Of PAGE 8 AUGUST 13, 19M Registration Slated Next Week For Bakersfield College Classes Pre-registration for all Bakersfield College extension classes to be of- fered at China Lake during the com- ing semester will be held Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Burroughs High School of- fiee. A total of 24 tuition-free classes are being offered, but it is necessary to register next week since classes which do not have a large enough enrollment will be dropped from the prosram. CO~ling service for students in- terested in Bakersfip.ld COllege classes is available Monday through Thurs- day from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Room lOS of the TraInIng building. Classes to be offered, and the time and place of their meetings, are as follows: Art Sa, ceramics-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., and Thursday, 7 to 9 pm., art center; Bost",.. Administration la, Principles of Accounting-Tuesday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room 2, Burroughs; Bus- iness Administration 18a, Business Law-Monday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs. Economics 1.. Principles of Eco- nomics-Wednesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs. This class can be applied toward lower division so- cial studies requirements. St.tIng n.....1 6 and • p.m. dof17. ICIddln' Mot'"- (Special Movl..h 1 p.ftl. Saturday MatI.... 1 p...... Sunday TODAY AUG. 13 " THE ASSASSIN" (90 Min.) Richard Todd, Eva Bartok Shorts: "Stop, Look and Hasten" (7 Min.) "Untroubled Border" (9 Min.) News (10 Min.) SATURD....y AUG. 14 " SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED" (90 Min.) Yvonne DeCarlo, Don Cameron Shorts: "Trap Happy" (7 Min.) MATINEE " THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH" (n Min.) Abbott and Costello Shorts) "Primitive Pluto" (7 Min.' "Gunfighters af the Northwest" (16 Min.) SUN.-MON. AUG. 1.5-16 " HER TWELVE MEN" (92 Min.) Greer Garson, Robert Ryan Shorts: "Bahamas to Windward" ( 10 Min.) TUES.·WED. AUG. 17·18 " CONQUEST OF EVEREST" (79 Min.) Documentary Film Shorts: "Yank.. Doodle Bugs" (7 Min.) "Hot Rods" (8 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS.-FRI. AUG. 19·20 " GONGA DIN (96 Min.) Cary Grant, Victor Mclaglen Shorts "GI Holiday" (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) Engineering 8, Materials of Engi- neering Construction-Monday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 2. Burroughs; Enrl- neering 22, Engineering Drawing- Tuesday and Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., ROOm 107, Training .building. English X. English Fundamentals -Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs. TItis course is recom- mended for candidates for high school diplomas. Englis~1. 1b, Freshman Reading and Writing-Monday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs; English 40. COntem- porary Literature-Wednesday, 7. to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs. History 4a, Western Europe-Tues- day, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 43, Bur- roughs. Those interested in obtain- ing college degrees may apply this course toward lower division social science requirements. HiStory 17a, History of the United States-Thursday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 43, Burroughs. Recommended for high school students who are working for their diplomas. Hygiene I, Health Problems-Mon- day, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 3, Burroughs. Required of all students before they may obtain a college degree. Mathematics C, Plane and Spher- ical Trigonometry-Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs; Math- ematics D. Intermediate Algebra- Wednesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs; Mathematics I, COllege Algebra-Tuesday, 4:45 to 6:45 p.m., and Thursday, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Mathematics 4a, Analytic Geome- try and Calculus-Tuesday, 4:45 to 6:45 p.m., and Thursday, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs; Mathe- matics 32, Slide Rule-Wednesday, 6 to 7 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs. Music %a, Band-TUesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Hut 71, Burroughs; Oltlce Practice 53&-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., and Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 4, Burroughs; Physics 4b, Magnetism and Electricity-MondaY,6 to 10 p.m.• Room 14, and Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 13, Burroughs. Psychology 1a, General Phychology -Tuesday,5 to 8 p.m., Room 3, Bur- roughs; Psychology 53. Child Psy- chology and Development-TUesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 3, Burroughs; Reading Improvement 8la-Tuesday and Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 44, Burroughs. Petty Officer Exams Scheduled Tuesday Competitive examinations for ad- • vancement in rate to petty officer, second class, (E-5), will be conduct- ed for all eligible Navy enlisted men, Tuesday, at 7:30 a.m., in the China Lake COmmunity Center. Examinations for advancement to petty officer, first class, (E-6) will be conducted the following TUesday, August 24, at the same time and place. \ CONTAGION REPORT No contagious diseases were re- ported at the Station Infirmary this week. (Editor's note: A new column aimed at keeping Station residents informed of Community Council ac- tivity is being introduced in this week's Rocketeer. It will appear as regularly and at such length as news of COuncil activities warrants.) • A discussion by Richard C. O'Reil- ly, Community Manager, outlining information for possible considera- tion by directors who are studying plans for reorganizing the COuncil, highlighted this week's meeting. Drawing on his past city manager experience, Mr. O'Reilly compared the COmmunity COuncil's activities with those of similar organizations he bas worked with. He pointed out that the local group is spreading it- self thin by trying to operate in three different directions at the same time. The three fields the COuncil is now trying to cover, he stated, are: (1) Acting as an advisory body, similar to a city council. (2) Acting somewhat like a cham- ber of commerce-sponsoring com- munity prograqlS and carrying on negotiations with outside areas. (3) Acting as a welfare agency by maintaining hospital equipment for local use and sponsoring such activi- ties as a teenage employment bureau New Air Weapons Officer Reports LT Ralph W. Stell Jr. has reported to China Lake to assume the duties of air-to-air weapons systems offi- cer in the office of CDR T. J. Walk- er, assistant experimental officer. LT Ralph W. Stell Jr. A Navy man since 1941, he entered the Navy under the officer procure- ment program and was assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 19«. Following two years in flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and COrpus Christi, Tex., he served on the staff of the COmmand- er, Fleet Air, J apan, as aide and flag lieutenant. Before coming to China Lake he was assigned to e¥- 193 stationed at Moffett Field. LT Stell resides with his wife, Katherine, at 511-A Saratoga. (which the Council did last summer). He suggested that because of this the Council functions need stream- lining, and offered to work very closely with the directors in planning any reorganization. A report on possible conversion of the old trailer court area into a park containing concession booths and fa- cUities to be used as a Fiesta grounds and for group or family picnics was given by Charles Bradley. This pro- ject is in the embryonic planning stage. however, and considerable work is still to be done before a pro- posal regarding establlshment of the park can be presented to the Sta- tion Command for consideration. • Cooperation by the Community Council in the forthcoming Desert Empire Fair. scheduled O~t. 15-17 in Ridgecrest, also was discussed in a report by Mr. Bradley and Nate Re- kosh. No decision was reached as to the type of booth the Councll may wish to set up. • A variety of hospital equipment is available for the use of Station em- ployes and their dependents as a service of the Community COuncil. The equipment includes hospital beds, wheelchairs, crutches, oxygen regulators and masks and oxygen tanks. Arrangements for its rental may be made by calling Mrs. George Mayberry, council secretary, Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5 :30 ·p.m. at 72290. Amount of deposit required and the rental fee required for the var· ious pieces of equipment is as fol- lows: Hospital beds (3)-deposIt, $10; rent, $2 a week. Wheelchairs (2)-(j,eposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Elevating leg rests for wheelchairs (2)-deposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Crutches (6 pr')-deposit, $1; rent, 25 cents a week. Oxygen regulators and masks (2) -(j,eposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Oxygen tanks (2)-deposit, $5; rent, 1 a week. Kids Film Program Slated Tomorrow The regular Children's Pilm SO- ciety program for the month of Aug- ust will be shown tomorrow at 10 a.m. a.t the Station theater. Featur- ed will be a short film on puppetry, entitled, "Life Hangs by a Thread," a travelogue, "Wings to HaWaii," and three Disney color cartoons. Officials of the society have an- nounced that the make-up film for the one canceled last month will be held on Saturday, Aug. 26. Sched· uled for presentation will be the t.echnicolor m 0 vie, "My Friend Flicka.," the story of the life of a- boy and his horse on a Western ranch. THE WEATHER Mostly clear over Ike weekend, with surface winds light and varia· ble in the mornings, in- creasing to southwest· erly 15 to 25 knots In the afternoons. Maxi· mum temperature, 98, minimum, 64. VOL. X. NO. 32 • New Identity Pass Is Planned Here; To Appear Oct. 1 Naw ~tion identification passes will be issued to eight categories of individuals, starting with Civil Serv- ice employes, between now and oct. 17, a c cor din g to identi!ication branch officials. Under the tentative schedule set up by the identification branch, the new passes will be in the hands of employes and others by Oct. 17. On Oct. 18, all old passes will be void. The move is made so that the Command may meet regulations in the Navy Manual for classified mat- ters. The present NOTS passes were issued under the program of March 1952, and the personnel turnover has bee n considerable, requirements have changed, and some passes have been lost. Passes consist of a plastIc insert bearing informatit>n about the indi- vidual, and then these inserts are encased in plastic covers. The first run of inserts will be distributed to department heads by Aug. 23, based on personnel IBM records. Employes will then complete in- formation relative to their job needs, and the inserts will be returned to the identification branch for com- pletion. The finished passes will be issued to indlviduals starting Oct. 1. Identification photos will be taken from the local 1iles if possible. Where photos are not satisfactory, or the employe Is new, photos will be processed by the identification branch. It is estimated that about 3600 Civil Service personnel will be pro- cessed first, then the military per- sonnel will be taken next. Depend- ents, contractors and their employes, private enterprise workers off the Station and other categories will be cared for at times to be announced later. Captain Young Now in H~spital Captain D. B. Young, USN, Station COmmander, reported to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., for observation of a heart condition last Sunday, but the most recent infor- mation indicates that he may be re· leased in two to three weeks and will probably return to NOTS shortly thereafter. Captain Robert F. Sellars, USN, the present Executive Officer. will be Acting COmmander during Captain Young's absence. tEMPERATURES (Housing Area) Max. Min. AtJQ. 5 •...•....• 99 61 Aug. 6 __...... 99 56 Aug. 7 .._...._101 57 Aug. 8 .••._•••.102 59 Aug. 9 ..........101 67 e U.S. NAVAL' ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. Movement of Offices, Machinery Nears Half-Way Mark at Station Movement of offices and machinery at the Station and in Pasadena is approaching the half-way mark on its schedule. Major changes continue in Michelson Laboratory, the Ad- ministration Building, at Barracks B-1-B and at Building as (housing office building) . The Public Works Department has assigned extra workers to the pro- gram to speed it up. the principal work under way is in the basement to accommodate the communications division, and in the westerly wing. This wing will house the control division stock branch and the issue control branch, as well as the inventory division of the Supply and Fiscal Department. Barracks B-I-B is being exten- (Continued on Page Five) In Michelson Laboratory, ten of S h I R I . the numerous projects are either C 00 e ocatlon completed or are very close to it. P I D f d These Include movement of heavy roposa e eate machinery within the building as B 21M . well as the arriftl and placement of y - argIn equipment from the Pasadena Annex. The proposal to relocate Burroughs Wiring, plumbing, carpentry and High School was defeated by a mar- metal work of many kinds are con- gin of more than two to one in the tinuing, mainly In the heavy ma- public opinion poll which has been chinery wing. under way for the past month in A number of the labOratory pro- Indian Wells Valley. jects are in the planning stage or Final returns reported Wednesday have progressed to where contracts showed a total or 509 votes cast, of have been let to aet them under way. which 152 favored relocation of the Offices for personnel have been school and 357 were opposed. shifted and altered, and the lab- A total of 377 ballots were returned oratory population is growing dally. to the office of Dr. Earl Murray, It is expected that 70 more per- Burroughs High School .principal, sons will arrive from P asadena be- and all except 22 were opposed to fore the moves are completed. and relocating the school. it is stated that some 60 persons are Lagging interest in Ridgecrest in already here and have taken homes - the poll picked up during the past either on the Station or in the week as the total returns there Wherry tract In the southeasterly climbed to 132, of which all except corner of the station reservation. two were in favor of changing the In the Administration Building, school location. New Aircraft at Armitage Field LATEST ADDITION to the complement of combat aircraft at Armitage field is the FlU Cutlass, a product of the Chance Vought Aircraft Company in DaJJ.as. TeL When viewed from aloft its tailless. swept-wing design , ives It the appearance 01 a flying trlanele. Intended primarily for aircraft C&r'. rier work. the Cutlaaa is ra&ed in the over 600 miles per hour class.. It is belDc _ here In ..._ wIth various classlfled ordnance test propams. Aug. 10 .••...•• 99 67 Aug. 11 __ 97 60 AUGUST 13, 19M Elementary School Registration Set Here Next Week Parents of all elementary school age children at China Lake are re- minded that they must register their youngsters during the next week 1! they al'e to be enrolled in any of the four local elementary schools for the 1954-55 school year, which starts Sept. 7. Registration of children who wlll be in grades kindergarten through sixth will be held at the Vieweg, Groves and Richmond schools on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 :30 to 5:30 p.m. Registration of seventh and eighth graders will be held in the counsel- or's office of the Burroughs school administration building, Monday, WedneSday and Friday from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 5:30 pm.. The registration of all pupils in the China Lake Elementary SChool District is n~ssary in order to set up attendance zones for the various elementary schools - a procedure which this year has been compU- (COntinued on Page Five) Promotion Policy Changed Following Study by EMCO A lengthy study by the Employe- Ma.nagement COuncil at China Lake of the promotion policy on addi- tional pay assignments at premium pay rates for wage board employes recently resulted in changes in the S tation's basic promotion policy. Wh(>re previously it had been the practice for individual departments to act independently to promote em- ployes to such positions as snappers, shop planners, progressman and shop instructors, under the new arrange- ment the employment division of the Personnel Department will conduct examinations and establish registers of employes eligible for such promo- tion. Stationwide standards for selection of employes for such promotions are outlined in NOTS Instructidn 12160.1, change one, dated June 15, 1954. A report on action to be taken by the Personnel Department to con- form with. this new phase of the Sta- tion promotion JXllicy was given at this week's EMCO meeting by J . A. Nielsen. associate head of the de- partment. (COntinued on Page Five) , OCR Text: Of PAGE 8 AUGUST 13, 19M Registration Slated Next Week For Bakersfield College Classes Pre-registration for all Bakersfield College extension classes to be of- fered at China Lake during the com- ing semester will be held Monday through Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Burroughs High School of- fiee. A total of 24 tuition-free classes are being offered, but it is necessary to register next week since classes which do not have a large enough enrollment will be dropped from the prosram. CO~ling service for students in- terested in Bakersfip.ld COllege classes is available Monday through Thurs- day from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Room lOS of the TraInIng building. Classes to be offered, and the time and place of their meetings, are as follows: Art Sa, ceramics-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., and Thursday, 7 to 9 pm., art center; Bost",.. Administration la, Principles of Accounting-Tuesday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room 2, Burroughs; Bus- iness Administration 18a, Business Law-Monday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs. Economics 1.. Principles of Eco- nomics-Wednesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs. This class can be applied toward lower division so- cial studies requirements. St.tIng n.....1 6 and • p.m. dof17. ICIddln' Mot'"- (Special Movl..h 1 p.ftl. Saturday MatI.... 1 p...... Sunday TODAY AUG. 13 " THE ASSASSIN" (90 Min.) Richard Todd, Eva Bartok Shorts: "Stop, Look and Hasten" (7 Min.) "Untroubled Border" (9 Min.) News (10 Min.) SATURD....y AUG. 14 " SALOME, WHERE SHE DANCED" (90 Min.) Yvonne DeCarlo, Don Cameron Shorts: "Trap Happy" (7 Min.) MATINEE " THE NOOSE HANGS HIGH" (n Min.) Abbott and Costello Shorts) "Primitive Pluto" (7 Min.' "Gunfighters af the Northwest" (16 Min.) SUN.-MON. AUG. 1.5-16 " HER TWELVE MEN" (92 Min.) Greer Garson, Robert Ryan Shorts: "Bahamas to Windward" ( 10 Min.) TUES.·WED. AUG. 17·18 " CONQUEST OF EVEREST" (79 Min.) Documentary Film Shorts: "Yank.. Doodle Bugs" (7 Min.) "Hot Rods" (8 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS.-FRI. AUG. 19·20 " GONGA DIN (96 Min.) Cary Grant, Victor Mclaglen Shorts "GI Holiday" (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) Engineering 8, Materials of Engi- neering Construction-Monday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 2. Burroughs; Enrl- neering 22, Engineering Drawing- Tuesday and Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., ROOm 107, Training .building. English X. English Fundamentals -Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs. TItis course is recom- mended for candidates for high school diplomas. Englis~1. 1b, Freshman Reading and Writing-Monday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs; English 40. COntem- porary Literature-Wednesday, 7. to 10 p.m., Room 42, Burroughs. History 4a, Western Europe-Tues- day, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 43, Bur- roughs. Those interested in obtain- ing college degrees may apply this course toward lower division social science requirements. HiStory 17a, History of the United States-Thursday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 43, Burroughs. Recommended for high school students who are working for their diplomas. Hygiene I, Health Problems-Mon- day, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 3, Burroughs. Required of all students before they may obtain a college degree. Mathematics C, Plane and Spher- ical Trigonometry-Thursday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs; Math- ematics D. Intermediate Algebra- Wednesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs; Mathematics I, COllege Algebra-Tuesday, 4:45 to 6:45 p.m., and Thursday, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Mathematics 4a, Analytic Geome- try and Calculus-Tuesday, 4:45 to 6:45 p.m., and Thursday, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., Room 40, Burroughs; Mathe- matics 32, Slide Rule-Wednesday, 6 to 7 p.m., Room 45, Burroughs. Music %a, Band-TUesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Hut 71, Burroughs; Oltlce Practice 53&-Tuesday, 7 to 10 p.m., and Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 4, Burroughs; Physics 4b, Magnetism and Electricity-MondaY,6 to 10 p.m.• Room 14, and Wednesday, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Room 13, Burroughs. Psychology 1a, General Phychology -Tuesday,5 to 8 p.m., Room 3, Bur- roughs; Psychology 53. Child Psy- chology and Development-TUesday, 7 to 10 p.m., Room 3, Burroughs; Reading Improvement 8la-Tuesday and Thursday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 44, Burroughs. Petty Officer Exams Scheduled Tuesday Competitive examinations for ad- • vancement in rate to petty officer, second class, (E-5), will be conduct- ed for all eligible Navy enlisted men, Tuesday, at 7:30 a.m., in the China Lake COmmunity Center. Examinations for advancement to petty officer, first class, (E-6) will be conducted the following TUesday, August 24, at the same time and place. \ CONTAGION REPORT No contagious diseases were re- ported at the Station Infirmary this week. (Editor's note: A new column aimed at keeping Station residents informed of Community Council ac- tivity is being introduced in this week's Rocketeer. It will appear as regularly and at such length as news of COuncil activities warrants.) • A discussion by Richard C. O'Reil- ly, Community Manager, outlining information for possible considera- tion by directors who are studying plans for reorganizing the COuncil, highlighted this week's meeting. Drawing on his past city manager experience, Mr. O'Reilly compared the COmmunity COuncil's activities with those of similar organizations he bas worked with. He pointed out that the local group is spreading it- self thin by trying to operate in three different directions at the same time. The three fields the COuncil is now trying to cover, he stated, are: (1) Acting as an advisory body, similar to a city council. (2) Acting somewhat like a cham- ber of commerce-sponsoring com- munity prograqlS and carrying on negotiations with outside areas. (3) Acting as a welfare agency by maintaining hospital equipment for local use and sponsoring such activi- ties as a teenage employment bureau New Air Weapons Officer Reports LT Ralph W. Stell Jr. has reported to China Lake to assume the duties of air-to-air weapons systems offi- cer in the office of CDR T. J. Walk- er, assistant experimental officer. LT Ralph W. Stell Jr. A Navy man since 1941, he entered the Navy under the officer procure- ment program and was assigned to the U.S. Naval Academy where he graduated in 19«. Following two years in flight training at Pensacola, Fla., and COrpus Christi, Tex., he served on the staff of the COmmand- er, Fleet Air, J apan, as aide and flag lieutenant. Before coming to China Lake he was assigned to e¥- 193 stationed at Moffett Field. LT Stell resides with his wife, Katherine, at 511-A Saratoga. (which the Council did last summer). He suggested that because of this the Council functions need stream- lining, and offered to work very closely with the directors in planning any reorganization. A report on possible conversion of the old trailer court area into a park containing concession booths and fa- cUities to be used as a Fiesta grounds and for group or family picnics was given by Charles Bradley. This pro- ject is in the embryonic planning stage. however, and considerable work is still to be done before a pro- posal regarding establlshment of the park can be presented to the Sta- tion Command for consideration. • Cooperation by the Community Council in the forthcoming Desert Empire Fair. scheduled O~t. 15-17 in Ridgecrest, also was discussed in a report by Mr. Bradley and Nate Re- kosh. No decision was reached as to the type of booth the Councll may wish to set up. • A variety of hospital equipment is available for the use of Station em- ployes and their dependents as a service of the Community COuncil. The equipment includes hospital beds, wheelchairs, crutches, oxygen regulators and masks and oxygen tanks. Arrangements for its rental may be made by calling Mrs. George Mayberry, council secretary, Monday through Friday from 3:30 to 5 :30 ·p.m. at 72290. Amount of deposit required and the rental fee required for the var· ious pieces of equipment is as fol- lows: Hospital beds (3)-deposIt, $10; rent, $2 a week. Wheelchairs (2)-(j,eposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Elevating leg rests for wheelchairs (2)-deposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Crutches (6 pr')-deposit, $1; rent, 25 cents a week. Oxygen regulators and masks (2) -(j,eposit, $5; rent, $1 a week. Oxygen tanks (2)-deposit, $5; rent, 1 a week. Kids Film Program Slated Tomorrow The regular Children's Pilm SO- ciety program for the month of Aug- ust will be shown tomorrow at 10 a.m. a.t the Station theater. Featur- ed will be a short film on puppetry, entitled, "Life Hangs by a Thread," a travelogue, "Wings to HaWaii," and three Disney color cartoons. Officials of the society have an- nounced that the make-up film for the one canceled last month will be held on Saturday, Aug. 26. Sched· uled for presentation will be the t.echnicolor m 0 vie, "My Friend Flicka.," the story of the life of a- boy and his horse on a Western ranch. THE WEATHER Mostly clear over Ike weekend, with surface winds light and varia· ble in the mornings, in- creasing to southwest· erly 15 to 25 knots In the afternoons. Maxi· mum temperature, 98, minimum, 64. VOL. X. NO. 32 • New Identity Pass Is Planned Here; To Appear Oct. 1 Naw ~tion identification passes will be issued to eight categories of individuals, starting with Civil Serv- ice employes, between now and oct. 17, a c cor din g to identi!ication branch officials. Under the tentative schedule set up by the identification branch, the new passes will be in the hands of employes and others by Oct. 17. On Oct. 18, all old passes will be void. The move is made so that the Command may meet regulations in the Navy Manual for classified mat- ters. The present NOTS passes were issued under the program of March 1952, and the personnel turnover has bee n considerable, requirements have changed, and some passes have been lost. Passes consist of a plastIc insert bearing informatit>n about the indi- vidual, and then these inserts are encased in plastic covers. The first run of inserts will be distributed to department heads by Aug. 23, based on personnel IBM records. Employes will then complete in- formation relative to their job needs, and the inserts will be returned to the identification branch for com- pletion. The finished passes will be issued to indlviduals starting Oct. 1. Identification photos will be taken from the local 1iles if possible. Where photos are not satisfactory, or the employe Is new, photos will be processed by the identification branch. It is estimated that about 3600 Civil Service personnel will be pro- cessed first, then the military per- sonnel will be taken next. Depend- ents, contractors and their employes, private enterprise workers off the Station and other categories will be cared for at times to be announced later. Captain Young Now in H~spital Captain D. B. Young, USN, Station COmmander, reported to the U. S. Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., for observation of a heart condition last Sunday, but the most recent infor- mation indicates that he may be re· leased in two to three weeks and will probably return to NOTS shortly thereafter. Captain Robert F. Sellars, USN, the present Executive Officer. will be Acting COmmander during Captain Young's absence. tEMPERATURES (Housing Area) Max. Min. AtJQ. 5 •...•....• 99 61 Aug. 6 __...... 99 56 Aug. 7 .._...._101 57 Aug. 8 .••._•••.102 59 Aug. 9 ..........101 67 e U.S. NAVAL' ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. Movement of Offices, Machinery Nears Half-Way Mark at Station Movement of offices and machinery at the Station and in Pasadena is approaching the half-way mark on its schedule. Major changes continue in Michelson Laboratory, the Ad- ministration Building, at Barracks B-1-B and at Building as (housing office building) . The Public Works Department has assigned extra workers to the pro- gram to speed it up. the principal work under way is in the basement to accommodate the communications division, and in the westerly wing. This wing will house the control division stock branch and the issue control branch, as well as the inventory division of the Supply and Fiscal Department. Barracks B-I-B is being exten- (Continued on Page Five) In Michelson Laboratory, ten of S h I R I . the numerous projects are either C 00 e ocatlon completed or are very close to it. P I D f d These Include movement of heavy roposa e eate machinery within the building as B 21M . well as the arriftl and placement of y - argIn equipment from the Pasadena Annex. The proposal to relocate Burroughs Wiring, plumbing, carpentry and High School was defeated by a mar- metal work of many kinds are con- gin of more than two to one in the tinuing, mainly In the heavy ma- public opinion poll which has been chinery wing. under way for the past month in A number of the labOratory pro- Indian Wells Valley. jects are in the planning stage or Final returns reported Wednesday have progressed to where contracts showed a total or 509 votes cast, of have been let to aet them under way. which 152 favored relocation of the Offices for personnel have been school and 357 were opposed. shifted and altered, and the lab- A total of 377 ballots were returned oratory population is growing dally. to the office of Dr. Earl Murray, It is expected that 70 more per- Burroughs High School .principal, sons will arrive from P asadena be- and all except 22 were opposed to fore the moves are completed. and relocating the school. it is stated that some 60 persons are Lagging interest in Ridgecrest in already here and have taken homes - the poll picked up during the past either on the Station or in the week as the total returns there Wherry tract In the southeasterly climbed to 132, of which all except corner of the station reservation. two were in favor of changing the In the Administration Building, school location. New Aircraft at Armitage Field LATEST ADDITION to the complement of combat aircraft at Armitage field is the FlU Cutlass, a product of the Chance Vought Aircraft Company in DaJJ.as. TeL When viewed from aloft its tailless. swept-wing design , ives It the appearance 01 a flying trlanele. Intended primarily for aircraft C&r'. rier work. the Cutlaaa is ra&ed in the over 600 miles per hour class.. It is belDc _ here In ..._ wIth various classlfled ordnance test propams. Aug. 10 .••...•• 99 67 Aug. 11 __ 97 60 AUGUST 13, 19M Elementary School Registration Set Here Next Week Parents of all elementary school age children at China Lake are re- minded that they must register their youngsters during the next week 1! they al'e to be enrolled in any of the four local elementary schools for the 1954-55 school year, which starts Sept. 7. Registration of children who wlll be in grades kindergarten through sixth will be held at the Vieweg, Groves and Richmond schools on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 2 :30 to 5:30 p.m. Registration of seventh and eighth graders will be held in the counsel- or's office of the Burroughs school administration building, Monday, WedneSday and Friday from 8:30 to 11 :30 a.m., and on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 to 5:30 pm.. The registration of all pupils in the China Lake Elementary SChool District is n~ssary in order to set up attendance zones for the various elementary schools - a procedure which this year has been compU- (COntinued on Page Five) Promotion Policy Changed Following Study by EMCO A lengthy study by the Employe- Ma.nagement COuncil at China Lake of the promotion policy on addi- tional pay assignments at premium pay rates for wage board employes recently resulted in changes in the S tation's basic promotion policy. Wh(>re previously it had been the practice for individual departments to act independently to promote em- ployes to such positions as snappers, shop planners, progressman and shop instructors, under the new arrange- ment the employment division of the Personnel Department will conduct examinations and establish registers of employes eligible for such promo- tion. Stationwide standards for selection of employes for such promotions are outlined in NOTS Instructidn 12160.1, change one, dated June 15, 1954. A report on action to be taken by the Personnel Department to con- form with. this new phase of the Sta- tion promotion JXllicy was given at this week's EMCO meeting by J . A. Nielsen. associate head of the de- partment. (COntinued on Page Five) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1954,Rktr8.13.1954.pdf,Rktr8.13.1954.pdf Page 1, Rktr8.13.1954.pdf Page 1