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Show Senator Watkins Viill Appoint Four To Annapolis ' Senator Arthur V. Watkins (R-Utah) will have four vacancies to fill at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Md., for the 1950 school year and applicants appli-cants will be designated on the basis of Civil Service examinations examina-tions to be conducted November 15. Senator Watkins announced Thursday that persons desiring an appointment to the academy ' should make application to him at 348 Senate Office Building, Washington. D. C. No applications applica-tions will be received after October Oc-tober 26. In making application for the Civil Service examination, applicants appli-cants should state their names in full, names of parents, age of applicant, ap-plicant, schooling and residence city, county and state. "This method of designating candidates," Senator Watkins said, "was undertaken by me to insure the selection of the best qualified candidates and to eliminate elim-inate political appointments which in many instances are not in the best interest of our military establishment." In addition to the mental qualifications required of acad-' acad-' emy appointees, each must be a bona fide resident of the state of Utah and a citizen of the United Unit-ed States. Federal law prohibits prohib-its appointment of any but legal le-gal residents of the state represented rep-resented by the Senator. Further, Fur-ther, applicants should ascertain beforehand by undergoing a strict physical examination; that they are qualified to meet the physical requirements at the Naval Academy. |