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Show U S ACADEMIES APPOINTMENT DATE GIVEN Young men in Utah's Second Congressional District seeking appointments ap-pointments to the United States Miliary Naval, or Air Force Academies Aca-demies should submit applications by October 31, Rep. David S. King (D-Utah) announced Tuesday. Mr. King said the October 31st deadline would allow applicants to participate in the November 12th Civil Service; academy aptitude examination. ex-amination. He said applications should be sent in letter form to his Congressional Congres-sional office, 322 Hotel Newsouse. Mr. King stressed that competition competi-tion for nominations to the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and to the Air Force Academy Acade-my in Colorado is running high. However, young Utahns, the Con- gressman said, are miosing "excellent "excel-lent educational opportunities when they by-pass the possibilities of the U. S. Coast Guard and Merchant Marine Academies." He also noted that only a few applicants have indicated in-dicated a preference for the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. In order to qualify for a nomination nomin-ation by Rep. King, applicants must bo between 17 and 22 years old, and must be residents of Utah's Second Sec-ond Congressional District, which comprises Salt Lake, Davis, Utah and Tooele Counties. Rep. King has one opening at each academy due to him in 1961. He may nominate eleven young men to compete for the Air Force Academy nomination, six for the Naval Academy, and four for the Military Academy nomination. Selection will be based upon results re-sults of the Civil Service test, he said. |