Poge Eight Quick return asked of annual parent- pupil survey cards All students enrolled in the Sierra Sands Unified School District will be bringing home a parent-pupil survey card to be filled out and signed by a parent or guardian of the student. The Federal government provides financial assistance to the local school district if a student lives on Federal property, or if the student's parent or guardian works on Federal property. In order to substantiate the school district's claim for financial assistance, the in- formation called for on the card must be ottained for each pupil once each year. Elementary school students will be bringing their parent-pupil survey cards home today, while students who attend Burroughs and Mesquite High Schools will bring their cards home on Monday. "Your assistance in completing and returning the card to your child's school immediately will be appreciated," Dr. Howard Hannon, district superintendent, stated. "Please complete the card and return it regardless of wbere you work. In order to qualify for Federal funds in full, we must have a card for each child in attendance," the district superintendent added. Youth Center cards on sale for new year All 197f>-76 Youth Center memberships have expired, and cards for the new year are now available at a cost of $6 each, or a maximum of $18 per family. Memberships are available on a yearly basis only, from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 1977. Young people will not be admitted to the Youth Center until they have a new card and are reminded that the required membership should be obtained as soon as possible by anyone expecting to participate in youth soccer or basketball. Potential Youth Center members must be dependents of civilian employees or active duty or retired military persomeJ. Course set in care of heart attack victims A course in cardiopulmonary resuscita- tion will be given next Tuesday and Thurs- day, from 6 to 10 p.m., at the Red Cross building, next door to the Thrift Shop on N. Lauritsen Rd. The course, which will be taught by Bill Wechter, an American Red Cross in- structor, is open to the public, and is designed to instruct students in the emergency care of heart attack victims. Cost for the course will be $3.25 per student, including a booklet and other course materials. Registration may be made by phoning Wechter at NWC ext. 2095 through Tuesday afternoon. Popular band to play at COM dance tonight Captain Crunch and the Deep Cross Cowboys will perform for the listening and dining pleasure of Commissioned Officers' Mess patrons tonight from 9 until 1 a.m. Dinner special will be a choice of prime rib or captain's plate (variety of sea foods), served from 6 until 9 o'clock. The COM has acquired a new 52-inch color television set, according to Dick Youngman, Director of China Lake Clubs and Messes, who says, "I invite our members and guests to view their favorite sporting events on our new wide, wide, wide screen TV." Enlisted Club dances set . Time Wave, a disco rock group from Pomona, will perform at Enlisted Club dances tonight and tomorrow night from 9 until 2 a.m. Tonight's dimer special will be shrimp, and that for tomorrow night will be surf and turf. Both will be served from 6 until 8:30 p.m. ROCKETEER FA.SHIION SHOW HELD TUESDAY - A fashion show, featuring fall fashions and some back-to-school clothing that is available at the Navy Exchange retail store, was held Tuesday at the Commissioned OHicers' Mess. The occasion was a lun· cheon meeting hosted by the Military Officers Wives Club that also was attended by members of the CPO Wives Club and the Enlisted Wives Club. Among the models for this show were Sylvia Uhe (at top lem and Norma Pickens (top right) who is escorting Chy Leah Grabowski. other participants in the fashion show were (lower photo, I.·r.) Kathy Vander Houwen, Mrs. Pickens, Danny Sanchez, Jan Quinn and June Tracey. The fashion show commentator was Richard Anderson, ciyilian manager of the Nayy Exchange. -Photos by Ron Allen Orchestra association's membership dri,e begins; season opens/Oct. 24 The annual membership drive for the Desert Community Orchestra Association's 1976-77 season began this week with the mailing of renewal letters to last year's members. The season will include the popular "Pops" Concert on Sunday, Oct. 24; a "Concert for Lovers" on Dec. 5, featuring classical pieces celebrating famous lovers; a Winter Concert on Feb. 27 with guest soloist; the annual Youth Concert on April 17; and a Choral Concert on May 22, produced jointly by the orchestra and the Cerro Coso .Community College Choir. Debut of New Conductor "We are proud to announce the opening of this promising season," said William M. Cornette, president of the Orchestra Association's board of trustees. "This concert will give the community its first opportunity to bear the orchestra perform under the baton of Lauren Green, our new conductor." The " Pops" Concert, scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Cerro Coso Lecture Hall, is free and families are encouraged to attend. Music for this occasion is sponsored by a grant from the Music Performance Trust Funds (Kenneth E. Raine, trustee), a public service organization created and financed by the recording industries under agreements with the American Federation of Musicians. The program for this first concert of the year will include the popular "La Belle Helene Overture" by Offenbach; the "Carmen Suite" by Bizet, featuring Rosemary Matthews, soprano; "Diver- tissement" by Jacques Ibert; and "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa. In addition, Mrs. Mattbews will sing selections by Ginastera. Annual memberships for the five-concert season may be purchased by sending a check to the Desert Community Orchestra Association, P. O. Box 1988, Ridgecrest, and receiving tickets by return mail, or by buying these memberships at the door in advance of the first concert. Prices are $10 for a family membership, admitting all members of a family to the entire season's concerts; $5 for a single membership; and $1 for students or enlisted personnel. The orchestra rehearsals are directed as a Cerro Coso Community College class by Green, an expert cellist and. holder of a master's degree in cello and conducting from the University of Redlands. Stargazers to see film on Apollo program Mon_ A color film presenting the significant events in America's Apollo program will be featured at the next meeting of the China Lake Astronomical Society on Monday night at the society's clubhouse, 4ll1-A McIntire St. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 7:30. Besides the showing of the film, entitled "The Time of ApOllo," Gene Schneider will give a talk about early American astronomy. October 1, 1976 SHDWSDAT· MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their children. (G) . ALL AGES ADMITTED Genera IAudiences ( PG) . ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) - RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accorllpanying Parentor Adult Guardian CS - Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-7 :30 p.m. Program subiect to change w ithout notice - plea se check marquee. FRI. 1 OCTOBER " FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET" (102 M in.) Michael Brandon, M im sey Farmer (Mystery ) Robert Tobias, a young drummer, becomes entangled in bizarre murd e~ after an unexpected encou nter with a mysterious stran- ger . ( PG) SAT. 2oCTOBER " ZQRRO" (95 M in.) Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo (Adventure ) Th is is an up·lo-dale version of the original " Zorro - Savior of the Oppressed." I t is the story of a famous swordsman who singlehandedly takes ca re of the tyrannical soldiers of a small Spanish village. (PG) SUN . JOCTOBER " WON TON TON, THE DOG WHO SAVED HOLLYWOOD" (92 M in.) Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn (Comedy ) The story begins with Madeline Kahn, an aspiring actress, who is on her way to a studio audition in 1924 and befriends a dog that escaped from the Hollywood pound. When the " director " turns out to be an electrician on the make, Kahn is saved from his advances by Won Ton Ton. Art Carney, a studio head who is almost bankrupt, and Bruce Dern, a would·be producer, both watch. Carney puts the dog in silent mOvies, Kahn becoming the trainer and Oern the producer wh ile the studio gets rich. (PG) MON. 4 OCTOBER " THEY ONLY KI LL THEIR MASTERS" (98Min.) James Garner, Kather ine Ross (Suspense) In a small Pacific coast town a dead woman, fully clothed, is pulled from the ocean by her own Doberman. The dog is a pr ime suspect in her murder. James Garner plays the police chief who beli eves the animal is innocent and seeks other clues to the c rime. ( PG) TUE. SOCTOBER " THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX" (104 Min.) Goldie Hawn, George Segal (Comedy Western) Goldie Hawn is a saloon singer·hooker on San Fr ancisco's Barbary Coast in 1882. George Segal is a gambler who gets caught cheating and is saved from being hanged by some henchmen . They force him to make love to a banker's wife in order to help rob the Dirt· water Bank. Segal winds up with the loot after the henchman desert h im while being chased by a posse. In San Francisco, Segal is attracted to Hawn who takes the money. Segal catches up to her on d stagecoach and, with the henchmen on their trail, Hawn and Sega l fall in love. (PG) WED. 60CTOBER " ACE ELI AND RODGERSOF THE SKIES" (93 Min.) Cliff Robertson, Eric Shea (Comedy Drama ) Set in an era when planes were young and people were innocent - except lor Ace's boy Rodger. (PG) THU RS. 7 OCTOBER " DEADLY HERO" (92Min.) Don Murray, Diana Williams (Suspense Melodrama ) The story about a tough cop, OOn Murray. When the orchestr a conductor for an avant-garde musical is held capt ive by black k idnapper James Earl Jones, Murra y is called to the scene and guns him down even Ihough he was surrendering. A girl musician reveals the true circumstances and Murray's political future becomes shattered. (R) FRI . 8 OCTOBER " CRESCENDO" (9O M in.) Slelanie Powers, James Olson (Mystery Drama ) A young woman, dOing resear ch, gets involved in a tangle of weird happenings in a remote French villa. (PG ) ..A. u .S. Gove-rnment Printing Office- ).4 1916 _ 612 1 NG410 From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: Parade Saturday to be highlight of annual fair It's fairtime again in tbe Indian Wells Valley, and the highlight of this year's Desert Empire Fair, which began Wed- nesday and will continue through Sunday, will be a gala parade tomorrow morning on N. China Lake Blvd. Naval Weapons Cent.r Ch iM Lake C,lIIorni. October 1, 1976 Vol. XXXI , No. 37 "Fifty States for Freedom" is the theme of this year's procession, and there will be floats, decorated vehicles and other entries vying for the sweepstakes award that will go to the entry which, in tbe opinion of the judges, best exemplifies this Bicentennial year theme. Seabee Reserve unit recognized for outstanding community service record Gene Richardson and Roberta Leighton, the parade co-chairmen, report that there will be more than 100 entrants in the five Parade Grand Marshal divisions of tbe parade, which will be led by the Naval Air Facility color guard and a marching band from the EI Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Santa Ana. Ev Long, a contract coordinator at the Computer Sciences Corp. for NWC's Office of Finance and Management, has been chosen to be the grand marshal of the 1976 Desert Empire Fair parade, and will be riding a vehicle in the forefront of the procession, along with his wife, Norma. Long, an employee at China Lake since 1958, has been either a division marshal or a mounted equestrian entry in every parade here since 1960. Other honored participants in Division I of the parade will be Capt. R. D. Franke, NWC Deputy Commander, and his wife, Shirley, who will be representing the Center on behalf of Rear Admiral and Mrs. R. G. Freeman III; Ted Edwards, Mayor of Ridgecrest, and his wife, Jan; and various Desert Empire Fair officials. This year's procession will have its quota (Continued on Page 3) Notification was received recently that China Lake Detachment 0217 of Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion 17 was one of four units from throughout the U.S. to be singled out for rumer-up bonors for Fiscal Year 76 in the annual community service awards competition sponsored by the Chief of Naval Reserves. In addition to the 35 Seabee Reservists who were involved in a wide variety of community service and Navy Self-Help Program projects, nine active duty Seabees assigned here on temporary duty from the Naval Construction Battalion Center at Port Hueneme also contributed unstintingly to this effort. The award was made in recognition of 12 major projects which the Seabees un- dertook hoth locally and in the surrounding communities, and for several other sma1l projects. These projects were: Improyements at TV Booster -Erection of a steel structure for the TV booster station at Laurel Mt. Under hazardous and adverse conditions, men of Detachment 0217 completed in November 1975 this antenna network which supplies free TV reception to Indian Wells Valley residents. -Developing a little League baseball field in Johamesburg. Several members of the detachment lent their expertise in removing part of a hill in order to provide a larger playing area, and also built a backstop, bleachers and stone wall for the field. Trailer Park Development -Completing Seabee Park, the trailer court for enlisted personnel that is located on Princeton St., between Richmond Rd. and Lauritsen Ave. Both reserve and active duty Seabees installed underground utilities in the park and enclosed the 22 units with a brick wall. The park now provides an area for up-to-date, inexpensive housing for military families with privately-owned mobile homes. - Local reserve and active duty Seabees, with the help of reservists from Las Vegas Detachment 0417, prepared surfaces of several bike paths aboard NWC, including one from Burroughs High School, straight Support of OFO urged b,_Sec'la, To all hands. We Americans share a history matched by none; we've been to the moon, we've helped rebuikl shattered nations, we've conquered diseases and disasters, we've invented teleyision and computers. Yet in our land of abundance there is still suffering and ignorance. Thereare many who cannot provide for their own well·being. As in the past years, we in the Nayy and Marine Corps family can do something about the plight of those who suHer the pains of sickness, age, handicap, addiction and neglect. There is a single fund.raising activity which incorporates the at- tempts of the United Way, the American Red Cross, the National Health Agencies and the International SerYice Agencies - the Combined Federal campaign. OUr contributions go to provide a wide variety of services which are available to everyone in need, no matter who they are. When they are unable to help them- selves, our contributions wilralso provide funds for research to fight the many diseases that frustrate mankind. Soon you will be approached by your command representative concerning this year's fund drive. Please study the material you will be given and then decide how generous you can be. Should you wish to designate a favorite charity, health or social program, simply designate that agency or agencies. Your designations wi II be honored. In past years many of us took advantage of the payroll allotment plan as the simplest and most convenient way to contribute a more generous share to this effort. Iencourage each of you to consider this option. We in the Nayy and Marine Corps can be proud of our past achievements in the Combined Federal campaign. Again we are needed. I ask each of you to open your heart to someone less fortunate. You are free to give or not, as you desire. My hope is that your desire is to share. J. William Middendorf II Secretary of the Navy .. , ..... VITAL WORK - Tackling the difficull assignment of installing perimeter security fencing around NWC were these personnel from Detachment 0217 and the Seabee Self·Help unit at China Lake. In the photo, the Seabee with the sledgehammer is standing on a welding truck as it accompanies a work party near the sewage treatment plant. north to Rowe St. -Installing landing lights. Men of Detachments 0217, 0417 and Self-Help personnel completed 300 ft. of trenching to install lines for the stephenson Memorial Heliport, which is located on Navy land opposite the Ridgecrest Community Hospital. The heliport serves as an emergency landing facility to save lives by reducing the transport time of accident victims. - Doing a good deed for the Boy Scouts. Seabees layed 700 ft. of plastic water line, installed an entrance gate and prepared the ground for a swimming pool at Camp Nick Williams, a Boy Scout camp located in the Piute Mts. -Installing a solar heating unit at the Naval Air Facility swimming PQOI. After the Navy procured surplus, unused, 10,000- gal. fuel bladders and hoses, back fill and grading was done by Detachment 0217 and the laying ofthe bladders was performed by Self-Help and active duty personnel frem NAF and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five. -Constructing a car wash to ac- commodate the private vehicles of military persomel. This facility, located adjacent to the Special Services Auto Hobby Shop, required a wide variety of Seabee skills: earthwork by the equipment operators, sewer line installation by the utilitiesmen, metal construction by the steelworkers, electrical work by the construction elec- tricians, and equipment maintenance by the (Continued on Page 3) Use of alternate runway at NAF reported as cause of extra noise during takeoHs Noise much louder than that which residents of the China Lake and Ridgecrest area are normally accustomed to has been occurring at intervals throughout the past two weeks during aircraft takeoffs from the Naval Air Facility. The reason for this, Naval Weapons Center officials explained, is that repairs are being made to the main runway at NAF and, until this work is completed a week from now, the additional noise will continue. Every effort is being made to minimize tbe inconvenience to local residents, but the requirement to use other than the main NAF runway, combined with heavily loaded jet aircraft, results in more flight traffic over the residenttal areas nearest NAF. The Navy, Marine, Army and Air Force pilots have been briefed on the rules governing aircraft and helicopter depar- tures and arrivals at NAF, and are making every effort to follow flight patterns that avoid residential areas to the maximum extent possible. However, night fligi!ts and those being conducted under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) mandate that pilots follow prescribed departure and arrival courses. These particular operations havc been responsible for most of the in- convenience being experienced by local area residents. In addition, low cloud ceilings such as have been prevalent the past two Fridays, tend to amplify the noise and this, coupled with tbe aircraft being under IFR rules, makes for_ the worst possible situation. For those residents who have been bothered by the noticeably higber aircraft noise, the Navy sincerely regrets the in- convenience. Wben the main runway is restored to use, this inconvenience will end. As the saying goes, "Please pardon our noise. It is the sound of freedom." , OCR Text: Poge Eight Quick return asked of annual parent- pupil survey cards All students enrolled in the Sierra Sands Unified School District will be bringing home a parent-pupil survey card to be filled out and signed by a parent or guardian of the student. The Federal government provides financial assistance to the local school district if a student lives on Federal property, or if the student's parent or guardian works on Federal property. In order to substantiate the school district's claim for financial assistance, the in- formation called for on the card must be ottained for each pupil once each year. Elementary school students will be bringing their parent-pupil survey cards home today, while students who attend Burroughs and Mesquite High Schools will bring their cards home on Monday. "Your assistance in completing and returning the card to your child's school immediately will be appreciated," Dr. Howard Hannon, district superintendent, stated. "Please complete the card and return it regardless of wbere you work. In order to qualify for Federal funds in full, we must have a card for each child in attendance," the district superintendent added. Youth Center cards on sale for new year All 197f>-76 Youth Center memberships have expired, and cards for the new year are now available at a cost of $6 each, or a maximum of $18 per family. Memberships are available on a yearly basis only, from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 1977. Young people will not be admitted to the Youth Center until they have a new card and are reminded that the required membership should be obtained as soon as possible by anyone expecting to participate in youth soccer or basketball. Potential Youth Center members must be dependents of civilian employees or active duty or retired military persomeJ. Course set in care of heart attack victims A course in cardiopulmonary resuscita- tion will be given next Tuesday and Thurs- day, from 6 to 10 p.m., at the Red Cross building, next door to the Thrift Shop on N. Lauritsen Rd. The course, which will be taught by Bill Wechter, an American Red Cross in- structor, is open to the public, and is designed to instruct students in the emergency care of heart attack victims. Cost for the course will be $3.25 per student, including a booklet and other course materials. Registration may be made by phoning Wechter at NWC ext. 2095 through Tuesday afternoon. Popular band to play at COM dance tonight Captain Crunch and the Deep Cross Cowboys will perform for the listening and dining pleasure of Commissioned Officers' Mess patrons tonight from 9 until 1 a.m. Dinner special will be a choice of prime rib or captain's plate (variety of sea foods), served from 6 until 9 o'clock. The COM has acquired a new 52-inch color television set, according to Dick Youngman, Director of China Lake Clubs and Messes, who says, "I invite our members and guests to view their favorite sporting events on our new wide, wide, wide screen TV." Enlisted Club dances set . Time Wave, a disco rock group from Pomona, will perform at Enlisted Club dances tonight and tomorrow night from 9 until 2 a.m. Tonight's dimer special will be shrimp, and that for tomorrow night will be surf and turf. Both will be served from 6 until 8:30 p.m. ROCKETEER FA.SHIION SHOW HELD TUESDAY - A fashion show, featuring fall fashions and some back-to-school clothing that is available at the Navy Exchange retail store, was held Tuesday at the Commissioned OHicers' Mess. The occasion was a lun· cheon meeting hosted by the Military Officers Wives Club that also was attended by members of the CPO Wives Club and the Enlisted Wives Club. Among the models for this show were Sylvia Uhe (at top lem and Norma Pickens (top right) who is escorting Chy Leah Grabowski. other participants in the fashion show were (lower photo, I.·r.) Kathy Vander Houwen, Mrs. Pickens, Danny Sanchez, Jan Quinn and June Tracey. The fashion show commentator was Richard Anderson, ciyilian manager of the Nayy Exchange. -Photos by Ron Allen Orchestra association's membership dri,e begins; season opens/Oct. 24 The annual membership drive for the Desert Community Orchestra Association's 1976-77 season began this week with the mailing of renewal letters to last year's members. The season will include the popular "Pops" Concert on Sunday, Oct. 24; a "Concert for Lovers" on Dec. 5, featuring classical pieces celebrating famous lovers; a Winter Concert on Feb. 27 with guest soloist; the annual Youth Concert on April 17; and a Choral Concert on May 22, produced jointly by the orchestra and the Cerro Coso .Community College Choir. Debut of New Conductor "We are proud to announce the opening of this promising season," said William M. Cornette, president of the Orchestra Association's board of trustees. "This concert will give the community its first opportunity to bear the orchestra perform under the baton of Lauren Green, our new conductor." The " Pops" Concert, scheduled for 3 p.m. in the Cerro Coso Lecture Hall, is free and families are encouraged to attend. Music for this occasion is sponsored by a grant from the Music Performance Trust Funds (Kenneth E. Raine, trustee), a public service organization created and financed by the recording industries under agreements with the American Federation of Musicians. The program for this first concert of the year will include the popular "La Belle Helene Overture" by Offenbach; the "Carmen Suite" by Bizet, featuring Rosemary Matthews, soprano; "Diver- tissement" by Jacques Ibert; and "Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa. In addition, Mrs. Mattbews will sing selections by Ginastera. Annual memberships for the five-concert season may be purchased by sending a check to the Desert Community Orchestra Association, P. O. Box 1988, Ridgecrest, and receiving tickets by return mail, or by buying these memberships at the door in advance of the first concert. Prices are $10 for a family membership, admitting all members of a family to the entire season's concerts; $5 for a single membership; and $1 for students or enlisted personnel. The orchestra rehearsals are directed as a Cerro Coso Community College class by Green, an expert cellist and. holder of a master's degree in cello and conducting from the University of Redlands. Stargazers to see film on Apollo program Mon_ A color film presenting the significant events in America's Apollo program will be featured at the next meeting of the China Lake Astronomical Society on Monday night at the society's clubhouse, 4ll1-A McIntire St. The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at 7:30. Besides the showing of the film, entitled "The Time of ApOllo," Gene Schneider will give a talk about early American astronomy. October 1, 1976 SHDWSDAT· MOVIE RATINGS The objective of the ratings is to inform parents about the suitability of movie content for viewing by their children. (G) . ALL AGES ADMITTED Genera IAudiences ( PG) . ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (R) - RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accorllpanying Parentor Adult Guardian CS - Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-7 :30 p.m. Program subiect to change w ithout notice - plea se check marquee. FRI. 1 OCTOBER " FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET" (102 M in.) Michael Brandon, M im sey Farmer (Mystery ) Robert Tobias, a young drummer, becomes entangled in bizarre murd e~ after an unexpected encou nter with a mysterious stran- ger . ( PG) SAT. 2oCTOBER " ZQRRO" (95 M in.) Alain Delon, Ottavia Piccolo (Adventure ) Th is is an up·lo-dale version of the original " Zorro - Savior of the Oppressed." I t is the story of a famous swordsman who singlehandedly takes ca re of the tyrannical soldiers of a small Spanish village. (PG) SUN . JOCTOBER " WON TON TON, THE DOG WHO SAVED HOLLYWOOD" (92 M in.) Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn (Comedy ) The story begins with Madeline Kahn, an aspiring actress, who is on her way to a studio audition in 1924 and befriends a dog that escaped from the Hollywood pound. When the " director " turns out to be an electrician on the make, Kahn is saved from his advances by Won Ton Ton. Art Carney, a studio head who is almost bankrupt, and Bruce Dern, a would·be producer, both watch. Carney puts the dog in silent mOvies, Kahn becoming the trainer and Oern the producer wh ile the studio gets rich. (PG) MON. 4 OCTOBER " THEY ONLY KI LL THEIR MASTERS" (98Min.) James Garner, Kather ine Ross (Suspense) In a small Pacific coast town a dead woman, fully clothed, is pulled from the ocean by her own Doberman. The dog is a pr ime suspect in her murder. James Garner plays the police chief who beli eves the animal is innocent and seeks other clues to the c rime. ( PG) TUE. SOCTOBER " THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX" (104 Min.) Goldie Hawn, George Segal (Comedy Western) Goldie Hawn is a saloon singer·hooker on San Fr ancisco's Barbary Coast in 1882. George Segal is a gambler who gets caught cheating and is saved from being hanged by some henchmen . They force him to make love to a banker's wife in order to help rob the Dirt· water Bank. Segal winds up with the loot after the henchman desert h im while being chased by a posse. In San Francisco, Segal is attracted to Hawn who takes the money. Segal catches up to her on d stagecoach and, with the henchmen on their trail, Hawn and Sega l fall in love. (PG) WED. 60CTOBER " ACE ELI AND RODGERSOF THE SKIES" (93 Min.) Cliff Robertson, Eric Shea (Comedy Drama ) Set in an era when planes were young and people were innocent - except lor Ace's boy Rodger. (PG) THU RS. 7 OCTOBER " DEADLY HERO" (92Min.) Don Murray, Diana Williams (Suspense Melodrama ) The story about a tough cop, OOn Murray. When the orchestr a conductor for an avant-garde musical is held capt ive by black k idnapper James Earl Jones, Murra y is called to the scene and guns him down even Ihough he was surrendering. A girl musician reveals the true circumstances and Murray's political future becomes shattered. (R) FRI . 8 OCTOBER " CRESCENDO" (9O M in.) Slelanie Powers, James Olson (Mystery Drama ) A young woman, dOing resear ch, gets involved in a tangle of weird happenings in a remote French villa. (PG ) ..A. u .S. Gove-rnment Printing Office- ).4 1916 _ 612 1 NG410 From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: Parade Saturday to be highlight of annual fair It's fairtime again in tbe Indian Wells Valley, and the highlight of this year's Desert Empire Fair, which began Wed- nesday and will continue through Sunday, will be a gala parade tomorrow morning on N. China Lake Blvd. Naval Weapons Cent.r Ch iM Lake C,lIIorni. October 1, 1976 Vol. XXXI , No. 37 "Fifty States for Freedom" is the theme of this year's procession, and there will be floats, decorated vehicles and other entries vying for the sweepstakes award that will go to the entry which, in tbe opinion of the judges, best exemplifies this Bicentennial year theme. Seabee Reserve unit recognized for outstanding community service record Gene Richardson and Roberta Leighton, the parade co-chairmen, report that there will be more than 100 entrants in the five Parade Grand Marshal divisions of tbe parade, which will be led by the Naval Air Facility color guard and a marching band from the EI Toro Marine Corps Air Station in Santa Ana. Ev Long, a contract coordinator at the Computer Sciences Corp. for NWC's Office of Finance and Management, has been chosen to be the grand marshal of the 1976 Desert Empire Fair parade, and will be riding a vehicle in the forefront of the procession, along with his wife, Norma. Long, an employee at China Lake since 1958, has been either a division marshal or a mounted equestrian entry in every parade here since 1960. Other honored participants in Division I of the parade will be Capt. R. D. Franke, NWC Deputy Commander, and his wife, Shirley, who will be representing the Center on behalf of Rear Admiral and Mrs. R. G. Freeman III; Ted Edwards, Mayor of Ridgecrest, and his wife, Jan; and various Desert Empire Fair officials. This year's procession will have its quota (Continued on Page 3) Notification was received recently that China Lake Detachment 0217 of Reserve Mobile Construction Battalion 17 was one of four units from throughout the U.S. to be singled out for rumer-up bonors for Fiscal Year 76 in the annual community service awards competition sponsored by the Chief of Naval Reserves. In addition to the 35 Seabee Reservists who were involved in a wide variety of community service and Navy Self-Help Program projects, nine active duty Seabees assigned here on temporary duty from the Naval Construction Battalion Center at Port Hueneme also contributed unstintingly to this effort. The award was made in recognition of 12 major projects which the Seabees un- dertook hoth locally and in the surrounding communities, and for several other sma1l projects. These projects were: Improyements at TV Booster -Erection of a steel structure for the TV booster station at Laurel Mt. Under hazardous and adverse conditions, men of Detachment 0217 completed in November 1975 this antenna network which supplies free TV reception to Indian Wells Valley residents. -Developing a little League baseball field in Johamesburg. Several members of the detachment lent their expertise in removing part of a hill in order to provide a larger playing area, and also built a backstop, bleachers and stone wall for the field. Trailer Park Development -Completing Seabee Park, the trailer court for enlisted personnel that is located on Princeton St., between Richmond Rd. and Lauritsen Ave. Both reserve and active duty Seabees installed underground utilities in the park and enclosed the 22 units with a brick wall. The park now provides an area for up-to-date, inexpensive housing for military families with privately-owned mobile homes. - Local reserve and active duty Seabees, with the help of reservists from Las Vegas Detachment 0417, prepared surfaces of several bike paths aboard NWC, including one from Burroughs High School, straight Support of OFO urged b,_Sec'la, To all hands. We Americans share a history matched by none; we've been to the moon, we've helped rebuikl shattered nations, we've conquered diseases and disasters, we've invented teleyision and computers. Yet in our land of abundance there is still suffering and ignorance. Thereare many who cannot provide for their own well·being. As in the past years, we in the Nayy and Marine Corps family can do something about the plight of those who suHer the pains of sickness, age, handicap, addiction and neglect. There is a single fund.raising activity which incorporates the at- tempts of the United Way, the American Red Cross, the National Health Agencies and the International SerYice Agencies - the Combined Federal campaign. OUr contributions go to provide a wide variety of services which are available to everyone in need, no matter who they are. When they are unable to help them- selves, our contributions wilralso provide funds for research to fight the many diseases that frustrate mankind. Soon you will be approached by your command representative concerning this year's fund drive. Please study the material you will be given and then decide how generous you can be. Should you wish to designate a favorite charity, health or social program, simply designate that agency or agencies. Your designations wi II be honored. In past years many of us took advantage of the payroll allotment plan as the simplest and most convenient way to contribute a more generous share to this effort. Iencourage each of you to consider this option. We in the Nayy and Marine Corps can be proud of our past achievements in the Combined Federal campaign. Again we are needed. I ask each of you to open your heart to someone less fortunate. You are free to give or not, as you desire. My hope is that your desire is to share. J. William Middendorf II Secretary of the Navy .. , ..... VITAL WORK - Tackling the difficull assignment of installing perimeter security fencing around NWC were these personnel from Detachment 0217 and the Seabee Self·Help unit at China Lake. In the photo, the Seabee with the sledgehammer is standing on a welding truck as it accompanies a work party near the sewage treatment plant. north to Rowe St. -Installing landing lights. Men of Detachments 0217, 0417 and Self-Help personnel completed 300 ft. of trenching to install lines for the stephenson Memorial Heliport, which is located on Navy land opposite the Ridgecrest Community Hospital. The heliport serves as an emergency landing facility to save lives by reducing the transport time of accident victims. - Doing a good deed for the Boy Scouts. Seabees layed 700 ft. of plastic water line, installed an entrance gate and prepared the ground for a swimming pool at Camp Nick Williams, a Boy Scout camp located in the Piute Mts. -Installing a solar heating unit at the Naval Air Facility swimming PQOI. After the Navy procured surplus, unused, 10,000- gal. fuel bladders and hoses, back fill and grading was done by Detachment 0217 and the laying ofthe bladders was performed by Self-Help and active duty personnel frem NAF and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Five. -Constructing a car wash to ac- commodate the private vehicles of military persomel. This facility, located adjacent to the Special Services Auto Hobby Shop, required a wide variety of Seabee skills: earthwork by the equipment operators, sewer line installation by the utilitiesmen, metal construction by the steelworkers, electrical work by the construction elec- tricians, and equipment maintenance by the (Continued on Page 3) Use of alternate runway at NAF reported as cause of extra noise during takeoHs Noise much louder than that which residents of the China Lake and Ridgecrest area are normally accustomed to has been occurring at intervals throughout the past two weeks during aircraft takeoffs from the Naval Air Facility. The reason for this, Naval Weapons Center officials explained, is that repairs are being made to the main runway at NAF and, until this work is completed a week from now, the additional noise will continue. Every effort is being made to minimize tbe inconvenience to local residents, but the requirement to use other than the main NAF runway, combined with heavily loaded jet aircraft, results in more flight traffic over the residenttal areas nearest NAF. The Navy, Marine, Army and Air Force pilots have been briefed on the rules governing aircraft and helicopter depar- tures and arrivals at NAF, and are making every effort to follow flight patterns that avoid residential areas to the maximum extent possible. However, night fligi!ts and those being conducted under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) mandate that pilots follow prescribed departure and arrival courses. These particular operations havc been responsible for most of the in- convenience being experienced by local area residents. In addition, low cloud ceilings such as have been prevalent the past two Fridays, tend to amplify the noise and this, coupled with tbe aircraft being under IFR rules, makes for_ the worst possible situation. For those residents who have been bothered by the noticeably higber aircraft noise, the Navy sincerely regrets the in- convenience. Wben the main runway is restored to use, this inconvenience will end. As the saying goes, "Please pardon our noise. It is the sound of freedom." , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1976,Rktr10.1.1976.pdf,Rktr10.1.1976.pdf Page 1, Rktr10.1.1976.pdf Page 1