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Show Unemployment in Utah Expected To Rise in Winter "Unemployment in Utah County Coun-ty may be expected to rise and continue hig'h during the coming winter," said Jennings M. Lee, manager of the Provo office of employment security, early this week. Even after, if and when the steel workers get back to their jobs, the return to normalcy in the employment picture may not be expected before four to six weeks, thereafter, Mr. Lee explained. ex-plained. Even after steel workers return re-turn to work, the backlog of unpaid un-paid hills and installments will not be conducive to new consumer consum-er buying. As expected, over-all sales in the Utah County area have dropped, drop-ped, according to the reports of representative business firms. However sale of building materials, mater-ials, clothing and meals at cafes have remained fairi3r stable. At the close of October there were 6,100 workers unemployed in Utah County and the total is-, inching upward daily. Postal receipts are up over a year ago in Orem, Provo and Springville; but down in other-offices other-offices in the county. Dairy products, automobiles and retail food sales also registered regis-tered a decline during the past month, Mr. Jennings said. |