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Show Cuard to Disclose Details of Fitness Program Details to get a nation-wide physical fitness program under way in all National Guard units in the U. S. will be unveiled in Salt Lake City during a conference confer-ence of high ranking Guard officials of-ficials Friday, Maj. Gen. Maxwell Max-well E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, stated. Some 120 conferees from 28 states, including Maj. General Donald W McGowan, Chief of the Natoinal Guard Bureau in Washington, D.C., will be on hand. The conference will be sponsored spon-sored by the National Guard Bureau and hosted by the Utah National Guard. North Carolina, pilot state of the program, will have a delegation on hand to aid other states to get the programs off the ground and to put on demonstrations of the exercises which the National Guardsmen will be required to perform. Idea of the nationwide program pro-gram is derived from President Kennedy's plea to get all Americans Ameri-cans in the best possible physical condition. , "The Guard hopes to take the lead and set the example for other groups. We hope others such as business men and civic groups will set up their own pro-''rams." pro-''rams." The Utah National Guard will start the program the first of the year, Gen. Rich noted. The conference promises to be a real star studded affair. At least 30 generals will be . i on hand for the meetings and demonstrations. dem-onstrations. The demonstrations will be held in the Sunnyside Ave. Armory in Salt Lake. Utah's Gov. Clyde will also be on hand to open the conference. confer-ence. Most of the dignitaries are scheduled to arrive Tuesday. |