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Show Utah Fair Features Big Display by U.S. Armed Forces Utah's Armed Forces are combining men and .equipment at the Utah State Fair for the largest military exhibit in the intermountain area annals. Military display coordinator, Lt. Lawrence D. Doff, Dugway Proving Ground, and Woolas A. Macey, Utah State Fair Assn. secretary - manager, set aside Sept. 16 as Armed Forces Day at the Fair. But military exhibits take up some 40,000 square feet of fair space daily for public perusal. Highlighting the daily mili- tary exhibits are youth fitness testing by the 21st Rifle Company Com-pany of the U.S. Marine Corp. Boys and girls between eight and 17 years of age, go through a series of separate physical exercises, exer-cises, and those passing will receive re-ceive certificates. If they don't pass, Lt. Doff said, they at least "get a workout." The Marine rifle squad will stage a sham battle an attack on a "fortified position" Sept. 16 at 4:30 at the Fairgrounds grandstand with simulated artillery ar-tillery bursts, flame throwers and all that goes with real Marine Ma-rine wjarfare, Lt. Doff said. Andl every hour of the fair, a man jumps from an 80-foot pole to demonstrate parachute artistry. artis-try. This event takes place under the auspices of the Utah General Gen-eral Depot and Utah National Guard Special Forces. Missiles on display include the Sergeant (with launcher and control van) from Sperry Utah; the Bomarc from Air Force Recruiting; Re-cruiting; the Corporal, Honest John and Nike-Ajax from Tooele Army Depot. Thiokol Chemical has a rocket display, and Navy Recruiting features a Pacific missile range display with cutaway models of the Polaris submarine and a Lark missile. t |