PAGE. Researchers Receive Incentive Awards DR. J. H. SHENK, Research Department Head, presents two Beneficial Sug- cestlon Awards, a Superior Accomplishment Award and a Superior Achieve- ment Award. Receiving the awards (I. to r.) are: William FlnnecaDt $5 Benny Su,r; Gerald Whitnack, $135 Superior Achievement; Joe Mapes (receiving check), $300 Superior Performance; and A. E. Lewis, $4;5 BoDDY S~g. Five·Year Tenure Pin Recipients_ RESEABCB DEPARTMENT employees are pictured above receiving Five- Year Tenure Pins. from left to right they are: Juanita Madden, Charles Thelen, DeWitt Cowan, George Leitmann, Arthur New, Willlam Finnegan. Robert Miller. Daniel Dempsey, Edward Fay. Klnge Okauchl, and William WhIte. Former Employee Returns to China Lake; Work Here Preferred to Private Industry Basil Minnich has found that August 1953 for private industry. NOTS is preferable to private in- Alter working at the KaIser Alum- dustry. He's back on the Station mum Chemical Co., Baton Rouge, after a 2-year absence and mighty La., and North American Aviation at happy to be in the Propellants and Santa Susana, CallI.. he returned to Explosives Department as head of the Station In Oetober 1955. the chemical process branch of d~ Back at NOTS he was reinstated velopment engineering division. to Career Appointment and has set- Minnich received his B.S. degree tIed down comfortably to a Civil in Chemical Engineering from Ohio Service life. Basil lives at 70-A Rod- State University in 1949 and report- man with his wife and two sons. Basil Minnich ed at NOTS in June 1950 to the Rocket Department. He has been em- ployed as head of the experimental operations section of the liquid propellants branch. Mr. MIDnIch lett lb. Slallon In Mr. Minnich has stated that he thinks those who say Civil Service is slow moving and full of red tape are unrealistic. He has found that pri- vate industry has even more bottle- necks. 3 Sam Battalion Officers Are Promoted to Captain Three first lieutenants of 1st TERlRIElR SAM Battalion at NOTS were promoted to the rank of cap- ta.in last Monday. The letters of promotion were presented by Lt. Col. Norman Po- :zdnsky, commanding officer, to the following officers: John A Hath- awa.y, "A" Battery Fire Control Officer who resides at 708-A Lex- ington; Richard M. Burke, Missile Platoon Commander, of 68-B Rod- man; and Willis D. Huddleston, "c" Battery Executive Officer, of 505-B Saratoga. • Council Considers... (Continued from Page 1) operate under the present arrange- ments, spending whatever Council time is required to obtain funds for COuncil activities and to maintain the Council office. Estimated oper- ating budget is a minimum of $2,000 per year. 2. The Council shall attempt to en- ter into an agreement with the China - Lake Community Manager t hat would carry the following stipula- tions: a. The China Lake Community Council shall cease and desist from all operations involving monetary in- come and outlay. In special cases, the Council may obtain funds for specifiC approved operations from the Welfare and Recreation COun- cil. Any profits derived from COun- cil-sponsored activities s hall be turned over to the Welfare and Rec- reation Council. I;l. The Council structure, tlhat is, the number of directors, method. of election of Directors, etc.. shall re- main unchanged, and the Council shall continue to operate under the existing Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, except as regularly amended by the CounciL c. The Council shall continue to meet regularly as provided for in the By-Laws and shall consider any and all matters which are, directly or indirectly, for the good of the community of Ohina lA.ke. d. The Community Manager Sha.ll provide sufficient office space and office furniture for the a..dministra.- tive operation of the Council. e. The Conununity Manager shall provide the secretarial services nec- essary for the proper administra- tive operation of the Council. Twa service shall include a telephone- answering service during normal business hours. f. The Conununity Manager sha.l.l provide to the Council those ott- ice supplies necessary for the op- era,tIon of the Counell. g. 'IUle COuncil tn&y. at a later date, by a two-thirds majority vote, withdraw from the conditions of the foregoing agreement for good and sufficient cause, such cause to be determined by the Couru:1l. 3. The Cout1cil shall continue to operate under the present arrange- ments. except tllat funds shall be obtained from voluntary contribu- tions derived from the citizenry of China Lake and the Council shall not partake in money-raising ac- tivities. 4. The Council shall continue to operate under the present arrange- ments wherein the Board of Direc- tors engages in money-raising ac- tivities, expending whatever COun- cil time is required for such ac- tivities, and in addition shall ob- tain funds from voluntary contri- butions derived from the Citizenry of China La.k'e. 5. The Council shall operate on an absolute minimum budget with •no community Coundl office .. stroh and with all a