last year i nature period thus far in 1974 Monday also said sales Mrs tranThe company Long manufacturing Only of the occupations Some The Wood House has opened incent a were service and reported jobs sportation LOCAL MANAGER where openings currently exist at 2665 Washington The store ' more numerous than they were secretaries clerk hours will be 10 am until 6 Manager of the store locally crease in revenues with include to $120704571 compared month a ago typists food servers car hops pm Monday through Friday will be Tim Graham 1973 over in million $95 just The Manufacturing industry cooks and 10 am until 5 pm on The store carries a large line For the first5 six months of countinues to show a great deal mechanicalcosmetologists engineers licensed Saturday this year Skaggs reported a of promise of economy medium priced and nurses draftsp-ersonpractical store for second cent increase in sales the is This 150 h mere estimated An furniture deluxe track assemblers the salespersons business family-owne- d of 67 cents with to earnings added workers were plus novelties such as wrooden tire repairers machinists auto which started three cent share a ago years per in the mechanics manufacturing payrolls and in Midvale The owners are children’s toys and women’s housekeepers over last per-shajump year’s small craft items district since last month and baby sitters Joe Mrs and Mr Long earnings e emthe prospect for future growth There are two INCREASE IN HARVEST Company president John Mrs Long said she has been enhanced by events ployes said the Hartman sour sweet of and The harvest that have taken place recently hopes to hire more employes as sales of Chosen Site Plant were a $225463323 local increased Some of these include the cherries has the business growls record for the in — period Some of the many items for COLUMBUS Ohio (UPI) following: The establishment of farm activity substantially the Williams Research Corp in the past 30 days pushing the Ashland Chemical Co a divi- sale include chairs rolltop the Weber Industrial Park farm worker total to 22u0 sion of Ashland Oil has chosen desks cannonball beds tables New Plant Planned Union which will employ 40 to 50 Most other crops however !a site in Wayne County West cradles clothes trees and many NEW YORK (UPI) workers by the end of 1974 the are a month or more away from Virginia for its large new antique reproductions Custom Carbide Corp says it will build announcement of new contracts peak harvest maleic anhydride plant The site made trestle tables are also for a $75 million graphite electrode at the Murdock Machine and No substantial employment is directly across the Ohio Riv- sale plant to serve electric arc steel refinfurthe Mrs Ling said all the mills in the United States The er from Ashland’s main Engineering Co in Clearfield increases are expected in which will boost that company’s area until school resumes and ery at Ashland Ky Maleic niture wras made of solid wood plant will be similar to the one She also said they plan to buy Carbide has at Yabucoa Puerworkforce from a current 260 to the harvest gets underway in anhydride is an intermediate near 600 by the end of the year late August or early September chemical used in making plastic and sell wood carvings made to Rico The site is not yet chosen resins the competion of a new Mr Rich said by local craftsmen i industry has just turned in its worst CONTRIBUTED STUDENTS domestic The Associated er EARNINGS SKAGGS ed 56-p- er ready-to-finis- 27-p- er s 26-p- er ready-to-finis- 59-p- er re full-tim- six-mon- th - ' MORE on each period with the one preceding it hoping to show that a sales boomlet was beginning Through the long winter months with 20 straight periods in which sales failed to match the year-ag- o performance auto public relation men still were able to find some hopeful sign in each sales report Many favorable signs failed to materialize as strongly as they had hoped 10-d- ay 10-d- ay SPECIALTY CARS There were 4643766 cars sold between January and June off 24 per cent from the record 6184523 cars delivered in the first half of 1973 The small cars that accounted for 423 per cent of the market last year held down 493 per cent of that market in the first six months of 1974 With the exception of the small specialty cars— the MusChevrolet Camaro tang II Pontiac Firebird and AMC Javelin—no segment was able to show an increase in sales The small specialty cars not only jumped 34 per cent in sales mainly on the strength of the completely redesigned Mustang II but almost doubled their share of the US market to 67 per cent The subcompacts — Ford Pinto Chevrolet Vega and AMC Gremlin-tha- t couldn’t be built the early days of in fast enough the energy crisis showed a sales downturn for the first six months of 1974 Up 21 per cent in November and December and plus 8 per cent in January and February the subcompacts dropped to 21 per cent behind last years pace by the end of June REALISTIC Ford Chairman Henry Ford II said 97 million w as more realistic Now say industry analysts 95 million cars is the most ‘ probable figure That would still be tied with 1S68 and 1929 as the fourth best year in the industry’s history But in an industry where LOGAN— Horse numbers in staying the same is almost like Utah have been moving backward a nearto is akin a rapidly but how many horses sales year do we really have and what is disaster the value of this industry to the auto executive’s an Holding state? to of the scrutiny predictions up hindsight could be unfair But Answers to these questions most admit they were not and others related to horses are totally prepared for the extent being sought in a special of the slowdown statewide survey conducted by In an optimistic forecast in Utah State University with Motors special help from the Utah State General September Gersten-berg C Chairman Richard Department of Agriculture 11 million car The horse owners of Utah forecast an year in 1974 It would be the expect that the survey will second highest figure in history provide evidence showing that and Gerstenberg said the major the horse industry does confactor that would affect reach- tribute substantially to the ing this goal might be labor economy of Utah and that it deserves more consideration in problems moneys appropriated for horse SKIDDING SALES facilities and public riding After the Arab oil embargo facilities hit and sales began skidding It will also aid in gettng sharply industry statisticians funds for animal research from began comparing sales figures an Animal Health Act presently a little differently They still before the United State compared the selling priods Congress with records of the previous BRINGS FUNDS year— an unfavorable comparison—but they also compared The Act would provide funds 96-milli- on to states based on the number of livestock on record An accurate count of horse numbers is presently lacking in Utah’s figures of livestock numbers J’Wayne McArthur assistant professor of animal science at USU urges all horse owners to respond to the questionnaire' so that the information will be He complete and accurate assures them that the information on individual horse owners will be held confidential and that it will net be used for tax purposes Survey forms are being mailed to horse owners over the state wherever they are known McArthur asks that these be filled out promptly accurately and completely and returned as directed on the form Any horse owner who doesn’t receive a questionnaire is urged to obtain one from the County Extension office or by writing to J’Wayne M c A r I hur at Utah State University in Logan m 5 q© to tewmi SPOTMATIC SP500 with thi Pentax craftsmanship and reputation for accuracy incorporated into one of the most cameras money can buy! exceptional Super Takumar 55mm f20 lens World-renowne- d is single-lens-refl- ex Camera 27550 Lis ONY U© 3495 Honeywell 100 Strobe $31045 SUB-MINIATU- BATTERY-OPERATE- Both For D ACTION-CORDE- R with Built-I- n Condenser Microphone and Automatic Shut-Of- f STROBONAR 36 HON EWELL AUTO automatic with speeds to 170000 second Unique rapid charge delivers as many as 12 flashes with just 10 minutes charge! Recycle time — less than 8 seconds complete with variable range for positive it's fast it's compact control of depth of field It's powerful A pocket-siz- e SONY Almost as small as a tape cassette itself the ultimate to the provide tucks away just about anywhere in carrying and operating convenience But don’t let the size skin this mighty marvel too! you Underneath its rugged of miniaturization offers performance that surpasses many larger recorders! all-ne- ACDC PORTABLE STEREO TC-5- CASSETTE-CORDER'SYST- E stereo everywhere you you can take the excitement of external speakers combines go The new SONY with its two plug-it pop-icassette convenience with true stereo Sound For extra versa6 either as a component tape tility unplug the speakers and use the deck in your home stereo system or as a portable stereomonaural Now n List 95 $9995 ONLY n 5 pop-ou- Check our prices high-qualit- y recorder and service before you buy your Sony FEATURES: Shut-Of- f Dua! Differential-Balance- d Automatic (TMSt Variable MonitorPublic Address System Flywheels Tape Select Switch for standard and new chromium dioxide cassettes Line Inputs and Built-ILine Outputs Recharging Circuit Microphone and Auxiliary Inputs for Optional Stereo Headphone Monitor Jack Battery Pack Two Pause Control with Lock Record Head Attache-TypSpeaker Systems with Cables Attached Carrying Case n Nickel-Cadmiu- y fun e PENTAX SPOTMATIC F world-famou- s Super-Multi-Coat- ed I ns Hot-Sh- shock-preventi- oe self-tim- ng er List $35900 FAST WHITE GLOVE FILM FINISHING 1 1 c°r stereo scr"l°V © CAR STEREO CASSETTE PLAYER TC-1- 0 Enhance your driving pleasure with the superb sound of the new SONY TC-1- 0 Special features like Single-ActiCassette Loading and Automatic Cassette Eject allow effortless distraction-fre- e operation for safe driving Full of famous SONY quality and dependability the TC-1- 0 delivers a powerful 12 Watts RMS (6 per on m channel)' ONLY KODACOIOR ROLLS Including new 1 10 size In by am ou) at 5 pm seme day In by 5 pm out next day at noon No service on Sat take SUPERSCOPE Pentax Spotmatic now meters wide open so the image in your viewfinder is always bright A real boon for candids and action photography! No ONOFF swixh to fiddle with: lens cap off and the Spotmatic F is already reading your next shot Its Takumar lens gives you sharp crisp exclusive color more deta — under conditions you and with truer pictures wouldn't attempt with other cameras Uncannily accurate threugh-the-ieX FP whh sofety metering ASA range from 20 to switch locking shutter release 3200 Great Pentax "feel" — classic design The W Now a new store in Logan — making a total of 3 Inkley Stores EKTACHSOME SLIDES AND SUPER 8 MOVIES In by noon — out at 5 pm same day except Sat In by 5 pm — out next day at noon — except Sat Um your M msmm Chars Bank Amricard Walker Sank card or yayr tnktay Account OPEN TILL 9 PM ON FRIDAYS 1 |