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Show Utah Guard Officer Named to Academy Position Maj. Earl R. Francis, Utah Air National Guard, has been appointed ap-pointed liaison officer for the U. S. Air Force Academy as an additional duty, according to Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General. Major Francis is administrative assistant for Air Affairs, Headquarters Utah National Guard at Fort Douglas. This appointment is part of an Air Force program to establish well qualified officers at strategic strate-gic points throughout the country coun-try to interview, eligible young men for Air Force Academy appointments. ap-pointments. Applicants must be 17 to 22 years of age, in excellent physical physi-cal condition and must pass comprehensive com-prehensive entrance examinations. examina-tions. They study four years at Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado, graduating as Second Lieutenants of the Regular Air Force. Among his new duties Major Francis will address fraternal, civic and educational organizations, organiza-tions, and high school and university uni-versity assemblies to explain the entrance requirements and advantages ad-vantages of a career in the Air Force. This counseling service is available avail-able to members of the Utah National Na-tional Guard and other reserve components as well as to young men who do not have yet a military mili-tary affiliation. Young men desiring information informa-tion on this subject may contact Major Francis by visting or writing writ-ing to Headquarters Utah National Na-tional Guard, 1543 East Sunny-side Sunny-side Ave., Salt Lake City. |