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Show www Cedar Youths Take Positions With Nev lob Corps Two young men from Cedar City were sworn into the Jobs Corps by acting Postmaster Frank J. Petty. Monday, and they left via Bonanza Airline Tuesday for Tongue Point Job Corps, Center, Ore., where they reported the same day. The two men are Mike S. Parry, Par-ry, 17, son of Thora Durbin and Earl Skougaard, 19, son of Dare Skougaard, both of Cedar City. They are the second and third men from the southern Utah area to be accepted in the Job Corps from a series of 16 applications applica-tions that have been made through the Employment Security Securi-ty Office located in Cedar City, representing the three county area of Beaver, Iron and Washington. Wash-ington. First to be accepted In the area was Gary Mcintosh of Adams-vllle Adams-vllle in Beaver County. He was assigned to Tlllamonk Job Corp Center, also In Oregon. The Tongue Poir.t Job Corps Center is an urban camp of between be-tween 1000 and 2000 boys. It is primarily a training camp rather than a work camp, according to (Continued on Page Eight) JOIN JOB CORPS (Conitnued from Front Page) Lonnie Ayers, who handled the processing for the boys through the Employment Security Office. Applications were prepared and sent to Washington where final selections are made. Other applications are pending, pend-ing, he pointed out, and additional addition-al men may be accepted in the program at a later date. The Job Corps was established thioui'h the Economic Opportunity Opportu-nity c of President Johnson's Anti-poverty legislation. A voluntary program, the men, after acceptance by the Job Corps are asked to participate for a two year period. Upon acceptance of the applications appli-cations the men take an oath of alleglence to the corps and to the United States of America. Young men Interested in participating parti-cipating in the Job Corps are invited in-vited to contact Ayers at the Employment Em-ployment Security Office in Cedar Ce-dar City. |