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Show r u 'V, 1 ;' . if I 'i V S f A m f M " .J r 'II jf -J O fj ? I '- - i .. .. ,i i- ... .im.nni.r-t," - " . CANDIDATES Governor Calvin Rampton, center, visits with Paul T. Fordham, left and John Gillman, right, Utah County Com missioner candidates, while Calvin Swenson and Harvard Hinton, both of Lehi, encourage the three candidates on chances for Nov. 5. Rampton Visits Utah Technical College at Provo, Gives Praise Governor Calvin L. Rampton recently told a crowd of about 1000 students and faculty at Utah Technical College in Provo Pro-vo that vocational education is receiving more recognition in Utah and that more funds need be allocated for providing job training in Utah. Governor Rampton was accompanied ac-companied by Mrs. Rampton and other Democratic candidates candi-dates for local and state offices in Utah . President Wilson W. Sorensen introduced Governor Rampton saying "that no one since the days of Brigham Young has anyone done so much for vocational voca-tional education on the state level as Governor Rampton." The Governor in his remarks to the group encouraged the students to get vocational-technical education that is offered at UTC. He stressed that young peoplle have to have specialty training to get along in our present economy. He outline the recent purchase purch-ase of 121 acres of land in Orem upon which a new campus camp-us will be built in the future. He said that it would be four to five years before the campus camp-us can be built due to the current bond obligations. He indicated that construction would be stalled as soon as money is available. Vocational education facilities facilit-ies througout the state were highlighted by the Governor. There has been a school at Richfiled for about four years, and there are plans for area vocational-technical schools in the Uintah Basin and in the Moab-Monticello area. Governor Rampton praised the students for having the courage to come to school to learn the occupations that will get them the available jobs in Utah. "There is not a better man in vocational education in the United States than your President Presi-dent Wilson Sorensen," the Governor said. UTC at Provo has consistent-antly consistent-antly been willing and eager to train thousands for jobs in new industry coming into Utah, he added. In remarks made to members mem-bers of the college staff the Governor explained that the legislature would be receptive to recommendations for expansion expan-sion of the Provo college. "We want to make sure the Provo school has physical facilities fac-ilities equal to those on the new campus in Salt Lake City" the Governor said. |