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Four THE ROCKETHR .... lfc. . ~ . friday, September I, 19611 CAP To Hold Meetings On Disaster Survival Because of the tensc world situ- ation, China Lake Civil Air Patrol officials have turned their attention to disaster survival on thc home front. They have scheduled a se- ries of meetings dcsigned for hu- man survival under conditions of disaster, privation, or enemy attack. The public is invited to attend the next meeting which will be held at the Richmond School on Scpt. 14 at 7 :30 p.m. Motion pictures, charts, booklcts, and pamphlets will be used by the speakers to illustrate survival under emergency situations. Downing To Direct ture and enemy occupation forces in the Philippines. An expert in the field of guerilla warfare, Capt. Baxter will relate incidents in ot- fensive strategy used to immobilizd advancing troops. Radiological monitoring will alsO: be discussed at the meeting by Lt" Col. Stephen Lukacik, commandeE: of Eastern Sierra Group 22, CAP, Bishop. Col. Lukacik is a certified instructor in the use of radiological instruments for determining extenta of atomic radiation. H e will con.. clude his presentation with a show- ing of a color motion picture of "' U. S. Air Force decontamination team in action at a military airport. Ali"]'Eni\LATH OF RAIX-Results of the 1.39 inches o~ rain which was dumped on China. Lake Monday c\·e ning and Tuesday morning of last week are s hown b~' the flooded area in front of the l\lich Lab machine s hOI) and the m otor \'ehicle compoulUI. Thousa nds of gallons flowed into t he a rca (rom orr Ridgecrest Bh'd. a nd (rom a debris- plugged culvert in front ~f the Lab. Basements of Wing 1 and \Ving 2 were flooded as were the Sullivan compressor room a nd four furnaces in the H eat Treat room. Public \Vorks personnel worked around the clock to re· store essential laboratory a nd buUding scniccs. The meetings will be directed by Robert T . Dow n i n g, newly ap- pointed Coordinator for Civil De· fense on the staff of Major Freder· ick L. Ric h a r d s, commander of China Lake Squadron 84, CAP. H£' will be assisted by 2nd Lt. Fred C Scheberies, squadron Safety Offi- cer. Technical advisors for tho series include M a j 0 r Wilbur 0 Hamilton, 2nd Lt. FranCis G. St. Louis, W arrant Officer P a u I H By u s, Robert B. Thomas, BurkE' West, Dr. Robert J. Hamblin, and Marie Korp_ SeaBees Line Up ' ood Donors In Short 15 Minutes A rcquest for blood for Clyde Wells, a Public Works machinist confined to the Ridgecrest Hospt.. tal, was answered in 15 minutes b)'j five volunteers from the local Sea.. Bee unit last Saturday. Van Hagan ••• (Continued from Page 1) that mig h t cost him time and trouble. H ead of the Publishing Division since the Technical Information De- p a rtment was formed in 1954, Van H agan has been with NOTS since ;1.950. He was head of the Editorial Branch from 1952 to 1954. Prior to coming to NOTS, he was Jl t echnical editor with the U. S. Forest Pro due t s Laboratory in :Ma dison, Wisconsin for four years, and secretary-treasurer and editor- in-ch{ef of the Forest Products Re- ;;earch Society for two years. To back up his experience in technical l)ubIications he has eight years ex- perience as a civil engineer, has a d e g r e e in engineering from the Unh'crsity of Wisconsin, and is a Registered Professional Engineer. H e is a charter member of the I nterlaboratory Committee on Edit- ing and Publishing of the We s t Coast N a val Laboratories and a founder of the Technical Publish- ing Society. H e is known to many members of the technical staff at NOTS through the courses in report writing that he taught here from 1950 to 1959. The Technical Library expects to b ave two copies of the handbook for Station pcrsonnel in approxi- m a tely two weeks. Personal copies m ay be purchased t h r 0 ugh the Book Corral at 319 Haloid, Ridge- crest. PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES Secrelory (SIeno) or OMT, GS-5, PO No. 100001 , Code OO-Assislonl to the Aide to the Commonder, provides secretarial services in the Office of the Commander, including reo eeplian of ...isilars and telephone calls, ar- ranging for hospi tolity and secreloriol assist. o nce for high level ci...ilion and military visi. t ors, assuming full responsibility for the office d uring the a bsence of the secretory to the Commander. Sup.... F i sea I Accounlant, GS-8, PO No. 18359, Code 17S-lnterpretation of lows, r(l9u- lolions, and instructions of higher echelons; d evelopment and improvement of disbursing policies, procedures, a nd special forms fO( th~ Stolion; collection and disbursement of large sums of cosh and checks; coordination of .011 phases of WOl"k to meet definite dead. I,n" I Teller C 2 ...ocondes), GS·3, PD. Nos. 065016 b nd 065017, Code 1132-Coshier duties at the t olle Facilities Closed Labor Day Na\'y Exchange facilities will bd closed on Labor Day, Sept. 4, ex" cept for the following: Open Service Station _.__ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Outdoor Shop ......._ 8 a .m. to 4 p.m. Station Restaurant 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Theatre, bowling alleys, and golt course will observe normal business hours. The Commissary Store and Sta,"'1 tion Library will be closed all day, Ediloriol Clerk CGenerol). GS-5, PO No. 29166, Code 7511-The incumbent will be proof reading and copy-ed iting reports a nd manuscripts. Refrig. & Air Condo Mechanic, S2.93 to 53.17 p/ h, Code 7439-lnslolls, mointoins, and reo poirs refrigerating and air conditioning equip. PublicCltions Editor (pronled media), GS·7, PO No. 175021 , Cede 7511-Writing and edit- ing technica l ma nuscripts including all phases of editing, composition. reprodlKtion. and dis- tribution. Co ndidates must poss fS EE exam. f ile Clpplicotions for obo.... positions WiTh Sue Wickes, Room 31 , Per,onnel Building, Ed. 7·1393. Oeodli". dot. for all appli. cations: Septemb.r 8. SULLn'A..:.," ROO~(-\Vate r reached the depth 01 four feet in the Sui. Ih·an compresSOr room_ Public \ fo rks electricians dried out the 50Q H.P. in pbce while olher motors \'aryin g from 1 h.p. to 50 h.p. were taken to the electric~\l s hop \ here personnel worked ,around the clOC~ drying out, cleaning, and rellairing them. . , < i ROCKETEER VX-5 Change of Command Slated for Next Wednesday I IUDD GOn, EDITOI PHONES 71354, 72082, 71655 OFFICE, HOUSING ILDG., TOP DICK Hangar One at the aval Air Facility will be the site of the change of command ceremony for Air Develop- ment Squadron Five at 9 a.m. next \o/ednesday, September 6, when Captain Karl S. Van Meter turns over the com- mand of VX-5 to Cdr. William A. Schroeder, Jr. l\1i~h el.,on Laboratory fa.,-eweU 11a rty last week. Ted Lotee (I), Division H ead, and John Cox (r) , Associate H ead of the Engineering Depart- ment, extend best wishes to the Afrjca bound Peace Corps volunteer, Belisle Chosen for African Peace Corps Assignment Those who spoke to Jim Belisle last week saw an eager young man prepared to undertake the second phase of a strenuous training prior to ass u min g his overseas - I ~ as.signment as a Peace Corps VOl-I people there know and understand. unteer. The past eight weeks of Although in the course of his training at Texas Western College studies the volunteer has been ex· included a rigorous screening which posed to generalizations of tradi- narrowed the number of volunteers tional African culture such as the achieving final acceptance to 35. economy, family practices, political The next few weeks promise to structure, laws, and religion, his be just as exhaustive. Jim left Sat- grasp in these matters will meet ur.day on a flight to Washington, the real test in the field experi- D.C. where approximately eighty cnces. lPeace Corps members scheduled Jim states that the primary job f0t.: Ghana and TanK.anyilta wge of the volunteer de...signated for addressed by President Kennedy at Tanganyika is to locate, design, lay the White House. Following a n ap- out, and supply actual construction pearance at the United Nations of feeder roads intended to provide bu)lding a nd briefing by the Statc transportation means for the Alri· Department, they departed yester- can farmer's goods. day to Puerto Rico tor a threc- Evident Progress w~ek stint of additional technical Tanganyika, with a population training and concentrated physical of over eight million, is a British- co·nditioning. administered UN·trust territory. , Get Invaluable Training Peace Corps members are encour- A major portion of Jim's train~ aged to circulate socially in their ing at Texas Western was spcnt leisure hours and further acquaint in technical work relating to his themselves with the attitudes in specialty as a surveyor. The group this progressive provincc. Tangan- also explored the role of the Peace yika took the first step toward in- Corps in Tanganyika, discussing dependence when they were grant· such factors as the composition of ed internal self-rule last year and the population, general level of de- look forward to their ultimate goal velopment, living conditions, and sometime this year. geographic information. His exact destination in Tangan- Before entering the actual wOrk- yika is unknown, but Jim feels it ing area, they will receive furthcr will probably be in the area of the indoctrination - particularly in the highlands where coffee, tea, and Swahili language, which most (Continued on Page 4) C. E. Van Hagan Authors Tech-Writers' Handbook A working tool for all personnel concerned with the preparation of technical n:.ports entitled " Report Writers' Handbook" has been aum=d by C. E. Van Hagan, Head, C. E. Van Hagcn - Publishing Division, Technical In- formation Department. The new boo k, released by Prentice-Hall, Inc., is intended primarily for sci- entists, engineers, and administra- tors. All phases of report preparation are covered, including preliminary planning and organization, writing, tabular presentation, illustration, and supporting material. Special consideration is given to format and examples of the various parts a rc given in sufficient detail so that they can be used as models whether an author is preparing a one-page informal report or a 100- page formal publication. Problems of production, printing, and bind- ing are also covered. Van Hagan has drawn upon his many years in the technical pub- lishing field to add notes of prac- tical advice and warnings through- out the book to help the report writer a v 0 i d unexpected pitfalls (Continued on Page 4 ) Station Adopts Hike For OHicial Travel Comman(l announced that in~ creased per diem and mileage rates became e Uecth'e for NOTS employees on August 18. The boost permits $16 per diem al- lowance within the: continental United States and ten cents per mile for the use of privately- owned vehicles and planes. This legislation under Public Law 87-139 does not cover tra\·el lor military personnel. All interested milit Facilities Closed Labor Day Na\'y Exchange facilities will bd closed on Labor Day, Sept. 4, ex" cept for the following: Open Service Station _.__ 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Outdoor Shop ......._ 8 a .m. to 4 p.m. Station Restaurant 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Theatre, bowling alleys, and golt course will observe normal business hours. The Commissary Store and Sta,"'1 tion Library will be closed all day, Ediloriol Clerk CGenerol). GS-5, PO No. 29166, Code 7511-The incumbent will be proof reading and copy-ed iting reports a nd manuscripts. Refrig. & Air Condo Mechanic, S2.93 to 53.17 p/ h, Code 7439-lnslolls, mointoins, and reo poirs refrigerating and air conditioning equip. PublicCltions Editor (pronled media), GS·7, PO No. 175021 , Cede 7511-Writing and edit- ing technica l ma nuscripts including all phases of editing, composition. reprodlKtion. and dis- tribution. Co ndidates must poss fS EE exam. f ile Clpplicotions for obo.... positions WiTh Sue Wickes, Room 31 , Per,onnel Building, Ed. 7·1393. Oeodli". dot. for all appli. cations: Septemb.r 8. SULLn'A..:.," ROO~(-\Vate r reached the depth 01 four feet in the Sui. Ih·an compresSOr room_ Public \ fo rks electricians dried out the 50Q H.P. in pbce while olher motors \'aryin g from 1 h.p. to 50 h.p. were taken to the electric~\l s hop \ here personnel worked ,around the clOC~ drying out, cleaning, and rellairing them. . , < i ROCKETEER VX-5 Change of Command Slated for Next Wednesday I IUDD GOn, EDITOI PHONES 71354, 72082, 71655 OFFICE, HOUSING ILDG., TOP DICK Hangar One at the aval Air Facility will be the site of the change of command ceremony for Air Develop- ment Squadron Five at 9 a.m. next \o/ednesday, September 6, when Captain Karl S. Van Meter turns over the com- mand of VX-5 to Cdr. William A. Schroeder, Jr. l\1i~h el.,on Laboratory fa.,-eweU 11a rty last week. Ted Lotee (I), Division H ead, and John Cox (r) , Associate H ead of the Engineering Depart- ment, extend best wishes to the Afrjca bound Peace Corps volunteer, Belisle Chosen for African Peace Corps Assignment Those who spoke to Jim Belisle last week saw an eager young man prepared to undertake the second phase of a strenuous training prior to ass u min g his overseas - I ~ as.signment as a Peace Corps VOl-I people there know and understand. unteer. The past eight weeks of Although in the course of his training at Texas Western College studies the volunteer has been ex· included a rigorous screening which posed to generalizations of tradi- narrowed the number of volunteers tional African culture such as the achieving final acceptance to 35. economy, family practices, political The next few weeks promise to structure, laws, and religion, his be just as exhaustive. Jim left Sat- grasp in these matters will meet ur.day on a flight to Washington, the real test in the field experi- D.C. where approximately eighty cnces. lPeace Corps members scheduled Jim states that the primary job f0t.: Ghana and TanK.anyilta wge of the volunteer de...signated for addressed by President Kennedy at Tanganyika is to locate, design, lay the White House. Following a n ap- out, and supply actual construction pearance at the United Nations of feeder roads intended to provide bu)lding a nd briefing by the Statc transportation means for the Alri· Department, they departed yester- can farmer's goods. day to Puerto Rico tor a threc- Evident Progress w~ek stint of additional technical Tanganyika, with a population training and concentrated physical of over eight million, is a British- co·nditioning. administered UN·trust territory. , Get Invaluable Training Peace Corps members are encour- A major portion of Jim's train~ aged to circulate socially in their ing at Texas Western was spcnt leisure hours and further acquaint in technical work relating to his themselves with the attitudes in specialty as a surveyor. The group this progressive provincc. Tangan- also explored the role of the Peace yika took the first step toward in- Corps in Tanganyika, discussing dependence when they were grant· such factors as the composition of ed internal self-rule last year and the population, general level of de- look forward to their ultimate goal velopment, living conditions, and sometime this year. geographic information. His exact destination in Tangan- Before entering the actual wOrk- yika is unknown, but Jim feels it ing area, they will receive furthcr will probably be in the area of the indoctrination - particularly in the highlands where coffee, tea, and Swahili language, which most (Continued on Page 4) C. E. Van Hagan Authors Tech-Writers' Handbook A working tool for all personnel concerned with the preparation of technical n:.ports entitled " Report Writers' Handbook" has been aum=d by C. E. Van Hagan, Head, C. E. Van Hagcn - Publishing Division, Technical In- formation Department. The new boo k, released by Prentice-Hall, Inc., is intended primarily for sci- entists, engineers, and administra- tors. All phases of report preparation are covered, including preliminary planning and organization, writing, tabular presentation, illustration, and supporting material. Special consideration is given to format and examples of the various parts a rc given in sufficient detail so that they can be used as models whether an author is preparing a one-page informal report or a 100- page formal publication. Problems of production, printing, and bind- ing are also covered. Van Hagan has drawn upon his many years in the technical pub- lishing field to add notes of prac- tical advice and warnings through- out the book to help the report writer a v 0 i d unexpected pitfalls (Continued on Page 4 ) Station Adopts Hike For OHicial Travel Comman(l announced that in~ creased per diem and mileage rates became e Uecth'e for NOTS employees on August 18. The boost permits $16 per diem al- lowance within the: continental United States and ten cents per mile for the use of privately- owned vehicles and planes. This legislation under Public Law 87-139 does not cover tra\·el lor military personnel. All interested milit

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