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"(President Clinton) dealt a low blow to Utahns by catering to environmental extemists. The monument designation kills 1,000 jobs, denies Utah school children $2 billion, and will cost state and local government over $11 million a year in taxes and revenues. (He) is not above the law."

- Met Johnson, executive director, Western States Coalition, which filed suit to overturn Clinton's decision to place 1.7 million acres in a restrictive manument

PrimeSource Adds Nail Plant

Primesource Building Products, Inc., Dallas, Tx., has acquired a nail manufacturin g operation, following its strategic plan to augment its 45 packaging, fabrication and distribution operations with primary manufacturing facilities.

PrimeSource purchased the nail manufacturing assets of Connecticut

Wire Products, Ltd. and will operate the nail plant at its present location in Wallingford, Ct., under its own name. The facility will offer wire drawing, forming, heading and coating of fasteners, plus full packaging capabilities. A new high-speed automatic packaging line will be installed at the plant to streamline the entrrv process.

PrimeSource chairman and coc.e.o. Marvin Miller said the "acquisition will serve as a model for additional manufacturing operations strategically located throughout the United States."