Page Eight Annual cookie sale launched today by local Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the Joshua Tree CouncU begin their 8lUlual cookie sale today. Orders will be taken from now through Jan. 23 for cookies or crackers to be delivered In March. Members of Girl Scout and Brownie Troops will be making the rounds of their neighborhoods to tate orders. Available tbla year, at $1.50 a box, are chocolate chip, chocolate vanilla creme, SaV 8lUlab, scot teas, and chocolate mint cookies. Ched- darette crackers will also be sold. Profits frem the cookie sales will be used for the improvement of camping sites and for the Girl Scout camping program. Girls will be able to earn gift certificates that will apply toward the cost of attending slDDlDer camp. A special weekend camp-out will be beId In Haskell Canyon In May for Girl Scout troops from throughout the area that do the best sales job. LocaI residents wbo are not contacted at home may make arrangements to purchase cookies or crackers by calling Donna Stratton at 37~9613. 'Deserl'Kaleidoscope' topic at OHlcers' Wives Club meeflng nuy Barling, bead of the Natural Resources Management Office In the NWC PublIc Workll Department, will be the guest speaker at the first luncheon meeting of the new year to be beId by the MIlItary Officers' Wives Club. The meeting will tate place on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Commlasloned Officers' Mess, and busbands of members are invited to attend since Mrs. Barling's talk, entitled '-ne-t Kale1doacope," ts of general In- terest. A aocIaI hour, starting at 11 a.m., will precede the Mel1can buffet luncheon that ts to be prepared, and the talk by Mrs. Barling will begin at noon. Reservations should be made by Friday, Jan. 20, with cancellations by Monday, Jan. 23. Reservations may be made by caIIIng Je8IUI~ Davis, at 448-2288, or Polly mum, at 446-6297. The Test and Evaluation, Direc- torate wives are hostesses for the luncheon. ROCKETEER DECISIONS. DECISIONS-capt. F. H. M. Kinley. NWC Vice Comm.nder.lrles 10 decide which of the Ihree Scouts 0 . 10 r.) - Wendy White. Kim Munsil1ger. or Christy While - will gel his order for Girl Scoul cookies. Lo..1 Brownie and Girl Scouts will slartlakil19 orders loday for cookies 10 be delivered In March. Don Stanton elected president of local TV, FM Booster group Preparations for a new year of providing maintenance, operation and possible im- provements to the local TV and FM radio booster system were initiated last week by the election of a new slate of officers to direct the acUvities of the IndIan Wells Valley TV Booster, Inc. Don Stanton, a supervisory electronics technician In the NWC Rang~ Department's Rahge Support Branch, was electedto serve as president of the board, succeeding Bob Fletcher, wbo will continue as a consultant to the board. Other officers for 1978 ~ Dan Ryan, vice-president; Gene Schneider, secretary, and MIke Ripley, wbo was re- elected to another term as treasurer. Stanton's first official act as president of the board of directors of the IWV TV Booster, Inc., was to appoint a group of committee cbalnilen and members. They are: Jim Rieger, to serve as liaison between the IWV TV Booster, Inc., board and the Federal Communications Commtssion, the Bureau of Land Management, and NWC. Dick Mahan and Henry WeI8brich have been named the TV Booster's community liaison representatives. The operations committee, wbIch handles the maintenance and installation work on the TV-FM radio booster system, ts c0m- posed of Stanton, Rieger and Ryan, wblJe Lita Reid ts chairman of the ways and means committee. Those assigned to work as a publicity committee are Mrs. Reid, MIas Schneider and Mahan. According to Fletcher's first year report on the accompltsbments of the IWV TV Oriental dinner planned to raise lunds lor additional TV channel Preparations for an oriental dinner to ratse funds for the installation of a tran- slator td provide local reception of Los Angeles TV ch8lUleI 22 are entering their fInaI phase. Clannel 22 broadcasts movies, culturaJ pr~grams, and cblldren's shows In ORIENTAL DINNER PLANNED - .III.... 1II_.m. ump.. rice•• II.ple 0I1IIe orIentel d.... wlllch will be ......ed In_.....' - _ _ oIo_ kinds 01 ortontel foocIa .1. fund....lslng ..n.... on F.... 17 ., JoaII"" ~II on tile _ Empire F.I.,..-. Japanese, ChInese, Korean and Spantsb, In addition to carrying eJ:lenslve, In-Glptb buslneas reports. This event, a buffet dinner that will be beIdon Feb. 17at Joshua Hall (main e:dliblt building on the Desert Empire Fair- grounds), ts being sponsored by members of the local oriental community, IndIan Wells Valley TV Boosters, Inc., and Cerro Coso Community College. A specIaI floor show featuring oriental songs, music and dancing will be presented at 9 p.m., following the dinner, wbIch will begin lit 7:30. In addition, cookbooks, chopsticks, fans and souvenirs will be of- fered for sale at Joshua Hall. Committee Cbatrmen Inv\llved In various phases of the preparations for tbla event Include Ken Bracken, Cerro Coso College public information officer, general chair- man; Mrs. Nana Matsuda, wbo ts In charge of dinner arrangements; Fred Ikenoyama, facilities chairman; Taml Okamoto, treasurer, and Mrs. AIko WbIte, wbo ts handling the dtstrIbution and sales of tickets. Mrs. Matsuda ts seeking the beIp of local residents of CbIneae, Korean, Vietnamese, PbilIppIne and Hawaltsn ancestry to serve on committeesto supply and prepare native foods for the dinner. She may be reached during working hours by calling NWC en. 7'JfJ7. Tickets are now on sale. Cost for the evening's entertatnment will be $5 for adults and $2.50 for cbIIdren. Ticket sales will be limited to 500. Don SI.nlon Booster, Inc., membersblp donations brought In nearly $9,000 and another $5,000 was contributed by the Sierra Sanda Unified School ,DIstrIct ($4,000) and the Kern Community Colleg~ DIstrIct ($1,000) for use In purchasing a new tranalator that Was needed to bring Clannel 28, a Los Angeles area public service station, programs to the local area. Knocked Oul by Lightning The new tranalator was needed to replace a makesbifl tranalator that was put Into service when Ugbtnlng destroyed the old translator previously In use. At the present time, Fletcher noted, Channel 22 ts being relayed to the IndIan Wells Valley on an ezperlmental basis pending the purchase of a translator. Ratsing money for the purchase of a new translator for Channel 22 ts the goal of a fund..raIsIng dinner that will take place on Feb. 17 at Joshua Hall. Less than $3,000 of the $5,000 budgeted for maintenance was spent In 1'117, Fletcher said. Tbe new translator for Clannel 28 and other equipment cost about $10,000, wbIch left $4,000 for the TV Booster system to begin the new year with. Currently under way ts a membersbip renewal campaIgn for 1978. TV Booster membersblp dues of $5 a person are now due and payable. Checks made payable to "TV Booster" should be sent to TV Booster, P.O. Box 562, Ridgecrest, CA 93556. January 13, 1978 SHOWBOAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their chiklren . (G) · ALL AGES ADMITTED General Audiences (PG) · ALL AGES ADMITTED Parenta I Guidance Suggested (R) . RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompinying Parentor Adult Gu.rdian Regular starting time-7 :30 p.m. Pl"OIIr.m sublect to ch.n.. without notice. - For furth.. Inform.1Ion c.1I NWC ext. 2259 FRIDAY 13JANUARY " SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS" (1 07 M in.) candice R lalson~ Pat Anderson, Rhonda Hopkins (Action-Comedy) Rlalson, Anderson and Hopkins are exuberant midwestern girls pursu ing teaching careers at a summer session of a Los Angeles high school. ( R) SATURDAY 14JANUARY "SUPERVAN" (113 M in.) Mark Schneider, Katie Saylor (Action-Drllma) Mark Schneider leaves his father's service station and heads out of town In his van fOr the annual " Van Freakout" and a Chance to w in $5,000. He contacts Tom Kindle, sponsor of the competltlCl'l and a builder 01 vans. Kindle has built one of his own and equ ipped It with solar power. Schneider drives Kindle's " SUpervan" in the "Freakout" and wins. (PG) SUNDAY 15JANUARY " A BRIDGE TOO FAR" (176Mln.) Olr k Booard, Sean Connery (Wu Drama) The allies elKt to fOllow Field Marshall Montgomery's plan in an attempt to Invade Germany by way of Holland and face overwhelming odds In September 1 9~, fOllowing [)'Oay. leaving the British fOrces behind the scenes. Lt. Gen " Boy" Browning (Bogard) briefs the men who will lead the actual attack. Malor General Urquhart (connery) Is an Influential fOrce In what was the largest airborne assault In history. An attempt to hold the bridge Is cut off and the allies are defeated. (PG) WEDNESDAY lIJANUARY "1 NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN" (114 Min.) Kathleen Quinlan. Blbi Anderson (Drama) Following a suicide attempt, teenager Quinlan Is taken ' to a large state psychiatric hospital. The girl Is Schizophrenic and Is con· vinced that everyone she touches Is poisoned. Psychiatrist Anderson w ins Quinlan's confidence and learns Of her childhood traumas, along w ith her inability to f eel pain during her repeated self- mutilation. When a cr uel attendant is fired and commits suicide, Quinlan Is 1 0lted out of her setf- insulation. She rea lizes she can feel peln when she burns her arm with a clgaret. This Is her signal Of re·entry to reality and hope fOr the future. (R) FRIDAY 20JANUARY " SWEET REVENGE" (89 M in.) Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston (Comedy Drama) Seattle is Stockard Chan· ning's playground as she nimbly steals cars and pursues her dreams of owning an expensive Ferrari. She overhauls an old Volkwagen w ith perts from one that was stolen, and plans to resell and re-steal the car until she has enough money fOr the Ferrari. She's arrested and set free by-the public defender, Sam Waterston. She's beaten by her boyfriend, who operates out of his car " Sweet Revenge." He supplies keys for auto thieves, and helps Channing elude police before he Is killed In a crash. (PG) SATURDAY 21 JANUARY "THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN" (to M in.) Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine (Acflon-HorTOr-Drama) This film Is based on a series of gruesome murders that rocked a small Texas-Atkenus border town back In the .4Os and drew nationwide media coverage. The citizens of Texarkana are gripped with fear over the sadistic nightime sillyings of parked lovers by a madman who terrorizes his male victims to nNl'-dNth and then turns his murderous attention 10 the females. Despite the number of police who take pert In the manhunt, the killer (armed with club, gun and knife) strikes again and again. He man.ges to etude his pursue,." disappears Into the swamps and, as the tale hIS It, may stili be stalking the land. (R) .A., . U.S. Gov.,nm...t Printing Offlc. : "" 1971--101 From : To: PLACE STAMP HERE Bluejacket 01 Month honor goes to Walker "In addition to the dally demonstration of outstanding leadership, resourceful- ness and admlnlstrative ability, Gary bas that one unique quality so necessary to be a superb supervisor- common sense" ts how bts supervisor characterizes ibe Naval Weapons Center's muejacket of the Month for December, Aviation Macblntst's Mate 1st Class Garry Walker. ADI Walker, who is In charge of the Power Plants Shop, Is Involved In work on maintenance of the various squadron air- craft. His supervisor, ~ Joseph B. McClaIn, notes In a letter of commendation that ADI Wallter bas been Instrumental In reducing down time for aircraft awaiting maln- tenance tbrougb "bts judIcIaI use of maintenance manuals coupled with qenulty and determination 10 COOlp1ete any and all taU aaslgned In a professional manner." ADI Walker ts a native of CbIcago, m., wbere be was graduated from Harrtson HIgb School. He joined the Navy a year later,following a stint of construction work, becsuae bewanted to travel. More than baIf ofthe 11 years of bts Navy career have been (Conllnued on Page 3) "we rocketeet Naval W.apons C.,t.,. China like Californii January 13, 1978 Vol. XXXIII, No.2 MICHELSON LAB AWARDS PRESENTED - Durll19 a luncheon lhal was attended Monday by a .....clty crowd In lhe MoI.ve Room 0' lhe Commissioned Officers' Mess. lhe four ..Ieol recipienls 0' lhe Michelson Laborllorlls Award were honored. The awards were presenled by RHr Admlr.1 WIII"m L. H.rrll (al left). NWC Comm.nder. following InIrodudlon of tile honorees Ind comments on 'their .ccomplllhments by R. M. Hillyer (.1 rlghl). NWC Technl..1Director. Those oll19led oul for Ihis special dlsllnctlon Ire 0.10 r.). BerMrd F. Connolly. Richard V. Boyd. R_rt F.Rownl....nd Everett K. Jenne.. 4 Centerites receive lichelson Lab award The presentation of Micbelson Laboratories Awards to four Naval Weapons Center employees bigbllgbted a luncheon beld on Monday at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess. The latest recipients of tbla award are Richard V. Boyd, Bernard F. Comolly, Robert F . Rowntree, and Everett K. Jenne. The awards, which consist of a certificate and an engraved key, were presented by Rear AdmiraI W. L. HarrIs, NWC Com- mander, and R. M. Hillyer, Technical Director. This special honor ts designed to recognize outstanding individual ad- ministrative and professional excellence, or technical excellence based on singular effort In the performance of individual duties. The Michelson Laboratories Award ts complementary to the Center's higbest award - The L. T. E. Thompson Award. Boyd received tbla award "for bts out- standing work In establlsblng the Naval Weapons Center as the lead laboratory for Naval strike Aircraft Systems integration and software development, wbIch puts NWC In a firm leadersblp position In the field of attack and fighter aircraft systems In- tegration and support." He alao was commended for bts excellent leaderablp abilities, both as AssocIate Department Head, and as acting bead of the Systems Development Department. Boyd Is the acting AssIstant Technical Director for Development (Systems) and acting bead of the Systems, Development Department. He first came to NWC In 1951 as a mechanical engineering aid In the Metbods Development Brancb of tbe Materials EngineerIng Division, DesIgn and Production Department. He went frem there to spend six years In the old Rocket Department. WbIIe with the Rocket,Department, bts ability was recognized by regular promotions, and be tranaferred to the Weapons Development ,Department (now called tIH. Systems Development ,Depart- ment) as an electronic engineer In 1958, wbere be continued to progress upward through the organization. Maior 3-year program in optics research, BellI for Aw.rd Connolly was cited "for bts outstanding individual analytical achievements In the planning, organizing, development, and execution of the study for the relocation of the National Parachute Test Range c0n- solidation with the Naval Weapons Center. By bts example of work and exceIlence In analytical abllltJ, be bas peraonally set a model of peer excellence wbIch bas been a stimulus to bts colleagues and brought specIaI credit and recognition to the Cen- ter," It ts stated on the citation wbIch be received. development to be managed by scientists here By Mickey Slr.119 The Defense Advanced Researcb Projects Agency (DARPA) bas chosen tbe Naval Weapons Center to manage a major three-year optics research and develop- ment program. The prlmsry objecUve of tbla program is to develop In Industry the capability to produce optical components for pulsed exclmer lasers. NWC was selected to manage tbla program because of the expertise of local sclenttsts working In the laser optics field and because of the unique facilities at the Center. Tbts combination of laser optics expertise and facilities bad aIready attracted much attention. For instance, last year 21 c0m- panies, four universities and six other government agencies contracted with NWC to provide speclallzed measurements of oPtical components. ~In Thrults of Flrsl VHr The main thrusts of the first year of the DARPA project are to determine the state- of-tbe-art in industry In producing ultraviolet (UV) and visible laser optic&- mirrors and wlndows-and to commence a laser component improvement program. tntraviolet laser performance ts IImIted by the amount of Ugbt absorbed by mirrors and windows and by how much Ugbt ts scattered by miniscule ImperfecUons In both the mirrors and the windows. Because a laser window can be affected by the Intense Ugbt sblnlng through It and a mirror by the Intense Ugbt it reDects, IImItations for both of these components must be determined. Eacb mirror and window material coupled with its fabrication technique bas a threshold at which laser beams will Induce one ormore types of damage (pits, melting, plastic deformation, etc.) each causing roughening of mirror surfaces. Before damage occurs the component may suffer thermal distortion making the laser Ugbt unfocusahle. .DurIng the first phase of tbla project, NWC scientists tried to contact all com- panies In the United States that mIgbt have an Interest In, and the capability to par- ticipate In, the laser mirror and.. window coating state-of-the-art determinations. Each of the 15 companies that agreed to participate bas been awarded a contract to use its own techniques to coat metal mirror substrates to provide the highest renee- tivlty possible. ~ hundred molybdenum metal substrates have been purchased, tborougbly characterized, and provided as (Continued on P_ 3) CAREFUL. NOWI - Joe Shaffer. head of lhe NWC optics shop. m.kes. dellQle adjuslmenllo. piece 0' equipmenl. Much 0' tile work In tile opllcs shop ..110 for. very deftlnd genlle louch .. _11.1 ...I....ce. Whilellle grlndll19.nd pollshll19 0' some mirrors Ind len.... for Inol.nce. Qn be Iccompillhed within. few ~yo. others like weeks -or even months -10 complele. -Pboto by Ron Allen Connolly ts a fInancIa) manager and deputy bead of the OfIIce of Finance and Management. He came to NWC In 1984 and partiCipated In tbe Administrative Management Intern Program. After bts tour with the program, be went to work for the old Central Staff, wbere be spent five years as a management analyst before being transferred to the old Weapons Development Department as' an ad- ministrative ofBeer. Spenl Year In Wealll....... Connolly then spent a year with the Director of Navy Laboratories In WasbIngton, D. C., and upon bts return to Cbina Lake began work as a staff ."stant with the strike Systems ,DIrectorate and Systems AcqutsItIon OfIIce. He later left that office to rejoin bts original group - nowthe Office ofFinanceand Management. Connolly bas a BA degree In Engllsb literature from Loyola University and a master's degree In PublIc AdmInistration from the Untvers!ty of Southern CalIfornia. Dr. RoWDtree's award was "for bts outstanding effort and expertise In reviewing and relating plamlng and policy documents (both from the Congress and the Department o( Defense) to the operational (Continued on Pege 4) , OCR Text: Page Eight Annual cookie sale launched today by local Girl Scouts Girl Scouts of the Joshua Tree CouncU begin their 8lUlual cookie sale today. Orders will be taken from now through Jan. 23 for cookies or crackers to be delivered In March. Members of Girl Scout and Brownie Troops will be making the rounds of their neighborhoods to tate orders. Available tbla year, at $1.50 a box, are chocolate chip, chocolate vanilla creme, SaV 8lUlab, scot teas, and chocolate mint cookies. Ched- darette crackers will also be sold. Profits frem the cookie sales will be used for the improvement of camping sites and for the Girl Scout camping program. Girls will be able to earn gift certificates that will apply toward the cost of attending slDDlDer camp. A special weekend camp-out will be beId In Haskell Canyon In May for Girl Scout troops from throughout the area that do the best sales job. LocaI residents wbo are not contacted at home may make arrangements to purchase cookies or crackers by calling Donna Stratton at 37~9613. 'Deserl'Kaleidoscope' topic at OHlcers' Wives Club meeflng nuy Barling, bead of the Natural Resources Management Office In the NWC PublIc Workll Department, will be the guest speaker at the first luncheon meeting of the new year to be beId by the MIlItary Officers' Wives Club. The meeting will tate place on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the Commlasloned Officers' Mess, and busbands of members are invited to attend since Mrs. Barling's talk, entitled '-ne-t Kale1doacope," ts of general In- terest. A aocIaI hour, starting at 11 a.m., will precede the Mel1can buffet luncheon that ts to be prepared, and the talk by Mrs. Barling will begin at noon. Reservations should be made by Friday, Jan. 20, with cancellations by Monday, Jan. 23. Reservations may be made by caIIIng Je8IUI~ Davis, at 448-2288, or Polly mum, at 446-6297. The Test and Evaluation, Direc- torate wives are hostesses for the luncheon. ROCKETEER DECISIONS. DECISIONS-capt. F. H. M. Kinley. NWC Vice Comm.nder.lrles 10 decide which of the Ihree Scouts 0 . 10 r.) - Wendy White. Kim Munsil1ger. or Christy While - will gel his order for Girl Scoul cookies. Lo..1 Brownie and Girl Scouts will slartlakil19 orders loday for cookies 10 be delivered In March. Don Stanton elected president of local TV, FM Booster group Preparations for a new year of providing maintenance, operation and possible im- provements to the local TV and FM radio booster system were initiated last week by the election of a new slate of officers to direct the acUvities of the IndIan Wells Valley TV Booster, Inc. Don Stanton, a supervisory electronics technician In the NWC Rang~ Department's Rahge Support Branch, was electedto serve as president of the board, succeeding Bob Fletcher, wbo will continue as a consultant to the board. Other officers for 1978 ~ Dan Ryan, vice-president; Gene Schneider, secretary, and MIke Ripley, wbo was re- elected to another term as treasurer. Stanton's first official act as president of the board of directors of the IWV TV Booster, Inc., was to appoint a group of committee cbalnilen and members. They are: Jim Rieger, to serve as liaison between the IWV TV Booster, Inc., board and the Federal Communications Commtssion, the Bureau of Land Management, and NWC. Dick Mahan and Henry WeI8brich have been named the TV Booster's community liaison representatives. The operations committee, wbIch handles the maintenance and installation work on the TV-FM radio booster system, ts c0m- posed of Stanton, Rieger and Ryan, wblJe Lita Reid ts chairman of the ways and means committee. Those assigned to work as a publicity committee are Mrs. Reid, MIas Schneider and Mahan. According to Fletcher's first year report on the accompltsbments of the IWV TV Oriental dinner planned to raise lunds lor additional TV channel Preparations for an oriental dinner to ratse funds for the installation of a tran- slator td provide local reception of Los Angeles TV ch8lUleI 22 are entering their fInaI phase. Clannel 22 broadcasts movies, culturaJ pr~grams, and cblldren's shows In ORIENTAL DINNER PLANNED - .III.... 1II_.m. ump.. rice•• II.ple 0I1IIe orIentel d.... wlllch will be ......ed In_.....' - _ _ oIo_ kinds 01 ortontel foocIa .1. fund....lslng ..n.... on F.... 17 ., JoaII"" ~II on tile _ Empire F.I.,..-. Japanese, ChInese, Korean and Spantsb, In addition to carrying eJ:lenslve, In-Glptb buslneas reports. This event, a buffet dinner that will be beIdon Feb. 17at Joshua Hall (main e:dliblt building on the Desert Empire Fair- grounds), ts being sponsored by members of the local oriental community, IndIan Wells Valley TV Boosters, Inc., and Cerro Coso Community College. A specIaI floor show featuring oriental songs, music and dancing will be presented at 9 p.m., following the dinner, wbIch will begin lit 7:30. In addition, cookbooks, chopsticks, fans and souvenirs will be of- fered for sale at Joshua Hall. Committee Cbatrmen Inv\llved In various phases of the preparations for tbla event Include Ken Bracken, Cerro Coso College public information officer, general chair- man; Mrs. Nana Matsuda, wbo ts In charge of dinner arrangements; Fred Ikenoyama, facilities chairman; Taml Okamoto, treasurer, and Mrs. AIko WbIte, wbo ts handling the dtstrIbution and sales of tickets. Mrs. Matsuda ts seeking the beIp of local residents of CbIneae, Korean, Vietnamese, PbilIppIne and Hawaltsn ancestry to serve on committeesto supply and prepare native foods for the dinner. She may be reached during working hours by calling NWC en. 7'JfJ7. Tickets are now on sale. Cost for the evening's entertatnment will be $5 for adults and $2.50 for cbIIdren. Ticket sales will be limited to 500. Don SI.nlon Booster, Inc., membersblp donations brought In nearly $9,000 and another $5,000 was contributed by the Sierra Sanda Unified School ,DIstrIct ($4,000) and the Kern Community Colleg~ DIstrIct ($1,000) for use In purchasing a new tranalator that Was needed to bring Clannel 28, a Los Angeles area public service station, programs to the local area. Knocked Oul by Lightning The new tranalator was needed to replace a makesbifl tranalator that was put Into service when Ugbtnlng destroyed the old translator previously In use. At the present time, Fletcher noted, Channel 22 ts being relayed to the IndIan Wells Valley on an ezperlmental basis pending the purchase of a translator. Ratsing money for the purchase of a new translator for Channel 22 ts the goal of a fund..raIsIng dinner that will take place on Feb. 17 at Joshua Hall. Less than $3,000 of the $5,000 budgeted for maintenance was spent In 1'117, Fletcher said. Tbe new translator for Clannel 28 and other equipment cost about $10,000, wbIch left $4,000 for the TV Booster system to begin the new year with. Currently under way ts a membersbip renewal campaIgn for 1978. TV Booster membersblp dues of $5 a person are now due and payable. Checks made payable to "TV Booster" should be sent to TV Booster, P.O. Box 562, Ridgecrest, CA 93556. January 13, 1978 SHOWBOAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their chiklren . (G) · ALL AGES ADMITTED General Audiences (PG) · ALL AGES ADMITTED Parenta I Guidance Suggested (R) . RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompinying Parentor Adult Gu.rdian Regular starting time-7 :30 p.m. Pl"OIIr.m sublect to ch.n.. without notice. - For furth.. Inform.1Ion c.1I NWC ext. 2259 FRIDAY 13JANUARY " SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS" (1 07 M in.) candice R lalson~ Pat Anderson, Rhonda Hopkins (Action-Comedy) Rlalson, Anderson and Hopkins are exuberant midwestern girls pursu ing teaching careers at a summer session of a Los Angeles high school. ( R) SATURDAY 14JANUARY "SUPERVAN" (113 M in.) Mark Schneider, Katie Saylor (Action-Drllma) Mark Schneider leaves his father's service station and heads out of town In his van fOr the annual " Van Freakout" and a Chance to w in $5,000. He contacts Tom Kindle, sponsor of the competltlCl'l and a builder 01 vans. Kindle has built one of his own and equ ipped It with solar power. Schneider drives Kindle's " SUpervan" in the "Freakout" and wins. (PG) SUNDAY 15JANUARY " A BRIDGE TOO FAR" (176Mln.) Olr k Booard, Sean Connery (Wu Drama) The allies elKt to fOllow Field Marshall Montgomery's plan in an attempt to Invade Germany by way of Holland and face overwhelming odds In September 1 9~, fOllowing [)'Oay. leaving the British fOrces behind the scenes. Lt. Gen " Boy" Browning (Bogard) briefs the men who will lead the actual attack. Malor General Urquhart (connery) Is an Influential fOrce In what was the largest airborne assault In history. An attempt to hold the bridge Is cut off and the allies are defeated. (PG) WEDNESDAY lIJANUARY "1 NEVER PROMISED YOU A ROSE GARDEN" (114 Min.) Kathleen Quinlan. Blbi Anderson (Drama) Following a suicide attempt, teenager Quinlan Is taken ' to a large state psychiatric hospital. The girl Is Schizophrenic and Is con· vinced that everyone she touches Is poisoned. Psychiatrist Anderson w ins Quinlan's confidence and learns Of her childhood traumas, along w ith her inability to f eel pain during her repeated self- mutilation. When a cr uel attendant is fired and commits suicide, Quinlan Is 1 0lted out of her setf- insulation. She rea lizes she can feel peln when she burns her arm with a clgaret. This Is her signal Of re·entry to reality and hope fOr the future. (R) FRIDAY 20JANUARY " SWEET REVENGE" (89 M in.) Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston (Comedy Drama) Seattle is Stockard Chan· ning's playground as she nimbly steals cars and pursues her dreams of owning an expensive Ferrari. She overhauls an old Volkwagen w ith perts from one that was stolen, and plans to resell and re-steal the car until she has enough money fOr the Ferrari. She's arrested and set free by-the public defender, Sam Waterston. She's beaten by her boyfriend, who operates out of his car " Sweet Revenge." He supplies keys for auto thieves, and helps Channing elude police before he Is killed In a crash. (PG) SATURDAY 21 JANUARY "THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN" (to M in.) Ben Johnson, Andrew Prine (Acflon-HorTOr-Drama) This film Is based on a series of gruesome murders that rocked a small Texas-Atkenus border town back In the .4Os and drew nationwide media coverage. The citizens of Texarkana are gripped with fear over the sadistic nightime sillyings of parked lovers by a madman who terrorizes his male victims to nNl'-dNth and then turns his murderous attention 10 the females. Despite the number of police who take pert In the manhunt, the killer (armed with club, gun and knife) strikes again and again. He man.ges to etude his pursue,." disappears Into the swamps and, as the tale hIS It, may stili be stalking the land. (R) .A., . U.S. Gov.,nm...t Printing Offlc. : "" 1971--101 From : To: PLACE STAMP HERE Bluejacket 01 Month honor goes to Walker "In addition to the dally demonstration of outstanding leadership, resourceful- ness and admlnlstrative ability, Gary bas that one unique quality so necessary to be a superb supervisor- common sense" ts how bts supervisor characterizes ibe Naval Weapons Center's muejacket of the Month for December, Aviation Macblntst's Mate 1st Class Garry Walker. ADI Walker, who is In charge of the Power Plants Shop, Is Involved In work on maintenance of the various squadron air- craft. His supervisor, ~ Joseph B. McClaIn, notes In a letter of commendation that ADI Wallter bas been Instrumental In reducing down time for aircraft awaiting maln- tenance tbrougb "bts judIcIaI use of maintenance manuals coupled with qenulty and determination 10 COOlp1ete any and all taU aaslgned In a professional manner." ADI Walker ts a native of CbIcago, m., wbere be was graduated from Harrtson HIgb School. He joined the Navy a year later,following a stint of construction work, becsuae bewanted to travel. More than baIf ofthe 11 years of bts Navy career have been (Conllnued on Page 3) "we rocketeet Naval W.apons C.,t.,. China like Californii January 13, 1978 Vol. XXXIII, No.2 MICHELSON LAB AWARDS PRESENTED - Durll19 a luncheon lhal was attended Monday by a .....clty crowd In lhe MoI.ve Room 0' lhe Commissioned Officers' Mess. lhe four ..Ieol recipienls 0' lhe Michelson Laborllorlls Award were honored. The awards were presenled by RHr Admlr.1 WIII"m L. H.rrll (al left). NWC Comm.nder. following InIrodudlon of tile honorees Ind comments on 'their .ccomplllhments by R. M. Hillyer (.1 rlghl). NWC Technl..1Director. Those oll19led oul for Ihis special dlsllnctlon Ire 0.10 r.). BerMrd F. Connolly. Richard V. Boyd. R_rt F.Rownl....nd Everett K. Jenne.. 4 Centerites receive lichelson Lab award The presentation of Micbelson Laboratories Awards to four Naval Weapons Center employees bigbllgbted a luncheon beld on Monday at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess. The latest recipients of tbla award are Richard V. Boyd, Bernard F. Comolly, Robert F . Rowntree, and Everett K. Jenne. The awards, which consist of a certificate and an engraved key, were presented by Rear AdmiraI W. L. HarrIs, NWC Com- mander, and R. M. Hillyer, Technical Director. This special honor ts designed to recognize outstanding individual ad- ministrative and professional excellence, or technical excellence based on singular effort In the performance of individual duties. The Michelson Laboratories Award ts complementary to the Center's higbest award - The L. T. E. Thompson Award. Boyd received tbla award "for bts out- standing work In establlsblng the Naval Weapons Center as the lead laboratory for Naval strike Aircraft Systems integration and software development, wbIch puts NWC In a firm leadersblp position In the field of attack and fighter aircraft systems In- tegration and support." He alao was commended for bts excellent leaderablp abilities, both as AssocIate Department Head, and as acting bead of the Systems Development Department. Boyd Is the acting AssIstant Technical Director for Development (Systems) and acting bead of the Systems, Development Department. He first came to NWC In 1951 as a mechanical engineering aid In the Metbods Development Brancb of tbe Materials EngineerIng Division, DesIgn and Production Department. He went frem there to spend six years In the old Rocket Department. WbIIe with the Rocket,Department, bts ability was recognized by regular promotions, and be tranaferred to the Weapons Development ,Department (now called tIH. Systems Development ,Depart- ment) as an electronic engineer In 1958, wbere be continued to progress upward through the organization. Maior 3-year program in optics research, BellI for Aw.rd Connolly was cited "for bts outstanding individual analytical achievements In the planning, organizing, development, and execution of the study for the relocation of the National Parachute Test Range c0n- solidation with the Naval Weapons Center. By bts example of work and exceIlence In analytical abllltJ, be bas peraonally set a model of peer excellence wbIch bas been a stimulus to bts colleagues and brought specIaI credit and recognition to the Cen- ter," It ts stated on the citation wbIch be received. development to be managed by scientists here By Mickey Slr.119 The Defense Advanced Researcb Projects Agency (DARPA) bas chosen tbe Naval Weapons Center to manage a major three-year optics research and develop- ment program. The prlmsry objecUve of tbla program is to develop In Industry the capability to produce optical components for pulsed exclmer lasers. NWC was selected to manage tbla program because of the expertise of local sclenttsts working In the laser optics field and because of the unique facilities at the Center. Tbts combination of laser optics expertise and facilities bad aIready attracted much attention. For instance, last year 21 c0m- panies, four universities and six other government agencies contracted with NWC to provide speclallzed measurements of oPtical components. ~In Thrults of Flrsl VHr The main thrusts of the first year of the DARPA project are to determine the state- of-tbe-art in industry In producing ultraviolet (UV) and visible laser optic&- mirrors and wlndows-and to commence a laser component improvement program. tntraviolet laser performance ts IImIted by the amount of Ugbt absorbed by mirrors and windows and by how much Ugbt ts scattered by miniscule ImperfecUons In both the mirrors and the windows. Because a laser window can be affected by the Intense Ugbt sblnlng through It and a mirror by the Intense Ugbt it reDects, IImItations for both of these components must be determined. Eacb mirror and window material coupled with its fabrication technique bas a threshold at which laser beams will Induce one ormore types of damage (pits, melting, plastic deformation, etc.) each causing roughening of mirror surfaces. Before damage occurs the component may suffer thermal distortion making the laser Ugbt unfocusahle. .DurIng the first phase of tbla project, NWC scientists tried to contact all com- panies In the United States that mIgbt have an Interest In, and the capability to par- ticipate In, the laser mirror and.. window coating state-of-the-art determinations. Each of the 15 companies that agreed to participate bas been awarded a contract to use its own techniques to coat metal mirror substrates to provide the highest renee- tivlty possible. ~ hundred molybdenum metal substrates have been purchased, tborougbly characterized, and provided as (Continued on P_ 3) CAREFUL. NOWI - Joe Shaffer. head of lhe NWC optics shop. m.kes. dellQle adjuslmenllo. piece 0' equipmenl. Much 0' tile work In tile opllcs shop ..110 for. very deftlnd genlle louch .. _11.1 ...I....ce. Whilellle grlndll19.nd pollshll19 0' some mirrors Ind len.... for Inol.nce. Qn be Iccompillhed within. few ~yo. others like weeks -or even months -10 complele. -Pboto by Ron Allen Connolly ts a fInancIa) manager and deputy bead of the OfIIce of Finance and Management. He came to NWC In 1984 and partiCipated In tbe Administrative Management Intern Program. After bts tour with the program, be went to work for the old Central Staff, wbere be spent five years as a management analyst before being transferred to the old Weapons Development Department as' an ad- ministrative ofBeer. Spenl Year In Wealll....... Connolly then spent a year with the Director of Navy Laboratories In WasbIngton, D. C., and upon bts return to Cbina Lake began work as a staff ."stant with the strike Systems ,DIrectorate and Systems AcqutsItIon OfIIce. He later left that office to rejoin bts original group - nowthe Office ofFinanceand Management. Connolly bas a BA degree In Engllsb literature from Loyola University and a master's degree In PublIc AdmInistration from the Untvers!ty of Southern CalIfornia. Dr. RoWDtree's award was "for bts outstanding effort and expertise In reviewing and relating plamlng and policy documents (both from the Congress and the Department o( Defense) to the operational (Continued on Pege 4) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1978,Rktr1.13.1978+.pdf,Rktr1.13.1978+.pdf Page 1, Rktr1.13.1978+.pdf Page 1