Page Eight Lions Club 3-day summer fair begins today in Ridgecrest A three-day swnmer fair, sponsored by the Uooa Club of Indian Wells Valley, will get WIder way at 4p.m. today at the Desert EmpIre FairgrOWlds in Ridgecrest. 1bere will be no admlssioo charge for this special event whleb will feature five thrill rides, including a sky diver (reportedly the largest portsble wheel in the world), a ferris wheel and merry-go-round brought bere and operated by the Christiansen Amusement Co. of San Bernardino. For those wbose hWlger or thirst is whetted by the activity on the midway, the IWV chapter of the National Assoclatioo for the Advancement of Colored People will be selling fried chicken, hamburgers will be available at a booth operated by members of the KnIghts of Columbus, and there alao will be booths at whieb soft drinks and beer can be purcbased. The summer fair will be open today from 4 to 11 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. Dura Pinkerton and Dr. Rex Shacklett are cbairman and co-cbairman, respec- tively, of the Uooa Club's summer fair, and have been assisted in preparations for this event by Tony KnIght, Sam Treat, Bill Bewley, Dr. Ron Ogren, Dr. Gene Brandt, Maurice Westfall and Basll Legg. In addition to tboae already mentioned, the summer fair planning committee in- cludes Re>< Staasart, Phil Kelly, Bruce Sonnenberg and Emil Moorehead. Their share of the proceeds from the sununer fair will be used by the local Uons Club to support such youth programs and community service projects as the Ridgecrest and CbIna Lake Utile Leagues, the Pony/ Colt Baaeball League, Future Business Leaders of America, and regu1ar visits of a mobile Eyemobile that provides free tests for glaucoma. Country. western gpo to play for dance at COM Captain Crunch and the Deep Q-ou Cowboys, a cotmtry and we8tern group from lDs Angeles, will perform for the listening and dancing pleasure of CommlasIoned OffIcers' Messpatrons tonight from 9 until 1 a.ID. Dlmer specIaIa for the evening will be shrimp curry or prime rib, served from 6 until 10 o'clock. Tomorrow night's speciaJ will be 14-oz. porterbouse steaks. ROCKETEER BICENTENNIAL DRAMATICS- Rldlard Paulsen and Janice Frageman portray lhe courier and Abigail Adams, respectively, in Ihe Community Lighl Opera and ThHter AssocilltJon's production of "1776," whose firlll' performances are set for .: 15lonight and Saturday althe Burroughs High School lecture cenler. Tickets, which are priced .t $3 for aduHs and $2 for students and senior citizens, are available allhe Gill Mart, the Madical Arts Pharmacy and the Slalion Pharmacy, as _lias from members of thl casl. Remalningllckets will be placed on sale al lhe lecture cenler box oHice lIthe limes of lhe performances. Choreographer for theaward-winning musiCilI story of this nation's birth is Georgia Knutsen, a dance laacher with the Indian Wells Valloy Ballol Society. -Photos by Ray Hocker Premium lists a,ailabl, for Oesert Empire Fair, slated Sept. 29-00t. 3 Local area residents wbo are interested in entering their arI work, handcrafts or esamples of their sewing and needlework skill can now obtain premium 1Ists for the 1976 Desert Empire Fair. The annus! celebntion will be held from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 in Ridgecrest. Both premium 1Ists and entry forms are avaJlable at the Community Center and lilrary on board the Naval Weapons Center, or in Ridgecrest at the city ball, Chamber of Commerce office, Fabrltlque Sbop, Buttons and Bows, Eve's Yarn Sbop and at the DEF office on the fairgrounda. In addition, the Country Feed Barn in Inyokern also has copies of tile premium 1Ists and entry forms. 1bere will be competItioo in several new divisions at this year's fair, including one for afghans and a clusIfIcation for entries by those wbo do Hydro-cal painting. Alao, the HI divisions and classes have been revised in an effort to provide competitive categories for aa many 4-H yoWlgSters aa possible. As an assist to those wbo plan to enter their work in the competition at the fair, the committee in ebarge of this part of the local celelration has made plans to set up tables at whieb entry forms and fees will be ac- cepted in the Ridgecrest Plaza area on FrIday, Sept. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m., and during the same bours on Friday, Sept. 17, in BennIngton Plaza on the Naval Weapons Center aa well aa at the Ridgecrest Plaza. AddItional information can be obtained by caJlIng Mrs. WIllIe Johnson, chairman of the competition committee, at 377'-1, or writing to Route 2, Box 353K, Ridgecrest. Cub Scout Day Camp set for July 19-23 at NAF swim pool The annus! Cub Scout Day Camp will be held at the Naval Air Facility pool July 19 through 23 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. dally. The program will include Instruction in basket, rope and candle making, leather craft, plaster casting, photography, first aid, and bicycle and fire safety. In addition, there will be an bour-long swim periodand a cookie and punch break each day. As YOWlgsters are registered they will be assigned to dens, with Boy Scouts serving aa den chiefs. Adults are welcome to visit the afternoons' activities and to volunteer their services aa needed. Navy To Provide Transportation The Navy will provide transportstion for participants from the NWC main gate each day at 12:30 p.m. and return them there from the pool at 5 p.m. The cost for the camp is $5 per boy. Scouts may register by contacting their cubmaster or by pboning Norm Wiseman at 375-8792 or Bill Cooper at 446-6'/34. Boys 8 through 10 years of age who are not Scouts but who would like to participate in the camp may alao register by calling the above numbers. Plans are now in full swing for a CIJb.o. Roe to be held July 23 through 25 at Camp Nick Williams in the Plute Mountains. Persons desiring to take part in this father- son campout may register by calling Herb Guest at 446-1i678. ICE CREAM SOCIAL COMING UP - The sha_lawn araa althe NWC All Faith Chapel will be the setting for the Proteslanl Women of the Chapel's annual Ice cream social. This _Iar, summertime evenl will lake place on Tuesday, July 20, from '10 ' :3Op.m. Doing their billo call attention 10 the upcoming aHalr are Andy Conine and Andrea Aikins. Donalions of 7S cents for adults and 3S cents for children willenllttelhose attending the Ice cream social 10 a single serving of Ice cream with lither cake or pit and coffee or punch. Tlcklts can be purchased on _days al the All Faith Chapel office, or on Sundays following Proleslanl Congregallon services. All proceeds will be used 10 help support the congregallon's mission prolects. -Photo by Ron Allen Soul music gpo to play at Enlisted Club dances Carl Donaldaon and the Fourth House, a soul music group from Covina, will perform at EnlIsted Club dances tonight and tomorrow night from 9 until 2 a.m. Tonight's dinner speciaJ will be a seafood plate, while tomorrow night's will be spaghetti served with a glass of wine. Both will be served from 6 until 8:30. July 9, 1976 SHOWBOAT 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 General Audiences (PGI . ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (RI · RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian CS . Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-l : 30 p.m. Program subject to change without notice - please check marquee. FRI. "THE MACK" (109 Min.) Max Julien, Oon Gordon 'JULY (Action Drama) A petty crook lust released from prison is determined to make good as a pimp in spite of competition and threats from his ex- boss and the police. (R) SAT. lOJULY "PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE" (9'3 Min.) Paul Williams, William Finlay (Musical HOrTor ) Spoof of the classic " Phantom d th~ Opera." This phantom Is a rousing pop. horror comedy about a composer's revenoe on the satanic record producer who steels his rock cantata of "Faust." (PG) SUN. 11 JULY "MR. QUILP" (118Min.) Anthony Newley, David Hemminos (Musical) Daniel Quilp is a villain - one of the worst of cutthroats who swarmed throuoh lon· don's underworld of the 19th century and held a franchise on smuoolino, extortion and crime. Based on Dickens' "Old Curiosity ShOp," "Mr. Quilp" concems the classic contest between good and evil that ensues when Quilp's victim, little Nell, is pitifUlly exploited. (G) MON. 12JULY " NIGHT BLOOD MONSTER" (98 Min.) Christopher lee. Maria Rohm (Horror) A reion of terror, when Kino Henry V was faced with the Protestant forces of William of Orange and chaf1les of heresy and witchcraft sent many hapless women to the burnino stake. (PG) TUE. llJULY "HUSTLE" (120 Min.) Burt Reynolds. Catherine [)eneuve (Ac1ioft.Orama) This film is a drama 0# murder and official COrTUption. Burt Reynolds. a touoh but honest los Angeles detectly.., has a beautiful. - hioh.prlCed call g irl as his mlstrea (Catherine Deneuye) and does his lob despite the conflict resultino from this relatkKlShip. (R) WED. 14JULY "AVANTlI" (134 M in.) Jack lemmon. Juliet Mills ( Comedy ) Odd circumstances br ing an American businessman and an English secretary together on a picturesque Italian isle where initial hOstility blossoms into loye. (R) THURS. 15 JULY " LAS VEGAS LADY" (87 Min. ) Stuart Whitmen, Stella Stevens (Dram. ) Stella Stevens, a veteran play.girl in las Vegas. heeds a scheme to rob a casino during the height of a private oamblino party. Stevens receives Instructions from a mystery man (Stuart Whitman). who is security guard at the casino and at constant odds with the manaoer. Target of the heist is the money which the manager Of the casino has received from his scheme to sell ouns to a gunrunner. (PG) FRI. 16 JULY "RIVALS" (11W Min.) Joan Hackett. Scott Jacoby (Suspense Dram. ) A precocious 10-year·old objects to his mother's remarriage and plans a deathtrap for his stepfather. But his mother dies Instead and the boy withdraws into his own world. (R) CPO Club slates dance The Chief Petty OffIcers' Club will bold a dance tonight from 9 until 1 a.m. featuring the Bobby Vegaa Troupe, a contemporary music group from Las Vegaa. Dinner special for the evening will be prime rib, served from 6 until 9 o'clock. ..,J.. u .s. Gov.,-nmf'flt Printing Office : }4 "76 642 1 NG410 - From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: • INSIDE ... Clange BeIng Made To MetricSystem ....2 Medal Presented to USAF OffIcer .. .......3 July 9, 1976 Nat'l Space Week DImer Planned ... ......4 nwe IOcketeel N.v.1 Wupons Clnt.,- CAiN L.ke GrIevance ProceWres Outlined ... ........5 Sports .... .. ..................' ...... . ... .6 Callforni. BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BEGINS - .......ntalion of the colors and raising of the Amlrlcan flag marked the start of the local Bicentennial Iele at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds in Rldgecresl. The Naval Air Facility Drill Team, led by AMEC Karl Vanhoutan, is shown above as its members prepared to raise "OId Glory," Other participants in this portion of the program were a cokJr guard from lhe High Desert Delachmenl oflhe Marine Corps Reserve. -Pbotos by Roo Allen NWC employee commended Impro,ed means for fastening Condor missile pod doors de'ised A special commendation waa presented corrective meaaures that were taken were recently to Dan Branson, a mechanical unsatisfactory. engineering technician in the Weapons When aasigned the tssk of remedying this Department's Weapons Development problem, Branson waa able (in just siI Division, for his ingenuity in devising an months) to design, build, instaJ1 and improved means for securing Condor demonstrate his Improved method. In missile pod doors. The presentation waa addition, the benefits of all of Branson's made by W. B. Porter, head of Code 39. experience and knowledge 00 this task, DurIng flight testing at the Naval including details of his design, were shared Weapons Center, it waa determined that the freely with the contractor. previous method for fastening the Condor As a result of Branson's work, the con- pod doors waa unacceptable - either for tractor has abandoned the previous type of test purposes or for subsequent Fleet Condor missile pod fasteners, and has operations. swltcbed to a design concept for the While the inadequacy ofthe earlier design fasteners that bas or incorporates all of the had been known for a period of years, features of Bransoo's design. WhIle the final Added parking areas for 'cycles approved Molorcycles and bicycles will be permitted 10 park legally In mosl Irlangle spaces al the ends of parking rows on the Naval Weapons Center. They musl be placed enllrely within the lines of the Irlangle. The triangles where parking cannol be permitted will be approprialely marked. According 10 a spokesman from the Safely and Sacurlty Department, this was discussed and approved by the NWC TraHic Safety Council al Its lasl meeting. design will not be Bransoo's,lt will result in a Considerable savings to the government. The contractor's original pod con- figuration had employed 51 threaded fasteners for the three doors 00 the equipment access side and 29 Identical fasteners for the large single door on the wire tunnel side. Among the disadvantages of these original Condor pod door fasteners were that they would vibnte loose, break or bind, were difficult to secure, required cloee alignment for engagement, and were time- consuming to remove and fasten. Branson's solution to this problem caJled for just 12 fasteners for the three doors on (Conlinued on Page 3) Vol. XXXI. No. 26 Summer Fair Begins Today ........ ......8 SALUTE TO NATION'S 2001h BIRTHDAY - A display of fireworks ovlr Mirror Lake was among the highlights of the local Fourth of July celebrallon. Personnel of Explosives Ordnance Delachmenl 67 handled lhe lask of Igniling the pyrolechnic displays thaI iiI up the nlghl sky. Bicentennial year July 4th celebration attracts large crowd to local fairgrounds An estimated 1,000 persons attended the local community's gala Bicentennial year Independence Day celebration at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds Sunday evening - an event aa tradltIonaJly American aa Its barbecue, music, speeches, pageantry, ball and fireworks. The Big Bang Barbecue was a wbopplng success aa 560 persons enjoyed the delIdoua fare served up by Burroughs HIgh Scbool students Lance Hunter, ChrIs Mellon, Unda 0IeshIre and ErIca Daley. The students are members of Mrs. EdIth Novascone's two summer school claaaes in gourmet cooking, which prepared all the food for the event. Proceeds will go to the Maturango Museum building fund. The evening's program began with stirring renditions of the "George Washington Bicentennial March" and "America" by the Sierra Sands Unified School District Band, which waa directed by Alberts Kline. Welcoming Remarks After patriotic welcoming remarks by Ridgecrest City Councilwoman Florence Green, in whieb she described the Declaration of Independence aa "one of the greatest documents of all times and places," the presentatioo of colors was performed by the High Desert Detacbment of the u.s.Marine Corps Reserve and the Naval Air Facility DrIll Team. In his address upoo this festive occasion, Ted Edwards, Mayor of Ridgecrest, pralled the Community Ugh! Opera and Theater AssocIation's current production of "1m" and all organlzatlooa whleb helped to organize the evening's events. He closed by saying, "God bless America for the next :110 years." Historical Theml Followed The addreas given by Rear Admlral R. G. Freeman m, NWC Commander, had a historical theme whleb centered on the events surrounding the creation of the Declaration of Independence. "And what that docwnent produced," said RAdm. Freeman, "is a nation whleb represents the largest body of free people remaining on the face of the earth. Today, only 19 per cent of the people inhabiting this earth live in what we call 'freedom.' FreedomIs Indeed a 'fragile' clrcumstance. "As we enter our third century aa a free and aovereign people," contInlled the SkIpper, "there can be no better wat- eb.cads than tboee of tile author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferaon, who wamed, 'eternal vigilance Is the price of liberty.' "At this moment, we are the present custodians of our national berltage, and our responsibilities go far beyond the cultivation ~ the pbysIcal world about us. We must, above all else, be mIndfuJ of the ever1ll'esent need for moral and intellectUaJ. honesty and strength. Our task is to convey this great birthright of ours to our heirs, that they might enjoy the blessings that we here tonight so often take for granted." Saying that the Fourth of July Is a ''time to look forward," RAdm. Freeman added, RAdm. R. G. Freeman III B1cen'-mlal_ker "our past is glorious in spite of those wbose cynicism and Insecurity lead them to denigrate the acta and motivatiooa of those who have ledand served this cotmtry 80 well over the last :110 years." RAdm. Freeman advised, "We can only owrcome those who wish we would not be successful, tboae wbo esternally threaten (Conllnued on Page 4) , OCR Text: Page Eight Lions Club 3-day summer fair begins today in Ridgecrest A three-day swnmer fair, sponsored by the Uooa Club of Indian Wells Valley, will get WIder way at 4p.m. today at the Desert EmpIre FairgrOWlds in Ridgecrest. 1bere will be no admlssioo charge for this special event whleb will feature five thrill rides, including a sky diver (reportedly the largest portsble wheel in the world), a ferris wheel and merry-go-round brought bere and operated by the Christiansen Amusement Co. of San Bernardino. For those wbose hWlger or thirst is whetted by the activity on the midway, the IWV chapter of the National Assoclatioo for the Advancement of Colored People will be selling fried chicken, hamburgers will be available at a booth operated by members of the KnIghts of Columbus, and there alao will be booths at whieb soft drinks and beer can be purcbased. The summer fair will be open today from 4 to 11 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 11 p.m. Dura Pinkerton and Dr. Rex Shacklett are cbairman and co-cbairman, respec- tively, of the Uooa Club's summer fair, and have been assisted in preparations for this event by Tony KnIght, Sam Treat, Bill Bewley, Dr. Ron Ogren, Dr. Gene Brandt, Maurice Westfall and Basll Legg. In addition to tboae already mentioned, the summer fair planning committee in- cludes Re>< Staasart, Phil Kelly, Bruce Sonnenberg and Emil Moorehead. Their share of the proceeds from the sununer fair will be used by the local Uons Club to support such youth programs and community service projects as the Ridgecrest and CbIna Lake Utile Leagues, the Pony/ Colt Baaeball League, Future Business Leaders of America, and regu1ar visits of a mobile Eyemobile that provides free tests for glaucoma. Country. western gpo to play for dance at COM Captain Crunch and the Deep Q-ou Cowboys, a cotmtry and we8tern group from lDs Angeles, will perform for the listening and dancing pleasure of CommlasIoned OffIcers' Messpatrons tonight from 9 until 1 a.ID. Dlmer specIaIa for the evening will be shrimp curry or prime rib, served from 6 until 10 o'clock. Tomorrow night's speciaJ will be 14-oz. porterbouse steaks. ROCKETEER BICENTENNIAL DRAMATICS- Rldlard Paulsen and Janice Frageman portray lhe courier and Abigail Adams, respectively, in Ihe Community Lighl Opera and ThHter AssocilltJon's production of "1776," whose firlll' performances are set for .: 15lonight and Saturday althe Burroughs High School lecture cenler. Tickets, which are priced .t $3 for aduHs and $2 for students and senior citizens, are available allhe Gill Mart, the Madical Arts Pharmacy and the Slalion Pharmacy, as _lias from members of thl casl. Remalningllckets will be placed on sale al lhe lecture cenler box oHice lIthe limes of lhe performances. Choreographer for theaward-winning musiCilI story of this nation's birth is Georgia Knutsen, a dance laacher with the Indian Wells Valloy Ballol Society. -Photos by Ray Hocker Premium lists a,ailabl, for Oesert Empire Fair, slated Sept. 29-00t. 3 Local area residents wbo are interested in entering their arI work, handcrafts or esamples of their sewing and needlework skill can now obtain premium 1Ists for the 1976 Desert Empire Fair. The annus! celebntion will be held from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 in Ridgecrest. Both premium 1Ists and entry forms are avaJlable at the Community Center and lilrary on board the Naval Weapons Center, or in Ridgecrest at the city ball, Chamber of Commerce office, Fabrltlque Sbop, Buttons and Bows, Eve's Yarn Sbop and at the DEF office on the fairgrounda. In addition, the Country Feed Barn in Inyokern also has copies of tile premium 1Ists and entry forms. 1bere will be competItioo in several new divisions at this year's fair, including one for afghans and a clusIfIcation for entries by those wbo do Hydro-cal painting. Alao, the HI divisions and classes have been revised in an effort to provide competitive categories for aa many 4-H yoWlgSters aa possible. As an assist to those wbo plan to enter their work in the competition at the fair, the committee in ebarge of this part of the local celelration has made plans to set up tables at whieb entry forms and fees will be ac- cepted in the Ridgecrest Plaza area on FrIday, Sept. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m., and during the same bours on Friday, Sept. 17, in BennIngton Plaza on the Naval Weapons Center aa well aa at the Ridgecrest Plaza. AddItional information can be obtained by caJlIng Mrs. WIllIe Johnson, chairman of the competition committee, at 377'-1, or writing to Route 2, Box 353K, Ridgecrest. Cub Scout Day Camp set for July 19-23 at NAF swim pool The annus! Cub Scout Day Camp will be held at the Naval Air Facility pool July 19 through 23 from 12:30 to 5 p.m. dally. The program will include Instruction in basket, rope and candle making, leather craft, plaster casting, photography, first aid, and bicycle and fire safety. In addition, there will be an bour-long swim periodand a cookie and punch break each day. As YOWlgsters are registered they will be assigned to dens, with Boy Scouts serving aa den chiefs. Adults are welcome to visit the afternoons' activities and to volunteer their services aa needed. Navy To Provide Transportation The Navy will provide transportstion for participants from the NWC main gate each day at 12:30 p.m. and return them there from the pool at 5 p.m. The cost for the camp is $5 per boy. Scouts may register by contacting their cubmaster or by pboning Norm Wiseman at 375-8792 or Bill Cooper at 446-6'/34. Boys 8 through 10 years of age who are not Scouts but who would like to participate in the camp may alao register by calling the above numbers. Plans are now in full swing for a CIJb.o. Roe to be held July 23 through 25 at Camp Nick Williams in the Plute Mountains. Persons desiring to take part in this father- son campout may register by calling Herb Guest at 446-1i678. ICE CREAM SOCIAL COMING UP - The sha_lawn araa althe NWC All Faith Chapel will be the setting for the Proteslanl Women of the Chapel's annual Ice cream social. This _Iar, summertime evenl will lake place on Tuesday, July 20, from '10 ' :3Op.m. Doing their billo call attention 10 the upcoming aHalr are Andy Conine and Andrea Aikins. Donalions of 7S cents for adults and 3S cents for children willenllttelhose attending the Ice cream social 10 a single serving of Ice cream with lither cake or pit and coffee or punch. Tlcklts can be purchased on _days al the All Faith Chapel office, or on Sundays following Proleslanl Congregallon services. All proceeds will be used 10 help support the congregallon's mission prolects. -Photo by Ron Allen Soul music gpo to play at Enlisted Club dances Carl Donaldaon and the Fourth House, a soul music group from Covina, will perform at EnlIsted Club dances tonight and tomorrow night from 9 until 2 a.m. Tonight's dinner speciaJ will be a seafood plate, while tomorrow night's will be spaghetti served with a glass of wine. Both will be served from 6 until 8:30. July 9, 1976 SHOWBOAT 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 General Audiences (PGI . ALL AGES ADMITTED Parental Guidance Suggested (RI · RESTRICTED Under 17 requires accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian CS . Cinemascope STD · Standard Movie Screen Regular starting time-l : 30 p.m. Program subject to change without notice - please check marquee. FRI. "THE MACK" (109 Min.) Max Julien, Oon Gordon 'JULY (Action Drama) A petty crook lust released from prison is determined to make good as a pimp in spite of competition and threats from his ex- boss and the police. (R) SAT. lOJULY "PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE" (9'3 Min.) Paul Williams, William Finlay (Musical HOrTor ) Spoof of the classic " Phantom d th~ Opera." This phantom Is a rousing pop. horror comedy about a composer's revenoe on the satanic record producer who steels his rock cantata of "Faust." (PG) SUN. 11 JULY "MR. QUILP" (118Min.) Anthony Newley, David Hemminos (Musical) Daniel Quilp is a villain - one of the worst of cutthroats who swarmed throuoh lon· don's underworld of the 19th century and held a franchise on smuoolino, extortion and crime. Based on Dickens' "Old Curiosity ShOp," "Mr. Quilp" concems the classic contest between good and evil that ensues when Quilp's victim, little Nell, is pitifUlly exploited. (G) MON. 12JULY " NIGHT BLOOD MONSTER" (98 Min.) Christopher lee. Maria Rohm (Horror) A reion of terror, when Kino Henry V was faced with the Protestant forces of William of Orange and chaf1les of heresy and witchcraft sent many hapless women to the burnino stake. (PG) TUE. llJULY "HUSTLE" (120 Min.) Burt Reynolds. Catherine [)eneuve (Ac1ioft.Orama) This film is a drama 0# murder and official COrTUption. Burt Reynolds. a touoh but honest los Angeles detectly.., has a beautiful. - hioh.prlCed call g irl as his mlstrea (Catherine Deneuye) and does his lob despite the conflict resultino from this relatkKlShip. (R) WED. 14JULY "AVANTlI" (134 M in.) Jack lemmon. Juliet Mills ( Comedy ) Odd circumstances br ing an American businessman and an English secretary together on a picturesque Italian isle where initial hOstility blossoms into loye. (R) THURS. 15 JULY " LAS VEGAS LADY" (87 Min. ) Stuart Whitmen, Stella Stevens (Dram. ) Stella Stevens, a veteran play.girl in las Vegas. heeds a scheme to rob a casino during the height of a private oamblino party. Stevens receives Instructions from a mystery man (Stuart Whitman). who is security guard at the casino and at constant odds with the manaoer. Target of the heist is the money which the manager Of the casino has received from his scheme to sell ouns to a gunrunner. (PG) FRI. 16 JULY "RIVALS" (11W Min.) Joan Hackett. Scott Jacoby (Suspense Dram. ) A precocious 10-year·old objects to his mother's remarriage and plans a deathtrap for his stepfather. But his mother dies Instead and the boy withdraws into his own world. (R) CPO Club slates dance The Chief Petty OffIcers' Club will bold a dance tonight from 9 until 1 a.m. featuring the Bobby Vegaa Troupe, a contemporary music group from Las Vegaa. Dinner special for the evening will be prime rib, served from 6 until 9 o'clock. ..,J.. u .s. Gov.,-nmf'flt Printing Office : }4 "76 642 1 NG410 - From : PLACE STAMP HERE To: • INSIDE ... Clange BeIng Made To MetricSystem ....2 Medal Presented to USAF OffIcer .. .......3 July 9, 1976 Nat'l Space Week DImer Planned ... ......4 nwe IOcketeel N.v.1 Wupons Clnt.,- CAiN L.ke GrIevance ProceWres Outlined ... ........5 Sports .... .. ..................' ...... . ... .6 Callforni. BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BEGINS - .......ntalion of the colors and raising of the Amlrlcan flag marked the start of the local Bicentennial Iele at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds in Rldgecresl. The Naval Air Facility Drill Team, led by AMEC Karl Vanhoutan, is shown above as its members prepared to raise "OId Glory," Other participants in this portion of the program were a cokJr guard from lhe High Desert Delachmenl oflhe Marine Corps Reserve. -Pbotos by Roo Allen NWC employee commended Impro,ed means for fastening Condor missile pod doors de'ised A special commendation waa presented corrective meaaures that were taken were recently to Dan Branson, a mechanical unsatisfactory. engineering technician in the Weapons When aasigned the tssk of remedying this Department's Weapons Development problem, Branson waa able (in just siI Division, for his ingenuity in devising an months) to design, build, instaJ1 and improved means for securing Condor demonstrate his Improved method. In missile pod doors. The presentation waa addition, the benefits of all of Branson's made by W. B. Porter, head of Code 39. experience and knowledge 00 this task, DurIng flight testing at the Naval including details of his design, were shared Weapons Center, it waa determined that the freely with the contractor. previous method for fastening the Condor As a result of Branson's work, the con- pod doors waa unacceptable - either for tractor has abandoned the previous type of test purposes or for subsequent Fleet Condor missile pod fasteners, and has operations. swltcbed to a design concept for the While the inadequacy ofthe earlier design fasteners that bas or incorporates all of the had been known for a period of years, features of Bransoo's design. WhIle the final Added parking areas for 'cycles approved Molorcycles and bicycles will be permitted 10 park legally In mosl Irlangle spaces al the ends of parking rows on the Naval Weapons Center. They musl be placed enllrely within the lines of the Irlangle. The triangles where parking cannol be permitted will be approprialely marked. According 10 a spokesman from the Safely and Sacurlty Department, this was discussed and approved by the NWC TraHic Safety Council al Its lasl meeting. design will not be Bransoo's,lt will result in a Considerable savings to the government. The contractor's original pod con- figuration had employed 51 threaded fasteners for the three doors 00 the equipment access side and 29 Identical fasteners for the large single door on the wire tunnel side. Among the disadvantages of these original Condor pod door fasteners were that they would vibnte loose, break or bind, were difficult to secure, required cloee alignment for engagement, and were time- consuming to remove and fasten. Branson's solution to this problem caJled for just 12 fasteners for the three doors on (Conlinued on Page 3) Vol. XXXI. No. 26 Summer Fair Begins Today ........ ......8 SALUTE TO NATION'S 2001h BIRTHDAY - A display of fireworks ovlr Mirror Lake was among the highlights of the local Fourth of July celebrallon. Personnel of Explosives Ordnance Delachmenl 67 handled lhe lask of Igniling the pyrolechnic displays thaI iiI up the nlghl sky. Bicentennial year July 4th celebration attracts large crowd to local fairgrounds An estimated 1,000 persons attended the local community's gala Bicentennial year Independence Day celebration at the Desert Empire Fairgrounds Sunday evening - an event aa tradltIonaJly American aa Its barbecue, music, speeches, pageantry, ball and fireworks. The Big Bang Barbecue was a wbopplng success aa 560 persons enjoyed the delIdoua fare served up by Burroughs HIgh Scbool students Lance Hunter, ChrIs Mellon, Unda 0IeshIre and ErIca Daley. The students are members of Mrs. EdIth Novascone's two summer school claaaes in gourmet cooking, which prepared all the food for the event. Proceeds will go to the Maturango Museum building fund. The evening's program began with stirring renditions of the "George Washington Bicentennial March" and "America" by the Sierra Sands Unified School District Band, which waa directed by Alberts Kline. Welcoming Remarks After patriotic welcoming remarks by Ridgecrest City Councilwoman Florence Green, in whieb she described the Declaration of Independence aa "one of the greatest documents of all times and places," the presentatioo of colors was performed by the High Desert Detacbment of the u.s.Marine Corps Reserve and the Naval Air Facility DrIll Team. In his address upoo this festive occasion, Ted Edwards, Mayor of Ridgecrest, pralled the Community Ugh! Opera and Theater AssocIation's current production of "1m" and all organlzatlooa whleb helped to organize the evening's events. He closed by saying, "God bless America for the next :110 years." Historical Theml Followed The addreas given by Rear Admlral R. G. Freeman m, NWC Commander, had a historical theme whleb centered on the events surrounding the creation of the Declaration of Independence. "And what that docwnent produced," said RAdm. Freeman, "is a nation whleb represents the largest body of free people remaining on the face of the earth. Today, only 19 per cent of the people inhabiting this earth live in what we call 'freedom.' FreedomIs Indeed a 'fragile' clrcumstance. "As we enter our third century aa a free and aovereign people," contInlled the SkIpper, "there can be no better wat- eb.cads than tboee of tile author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferaon, who wamed, 'eternal vigilance Is the price of liberty.' "At this moment, we are the present custodians of our national berltage, and our responsibilities go far beyond the cultivation ~ the pbysIcal world about us. We must, above all else, be mIndfuJ of the ever1ll'esent need for moral and intellectUaJ. honesty and strength. Our task is to convey this great birthright of ours to our heirs, that they might enjoy the blessings that we here tonight so often take for granted." Saying that the Fourth of July Is a ''time to look forward," RAdm. Freeman added, RAdm. R. G. Freeman III B1cen'-mlal_ker "our past is glorious in spite of those wbose cynicism and Insecurity lead them to denigrate the acta and motivatiooa of those who have ledand served this cotmtry 80 well over the last :110 years." RAdm. Freeman advised, "We can only owrcome those who wish we would not be successful, tboae wbo esternally threaten (Conllnued on Page 4) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1976,Rktr7.9.1976.pdf,Rktr7.9.1976.pdf Page 1, Rktr7.9.1976.pdf Page 1