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Show Spotlighting I UTAH Far West Begins In Utah "Utah is the place where the far west begins and where American Amer-ican ideology is exemplified," declared de-clared T. J. Bannan, Seattle businessman during a key address ad-dress before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers meeting in convention in Salt Lake City. . -The economic progress of the west (intermountain states and pacific coast) has increased more proportionately than that of the rest of the nation," he said, "and the increase is not finished, but represents a trend pointing to an ever expanding western economy." econ-omy." Mr. Bannan supported his contentions con-tentions with the following figures fig-ures based on differences between 1939 and 1947: Population of the far west has gained 31 against 7 for the nation. Financial income has increased in-creased 179 as against 130 for the nation. Retail sales have increased in-creased 171 against 125 for the nation. Factory employment went up 68 as against 46i for the nation. |