•
Post worker
gives talk
in 'Cruces
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. SP4 BARRY BUTLER
ERDSA soldier
tops for August
Specialist-Four Barry Butler
has been named August Soldier
of the Month at White Sands
Missile Range.
Specialist Butler is assigned
to the Atmospheric Sciences
Office as a meteorological
observer. His job consists of
writing math computer programs in the mathsectlonofthe
Meteorological Support Technical Area. The new Soldier
.of the Month is assigned to the
U.S. Army Electronics Research and Development Support Activity at the range.
The young soldier was cited
for his outstanding performance
of duty and exemplary appearance and conduct.
Sergeant First Class Don A.
Denton, SP4 Butler's immediate
supervisor, states Specialist
Butler is "very conscientious,
A German national in temporary training at White Sands
Missile
Range
was guest
speaker for the Las Cruces
Naval Reserve Unit Wednesday
in the Training Center on Brown
Road.
Wolf-Ruediger
Peter e it
assigned with General Support
Guided Missile Division, Army
Missile Test and Evaluation,
WSMR, spoke on "The Divided
Germany Since 1945".
Paul K. Arthur, lieutenant
in the Naval Reserve and its
unit training officer, introduced the speaker who is in the
United States for a year's training under the International Professional Scientist and Engineer
Exchange Program. Arthur is
employed with the Pershing
missile program at WSMR.
Mr. Petereit was born Oct.
5, 1939 in a village in east
Prussia
near the Russian
border. In 1945, during World
War II, he moved with his family
to a village near Berlin in
Germany's East Zone where
his parents live today.
As the son of aprotestant
minister, Mr. Petereit attended elementary school in his
village but was not allowed
to go higher. So, his parents
sent him to school in the Federal
Republic of Germany (West
Zone), to and from which travel
was permitted at that time.
He completed college (equivalent to U.S. high school) in a
village near the Swiss border
and then studied electronic engineering at the Technical University in Karlsruhe. While at
the University, he worked in
an electronic factory and for
the federal railroad, After
graduation, he was employed
by the Ministry of Defense and
assigned to the Manching Proving Ground near Munich. There,
he was project engineer for the
newly developed Sidewinder's
guidance and control systems.
Later, he worked on the antitank missile system called
"Hot," a joint German-French
program.
precise and particular in his
work."
SP4 Butler entered the Army
January 8, 1967, and completed
basic combat training at Ft.
Leonard Wood, Mo. Following
initial training, he was graduated from the U.S. Army Signal
Corps School, Ft. Monmouth,
N,J.
In 1962 hewasgraduatedfrom
Cranbrook School, Bloomfield
Hills, Mich. Before entering
the Army, SP4 Butler attended
the University of Michigan
where he majored in mechanical
engineering. While attending
college, he was a member of
Chi Psi Fraternity.
SP4 Butler is the son of
Mr. and Mrs, Franklin Butler,
627 Contention Lane, Berwyn,
The German Ministry of DePa.
Specialist Butler is currently fense sent him to WSMR last
on orders for duty in Vietnam, year to learn how the Americans test and manage large
missile programs.
Lie ute nan t Commander
Richard P. Schroats, Las
Curces, is commanding officer
of the Las Cruces Naval Reserve Unit and W.D. Essary,
a WSMR employe with ARMTE,
is executive officer.
first launchers for the SerThe Unit's weekly drillgeant prototype missiles, de- meeting is a part of its leadsigned by the Army, were built ership training program. The
here.
Unit ended its 1968 fiscal year
Mr. Block expressed his mix- as the first small surface divied emotions about leaving to sion in the United States in
the large group of civilian em- overall standards.
ployes, family members and
friends that gathered in the
Machine Shop for the occasion.
"When the time gets ready to
leave, things gettough. It means
going away from a lot of very
good friends, but the thought
of my trailer and happy days
of traveling with my wife makes
it much easier."
Nine White Sands Missile
He was presented a small Range Red Cross volunteers
replica of the Navy's bell by received caps and pins ThursFrank Pierce, general foreman day in a ceremony at 9:30 a,m,
of machine shop, and a "Desert in the Post Chapel Activity
Rat Certificate" presented by Room.
Commander D.L. Stephenson,
Mrs. H.G. Davisson, wife of
executive officer of USNOMTF, WSMR's commanding general,
in remembrance of his tenure presented caps to Mrs, Gustave
of service with the "Desert Peyer, Mrs. Leslie Custer,
Navy."
Mrs. Robert Paulin and Mrs.
His fellow employes reacted Donald Swope.
with a peal of laughter as he
Receiving pins and stripes
held up their gift - a splendid for having completed 100 hours
kerosene lamp - and said, "l or more of service were Mrs.
won't need this light to find Lonnie Coulter, Mrs. Joseph
an honest man," The lamp will Herring, Mrs. John Kirby, Mrs.
surely prove to be very handy Thomas Manning and Mrs.
on the long trips Mr. Block William Richardson.
has planned.
Mrs. Fred Dean, chairman
Mr. Block lives in Las Cruces of t~e WSMR Red Cross Volunteers, presided.
(Continued on Page 3)
N aval facility
employe retires
The Navy's Machine Shop at
White Sands Missile Range rang
with noises of talking and laughter instead of the · all-toocommon industry that is constantly taking place in the shop.
The tools were knives, forks
and cups and were expertly
managed on such items as cake
and punch in a celebration for
Seymour Block who, after more
than 16 years of working as a
model-maker
with the U.S.
Naval Facility's Machine Shop,
recently retired.
Mr. Block, an ex-whitehat
serving four years as an Aviation Electrician's Mate, came
to WSMR only six years after
the Naval Unit was officially
established.
Throughout his 16 years of
work at the Machine Shop, he
has
conducted exprimental
testing on nearly every phase
of weaponry employed at the
national range. Renovations,
construction and repairs of
parts integral to the earliest
German V-2 rockets, as well
as
those used in the most
modern of today's missiles,
have partly comprised
the
tremendous workload handled
in the Machine Shop.
Shop equipment and missile
launchers are also constructed by the able machinists. The
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Caps, pins
awarded to
9 vo lunteers
HONORARY DESERT RAT - Honorary membership to the "Royal and Ancient Order of
the Desert Rat" is presented retiree Seymour Block and is sealed by a handclasp from
Commander D. L. Stephenson, Executive Officer of USNOMTF. Mr. Block has worked
in the Navy Facility's Machine Shop as a model-maker for more than 16 years.
THE,~WH~°il'E SANDS \
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Successor to Wind and Sand
Vol. 19-No. 24
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Friday, September 13, 1968
World's largest balloon
launch is successful here
By JIM LOVELADY
INFLATION BEGINS - Crews from the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory's
balloon at Holloman AFB, begin pumping 33,000 cubic feet of helium into the world's
largest stratofilm balloon. Minutes later it was launched and rose rapidly to record
breaking heights and scientific achievement. The balloon had a capacity of 28.6 million
cubic feet of gas and measured 587 feet in height. Its diameter, when fully inilated
was 410 feet. The "hatch" seen at the end of the balloon is part of the destruct mechanism built into the thin skinned giant. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO)
EM ' Force-out' plan
studied in Washington
The Defense Department is
exploring the idea of denying
reenlistment to men who do not
make E-5 by the time they
complete eight years' active
duty. There are now more than
28,000 men (all services) who
are in grade E-4 with eight
or more years of service.
The "force-out" program,
if it comes to pass, would not
be launched until some kind of
separation pay plan for enlisted men is authorized or before the service enlisted
promotion systems "get
healthy" so a man can
reasonably expect to make E-5
or better in his first eight
years of service.
The study of the possiblity
of such an up-or-out system
is responsive to wishes of the
House Armed Servies Committee.
In March the Special Subcomm ittee on Enlisted Promotion Policy Review headed
by Rep. Alton Lennon (D., N.C.)
said in its report:
"The subcommittee is aware
that finding a solution of the
problems of adequarte promotion flow and better grade
equity between the services
must necessarily consider the
possibility of some forced
attrition among enlisted personnel.
"Such attrition at proper
points in the career pattern
could allow for eliminating the
marginal
prformers
and
improving promotion opportunities for those who are capable
of advancing. In this respect
it is the belief of the subcommittee that keeping a man
at a lower grade throughout
a 20-year career will often
prove either unfair to the man
or unfair to the government."
In the Hubbell pay proposal
which Defense hopes to get to
Congress early in January there
is a provision for separation pay
for enlisted men.
Officials say they would not
back the force-out provision
unless this separation pay proposal or something like it is
enacted into law.
The Defense Department and
military services' postion is
that the attrition program is
desirable if there are enough
vacancies above E- 5 to give a
man a ~ealistic opportunity
to make the upper grades.
There is stagnation now in
some of these gTades and this
stops
up
the promotion
prospects of men in lower
grades.
From a morale and the
management point of view,
"career attractiveness" is an
important retention factor. New
men have to know they have a
chance of advancing in rank or
they won't reenlist. So in an
attrition system there has to
be some assurance of promotion opportunity. This factor
and the sepration pay idea
are basic to any enforcement of
the up-or-out system, officials
say. (Army Times)
The u.s. Army's efforts to
gain more information on the
upper atmosphere near the
stratopause ended successfully
at 12:30 a.m. Thursday when
the destruct mechanism aboard
the world's largest balloon was
triggered.
The scientific payload, carried to 158, 300 feet at its highest point Wednesday, was cut
loose from the balloon near the
Arizona-California
border
about midnight. At the time the
vehicle had dropped to about
113,000 feet.
The balloon soared rapidly
but gracefully into the New Mexico sky early Wednesday morning. It carried scientific instruments that will collect data on
the upper atmosphere for study
by the Atmosphere Sciences Research Office at White Sands
Missile Range.
The balloon, 587 feet tall,
was launched at 8:58 a.m. from
Pony Site, a flat, desolate and
ghostly white area near White
Sands National Monument.
Three and one-half hours
after launch it was reported at
158,000 feet, establishing a new
altitude record for free floating
balloons.
The Air Force Cambridge
Research Laboratory's balloon
branch at Holloman Air force
Base launched the transparent
giant for the Atmospheric
Science Research Office, an
activity of the U. s. Army Electronics Command.
Initial reports indicated the
launch was a complete success.
However, as the hours tickedby
erratic winds near the stratopause began pushing the balloon LIFTOFF - All 587 feet of the
too far northwest - nearly out balloon is seen just before
of reach of crucial radar track- launch from Pony Site, near the
ing facilities. After a time the center of White Sands Missile
r esearch stratofilm balloon Range. Sponsored by the U. S.
began drifting southwesterly Army Electronics Command's
again, toward Ft. Huachuca, Atmospheric Sciences Research
Office at the national missile
Ariz.
Despite the oscillating winds range, crews from Holloman
the telemetry equipment aboard Air Force Base launched the
the scientific package functioned high-flying bag of wind. (U, s.
perfectly. All sensors fed' 'leg- ARMY PHOTO)
ible'' information to gr ound receiving stations at Eager and Ft,
Huachuca, Ariz., and Lordsburg
and White Sands Missile Range.
The balloon's initial rate of range meeting
ascent was estimated at 1,000
The organizing meeting of the
feet per minute. This, however,
gradually diminished as the White Sands Missile Range Girl
Scouts was held last Thursday
atmosphere thinned.
As the vehicle gained altitude in the Post Chapel Activity
it passed successfully through Room.
Mrs. Louis Silverstein, cotwo crucial stages. The first
ordinator,
welcomed proswas at 35,000 to 50, 000 feet when
pective
leaders
and assistant
it ascended from the troposphere into the stratospher e. leaders and explained their
various duties. Mrs. Silverstein
(Continued on Page 4)
(Continued on Page 4)
Girl scouts hold
European visitors
tour Post Tuesday
Briefings on range oper ations, mi ssile testing program s and the Sentinel systems
were given to members of the
North AUantic Assembly during
a fast-paced visit to White Sands
Missile Range Tuesday.
The group of 31 official visitors, r epresenting nine European
nations and the United states and
Canada, spent s ix busy hours
at WSMR during a three-day
tour of military installations in
the area.
The Assembly is the legislative body of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization. The extended tour of military installations in the United States is
under auspices of the State Department and the Defense Department.
Spokesman for the legislators
was Colonel W. Wierda of the
Netherlands. Escort officers
were Major Floyd E. Jack,
USAF, of the Defense Department; William D. Boggs, of the
State Department, and Michael
Palmer of the NATO Secretariat.
Arriving at WSMR '.Jy helicopter from Fort Bliss, the
visitors were welcomed at the
Range Control Center by Major
General H. G, Davisson, commanding general. A briefing on
range operations and missile
testing programs was given by
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A.
Dyer of National Range Operations.
Briefings on the Sentinel antiballistic missile defense system
(Continued on Page 4)
NATO VISITOR - Colonel W, Wierda of the Netherlands, leader of the group of North
Atlantic Assembly members touring White Sands Missile Range Tuesday, cha.ts witb
his host, Major General H. G. Davisson, commanding general of WSMR, at the Range
Control Center. The NATO legislators, accompanied by u. s. State and Defense Department officials, are on a tour of U.S. military installations. In the group are representatives of nine European countries and the United States and Canada, (U.S. ARMY
PHOTO)
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WHITE SANDS, N.M., FRIDAY. SEPT. 13, 1968
'\
THE IWHlrE. SANDS ..
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_.MISSILE_~RANG~.,.,~~:;
Policies and statements in the news and editorial columns
are riot necessarily those of the Department of the Army or
an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products
-0r services advertised.
Published weekly as a civilian enterprise in the interest of
the Military and Civilian personnel of White Sands Missile
Range, New Mexico, by Zia Newspapers of Las Cruces, New
Mexlco.
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Press service material Is not copyrighted or syndicated, may
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proper credit is given.
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All pictures are by White Sands Missile Range photographers unless otherwise stated.
Beyond measure
There are very few men who would deliberately pull the pin
from a live grenade and hold the grenade in his hand. Why?
Because the}' know that within seconds after the fuse is activated
the grenade will explode.
"Fooling around" with drugs can be nearly as dangerous.
The amount of human suffering and tragedy brought about by
the misuse of drugs is beyond measure.
Doctors will tell you that few people take to drugs on their
own. Most are introduced to a drug by an associate who has
used drugs himself. Beware of the "friend" who tries to
persuade or dare you to "try it out." He is doing you no favor.
A typical pattern of the steps which lead to serious drug
involvement usually begins with experimentation with a relatively harmless drug, such as marijuana. Some users are
disappointed with the effects and are tempted to try something stronger. They continue to experiment until they find
a drug which satisfies and gives them the sensations they enjoy.
The next step is repeated use until addiction takes over.
The drugs we are talking about fall into four broad categories. These are the stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens
and the hard core drugs.
STIMULANTS: Many young people begin their drug adventures with stimulants. The medical term for these is AMPHETAMINES. Included in this category are "Pep Pills" and.
"Bennies."
A man who takes a stimulant drug becomes excitable, he
has a feeling of great alertness, and he can go without sleep
for long periods. He thinks that he is performing with great
efficiency. Actually, he is deceiving himself and is doing
less well than he is capable of when in a normal state. If
the dose taken is large, mental derangement can occur and
sight and hearing can be affected. His body can be severely
fatigued, but his mind is not aware of it.
DEPRESSANTS: Another category is the depressants, BARBITURATES. An example is sleeping pills. These too, can
be habit forming and cause addiction.
A person who has taken one of the depressant drugs acts
much like a person drunk on alcohol. He staggers, his speech
is slurred, he is irritable and quarrelsome. He is, in fact,
intoxicated.
In this condition he would be unfit for duty.
An overdose can cause unconsciousness. When taken with
alcohol, death can result. A person who has become habituated to the drug is in serious trouble when his supply is
cut off. Withdrawal of the drug can cause convulsions and
death.
HALLUCINOGENS: Next on our list are the drugs which
create distortions in the mind, called HALLUCINOGENS.
Marijuana, mescaline and LSD fall in this category.
Thirty minutes to one hour after smoking marijuana, the
pulse rate and blood pressure rise, the mouth and throat
become dry and vomiting may occur. The mind enters a
dreamy state where ideas are disrupted, things long forgotten are remembered and things well known cannot be
recalled. The sense of time is upset. Minutes seem like
hours and s~r·m<1s like minutes.
The most dangerous and least understood of the HALLUCINOGENS is LSD.
What happens to a person who takes a dose of LSD? After
one hour, the time it takes for the drug to take hold, the person
becom0s literally insane. His reactions may include wild
panic and overwhelming fear, he may have impulses to violence
aud suicidal acts. These conditions may last from 8 to 10
hours and can recur without taking the drug again,
Among the physical effects are increased blood pressure,
a stepped up heart rate, nausea, chills and flashes coupled
with irregular breathing and trembling and sweating of the
hands.
HARD NARCOTICS: The last category of drugs is the HARD
NARCOTICS, heroin, morphine, cocaine and codeine.
With each usage of the drug, the body setsup a tolerance
which requires doses in increasing amounts to give relief.
To get his "kicks" he must pay and pay and pay.
A soldier may not possess, use, sell, transfer or introduce
depressant, stimulant or hallucogenic drugs into any Army
installation.
For such offense, a soldier can be tried by General Court
Martial, and if convicted, face a maximum punishment of
dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures and confinement at
hard labor for two to five years.
Vote of confidence
This is a major election year and the emphasis throughout
the country is to "get out the vote." This is as it should be,
since casting a ballot for the political candidate of our choice
is not only a primary right of every citizen, but a major
responsibility as well.
There are other forms of votes - u. s. Savings Bonds and
Freedom Shares. They r aally are votes - votes of confidence
in our country and its future.
And, perhaps just as imp :irtant, they are positive factors in
assuring your own future.
True, as investments they don't have the potential of vast and
rapid returns on your money - but how ma_1y of us have the
"extra" money we can affor:i to lose in speculation and socalled "easy-money" investments?
As safe, secure and guaranteed investments, U.S. Savings
Bonds and Freedom Shares can't be beat. You know that your
money is invested in a "going corporation" that doesn't have
to worry about going out of business. You also know that the
4 1/4 per cent interest on Savings Bonds and the 5 per cent
interest on Freedom Shares is guaranteed, If anything, the
interes t rates will continue to increase rather than drop,
And when the interest rates do rise, they cover the investment you've already made, not just new investments.
These votes of confidence in the future and security of our
country deserve the same serious consideration as your vote
in the Presidential Elections. When you study the U.S. Savings
Bonds/Freedom Shares platform of security, there's little
doubt it's a winning ticket.
Cast your vote of confidence in America through the allotment program and buy U. s. Savings Bonds and Freedom
Shares. (AFPS)
Buy Savings Bonds
Mature - For Patrons over
17 years old.
Mature-Young People-For
Patrons over 12 years old.
Family-For Patrons of all
ages.
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SATURDAY MATINEE
HOW NOW MIGUEL (F). Excellent family entertainment
with Pat Cardi and Guy Stockwell.
SATURDAY
A MA~ FOR ALL SEASONS
(F)•. King Henry VIII (Robert
Shaw),ruler of England in 1528,
is determined to divorce
Catherine of Aragon so he can
Marry Anne Boleyn, but Thomas
More (Paul Scofield) - philosopher, lawyer, statesman, a
member of the Kings High
Council and a devout Catholic
refuses to plead Henry's cause
before the Pope, who must
approve the marriage. In time,
more succeeds the dying
UP THE LADDER - Receiving new stripes during promotio:i cerem Linies is Sergeant
Cardinal Wolsey (Orson Welles)
First Class David K. Tarasawa (left), a recent arrival to White Sands Missile Range.
as Chancellor of England.
Pinning on the insignia is Colonel Robert Townsend, Deputy for National Rmge OpHnery, still seeking a divorce,
erations (NRO). SFC Tarasawa, Radar Division, NRO, arrived at the range in July
establishes the church of
from 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii, he entered
England with himself as head,
military service 14 years ago, and has served in Japan, Germany and Hawaii. -SFC
SUNDAY & MONDAY
Tarasawa is the son of Takie Tarasawa, 3234 Honolulu St., Honolulu. He and his wife,
THE SECRET LIFE OF AN
Kanani, from Kona, Hawaii, have five children. (U.S. ARMY PHOTO)
AMERICAN WIFE (M). Entertaining adult comedy starring
Anne Jackson as neglected suburban housewife and Walter
Matthau
as
the nation's
#l authority on extra marital
Have
hijinks.
CATHOLIC
TUESDAY
SUNDAY MASSES: 9:30 a.m., Post Chapel; 11:15 a.m.,
THE UGLY ONES (M). The
you Sierra Chapel.
.
story of this action-packed
DAIL y MASSES:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday,
western builds toward a terrible
11:30 a.m., Sierra Chapel, Post Chapel.
decision a beautiful girl must
2
CONFESSIONS: Saturday 5 to 6 p.m. Post Chapel; Sunday
make when she discovers that
ear
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morning, 9:00-9:25 a.m., Post Chapel, 10:45-11:00 a.m.Sierra
the man she loves, a bandit,
Chapel. Confession any time upon request at Post Chapel.
did not go bad because his luck
BAPTISM: Call Fr. Harter for arrangement at 678-2615.
Coming to WSMR on Oct. 1 is
was against him as she beCHOIR:
Rehearsal every Tuesday, 7 p.m., Post Chapel.
lieved, but because of his in- Colonel William H. O'Connell. Free nursery service during Sunday Masses (Post Nursery,
herent criminal propensities. COL O'Connell arrives from 105 Twin Cities). Choir Rehearsal, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Post
Vietnam where he earned the
WEDNESDAY
Chapel. Catholic Chaplain (L TC) Leon A. Harter, Office 678BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN Legion of Merit, the Bronze 2615; Qtrs.: 678-2959.
Star
with
"V"
device
and
Air
(M .) Michael Caine (anti-hero
BENEDICTION: Every Thursday night at 1900 hours at the
intelligence officer ) is recruit- Medal. COL O'Connell was Qui Post Chapel.
Nhon
Support
Command
deputy
ed back to espionage work when
he receives a package of virus commander.
JEWISH
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filled eggs and orders sending
Jewish
Services
are
held
at Chapel #3 at Fort Bliss at 8 p.m.
Summer employes of WSMR,
him to Helsinki. He's the same
each Friday. WSMR military personnel desiring transportation
working
under
the
President's
cool character!! The circumto attend these services are requested to contact the Post Chapstances of this international spy Youth Opportunity Council, re- lain, 678-3537. Jewish chaplain at Ft. Bliss, Chaplain (CPT)
cently
presented
their
boss,
intrigue carries him from
Herman Gershon, may be contacted at 568-5805.
London, to Finland, to Latvia to Frank Hansen, Atmospheric
Texas and back again. Story Sciences Laboratory, a plague
PROTESTANT
is filled with lot's of action. naming him "Greatest Boss of
SUNDAY
MORNING
WORSIIlP: 8 a.m., Sierra Chapel:
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
1 '68." Presenting the honors
11 a.m. Post Chapel. Junior Church (Grades 1-6), 11 a.m.,
were
Lisa
Banegas,
Billy
5 CARD STUD (M-Y). DealSunday worship.
ing you a hand in the most Armijo, Pete Franco and Magda
SUNDAY EVENING WORSHIP: 7 p.m., Post Chapel. Free
Padilla.
exciting suspense Western ever
nursery services (Post Nursery, 105 Twin Cities) during
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played. "5 CARD STUD" is
WSMR artists and photo- Sunday School and worship,
an explosive Western starring graphers are invited to enter
SUNDAY SCHOOL:
9:30 a.m., in the following places:
Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum the Annual Year End Art and
Nursery Department - Post Chapel, Room No. 5. Beginner
a.nd Inger Stevens. A unique Photography Show, commemDepartment - Post Chapel, Room No. 8. Primary Departmystery stemming from an orating the 36th anniversary
ment (1st grade) - Bldg. 326. Primary Department (2nd
innocent card game leads to
grade) - Bldg. 326. Primary Department (2nd grade)- Bldg.
of the establishment of White
death and murder.
325. Junior Department No. 1 (3rd and 4th grades)- BuildSands National Monument. The
ing 326. Junior Department No. 2 (5th and 6th grades)contest dates are Dec. 14
Bldg. No. 326. Junior High Department - Education Center.
through Jan. 5.
Senior
High Department - Fducation Center, room 10. Adult
Entries must be based on
Class (Men and Women) - Education Center, Room 5. Adult
features of White Sands, inChoir rehearsal, Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Post Chapel. Youth
cluding scenery, plants and
Choir Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Post Chapel. Junior Choir, Friday,
animal life.
9:30 ~.m., Post Chapel Activity Room. Cherub Choir, 9:30
Entry forms and informaThe Protestant Men of the tion may be obtained by writ- a.m. Wednesday, Post Chapel.
Chapel will meet Thursday, ing the Superintendent, White DENOMINATIONAL SERVICES:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Sunday,
September 19, at 6:30 a.m. in Sands National Monument, Box
the Post Chapel Activity Room. 458, Alamogordo, N.M., or from Sierra Chapel. Contact MGS Woolf. 678-2143.
Christian Science Representative - Gordon R. Morse, El
Breakfast will be served at local art and photo clubs.
Paso, 566-3"782.
6: 30 a.m. followed by a program
Lutheran Service - Sunday, Post Chapel, 8 a.m.
The Rev. Alfred C. Krader will
Episcopal Service - Sunday, 9: 15 p.m., Sierra Chapel.
speak to the group using the
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS:
topic: "Changing Times andthe
Chaplain (L TC) Frank C. Riley, Post Chaplain, Office 678Unchanging God." The Rev Mr.
3537 - Qts.: 678-5440.
Krader is an Auxiliary Chaplain
Chaplain (MAJ) Paul w. Lembke, Office: 678-2725 - Qts.:
at WSMR and leader of the
678-2181.
Episcopal congregation. He FRIDAY (September 13)
Chaplain (CPT) Nathan L. Mulloy, Office: 678-5325 - Qts.:
serves as Episcopalian Chap8 p.m. Dance "The Element"
678 -4490.
lain at NMSU. All men are in- SATURDAY (September 14)
vited to attend this gathering.
5 p.m. Harison Speedway
No charge is made for the Tour
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Two proven ways to avoid
breakfast.
6:30 p.m. Ping Pong
Sedan Bonneville • Air conpaying alimony: 1) stay single,
1968-69 Catechism Classes SUNDAY (September 15)
ditioning, power steering,
2) stay married.
for children in Kindergarten
10 a.m. Coffee Call
power brakes, power winthrough Sixth Grade will begin
2 a.m. Tour Juarez Shopping
North America has some 200
dows, radio, heater, white
Saturday, September 14, at MONDAY (Closed)
species of wild ducks.
wall tires, low mileage.
9 a.m. Classes will be held in TUESDAY (September 17)
CACTUS MOTOR CO.
Too
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people
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the Post Chapel Classrooms.
6:30 p,m. Sport Film
1601 N. Main
friends and flatter strangers.
Mass will be offered at 9 a.m.
7:30 p.m. Ping Pong
and instruction classes will WEDNESDAY (September 18)
start at 9:30 a.m. Classes for
7 p.m. Pizza Nigh Sing Along
gr ades seven through 12 will THURSDAY (September 19)
commence on Monday, Septem8 p.m. Bingo
ber 16. These classes will also FRIDAY (September 20)
be held in the Chapel.
8 p,m. Dmce "American
Music Band" USO Girls
Religious activities
h
d
By
Three thousand, once, three
Chaplain (CPT)
thousand, twice,
Nathan L. Mulloy
And going, and gone," said he.
One of the problems which "We do not quite understand
has plagued man throughout his What changed its worth."
history has been his inability
Swift came the reply:
to cope successfully with his "The touch of a master's
own moral nature.
hand.''
The Apostle Paul, in Romans And many a man with life
7, states the perplexity and the
out of tune,
Christian answer to it. "My And battered and scarred with
own behavior baffles me. For
sin,
I find myseli not doing what I Is auctioned cheap to the
really want to do but doing what
thoughtless crowd,
I really loathe •.. It is an agoniz- Much like the old violin.
ing ·situation, and who can set A "mess of pottage," a glass
me free from my own sinful
of wine;
nature? I thank God there is a A game - and he travels on.
way out through Jesus Christ He is "going" once, and
our Lord." (Phillips)
"going" twice,
Myra Brooks Welchillustrat- · He's "going and almost
"gone."
ed the restorative effect of
personal commitment to Jesus But the Master comes, and
the foolish crowd,
Christ in her poem, "The Touch
Never can quite understand
of the Master's Hand":
'' 'Twas battered and scarred, The worth of a soul and the
change that's wrought
and the auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his By the touch of the Master's
hand.
while
To waste much time on the
old violin,
But held it up with a smile.
"What am I bidden, good
folks,'' he cried,
''Who'll start the bidding for
me?"
"A dollar, a dollar"; then,
''Two! Only two?
Two dollars, and who'll make
it three?
Three dollars, once; three
"There's something about
dollars, twice;
GoYernment waste that robs
Goling for three -" But no, me the wrong way."
From the room, far back, a
gray-haired man
Came forward and picked up
A NEW
the bow;
T HRILL IN
Then, wiping the dust from the
"?ooti
old violin,
And tightening the loose
strings,
,_OR RI Sl HVATIONS
ANO UHl>LR::He played a melody pure and
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With a voice that was quiet
$1.06
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old violin?"
And he held it up with the
bow.
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WlilTE SA~. N.M •• FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1968
Astronautical Society
meeting starts Monday
speakers will present technical
papers during the conference
sessions. The speakers will
represent Government
agencies, industrial firms and
educational institutions.
Planetary orbital, entry and
fly-by experiments will be
studied at the opening session
Monday morning. Planetary
surface experiments will be
outlined Monday afternoon.
Lunar orbital and surface experiments will be topics for
Tuesday's session. Particles
and fields experiments will be
described Wednesday afternoon.
Program chairman is Robert
M, Edholm o~ the Conductron
Corp., St. Louis, Mo.
"Advanced Space Experments" will be the subject for
a three-day conference of the
American Astronautical Society opening Monday in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Sessions will continue
through Wednesday• Sept. 18,
at the Sheraton Ann Arbor Motor
Inn.
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Among the speakers will be
representatives of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Stanford University, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of California Institute
of Technology, University of
Chicago, University of California, the Air Force Cambridge
Research
Laboratories in
Massachusetts, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,
Massachusetts
Institute of
Technology, University oflowa,
Rice University, University of
New Hampshire, University of
Arizona,
the
Kitt
Peak
Observatory near Tucson, the
Harvard College Observatory
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
Also on the program will
be representatives of the University of Michigan and the
University of Colorado, Speaker at the conference banquet
scheduled Tuesday night will be
U$, Representative Guy Vander
Jagt of Michigan, a member
of the House Science and Astronautics Committee.
Among corporate members of
the AAS is New Mexico State
University which is expected
to be represented at the Ann
Arbor conference.
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The Junior Chamber of Co11m erce is well represented at
White Sands Missile Range including local, state and international officers.
Heading the list is Ed Nelson,
lnternational Director, who is
an engineer with Sentinel System
Evaluation Agency (SENSEA).
Nelson served in the Army at
WSMR P-ight years ago, and after
separation from mUitary service, returned to the national
missile range as a civilian employe,
Richard Dale, state vice president, and Oscar Syfert, Las
Cruces president, are both
mathematicians with Analysis
and Computation Directorate,
National Range Operations.
Both have worked at WSMR 10
years and have worked with the
JCs more than six years,
Rank and file members of the
Las Cruces organization working at WSMR include past
officers from the various echelons, Among them are Richard
Berlemann, Stan Boardman,
Sam Bone, Jack Dage, Don Davenport, Dave Dickson, Will
Diener, Al Fielder, Joe Fuller,
Bill Gieser, Cletus Hagenmiller, George Miller Jr., Muy
Garcia, Sam Megeath, John
Meier, Tom Reader, Burt Siddall and Bob Sleever.
In addition to these Jes, there
are also representatives from
the Alamogordo and Socorro
organizations working at the
range.
From Alamogordo are Jack
Cox, president of local chapter,
Bennie Farmer, state vice president, Neil Bunker, Carwin Hadley and Delmar Perry.
Socorro JCs working at Stallion Range Center include Eddie
Baca, Melvin Meyer, Melvin
Cole, Pete Lopez, Jerry Dean
and Joe Flores.
ED FOREMAN
A MAN OF ACTION
Ed Foreman, born and raised on a farm at Portal-. New
Mexico, knows the meaning of hard work and the value of
a dollar. After gradua.tlon from PortalM high school. Ed
worked his way through college and graduated with honors
u a civil engineer a.t New Mexico State University.
Named in 1964 by the U. S. Jaycee. as One of America'•
Outstanding Young Men, Ed Foreman ls an aggreesive. energetic young leader with the integrity. vision. and courage to
effectively represent the forgotten . hard-working. tax-paying
citizena of New Mexico in the United States Congre9a.
After his honorable military ser\'icc. and after considerable successful business experience. (wh ich, inc identally, he
built with a lot of hard w ork. swC'at and t.cars) Ed was elected
to reprC'sent West Texas in t he U nited Stat<'S Congress. While
in Washington. h e d il igently held true to h is oath of office.
As a member of the powerful House Armed Servic"
RETIRES AT AGE 38 - SFC and Mrs, Nicholas F. R•>binson
slice cake served at his retirement cerem ~1:iy in the WS~R
:onsolidated M1?ss, MA.J L. L. Custer, comm.nding officer
of WSMf< Troop Comma:id, presented retirement papers to
the departing Special Services Office sports NCOIC and also
awarded the Army Commendation Mf: dal for SFC Robinson's
meritorious perfo::-mance of duties. (U. S. ARMY PHOTO
l>y R. G. Tucker)
If you ar e looking for a s m:ill commu 1ity with ideal climate and op-
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and the finest neighbor s in the world - then you have found it - !)t',mng,
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Kingdom of the Sun Retirement Center, is a non-profit corporation
s et up by The Deming-Luna County Ch.i.mber of Commerce fo r the
s ole purpose of providing medium cost housing for retired people.
It is our desire to provide excellent housing, recreation facilities
and community living.
Our fine new facility is called ' 'Kingdom Of The Sun Retirement
Center". This center is designed and built for your needs, Comfort,
companionship, and r ecr eation ar e emphasized to make this a lovely
and exciting place to live.
Recreation facilities included in your Retirement Home include horse
shoes shuffle board, a very complete modern rock cutting and polishing shop, an excellent wood-working shop, laundry facilhi~s, a central
lounge ar ea with fire place and a large central meeting room for
groups which desire to get together.
Your one low monthly r ental includes all utilities, all maintenance
and you will have no r esponsibility to do more than just keep your
own apartment clean.
We encourage you to vis it our fine little city and see for yours~lf
why you would be inter ested in spending your years her e. You will
find a great deal of information that will help you with your decision
on your place of retirement.
Committee, Ed Foreman worked long and hard for the bed
interests of his constituency, and his district grew in population, income and development.
Ceremonies honor
SFC N. Robinson
Army Sergeant First Class
Nicholas F. Robinson, son of
Mrs. Carrie Mae Alexander of
Kansas City, Mo., has retired
with 20 years of continous Army
service at the age of 38.
In retirement ceremonies at
WSMR, where he as been serving
as
non-commissioned
officer in charge of sports
activities for the Special
Services Office, SFC Robinson
was
awarded
the
Army
Commendation Medal for meritorious performance of duties,
He entered the Army in
August 1948 and served in
Kentucky, on Guam, in Ethiopia,
in Germany, in Oklahoma, at
Sandia Base near Albuquerque,
and two separate tours at White
Sands Missile Range,
His wife, Mary Esther, is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L.A. Mills, also of (5237 E.
27th)
Kansas
City. The
Robinsons have been residing
at WSMR with their son Franklin
Lee, 17, and daughters Brenda
Kay, 15, and Paula Suzzanne,
13.
They now plan t o make their
home in Albuquerque.
< '
Navy man
(Continued from Page 1)
with his wife, Ava L., and three
children, Michael E., Marsha
E, and Norma Jean, Like father
like son, Michael E. Block has
attended Navy " A" school in
Avaition Electronics Technician and has graduated first
in his class.
Graduating first in her class
also was Mars ha E. Block who
received the highest honors in
her freshman year of business
administraion of economics at
New Mexico State University.
Norma Jean Block, now
Norma Woods, is married to
Air For ce Seargeant William
Woods of Tucson, Ariz.
During his service as U. S. Congressman. Biggs Air Force
Base, a Strategic Air Command Post, was kept open, oper·
ating and growing even though the opposition party made
repeated. attempts to have it closed . . . military prime
COD•
tract awards experienced an upward surge of over $25 million dollars in one year in his district . . . new post offices,
Border Patrol Stations, and other Important, useful and
necesary structures were approved and built ••. Federal·
State highway construction in the district reached an alltime record high • • • and, in a two-year period. Ed solved
over 2.000 Individual problems that citl&ena had with varloua
federal government agencies.
National Publications, Democrat and Republican Con-
Haiti is the oldest r epublic
in the New World,
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port of the United States Constitution.
Ed Fore man has worked and spoken out for conserva•
tism. individual freedom and our basic American philosophy
of free enterprise -
and at the same time. he worked to see
Ed Mechem, Chairman
that his district had its Justifiable contracts and federal ex-
Ed Foreman for Congress
Committee
penditur&a -
P. 0. Box 576
Las Cruces, N.M.
but he didn't make of himself a political prosti-
tute. or sell his soul in so doing.
Ed 's w if P. B urbara, also im al u m n us of N.M .S .U .. is the
form N Barba r a So u thard of Belen a nd Deming. N e w M e xico.
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) Yes, you can count on my support to help restore
sound, responsible gove rnment. Enclosed is my contri·
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States Congress.
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of 'Sa nta F e . Ed. 34-. a nd Barba ra have two ch ildren, Kirk, 11,
The y re~i de at 2245 Thom as Drive in L a s C ruces. Ac t ive in
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PAGE 4-THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGER
WHI'I'E SANDS, N.M., FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1968
Balloon la unch
(Continued from Page 1)
"ON MY HONOR •.•.• "-Tenderfoot Duane Vigus repeats the Scout Oath during ceremonies conducted by BSA Troop 74, Order of the Ar row members, James Fischer
(left), James Fulp (2nd from left) and Alfred Jackson (right). (U. s. ARMY PHOTO)
Range Scout Troop 74
------holds Court of Honor
WSMR Troop 74, Boy Scouts
of America, conducted its
campfire "Saturn" Court of
Honor recently at the WSMH
Girl Scout Camp.
Opening ceremo:iy was conducted by the Bat Patrol. Forty
two awards were presented to
members of the troop.
Life Awards: Alfred Jackson
and Mark Van Doorne; Star
Awards: David Fulp and Harold
Jackson; First Class Awards;
Doug Briggs, Emory Davis,
Clay Heeke, John Kirby, Brian
Smith.
and Duane Sullivan;
Second Class Awards: Michael
Adams, Kermit Baker, Jimmie
Bowden, Robert Bowen, James
Butler, Chris Fischer, Simon
Gongora, Richard Hiers, Mark
Jacob, Tony Loode, James
Paisley, Richard Pipard,, John
Pound, Shane Silva, Robert
Smith and Paul Van Doorne.
Merit Badge Awards: Jerry
Campbell, Emory Davis, James
Fischer, David Fulp, Doug
Harris, Clay Heeke, Alfred
Jackson, Harold Jackson, John
Kirby, Gordon Lodde, Tony
Loode, Duane Sullivan, Mark
Trost, Mark Van Doorne and
Paul Van Doorne.
Appointments: Senior Patrol
Leader: Mark Van Doorne;
Assistant Senior Patrol Leader: David Fulp; Quartermaster:
Bruce Crawford; Librarian:
Clay Heeke; Scribe: John Kirby;
Eagle Patrol Leader, ! Doug
Briggs; Eagle Assistant Patrol_
Leader, Kermit Baker; Cobra
Patrol Leader, Emory Davis;
Cobra Assistant Patrol Leader,
Harold Jackson; Buffalo Patrol
Leader, David Howell; Buffalo
Assistant Patrol Leader, Mike
Adams; Cheeta Patrol Leader,
Alfred Jackson; Cheeta Assistant Patrol Leader, Tony
Lodde Bat Patrol Leader,
James Fischer; Bat Assistant
Patrol Leader, Paul Van
Doorne.
Tenderfoot Investure was
conducted by the Order of the
Arrow (see picture) upon Vance
De Hart, Duane Vigus and Leland Sanford,
Guest speaker was Charles
E. O'Meara, whose topic was
"Preparedness".
Other guests and dignitaries
included Bennie Casaus, Sunshine District Commissioner;
Command Sergeant Major Lamar E. Love; Chaplains Frank
Riley and Nathan Mulloy; Major
Girl Scouts
(Continued from Page 1)
said that anyone wishing to register for the Girl Scouts are
asked to contact her at 6781656 or Mrs. Gladys Hunter at
1964 chevrolet SuburbanV8.
678-5760.
Mrs. Hunter modeled the new
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rack, 3 seat door m rear•
leader uniform for 1968.
a campers' special, very
The next neighborhood meetclean.
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524 -7662
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Home Owned and Home Operated
Gordon Loode, Institutional
Representative;
Scoutmaster
Major Henry J . Van Doorne;
Committeemen Major M.T.
Heeke (Chairman), LT Richard
Silverman, CWO Harry Settle,
SGM Joseph Silva, SFC Emory
Davis and SFC Harold Jackson;
SP4 Morris Flohr, Assistant
Scoutmaster,
and Ju n i or
Assistant Scoutmaster Jerry
Campbell.
Closing ceremony was conducted by the Cheeta Patrol.
Xmas mail ing
dates are given
The Department of Defense
and the Post Office Department
have announced the suggested
dates for mailing Christmas
cards and gifts to servicemen
overseas.
The mailing dates are:
surface mail, Oct. 14 to Nov. 9;
space available mail (SAM),
Oct. 21 to Nov. 23; parcel air
lift (PAL), Oct, 28 to Nov, 30;
and air mail, Nov. 30 to Dec.
11.
Mailing within the dates outlined will insure timely delivery
to the overseas destination.
By using the SAM and PAL
services, senders can save in
the cost of shipping packages.
Be sure to wrap packages
securely and address them correctly, using the APO or FPO
number. (ANF)
Insignia changes affecting
nearly 400,000 U. S. Army enlisted men have been announced
by the Department of the Army.
Some 6,600 Army noncommissioned
officers in pay
grades E-5, E- 6 and E-7 will
change insignia by June 30.
These NCOs currently are
wearing an insignia one grade
higher than their actual grade.
on anything of value
(Continued from Page 1)
were given by Colonel F. J.
Wasson Jr. and Lieutenant
Colonel D. L. Foster of the
Sentinel System Evaluation
Agency.
Major General F. M. Izenour,
commanding general of the U.S.
Army Test and Evaluation Command, and General Davisson and
other TECOM and WSMR staff
members were hosts to the
delegates at a noon luncheon in
the Bronze Room of the Officers'
Open Mess.
After lunch the party flew
across the range to the MAR
(Multi- array Radar) Site, where
a tour of the facility and briefings were conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Safron S. Conja.
The assemblymen returned to
Fort Bliss late Tuesday. They
were to tour facilities there,
including McGregor Range
Camp, on Wednesday. They
were to visit Holloman Air
Force Base Thursday before
leving the area to continue
their u.s. tour at installations in
the Colorado Springs area.
State Department interpreters with the group were Henri
Obst and A. Jose de Seabra.
In addition to Colonel Wierda,
the Netherlands was represented by Ferdinandus A. M. Fievez
and Admiral Gerard Koudijs.
Representing Belgium were
Joseph Ph. A. Chabert, Ferdinand M. Parmentier, Francis
A. A. J. Tanghe and Leo Van
Ackere. Canadians in the group
were Cyril L. Francis, the Hon.
Marcel J. A. Lambert and Sylvester P. Ryan.
Others included Knud Enggard
and Helge Nielsen of Denmark,
Philip Goodhart and Albe11t J.
Murray of the United Kingdam,
Colonel Manuel de Sousa
Menezes and Carlos Monteiro do
Amar al Netto of Portugal, Egil
Endresen and Kare Stokkeland of
Norway~ Georges Wagner of
Luxembourg, Detlef Haase, Dr.
Bruno Merk and Dr. Friedrich
Zimmerman of the Federal Republic of Germany, and Auguste
Billiemaz, Dr. Marcel Fortier
and Professeur Georges Portmann of France.
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NAVY TOUCH - Major General F. M, Izenour (second from left), commanding general
of U, S, Army Test and Evaluation Command, watches GMMl Nor man Dewey operate
the control console at the USS Desert Ship as Major General H. G. Davisson (right),
WSMR •:ommander, and Navy Comrn:i.nder D, L. Stevenson look on. As part of his first
official visit to M> 1\-1R, an element of USATECOM, MG Izenour toured range facilities
including the Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility's Desert Ship where he was received aboard by Com mande r Stevenson, NOMTF executive officer. MG Davisson
hosted the visitor for a three- day orientation tour. (U. S, ARMY PHOTO)
The famous
Liberty Bell
was '
hidden
at Allentown,
Penna.,
during the Revolutionary War. '
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At that altitude turbulence was
the primary concern. As it approached the 100,000 foot level,
its ascent was slowed by the thin
atmosphere. This necessitated
timely and accurate discharge of
ballast.
A recovery team was dispatched to the Phoenix area to
recover the payload which was
parachuted to earth after the
balloon was destroyed near
Needles and Barstow, Calif.
The balloon, itself, was destroyed by a destruct mechanism
as it approached the fringe area
of the radar facilities tracking it. At its float altitude,
the balloon's polyethylene skin
became brittle and shattered
when the destruct mechanism
was triggered.
The scientific payload, weighing 85 pounds, was describedas
a stable platform from which
measurements of atmospheric
density, ozone, temperature,
ressure, and humidity were
taken. In addition the platform
carried a cryogenic sampler,
or pump, by which White Sands
Missile Range scientists hope
to get a "relatively" large
sample of the atmosphere,
about one gram.
A sixth instrument, designed
to measure nighglow at 160,000 feet was removed before
the flight. It was replaced by
a humidity sensor.
The projectprovidedthelongest continuous measurement of
the atmosphere to date at such
high altitudes.
Heretofore,
rocket-borne sensors have been
used to collect meteorological
data at two to four-hour intervals.
The data collected during the
flight will be used in conjunction
with missile testing at White
Sands Missile Range as well
as having a wide appli~ation in
other technical and scientific
areas.
In addition to being the largest
balloon ever built, the vehicle
established a new altitude record for free-floating balloons.
With a capacity for 28,6 million
cubic feet of helium it exceeds
the Voyager seriesbymorethan
two million cubic feet. The
previous altitude record was
150,000 feet.
The Atmospheric Sciences
Research Laboratory,
an
activity of the U. S, Army
Electronic Command, Ft. Monmouth, N. J., is sponsoring the
project, co-directed by Harold
N. Ballard and Norman J, Beyers of the missile range office.
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more than 32 years in government service.
Benjamin Benn, accountable
property officer, Supply Directorate, came to the missile range
in 1954 as a soldier. He retired from more than 21 years
active Army duty in 19 57 and
began working at WSMR as a
civilian.
During his military career,
he served a tour in the ChinaBurma-India. Theater during
World War Il and with the Fist
Cavalry in Korea during 195 1.
He was awarded the Combat
Infantry Badge and the ChinaBurma-India Theater Ribbon
with three campaign stars.
Among service schools, he
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Armr Supply Management, Cost
Price Analysis, Confer ence
Leader ship and several other
management corses and seminar s.
At WSMH, he served as chief
of supply for radar program s
program coordinator for what
is now Armr Electronic Rese a rc h
and Development
Support Activity and as noncommissioned
officer
incharge for Post Ordnance
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WHITE SANm, N.M., FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1968
COMPUTER CORNER
Rockets finish
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fiery style
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By Bud Goode
' The New York Mets arc the potential pitching Kings of the
National League. A one per cent improvement in any one of Computer Corner's four pitching fnctors, Rnd the Mets will have the
lowest ERA in tha league.
Computer Corner poured the season's pitching statistics into our
University Computing Corporation electronic evaluator to measure
the pitl!hers' On Base Average percentage. Here are the results
(8/20):
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NATlONAL LEAGUE
XEW YORK
ST. LOUIS
SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
ATLANTA
HOUSTON
PITTSBURGH
PHit:ADELPHIA
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CHICAGO
A-..np
ON BASE
AVERAGE ~.
.226
.230
.~34
.239
.239
.246
.247
.252
.254
.255
.242
AMB:RlCAN LEAGUE
ON BASE
AVERAGE %
CLEVEL A'.llD
.202
BALT lMORE
.210
VETROIT
.219
OAKLAND
.225
M!NK ESOTA
.233
CH ICAGO
.2J4
CALIFORNIA
.237
'.'iEW YORK
.244
BOSTON
.2'6
WASHINGTON
.263
A-..rase
.231
Bowlers celebrate
league conclusion
The Mets lead the league in On Base Average percentage, allowing only 22.6% of all opposing batters to reach ftnt baae; they
lead the league in Strike Out percentage, fanning 17.6%; and they
are tied for 2nd with St. Louis in the Clutch Pitching department,
allowing only 24.3% of all base runners to score.
Only on the 4th pitching factor, control percentage, do they do
worse than the league, walking 8.2% of all batten facing their
pitchers v11. a 7.8% league average.
Meanwhile, back in Los Angeles, the Dodgers' pitching staff has
been throwing it's collective arm out and, to all intents and purposes, they are tied with the New York Mets on ERA with 2.66 for
the Meta and 2.66 for L.A. This week, with the Dodgen in the
cellar, the question has been asked, "What's happened to L.A.!"
The answer, bruited about in bar 'n grill, is, "The Dodgen have
lost heart."
Computer Corner says the Dodgers haven't lost heart. At leaat,
not the pitchers. They may have lost a finger-nail, or an arm. But
they haven't lost heart. It takes great courage for a pitcher to
go out on the field day in and day out, with the knowledge that
his batten are going to score maybe two runs, maybe one, maybe
none.
Pride and heart-it spells 'pitcher' for these two teams, the
Dodgers and the Mets. Add a batter to either lineup and they immediately become a threat.
Bowling night for the Mixed
Couples League was relocated
from the Roadrunners Lanes to
the NCO Club to celebrate the
conclusion of its summer
league. Team and individual
trophies wer e presented.
First place team trophies
went to Ruth Baker, John Cwik,
Claire Williamson, Morris
Dick, Bettie Sands and John
Sands of the Go-Getters.
Receiving trophies for the
second place Pineapples were
Jean Paisley, Jim Paisley, Rose
Moor e, Lee Medeiros, Dinnis
Mishina and Al Fukushima.
The Vanda Orchids' third
place team members Doris
Pound, Gary Studdard, Lavett
Las Cruces club
plans tourney
The Las Cruces Country Club
has scheduled a member-guest
golf tournament at the LCCC
Golf Course to begin at 8:30
a.m. Sept. 21. The tournament
is a courtesy return match of
a similar contest held last
month
on the WSMR Golf
Course.
WSMR military, dependents
and civilians residing on post
will be paired with golfers from
the Las Cruces Country Club.
Th e
three-dollar entry
charge includes the greens fee
and a banquet following the
competition, wher e prizes will
be awarded.
Putters and dubbers wishing
to participate in this tournament should sign up at the
WSMR Pro Shop (678-1759) no
later than Sept. 18,
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SUMMER LEAGUE STARS - Standing (left to right) are Jim
McClain, ave. 168; Gary Studdard, ave. 177; and Tony
Wendt, ave. 170. In front ar e Chuck Padgett (left), ave.
158 and Tito Gutier rez, 178. (U.S. ARMY P HOTO)
Ace's win first
on final night
The three-way knot for top
spot in the Enlisted Men's
Summer Bowling League was
untangl ed on the final night of
bowling Tuesday, and coming
out on top of the confusion was
Ace' s All Stars.
The All St ars took a 4- 0
sweep from the " unLucky"
Strikes now setting in third.
Stars Tito Gutierrez, 558, and
Jim McClain, 226; Striker John
Cwik, 195-516,
Los Indios was one point shy
of a fir st place r oll-off tie as
they subdued the Nationals 3-1.
Indios Cris Garcia, 462, and B.
Calimlim, 173; Nats Pat
Sweeney, 451, and Jay Br ass,
165.
Stars and Stripes blanked the
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541. ; Lefty Fred Pounds, 199- the bank. Most of the fish ran
533.
from 3/4 to 1 1/2 pounds.
Booze Hounds whitewashed
Recent rains have caused the
Alley Cats . Boozers J im Bailey,
lake
to rise about 15 feet, mak470, and D. Mathews, 188; Cat
ing the upper end muddy and not
Rich Bartlett, 170- 453.
The Four Aces trounced the too good for fishing.
Pill Roller s 3- 1. Ace Paul
Glick, 211-525; Roller Harold
White, 178-482.
Final Standings
TEAM
WON LOST
Ace' s All Stars 47
29
Los Indios
30
46
Lucky Strikes
33
43
Stars & Stripes 41
35
37
Nationals
39
Four Aces
39
37
Left Outs
40
36
Pill Rollers
43
33
Booze Hounds
45
31
Alley Cats
49
27
Bowlers taking top individual
performances for the season
include: High series - Gary
Studdard, 622; Fred Pounds, 607
and Pat Sweeney, 599. High
series handicap - Bert Torres,
659; Willie Wiley, 659 and Tony
Wendt, 639. High games - Tito
Gutierrez, 255; Paul Glick, 242
and Jim McClain, 226. High
games handicap - Bill Cybulski,
264; Juan Lazo, 256 and Rich
Bartlett, 256.
John Cwik maintained the high
aver age of 180 and most
improved bowler was C.B.
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r eal sport for Fred Dyer, communication control supervisor
at the WSMR Communications
Dir ectorate. In fact, it was almost like work.
Fishing around the sandy
beaches in McRae Canyon, he
took his limit of white bass on
medium- size minnows during
two days running.
The WSMR Rockets finished
out their season in fiery style,
pocketing two last-game victories. The Rockets ' first victim
San Elizario Eagles, were
downed 3-1, and a 9- 0 forfeit
win against the Baeza Builders
accounted for the final win.
WSMR notched the scoreboard with one run in the first
inning of Sept, lst's game with
the San Elizario Eagles. Ben
Luna and Dennis Pluchinski
were given consecutive walks
McClain, Jim McClain, Ellen
and Larry Leblanc's single over
Dutton and John Dutton also third
base gave Luna his opporearned trophies .
tunity to score, although PluchIndividual Awards in the
Women's Division:
High Series Handicap:
Marji Goosey - 628
Addie Burke - 595
Mary Robinson - 592
High Series Scr atch:
Jean Paisley - 553
Mary Sment - 532
The Intramural Flag Football
Dee Smith - 511
is currently underway at
High Game Handicap:
Goddard Field with first games
Lou Knight - 230
played
Tuesday.
Practice
Jean Kirkland - 220
games were scheduled prior
Babs Johnson - 220
Norma Matricia - 217
High Game Scratch:
Claire Williamson - 217
Prezy Lazo - 212
Juanaite Gourley - 209
High Average:
"Upon these fields of friendly
strife are sewn the seeds which,
Lee Medieros - 163
on other fields, on other days,
Most Improved:
Marji Goosey - 8 pins
will harvest victory," said
Individual Awards in the General Douglas MacArthur of
the game of football.
Men's Division:
High Series Handicap:
That is the spirit of the
White Sands Missile Range
John Dutton - 646
Little Football programmed by
John Meyer - 638
Special Services.
Harold White - 626
Registration days will be
High Series Scratch:
from 9 a. m. to 12 noon, Sept.
Tony Wendt - 596
14 or Sept. 21, and will be held
Paul McManus - 593
at the Teen Club. Those boys
A. M. Samford - 586
who have registered with their
High Game Handicap:
par ents ' permission should be
Ira Goosey - 257
at the Teen Club Field Sept. 24,
Bill Sment - 239
at 4 p.m., for opening practice.
Harry Johnson - 235
The league is open to all boys,
High Game Scratch:
8-13 years of age, and games
Juan Lazo - 234
will be played Oct. 4 through
Paul Bugbee - 233
Dec. 7, Players will be placed
Morris Dick - 226
into divisions according to their
High Average:
weights.
Jim McClain - 179
Physical examinations will be
Most Improved:
required.
Fred Schumann - 8 pins
inski was left stranded on third
as the end of the inning.
The Rockets unleashed their
r eserve strength in the eighth
inning when Luna, Pluchinski,
and LeBlanc splattered consecutive one-baggers past the infield, scoring two runs. The
Eagles ' lone run was scored
in the fourth with a home rim
over left field.
The Rockets
wlll go up
against the San Elizario Eagles
once again in a playoff game for
thir d place in the El Paso
Lower Valley League. Thegame
is scheduled for Sunday, Sept.
15, at Dudley Field in El Paso.
Flag foot ball
season underway
Registration
set for boys
J •.1
to the regular season to
familiarize players with the
many unusual r ules.
The intramural tourney will
end October 17 and a followup Single Elimination Tournament will be conducted from
October 21 to 25. An All-Star
team will be selected during
the
two
tournements
to
represent WSMR in a Five-Star
Tournament.
There are nine teams competing for the first place trophy
this season in contrast to six
teams during 1967. Teams
entered for this year's intramural flag football competition
are Navy, A Co., 259th MP's,
Medics, Sentinels, HHC, EROA,
Officer s (bachelors) and Officers (married).
This week's Flag Football
schedule:
6p.m.
Sept. 17: 8-0ff vs. A. Co.
Sept. 18: ERDA vs MP's
Sept, 19: Medics vs Sentinels
7:30 p.m.
Sept. 17: Medics vs Navy
Sept. 18: B-Off vs HHC
Sept. 19: Navy vs. A Co.
Nigeria averages 460 persons
per square mile.
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WHITE SANre, N.M., FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1968
Instrumentation division
boasts inventive group
By VERNON HUNT
noteworthy tilings are
achieved by inventiveness, to
paraphrase Leonardo da Vinci,
there's a group of people at
White Sands Missile Range who
have what it takes.
These talented personnel are
assigned to the Instrumentation
Division of t he Army Missile
Test and Evaluation program.
For from being landlocked at
WSMR, their activities range
from Alaska to Florida and
' points in-between, and far from
being routine, their measurements vary from electrostatic
to dynamic. Tha't why inventiveness is a prime ingredient
in their business.
As C. M. Redman, Instrumentation Division chief, tells it,
take the time Jesse Thompson,
Brice Colvin and Horton McArthur were instrumenting an
underwater test near Panama
City, Fla. The test involved
a timer associated with a demolition charge - to see how
well the package would work
under water.
When the attached instrumentation developed a leak, and
nothing they did seemed to stop
it, McArthur hit on the idea
of placing the instrumentation
in a glass jar covered with a
silicone plastic material.
Unfortunately, no glass jar
of the right size was immediately available. So, the
nearest supermarket was invaded, various jelly jars were
measured, and one with the
proper
dimensions
was
selected. The new package was
prepared (with the apple jelly
removed), and no more leakage
problems.
More recently, member s of
the Division participated in the
1968 TOW anti-tank weapon
arctic tests held at Ft. Greely,
Alaska. At temperatures of 55
degrees below zero, precision
instrumentation work as well
as everyday supply supportwas
a major headache.
If
FINAL CHECK - Charles Cook (left) and George Workman per for m a final instr umentation
check associated with a Lance piston test. The data is being recorded in a nearby
mobile van. Cook, facilities supervisor, and Workma.1, task l eader, are engaged in
field support work the Instrumentation Division is providing the contractor. (U. s.
ARMY PHOTO)
SUMMER HIRE EMPLOYE - Don He mingway (left), one
of somP 100 s ummer hir es at WSMR, shows his boss,
Alfred A. Allen a circuit boar d he is fab r icating. Don is
employed const:ucting electronic circuits for use in mobility
MOBILE vAN _ Shown at the communications st~tion in a
mobile instrumentation van is John Hayes, Chief of the
Oper ations Branch. The van houses an integral system
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testing of military hardwar e, and is in his first year of
the summer hir e progr a m. Allen, with the Instrumentation
Division 14 years, is Chief of the Engineering Branch.
(U.S. ARMY PHO'l'O)
used to record a wide variety of measurements, and can
be shipped anywher e it is needed. (U. S. ARMY PHOTO)
Even their mobile instrumen- Leaders and their assigned
and professional
tation van, one of several at technical
WSMR used for either on-range teams. Jesse Thompson and his
or off-range tests, required a team consisting of Jack Walker,
specially built plywood entry- Glenn Packard, Leo Gonzalez
operate
way to prevent the icy winds and Bob Heyser
from freezing everything in- typically in this Task Leaderside. Despite the severity of team concept.
Thompson is Test Conductor
the climate, the team ~tru­
mented an average of 40 chan- as well as Task Leader on the
nels (frequency bands) of data engineering test of the TSS-6
for each of the 12 firing tests, Nuclear Yield Measuring Set,
and currently has three other
and successfully acquired all
Task Leader jobs. The variety
data.
Division team members who and amount of work involved
made the arctic trek were a situation like this is far in
Roberto Tibuni, Harold Green, excess of what one man could
Walter Flyte and Horton Mc- handle, except that all members of his team are considered
Arthur.
The Instrumentation Division to be Task Leader calibre and
has been called upon to per- perform considerable detail
form a wide variety of measure- planning.
What type of backgrounds do
ments on objects running the
gamut from monkeys (measur- men have who design and put
together the instruments to
ing their responses under different climatic conditions) to measure and record data?
tanks (associated with ShilCarlyle Roberts was a gunlelagh tests) to the latest mis- ner on merchant ships during
siles.
World War II, and traversed
The
Divison has several the Pacific from Australia to
firsts to its credit. Two of Alaska. He later worked on
these contributions involved the the 8- 36 bomber, tti_en was
engineering and installation, in hired at WSMR first as a rocket
1952, of the first frequency motor expert and later as an
multiplex telemetry, followed instrumentation technician.
soon after by the installation
In 1947 Jack Walker, working
of the first oscillographs and for the Airways Communicamagnetic tape recorders aboard tions Service, helped erect the
Nike Ajax and Little John mis- first Air Force radio-teletype
siles.
to Tokyo and Guam.
One of the technicians, John service
He _was assigned to Ra~o Field
Mitchell, helped develop the Maintenance at WSMR m 1954,
first FM/ FM telemetry system and in 1957 he moved to Systems
installed at the range. This Test Division where he gained
system, originally used with considerable experience with
the Nike Ajax, worked on the
the Nike Ajax, Nike Hercules
frequency multiplex principle and Hawk missile systems.
of simultaneiously transmitting
After time-out for a tour
many data signals over one with the Federal Aviation Adradio frequency transmission ministration in Alaska, he relink from the missile to the turned to WSMR in 1961 for
ground.
his present assignment with
Incidentally,
Mitchell pat- the Instrumentation Division.
ented an electronic circuit while
Burnett McConnell spent 18
he was still in high school, years in a chemistry lab, eight
and was in business for him- years as an aircraft worker,
self, contracting radio repair and three years working with
work, by 1923.
radio and electrical systems
· The Instrumentation Divi- in tanks before taking a job
sion's activities are principally with the Divis ion in 1953.
concerned with the conversion
The Chief of the Engineering
of many forms of physical
Branch,
Alfred Allen, had to
phenomena into proportional
coded samples or electrical swim for his life during World
War II when his ship was sunk
signals and their preservation off
Esperitu Santo in the New
on descriptive records.
Hebrides. During the war he
Division specialties are al- developed an interest in elecmost without limit. Measuretronics which eventually led to
ments involving blast and an
electrical engineering
acoustic
pressure waves, degree. He has been assigned
forces, vibration and dynamics to instrumentation at White
of launchers, missile velocity Sands since 1954.
on rails, temperatures, motor
Another employe since 1954,
chamber pressures, and para- Bob Chamberlin was working
chute drop impact are afew
on Ford and Fokker trimotor
of a long list.
airplanes and Curtis Wright
Since the instrumentation OX- 5 engines in 1929. A gradcapability at WSMR is more uate of New Mexico State
sophisticated than that pos- University, he helped pay his
sessed by many other military way through school by workinstallations, a team from her e ing a dragline on the Rio Grande.
is often sent off-range to asHe taught aircraft mechanics
sist in missile tests. Although
most off-range jobs take place until 1948 when he became asin Florida, instrumentation sociated with the Physical
teams and vans have been sent Science Lab at NMSU. Since
to s ites in at least 16 other his assignment her e he has
states plus Christmas Island worked on virtually every missile which has been tested at
in the South Pacific.
Instrumentation
Division WSMR.
work on missile programs
A high school graduate at
fr equently star ts with a con- 15, Maynard Jackson was the
tractor's r esearch and develop- youngest man on his s hip, the
ment work to establish design USS Alshain, during War II.
cr iteria, drifts into engineer- He possess 17 year s of teching design testing, continues nical experience including 15
with engineering testing, and years at White Sands .
finally ends with production
The present 29 technical and
testing.
pr ofessional per sonnel in the
Ed Per ez, Robert Williams, Division have a total of 509
and Carlyle Roberts ar e now
year s exper ience in instrumenper for ming
instrumentation tation and related fields. Their
work for production testing of
aver age indiv!dual tenure of
the Shillelagh missile system.
government service is 15 year s.
In early · 1961, the Division
started to provide data for enSince Army Missile Test and
gineering design tests fo r the Evaluation data requirements
system.
are subject to continual change,
In the fall of 1964, the divi- the Division must rely heavily
sion started to provide ins tru- on this experience r eservoir
mentation for
establishing to devel op new techniques and
design criteria for the Lance pr ocedures so that the high
Three employes, standards can be maintained
missile.
Geor ge Workman, Ruben Rede or improved,
Charlie Cook,
are
and
scheduled to conduct Lance
launcher and missile instrumentation during for thcoming
ARMTE engineering tests .
Ins trumentation cover s so
many fields that the typical
engineer or teclmician becomes
a "jack-of-all-trades" who
must think in terms of all the
physical properties and inter actions of missilery and the
conver s ion of these factors to
under standable
fo rm s and
records.
Some of the most difficult
instrumenation design and development work has been accomplished by Jim Williams,
Tom Carrer a and Bill Turner.
They have been working with
the hardware developer to convert radar type data into
computer-compatible
digital
data. Technique developed have
saved the government thousands
of manhours of data reduction
time.
Instrumentation oper ations
are carried out through Task
QUEEN - De Ann Hodges, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hodges, Socorro, has submitted her entry for the New
Mexico Queen Contest, Sept. 16 to 20 in Albuquerque.
She was recently crowned Queen of the 19th annual Socorro
County Fair and Rodeo. She has been named All-Around
Cowgirl fo r three years at the Socorro County Jr. Rodeo
and is a r egular rodeo competitor. Mr. Hodges is a Communication Control Supervisor at Stallion R:inge Site, White
Sands Missile Range.
Correspondence cours~
ava •I 1a bIe to Jr. 0 ff•leers
u
T he
.S. (on tinenta l A rmy Co mma nd is
em phasizi ng- to the A rn1y's
junior otlkt> rs t hat it offers
hund red s of l'OlTl' spond enc·p
('Q urses t o teaeh t hPm m or r
a bout t h eir j obs .
Ofli<-ials at CON ARC' ht•adqua rters he r e poin t out t ha t
De partment of tht• Arm y
Pamphlet :~SO- (Hl, "An nou n('t'me nt of Arm y C'or n •spondP nc·t· Cou 1·ses ," lists ovt•r
l,!iOO s ubt·o u rsPs, t•nt·om pa:-;sing m ost of t ht' s u hjt>('ts
ta u,e:ht in t ht• c·c·mnuuHl's 2(i
t rn inin g ,;(' hon\,;.
E a«h of th es e l'Ourse:-; is
desig m•d to heli> tht> yo un g
d iker to 11 nfo rm h is mis,.;ion
more effedi nly.
A n y nffin ·r lll',; ir ing
to
take any CO'.\' A RC c·orre,.;ponden('e ('Ou rse o r obta in
an y t ype of edutationa l ma terial i,.; askt>cl to write; to t ht•
norn·t•side nt dt•partment of
tht> s(' h ool involved .
If t he olli_c er dot's not
know which co ur,.;e may h elp
him m ost, hl' sho uld write to
t he !!chool and outline his
job. Tht> school t hl'n will
rProm mt>nd a rn n r ~ e a imt>d at
helpin g h im do a bette r j ob.
CONARC offh- ials feel t h at
you ng- offire rs rnn use th e
C' O N A RC c·o rn•s ponde n('e
('Ourst•s , ha nd books, s pecia l
te xts, lesson pla ns , p r a('til'a\
exer l'ises, mnn usl'ri pts and
su pplemt•nta l matt-ri al av a ilablt• from the ,.;t·hools in a
per,.;onal on-thc-job-train inged urntion a l progra m
t hat
c·an help t he m fll'rfo rm t hl'i r
m is,.;i on in a mon• l•fft•l't iH•
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