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Show Employment Report Released By First Security Utah's non - agriculture employment employ-ment last month reached an all-time all-time high of 252,000, up 4,000 over figures a year ago. That is the report of the First Security News Letter distributed this week according to C. G. White and B. W. Vincent, assistant vice presidents of First Security Bank of Utah, N.S., and managers of the bank at Sugar House. The News Letter is edited by Elroy Nelson, vice president and economist for the First Security Bank system, assisted by Harvey Frazier. Utah's employment in September Septem-ber was the same as last year's 6,400. Department store sales reported report-ed for leading cities in Utah and Idaho for 1957's first eight months were the same as last year's, according ac-cording to First Security, i Utah's new car sales reached 20,122 for the first eight months, slightly above totals for last year. Bank debits through September were up 11 per cent in Salt Lake City, nine per cent in Ogden and seven per cent in Boise. ' Prices received by farmers in Utah and Idaho from the sale of cattle are approximately six per cent higher than a year ago. Lamb prices are up five per cent and milk prices received by farmers are up slightly. "These are offset by somewhat lower prices for eggs and poultry as well as for grains and hay," according to the News Letter. Total cash farm income for the first seven months was up from 1956 by $5 million in Utah. Production of nonferrous metals in the intermountain region is running run-ning noticeably below 1957 figures. Copper, is down ten per cent and lead and zinc down 20 per cent. Oil deliveries to Utah's refineries refin-eries continues approximately four per cent above last year's levels. |