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TO REIGN AT PAGEANT-Ann Wuhburn, shown above following her sel.ction as 1969 Miss Ridgecrest.China Lake in lut y.ar's pag .. nt, wil be on hand this Saturday night in the Center Theater to place the 1970 crown on the head of her luccessor, Miss Washburn, who is currently first run­ner-up to Mi.1 Kern County, is a student at Brigham Young Univ.rsity.

Candidates for Beauty Title To Be Judged Saturday Night

Ten local girls will display their charm, beauty, and poise in swimsuits and evening gowns as they vie for the title of Miss Ridgecrest-China Lake on the stage of the Center Theater Saturday, June 6, be· ginning at 8 p.m.

Tbe contestants will present tbeir talents in an opening ar­rangement and individual rou· tines consisting of vocal num· bers, song and dance presen· tations, baton routines, piano selections, and dramatic read· ings.

SaturdlY night's pr.fo ...... ance will cllmlx five weeks of rehearsals by the cont .. tanh for the local pagHnt. The win. ner will repr_nt the local ar .. in the Miss Kern County P. geant, a stepping-stone to the Mi .. Californil Ind Mi .. Arneri. CI pageants.

She will be crowned by the current Miss Ridgecrest·China Lake, Ann Washburn, now a student at Brigham Young Uni· versity. In addition, the winner will receive a $375 scholarship, the first runner·up a $225 schoo larship, and the second runner· up a $150 scholarship.

Tickets priced at $2 for adults and $1 for servicemen and stUdents will be available at the box office for Saturday night's event.

Judges Panel Judging the contestants will

be a professional panel com· prised of Sylvia Bula, of Ana· heim, a public relations firm owner, and executive director of Miss Orange County Pa· geant; Anne Colbeck, of River· side, lecturer for the John Ro­bert School of Modeling and for high schools throughout the San Bernardino and Riverside areas ; Mary Lantz, of Anaheim, co-owner of the Academy of Hi· Fashion Models International; Bill Humphrey, of Los Angeles, a United Airlines account exe· cutive, and affiliated with the

Pasadena Tournament of Roses for 16 years; and Glen A. Hor· spool, of Lancaster, Director of Music at Antelope Valley Col· lege.

The contestants will be judg· ed on tbeir talent, beauty, poise, personality and appear· ance in swimsuits and evening gowns. The talent I!o.rtion wiJI count 50 points in the judging, appearance in swim : suits, 25 points, and appearance in even· ing gowns, 25 points.

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Craig Stevens, radio station KLOA's affable announcer and newscaster, will emcee the pa· geant. Tony Cozzuli and his five·piece band will furnish the background music and Wayne Carpenter will sing the inter· lude numbers. Herb Childers is the producer for the Pageant.

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BAND CONCERT

SATURDAY JUNE 6 MISS RIDGECREST·CH INA lAKE BEAUTY PAGEANT - II P.M.

SUNDAY·MONDAY JUN E 7-1 " THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1 07 Min.)

Williom Holdt"n, Virn i Usi 7:30 P.M.

(Dramo) Accidental radialion elCposure left his son only 0 few month, 10 live­ond 011 his money couldn't love the boy. A slory of inner couroge in the fO(l of eerloin deoth pulls the heorl·strings. (G)

Short: " flying fe.' " (7 Min.)

TUESDAY.WEDNESDAY JUNE ' ·10 " THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES "

(91 Min.) Kurt Russell, Celor Romero

7:30 P.M. (Comedy) A short circuit Ironsfe" 011

the compuler dolo into young Kurt ', broin ond he's a whiz " a quiz, but 0 110 0

threol to 0 locol gombl ing syndicole. (G) Shorts: " Mickey'. lifffu'ClY Po,..,." (7 Min,)

. " Fr .. woy Phobio " (15 Min.)

THURSDAy·nIDAY JUNE 11·12 " THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN " (113 Min,)

Elizobeth Toy lor, Worren Beolly 7:30 P.M.

(Comedy/ Dromol Fobuioul l os Vegas sels lhe Kene for thil lIory of a blowsy chor. ine who holes the town, ond 0 compulsive gombler who Con'l even cop ilolize cn 0

winning slreok so Ihey con leave il. (GP)

Shor': " Go 'Of Crook " (7 Min .)

Navy League To Award Paintings At Hideaway

The Indian Wells Valley Council of the Navy League will hold a drawing for the two oil paintings which are to be .. warded to two lucky donors to the proposed S.a Cadet program in the Indian Wells Valley.

Capt. and Mrs. M. R. Eth· eridge will be the honored guests at I dinner prior to the drawing, which will be held at The Hideaway res· taurlnt in Ridgecrest, stlrt­ing at 8 p.m. Mrs. Etheridge will make the actual draw. ing.

The plintings, I selsclpe by Syd Bertagna, and a land. scape by George Airel, both Genge Industries employ .. s, will be awarded as the culmi. nation of a fund drive held by the Navy League toward the formation of a Sea Ca. det program locally.

Residents of the Indian W.lls Valley ar. cordially in· vited by the Navy League to Ittend the dinner.

FLAG DAY ,JUNE 14th

Friday, June 6, 1970

FORTY YEARS OF FEDERAL SERVICE-Mrs. Wilhite was on hand recently in the Office of the Commander to observe the presentation to her husband Roy of a 40.year length of service award by Capt. M .R. Etheridge, NWC Commander. Wilhite, currently a Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Me­chanic with the Public Works Dept., hos werked at China Lake since 1952. Prior to his employment at China lake, he spent 22 years in the USAF.

I Spring Concert Friday I The Naval Weapons Center rected by Alan Kubik, who will

Theater will be the site for sing "Scarborough Fair 'Can· the annual Spring Concert of ticle," by Simon and Garfun· the Burroughs High School kel ; "The Exodus Song," by Music Department Friday, June Boone and Gold; "A Time For 5, beginning at 7:30 p.m. A Us," from the film "Romeo and brass choir will perform at 7:15 Juliet ," ; and "Curtain Time" p.m. in the lobby of the theater selections from the musical while the audience is being stage, arranged by Cassey. seated for the concert. The Varsity Band will be

The concert proper will open conducted by Parker in per· wilh the Freshman Chorus, di· formances of "Block M" by Bi· recled by Alan Kubik, who will lik ; "Five Miniatures" by Tu· sing "Three Folk Songs:' by rina ; Lecuona's "Maleguena,"; Brahms, "Aquarius" and "Let "Citadel," by Erickson , and The Sunshine In," from "Hair," " Incantation and Dance" by and "Black Is The Color," from John Chance. "Oliver." Parker 's Concert Choir will

The High School orchestra, then offer "My Child is Gone," will perform under the baton a r ran g e d by Nightengale; of Russell Parker, with per· Brahms' "Come Soon," "Sing formances of Haydn's "London Me a Song," by Vecchi ; "Da· Symphony," "Mary Poppins;' vid's Lamentation," by Billings, "Promenade and Great Gate of and selections from "Fiddler on Kiev," by Mussorsky, and the the Roof," by Leyden. In addi· "Lancaster Overture." tion, they will sing "0 Gracious

The Mixed Chorus will con· God, Pardon My Great Of· tinue the program with Mo· fense, " and "G rea t God zart's "Ave Verum," "Hi Ho A'Mighty," by Hairsfon . Nobody Home," by Ray Char· The highly varied program les; "My Heart is Offered Still will conclude with the tradition· To You ," by Lassus ; "Blowing al grouping of all student per· in the Wind ," and "The Water formers for a mass finale ; this Is Wide." year a musicel fantasy on

More Selections "America the Beautiful ," eoti-Additional vocal selections tled "Sea to Shining Sea," ar·

will then be offered by the ranged by Ward, will be per· Madrigal Singers, who will per· formed. form "Sing We and Chant It," Admission for the concert is by Morley, "Wonderous Cool, $1 for adults and 75 cents for Thou Woodland Ouiet," by students. Tickets will be avail· Brahms, and Seiber's "Three able at the door, or may be Hungarian Folk Songs." purchased fro m Burroughs

Following a brief intermis· High School musicians. The sion , the program will continue Center will hold an open gate with the Girls' Glee Club, di· policy the night of the concert.

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to the Michelson Laboratory tbe Center With tbe expanded since the complex was dedicat· capability to fabricate hybrid eo 10 1948 Will soon be open circuits and active and passive for business with the comple· elements of vacuum deposit tion of the new Solid·State De· thin·film. The developments of vices Facility. new concepts, including single

The $1.5 million research electronic packaging of optical and development lab, schedul· detectors and signal amplifiers, ed for occupancy in the very will also be pursued by tbis near future, will provide need· branch. ed space and more sophisticat· Engin .. ring Physics ed spaces for Laser, Radar, An additional 2250 feet of Electro·magnetic interference, the new facility will be occupi. Detector Chemistry, Micro-elec· ed by the Engineering Depart· tronic and Fuze research and ment's Engineering Ph Y sic s development. Branch. This group is engaged

Present plans call for oc· in engineering design and pro· cupancy by elements of the En· duction monitoring of infrared gineering, Systems Develop· detector devices, including cry. ment, Fuze and Research De· ogenic systems for detector partments, as well as project cooling, optical components, groups that temporarily reo and gyro-optical assemblies us· quire the special utilities and ed in advanced guided missles. closely controlled environment Other work will include the reo that has been designed into latively new NWC R&D effort the new spaces. on Pbotoconductor Cbemistry.

The new facility will provide Part of the space that the exceptionally clean work space, Engineering PhYSics Branch close temperature control, and will occupy includes 800 square other special features requir· feet that will be composed of ed to develop, evaluate and a Class 100 vertical laminar. janalyze exceedingly preCise flow clean room. This low-con· and intricate electrical, electro· tamination area will be tbe mechanical and optical devices. forcal point for parts cleaning

Immediate occupancy is be· and bearing lubrication and will ing planned by two groups of be used to assemble preCision 'the Engineering Department parts that require adherence to and two groups of the Systems extremely close tolerances. Development Department. In Headed by A. G. "Gus" Gaar, the near future, branches of the branch is currently com· the Fuze and Research Depart· mitted to production support ments that are now located in and product improvement of Corona will also move into the the Sidewinder and Chaparral

MICROEL!ECTRONICS EFFORT-One of the occupants of the new Solid State Devices Facility will be the Microelectronics Branch of the Engin .. ring Department, Abo v e, Richard Tolkmitt, Microelectronic Techni. cian, oper.'" In integrated circuit teater

In the group's p ..... nt spaces .. Branch Head Henry Blaz.k looks on. The tester Is one of several test and Inilyticil instru­ments for electrical parlmeter evaluation that will be put to UM in the new labora· tory. -Photo by PH2 D. E. Hart

facility. The two codes from seekers. 'Engineering that have been

Council Survey Samples AHitudes I ance. The Center gave itself a grade of 2.8 on a scale of 1 to 5, (Clean and Orderly, 1, to Dirty and Disorderly, 5). Every Precinct graded itself better than satisfactory.

a total of nine questions on community appearance. Six questions required a quantified response. For example, ques· tions on community appearance offered five levels of response, ranging from the positive ex· treme of Clean and Orderly, to the negative extreme of Dirty and Disorderly. Three "Order of Preference" questions were used to determine the most de· sired additional radio and tele· vision stations. Every question included a uCommentsn sec· tion to assure that every reo spondent bad an opportunity to express supplementary opin· ions or ideas concerning the question or topic. In addition , a General Comments section was provided at the end of the questionnaire.

allotted space include the Mi· ,croelectronics Branch, Code 5525, and the Engineering Phy· sics Branch, Code 5524.

Microelectronics: The Microelectronics Branch

will use their portion of the building to develop and ad· vance the Center's capabilities in that general area. Specifi· cally, they hope to develop and employ electronic components that are smaller in size, possess greater reliability, will provide improved performance, and cost less than components that are now being used.

In addition, this Microelec·

Code 30 Two branches of Code 30,

the Systems Development De· partment, will also be immedi· ate occupants of the Solid· State Devices Facility. They are the Electronic Systems Branch, and the Photophysics Branch.

Tbe Electronic Systems Branch will occupy three ad· joining shielded rooms that will be connected by pneumatically· operated doors. The rooms are shielded to prevent electronic or radiation leaks in or out. This isolation is necessary so that extremely sensitive, low­noise measurements can be

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The Cbina Lake Community Council conducted its second opinion survey during the month of April on the topics of Community Appearance, FM Radio ,and the TV Booster sys· tem.

The opinions of Centerites were recorded and tabulated and during May were analyzed with the following results :

According to the survey, Cen· terites indicated their satisfac· tion with the community ap· pearance; preferred an FM Sta· ,tion which broadcasts back· ground music, and wanted edu· cational television.

The four page questionaire included four main topics with

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I .. a. The Drive will end' June 30. For more information on the current Fund Drive, turn to Page 2 of this issue of the Rocket .. r.

Community Appearance Under Community Appear·

ance, respond ants were a.ked to grade the external physical appearance of the community in four general ar eas. They in· cluded: their own Precinct area (buildings, yards, fences , alleys, etc.); the General area (Center roads, streets, open areas, etc.); Recreation areas (ball dia· monds, tennis courts, parks, etc.); and Community facilities. The latter category included the Community Center, Station Restaurant, Theatre, FEDCO, Shopping Bag, Library, Gymna· sium, Youth C e n t e r, Card Street launderette, Bowling Al· ley, and Bennington Plaza over· all . The questions related only to appearance of the areas or facilities and not their function . Broken down, the Survey reo vealed the following: Precinct Appearance-Eighty

percent of all respondents felt that their neighborhood was at lea."t satisfactory in appear·

Precincts 1 and 8 were the most satisfied with the appear· ance of their area. The degree of greater satisfaction was sta· tistically apparent. There was no significant statistical differ· ence in the responses of the other .seven precincts.

General Area-Eighty·five percent of all respondents gave a response of at least satisfac· tory for the roads and streets serving China Lake, and the open areas both within the Cen· ter and in the immediate en· virons of China Lake. The reo spondants gave the Center a grade of 2.5.

Recreationa Areas-Center response to this area was high . The Center grade was 1.8, with 97 percent of the respondents giving a grade of at least satis· factory. Even more significant, on the scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest rating, 87 percent of the respondents gave a grade of 1 or 2.

All precincts expressed sa· tisfaction with the physical ap·

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SUPPORTS NAVY RELIEF~.pt. L. A. Dewing, Comm.nd. Ing Officer of NAF, r, purch .... the fint ticket. sold .t NAF for the N.vy Relief Society Fund Drive, which beg.n May 24 .nd will end June 30, from LCd,. W. A. Coltrin, Fr .. F.II Project. Officer .t the N .... I Ai, F.cility.

Navy Relief Campaign Now In Full Swing The Na;,jy Relief Society's

annual call for voluntary con· tributions from Navy person· nel and civilians hegan on May 4 and wi\I continue until June 30.

Funds raised by the Society will be used to provide finan· cial assistance and other ser· vices to Navy and Marine Corps personnel and their depen· dents, in the form of grants, loans without interest, or a combination of both. The so· ciety, which has 60 branches in principal Navy and Marine Corps bases throughout the world, aided over 100,000 ser· vice families nationwide in

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The Rocketeer receive. American Force. p,... Service mcrtetlol. All are offidol U. S. NoYy photos un"" othIIrwi.. IdMtm.d. Prlnt.d weekly with appropriated fuqds In compliance with NcrvExos P-35, revised July 1951. Office of Nimitz and LCNf"I...,. Phone. . ........................... _ 3354. 3355. 2W

1969. The 1oc.1 fund drive will be

coordin.ted by Lieuten.nt Com· mender R. L. P.rtrldge. Repre. sentative. from Hch depart­ment and military command will ouist in coordinoting tho drive, co'leding donltions, and· accountiflg for funds received.

Donations will be turned in· to department representatives and then sent to the Long Beach Auxiliary of the Navy Relief Society. All of the money donated will be used for emer· gency relief.

Amounts contributed by var· ious activities will be announc· ed at the end of the drive.

Prote.tont (All-Faith Chapel)­Morning Wo,.hip-IO:OO a .m. SYnday SchooI-8:30 a.m.. Chapel An­ne.e. I. 2, .. (Dorm. 5. 6, 8) loccned oppo.lte Center Relfaurant.

Roman Catholic (AII.Foith Chapell-Holy Man- 7. 8:30 and 11 :15 a.m. Sunday.

Dolly Mou-ll:3O a.m. In 8111Sted Soc· rament Chopel. Saturday, 8130 a.m.

Confe .. ion.-7 to 8 p .m. Saturday, and 8 to 8:25 a.m. Sunday.

NWC Jewbh Service. (Eo.t Wing All-Faith Chopel)-8 p.m. every flr.t and third hlday.

"Sabbath SchooI-l0 a.m. to noon, every fint and third Satvt'day.

Unltorion Fellowship-(C~I Annu 95, 9S ICing Av •• )-Sundoy., 7:30 p .m.

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fire ".., (0-,,), GSoGI1" (J V .. cud .. >. c..Ie aa. PO .... .-a-Thi. position I. that of Dfiver.()perolor. The incumbent will drive and operot. a Fire o.partment .,ruefural pumper, combino1ion .tructurol and brulh pUmpet", ot any type of crosh-fi,. ttuc.k, participates in drill. ond cia .... ; parlodicelly inspect. Center building. and property; moint.in. recOfd. regqrding the maintendnce and Mrvice of ol$igned apparatus .nd equipment. Mittl· ..... QHRf.... • .. .,....,..: Thr .. yean of fire fighting exparience and al I_t .i. month thall have been at the nut lower 1..,.1.

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mojor piece of motorized fir. fighting op. per.tu. ond il. cr.w; on.w.n fire alorml, in.truct. crew In operotion of fire equip­ment in all pho ... of fir. f ighting; direct, the fighting of firH in the absence of higher outhority. ...... o-I~ ...... tI: Ttv..: ond one-heH yeor. of fir. fighting uperience and ot leo.t .i. month. of which will be at the nut lower grode. Applicants should demon.trot. su­pervisory aptitude.. One yeor at the GS-S lewl i. r.qu;'.d by the Whitt.n A~!,d. ment.

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171-Position locoMd in the Financiol An· aly.i. Divi.ion, Cantrol Stoff. 11'ICIJn'Iben. prepare. and compim local ond off-Cent.r bud9'ltory report.; cOOfdil'lOl.' lhe effOfIl of Accounting end Pr.ogram. and 8ud9llt Siaff in order to provide occurete and tif!M!ly information fa the vorioul bureau. providing fund auppClft to the Ce"'er. Pre· pare. iPKiol ol'lOly... of Budget Deto of significance to CenMr Management which dolo would be readily ov.ilobl. end reod­ily current. QM.Ilflc ...... ...., ....... : FSEE II required. GS-7: I yeor of ipkiol. ized uparienc. and 3 ye.,. of venetol eJtperience; GS-9: 2 yeors of speciolized e.perienee ond 3 y.ors of general e.peri. enee; GS-ll : 3 yean of specialized .nd 3 yean of gener.1 uperi.nce (experience o. .toted in X.118l. Sub.titulion of .du· eolion per X.118. Acfv.lIK~ .......... 1: G5oll . ,

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her ... ". (Tntl",), 0$.111-5, ~ 4040 - Thi. position is that of Secretory to lhe Guidonee and Control Sy.tem. Divi.ion, Weapon. Development Department. The II"­comben' will provide aui.tance to the 0 1· vi.ion Head ond hi. staff by performing o voriety of cI.ricol and odministrotiv. duties reloted to the management of the office .uch a •• scheduling appointments and con~renoe., telephone ond receptloni.t

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Friday, June 6, 1970

SCOUT AWARDED STAR RANK -St.". Sch.niol wa. awordod tho ronk of Star Scout ot Court of Honor cor. monies herd by Troop .41, China Lake, last weok in tho Eo.t Wirig of tho All Foith Chapel. Stove'. mothor, Mrs. Carl L. Schaniel, pins on the Star insignia ' as the boy's father looks on. Advancement awards and merit badges were awarded to a number of other Scouts, culminating a very successful spring of scouting activities.

I CENTER LIBRARY LISTS NEW BOOKS I A complet. li.t of now book.

i •• veiloblo in the libr.ry. Fiction

Braider-Rage in Silence. Brown-Jim Kane. Estes-Another Part of the

House. Frederies-Emergency

Proc·edure. Freeling-Tsing·Boom. Laumer-Time Trap.

Non-Fiction Crile-Nautralistic View

of Man. Crosby-Serve it Cold. Douglas-Points of Rebellion. Grant-The Ancient

Mediterranean.

Harrelson-Hawk. Margolies-Native Sons. Newman-Teaching Young

Children to Swim and Dive.

St. John-Countdown to Chaos.

Burrows-Richthofen. Grollman-Explaining Divorce

to Children. Kahn-My Ufe with Edgar

Cayce. Kaplan-The Money Managers. Kirkpatrick-Captains

Without Eyes. Laufe-Broadway's Greatest

Musicals. Schwartz-Going Camping.

VISITS NWC GALLEY-Mi .. NWC, D.na Hulin, i .... ted by CYNSN Donnl. R. Hodgo., on NWC .ailor, 0' tho NWC Main Golley, locotod in Bks. 880, during 0 visit tho young beouty paid there May 27. MilS Hulin i. the repro.ento· tive of the Naval Weapons Center in the current Miss Ridgecrest.China L.ke Beouty Pogo.nt, which will take ploce Soturdoy, Juno 6, in the Stotion Theatre. Sho wo. .ccompaniod on this trip by Su.an (ZiISOI) Short, ond CYNSN Eddio Blokey.

Friday, June 6, 1970

Retirement Spotlights Manager Pool

The China Lake Chapter of the American Society for Pub· Iic Administration sees promise for intergovernmental manpo· wer use in a relatively unique em p loy men t arrangement which is being tested by the Orange County (California) Per· sonnel Department.

By creating two half·time jobs from a ful\·time position, this innovative county govern· ment was able to attract an ex· perienced and respected feder· al manager into its service. Ken Heyhoe, formerly the Associate Head of Staff for Management, retired May 30th from NWC, and is currently employed as a senior personnel analyst for Orange County ..

At 60, Heyhoe was nowhere near ready for a life of full· time leisure. Cohcerned about the country's domestic pro­blems, he was anxious to apply his talents in Urban Adminis· tration. A listing in ASP A's

K ... Heyho .. Public Administration Recruit· er magazine led him to the Orange County job.

In the new position, he will be utilizing some 14 years of responsible personnel manage· ment experience with NWC, the VA and AEC, as well as the old office of Salary Stabil· ization and National Housing Authority. He also served in the Navy Management Office where he consulted with such groups as the Franke Commit· tee, the Martell Board, and the Dillon Committee.

The current issue of the Ci· vii Service Journal devotes most of its coverage to the gen· eral topiC of the problems of Intergovernmental personnel utilization, particularly t hat area that deals with the fact that limited funds often pro· hibit local and state govern· ments from being able to com· pete for experienced admini· strators.

The local ASPA c hap t e r points out that the resources are available due to the exist· ence of many prospective feder· al retirees in their late 40's, early 50's and 60's that could represent the top talent these agencies seek and who also may be interested in part·time employment.

Some employees may be con· cerned about the flexibility of former senior level administra· tors in adjusting to responsible I non·supervisory type jobs. 1f Ken Heyhoe is an example, they have no reason for worry. "Ego loss is no problem with me," he explained . "I look for· ward to getting back on the bench again. I've learned a lot since I last did journeyman per· sonnel work, and I'm anxious to use it directly."

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Separated Serviceman Rx Benefits I One of the many benefits a serviceman and his family

now being offered to service· (up to two children) for $90. men separating from the armed One major difference to be con. forces is a short term health sidered is that Mutual of Oma. insurance program. Military . ha offers no coverage for mao personnel being separaled from ternily care while Blue Cross active duty lose their eligibility includes such care under its reo for military medical care or gular coverage. civilian care al military ex· There are of course other dif. pense as of midnight of the day ferences in th~ coverage offer . tbey are separated. Likewise, ed by lhe two companies. and dependents of separalees also for fur the r information it lose their eligibility for health would be wise to talk with care at government expense at your local personnel officer. the same time. Several things should be em .

This means that most ser· phasized at this point. The pur. vice men have no health care chase of such health insurance coverage after separation. eilh· coverage at this time is entire. er for themselves or their fa· Iy voluntary. There are three milies until such time as they choices: no coverage at all: can have a health insurance coverage fro III Blue Cross.Blue policy as a civilian. This time Shield or that from Mutual of period is rarely I<:ss than two Omaha'.

RECEIVES 2O-YEAR PINS-In celemoni ..

weekl;-time enough for an in· If one of the two plans of. dividual to fall into financial ferec;! is to be taken, the entire difficulties due to illness or ac· cost of the plan must be paid ciden!. The possibility of such for during separation process. a situation occurring becomes ing. Normally. this will be done quite apparent in light of the by a one·time deduction from 8100 per day average cost of your final pay when that hospitalization in the United method is not feasible a cash States. payment may be made or a U.S. Bello McKinney, a clerk·typi.t for 14 yeo .. in the Office

of Patent Counsel, recoived her 20-yeor Fedo~al Service pin ond 20-yoor NWC pin from Roy Millor, Potent Counsel.

As a partial solution to this Treasury check obtained from problem, the Department of De. a disbursing officer in ex. fense has arranged to make change for cash. When neither availablej special short term of these methods is feasible , health insurance pOlicies which payment may be by postal mo. become effective at the lime ney order, bank draft, cashier's regular medical coverage ends check or certified check pay, and cover yau and or your de· able to the company providing pendents for the following 90 the coverage.

Housing Assignments Handleel By Command The Naval Weapons Center's

basic policy relative to housing has been and is that Center housing will be utilized "as an integral part of the facilities needed to accomplish its mis­sion. "

The transfer of the Corona Annex functions to China Lake will place an extraordinary reo quirement on the Center's housing assets. This major change in requirements has caused a significant though temporary change in proce· dures. These changes are in· tended to bring about equitable assignments of housing for Cor· ona and China Lake applicants within basic policy stated a· bove.

Effectively immediately .nd continuing until 'the Corona move has been .ccompli.hed

Youth Center To Hold Activities' Registrations According to Marty Denltin,

Director of the Chi n a Lake Youth Center, registration for girl's softball, bowling, tennis, boxing, arcbery, leathercraft, and boy's basketball is current· Iy underway at the youth Cen· ter.

June 12 is the final registra' tion date for al\ of the sports with the exception of girl's softball. In addition, certain age limitations have been set for the various activities. Bowl· ing and tennis registration will be for youths aged 8 through 18. Boxing, which is for boys only, has two s epa rat e age classes: 8 through 12, and 13 through 18.

youths must be between the ages of 10 and 18 to be eligible for the special archery classes, and young boys and girls be· tween the ages of 12 and 18 may sign up for leathercraft.

Boy's basketball is for boys between the ages of 15 and 19.

Girl's Softbell Registration for Girl's Soft·

ball will close Tuesday, June 9, at 7 p.m.

.11 civilian housing assignments will be mode by' Commend/Top M.nagonwnt.

The present housing waiting 1ists, as such, will cease to exISt. All applications from prospec·. tive residents and for internal moves will be considered on their merits within the above stated policy. Military housing assignments will continue as before except that it can be anticipated that the heavy in· flux of civilians will, in all pro· babllity affect the level of housing available to military members.

Housing commitments which have been made for recruit· ment will be honored. However, in all cases in written approval of Command / Top Managemept.

New hires will be housed as the available assets permit. More detailed procedures will be announced when they have been finalized.

days. All transfer activities will

Under the program. service: men initially will have a choice between two plans. one of which is being offered bl Blue Cross·Blue Shield and the other by Mutual of Omaha. The ser· viceman will pay the entire cost of whichever plan he chooses. The amount the indio vidual will be required to pay will depend on the particular coverage he selects and wheth· er he obtains coverage for "self" or ··s.elf and family:'

The co,'erage given by the two companie~ i~ basically the same, with a few differences in price and specific areas of cov· erage. The cost [or a Single ser· viceman. for 9O-day coverage is $16.50 with Blue Cross· Blue Shield and S30 with Mutual of Omaha. Both companies cover

stock application forms, and identification cards for each plan . The initial distributi~n will be forwarded by Blue Cross·Blue Shield and Mutual of Omaha direct to the trans· fer activities.

Two final pomts should be remembered . After you are separated any question regard· ing the policy should be for· warded to the company con· cerned and not to any military office or organization. The time to do the investigating is be· fore departure. Once separa· tion processing is completed it will be too late to enroll in one of these plans or, if you have already enrolled, it woll be im· possible to withdraw.

The local personnel officers can be of great help in furnish· ing the information needed to make the correct choice.

NEWCOMERS CLUB MAKES DONATION­Left to right, Virginia Sandberg (holding son, Kenneth), president of the Indian Wells Valley Newcomers Club; and Nan Solly, pub. licity chairman of the Club, present the Club's donation to Lorraine McClung, ca­chairman of the China Lake Pork Commis-

sion; end Robert Young, tr.asurer of the Community Council. The donated funds, raised at a Newcomers Club recent bake sale, are designated for the purchase of play· ground equipment at Desert Park, Wherry tiousing.

-Photo by PH3 L. H. Detw~i1er

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VAdm. Ashworth To Compete In Past Cdr.' sTilt According to Curt Bryan,

Tournament Chairman of the China Lake Golf Club, VAdm. Fred Ashworth, former NWC Commander, indicated in a let­ter to Capt. L. A. Dewing, Com­manding Officer of NAF, and the president of the China Lake Golf Club, his acceptance of an invitation to compete in the up­com i n g Past Commanders' Tournament, which will be held June 13 and 14 at China Lake.

The 36-hole event will be an individual stroke play tourna­ment, in which the low net wInner will receive a gift eer· tificate from the Special Ser­vices golf shop, in addition to a trophy. Additional gift certi­ficates will be awarded to other low-net and low-gross finishers .

The absolute deadline for sign up for this event is June 11. A sign-up sheet is posted at the Club House.

In addition to the tournament play, all participants are invit­ed to take part in a special event, which will be held at Trader Mays, in llidgecrest, Friday, June 12, starting at 7 p.m.

ROCKETEER

CREDIT UNION BECOMES SPONSOR-E. P. RoseIllnl, r, p .... nh • check for $200 to Gordon H. P.lcock, Presid.nt of the IWV Pony/Colt L •• gu., which will be used to .ponsor boys' ba .. ball in the Indi.n W.II. V.II.y. Th. Pony end Colt L •• gu .. compete Mond.y through ThursdlY, on .ith.r 5choeH.1 FI.ld, or the Pony L.agu., .crou from the Chin. L.k. Bowl.

-SECOND PLACE TROPHY-Memben of the Credit Union Mondey night bowling team present a second place sponsors tro.­phy to H.nry W.ir, President of the Boerd of Dir.ctors of the NWC Fed.r.1 Credit

Union. Team memben .re (l.r): Betty Kir· win, Ed n I Selholm, Chlrlotte DeMlrco, team captain, Wair, Mike Breitengross, and Miry Andr .... n. The t.lm competed in the women's scratch league.

r---------------------------~ r--~--------~ Angels Lead Pony Standings By 2t Games Over Yankees

With four weeks left in the season, the Angels sit atop the Pony League standings with a 7-0-1 record and a 2'h ·game lead over the sec 0 n d place Yankees . But from there, no team is sure of its standing. Seven teams are bunched with­in 3'h games of each other, and the league race promises to remain as tight till the end of the season July 6.

"The team balancing system we worked out this year is working really well. Without a doubt, the quality of the ball has been good," said league president Gordon Peacock.

So good, in fact , that China Lake is one of the fa vorites in the Area Tournament coming up July 13 in Lancaster.

"The head of the district has seen our boys play and he thinks we'd be tough to beat," Peacock added .

In the Colt League the Card­inals, composed of 17-year-olds,

are holding sway with a 3-1 record. After losing early in the season, Ihe Cardinals have put together a three-game win­ning streak and lead the Mets by a game.

At the end of both seasons, each league will be represent­ed by an all star team for post­season competition. However, 17·year-olds' wiII not be allowed to play on the Col t League team.

"0 ur season seems to be suc­cessful so fat," said Peacock. "A number of the changes we made have worked out well. We have umpire problems be­cause we have no paid officials. Parents and managers h a v e been do i n g the umpiring on nights when their teams did not play."

Peacock said the league is still looking for umpire volun­teers. He asked anyone who would like to umpire to contact him at Ext. 2538.

According to J.anne Cf'om, the Junior Bowlers Awerds Blnquet will be held Sun· diY, Jun. 14, beginning It 2 p.m., in the Community Center. Trophie. Ind wlrd. for the past season, and for the Junior City Tournlment winners, will be presented at the banquet.

First Half Of Maior League Sked Won by Pirates Pirates look like the team to beat in the major league.

The Pirates won the first half championship with a steady 6-1 record, followed closely by the Dodgers and Giants. The sea­son now enters its second half, and upon its completion, the first half winner and the sec· ond half winner wiII meet for the championship. Should the Pirates win the second half as well, there will be no playoff game.

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Friday, June 6, 1970

ACE·TV Wins No.5 To Lead Softball League

Ace TV extended its winning skein to five straight and mov· ed into sole possesion of first place in the China Lake Soft­ball League with two victories last week and another Monday night.

Ace needed only five innings to pound VX·5 17·2 in a game shortened hy the 10-run rule. The victors took a 40 lead in the first four unearned runs, but iced the game with eight runs in third as 13 Ace batters came to the plate. Four singles, three walks and three errors paved the way to the scoring marathon.

Jim Bevan and Bert Galoway led the Ace attack. Bevan walk­ed twice, singled and socked a two-run homer, while Galloway was on base and scored three runs. VX·5 collected only two hits off Galloway, douhles by riny Brinson and Rusty Draper.

Union 76, already the vic­tims of Billy Brown's no-hitter May 5, got only three hits off Galloway Wednesday, as Ace stopped the second·place 76ers, 1'().

The victory was Galloway's fourth in as many games, as the durahle righthander struck out eight. In running his re­cord to 4-0, Galloway allowed only 12 hits in 26 innings.

Ace scored the game's only run in the second as Bill Ander­son singled, moved to third on an error, and scored on Joe Siehold's sacrifice fly.

NAF was hot last week, win­ning two to move into a tie for second. The Hawks dropped Triangle, 6-2, Wednesday as Steve Whltrak allowed only three hits (one a home run by Dennis Carson).

N AF took a 1'() lead in the first on Steve Mushock's home run, added two unearned runs in the third, two more in the fifth , and scored a final run in the bottom of the sixth on Lon Henke's homer.

The next night Whitrak was just as tough, holding El Ran· chito to three hits, 5-2. The Hawks jumped to an early 1·0 lead again on singles by Jim Latta, Henke and Ed Hanson and then added four in the fifth to huild up an unsur· mountable lead.

In last week's final contest, Triangle hombed VX·5, 19-6, as Drex Moulder homered twice off Vampire pitcher Joe Quen· gao The game, halted at the end of five innings, was Pete Klassen's second win of the year.

The season's third week got under way Monday with a duel for second place between Union 76 and NAF. The 76ers emerg· ed winners, 5-4, with a two·run rally in the hottom of the sixth.

Trailing 4-3, Union came from behind on Bob Kochman's single, a passed ball, Lowell Radcliffs run·scoring single, a walk, and an error by NAF shortstop Danny Fuller that let Radcliff home with the winning run.

Henke hit his second homer of the year for the Hawks, but NAF could manage only three

other hits off Kochman. In a slugfest, Ace TV won the

nightcap from Triangle, 15·10. and maintained its two-game lead over Union . Triangle ex­ploded to an 8-3 lead in a six­run fourth (including a homer by Jim Ayers), but Ace rallied for five in the bottom of the fourth and five more in the sixth. Homers by Bevan and Ted Sprouse raved the way for Galloway's fifth win of the sea· son .

THI STANDINGS (AI of "'-dey, ... _ 1)

nAM w. l . 01 Ace TV 5 0 Union 76 3 , , Triangle , 3 3 NAf 3 3 VX·5 3 3'" EI Ronchito . , 3 3'"

THE SCHIOUU Mondoy, June 8- 6 p .m. VX ·5 VL UniOf\

76; 8 p.m . EI Ronchito VI. Triongle. W.dn.Ido.,. June 10-6 p .m. Ace TV VI.

NAf; 8 p.m. EI ReMhilo "I. Union 76. Thurad.y, June 11 - 6 p.m. Ac. TV VI .

YX·5; 8 p.m. NAF ¥s. Triengl • .

now PITCH StANDINGS fI.... W. l . ..

MMllen .... 3 0 Suints , 0 '" Muthos 2 , Maladroit. , , Worrioff '''' C.B. All Ston , ,

'''' Lordos , , 2 Mini·Moulen 0 , ,'" Decibels 0 2 '''' Sond Blo.ters 0 , ,'" Ground Pounders Step on NAF In Golf League It took four weeks, but some­

one found that NAF could be beaten.

Paced by win s from Bob Moore and Ed B roo k s, the Ground Pounders became the first t e a m to outscore N AF with a 2 'h -1 'h victory in Intra­mural Golf League play Tues· day.

The Ground Pounders main­tained their hold on sixth place in league standings with the victory, but more important, their triumph stopped NAF's three-week spree and tighten­ed the league race.

The Chaparrals moved from third into a tie for second with a 3·1 win over Code 30's No. 2 team. Led by league-leading scorer Gary Wydra (3'h points), the Chaparrals I i f ted their team total to 11, one point be­hind NAF.

The San d Bag g e r s also gained ground with a 2'h -1 'h victory over Code 55l. Fred Barney won his second straight match to lead the Baggers.

Although Bill Stelzmiller won his third match in a row, had to settle for a tie with the the fourth-place Code 17 team Duffers, who moved ahead of the i die Chargers into 11th place. ,

Code 30's No. 1 team com­bined two ties and two wins into a 3-1 victory over the One Elevens. Curt Bryan and Joe Dorgan contributed the ties, while Bruce Young and George Silberberg recorded victories.

In Tuesday's fin a I match, Code 5541 scored a 2'h-1'h tri­umph over the last place Rock­eteers.

,Friday, June 6, 1970

Solid ·State Facility Soon R~Cldy For lise

(Continued from Plge l) made.

Photophy.ic. The Photophysics Branch is

concerned principally with La· ser Research and Development. To date, Laser rangefinding and tracking has been largely restricted to the use of solid state laser sources such as the ruby Y AG, and neodymium­doped glass. Continuing rapid advancement into the capabil­ities of semiconductors and gas and liquid lasers emphasizes the need for exploring their possibilities in ranging, track­ing and communications appli­cations.

With the accessibility of the new facilities that will be made available in the new huilding, the Center's ability to exploit the possibilities of expanding laser technology can be ap· proached more explicitly.

R •• earch Dept. The Applied Physics Division

of the Research Department, currently designated Code 612 at Corona, will move'to China Lake sometime this summer and become Code 604. This group will occupy Space No.5 in the Solid State Devices Fa· cility, and will be concerned with Microwave Acoustics, An· tiferromagnetism, Millim e t e r Wave Devices, Pyroelectric De· tection, Tunneling Phenomena in Superconducting Junctions, and, perhaps, Millimeter Wave Absorption Measurement Tech· niques.

The Applied Physics Division has a charter to perform ap­plied research in the physical sciences to inc rea 5 e under­standing of physical phenom­ena, materials, experimental techniques, and devices of in­terest in the attainment of the long range objectives of the Navy.

The Division aspires to con­tribute s t ron g coupling be· tween basic research and the deve lop men t organizations. The challenge will be to in­crease communication between the two areas of endeavor, to

demonstrate the relevance of research to those faced with hardware problems and, con· versely, to demonstrate to re­search people the importance of certain developmental prob· lems and thereby to influence the direction of their investi­gation.

Fuze Department t On or about October 1 of

this year, elements of Code 501, the Advanced Systems Di­vision of the Fuze Department, will be moved from Corona to occupy another portion of the new Facility. Headed by Herb Bulgerin, the division performs research and development of new fuzing systems and tech­niques.

The Division will set up op­tical, circuit development, and fuze systems labs in the new building. The group is cur­rently committed to investigat­ing properties of missile tar­gets and their interactions with fuze detecting systems; con­ducting theoretical and appli­cations studies of antennas and radio frequency components; and investigating and defining new systems of fuzing in the exploratory development phas· es.

The Advanced Systems Divi­sion will occupy approximately 8500 square feet of the new Mi­chelson Laboratory extension.

Dnigner David H. Chapman of Code

7037 has been the Project De­sign Engineer on the structure since it was approved for con· struction on the Naval Weap­ons Center. ,Captain K. C. Ab­planalp, Resident Officer in C h a r g e of Construction for SOUWESNAVFACENGCOM and NWC Public Works Offi· cer, was responsible for the di· rection of the Contractor (Car­dan Company) to provide a complete facility with the most modern capabilities.

Under the direction of F. A. Chenault, the Engineering De­partment will manage the fa­cility for use by all Technical Departments.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR VISITS-Brig. Gen. G. H. Sylve.ter, USAF, Assi.tant Director (Operational Test Ind Evelultion), DDR&E, visited the Center this week for an orientation tour and discussions with technical personnel on NWC pro. grams. Above, Gen. Sylvester is shown with Capt. M. R. Etheridge, NWC Commander.

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VILLEGAS RETlRES-ADJC Benito Villag ••• t.nda .t .t· tention .. Cdr. Bert Creighton, VX·5 Executive Offic.r, r •• d •• I.tter of Ippreci.tion from the .qu.dron .t the Chi.f'. retir.ment c.remony th.t WI. h.ld MlY 25. Chl.f Viliega h .... rved with VX·5 .Inc. July, 1966. __ ---

TWILIGHT CRUlSE-VX·S L.adlng CPO, Ch.rll. Beck, .... cently reenli.ted for thr .. y •• n, which wil give him • tot.l of "ov.r-30" when completad. Clpt. Ch.rle. W. Frih:, VX.5 Comm.nding OHicer (l.ft) Idmini.t.rs the oath to Chief Beck, who WI. enli.ting for the .eventh time in I c.· reer th.t begen in 1942. Beck •• rved in the American Ind Plcific Th.lter. during World War II, Ind Ift.r 15 y .... of .. rvice, WI. Idvanced to Chi.f in 1957. AMSC Beck h .. been .t.tioned with VX·5 .inc. October, 1966.

DEF Seeks Arts Entries It's not too early to start

planning entries for the Fine Arts, Handcraft, and Domestic Arts competitions that will be hp.ld at the 20th annual Desert Empire Fair, slated for Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 this year, states Sally Par tin, competitions chairman.

For their part, Mrs. Partin and her committee have already been at work for months out­lining schedules, accumulating trophies and ribbons, and lay· ing groundwork for the dis­plays, and have even compiled the premium booklet, which will soon be available in con· venient locations all over in­dian Wells Valley.

Among other spots, the book­lets may be picked up at But· tons and Bows, 239 Balsam; Eve's Yarn and Gift Shop, 324 W. Ridgecrest Blvd. ; Fabriti­que, 131 Balsam; and in appro­priate departments of Bur­roughs High School and the junior high schools in Ridge­crest and China Lake. In addi· tion, these centers are willing and able to give advice and as­sistance to anyone planning to enter handwork in the various categories, Mrs. Partin pro-mises. .

Further information will be

gladly furnished hy her (tele­phone 375-4373), or any of the committee membe~s, Mike and Sue Atkins, Jean Mullett, Clyde and Betty Smith, or from ber husband Jon.

"We want the many gifted craftsmen and women of the Desert Empire to start thinking right now," says the chairman, drawing on experience gained last year when she helped rna· terially with this ever-growing activity of the local fair.

"The 1969 contest was more extensive than ever before," she continues, "and still many of those who took part express· ed the wish that they had start· ed sooner on their entries. By being alerted now, they will have the summer vacation months for applying their in­genuity and skill to their very best efforts," she believes.

Entry fees have been set at 50 cents for adults, 25 cents for juniors (age 14 and under). These are payable upon presen­tation of each entry, at times that will be announced later.

The committee is now look· ing for judges and encourages anyone with experience and/ or knowledge of the criteria in­volved to offer his or her ser­vices.

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TV Booster Fund Drive To Begin Monday, June 8

Beginning Monday, June 8, a fund drive will commence to raise funds for the improve· ment of the IWV TV Booster, Several goals have been set, as follows, hy priority:

I-Rebroadcast of K C E T Channel 28, an educational channel from Los Angeles. Cost, $9,000.

2-Rehroadcast of Channels 23 and 29 from Bakersfield, for local and regional news, and "blacked-out" s p 0 r t s. Cost, $6,000-$9,000 per channel.

3-Replacement of old equip­ment on Channels 2, 5 and 13. Cost, $4,500 per channel.

4-Addition of signal pro­cessing equipment to improve the signal received at your set. Cost, $2,500 per channel.

The first three goals listed are considered to he very im­portant at this time. An aver­age donation of $7 per house­hold will complete these three goals. An average of $10 per household should provide a Booster with excellent signal and free from major break­downs and maintenance dis­ruptions for years to come.

The TV Booster Committee will conduct a door to door canvass of the population cen­ters in the Valley beginning Monday. Off-duty firemen will perform this function on the Center during the evenings on Monday through Thursday. De­tails covering the effort in llidgecrest and other areas of the Valley are not complete at this time, and will be puhlish­ed as soon as they are formula­ted.

Contributors are reminded that any donations are tax de· ductible only if they are made to the China Lake Community Council/TV Fund. The dona­tions go directly to the TV Fund and are used only for expenses of the drive and pur­chase and installation of the equipment needed.

Viewers are also reminded that a further demonstration of Channel 28 is planned for June 6 and 7, and is slated to start Saturday afternoon over Chan­nel 13. The Booster Commit· tee stated that any permenent installation of UHF Channels on the Booster will be over UHF Channels from 70·83 on the dial.

A report on plans for the Fund Drive will be presented on June 8 at the Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce lunch­eon meeting. Interested per­sons are invited to attend.

Blue Cross Visit The Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Insurance representative, Gor. don Ellis, will be at the Com­munity Center next Tuesday, June 9, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., according to Dan P. D' An­za, Head , Employee Manage. ment Relations.

PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (Continued from Pego 2)

work, receiving o nd replying to incoming rrol il, review ing out·going mo il, etc., pro­vided 0 technica l knowledge of specielized sub ject mollet i5 not required. Mini .... u ... Q"alification R~ui,_entt; Two ond one. holf yeon of generol off iCI d erical ell ' perienee ond 6 mClflths speciolized experi· ence. Advon,ement Potential; None.

Fil. applications for above with June Chipp, lid • . 34, 11m. 204, phon. 2676.

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GATE DEDICATION-Ml .. Melody Inm.n, who will ,... p......,t the N.v.1 Air F.cility in the Mi .. Ridgecrest.Chin. L.ke Be.uty P.ge.nt S.turday, June 6, in the Center The.tre, st.nds ben .. th the Torii .t the g.te to NAF, which w.s recently completed by NAF members. The new g.te .... includes two .ircr.ft, • Douglas XF4D·I, .nd .n FllF· IF, which h.ve been converted to st.tic displ.ys, .nd an .... molded with red rock h.uled in by members of NAF. The new g.te .r .. wil be offici.lly dedic.ted by C.pt. L. A. Dewing, Comm.nding Officer of NAF, on Mond.y, June 22. Technic.1 repre .. nt.tives of the compenies which took part in the manufacture and testing of the two aircr.ft will be present at the c.remonies, .s will m.ny Chin. L.ke dignit.ries.

Corona's Evans Retires Aher Thirty-Seven Years Fed Service

Jack C. Evans, Head of the Administration Department and of the Information Division at the Naval Weapons Center Corona Annex, retired from government service on 12 May 1970.

The Administration Depart· ment includes all Office Ser· vices, such as mail, communica­tions, guards, and fire fighters. The loformation Division inclu· des photography, graphic arts, library, technical writing, and the print shop.

Evans has worked for the Federal Government since reo porting to the National Recov· ery Administration in Washing· ton, D.C. in November 1933, to write scripts for films describ­ing the activities of the NRA. He was soon promoted to As· sistant to the Director, and ser· ved as Liaison Officer between the Director of NRA, and the Secretary of Commerce on per· sonnel problems.

He was transferred to the Commerce Department in 1936 as assistant for air controllers, and other groups working with· in the Department. At the start of World War II, he became Assistant to the Secretary of Commerce serving as Manpow· er Advisor, where he set the draft status priorities of the Commerce Department person· nel.

From 1943 to 1946 the Army Air Force claimed his services. Following military duty, he reo turned to the Department of Commerce where he was as· signed into personnel work as a Classification Officer.

10 1951 he was made Region· al Personnel Officer and sent cross country to Corona with the Original National Bureau of Standards group (a Bureau of the Commerce Department). 10 1953 he was in the mass

transfer of NBS to the Navy De· partment. The scientific group at that time was designated Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and Evans' responsibility had been increased to include al­most all of the support services to the scientists. These were personnel, public works, and all the technical information, and office services tisted above. 10 July 1967 NOL was ordered consolidated with the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in a Navy-wide realigument of research laboratories.

Evans is an ardent outdoors­man. Besides big game hunting, he regularly treks to Baja Cali­fornia, Mexico, in his four­wheel-drive, and has fished from there to Puget Sound. A favorite fishing ground of his is the Salton Sea. Like most of his kind, he is a strong conser­vationist. He is a member of the Sierra Club, and has been a leader in the lzaak Walton League, Riverside chapter. He also served two years as River­side County Campaign Chair­man of American Cancer So­ciety and one year as President of the County Society.

He is a native Californian. Born in Pomona, he attended school in Los Angeles and gra­duated from Santa Monica Ju­nior College. He went on to the UniverSity of Southern Ca· lifornia, before starting his working career as a writer at Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios.

The Evans' are very active in the Navy League, where Jack has long served on the board of directors. Mrs. Evans has assisted in many League activities and has been a lead­er in the Navy Laboratory wives' activities. They have no children.

Immetliate plans are for an extended trip to Alaska.

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ROCKETEER Friday, June 6, 1970

Council Survey Samples Residents' AHitudes

(Continued from P.ge 1)

pearance of the recreation areas. A statistical comparison of precinct responses indicated that one was significantly dif­ferent from the others. While still giving a high grade, Pre· cinct 9 (Desert Park) was mea­surably less satisfied than the relatively uniform response of the other precincts.

Community Facilities-The entire Center expressed satis­faction with all of the listed facilities . The highest grade went to the Community Cen· ter. Statistically, the only sig­nificantly low grade went to the Card Street Launderette. However, the Launderette, which is operated by the Navy Exchange, is in the final stage of a complete renovation.

FMR.dio On the subject of FM Radio,

the Opinion Survey included tnree questions relatea to fre­<lUency of listening, type of programing preferred, and pre­ference of one from a list of stations regarded as suitable for rehroadcasting with CUt·

rent equipment. The following data was drawn from this por­tion of the questionnaire:

Frequency of Listening­This question provided four le­vels of response with the ex­tremes being Frequently or Ne­ver. Twenty-six per cent of the respondents stated they never listen to FM Radio and another 21 per cent seldom listen to FM. In all, 74 per cent of the respondents listen to FM and 53 percent listen regularly.

Preferred Program Material -Six types of programing were listed. Respondents were re­quested to express a prefer­ence. Although a third station will soon be added to the exist­ing stations, the results of this question will be used for guid­ence in selection of other sta­tions if more equipment be­comes available. Following are the types of program material and the grade they received, with 100 as the sum of all grades. Popular and semi-das­sical, 53; Country and Western, 18; Classical, 15; Conversation, Discussion and Education, 6; Rock, 4; and Jazz, 4.

Selection of Third FM Sta­tion-Signal strength t est s were run and eight stations were received well enough for translation and rehroadcast. They included KBBI, KBCA, KBIG, KCBH, KNX, KOST, KRHM and KUTE. A list was presented in the questionnaire with descriptions of the pre­dominant program material on each station. Preference was shown as follows: Most desired, KBIG (37); KCBH (16); KBBI (14); KNX (12); KRHM (8) ; KUTE (5); KBCA (1) least de­sired. The descriptions for KBIG were: background music; popular vocal and instrumental.

TV Booster This third and final topic

had two questions in the sur­vey, both related to expanded and improved service by the TV Booster presently serving Indian Wells Valley. The first question considered channels to be added to the Booster, and the other, support for a Boos­ter Fund Drive.

Expansion of the Booster­Three stations were proposed as possibilities for addition to the present system. They in­cluded the educational Chan­nel 28 from Los Angeles. and the network Channels 23 and

29 from Bakersfield. An over­w h elm i n g preference was shown for Channel 28. Of the respondents expressing a pre­ference, 56 per cent placed Channel 28 first, while 25 per cent preferred Channel 23, and 19 per cent preferred Channel 29.

Support for a Booster Fund Drive-Respondents were ask­ed to indicate how much money they felt would be a reasonable family contribution to a fund drive. It was emphasized that the amount indicated that they would support a fund drive. The range of response of those willing to contribute was from $2 to $50. Excluding the one $50 response, the average indio cated suport was $8.50. loclud­ing those who replied $0.00, and those who gave no re­sponse, the average support was $7 per family.

Survey Techniques Technique. used to conduct

the Opinion Survey were de­veloped by the Community iCouncil's Opinion Sampling Committee, whose members in­clude Ted Bergman, George Ness, and Chairman Phil Gill. The Sampling Committee was guided by NWC personnel whose specialties ranged from Statistics and Psychology, to computers and writing.

The second survey used a randomly selected representa­tive sample of the China Lake population. Random selection procedures were employed to assure that all residents had an equal opportunity to be cho­sen for the survey.

Survey topics were selected from Council recommendations as well as suggestions from in­dividual China Lake residents. Ron Covert, Computer Systems analyst in the Personnel De­partment, selected the repre­sentative sample and prepared the respondent schedules.

lodividual Council represen­tatives conducted the survey in tQeir precincts. Survey data were tabulated and compiled by the Opinion Sampling Commit­tee and statistical analysis was performed by Robert Gardner, !Head, Statistics Branch, Re­search Department.

Interpretation of the analy­zed results was performed by the Opinion Sampling Commit­tee. No attempt was made to include the raw tabulated data or the statistically analyzed in­formation, because it is both voluminous and complex.

NEW COUNCILMAN - Rich­.rd Schmitt, .n Electronics Engineer in Code 5522, h.s been appointed China L.ke Councilman for Precincts 3 and 7, replacing Ken Auster· men who resigned for per. sonal reasons. Schmitt has been .t NWC for two ye.rs .nd received his BSEE from the University of Southern C.lifornia. He enjoys boat­ing and skiing, in addition to studying under the USC pro­gram for his Masters' De­gree. The new councilman resides at l09-A Hornet, on the Center.

Women's Society Scholarship Now Available The Delta Beta Chapter of

Delta Kappa Gamma, an inter­national women's society, has announced it will award an in­terest-free $500 scholarship repayable two years after gra­duation to an undergraduate woman student at the upper division level.

Applicants must live in the chapter's service area, which includes China Lake, Boron, Edwards, lodian Wells Valley, Mojave, Tehachapi and Trona.

Scholarship applications are available from Doris Bruce, 36 Vieweg Circle, China Lake, and must be turned, in by June 16.

The scholarship is named the Ruby Rogers Scholarship Fund, in honor of one of the Delta Beta Chapter founders . Mrs. Rogers was the first curricu­lum supervisor to serve the East Kern County area.

-SUPPORTS NAVY RELIEF-Capt. L_ A. Dewing, Command-ing Officer of NAF, r, purch .... the first tlck.h solei at NAF for the Navy Relief Society Fund Drive, which began May 24 .nd will end June 30, from LCdr. W. A. Coltrin, Free Fall Projects Officer at the N.val Air Facility.

Friday, June 6, 1970

IWV Business Facilities Church Activities 'old

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth installment of a series of articles that deals with the Indian Wells Val­ley, and the facilities to be found here which will en­hance the living conditions and leisu re time hours for Corona Annex employees, who will make the move from Corona to China Lake.)

The lodian Wells Valley, which includes the Naval Wea­pons Center, contains more than 35 different churches, of all denominations. On the Cen­ter, Protestant, Catholic and Hebrew services are held in the All Faith Chapel, and three chaplains, (two protestant and one Catholic) are on hand for parishioners on a full-time ba­sis. A student rabbi journeys to the Valley once a week to hold Hebrew services at the All Faith Chapel.

Ridgecrest Churches In Ridgecrest, Catholics may

worship at St. Ann's Church, which also has its own school. Protestants will find Baptist, Assembly of God, Four Square, Lutheran (ALC and Missouri­Synod), C h u r c h of Christ, Church of God, Church of Je­sus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Church of the Nazarene, Meth­odist, Presbyterian, First Bap­tist, Southern Baptist, Jehov­ah's Witness, Missionary Bap­tist, Episcopalian, and a Sev­enth Day Adventist, and other churches and denominations in Trona, Pioneer Point or West­end.

Some of the denominations run their own schools, and most have bible schools and other church organizations.

Banking Institutions Bank of America, Commun­

ity National Bank, Security Pa­cific National Bank, and the First Federal Savings and Loan are all located within the In­dian Wells Valley for the con­venience of residents. In ad­dition, branches of some of the leading Finance companies do business in the Valley.

Residents will find Los An­geles prices at the five large markets in the local area. A Shopping Bag is available to Center employees and three other large markets are locat­ed in Ridgecrest: Champ's De­sert Foods, the K & R Market, and The Victory Market. Resi­dents of the Trona area may shop at the D & B Market.

In addition, smaller markets, such as the Neighborhood in Ridgecrest, the Inyokern Mar­ket in Inyokern, are available for shoppers.

The Ridgecrest Chamber of Commerce has more than 6 different businesses and ser­vice organizations listed with them as members. Residents of the Indian Wells Valley will find nearly every type of shop­ping facility available to them, fulfilling every need.

Sears and M 0 n t g 0 mer y Ward each have catalog stores in Ridgecrest, and a Western Auto Store is also available. A new W. T. Grant facility is cur­rently under construction, and shoppers will find a branch of Sprouse-Reitz D epa r t men t Stores located in Ridgecrest, in addition to three locally-owned department stores: the Ridge­crest Pharmacy, the Ridgecrest Variety Store, and The Empo­rium.

rants, appliance stores, sewing centers, gift shops, and the like, are found in the Indian Wells Valley in great numbers, and in infinite varieties.

Residents of the local area will find that all their needs can be catered by the many different business organizations found in the Indian Wells Val· ley.

All of the major automobile makers have representatives in the Valley, including Ford, Chrysler, American Mot 0 r s, (Cadillac and Chevrolet), and a foreign auto maker, Toyota, is also represented .

Motorcyclists will find Hon­da, Suzuki, Kawasaki, Triumph, Hodaka, and Yamaha motor­cycles sold at three different locations in the lodian Wells Valley. In addition, the recrea­tion-minded will find outlets for trailers, campers, tents, and other camping equipment avail­able in the Valley.

Next week, THE ROCKE­TEER will list the many fine medical facilities , both civilian and military, available in the Indian Wells Valley. In addi­tion, more shopping and busi­ness facilities will be cited.

The documentary filmed recently in the Indian Wells Valley for broadc.st on the ABC (Channel 7) show "NOW" will be pre .. nted Mond.y, June 8, at 10:30 p.m. over ABC.

ROCKETEER . Page Five

PTA Presents Evening In Philippines

A NIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES Monday night, NAn Evening in the Philippines," was presented jointly by the P.rent-Te.cher As­sociations of the Indian Wells Valley .nd China Lake School Districts in cooperation with Misl Evangeline Tan, nVolunteer to American teacher from the Philippines. On th .. Murr.y School Cofetorium st.ge, stu­dents demonstrated d.nces taught under the

direction of Miss T.n, such .s the Tinikling D.nce per for m e d here. S.lIy O'L.ne watches Raymond Shelh.rt .nd Julie Pen­nington d.nce to the rhythm of cI.pping the poles .gainst the bo.rds .nd then to­gether, being careful not to get c.ught be­tween the pol e S. Left to right, Lynette Shepard observes cI.ppers (I-r) Sandy Ep­stein and Michelle Whiteside.

______________________ .;;,;;~Photo by PH3 L. H. Detweiler

Second Annual BATNAF 'Game' Goes Tonight

Today is the day! The second annual BA TNAF game gets un­der way this afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at Schoeffel Field as the softball stalwarts of VX-5 and NAF do battle for Navy Relief.

The fund·raising project for Navy Relief began last year with a VX·5 victory, and NAF is out for revenge. This year Capt. L. A. Dewing and his forces are ready for the VX-5 Vampires, led by Capt. Charles W. Fritz.

The game has a number of special rules, among them a re­gulation calling for each base runner to drink an 8-ounce cup of beer at second base be­fore he can move on to third. And Captains M. R. Etheridge, H. D. Parode and R. S. Moore will be on hand to make sure the rules are obeyed.

Admission to the game is $1 and all proceeds will be donat­ed to Navy Relief.

, Many fine clothing stores which cater to men and wo­men's clothes are to be found in the Indian Wells Valley. In addition, businesses which deal with' services, such as barber shops, beauty salons, restau-

YOUTH PLANTS FOR FUTURE-Members of the Junior Flower Power G.rden Club, sponsored by the O.sis Garden Club, pl.nt. ed two sycamore trees recently at David­ave Field. Opened in November 1968, Dlvi­dove Field w.s dedic.ted in memory ·of

Pfc. Emest F. D.vidove, 21, who died dur­ing combat In Viet N.m. He w.s the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Davidove of Chin. Lake. The trees were provided by the Chin. L.ke Park Commission.

-Photo by PHI Gary D. Bird

The motorcycle s.fety cl ... , sponsored by the Com· munity Council, the Gypsy Wheels .nd the Sandblast­ters, will be held .t the Traf­fic Safety Building, between 9 •. m .• nd 12 noon, S.tur­d.y, June 6.

All those wishing to .t­tend are asked to come at that time. For addition. I in­formation, contact Billie Hi­.., NWC Ext. 2037.