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Show Visitor Center Dedication Plans Outlined The Five County Organization of Southern Utah will sponsor the dedication of the new $250,. 000 visitor center at Bryce Canyon Can-yon National Park, superinten-. superinten-. dent Louis W. Hallock announced today. Under the direction of Chairman Chair-man Rudger C Atkin, the Five County Organization will coordinate coor-dinate the activities of local organizations or-ganizations and the National Park Service in preparing the dedication program and providing provid-ing for the accommodation of the 5,000 visitors expected in the park on June IS. I960, the dedication dedi-cation date. The Five County Or-ganlzation Or-ganlzation Is composed of officials offi-cials of Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington Counties, and was organized to help In the I development of southern Utah and to Increase visitor services In the area through the cooperation coopera-tion of the five counties. I The Bryre Canyon National Park visitor center wait constructed construct-ed as part of the MSSION 6fi program of the Nitlonal Park Service. MISSION G6 Is the ten-year ten-year program by which the National Na-tional Pnrk Service nlans to provide pro-vide artcouate facilities to accommodate ac-commodate the number of visitors visit-ors expected In the national park and monuments by 1966, Its 50th anniversary. The new Bryce Canyon visitor center, located near the park en-fan"e. en-fan"e. provides interpretive In- formation and orientation for visitors before they visit the viewpoints. Amoni? the services made possible by the visitor cen-1 Iter are exhibits explaining the. Ideological sforv of the Brvce ,Canvon formations and descrlb-' Ing the plant and animal litre of the nark and Its historical background, back-ground, a synchro7ilzed tape and slide show presented at 15-m'n-ute Intervals through the dny to i help visitors plan their stay In jthe park, and year-round operation opera-tion of an Information 'esk with ranger-naturalists on duty to answer an-swer questions for the park visitors. vis-itors. , Speakers for the dedication ceremony will Include officials from the Washington, D. C offices of-fices of the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service, and prominent Utah officials of-ficials and Individuals. j |