PAGE 8 MARCH 26, 1954 4th Public Works Amateur Show Date Announced Entry blanks are now available for the fourth annual P ublic Works an ROmee Club sponsored ama- teur show, at the Public Works per- sonnel building, according to Nate Rekosh, chairman of this year's show. The date for the show has been set for Thursday, May 6, at the Station theater. ave1' $200 in cash prizes will be given away to winners in the event. Contestants will be grouped accord- ing to age. Entry into the show is open to all amateurs in both China Lake and Ridgecrest. Contestants do not ne- cessarily have to be Station em- ployes, or dependents of a Station employee, according to Mr. Rekosh. The first try-outs for the show will be held Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9 :30 at the Anchorage. Other try-outs will be scheduled through- out the month of April. These dates will be announced in the next issue of the Rocketeer. COMMISSARY TO CLOSE The Commissary S tor e will be c los e d all day next Wednesday, March 31, for the purpose of con- ducting its regular monthly inven- tory, according to LTJG William C. Hamilton, commissary store officer. $torting nmes: 6 and 8 p.m. doll»". Kiddies' Matln.. (Special Mewl"h 1 p.m. Saturday Mafine.; 1 p.m. Sunday TODAY MARCH 26 "MA AND PA KmLE AT HOME" (88 Min.) Marjarie Main, Percy Kilbride Shorts; "Bugs and Thugs" (7 Min.) "Heart of a Champion" (10 Min.) SATURDAY MARCH 27 "WORLD FOR RANSOM" (82 Min.) Don Duryea, Gene Lockhart Shorts: "Monroe Doctrine" (17 Min.) • MATINEE "ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL" (7S Min.) Roy Rogers Shorts; "Dare-devil Droopy" (7 Min.) "Jungle Drums" No. 6 (13 Min.) SUN.·MON. MARCH 28·29 "MOGAMBO" (117 Min.) Clark Gable, Ava Gardner TUES.·WED. MARCH 30.31 "CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT" (8S Min.) 80b Hope, Joan Fontaine Shorts: "Perils of the f orest" (18 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS.·FRr. APRIL }·2 "RAILS INTO LARAMIE" (82 Min.) John Payne, Mari Blanchard Sho rts: "Smoked Hams" (7 Min.) " Do Someone a Favor" (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) EVERY LlTILE BIT HELPS MARTHA'S MITE IS WELCOMED by the American Red Cross here in its present campaign for funds and members. Martha Pike, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pike, 606-A Essex Circle, left this note and eight cents on the table for her parents when they returned home one evening last week. She is a third grade student at Richmond School. Her father, a consultant in Test Department, represents the department on the planning committee that is aiding the local campaign. CDR Leo W. Rob- erts, chairman of the campaign, said Martha's action earned for 'her a Red Cross pin and card making her a member of the Red Cross for 1954. Explosives Reduction-in-Force Cuts 29 Employes; More to Follow First reduction-in-force notices were issued by the Personnel De- partment last Tuesday as a result of planned reductions of personnel in- volved in the closing of the Explos- ives Department. These notices are effective April 16 and were issued to the following group of personnel: 21 munition workers, 3 laborers, 2 security in- spectors, 2 painters and 1 general helper. ~ll of the personnel affected were in retention group III, meaning that they were serVing under indefinite appo~ntment and do not .have reas- signment rights under the reduc- tion-in-force regulations. It is further planned to issue re- duction-in-force notices effective I Employe Injured In Highway Mishap George M. Reger, acting assistant head of the Test Department pho- tographic laboratory, suffered pain- ful head injuries in an automobile accident Saturday morning, eight miles south of Mojave when his car and a truck collided on Highway 6. Also injured were his passengers, Mrs. Reger, who received chest in- juries, and Mrs. Vera Greenfield, Station resident, who suffered an arm injury. All were taken to the Mojave hospital for treatment and remained there until early this week. April 30 to additional personnel as follows: apprOximately 21 munition workers, 2 laborers, 1 security in- spector, 3 carpenters, 1 joiner, 2 electricians, 2 pipecoverers and insu- 1ators' 2 painters, 3 pipefitters, 1 welder, 1 general helper and 1 nurse. These persons are also in group III with the exception of the nurse. Hereafter it will be necessary to · issue reduction-in-force notices at approximately two-week intervals on the basis of a schedule estab- lished by the Explosives Department and approved by the Station Com- mander for closing the Explosives Department operations in the latter part of July. The Personnel Department has also assigned a representative of the employment division of Explos- ives for the purpose of negotiating reassignments and transfers to va- cancies on-the Station. These trans- fers will for the most part involve personnel in Groups I and II and will minimize to a large extent the neceSSity for formal reduction-in':' force procedures. The Personnel Department plans to issue information from time to time On the progress of this pro- gram, both from the standpoint of employees separated by reduction- in-force and those transferred to vacancies. It is expected that reduc- tion-in-force will largely be con- fined to employees in .group m. / High School Grads Now Eligible For OCS Training Educational requirements for Navy warrant officers and enlisted per- sonnel applying for the 16-week course at Office\- Candidate School in Newport, R.I., have been lowered, according to a report received this week. OCS training is now open to high s c h 0 0 I graduates. Previously the training was only open to those who had completed two or more years of formal education, or the equivalent. High school graduates, however, must have a GCT or ARI test score of at least 60 to qualify. Warrant officers and chief war- rant officers must have completed three years of active service in grade by June 30 of the year in which ap- Pointment to ensign is made. En- listed personnel must have complet- ed four years service in the regular Navy prior to appointment. Chief petty officers have the option of qualifying under either ot the two requirements. There is no restriction as tQ the number of a candidate's dependents. Eligible personnel must submit re- quests for consideration to the i r commanding officer by July I, in order to make the selection for oes trainees next year. f Successful candida~ will be com- missioned ensigns in the Line or Supply Cor p s and Civil Engineer Corps upon graduation fro m the Newport school. School Trustee Candidacy ~Iate Open Untj/, ARril 21 Local residents plllrDIlin\ to run for election to the C a Lake Ele- mentary School District board of trustees have until April 21 to file for candidacy at .the office of the district superintendent of schools. Candidates must declare them- selves as seeking either the regular term of office-a three year term- or one of the two additional offices being created for the first time this year, one of which will be a two- year term and the other a one-year term. The candidate receiving the high- est number of votes for the two new board positions will serve for the two-year term, and the runner-up will be elected for the o~e-year term. In order to be eligible, each candi- date for the office of trustee must be a registered voter of the district. DRIVER'S EXAMS SET Examinations for driver's licenses will be conducted at the County building in Ridgecrest next Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Hours for the examinations will be 8:30 to 11 :30 and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.rn.. THE WEATHER Mostly c I ear with high scattered clouds over the mounta ins. Surface winds light to variable. Me x i mum temperatures 65 to 70. VOL. X, NO. 12 Central Staff Leads Per Capita Figures In ARC Campaign Central S t a f f has contributed $135.65 to the 1954 American Red Cross campaign for funds and mem- bers to take the lead this week with a per capita contribution of $2.11, according to CDR Leo W. Roberts, campaign chairman. Included in Central Staff are the offices of Technical Director, Asso- ciate Technical Director, and Central Evaluation Group. The campaign will officially end next Friday, having been extended from next wednesday to permit both civilian and Military personnel, who have paydays on Thursday and Fri- day respectively, to make final con- tributions. Second high was the Department of Community Affairs with $1.91 per capita and third was GMTU No. 61 with $1.41. CDR Roberts pointed out t hat some military group per capita con- tributions are low because of the mil)tary personnel having to make heavy expenditures during the past month in readiness for the Com- mandant's military inspection here last Saturday. He stated that these g r 0 ups are concentrating on the April 1 payday. The Public W 0 r k s Department leads the list in total contributions of $411.50, with Command Adminis- tration $348.31 placing second, and Supply and Fiscal Department third, with a total of $304.48. Totpl contributions received, as of last Monday, were $2,691.70, an in- crease of $1,135.09 over last week. Total contributions by Station De- partments, Staffs and facilities, and the per capita contributions, are as follows: Activity Central Staff Com. Affairs GMU No. 61 Personnel Total Contrib. ............$135.65 86.00 24.00 72.00 Dental ..................... 10.00 Command Adm. Research ... ..... 348.31 .... '184.00 Design & Pro. . 140.50 Supply & )FiscaI ........ 304.48 Off. of the Comdr. . 16.00 Medical.......... ............. 26.00 Public Works ....... 411.50 Rockets 298.58 Test ............ ........ . ........ 222.25· 1st Prov. MGM Bn... 35.31 AOD . .......................... 66.75 NAF ............................... 86.31 (Continued on Page 5) Per Capita $2.11 1.91 1.41 1.38 1.11 1.06 .92 .71 .63 .48 .48 .45 .43 .42 .36 .23 .17 TOOERATuItI:S (Housing Areo) Max. Min. March 18 .... 59 26 March 19 .... 58 40 March 20 60 ., March 21 .... 62 43 March " 53 43 March 23 .... 57 39 March -24 .... 56 39 U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. MARCH 26, 1954 .Two Navy Men Receive Medals For Heroic Action Two Navy enlisted men attached to the China Lake Command have recently received medals and cita- tions earned while serving on the front lines in Korea, according to a report from LCDR W. L. Sloan, commanding officer of enlisted per- sOIIDel. Lloyd S. Viveros, AOAN, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from the President of the United States, and Horace M. Lucich, ACl, we.s awarded an Air Medal from the Commander, Naval Forces, Far East. RADM GEORGE C. DYER, Commandant, 11th Naval District (left), and Captain D. B. Young, Station Commander, are shown as they started the military inspection last weekend. First on the inspection list are, from the left, LCDR A. S. Yesensky, OinC, Guidejl Missile Training Unit 61; LCDR W. L. Sloan, commanding officer of enlisted personnel; Captain James D. Grounds, executive officer, and Major John Griffin, commanding officer of Marine Barracks; Major Robert Moore, executive officer, and Lt. Col. J. O. Blackwell, conunanding officer of the First Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion; CDR C. C. Schmuck, executive officer, and CDR S. W. Vejtasa. conunanding officer of the Naval Air Facility. The citation accompanying the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, sign- ed by the Secretary of the Navy, states, in part: ;'For heroiC conduct . on board the USS Essex during flight operations against enemy ag- gressor forces in the Korean area on 14 December 1952. When a 100- pound general purpose bomb was re- leased and fell to the deck, arming the tail fuse and possibly arming the nose fuse . . . Viveros imme- diately ran to the armed bomb and assisted in carrying it to the dis- posal chute, personally withdrawing and disposing of the armed tail fuse. By his daring initiative and prompt ~action in the face of grave personal risk, Viveros was instru- Commandant, 11th Naval District Commends Station On Inspection , Despite a damp, dismal morning spotted with sharp winds sweeping in from the High Sierras, Rear Ad- miral George C. Dyer, Comman- dant of the Eleventh Naval District, conducted an inspection of Station military personnel last Saturday. Included in Admiral Dyer's inspec- Summer Work Plan Shel, ved This Year Employment of local high school and college students on a part-time basis this summer is not planned by the Station. A considerable number of such students who reside on the Station . were €;mployed during past sum~ mer s in non-technical positions. Large scale reductions-in-force in the Explosives Department are given as reasons for this move. The program for employment of undergraduates and graduate stUd- ents majoring in physical sciences and engineering, however, will be continued if a request for temporary increase in certain ce~gs are granted by the Bureau of Ordnance. tion party were Captain John F. GOOdwin, chief of st~ff; Captain W. H. Sanders Jr., assistant chief of staff for personnel; Colonel P. A. McDonald, USMC, Dis- trict Marine officer and .command- (Continued on Page 5) Early Release ing officer of Marine Barracks, Na- Prog ram Extension val Station, San Diego; LT J. A. Beaubouef, flag lieutenant and aide Now Being Planned to the Commandant; Captain D. B. Young, Station Commander, and , The current program of separating Captain R. H. Solier, executive of- enlisted Navy personnel two months ticer. before their normal expiration of A crowd of nearly 600 Station enlistment is expected to be extend- civilian residents watched as Ad- ed to Dec. 31, according to Navy miral Dye r was piped aboard Times this week. through a contingent of six side Vice Admiral James L. Holloway boys by a Navy Boatswain's Mate. Jr., Chief· of Naval personnel, has Following the inspection of sta- advised aU Fleet Commanders by tion officers, the inspection party dispatch that the Navy is contem- split in order to more quickly in- plating snch a move, and that final spect the Station Navy and Marine approval ~ by the Secretary of the enlisted personnel. Admiral Dyer, Navy is expected in the near future. Captain Goodwin and Colonel Mc- The early release policy was in- Donald each headed one of the augurated by the Navy last June in smaller inspection parties. order to.: equalize losses of fiscal Upon t he Admiral's return to San years 19:)4 and 1955 and to reduce Diego, he sent a dispatch to Cap- fluctuafi:on in enlisted recruiting tain Young, which read in part: and tra.lning systems. \ "Commandant, 11th Naval District The program currently under way congratulates Commander, Naval only effects enlistments due to ex- (Continued on Page 5) pire through Oct. 31. , OCR Text: PAGE 8 MARCH 26, 1954 4th Public Works Amateur Show Date Announced Entry blanks are now available for the fourth annual P ublic Works an ROmee Club sponsored ama- teur show, at the Public Works per- sonnel building, according to Nate Rekosh, chairman of this year's show. The date for the show has been set for Thursday, May 6, at the Station theater. ave1' $200 in cash prizes will be given away to winners in the event. Contestants will be grouped accord- ing to age. Entry into the show is open to all amateurs in both China Lake and Ridgecrest. Contestants do not ne- cessarily have to be Station em- ployes, or dependents of a Station employee, according to Mr. Rekosh. The first try-outs for the show will be held Thursday evening from 7:30 to 9 :30 at the Anchorage. Other try-outs will be scheduled through- out the month of April. These dates will be announced in the next issue of the Rocketeer. COMMISSARY TO CLOSE The Commissary S tor e will be c los e d all day next Wednesday, March 31, for the purpose of con- ducting its regular monthly inven- tory, according to LTJG William C. Hamilton, commissary store officer. $torting nmes: 6 and 8 p.m. doll»". Kiddies' Matln.. (Special Mewl"h 1 p.m. Saturday Mafine.; 1 p.m. Sunday TODAY MARCH 26 "MA AND PA KmLE AT HOME" (88 Min.) Marjarie Main, Percy Kilbride Shorts; "Bugs and Thugs" (7 Min.) "Heart of a Champion" (10 Min.) SATURDAY MARCH 27 "WORLD FOR RANSOM" (82 Min.) Don Duryea, Gene Lockhart Shorts: "Monroe Doctrine" (17 Min.) • MATINEE "ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL" (7S Min.) Roy Rogers Shorts; "Dare-devil Droopy" (7 Min.) "Jungle Drums" No. 6 (13 Min.) SUN.·MON. MARCH 28·29 "MOGAMBO" (117 Min.) Clark Gable, Ava Gardner TUES.·WED. MARCH 30.31 "CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT" (8S Min.) 80b Hope, Joan Fontaine Shorts: "Perils of the f orest" (18 Min.) News (10 Min.) THURS.·FRr. APRIL }·2 "RAILS INTO LARAMIE" (82 Min.) John Payne, Mari Blanchard Sho rts: "Smoked Hams" (7 Min.) " Do Someone a Favor" (10 Min.) News (10 Min.) EVERY LlTILE BIT HELPS MARTHA'S MITE IS WELCOMED by the American Red Cross here in its present campaign for funds and members. Martha Pike, eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pike, 606-A Essex Circle, left this note and eight cents on the table for her parents when they returned home one evening last week. She is a third grade student at Richmond School. Her father, a consultant in Test Department, represents the department on the planning committee that is aiding the local campaign. CDR Leo W. Rob- erts, chairman of the campaign, said Martha's action earned for 'her a Red Cross pin and card making her a member of the Red Cross for 1954. Explosives Reduction-in-Force Cuts 29 Employes; More to Follow First reduction-in-force notices were issued by the Personnel De- partment last Tuesday as a result of planned reductions of personnel in- volved in the closing of the Explos- ives Department. These notices are effective April 16 and were issued to the following group of personnel: 21 munition workers, 3 laborers, 2 security in- spectors, 2 painters and 1 general helper. ~ll of the personnel affected were in retention group III, meaning that they were serVing under indefinite appo~ntment and do not .have reas- signment rights under the reduc- tion-in-force regulations. It is further planned to issue re- duction-in-force notices effective I Employe Injured In Highway Mishap George M. Reger, acting assistant head of the Test Department pho- tographic laboratory, suffered pain- ful head injuries in an automobile accident Saturday morning, eight miles south of Mojave when his car and a truck collided on Highway 6. Also injured were his passengers, Mrs. Reger, who received chest in- juries, and Mrs. Vera Greenfield, Station resident, who suffered an arm injury. All were taken to the Mojave hospital for treatment and remained there until early this week. April 30 to additional personnel as follows: apprOximately 21 munition workers, 2 laborers, 1 security in- spector, 3 carpenters, 1 joiner, 2 electricians, 2 pipecoverers and insu- 1ators' 2 painters, 3 pipefitters, 1 welder, 1 general helper and 1 nurse. These persons are also in group III with the exception of the nurse. Hereafter it will be necessary to · issue reduction-in-force notices at approximately two-week intervals on the basis of a schedule estab- lished by the Explosives Department and approved by the Station Com- mander for closing the Explosives Department operations in the latter part of July. The Personnel Department has also assigned a representative of the employment division of Explos- ives for the purpose of negotiating reassignments and transfers to va- cancies on-the Station. These trans- fers will for the most part involve personnel in Groups I and II and will minimize to a large extent the neceSSity for formal reduction-in':' force procedures. The Personnel Department plans to issue information from time to time On the progress of this pro- gram, both from the standpoint of employees separated by reduction- in-force and those transferred to vacancies. It is expected that reduc- tion-in-force will largely be con- fined to employees in .group m. / High School Grads Now Eligible For OCS Training Educational requirements for Navy warrant officers and enlisted per- sonnel applying for the 16-week course at Office\- Candidate School in Newport, R.I., have been lowered, according to a report received this week. OCS training is now open to high s c h 0 0 I graduates. Previously the training was only open to those who had completed two or more years of formal education, or the equivalent. High school graduates, however, must have a GCT or ARI test score of at least 60 to qualify. Warrant officers and chief war- rant officers must have completed three years of active service in grade by June 30 of the year in which ap- Pointment to ensign is made. En- listed personnel must have complet- ed four years service in the regular Navy prior to appointment. Chief petty officers have the option of qualifying under either ot the two requirements. There is no restriction as tQ the number of a candidate's dependents. Eligible personnel must submit re- quests for consideration to the i r commanding officer by July I, in order to make the selection for oes trainees next year. f Successful candida~ will be com- missioned ensigns in the Line or Supply Cor p s and Civil Engineer Corps upon graduation fro m the Newport school. School Trustee Candidacy ~Iate Open Untj/, ARril 21 Local residents plllrDIlin\ to run for election to the C a Lake Ele- mentary School District board of trustees have until April 21 to file for candidacy at .the office of the district superintendent of schools. Candidates must declare them- selves as seeking either the regular term of office-a three year term- or one of the two additional offices being created for the first time this year, one of which will be a two- year term and the other a one-year term. The candidate receiving the high- est number of votes for the two new board positions will serve for the two-year term, and the runner-up will be elected for the o~e-year term. In order to be eligible, each candi- date for the office of trustee must be a registered voter of the district. DRIVER'S EXAMS SET Examinations for driver's licenses will be conducted at the County building in Ridgecrest next Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday. Hours for the examinations will be 8:30 to 11 :30 and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.rn.. THE WEATHER Mostly c I ear with high scattered clouds over the mounta ins. Surface winds light to variable. Me x i mum temperatures 65 to 70. VOL. X, NO. 12 Central Staff Leads Per Capita Figures In ARC Campaign Central S t a f f has contributed $135.65 to the 1954 American Red Cross campaign for funds and mem- bers to take the lead this week with a per capita contribution of $2.11, according to CDR Leo W. Roberts, campaign chairman. Included in Central Staff are the offices of Technical Director, Asso- ciate Technical Director, and Central Evaluation Group. The campaign will officially end next Friday, having been extended from next wednesday to permit both civilian and Military personnel, who have paydays on Thursday and Fri- day respectively, to make final con- tributions. Second high was the Department of Community Affairs with $1.91 per capita and third was GMTU No. 61 with $1.41. CDR Roberts pointed out t hat some military group per capita con- tributions are low because of the mil)tary personnel having to make heavy expenditures during the past month in readiness for the Com- mandant's military inspection here last Saturday. He stated that these g r 0 ups are concentrating on the April 1 payday. The Public W 0 r k s Department leads the list in total contributions of $411.50, with Command Adminis- tration $348.31 placing second, and Supply and Fiscal Department third, with a total of $304.48. Totpl contributions received, as of last Monday, were $2,691.70, an in- crease of $1,135.09 over last week. Total contributions by Station De- partments, Staffs and facilities, and the per capita contributions, are as follows: Activity Central Staff Com. Affairs GMU No. 61 Personnel Total Contrib. ............$135.65 86.00 24.00 72.00 Dental ..................... 10.00 Command Adm. Research ... ..... 348.31 .... '184.00 Design & Pro. . 140.50 Supply & )FiscaI ........ 304.48 Off. of the Comdr. . 16.00 Medical.......... ............. 26.00 Public Works ....... 411.50 Rockets 298.58 Test ............ ........ . ........ 222.25· 1st Prov. MGM Bn... 35.31 AOD . .......................... 66.75 NAF ............................... 86.31 (Continued on Page 5) Per Capita $2.11 1.91 1.41 1.38 1.11 1.06 .92 .71 .63 .48 .48 .45 .43 .42 .36 .23 .17 TOOERATuItI:S (Housing Areo) Max. Min. March 18 .... 59 26 March 19 .... 58 40 March 20 60 ., March 21 .... 62 43 March " 53 43 March 23 .... 57 39 March -24 .... 56 39 U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION, CHINA LAKE, CALIF. MARCH 26, 1954 .Two Navy Men Receive Medals For Heroic Action Two Navy enlisted men attached to the China Lake Command have recently received medals and cita- tions earned while serving on the front lines in Korea, according to a report from LCDR W. L. Sloan, commanding officer of enlisted per- sOIIDel. Lloyd S. Viveros, AOAN, received the Navy and Marine Corps Medal from the President of the United States, and Horace M. Lucich, ACl, we.s awarded an Air Medal from the Commander, Naval Forces, Far East. RADM GEORGE C. DYER, Commandant, 11th Naval District (left), and Captain D. B. Young, Station Commander, are shown as they started the military inspection last weekend. First on the inspection list are, from the left, LCDR A. S. Yesensky, OinC, Guidejl Missile Training Unit 61; LCDR W. L. Sloan, commanding officer of enlisted personnel; Captain James D. Grounds, executive officer, and Major John Griffin, commanding officer of Marine Barracks; Major Robert Moore, executive officer, and Lt. Col. J. O. Blackwell, conunanding officer of the First Provisional Marine Guided Missile Battalion; CDR C. C. Schmuck, executive officer, and CDR S. W. Vejtasa. conunanding officer of the Naval Air Facility. The citation accompanying the Navy and Marine Corps Medal, sign- ed by the Secretary of the Navy, states, in part: ;'For heroiC conduct . on board the USS Essex during flight operations against enemy ag- gressor forces in the Korean area on 14 December 1952. When a 100- pound general purpose bomb was re- leased and fell to the deck, arming the tail fuse and possibly arming the nose fuse . . . Viveros imme- diately ran to the armed bomb and assisted in carrying it to the dis- posal chute, personally withdrawing and disposing of the armed tail fuse. By his daring initiative and prompt ~action in the face of grave personal risk, Viveros was instru- Commandant, 11th Naval District Commends Station On Inspection , Despite a damp, dismal morning spotted with sharp winds sweeping in from the High Sierras, Rear Ad- miral George C. Dyer, Comman- dant of the Eleventh Naval District, conducted an inspection of Station military personnel last Saturday. Included in Admiral Dyer's inspec- Summer Work Plan Shel, ved This Year Employment of local high school and college students on a part-time basis this summer is not planned by the Station. A considerable number of such students who reside on the Station . were €;mployed during past sum~ mer s in non-technical positions. Large scale reductions-in-force in the Explosives Department are given as reasons for this move. The program for employment of undergraduates and graduate stUd- ents majoring in physical sciences and engineering, however, will be continued if a request for temporary increase in certain ce~gs are granted by the Bureau of Ordnance. tion party were Captain John F. GOOdwin, chief of st~ff; Captain W. H. Sanders Jr., assistant chief of staff for personnel; Colonel P. A. McDonald, USMC, Dis- trict Marine officer and .command- (Continued on Page 5) Early Release ing officer of Marine Barracks, Na- Prog ram Extension val Station, San Diego; LT J. A. Beaubouef, flag lieutenant and aide Now Being Planned to the Commandant; Captain D. B. Young, Station Commander, and , The current program of separating Captain R. H. Solier, executive of- enlisted Navy personnel two months ticer. before their normal expiration of A crowd of nearly 600 Station enlistment is expected to be extend- civilian residents watched as Ad- ed to Dec. 31, according to Navy miral Dye r was piped aboard Times this week. through a contingent of six side Vice Admiral James L. Holloway boys by a Navy Boatswain's Mate. Jr., Chief· of Naval personnel, has Following the inspection of sta- advised aU Fleet Commanders by tion officers, the inspection party dispatch that the Navy is contem- split in order to more quickly in- plating snch a move, and that final spect the Station Navy and Marine approval ~ by the Secretary of the enlisted personnel. Admiral Dyer, Navy is expected in the near future. Captain Goodwin and Colonel Mc- The early release policy was in- Donald each headed one of the augurated by the Navy last June in smaller inspection parties. order to.: equalize losses of fiscal Upon t he Admiral's return to San years 19:)4 and 1955 and to reduce Diego, he sent a dispatch to Cap- fluctuafi:on in enlisted recruiting tain Young, which read in part: and tra.lning systems. \ "Commandant, 11th Naval District The program currently under way congratulates Commander, Naval only effects enlistments due to ex- (Continued on Page 5) pire through Oct. 31. , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1950s,Rocketeer 1954,Rktr3.26.1954.pdf,Rktr3.26.1954.pdf Page 1, Rktr3.26.1954.pdf Page 1