Show Four Japanese Students Visit Area Attractions Four Japanese college stud stud- students aided by a fellow Oun tryman preceding them in a acar acar car visited Vernal Friday through Sunday of last week The foursome is hiking miles across the entire US They are Shichiro 22 Mitsuo J Shida 23 Takashi 22 and Katsuyuki Takahashi Tak- Tak Takahashi 23 The leader of the group who drives the auto Is Noboru Tajima 23 REX ROYLANCE and John JohnC JohnC C Beaslin representing Ver- Ver Vernal Vernal nal Chamber of Commerce conducted them on a tour of Flaming Gorge Dam and Reservoir Capt S A Dulany Hunter showed them around the field field- fieldhouse fieldhouse house and Sunday night of last week they were guests of C D Dudley of Jensen where they inspected his poultry farm Mr Dudley also took them on a cookout at Split Mountain Gorge WHILE AT the gorge orge the students showed a film film Jap an 1962 1912 to about 50 persons there at the time In an interview with The Vernal Express they said that theY have three goals 1 To study living condi condi- conditions of American families 2 To promote goodwill and friendship between America and Japan 3 To walk across the North American continent from San Francisco to New York THE mile walk will take about eight months They TIley I started March 18 1963 from fromI I San Francisco and will arrive in New York sometime in No- No vem vember bel Half of their expenses are being paid by their parents and half by University sity in Japan in cooperation with private companies in Tokyo Three already have graduated graduated ted and graduation rites for forthe forthe the other two have been post post- postponed until they return home IN III THEIR STUDIES of Am Am- American families they have not not- noted ed one outstanding difference between th the US and Jap Japan n ese In Japan wives stay home most of the time but in Amer ica wives stay away from home most of the time one said succinctly They commended the high standard of living in the US and contrasted it with the high and low ranks in Japan Only high ranking Japan Japan- Japanese ese people own autos they I said |