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Show Quarter Million Youth Hear Advice on Dating and Marriage i In a giant campaign conducted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), nearly a quarter of a million youth are receiving instruction designed to "protect them against tendencies toward delinquency." de-linquency." The move was launched early in January in a closed circuit and tape-recorded address by 86 -year -old Church President David O. McKay, to youth assembled as-sembled in 169 centers through out the nation and outside its borders. "Never let us lose sight of the fundamental fact that the home is the basis of civilization, and that we have the obligation to build ideal homes and to put forth every effort to rear exemplary exem-plary families," he told his great audience of 12-through-26-year-old listeners. Each Sunday evening, through March 27, a high ranking church leader will continue the theme in broadcasts over Radio Station KSL in Salt Lake City, which will be picked up by more than a score of cooperating stations throughout the west. Outside the range of these broadcasts advance ad-vance tape recordings of the talks will be made available for release concurrently with the radio addresses. The young people, assembled in upwards of 5000 "firesides," will listen to the talks and then conduct their own discussions on the subject of the evening. V Subjects covered will includer adherance to high standards of conduct, responsibilities of young men and women to each other in, social dating, guarding against the evils of "petting" and "neckV ing," the problem of "goina I steady," and guideposts to and I preparation for the right kind of I marriage. n In addition to the continental N United States, groups in Ha1 I waii, Canada, Mexico and New I Zealand are also participating in J the mammoth program. |