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Show ing 3 incisors. The new dental requirements re-quirements is merely ability to eat and digest Army "chow." Registrants whose visual acuity ac-uity is below 20-100 but not below 20-200 in each eye without glasses glass-es if correctivie to 20-40 in each eye. (The actual possession of suitable glasses by an individual is not required for his acceptance under these standards.) EFFECTIVE CHANGES IN PHYSICAL KEQUIRMENTS Recent changes in the teeth and eye requirements for induction into the Army will substantially increase the manpower contribution contribu-tion of the State of Utah to the Nation's fighting forces. Many selective Service registrants regis-trants who were defered under the old Army standards will be able to qualify for full or limited mil-tary mil-tary service under the new ones. Of registrnts rejected because of physical conditions, approximately approximate-ly 20 per cent were disqualified by former physical tests because of the stipulated dental requirements require-ments and about 14 per cent were unable to qualify because of eye defects. Many of these men now can be inducted for full or limited limit-ed military service. Formerly the Army required that an inductee have a minimum of six masticating and six incisor teeth, 3 masticating opposing 3 masticating, and 3 incisors opos- |