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Show NEW CENTER TO BE ESTABLISHED AT U A Utah training center for the prevention and control of juvenile delinquency will be established at the University of Utah in the near future. The president's committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime, which is a new organization sponsored by President Kennedy, has commissioned the University to establish a training center for prevention pre-vention and control of juvenile delinquency. de-linquency. A $150,000 grant was given to Dr. Ray R. Canning as director of the new center, to ad-" minister as he sees fit. Attorney Gen. Robert F. Kennedy, Ken-nedy, chairman of the president's committee on juvenile delinquency Wednesday announced a total of 19 grants totaling $1.7 million to start new. training programs for persons who work with problem youth. "In every area of delinquency work we come face to face with severe shortages of trained personnel, per-sonnel, Mr. Kennedy said. "Delinquency "Delin-quency has been growing far faster than the supply of trained workers we have to deal with it. These grants will support the kind of broad, imaginative traininig programs pro-grams we so badly need." The new center at the U. will complement the contributions of many agencies whose personnel have worked for years on the control con-trol and rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents. |