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Show A Beautiful Drive most popular pursuits is a drive over beautiful Skyline Drive, which carries along the summit of the Wasatch from Farmington Canyon on the north to Bountiful. In addition to the incredible scenery, the 'trive boasts numerous picnic and camping facilities in well cared for campgrounds. One of Davis Countys Recently improved, the road winds up Farmington Canyon to roughly 9,000 feet, traverses the ridge top through groves of aspen ar.d pine. The colorful Great Salt Lake sunsets, certainly some of the most beautiful in the world, are especially grand from vantage points atop the mountain. TT V ffT? TTTTV TV m V TT TWTW Davis Countys Most Unique GIFT SHOP The Basket Shop Rattan , Basketry, Gifts and Imports 201 S. Main, Bountiful the Ogden Air Materiel Area, is located entirely within Davis County and contributes an annual $200 million payroll. Hill AFB, home of $200 MILLION PAYROLL THANKS . . . Hill AFB Plays Role to Davis County for HILL AIR FORCE BASE Hill AFB salutes the 100,000th resident of Davis County. making us Utahs largest value Mercury dealer The Utah air base the is located entirely within Davis County and slightly more than half if its 20,000 military and civilian personnel reside within the county. A breakdown of residence shows Clearfield, 11 percent; Layton, 11 percent; Sunset, five percent; Kaysville, five percent; Hill AFB, 10 percent Bountiful, four percent; and miscellaneous towns, five percent. Much of HiU AFB's annual mi1 $200,000,000 payroll is spent in Davis County. A good share of the bases other annual expenditures, such as the millions spent each year for construction and procurement, end up in Davis County. Hill AFB is home of the states largest industry Bountiful Motor, where you will always get the BEST DEAL on new Mercurys and International Trucks and Used Cars . BOUNTIFUL MOTOR Mercury & 2773 So. Main itary-civilia- International Harvester Dealer Bountiful 2953451 n 1969 Proud To Serve The Financial Needs Of Our We Are 28, Growing Community area, a geographical term and the name of Ogden Air Materiel an Air Force Geographically, it takes in Utah, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming. South Dakota, North Dakota, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Alaska and the westof Canada. ern two-thir- More than 101 Air Force bases and activities in the 3Vi million square mile area look to Ogden AMA for logistics support. Commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert H. McCutcheon, Ogden AMA manages a number of the Air Force most important defense assignments. Included are the Minuteman Bomarc and Titan ICBMs, Genie ground-to-ai- r missile, missile, F-- and supersonic fighter and reconammuninaissance aircraft, tions. aircraft landing gears, wheels, brakes, tires and tubes for all kinds of .'ir Force aircraft; all photographic, reconnaissance and aerospace training equipment for all weapons systems throughout the Air Force. New missions assigned to Ogden AMA recently are the Maverick missile, a short-rang- e the AIM-82missile, tentatively designated the Dogfighter and the air-to-a- ir F-1- 4 air-to-a- ir TV guid- Walleye ed weapon. Facilities at Hill are constantly being built to better handle its many workloads, and add permanence to the Utah air base which currently values its assets at $2 billion. The comings and goings of aircraft at Hill AFB are old hat to Davis residents. Mure than 3,000 landings and takeoffs occur at Hill AFB each month making it the Air Forces third busiest airfield. Many of the aircraft are hauling cargo, much of it destined for U.S. fighting forces in South- east Asia. Shipped and received monthly 10,012,713 pounds of cargo, with 8,139,088 pounds shipped by rail and 4,976,467 pounds hauled by truck. With its own police and fire and departments, buildings grounds custodians, railroad, highway and other facilities and services, Hill AFB can be said to be a city in Davis County anda big one at that. The base has 7,300 acres, 1,300 buildings and structures, 106 miles of rails, 54 miles of railroad, 10 aircraft hangars and 47 warehouses plus a 13,500 foot runway. Hill AFB is proud to be located in Davis Cou- are g nty eaeegoirT' sio goes 3 CONVENIENT OFFICES Lees Cafe Welcomes DAVIS COUNTY'S 100,000 CITIZEN Five North Main, Bountiful 230 East Walren Village, North Salt Lake 39S South Main Centerville Q MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION if -, LEE'S CAFE . 490 So. 500 West iwrtfti .rti-i- M Bountiful, Utah iowAi 295-073""'-Meia- 1 |