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Show Federal Land Use stressed This should not have happened, Carlson said. Utahns are more highly skilled, better educated, and more highly motivated than the average U.S. citizen. In spite of that, Carlson said, bad federal land policies have caused Utah's per capita income to go from the national average to 42nd in the nation by 1974. . Carlson said, if elected, he would fight to lift oppressive regulations and work to improve the job situation, t ' '', Over 2,500 additional jobs could be provided in Iron County by 1982 based on increased use of federal lands, according to Jack Carlson, Utah Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. Carlson, a former economic advisor to the president and former assistant secretary of the Department of the Interior, offered the figures after completing com-pleting an indepth analysis of Utah's economy. "These jobs would come primarily as a result of growth in the fields of energy and minerals. These new jobs would increase the average county income 80 percent higher in Iron County than would otherwise have been the case," Carlson , said. According to Carlson his ; proposed programs would , provide 40,000 additional jobs for Utah. i "Our access to federal lands in this state has been sharply curtailed in recent years," Carlson stated. Coal exploration ; and development has been cut to , zero, and reduced for many other minerals. Sheep and cattle I grazing has been cut in half." S |