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Show National Guard j: j Unit Proposed j 1 n; : Col. C. Pickett, senior army in- i . struetor, representing Adj. Gen. J 1 Wallace West, Utah National " Guard, spent Wednesday in Delta f for a preliminary survey in re- ' ' gai"d to the establishment of a Na- i j tional Guard unit here. '! J ' He sought opinion locally on the i proposal, and talked with officers i. ' from World War 11 and Mayor 'i . I Golden H. Black. The proposal had '' j ' been discussed favorably at a re- -l . cent City Council meeting, and sev- j eral sites were mentioned that ! v ' could be made available for a t National Guard unit. Mr. Black 2 i . , showed the proposed sites to Col. J . I Pickett Wednesday. I , ; I With establishment of such a unit here, temporary quarters j f i would be for an office, a place j ' to drill -and garage space, until a building could be erected. : j : One of two units could be es- ; J tabilshed in Delta, an engineers h unit, consisting of 125 men with 5 j officers, of a field artillery unit, ; i ' with 110 men and 4 officers. $29,000 I a year in salaries would be dis- ''' tributed locally. 1 1 I : 1 t |