Show Local Soldier Training at af Needles Calif NEEDLES Calif Army Anny Duryea Plough son of Mr and Mrs Robert E. E Plough of af Moab Is participating In Exercise Desert Strike a joint army and air force maneuver Involving troops being being being be be- ing held In the trl-state trl area of California Arizona and Nevada ending May 30 The exercise allows opposing opposIng opposing ing joint task forces primarily primal primar fly ily mechanized and armored forces a maximum of free- free play Initiative In combat techniques techniques techniques tech tech- and tactics A major objective of the maneuver Is Isto isto isto to develop joint operational tactics to Insure that army and air force units can deal decisively as a team In all situations sit sit- Sergeant Plough a section chief In Battery B. B Batal- Batal lion llon of the Groups Group's Artillery Artillery Artillery Artil Artil- lery at Fort Bliss Tex entered enter entel ed the army In February 1962 and completed basic training at Fort Ord Calif The year old soldier isa Is Isa Isa a 1961 graduate of af Natrona County High School In Casper Casper Casper Cas Cas- per Wy Wyo the Salt Lake area Is Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot- Cot which ranks among the truly magnificent gorges of the western US U.S. At Its upper upper upper up up- per end are the residential- residential resort areas of Brighton Solitude Solitude Solitude Sol Sol- Sol Sol- and Silver Fork BrIghton Brighton Brighton ton and Solitude are two of Utah's largest winter sports centers and Brighton lifts lIlts also carry sightseers during summer months Just south of Big Cottonwood Cottonwood Cottonwood Cotton- Cotton wood Is ribbed granite-ribbed Little Cottonwood Canyon a glacial gorge which Is shorter straighter and steeper than its sister but just as impressIve impressive impressive sive in its own way Near Its upper upper end is Alta AUa a major winter sports resort and a amile amile amile mile or so further by dirt road Is Albion Basin a site of a forest campground |