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Show extended to city and county officials of-ficials through the Utah Municipal Muni-cipal League, Utah State Association Asso-ciation of County Officials, the Utah Manufacturers Association, Associated General Contractors, Utah Bar Association, Bankers Association and other business and civic organizations. "There will be a minimum of speech making at the Aircade," Mr. Blood declared. "The audience audi-ence will actively participate in 'give and take' questions and answers. It's a perfect chance to find out first hand what is happening hap-pening in Congress on such vital issues as national security, fed- Panel of Experts Will Meet With Utahns on March 9 A panel of articulate experts from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States will fly to Salt Lake March 9 to discuss vital national issues with the poeple of Utah and surrounding states. j The one-day meeting, called Aircade for Citizenship Action, has been announced by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce, host organization. The meeting will be at the Hotel Utah at $7 per person, including a noon luncheon. Discussions will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until 3:30 p.m. Some 500 to 600 leaders in business, industry and civic affairs af-fairs and expected for the local Aircade. "Salt Lake City is one of 15 key cities in America selected eral aid to education, medical assistance for, the aged, unemployment unem-ployment benefits, labor union power, tax reform, minimum wage legislation, federal spending spend-ing and other timely topics." The Aircade panel will be headed by Richard Wagner of Chicago, president of the National Na-tional Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest federation of business organizations. Arch' N. Booth, executive vice president and articulate spokesman for the National Chamber, will preside as discussion leader. The names of other panel members has not yet been announced, an-nounced, but the National Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce said they will be "business leaders of outstanding outstand-ing reputation all authorities on specific categories of legislation." legis-lation." The first Aircade will get under un-der way in New York City, Feb. 26 and jump to Providence, R.I.; then to Syracuse, Columbus, Ohio; Charleston, W. Virginia; Spartanburg, South Carolina; Peoria, Pe-oria, Illinois, Kansas City, Mo.; Austin, Texas, then to Salt Lake City. From here it goes to Long Beach, San Francisco, Portland, Bills, and finally St. Paul, Minn. The last Salt Lake Aircade was held in 1958. for this important series of meetings, meet-ings, Howard L. Blood, Utah's Aircade chairman said. "Discussions "Discus-sions will center around vital issues before the U. S. Congress, the American people, and the world." The basic intent of the Aircade is to stimulate citzens to express their views effectively on major national issues, and to learn the issues first hand from people on the scene. "Discussions will be strictly on a non-partisan basis and both political parties will be well represented," rep-resented," he said. Special invitations are being |