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Show five proclamation, established a. State Register of Historic Sites to b kept by the direc-tor direc-tor of th( Society. In his proclamation pro-clamation Governor Ramptonj admonished nil state agencies agen-cies to give cognizance to objects ob-jects listed on the register and to cooperate in their preservation. The action will prevent any destructive- measures to be taken against any of the historical his-torical structures officially registered. SUSG given official designation of historical sites Southern Utah State College has received the official registration regis-tration designating Old Main and the Old Administration building as historical sites. Presentation of the document was made to Dr. Roydcn C. iJraithwaito, SUSC president, by Dr. Jesse D. Jennings, a member of the Utah Historical and Cultural Sites Review Committee. Tlie buildings were officially official-ly registered following implementation im-plementation of the Utah Historical His-torical Sites Survey and Preservation Pre-servation Plan ag set up and funded by the J9G9 Utah State Legislature. According to Melvin T. Smith, preservation officer of the Historic Sites Survey, the need for a complete and coordinated co-ordinated inventory of all his-torical, his-torical, architectural, and ar-cheological ar-cheological sites in the state ha.s been long standing. Mr. Smith added that "The need for education about the value pf preserving examples of past human endeavor endeav-or their achievements, their adaptation to their environment, environ-ment, their values our heritage, her-itage, has long been recognized." recog-nized." Following the action of the 1969. Legislature, Governor Calvin L. Rampton. by execu- |