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Show CAPITAL REEF NATIONAL PARK BILL SIGNED S-stor Fra"k F. fT-s CO-Utah CO-Utah anrouncei today the P'-p'-'dent. has sif.ned the bill making Canitrj Reef Utah's fif'h T-Viona1. Park. The new 241,471 acre Na-t'.oal Na-t'.oal Park is located in southern south-ern Utah and is the second Utah National Park to be created crea-ted this year. Arches National Park bill was signed into law earliej thi ; yeai'. The bill authorizes more than $400,000 to be used for the purchase pur-chase of additional la.nds necessary nece-ssary to complete the park and se's asie'e more than $1 million for the development of Capitol Rec' facilities. T'css war f-ponsor of the bills !o create Arches, Capitol Reef ,Td alo the bill passed to expand ex-pand 'he boundaries of Canyon-land.': Canyon-land.': National Park. "The President's signing of the Capiaol Reef National Park E01 marks a new era for the tourist industry of Utah. The three bils passed in the first session of the 92nd Congress not only set aside and protect some of the most fragile of nature's creations for posterity," Moss said, "but also provides for the orderly development of th'ise areas to allow all Americans Ameri-cans as well as foreign visitors to enjoy the areas without de-stroyinj de-stroyinj them." |