PAGE 8 ocrOBER I, 19M
Only a few major items were re-
ported at this week's meeting of the
COmmunity Council board of direc-
tors. Henry .Newburgh told of at-
tending the cross country highway
celebration at Pahrump Valley. Nev.,
and Bob Smith was on hand from
the Ridgecrest Chamber of COm-
merce to outline plans for future
Desert Empire Fairs.
The meeting in Nevada was held
to celebrate the openings of the Pah-
rwnp-Las Vegas link in the cross
country highway. which it is hoped
will some day connect san LUis
Obispo, Calif., and Kingman, ArIz.
•
Mr. Smith outlined plans for es-
tablishing a pennanent fairgrounds
in Ridgecrest, and for construction
at a. building which could be. used
for housing exhibits during the an-
nual fair, and could also be used as
a. meeting place at other times of
the year.
It also was announced that a. few
more election workers are needed for
the coming Community COuncil elec-
tion on Nov. 2. Persons interested in
Slarting TIm": 6 and 8 p.m. daily.
Kiddies' Matinee (Special Movies)
1 p.m. Saturday
Matinee: 1 p.m. Sunday
Swing Shift Mcrti,..., TUHday and Thunday,
1 p.m.
TODAY OCT. I
" THE LIVING DESERT" (73 Min.)
Disney True Ufe Adventures
Shorts. "Ben and Me" (18 Min.)
" The Big Port" (8 Min.)
News (10 Min.)
SATURDAY OCT. 2
"BLACK DAKOTAS" (66 Min.)
Gory Merrill, Wanda Hendrix
Shorts. "In Dorkest Flatido" 110 Min.)
"College Capers" (15 Min.)
SUN.-MON. OCT. 3~
"SUDDENLY" (77 Min.)
Frank SInatra, Sterling Hoyden
Shorts. "Cosey Bats Again" (7 Min.)
"This Was Yesterday" (20 Min.)
TUESDAY OCT••
" ROGUE COP" (92 Min.)
Robert Taylor, Janet leIgh
Shorts: "Riding the Wind" (8 Min.)
•
"PAGEANT Of PERU"
Film-lecture program by Cliffatd Kamen,
B p.m.
WEDNESDAY OCT. 6
serving in this capacity should con-
tact Mrs. George Mayberry at the
OJuncil office, Monday through Fri-
day, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
•
Richard C. O'Rellly, Community
Manager, introduced a proposal for
Council consideration. He suggested
that arrangements be made for a
"Santa Claus Express" to run from
this area to Los Angeles around
Christmas time.
Purpose of the outing would be to
give local youngsters a chance to
ride a train; see the Yuletide dis-
plays in the big city, and visit santa
Claus.
It is hoped that if enough interest
is shown in the proposal, it will be
possible to arrange for a special
SOuthern Paci1ic train at very reas-
onable fares for adults and free of
tharge to children making the trip.
Other ideas for the trip include en-
tertainment enroute for the children
and the serving ot light snacks.
All arrangements are tentative at
the present time, and culmination of
the plans will depend upon the in-
terest of parents and children in the
project. Parents having suggestions
regarding the "Santa Claus Express"
are asked to contact their Commu-
nity Council precinct representatives,
who in turn will inform the Com-
munity Manager's office of the de-
gree of interest in the outing.
Salon Photographs
To Be Displayed
An exhibit of the finest examples
ot salon type photography, featuring
more than 100 original prints made
by leading profeSSional and amateur
camera artists fro m all over the
world, will go on display tomorrow
at the China Lake Community Cen-
ter.
Arrangements for an exhibit of
the traveling salon of Photography
Magazine were made by officials ot~
the salon group of the China Lake
Photographic SOCiety. The prints
will be on view here for two weeks,
through Saturday, Oct. 16.
All of the photographs on display
have been prize winners in the $25,-
000 annual Photography ' Magazine
photo contests-one of the biggest
yearly events in international pho-
tography. This year the contest at-
tracted a record 93,000 entries.
The salon Is of special interest to
amateur and professional lensmen,
for each of the photos is accom-
panied by technical data describing
the camera settings and type of
equipment used in producing.
"ROGUE COf'" (92 Min.) SWING SHIFT MOVIES SET
Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh
Shatts, "Riding the Wind" (8 Min.)
THURS•..fRI. OCT. 7-8
" 4 GUNS TO THE BORDER" (83 Min.)
Rory Calhoun, Colleen MIller
Shatts. "Pigs Is Pigs" (7 Min.)
"Armed Forces Screen Report" (16 Min.)
A special movie matinee program
will be started for Station swing
shift employes next Tuesday after-
noon at the Station theater. The
regular theater bill of fare will be
offered thereafter on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 1 p.m.
•
SHAPE CHARGE PO\VER is shown by hole in shattered concrete slab at
Area. R alter firing for engineers on field day trip to StaUon last Saturday.
Onlookers include Captain R. F. Sellars, USN, acting StaUon Commanderj
Dr. lV. B. McLean. Technical Director; M. J. Snow, president of the bost
group of American Society of Civil Enrineers, and Sterlinr S. Green, presi-
dent of the Los Angeles Section, ASCE.
575 Visitors Attend Field Day
For Engineers at China Lake
Weapons developed at NO'I'S were
fired last Saturday afternoon as a
highlight to the field day for 575
members of nine engineering socie-
ties ot SOuthern California, the big-
gest group ever to visit the Station.
Air-to-ground salvos of 5-inch
and 2.75-inch rookets were let go at
B-4 ground targets, and a sled was
shot along the track by a Tiny Tim
charge o
at .super-sonic speed. Shape
charges were exploded a.ga1nst a tank
and concrete slabs a.t Area-&.
The program began at the Station
theater with a welcome by Captain
R. F'. sellars, USN, acting Station
Commander, and Dr. W. B . McLean,
Technical Director. Martin J. Snow,
of Public Works Department, gave
greetings as president of the Des-
ert Area Branch, American SOCiety
of Civil Engineers, the host group.
Motion pictures ot Station activi-
ties and of SNORT (Supersonic
Naval Ordnance Research Track)
development were shown, then buses
took the guests on short tours
through the residential area on the
way to lunch at the Station restau-
rant and at the Community center.
Eighteen buses then took the Vis-
itors to B-4 track for the sled firing
and aircraft demonstrations. Planes
taking part in the program included.
the AD4 Skyraider, firing eight 5-
inch "Holy Moses" rockets; the F2H2
Banshee, firing 14 rounds of 2.75-
inch "Mighty Mouse" rookets, and
an F7U2 Cutlass firing 32 rounds.
High speed and low speed aircraft
passes were demonstrated as was a
sonic boom at 20,000 feet. A tow
target was snatched by a Banshee,
and was flOWn past the ground ob-
servers at more than 450 miles an
hour.
SNORT project was inspected,
with empha.sis put on ma.intaining
track level and alignment despite
high daily and low nightiy temper-
atures of the desert.
Over in Area R, two 5-inch sha.pe
charges were fired against the con-
ning tower 01 an old tank captured
in Korea., and against four blocks of
6-1nch-thick reinforced concrete.
Close inspection ot the penetrated
targets by visitors showed their In-
trest in the force ot such explosions.
The day ended With conducted
tours by groups through Michelson
Laboratory.
Guests were high in praise ot the
smoothly-run program, and Mr.
Snow gave credit to D.W.B. Jones.
also of Public Works, and Carlos H.
Elmer, Technical Into~tion De-
partment, and his immediate as-
sistants, and to more than a dozen
others who acted as guides and g&ve
general help in explaining the many
Station activities.
Included among prominent guests
were Sterling S. Green, president of
the American SOCiety of Civil Engi-
neers, Los Angeles section, and
Ralph W. Spencer, vice-president
and C. Martin Duke, secretary; L.
F. Richardson, chairman., American
Society of Meclianical Engineers,
Southern California section; Fra.nk
H. Squires, vice-chalrman, and David
C. Saunders, secretary, American SO-
ciety tor Quality Control, Los An-
geles section; Norman Jaffe, auditor.
Southern California Meter Associa-
tion .
Regional officials of the ASCE in-
cluded Ralph S. McLean, president,
and Don as. DeWitt, secretary-
treasurer, Orange County branch;
Wright M. Price, president, Sa.n
Bernardino-Riverside bra.nch; and
George Conahey, secretary-treasurer
ot the Ve n t u r a-Santa Ba.!i:lara.
branctL
•
THE W£A.THER
Continued clear with
unrestricted visi bility.
Surface winds light and
variable. increasing 10
]5 ta 25 knots in the
aflernaan. Maximum
temperature, 90; mini-
mum, 52:
VOL. X. NO. 39
Six Candidates
Appear on Local
Political Forum
One Republican and five Demo-
cratic candidates for top state and
federal political posts appeared Mon-
day night at the Burroughs High
School auditorium to take part in a
"Meet the Candidates" program.
One other Republican candidate,
Thomas Kuchel, who is seeking re-
election as United States senator
from California, sent a speaker to
represent him. Telegrams expressing
regret at being unable to attend and
commending the work of the local
BusiJ)ess and Professional Women's
Club for sponsoring such a program
were received from GOOdwin Knight
and Harold Powers, Republican can-
didates for the offices of governor
and lieutenant-governor of the State
0, California, respectively.
Introduction of the various candi-
dates was ably handled by Harley
Tillitt, a mathematician in the Re-
search Department, while Mrs. Til-
litt kept an eye on a stopwatch and
warned'the speakers when their time
limit was up.
Richard Graves, Democratic can-
didate fOr governor of California, led
off the parade of speakers, outlining
not only his own qualifications but
those of his running mate, Edward
Roybal, Los Angeles city councilman,
who is seeking the office of lieuten-
ant-governor.
Speaking of Mr. Roybal, he told of
the Los Angeles man's ability to
faithfully represent one ot the south-
land city's low income areas, and at
the same time be considered a top-
(Continued on Page Five)
Rocketeer Office
Moved This Week
Keeping pace w1t~numerous other
branches and sections on the Sta-
tion, the Rocketeer staff and public
information office this week moved
to new quarters on the second. deck
ot the Housing office building.
The move was accomplished rela-
tively smoothly, with the exception
of an interrupUon in the telephone
service, which was temporarily rem-
edied Tuesday morning. At the pres-
ent time, however, only one tele-
phone line, instead of the three pre-
viously in use, is connected. to the
new office.
Persons wishing to contact either
the Rocketeer or public informa.tion
office should call 71354. Eventually,
two other lines, 7!
1655 and 7~, will
be connected to the new oUlce.
TEMPERATURES
(Housing Area)
-ee
Max. Min.
Sept. 23 ........ 92 46
Sept. 24 ........ 90 50
Sept. 25 ........ 94 48
Sept. 26 ........ 99 54
Sept. 27 ........100 55
U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF.
PREPARATIONS for the local observance of Fire Prevention Week ave
being made by Ch'ina Lake fire fighters. Shown check.i.ng several types of
extinguishers that will be used in various displays around the Station are.
from left, Assistant Fire Cruef Leland Parker, Sam Beach, lireli"hter;
Bennie Martinez, driver-operator, and Chief Fire Inspector James Da'fiL
Congress Enacts New Legislation
Benefiting Civil Service Employes
Modification of the W hit ten
Amendment, which lifts the ban
against permanent reinstatements
and permanent promotions ot Civil
Service employes, was among the
significant provisions of recent leg-
islation enacted by Congress which
provides fringe benefits for federal
employes.
Information is being received on
various phases of the new legislation
as the necessary rules and regula-
tions to put them in effect are drawn
up and released by the Civil Service
Commission and other responsible
agencies.
One significant move is the in-
crease in the number of permanent
or "career" employes permitted on a
government-wide basis. PreviOUSly
the figure had been "frozen" at the
sept. 1, 1950, level.
In the light of this development,
word was received recently from the
Secretary of the Navy to make per-
manent most of the indefinite pro-
motions of permanent Civil Service
employes.
It is expected'that there will be
moves to give status to employes who
now are listed as "indefinites." Plans
have previously been drawn up by
the Civil Service Commission for a
"career-conditional" program. It it
is placed in effect, it is anticipated
that over a period of time the fol-
lowing conditions will preva.il:
(a) Automatic conversion of each
present indefinite appOintment in
lieu of reinstatement, to a perma-
nent appointment after a total ot
three years' service, or to a career-
conditional appointment with less
than three years' service.
(b) Automatic conversion of each
pre sen t indefinite appointment
which was made after open compe-
(COntinued On Page Five)
Sellars, McLean
Visit Capt. Young
Captain Robert F. sellars, USN,
Station Executive Officer, and Dr.
W. B. McLean, Station Technical
Director, vis i ted Captain D. B.
Young, USN, Station Commander,
during a recent trip to the Bureau
of Ordnance, and they report that
the Station Commander looks fine,
feels fine and has retained his ex-
cellent sense of humor.
Captain Young indicated t hat
some definite word might be forth-
coming in the near future and in
any case by Nov. 1. He is looking
forward to being released from the
hospitai and subsisting locally in
Bethesda. for the requisite period be-
fore returning to the Station.
His grea~st desire is to return to
NOTS and tbe exacting job or build-
ing ordnance for the FleeL
S&pt. 28 ........ 99 58
Sept. 29 _...... 92 63
OCTOBER 1, 19M
Fire Prevention
Week Observance
Scheduled Oct. 3-9
"L~t's Grow Up, Not Burn UP," is
the slogan adopted for national Fire
Prevention Week which will be ob-
served the week of Oct. 3 to 9, BC-
<:ording to a proclamation issued
by President Eisenhower. The Naval
Ordnance Test Station and all other
naval establishments will join with
thousands of communities in ob-
serving Fire Prevention Week.
"Our aim during Fire Prevention
Week," Fire Chief A. C. Wright
stated, "will be to sell everyone on
the idea that fire prevention is a life
A letter from Captain Robert F.
Sella.... USN, Acting Slation Com-
mander, and lU,Jdressed to all de-
partments, divisions aDd bmaeh...
reads as follows:
Fire Prevention Week will be ob-
served at the United Slates Naval
OnlJlallce Test ,slatton d~ the
period 3 October to 9 October,
1954.
The cooperation of all hands Is
~aested In ~ the PI"OCr1IDl
a bi" sucoess.
D. B. YOUNG
Signed ROBERT F. SELLAIlS
Acting
~----
and death matter; that each individ-
ual owes it to himself, his family and
his community to think and act
fire-safe every minute of every day
the year around."
The Fire Prevention Week pro-
gram at NOTS will feature a. short
visit with all employes in their
shOps; classroom meetings with a.U
school children in the lower grades,
and lectures and demonstrations ot
fire prevention to high school stud-
ents. Posters advertising the pro-
(Continued on Page Five)
Richmond Road Gate
To Open on Monday
The new Station gate on the Rich-
mond Road extension will be open
starting Monday for the use of pas-
senger vehicles and persons holding
Station passes.
Gate hours will be 6:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
security police will be on duty dur-
ing these hours
Work also has been completed on
two bladed dirt roads-one leading
from the Wherry project to Rich-
mond Road and the other from the
Wherry site to Vieweg Elementary
SChool
•
, OCR Text: PAGE 8 ocrOBER I, 19M
Only a few major items were re-
ported at this week's meeting of the
COmmunity Council board of direc-
tors. Henry .Newburgh told of at-
tending the cross country highway
celebration at Pahrump Valley. Nev.,
and Bob Smith was on hand from
the Ridgecrest Chamber of COm-
merce to outline plans for future
Desert Empire Fairs.
The meeting in Nevada was held
to celebrate the openings of the Pah-
rwnp-Las Vegas link in the cross
country highway. which it is hoped
will some day connect san LUis
Obispo, Calif., and Kingman, ArIz.
•
Mr. Smith outlined plans for es-
tablishing a pennanent fairgrounds
in Ridgecrest, and for construction
at a. building which could be. used
for housing exhibits during the an-
nual fair, and could also be used as
a. meeting place at other times of
the year.
It also was announced that a. few
more election workers are needed for
the coming Community COuncil elec-
tion on Nov. 2. Persons interested in
Slarting TIm": 6 and 8 p.m. daily.
Kiddies' Matinee (Special Movies)
1 p.m. Saturday
Matinee: 1 p.m. Sunday
Swing Shift Mcrti,..., TUHday and Thunday,
1 p.m.
TODAY OCT. I
" THE LIVING DESERT" (73 Min.)
Disney True Ufe Adventures
Shorts. "Ben and Me" (18 Min.)
" The Big Port" (8 Min.)
News (10 Min.)
SATURDAY OCT. 2
"BLACK DAKOTAS" (66 Min.)
Gory Merrill, Wanda Hendrix
Shorts. "In Dorkest Flatido" 110 Min.)
"College Capers" (15 Min.)
SUN.-MON. OCT. 3~
"SUDDENLY" (77 Min.)
Frank SInatra, Sterling Hoyden
Shorts. "Cosey Bats Again" (7 Min.)
"This Was Yesterday" (20 Min.)
TUESDAY OCT••
" ROGUE COP" (92 Min.)
Robert Taylor, Janet leIgh
Shorts: "Riding the Wind" (8 Min.)
•
"PAGEANT Of PERU"
Film-lecture program by Cliffatd Kamen,
B p.m.
WEDNESDAY OCT. 6
serving in this capacity should con-
tact Mrs. George Mayberry at the
OJuncil office, Monday through Fri-
day, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
•
Richard C. O'Rellly, Community
Manager, introduced a proposal for
Council consideration. He suggested
that arrangements be made for a
"Santa Claus Express" to run from
this area to Los Angeles around
Christmas time.
Purpose of the outing would be to
give local youngsters a chance to
ride a train; see the Yuletide dis-
plays in the big city, and visit santa
Claus.
It is hoped that if enough interest
is shown in the proposal, it will be
possible to arrange for a special
SOuthern Paci1ic train at very reas-
onable fares for adults and free of
tharge to children making the trip.
Other ideas for the trip include en-
tertainment enroute for the children
and the serving ot light snacks.
All arrangements are tentative at
the present time, and culmination of
the plans will depend upon the in-
terest of parents and children in the
project. Parents having suggestions
regarding the "Santa Claus Express"
are asked to contact their Commu-
nity Council precinct representatives,
who in turn will inform the Com-
munity Manager's office of the de-
gree of interest in the outing.
Salon Photographs
To Be Displayed
An exhibit of the finest examples
ot salon type photography, featuring
more than 100 original prints made
by leading profeSSional and amateur
camera artists fro m all over the
world, will go on display tomorrow
at the China Lake Community Cen-
ter.
Arrangements for an exhibit of
the traveling salon of Photography
Magazine were made by officials ot~
the salon group of the China Lake
Photographic SOCiety. The prints
will be on view here for two weeks,
through Saturday, Oct. 16.
All of the photographs on display
have been prize winners in the $25,-
000 annual Photography ' Magazine
photo contests-one of the biggest
yearly events in international pho-
tography. This year the contest at-
tracted a record 93,000 entries.
The salon Is of special interest to
amateur and professional lensmen,
for each of the photos is accom-
panied by technical data describing
the camera settings and type of
equipment used in producing.
"ROGUE COf'" (92 Min.) SWING SHIFT MOVIES SET
Robert Taylor, Janet Leigh
Shatts, "Riding the Wind" (8 Min.)
THURS•..fRI. OCT. 7-8
" 4 GUNS TO THE BORDER" (83 Min.)
Rory Calhoun, Colleen MIller
Shatts. "Pigs Is Pigs" (7 Min.)
"Armed Forces Screen Report" (16 Min.)
A special movie matinee program
will be started for Station swing
shift employes next Tuesday after-
noon at the Station theater. The
regular theater bill of fare will be
offered thereafter on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 1 p.m.
•
SHAPE CHARGE PO\VER is shown by hole in shattered concrete slab at
Area. R alter firing for engineers on field day trip to StaUon last Saturday.
Onlookers include Captain R. F. Sellars, USN, acting StaUon Commanderj
Dr. lV. B. McLean. Technical Director; M. J. Snow, president of the bost
group of American Society of Civil Enrineers, and Sterlinr S. Green, presi-
dent of the Los Angeles Section, ASCE.
575 Visitors Attend Field Day
For Engineers at China Lake
Weapons developed at NO'I'S were
fired last Saturday afternoon as a
highlight to the field day for 575
members of nine engineering socie-
ties ot SOuthern California, the big-
gest group ever to visit the Station.
Air-to-ground salvos of 5-inch
and 2.75-inch rookets were let go at
B-4 ground targets, and a sled was
shot along the track by a Tiny Tim
charge o
at .super-sonic speed. Shape
charges were exploded a.ga1nst a tank
and concrete slabs a.t Area-&.
The program began at the Station
theater with a welcome by Captain
R. F'. sellars, USN, acting Station
Commander, and Dr. W. B . McLean,
Technical Director. Martin J. Snow,
of Public Works Department, gave
greetings as president of the Des-
ert Area Branch, American SOCiety
of Civil Engineers, the host group.
Motion pictures ot Station activi-
ties and of SNORT (Supersonic
Naval Ordnance Research Track)
development were shown, then buses
took the guests on short tours
through the residential area on the
way to lunch at the Station restau-
rant and at the Community center.
Eighteen buses then took the Vis-
itors to B-4 track for the sled firing
and aircraft demonstrations. Planes
taking part in the program included.
the AD4 Skyraider, firing eight 5-
inch "Holy Moses" rockets; the F2H2
Banshee, firing 14 rounds of 2.75-
inch "Mighty Mouse" rookets, and
an F7U2 Cutlass firing 32 rounds.
High speed and low speed aircraft
passes were demonstrated as was a
sonic boom at 20,000 feet. A tow
target was snatched by a Banshee,
and was flOWn past the ground ob-
servers at more than 450 miles an
hour.
SNORT project was inspected,
with empha.sis put on ma.intaining
track level and alignment despite
high daily and low nightiy temper-
atures of the desert.
Over in Area R, two 5-inch sha.pe
charges were fired against the con-
ning tower 01 an old tank captured
in Korea., and against four blocks of
6-1nch-thick reinforced concrete.
Close inspection ot the penetrated
targets by visitors showed their In-
trest in the force ot such explosions.
The day ended With conducted
tours by groups through Michelson
Laboratory.
Guests were high in praise ot the
smoothly-run program, and Mr.
Snow gave credit to D.W.B. Jones.
also of Public Works, and Carlos H.
Elmer, Technical Into~tion De-
partment, and his immediate as-
sistants, and to more than a dozen
others who acted as guides and g&ve
general help in explaining the many
Station activities.
Included among prominent guests
were Sterling S. Green, president of
the American SOCiety of Civil Engi-
neers, Los Angeles section, and
Ralph W. Spencer, vice-president
and C. Martin Duke, secretary; L.
F. Richardson, chairman., American
Society of Meclianical Engineers,
Southern California section; Fra.nk
H. Squires, vice-chalrman, and David
C. Saunders, secretary, American SO-
ciety tor Quality Control, Los An-
geles section; Norman Jaffe, auditor.
Southern California Meter Associa-
tion .
Regional officials of the ASCE in-
cluded Ralph S. McLean, president,
and Don as. DeWitt, secretary-
treasurer, Orange County branch;
Wright M. Price, president, Sa.n
Bernardino-Riverside bra.nch; and
George Conahey, secretary-treasurer
ot the Ve n t u r a-Santa Ba.!i:lara.
branctL
•
THE W£A.THER
Continued clear with
unrestricted visi bility.
Surface winds light and
variable. increasing 10
]5 ta 25 knots in the
aflernaan. Maximum
temperature, 90; mini-
mum, 52:
VOL. X. NO. 39
Six Candidates
Appear on Local
Political Forum
One Republican and five Demo-
cratic candidates for top state and
federal political posts appeared Mon-
day night at the Burroughs High
School auditorium to take part in a
"Meet the Candidates" program.
One other Republican candidate,
Thomas Kuchel, who is seeking re-
election as United States senator
from California, sent a speaker to
represent him. Telegrams expressing
regret at being unable to attend and
commending the work of the local
BusiJ)ess and Professional Women's
Club for sponsoring such a program
were received from GOOdwin Knight
and Harold Powers, Republican can-
didates for the offices of governor
and lieutenant-governor of the State
0, California, respectively.
Introduction of the various candi-
dates was ably handled by Harley
Tillitt, a mathematician in the Re-
search Department, while Mrs. Til-
litt kept an eye on a stopwatch and
warned'the speakers when their time
limit was up.
Richard Graves, Democratic can-
didate fOr governor of California, led
off the parade of speakers, outlining
not only his own qualifications but
those of his running mate, Edward
Roybal, Los Angeles city councilman,
who is seeking the office of lieuten-
ant-governor.
Speaking of Mr. Roybal, he told of
the Los Angeles man's ability to
faithfully represent one ot the south-
land city's low income areas, and at
the same time be considered a top-
(Continued on Page Five)
Rocketeer Office
Moved This Week
Keeping pace w1t~numerous other
branches and sections on the Sta-
tion, the Rocketeer staff and public
information office this week moved
to new quarters on the second. deck
ot the Housing office building.
The move was accomplished rela-
tively smoothly, with the exception
of an interrupUon in the telephone
service, which was temporarily rem-
edied Tuesday morning. At the pres-
ent time, however, only one tele-
phone line, instead of the three pre-
viously in use, is connected. to the
new office.
Persons wishing to contact either
the Rocketeer or public informa.tion
office should call 71354. Eventually,
two other lines, 7!
1655 and 7~, will
be connected to the new oUlce.
TEMPERATURES
(Housing Area)
-ee
Max. Min.
Sept. 23 ........ 92 46
Sept. 24 ........ 90 50
Sept. 25 ........ 94 48
Sept. 26 ........ 99 54
Sept. 27 ........100 55
U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF.
PREPARATIONS for the local observance of Fire Prevention Week ave
being made by Ch'ina Lake fire fighters. Shown check.i.ng several types of
extinguishers that will be used in various displays around the Station are.
from left, Assistant Fire Cruef Leland Parker, Sam Beach, lireli"hter;
Bennie Martinez, driver-operator, and Chief Fire Inspector James Da'fiL
Congress Enacts New Legislation
Benefiting Civil Service Employes
Modification of the W hit ten
Amendment, which lifts the ban
against permanent reinstatements
and permanent promotions ot Civil
Service employes, was among the
significant provisions of recent leg-
islation enacted by Congress which
provides fringe benefits for federal
employes.
Information is being received on
various phases of the new legislation
as the necessary rules and regula-
tions to put them in effect are drawn
up and released by the Civil Service
Commission and other responsible
agencies.
One significant move is the in-
crease in the number of permanent
or "career" employes permitted on a
government-wide basis. PreviOUSly
the figure had been "frozen" at the
sept. 1, 1950, level.
In the light of this development,
word was received recently from the
Secretary of the Navy to make per-
manent most of the indefinite pro-
motions of permanent Civil Service
employes.
It is expected'that there will be
moves to give status to employes who
now are listed as "indefinites." Plans
have previously been drawn up by
the Civil Service Commission for a
"career-conditional" program. It it
is placed in effect, it is anticipated
that over a period of time the fol-
lowing conditions will preva.il:
(a) Automatic conversion of each
present indefinite appOintment in
lieu of reinstatement, to a perma-
nent appointment after a total ot
three years' service, or to a career-
conditional appointment with less
than three years' service.
(b) Automatic conversion of each
pre sen t indefinite appointment
which was made after open compe-
(COntinued On Page Five)
Sellars, McLean
Visit Capt. Young
Captain Robert F. sellars, USN,
Station Executive Officer, and Dr.
W. B. McLean, Station Technical
Director, vis i ted Captain D. B.
Young, USN, Station Commander,
during a recent trip to the Bureau
of Ordnance, and they report that
the Station Commander looks fine,
feels fine and has retained his ex-
cellent sense of humor.
Captain Young indicated t hat
some definite word might be forth-
coming in the near future and in
any case by Nov. 1. He is looking
forward to being released from the
hospitai and subsisting locally in
Bethesda. for the requisite period be-
fore returning to the Station.
His grea~st desire is to return to
NOTS and tbe exacting job or build-
ing ordnance for the FleeL
S&pt. 28 ........ 99 58
Sept. 29 _...... 92 63
OCTOBER 1, 19M
Fire Prevention
Week Observance
Scheduled Oct. 3-9
"L~t's Grow Up, Not Burn UP," is
the slogan adopted for national Fire
Prevention Week which will be ob-
served the week of Oct. 3 to 9, BC-
<:ording to a proclamation issued
by President Eisenhower. The Naval
Ordnance Test Station and all other
naval establishments will join with
thousands of communities in ob-
serving Fire Prevention Week.
"Our aim during Fire Prevention
Week," Fire Chief A. C. Wright
stated, "will be to sell everyone on
the idea that fire prevention is a life
A letter from Captain Robert F.
Sella.... USN, Acting Slation Com-
mander, and lU,Jdressed to all de-
partments, divisions aDd bmaeh...
reads as follows:
Fire Prevention Week will be ob-
served at the United Slates Naval
OnlJlallce Test ,slatton d~ the
period 3 October to 9 October,
1954.
The cooperation of all hands Is
~aested In ~ the PI"OCr1IDl
a bi" sucoess.
D. B. YOUNG
Signed ROBERT F. SELLAIlS
Acting
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and death matter; that each individ-
ual owes it to himself, his family and
his community to think and act
fire-safe every minute of every day
the year around."
The Fire Prevention Week pro-
gram at NOTS will feature a. short
visit with all employes in their
shOps; classroom meetings with a.U
school children in the lower grades,
and lectures and demonstrations ot
fire prevention to high school stud-
ents. Posters advertising the pro-
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Richmond Road Gate
To Open on Monday
The new Station gate on the Rich-
mond Road extension will be open
starting Monday for the use of pas-
senger vehicles and persons holding
Station passes.
Gate hours will be 6:30 a.m. to
6:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
security police will be on duty dur-
ing these hours
Work also has been completed on
two bladed dirt roads-one leading
from the Wherry project to Rich-
mond Road and the other from the
Wherry site to Vieweg Elementary
SChool
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