Page Eight Class Sessions On Mountaineering To Begin Tues. Night Many times during the climbing and backpacking season, members of the China Lake Mountain Rescue Group are called on ; to perform their specialty when adventurers find themselves lost, or in trouble. "Prevention is better than a curet" said ThooMsUweP~~,andthe~G believes him. As a result, classes have been scbeduled for adults and teenagers in- terested in backpacking into the mountains Ibis season. scope of Course Participants willl~ the basic skills of mountaineeriing througb lectures, slides and demonstrations in the classroom sessioos that willbegin on Tuesday at 7p.m. in the Sidewinder Room of the Cooununity Center. Additiooal classes will be held on Wed- nesday, June 12; Tuesday, June 18; '!burs- day, June 20, and on Tuesday, June 25. The latter sessioo will be held at Robbers' Roost, at 6 p.m. A fee of $4 for the mountaineering class will include tbe cost of. a textbook. Students will take two weekend trips, a one-day bike, and an overnight backpack to further test their new-found skllls. For additional information, call Ron Atkins at NWC Ext. 2853, or 3Th-S437. Teeter To Speak, Play Music June 17 At IEEE Meeting Wayne Teeter, local resident and a student at tbe University of California at Irvine, wiD speak on the subject of "Com- puter Syntbesization of Music" at the June meeting of the China Lake Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. '!bemeeting will be held on Monday, June 17, in the Malave Room of the Com- missioned OffIcers' Mess, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Music Composed by Computer -------- ROCKETEER SUMMER FASHIONS LONG, SLINKY AND MIDRIFF BARED - The six local chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sponsored a summer fashion show last week at the Chief Petty Officers' Club swimming pool area. On view were long. slinky patio dresses. slacks outfits that bared the midriH, and many daytime dresses suitable for the office that featured co-ordinating lackets. Shirts were pleated and fined to the waist with belts. Hemlines were definitely longer. Bathing suits. parficulilrly bikinis. with matching coverups, are the coming rage. Models for the program were Sue Moulton, Maggie Branson, Kay Adams, Emma Brown, Kitty Winter, Nancy McGrary, Lynn Bucher, Jan Clay, Alice Campbell, Sharon Kappelman, Barbara Frederick, Pat Homer, Nellie Good, Zindy Homer, Pam Drake, Michele Ogan, Lorraine LeBow, Dan Brown, George White, Don Winter, Leonard LeBow Jr., Doug Cowan, Ken Claunch and Louis Mitchell. Background music was provided by the Tempos. More than 200 persons anended the affair. All proceeds from the show will go toward the Ridgecrest miniature golf course and the Mesquite High School. -Photos by PH3 D. M. Jenereaux HAPPENINGS AROUND ~WC~ \ Teeter, who is studying electronic engineering, is a student member of IEEE ' and an accom!iisbed organist. He will 'I discuss the composition of music by com- puter techniques rather than the generation and "coloring" of musical sounds. During his discussion, be wiD describe the computer program details for composition of. in- dividual types of popular I modern music, such as blues, sbow music, etc. Florence Green, director of the upcoming for the summer at the college. '!be CLOTA production, "Company," has an- Burroughs Band Boosters and the Music nounced that tryouts for this musical Parents Clubs of the China Lake and Indian comedy are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Wells Valley school districts, are the Monday and Tuesday. Tryouts wiD be held sponsors. ~ in the CLOTA rehearsal bangar on Upjohn Gordon Trousdale, director of music at At the conclusion of his talk, Teeter wiD play a music composition an a small elec- tronic organ, using his imagination and the techniques he described. All interested persons are invited to at- tend. Bluejacket••• (Continued from Page 1) Formerly tenters, Reichart was induced to .buy a camper after a bear tried to get into their tent while they were camping in Yosemite National Forest "We bave a lot of favorite places - Mt. Whitney, Nine Mile Canyon, Death Valley - and we do as much camping as we can," Reichart said. In fact, the couple like the Indian Wells Valley so much that Reichart is presently trying to extend his tow: of.EUty here one more year. Outstanding Assignment He lists VX-S as one of his most out- standing duty assignments since joining the Navy. "It's very interesting to be working on new things before they go into the Fleet," Reichart Slid. "I feel that VX-S is very important, because the work we do in test and evaluation wiD determine bow well equipped and armed our Navy is," he add' .ed. Reichart's other interests lie in working with people and in home woodworking. He is a member of the Masons in Lemoore, Calif., and also belongs to the Scottish Rites and Slriners. Rd., just off South Ridgecrest Blvd. Cerro Coso, will lead the orchestra classes. . "COmpany," a lively musical dissertation _ On band wiD be a number of outstanding Cal on married life, has a cast of six men and State Fullerton music students to assist the eight women. "All of these roles are in- . two instructors. dividual character parts," Mrs. Green said. ' _Sorority Plans Car Wash "Each person in the play must be able not Members of Chi Alpha Chapter of Beta only to actand sing butto dancetoo." Sigma Phi Sorority will have a car wash She suggested that persons wishing to try Saturday at the Fedco Service Station from out visit either local library, where scripts 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.rn. for "Company" are on reserve, and fami!- The money raised will go to the chapter's iarize themselves with the plot of the play. service fund. ''We will expect everyone who tries out to Afee of"$I.25 per car will be charged. sing as well as r~d," the director added. Museum Program To Start Ceramic Classes To Begin A twG-week-long Maturango Musewn chil1lren's enrichment program wiD get under way Monday at Richmond School Summer ceramics classes for youngsters who are 8 y~ of age and older, wiD begin on Tuesday at the Special Services' Ceramic Shop,located next to the Station Restaurant. Hours of the classes are from I to 3 p.m. ~ch Tuesday. A 50 cent fee per student, per class, will be charged. No pre-class siglrup is required. Music Comp Set cit College Gene Corporon, assistant director of bands at Cal State College, Fullerton, will I~d the concert band and jazz classes at the upcoming Cerro Coso Conununity College music camp that begins on Monday and will end next Friday, June 14. More than 8() students have registered to attend the week-long camp. This is the first time that a music camp has been planned '!be program, directed by Linda Bego, will be conducted on weekdays between 8:30 and 11:15a.m. The lone exception to this will be on Friday, June 21, when the morning program will be r~placed by an evening lecture / concert on primitive music of the southwest, that is to be presented by Elizabeth Waldo. This program will be CCHIpODSOred by the Maturango Museum and Cerro Coso Cooununity College. AFGE To Meet Monday The American Federation of Govermnent Employees (AFGE) Local 1781 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday in the Joshua Room of the Conununity Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m. June 7, 1974 SHDWBDAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of mOYie content for viewing by their children. (G)· ALL AGES ADMITTED General Audiences (PG)· ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) · RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parentor Adult Guardian CS - Cinemascope STD - Standard MoYie Screen Regular starting time-7:30 p.m. Matinee-1 p.m. FRI. 7 June " THE OUTFIT" (l03Min.- Released 3 / 74) Robert Duvall, Karen Black (Action Drama) Robert Duvall and his brother. Edward Ness, hit a Maf ia bank by accident. Dovall winds up in priSon. but his less fortunate brother winds up dead at the hands Of the " ouHit" in revenge for the bank caper. Upon release, Duvall evens the score by knocking over a number Of gambling enterprises run by the modem, computerized mob and demanding a fortune in blackmail to stop his hits. (PG) SAT. IJune - FAMILY MATINEE- "SCROOGE" (113 Min.) Albert Finney. Alec Guinness (G) -EVENING- "COMPANEROS" (lOS Min.) Franco Nero, Fernando Rey (Action Drama) Adventure set against the background of the Mex ican Revolut ion. (PG) SUN. &MON. ' ·10June "CINDERELLA LIBERTY" (117 Min. - Released 12 / 73) James Caan, Marsha Mason (Comedy drama) Kept on land by a slight medical problem, confirmed sailor James Caan gets a lot of Cinderella liberty: perm ission to be away from the base until m idnight. On one foray into Seattle's waterfront bar d istrict, he comes across bar hustler MarSha Mason ( R ) . TUES. & WED. 11·12 June " THE SEVEN·UPS" (103 Min. - Released 12 / 73) Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Blanco (Crime Drama) Roy Scheider enters a Manhattan antique shop and gets involved in a brawl with del iveryman Jerry Leon. The affair is a ra'ther unorthodox means to squash a counterfeit ring·-SCheider. Leon and Ken Kercheval are members of an elite police group known as the Seven-Ups. (PG ) THURS. & FRI. 13·14 June "SUGAR LAND EXPRESS" (110Min. - Released2 / 74) Goldie Hawn. Ben Johnson (Drama) Gold ie Hawn visits her husband. William Atherton. in a Texas prison and tearfully tel ls him that while he was in prison, the state declared her an unfit mother and that she will leave him for good if he doesn't escape and go with her to Sugarland to get her baby back. Reluc- tantly, Atherton dons the civilian clothes she brought and walks out the gate w ith her (PG) COM Will Be Open For Dinners on Saturdays Drake Dierkhising. manager of the Commissioned Officers' Mess, has reported that an error exists in the monthly newslener published by the COM. uThe newsletter states that the club is closed on Saturdays for dinner. This is a misprint," Diertchising said. "We are open for hanging beef dinners on Satvrday, and all members and their guests are invited to aHend the club during those hours." he added. from PLACI STAMP HEItE TO ~ .i" _ _ .... ---- - ----- - --.-~-- --- June7,1974 INSIDE ... Red Cross Annual Meeting .... ... . . .......2 SeabeesToWorkHere . .. ..... .. ...... . ...3 Navy ReliefDrive Ends .. ............. . ...4 "we locketeel Naval Weapons Center China Lake California Scbool District Farewell Party . . .... , .... .5 Sports .................... .. ..............6 Join a Carpool . ............ .. . . . . .........7 Vol. XX I X. No. 22 Fashion ShowPhotos ......... .... ....... .8 Capt. Richard D. Franke New Deputy Commander To Report June 17 Capt. Richard D. Franke, a veteran of 23 y~ of Naval Service, has been chosen to succeed Capt. D. W. Alderton as Deputy Conunander of the Naval Weapons Center, and will reporthere for duty on June 17. A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Capt. Franke attended St. Joseph's College in · Collegeville, Ind., prior to entering tbe U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign on June I, 1951. The new Deputy Commander is coming here from Washington, D.C., where his past three years of service have included assignments with the Naval Ordnance Systems Command - first as the system test, evaluation and integration manager on the AEGIS Project, and later as the acting w~pon system manager for AEGIS. More recently he was assigned to the NAVORDSYSCOM Surface Missile Project Branch OffIce. Upon graduation from Annapolis, Capt. Franke put in a two-year hitch aboard the Destroyer USS Bradford. In mid-I953, he returned for a year of scbooling in electronic maintenance at the Naval Training Center in Gr~t Lakes, m., (Continued on Page 3) Residents To Get Information About Conserving Energy The energy crisis is not over, it was emphasized in an announcement received this week from the Naval Weapons Center's Housing Diyision. According to Jim Svitak. who heads the Housing Division'S Facilities Management Branch. both civilian and military occupants of housil'KJ at China Lake will soon receive a package of materials about conservation. This informative material is designed to make all China Lake residents aware of what they do to conserve both energy and money. "We are still short of all forms of energy. and each of us can help," Svitak emphasized. Move Into New Trailer Complex Begins Weapons Planning Group Leads Wave Of Relocations An extensive series of moves that in turn will trigger other moves within a number of departments at the Naval Weapons Center began on Tuesday when personnel of the W~pons Planning Group transferred from their former quarters in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building to the new trailer complex outside the north entrance to Michelson Laboratory. More than 40 employees of Code 12 are now set up in business in one of the four 11- shaped groups of 13 doubl&-wide trailers. '!be space vacated at the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building by the Weapons Planning Group is being taken over by personnel from tbe W~pons Development Department's Advanced Aircraft Program Office (Code 40(8), who until now, have been located nearby in an older structure. '!be latter building, in turn, will become the new home for the Armaments and Avionics Group of the Advanced Aircraft Program OffIce (Code 400(2). Two Contractors InyolYed The work of rebabiIating the trailers for their new use was performed under con- tracts that were awarded to the Ashland Construction Co. of Lancaster and to the McIntosh Co. of Azusa, Calif., in addition to the great d~l of effort that was put in by employees of the NWC Public Works Department. Ashland Construction Co. workers were responsible for performing some preliminary alterations, as well as ex- tending water and sewer lines to the new trailer site. They also built the hallways that run alongside the trailers which house the toilet facilities and added the glassed-in entry way to the restrooms. l. • • • • EXTENSIVE WORK INVOLVEO - During the past 14 months, both contractor personnel and employees of the NWC Public Works Department have been in- volyed in a multitude of tasks necessary to prepare the new trailer complex north of Michelson laboratory for occupancy. A camera's-eye view of some of this work shows (at top left) an electrical transformer bank being installed, while at lower left other NWC electricians are re-wiring and checking out the power and control circuits for the trailers' refrigeration air conditioning units. Contractor employees are seen in the three photos on right. They are (from top to bottom) installing electrical outlets. chipping away some old floor tile, and rOiling out padding for a section of carpeting that is to be installed. According to Cdr. J . L. Uhe, assistant Public Works OffIcer, three of the four H- shaped trailer complexes are now r~dy for their new occupants, but since air can- AO 1 Reichart Selected as NWC's 'Bluejacket of Month' for June ditioning parts had to be borrowed from the fourth group of trailers in order to complete the work on the first three, it wiD sti\l be a while yet before all 52of the new trailers can be put to their intended use. At ROCKETEER press time this week, the exact timetable for other moves into the new Michelson Laboratory trailer complex hadn't been set, but it was known that roughly 80 employees of the Systems Development Department's AGILE Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Kenneth J. Reichart, a native of Hanover, Pa., has been selected as the June "muejacket of the Month." The local bonor follows his recent designation as "Shore Sailor of the Year" by the Light Attack Wing, Pacific. AOI Reichart, who works as the Ad- ministrative and Assistant Line Supervisor in the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five's AO Shop, will receive a weekend trip to Bakersfield for him and his wife, Sandra, as a result of the selection. While in Bakersfield, the Reicharts will receive room and meals at the Bakersfield Inn. They will be greeted by members of that city's Gr~ter Chamber of Commerce, from whom they will receive a hospitality packet containing discount coupons and gilt certificates from Bakersfield merchants who participate in the monthly Bluejacket program. Prior to leaving the local ar~, Reichart will receive the keys to a new Ford automobile from Doug Butler, owner of Desert Motors, to use on the weekend trip. Reichart, a 14 year veteran in the U.S. Navy, attended Delane Higb School, in' McSherrystown, Pa. He took his basic training at Great Lakes, m., and was sent to Memphis, Tenn., where he met his wife. Prior to coming to China Lake in Sep- tember 1972, AOI Reichart was stationed with the Naval Air Support Unit, 1wakuni, Japan. , '!be couple enjoys camping and biking. (Continued on Page 8) ...Lb.-- AD1 Kenneth J. Reichart (Continued on Page 3) Annual Savings Bond Campaign To Begin Mon. at China Lake '!be "kick.off" meeting for the Naval W~pons Center's annual U.S. Savings Bond Campaign was held yesterday morning at the Conununity Center to brief the depart- ment canvassers and their assistants on their role in the Savings Bond Drive. '!be canvassers and their assistants will be selling U.S. Savings Bonds during the drive which will begin on Monaay and ex- tend through Friday, June 21. During the meeting, Nancy Cleland of tbe Personnel Department's Employee Management Relations Division, pointed out several facts and benefits of the Savings Bond Program. She also emphasized that the current rate of participation in the program on the Center is 27 per cent. The Secretary of the Navy has announced that "for this campaign, our objective is a substantial incr~se in the rate of par- CContinuedon Page S) , OCR Text: Page Eight Class Sessions On Mountaineering To Begin Tues. Night Many times during the climbing and backpacking season, members of the China Lake Mountain Rescue Group are called on ; to perform their specialty when adventurers find themselves lost, or in trouble. "Prevention is better than a curet" said ThooMsUweP~~,andthe~G believes him. As a result, classes have been scbeduled for adults and teenagers in- terested in backpacking into the mountains Ibis season. scope of Course Participants willl~ the basic skills of mountaineeriing througb lectures, slides and demonstrations in the classroom sessioos that willbegin on Tuesday at 7p.m. in the Sidewinder Room of the Cooununity Center. Additiooal classes will be held on Wed- nesday, June 12; Tuesday, June 18; '!burs- day, June 20, and on Tuesday, June 25. The latter sessioo will be held at Robbers' Roost, at 6 p.m. A fee of $4 for the mountaineering class will include tbe cost of. a textbook. Students will take two weekend trips, a one-day bike, and an overnight backpack to further test their new-found skllls. For additional information, call Ron Atkins at NWC Ext. 2853, or 3Th-S437. Teeter To Speak, Play Music June 17 At IEEE Meeting Wayne Teeter, local resident and a student at tbe University of California at Irvine, wiD speak on the subject of "Com- puter Syntbesization of Music" at the June meeting of the China Lake Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. '!bemeeting will be held on Monday, June 17, in the Malave Room of the Com- missioned OffIcers' Mess, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Music Composed by Computer -------- ROCKETEER SUMMER FASHIONS LONG, SLINKY AND MIDRIFF BARED - The six local chapters of Beta Sigma Phi sponsored a summer fashion show last week at the Chief Petty Officers' Club swimming pool area. On view were long. slinky patio dresses. slacks outfits that bared the midriH, and many daytime dresses suitable for the office that featured co-ordinating lackets. Shirts were pleated and fined to the waist with belts. Hemlines were definitely longer. Bathing suits. parficulilrly bikinis. with matching coverups, are the coming rage. Models for the program were Sue Moulton, Maggie Branson, Kay Adams, Emma Brown, Kitty Winter, Nancy McGrary, Lynn Bucher, Jan Clay, Alice Campbell, Sharon Kappelman, Barbara Frederick, Pat Homer, Nellie Good, Zindy Homer, Pam Drake, Michele Ogan, Lorraine LeBow, Dan Brown, George White, Don Winter, Leonard LeBow Jr., Doug Cowan, Ken Claunch and Louis Mitchell. Background music was provided by the Tempos. More than 200 persons anended the affair. All proceeds from the show will go toward the Ridgecrest miniature golf course and the Mesquite High School. -Photos by PH3 D. M. Jenereaux HAPPENINGS AROUND ~WC~ \ Teeter, who is studying electronic engineering, is a student member of IEEE ' and an accom!iisbed organist. He will 'I discuss the composition of music by com- puter techniques rather than the generation and "coloring" of musical sounds. During his discussion, be wiD describe the computer program details for composition of. in- dividual types of popular I modern music, such as blues, sbow music, etc. Florence Green, director of the upcoming for the summer at the college. '!be CLOTA production, "Company," has an- Burroughs Band Boosters and the Music nounced that tryouts for this musical Parents Clubs of the China Lake and Indian comedy are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Wells Valley school districts, are the Monday and Tuesday. Tryouts wiD be held sponsors. ~ in the CLOTA rehearsal bangar on Upjohn Gordon Trousdale, director of music at At the conclusion of his talk, Teeter wiD play a music composition an a small elec- tronic organ, using his imagination and the techniques he described. All interested persons are invited to at- tend. Bluejacket••• (Continued from Page 1) Formerly tenters, Reichart was induced to .buy a camper after a bear tried to get into their tent while they were camping in Yosemite National Forest "We bave a lot of favorite places - Mt. Whitney, Nine Mile Canyon, Death Valley - and we do as much camping as we can," Reichart said. In fact, the couple like the Indian Wells Valley so much that Reichart is presently trying to extend his tow: of.EUty here one more year. Outstanding Assignment He lists VX-S as one of his most out- standing duty assignments since joining the Navy. "It's very interesting to be working on new things before they go into the Fleet," Reichart Slid. "I feel that VX-S is very important, because the work we do in test and evaluation wiD determine bow well equipped and armed our Navy is," he add' .ed. Reichart's other interests lie in working with people and in home woodworking. He is a member of the Masons in Lemoore, Calif., and also belongs to the Scottish Rites and Slriners. Rd., just off South Ridgecrest Blvd. Cerro Coso, will lead the orchestra classes. . "COmpany," a lively musical dissertation _ On band wiD be a number of outstanding Cal on married life, has a cast of six men and State Fullerton music students to assist the eight women. "All of these roles are in- . two instructors. dividual character parts," Mrs. Green said. ' _Sorority Plans Car Wash "Each person in the play must be able not Members of Chi Alpha Chapter of Beta only to actand sing butto dancetoo." Sigma Phi Sorority will have a car wash She suggested that persons wishing to try Saturday at the Fedco Service Station from out visit either local library, where scripts 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.rn. for "Company" are on reserve, and fami!- The money raised will go to the chapter's iarize themselves with the plot of the play. service fund. ''We will expect everyone who tries out to Afee of"$I.25 per car will be charged. sing as well as r~d," the director added. Museum Program To Start Ceramic Classes To Begin A twG-week-long Maturango Musewn chil1lren's enrichment program wiD get under way Monday at Richmond School Summer ceramics classes for youngsters who are 8 y~ of age and older, wiD begin on Tuesday at the Special Services' Ceramic Shop,located next to the Station Restaurant. Hours of the classes are from I to 3 p.m. ~ch Tuesday. A 50 cent fee per student, per class, will be charged. No pre-class siglrup is required. Music Comp Set cit College Gene Corporon, assistant director of bands at Cal State College, Fullerton, will I~d the concert band and jazz classes at the upcoming Cerro Coso Conununity College music camp that begins on Monday and will end next Friday, June 14. More than 8() students have registered to attend the week-long camp. This is the first time that a music camp has been planned '!be program, directed by Linda Bego, will be conducted on weekdays between 8:30 and 11:15a.m. The lone exception to this will be on Friday, June 21, when the morning program will be r~placed by an evening lecture / concert on primitive music of the southwest, that is to be presented by Elizabeth Waldo. This program will be CCHIpODSOred by the Maturango Museum and Cerro Coso Cooununity College. AFGE To Meet Monday The American Federation of Govermnent Employees (AFGE) Local 1781 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday in the Joshua Room of the Conununity Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m. June 7, 1974 SHDWBDAT MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of mOYie content for viewing by their children. (G)· ALL AGES ADMITTED General Audiences (PG)· ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) · RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parentor Adult Guardian CS - Cinemascope STD - Standard MoYie Screen Regular starting time-7:30 p.m. Matinee-1 p.m. FRI. 7 June " THE OUTFIT" (l03Min.- Released 3 / 74) Robert Duvall, Karen Black (Action Drama) Robert Duvall and his brother. Edward Ness, hit a Maf ia bank by accident. Dovall winds up in priSon. but his less fortunate brother winds up dead at the hands Of the " ouHit" in revenge for the bank caper. Upon release, Duvall evens the score by knocking over a number Of gambling enterprises run by the modem, computerized mob and demanding a fortune in blackmail to stop his hits. (PG) SAT. IJune - FAMILY MATINEE- "SCROOGE" (113 Min.) Albert Finney. Alec Guinness (G) -EVENING- "COMPANEROS" (lOS Min.) Franco Nero, Fernando Rey (Action Drama) Adventure set against the background of the Mex ican Revolut ion. (PG) SUN. &MON. ' ·10June "CINDERELLA LIBERTY" (117 Min. - Released 12 / 73) James Caan, Marsha Mason (Comedy drama) Kept on land by a slight medical problem, confirmed sailor James Caan gets a lot of Cinderella liberty: perm ission to be away from the base until m idnight. On one foray into Seattle's waterfront bar d istrict, he comes across bar hustler MarSha Mason ( R ) . TUES. & WED. 11·12 June " THE SEVEN·UPS" (103 Min. - Released 12 / 73) Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Blanco (Crime Drama) Roy Scheider enters a Manhattan antique shop and gets involved in a brawl with del iveryman Jerry Leon. The affair is a ra'ther unorthodox means to squash a counterfeit ring·-SCheider. Leon and Ken Kercheval are members of an elite police group known as the Seven-Ups. (PG ) THURS. & FRI. 13·14 June "SUGAR LAND EXPRESS" (110Min. - Released2 / 74) Goldie Hawn. Ben Johnson (Drama) Gold ie Hawn visits her husband. William Atherton. in a Texas prison and tearfully tel ls him that while he was in prison, the state declared her an unfit mother and that she will leave him for good if he doesn't escape and go with her to Sugarland to get her baby back. Reluc- tantly, Atherton dons the civilian clothes she brought and walks out the gate w ith her (PG) COM Will Be Open For Dinners on Saturdays Drake Dierkhising. manager of the Commissioned Officers' Mess, has reported that an error exists in the monthly newslener published by the COM. uThe newsletter states that the club is closed on Saturdays for dinner. This is a misprint," Diertchising said. "We are open for hanging beef dinners on Satvrday, and all members and their guests are invited to aHend the club during those hours." he added. from PLACI STAMP HEItE TO ~ .i" _ _ .... ---- - ----- - --.-~-- --- June7,1974 INSIDE ... Red Cross Annual Meeting .... ... . . .......2 SeabeesToWorkHere . .. ..... .. ...... . ...3 Navy ReliefDrive Ends .. ............. . ...4 "we locketeel Naval Weapons Center China Lake California Scbool District Farewell Party . . .... , .... .5 Sports .................... .. ..............6 Join a Carpool . ............ .. . . . . .........7 Vol. XX I X. No. 22 Fashion ShowPhotos ......... .... ....... .8 Capt. Richard D. Franke New Deputy Commander To Report June 17 Capt. Richard D. Franke, a veteran of 23 y~ of Naval Service, has been chosen to succeed Capt. D. W. Alderton as Deputy Conunander of the Naval Weapons Center, and will reporthere for duty on June 17. A native of Fort Wayne, Ind., Capt. Franke attended St. Joseph's College in · Collegeville, Ind., prior to entering tbe U.S. Naval Academy and was commissioned an ensign on June I, 1951. The new Deputy Commander is coming here from Washington, D.C., where his past three years of service have included assignments with the Naval Ordnance Systems Command - first as the system test, evaluation and integration manager on the AEGIS Project, and later as the acting w~pon system manager for AEGIS. More recently he was assigned to the NAVORDSYSCOM Surface Missile Project Branch OffIce. Upon graduation from Annapolis, Capt. Franke put in a two-year hitch aboard the Destroyer USS Bradford. In mid-I953, he returned for a year of scbooling in electronic maintenance at the Naval Training Center in Gr~t Lakes, m., (Continued on Page 3) Residents To Get Information About Conserving Energy The energy crisis is not over, it was emphasized in an announcement received this week from the Naval Weapons Center's Housing Diyision. According to Jim Svitak. who heads the Housing Division'S Facilities Management Branch. both civilian and military occupants of housil'KJ at China Lake will soon receive a package of materials about conservation. This informative material is designed to make all China Lake residents aware of what they do to conserve both energy and money. "We are still short of all forms of energy. and each of us can help," Svitak emphasized. Move Into New Trailer Complex Begins Weapons Planning Group Leads Wave Of Relocations An extensive series of moves that in turn will trigger other moves within a number of departments at the Naval Weapons Center began on Tuesday when personnel of the W~pons Planning Group transferred from their former quarters in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building to the new trailer complex outside the north entrance to Michelson Laboratory. More than 40 employees of Code 12 are now set up in business in one of the four 11- shaped groups of 13 doubl&-wide trailers. '!be space vacated at the Earth and Planetary Sciences Building by the Weapons Planning Group is being taken over by personnel from tbe W~pons Development Department's Advanced Aircraft Program Office (Code 40(8), who until now, have been located nearby in an older structure. '!be latter building, in turn, will become the new home for the Armaments and Avionics Group of the Advanced Aircraft Program OffIce (Code 400(2). Two Contractors InyolYed The work of rebabiIating the trailers for their new use was performed under con- tracts that were awarded to the Ashland Construction Co. of Lancaster and to the McIntosh Co. of Azusa, Calif., in addition to the great d~l of effort that was put in by employees of the NWC Public Works Department. Ashland Construction Co. workers were responsible for performing some preliminary alterations, as well as ex- tending water and sewer lines to the new trailer site. They also built the hallways that run alongside the trailers which house the toilet facilities and added the glassed-in entry way to the restrooms. l. • • • • EXTENSIVE WORK INVOLVEO - During the past 14 months, both contractor personnel and employees of the NWC Public Works Department have been in- volyed in a multitude of tasks necessary to prepare the new trailer complex north of Michelson laboratory for occupancy. A camera's-eye view of some of this work shows (at top left) an electrical transformer bank being installed, while at lower left other NWC electricians are re-wiring and checking out the power and control circuits for the trailers' refrigeration air conditioning units. Contractor employees are seen in the three photos on right. They are (from top to bottom) installing electrical outlets. chipping away some old floor tile, and rOiling out padding for a section of carpeting that is to be installed. According to Cdr. J . L. Uhe, assistant Public Works OffIcer, three of the four H- shaped trailer complexes are now r~dy for their new occupants, but since air can- AO 1 Reichart Selected as NWC's 'Bluejacket of Month' for June ditioning parts had to be borrowed from the fourth group of trailers in order to complete the work on the first three, it wiD sti\l be a while yet before all 52of the new trailers can be put to their intended use. At ROCKETEER press time this week, the exact timetable for other moves into the new Michelson Laboratory trailer complex hadn't been set, but it was known that roughly 80 employees of the Systems Development Department's AGILE Aviation Ordnanceman First Class Kenneth J. Reichart, a native of Hanover, Pa., has been selected as the June "muejacket of the Month." The local bonor follows his recent designation as "Shore Sailor of the Year" by the Light Attack Wing, Pacific. AOI Reichart, who works as the Ad- ministrative and Assistant Line Supervisor in the Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five's AO Shop, will receive a weekend trip to Bakersfield for him and his wife, Sandra, as a result of the selection. While in Bakersfield, the Reicharts will receive room and meals at the Bakersfield Inn. They will be greeted by members of that city's Gr~ter Chamber of Commerce, from whom they will receive a hospitality packet containing discount coupons and gilt certificates from Bakersfield merchants who participate in the monthly Bluejacket program. Prior to leaving the local ar~, Reichart will receive the keys to a new Ford automobile from Doug Butler, owner of Desert Motors, to use on the weekend trip. Reichart, a 14 year veteran in the U.S. Navy, attended Delane Higb School, in' McSherrystown, Pa. He took his basic training at Great Lakes, m., and was sent to Memphis, Tenn., where he met his wife. Prior to coming to China Lake in Sep- tember 1972, AOI Reichart was stationed with the Naval Air Support Unit, 1wakuni, Japan. , '!be couple enjoys camping and biking. (Continued on Page 8) ...Lb.-- AD1 Kenneth J. Reichart (Continued on Page 3) Annual Savings Bond Campaign To Begin Mon. at China Lake '!be "kick.off" meeting for the Naval W~pons Center's annual U.S. Savings Bond Campaign was held yesterday morning at the Conununity Center to brief the depart- ment canvassers and their assistants on their role in the Savings Bond Drive. '!be canvassers and their assistants will be selling U.S. Savings Bonds during the drive which will begin on Monaay and ex- tend through Friday, June 21. During the meeting, Nancy Cleland of tbe Personnel Department's Employee Management Relations Division, pointed out several facts and benefits of the Savings Bond Program. She also emphasized that the current rate of participation in the program on the Center is 27 per cent. The Secretary of the Navy has announced that "for this campaign, our objective is a substantial incr~se in the rate of par- CContinuedon Page S) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1974,Rktr6.7.1974.pdf,Rktr6.7.1974.pdf Page 1, Rktr6.7.1974.pdf Page 1