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Show One Way of Cutting Down . Their Waistlines - xM-UM DESIGNED TO KEEP POUNDAGE DOWN Danny Beckstead, lying-, doesn't mind medicine ball drops by Pete Dow. like the Idea of "watching their waistlines.' More than 40 state highway patrolmen pa-trolmen In all parts of the state recently received a personal memorandum mem-orandum from their superintendent, R. W. Groo, gist of which can be expressed in two words: -Watch waistlines." With the determination that they employ when speeding to overtake a traffic Violator, they proceeded to take thrice weekly two-hour workouts In gymnasiums. Patrolmen on duty In and around Salt Lake county patronise the Des- eret gymnasium. Officers In Utah county take workouts In a Provo gymnasium, and the Weber gym is used by officers employed in Weber county. "Keeping phyilcajly fit Is a real problem for highway patrolmen," Mr. Groo said. They must be fit to cope with any situation." Since majority of the patrolmen are former college and high school athletes, the task of workouts Is nothing new. Matter of fact, they |