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Show Special Forces Opens Training At Cerr.p Williams TTrOTR nnnirH "Operation Wildcat."' code name given the annual summer new training of the 19th Special Forces Group,- - leaped Into its initial phase as 211 airborne troops left aircraft exits for a target "drop rone" Sunday even ing. The 8 p.m. operation was the first of for several "drops" Dlanned guerrilla force In the some 1,000 Green Beret guardsmen. They are the airborne segment of the group-- s 1,400 soldiers from Utah, Colorado, Maryland, Montana, Rhode Island, New York and West Virginia- - the only re- - serb serve United States. Maj. Jack Angus, psychological operations officer of the 19th Special Forces Group, said three Utah National Guard troop carrier planes were used to transport the men from the Utah Air National Guard hangers at the Old Salt Lake Airport to the Utah County drop site. The shuttle began at 7 D.m Sunday bringing the force about 1,000 feet above the pinpointed zone. Each craft carries 24 men. Commanding the 1 Q (nl inl Q l'r UULXJU w unconven timnal warefare exercise is Col. Dana F. Peck. The group's commander, of Salt Lake City, said training is being conducted in Utah at the invitation of Maj. Gen. Maurice L. Watts, Utah adjutant general. The Special Forces headquarters are in Salt Lake City. The bulk of the practical training will be conducted at Camp Williams, headquarters for the battle, and in rural areas near Park City, Coalville and Heber City. Their mission is to wage guerilla warfare against a mvth i c a 1 aggressor force occupying the western United States. Regular Army personnel will assume the role of aggressors. Seven flights -- 20 minutes apart carried the green berets over the drop zone. The planes were labeled "Lucky One, Two and two-we- frFinfinr KENT BAKER, Stockton, Utah Outstanding Rider of 1967 Second in nation in 1967 bull riding finals ek Three." Col. Peck said planes "One and Two" make two round-tri- D hauls with each flight carrying 35 men. Plane "Three" carried 24 of the airborne personnel twice. "Lucky One" also make a third trip carrying 36 men. The planes rose to 6,000 feet above the Terraine during their (o) W7 runs. In outlining "Operation Wild cat," Col. Peck said the troop drops are planned to complement the group's objective of developing skills required to accomplish its mission. He added, ' That mission is to develop, organize, equip, train and direct indigenous forces in the conduct of unconventional warfare." Training includes carrying weapons, demolitions, communications, medical first aid, airborne operations, intelligence and operations, raid and ambush techniques. for oUUL si mm mm J go1 0 National Rifle Assn. Warns - .i -- - tir r- - rv- r Against Hysteria The National Rifle Association recently called on Congress to act with caution-n- ot Impulse-I- n considering demands for additional gun control legislation. Congress has already enacted a pistol control bill that would prohibit interstate sales of handguns. This legislation is now at the White House, and may become law soon. Now, some members of Congress are proposing legislation to prohibit, interstate sale of rifles and shotguns, and to require federal registration of all firearms and licensing of firearms owners. A massive letter wrfting campaign has been launched to support these moves. NRA Is now urging its one million members to also write Congress in opposition to this campaign and in support of more moderate measures that would leave regulation of long guns in the hands of state and local officials. The organization said it has no fear of a dictatorship seizing registration or licensing records to seize guns, but that it does not believe Congress should become too responsive to what it termed the hysteria of the moment. Our founding fathers created a Bill of Rights in order to protect the people against an impulsive government too responsive to the problems of the moment, and care should be taken at this time In order to override such safeguards, the association. Daniel Boone was a member of an English Quaker family that settled In Philadelphia. Cabbage Is rich in minerals and vitamins. "I . o STOCK CONTRACTOR SPONSORED BY CIRCLE Q) Utah Valley RODEO COMPANY Longhorns Rodeo Club Nfoffiffi ONE PRIME BEEF WILL BE GIVEN AWAY JULY 20, AT RODEO |