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Show j Veterans Day Saturday ! , Veterans' Day will be ob served in hundreds of ways throughout Utah by veteran groups, school students and even hospital patients, Nov. 11, it was announced. ! Springville will observe the day with special exer-i exer-i cises conducted jointly by the VFW Post 5787 and the ' American Legion Post 28, at 8 a.m, Saturday near the flag pole on the civic cen-';' cen-';' ter grounds. An invitation i.j is extended to the general ! public and especially to ' members of the patriotic or- j ganlzations. Plans for the f program are under direction ! of Commander Ashley Gra- ! ham of the Legion and Leo nard ZobeU VFW. i According to Maj. Gen. i Maurice L. Watts, Utah ad jutant general and chairman chair-man of the 1967 Veteran's Day observances for Utah, the scheduled events rank among the biggest in many years. A special program is planned at Salt Lake's Veterans' Vet-erans' Hospital, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. and veterans are invited to participate, Gen. Watts said. All high schools in Utah have been encouraged to hold patriotic observances Friday, Nov. 10. World War I Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled Disab-led American Veterans have special patriotic observances observan-ces planned on local levels. Some 90 American Legion posts are planning open houses Nov. 10 and 11, throughout the state. And the United Veterans' Council plans a commemorative program pro-gram in downtown Salt Lake Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. One of the Intermountain Area's biggest observances will be Thursday, Nov. 9 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle where the Utah National Guard will present its 12th annual, free, Veterans' Day Concert. Featured will be the Mormon Mor-mon Tabernacle Choir, the guard's 23rd Army Band, and an address by General Harold K. Johnson, Chief of Staff, United States Army, Washington, D.C. This colorful, col-orful, patriotic observance will start at 8:30 p.m. |