12/30/1977
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"One of the gratifying things about this program is that over 200,000 young Americans have been given awards for outstanding work in protecting the quality of life of American people."
"These young people are representative of those 5 million people."
"They lay the groundwork for themselves, in their own lives, to continue this work in years ahead."
"And they are representative of literally tens of thousands of young people who participated in this youth environment project."