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TO APPEAR AT CLUB CHAPARRAL-Th. Closer Thli., In instrumental group from Bangkok, in Northern Thai­lind, will appear at the Club Chaperral Frid.y and Saturday, July 25 and 26, beginning at 9 p.m. Ind I .. ting till 1:30 I. m. The group began two y.ar. ago by playing .mall club. in Bangkok before someone from Korat Air Ba .. in Bang­kok heard th.m and signed them up to play at the military club th.re. An Air Force Captlin brought them to this

"country and they now play for dances, privat. pertie. and. eir cours., military club •. With the .xc.ption of a f.w Th.i songs, the boy •• ing in Engli.h, a language th.y pain.tak­ing Iy lea rn.d.

I Plasma Cutting Tool I (Continued from Pig. n

mounted in a Linde Shape Cut­ing Machine, which consists of a dual carriage, a photocell tracer, and an oxy-acetylene or oxy-fuel gas cutting machine in addition to the plasma unit.

Movement of the dual car­riages is controlled by a photo­cell tracer which scans and fol­lows an outline drawing or the e d g e of a silhouette on the template table, without physi­cal contact, and without the shifting c a use d by a guide wheel. Optical tracing elimi­nates the need for plastic, wood or hardboard templates, which are expensive to prepare, re­

·place and store. Simple silhou­ettes or pencil or ink line draw­ings on paper are used. These are economical to prepare and can be easily stored or filed .

The photocell tracer can ne­gotiate 90-degree turns in 1/16-in. radius at speeds up to 15-inches per minute and 90-de­gree turns with 3/ 32-in. radius at speeds up to 30·inches per minute.

Since ordinary light or bright sunlight will not interfere with the operation of the tracer, the unit may be located anywhere without regard for lighting con­ditions.

Fat Albert Lost Local Residents Invited To Search

Fat Albert is lost! Those in­terested in joining in the search for Fat Albert should come to Sandquist Spa at 7:30 p.m. Wed­nesday, July 30. Activities will include abo n i fie d chaotic search for Fat Albert. The find­er will be rewarded.

There will be v 0 11 e y b a 11, marshmallow roast, pop and beer drinking, and dancing to both taped and live music.

U's a "grub" sea r chand dance, so dig out your old levis, sweatshirt and tennies, and come on out and join the fun .

All local residents above the age of 18, single or married, are cordially invited. For fur­ther information, contact Don ~ ,~'''.-!t! .( "."t. 72092, or 71340. This function is sponsored by th~ Summer Activities Group.

Another aspect of the photo­cell tracer unit is the automat­ic shut-off located on the top of the unit which turns off all torches in operation should the tracer lose the line. This prevents r u in i n g expensive plate.

Use of the Plasma Cutting unit has in the past saved any­where from a few minutes to a few days in the cutting of various jobs, depending on the size of the job 'and the metal involved. This represents a very large savings in cost dur­ing difficult operations.

The shape-cutting machine has been in use for approxi­mately one year and is located in the southwest corner of the welding shop.

July Housing Levels Listed

JUNE 30, 1969-LEYELS REACHED Typ_Housing Priority Group Hirai Dat. Panamint {C)-None Panamint (3)-None JOG (2)-None MOO (3}-None Hill Duplex 13l-None Hil l Duplex (2}-None Wasp Circle Duplu (3)-None Joshua (.)- None Yucca (c)-None Tamarisk (c)-None Juniper (3)-None Old DupleK (3l- None Old Duplu (2)-SD . . ................ 9·2·59 Old Duplex (2) (lBfl-None Normoc Duplex 13l-None Normoc Duplu (2)-None Wherry (c)- None Wherry (3l-None Wherry (2l-None Normae 131-None Normae (2)- None Normoc (I )-SI( .................. ............ 5-9·69 Letourneau (2)-SI( ...... 5·9·69 Hawthome (c)-None Hawthorne (3)-CH 2·12·68 Hawthorne (2l-None Hawthorne (I )-Nane Apartment (31-None Apartment (2)-None Apartment (I )-None Apartment (O}-None Motel {I l- None Motel (a)- None

Effective August 2, 1969, new telephone numbers have been assigned for Emergency calls for service in -the Base I

housing area. The new "um- I

bers are: FIRE-466-3333

POLICE--466-2280 MEDICAL 4663333

ROCKETEER Friday. July 25, 1969

I SHOWBOAT II VX-5 Chiefs Re-enlist

NEW RATING PROCEDURES

Futur. rating, fOf' morion pichlr., thown ot the Cente, nlMt.., will be baNd on two different typM of ra­tin •• -the I_Bio, PorMts' Magoli_ rati"9'. and ,he "_ WAA (Mcm_ 'inu,. Anociation of Am.iea) ratingl.

(111. 'CI'''''' MagaliM rating ...... i11 ... nNalty '" .u.,...e-"d cOlllP ..... y by tit. MPAA ratings.)

".. rating cInIgnCltioM ar.:

""AI<" (G}-Cho_1 ou4e-eM.

(M}-M.htr. _tHeone., "'-" ...... W --(1)-IeIIIrkW, IN'MM ..., 16 .. .......... Iy ..... hIt ~ _ ..... -. PUINTS'"

(A)-Adult (y)-y_tlt. 1~17 (C) --Chi.... 1-12 (M)-Mcrtu,. fer y & C

FRIDAY JULY 25 "P!NDULUM" (102 Min.)

George Peppard, Jean Seberg 7:30 P.M.

(Mystery) Hard-care police captain get. an unsolicited look a t both sides of the civil liberties que.tion when his unfa ithful .....ife i. murder.d ond he is put under sus­picion. " (M ) .... (Adultl

Short: "HCH'_ay to tfIe Sto,.. .. (7 Min.)

SATURDAY JULY 2. -MATINEE­

" MAGIC SWORD" (10 Min.) Gory Lockwood

1:00 P.M. Sham: " Transyt¥ania " (7 Min.) " Tra_ Tom" (No. 9, 13 Min .)

_EVENING __

" THE VENGEANCE OF SHE" (1 01 Min.) John Richardson, Olinko Berovo

7:30 P.M. (Myst.ry/ DromCl) Luc:iaus QlinKa encoun·

tor. a series of ·peri !., o. a weird noise in her head strange!y directs her towards on unknown deliiny. I. she really the re in· carnation of an ancient queen? h (A, Y. Me)

Short: " Duo" 0 3 Min.)

SUNDAY-MQHDAf JULY V-2I " HEAVEN WITH A GUN" (102 Min.)

Grenn ford , Carolyn Jane. 7:30 P.M.

(W .... 'n) The gun-slingin' preocker c~ld

sel'ld a man to heaven with a Bibl. or a bollet, a nd he wo. in the middle of a water rights war betwHn canJemen and the .heepherdersl " (M ) .... (A, MY)

~ort: " hriboord Cat" (7 Min.)

TUESDAY·WEDNESDAY JULY 29-30 " HOOK, L1Nf & SINKER" (92 Min.)

Jerry Lewis, Anne Francis. Peter Lawford

7:30 P.M. (Com_y) Dr. Lawford gives jerry a bod

check-Up report so old kooky goes to the continent to "live it up" on credit card. again.t hi. potential in.urance. Discovery of error ond cover-up make. this one of his be,tl -(G)

Short.: " Beef For. ond Aft ..... (7 Min .) " Saklt. to 0 C,usader" (AfMl No.

641 , 10 Min.)

THURSDAY·FRIDAY JULY 31.AUGUST 1 " FRAULEIN DOKTOR" (102 Min.)

Suzy Kendall , Kenneth More 7:30 P.M.

(Spy Droma) She WOI a IUper·spy. a fabulous actress of many d isgui"s, who" assignment WOI to kill a British field mar· sholl for the Gorman a rmy. How many men would d ie for this lody-of·many·face.? -(M) "'(Adult)

Shan: "Hair" & Hurried" (Roocirunn_, 7 Min.)

Radio Operators The Corona-Norco Civil De­

fense amateur radio operators, composed mostly of employees from the Naval Weapons Cen­ter took top honors again this year in the nationwide endur­ance test sponsored by the American Radio Relay League.

The local group h.. tak.n honors thr.. times in the lISt six y ..... R. E. Munn, (Cod. 4264), i. the radio oHic.r for the Corona-Norco Civil D.f.n .. Organization.

The purpose of the event is to test emergency equipment 3nd 0 per a tin g procedures ·",hich might be needed in case of a disaster. During the test. Ule group contacted 47 states, 6 of the Canadian provinces, and worked as far as West Germany. This was their best year for total contacts made.

CHIEFS SHIP OVER-At ceremonl .. recently h.ld at VX-5, Capt. Charle. W. Frih administered reenli.tment oath. to two maintenance Chiefs. Shipping over for four y .... Nch w.r. Aviation Machinist Mate (J) Chief P.tty Offic.r Donald R. Billinger (abov.); and Aviation Electronics Tech­nician Chief William O. Conner.

Youths Hold Tennis Tournament I A tennis tournament spon­

sored by the NWC youth Activ­ities will be held on the Center courts August 2. This tourna­ment is open to both boys and girls, age 8 through 13, who are paid up members of the youth Center.

Eve n t s to be offered are: hoys ' singles; boys' d 0 ubi e s (draw); girls' singles; girls' dou­bles (draw); mix e d doubles (draw).

Singles events will be a dou­ble elimination, and all doubles events will be single elimina­tions. At least 15 players must register for each event in order for the event to be held. If enough entries are filed, the singles will be broken into two age divisions, eight to 10 and 11 - 13.

Players are advised to wear tennis shoes and white, light clothing, and a hat. Tennis balls will be provided by Special Ser­vices and racquets will be avail­able for those without them.

Matches will consist of 10-game pro sets up to the finals, which will be the best two of three sets.

The China Lake Tennis Club's Code of Ethics will be followed in all play. Copies· tff. the Code are available for loan from the Youth Center.

No applications will be ac­cepted after Thursday, July 31. For further information, con­tact Sandy Johnson, tourna­ment director, at Ext. 72909.

Guest Houses More Roomy

(Continued from Page 3) NAS Cor pus Christi, Tex.; NAS Beeville, Tex.: NSA New Orleans, La.; NAAS Fallon, Nev. ; NAS Alameda, Calif.; NS Treasure Island, Calif.; NS Washingtion, D.C.; NS Subic Bay, R.P. and FA Yokosuka, Japan.

S eve r a 1 additional guest h 0 use s, hotels and motels have been approved by the Chief of Naval Operations, but are not fully operational as yet. These include facilites at NAS Brunswick, Maine; NAS Point Mugu, Calif.; NAS Mof­fett Field, Calif.; NH Oakland, Calif. and NAS Me mph is, Tenn.

From ____________ _ PLACE STAMP HERE

TO

PNI Dan Farrell Is NWC's July 'Bluejacket' Oklahoma Native To Enioy All Expense Weekend In Bakersfield

PN 1 Danny Jay Farrell, Enlisted Personnel Office Supervisor at VX-5, has been named "Bluejacket of the Month" for the month of July. Farrell was chosen for this high honor as a result of his high degree of effici­ency and devotion to his duties, and for his military bearing, both on and off duty . V ... ..:o_I._X_X_I_II.:.., _N_o._29 ___ N_._v_._1 _w_H-.::pon __ ._C_e_n_te_r..;.._C_h_i_n_._L_._k_e.:... _C_._Ii_fo_m_i. ___ F_ri..: .• _J_u_Iy.:.....25.....:.._I_969~

Farrell rep 0 r ted aboard Danny, and his family, en-the Naval Weapons Center in joy camping together, and go April of this year and is nearly every weekend in the now attached to VX-5. He came summer. He stated when inter-here from duty with VA-36 at viewed that his first thought NAS Cecil Field in Florida, when he looked at the moun-where he was the Personnel t a ins and the surrounding Office Supervisor and Un i t countryside upon his arrival Career Counselor. at China Lake was ". . . I

Prior to being stationed at think I'm going to be busy on Cecil Field he served with the weekends for a change." Training Squadron T wen t y- A I m 0 s t immediately he One, NAAS, Kingsville, Texas. bought a large tent, one of

A. a ... ull of having been those kind with a front porch, chosen as ·Bluejack.t of the and after the usual cool month for July. Danny .nd weather clpared, he and his his wif., Barbara, will be treat- family were off to the moun-ed to an all-expen.. paid tains. weekend in Bakersfield by the Oklahoman Bakersfield Chamber of Com- Danny is a g r a d u ate of merce. Lawton High School, in his

The Farrells will pick up a home town of Lawton, Okla-new car from Doug Butler of homa. His wife, Barbara, hails Desert Motors in Ridgecrest from Orange, California. Bar­and will drive to Bakersfield bara is currently attending art where he will be met by repre- · classes in Ridgecrest once a sentatives of the Chamber of week, and has recently finish­Commerce and taken to the ed her first oil painting. KERO-TV studios, where Dan- The Farrells h a v e four ny will be interviewed. children: Matt, 12; Gwen, 9;

While in Bakersfield, Dan- Danie, 5, and Dee, 4. Matt is a ny and Berbara will be guests Boy Scout, but his real inter­of The C .. a Royale, located est lies in working with cer­at 251 South Union Avenu., amics. Matt intends to join where th.y will receive lodg- the classes here at the Center ing and meal.. where he will whip up a few

In addition Danny will re- ceramic items for his mother ceive gift c e r ti f i cat e s in and father. Bakersfield from Brock's De- Gwen is a swimmer. She has partment Store, 1918 Che!ter the Red Cross badge, and is Avenue; Valley Office, 1622- currently working on her ad-19th Street; the Cue Ball, 2111 vance swimmers badge. She Chester Avenue, and the Kern counts sewing as another hob­County Museum, 3801 Chester by. The two youngest children Avenue. also swim, but not .alone as

He will also receive discount yet. certificates from other partici- Danny's earlier service while pating merchants, all of which in the Navy includes a tour are included in a hospitality aboard the USS Intrepid for a packet which is given to the Vietnam cruise in 1968, and a selectees upon their arrival. stint aboard the USS Point De-

fiance in 1963, which took part In addition to the honors in the search for the Submar­

already mentioned, Far r e II ine Thresher. The Point De­will be given a plaque from fiance picked up the Trieste, Special Services signifying his a BASCAP, and took it to Bos­recognition as "Bluejacket of ton where it initiated a search the Month'; and his protrait for the sunken Submarine. will be displayed in the Cen- The Farrells reside at 404 ter Theater. Independence, on the Center.

NI Dan Flrr.n

IDEP AWAR~ur .. 1I W. Hayes (r) Chief issue of June 13)_ In the .bov. picture, Engineer of the Engineering Depertment Capt. M. R. Etheridge. NWC Commander i. is .hown holding the cov.ted IDEP (lnte.... .h_n presenting • Center pl.qu. to W.lt agency Oat. Exchange Program) aw.rd Kuzmin, of Computer Application. Incor-which Lester Becht.1 accepted in WI.hing- porated, for th.ir pert in helping the Cen-ton recently for the Center (See Rocketeer ter to win this high honor_

Schedule Told On Bennington Plaza Facelift

In answer to the many phone calls and in antiCipation of other anxious questions regard­ing the refurbishment opera­tions in the parking lot area of Bennington Plaza, the follow­ing construction schedule is of­fered for all interested parties.

Reopening Of parking lots in front of the Shopping Bag and its annex is slated for August 4, according to the contractor, Asphalt P a v i n g Company of Lancaster. Blacktopping will be completed this week, but time must be allowed for curing and for the new paving and striping before the parking lot can be reopened.

The next step in the improve­ment of Bennington Plaza will be the repair and repaving of the parking lot that serves the post office, malt shop and gym. This work is scheduled to com­mence on August 4 and should be completed in three weeks.

The old overlay will be re­moved and repairs made to the . lot. Then, the surface will be compacted and primed for the new paving. This phase of the refurbishment will be finished on or about August 15. The target date for reopening of the west parking lot at the Plaza is August 25.

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NAVY UNIT COMMENDATION-Lt_ J. W. Kincheloe. right, I •• hown receiving the Navy Unit Commend.tion from Capt. L. A. Dewing Comm.nding Officer of NAF, at morning qUlrt.rs in Hanger 3~ at NAF, July 11. Th. commend.tion WIS Iwarded to Lt. Kincheloe for hi. servlc. abo .. d the USS Enterprise in Att.ck Carrier Air Wing Nine, from F.bruary 22 to Jun. 26, 1968, for combet operation. egaln.t North Viet Nlm.

Paqe Two

CHAPLAIN'S MESSAGE-....,...,.---.

Fly Me To The Moon

By Sonior Chlpllin Harold A. MacNeill

As Neil A. Armstrong stepped on the moon at 7:56 P.M., PDT. 20 July 1969, some may have thought with the Psaimest, "When I see the heavens, the work of your hands, the moon and the stars which you arranged, what is man that you should keep him in mind? tI

What is lIIan? • "An electron-proton complex" • "An animal closely related to the ape or monkey" • U A reflex mechanism" e "A variety of stimulus-response relationship" • "A special adjustment mechanism" e "A psychoanalytical libido" • "A predominantly subconscious or unconscious organism" • "A manufacturer of tools and instruments" • "A sub specie of Playboy" • "A victim of his drives and Hresiduestl

Nearly 43 years ago, Dr. Pitirim A. Sorokin defined the word SENSATE II "The modern form of our culture emerved - the senlOry..., empirical, .ecular, and this wordly culture/' When our child.reft lay, "All the other kidl are doing it, why cln't 11" He is • 'child of "The Sensate Seventies" to use the current form.

This man who is "A little lower than the Angels" can go to the moon ,but he cannot solve the human predicament.

Sorokin went on to say in "The Crises' of Our Age" that in the field of history and experience "he remains virtually un­teachable, this unteachableness manifests itself in the current hope of extricating ourselves from the crisis by means of a variety of facile but shallow artifices, without any fundamental reorientation of values, any thorough-going change of mentality and conduct, any persistent personal effort to realize man's divine creative mission on earth instead of acting as a 'J'eflex mechanism,' or an organism endowed with digestive and sex functions and controlled by its 'residues,' 'drives,' and 'pre­potent reflexes.'

Hence the crisis itself, and hence the inevitability of a fiery ordeal as the only available means of teaching the othenvise unteachable."

So man in his situational predicament works in his technolo­gically "Sensate" world and hums, "F1y Me to The Moon" to escape the problems of himself and with his peers.

I CENTER LIBRARY LISTS NEW BOOKS I A complete lilt of new books

il IVlillble in the librory. Fiction

Anderson-Seven Con· quests.

But-"I" Said the Demon. Forrest-And to my Nephew

Albert ... Ind-The Sino-Variant. McCall-The Man says Yes. Woiwode-What I'm Going

to Do I Think. , Non-Fiction

Drotning-Black Heroes in our Nation's History,

Gran-:How to Understand and Teach Teen-agers, Granatelli-They Call Me Mister 500,

The Rocketeer 0"'15.1 W .... ., ,_1"-"­U.S . ..... IW ....... C. ......

CII".. Lak.. C.llforfta.

Copt. M. L _, USN

NWC Commander

-J.N ...,.

Publk Affairs Officer

Associate Public Affair. Officer (Ading) Director of NeW$ Bureau

Willia"" If. V."""'''. Jr. Editor

Jad: C. Lind .. , Staff Writer

Lucll" Ena,. Editorial Assi5tant

PHI Gory D. lird, PH! Del",a, E. Ha", PH2 Mich.el f. Krause, AN Maurie. Dial,

Siaff Photographers

DEADLINES: N .... Stewl .. ...... _ ...... _ .. T_doy. 4:30 p .m.

fthotovr.,h • ... _ ....... _ .... TueNctY. 11:30 a .m.

The Rockel"r receivel Armed forces Pre" Service material. All are official U. S. Navy photOi unle" otherwise identified. Printed w .. kly with appropriated fundi in compliance with NavEllol PolS, reviled July 1958. Office at Nimitz and lauritsen. Phonel .. _ ..... _ ....... _ ..... 71354. 71655, 72082

Heimer-The Long Count. Klaw-The New Brahmins. Marshall-Ambush, Verdon-The White House

Chef Cookbook. Becker-The Coin Makers. Blumenthal-The Complete

Book of Letter-Writing & Modern Correspondence.

Casey-The Truth About Pro· bate and Family Financial Planning.

Christopher D. Smithers Foun­dation - Understanding Al­coholism.

Dunning-Home Planning & Archietctural Drawing.

Manley-Beaches: Their Lives, Legends, and Lore.

Protestant (AII.Faith Chapel)--

Morning Wotlhlp-8:tS and 11 a.m.

Su!'lday SchocH-9:30 a.m.. Chapel Art­nun 1, 2, 3, 4 (Dorms 5, 6. 7, 8) lo­cated oppelile Center Restaurant.

Ilaman Catholic (AII.Faith Chapel)-Holy Mou-7, 9:30 a.m., and 12:30 p .m. SlJnday.

Dally MoIl-ll:30 a .m. in Blened Sac· rament Chopel. Saturday, 8:30 a .m.

Confellionl- 7 10 8 p .m. Saturday.

NWC Jewish Services (EoI' Wing AII·Foith Chopel}-8 p.m. every fint and third Friday.

Sabbath School-IO a.m. to noon, every fint and third Saturday .

Unitarian Fellawlhip-{Chapel Annelt 95, 9S King Ave.)--Sundoys, 7:30 p.m.

ROCKETEER ASPA and CLEA Sponsor VTA Program Talks

The local chapter of me American Society for Public Administration (ASPA), in co­operation with the China Lake Education Association (CLEA), are sponsoring two events on Monday, July 28, which should be of interest to many area residents.

FirsUy, Mrs. Barbara Hodg­don, Director, Western Region, Volunteers of America (VTA) and Sam Dogbe, a native of Ghana, who has been working with VT A for the past two years, will speak at a luncheon at the COM at 11:30 a.m.

Other Event Burroughs High School will

host the second event which will immediately follow the luncheon meeting. This will be a roundtable discussion con­sisting in substance of the type of program in which Mr. Dogbe has been involved.

This discussion will also in­clude the two luncheon speak­ers and will enable interested educators and school board members, as well as other par­ticipants, to get an in-depth understanding of the goals of VTA and their experience with the program to date. This pro­gram will begin at 1 :30 p.m. in the Bur r 0 ugh s library, Building B01.

Blrbora Hodgdon Mrs. Hodgdon is connect­

ed with the USC School of Ed­ucation and Dogbe is with the Temple City Unified School District and the L.A. School District. The two speak­ers will discuss the broader aspects of VTA, which is a State Department pro g ram more popularly known as the "Peace Corps in reverse."

Mrs. Hodgon has been a con­sultant and coordinator for ele­mentary school African studies programs or the Temple City Unified School District, and was a member of the Peace Corps at Mianje, Malawi, in Africa, from 1962 to 1964.

Simuel Dogbe Samuel Kwashi Dogbe is a

young school teacher from Ghana who came to the Uni­

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Friday, July 25, 1969

EMPLOYEE SERVICES BOARD QUARTERLY AUDIT

The quarterly audit of the Employee Services BOlrd Iccounts provide the following financill statuI

reports as of June 30, 1969: ASSETS

Cash on Hand ............................................ ................ $ 300.00 Cash in Bank (Savings & Checkiog Accounts) ...... 9,739.99 Cash in Bank (Savings Account-Reserve) .............. 50,000.00 Accounts Receivable ................................................ 5,556.26 Notes Receivable ........................................................ 4,546.75 Prepaid Expense ........................................................ 409.15 Equipment & Facilities Inventory .. $40,479.23

Less: Accumulative Depreciation 15,371.70 25,107.53 TOTAL ASSETS .................................................. $95,659.68

LIABILITIES Accounts Payable .............................. ........ ....... ........... 787.77 Taxes Payable - Payroll .... ........... ................... ...... 1,822.84 Insurance I'ayable-Employee Health & Life ...... 14.59

NET WORTH ...................................................................... 93,034.48 TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET WORTH ........................ $95,659.68

During the last six months of this fiscal year, six checks amounting to $39,000 were allocated to the Joint Navy-CiviJian Recreation Council to be used in support of the Center's recre­ation program. _=-..m..::~>*~':!~@.;:;::>~'::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::::::::; ~w&"-:o ..... "'~ .. :;'O)$ ••• "!I' ••• ~ ••••••• 't.«J!" ••••••••••••..•.••••. .• •• ".'., ••.•••. eo, . . . . . . . . . ...

Apollo 12 Astronauts All Navy

APOLLO 11 MISSION-Llrry Jonel of French'l Phlrmacy took this photograPh lalt Sunday evening of PresiMnt Nix· on talking to Neil Armstrong and "Bun" Aldrin I' the litter were lituated on the moon. The Apollo 12 million, which il Icheduled to make the lecond manned·landing on the moon late this year, will be compoled of In Ill-Navy crew, Named to make the flight are Commlnders Ch ... Conrad, Jr" Richard F. Gordan, Jr" and LCdr. AI Beln,

NATIVE GHANIAN-Som Dogbe, a teacher from the Africln country of Ghana, who h .. · been teaching and advising Americ.ns on African Itudies un d e r the Volunteers of Americ. program, is shown talking to • high

school cia.. in Los Angelel, Dogbe will lpelk at In ASPA-CLEA luncheon ..... ting on MondlY at the COM, Ind will conlult with local elementlry and high Ichool edu· c.tors following the meeting.

~ ~Fr~id~a~y~,~JU~I~y~2~5~'~1~9~6~9~ __ ~======================~R~O~C~K~E~T~E~E~R==~~==~~==~~======~~====~~p=ag~e==Se=v~en=] Swim Team I New Plasma Arc Cutting Machine Saves Time, Money I Sets Records Device Replaces

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fly; Sus a n Ham m, Back­stroke; Paige So r b 0, Lisa Falterman, Denise F1ynn and Terry Paine, Freestyle Relay.

BOYI 13 and l~Bob Seeley, Backstroke; Chris Moo· r e, Butterfly and Freestyle; Ric­ky Lovern, Breaststroke and Individual Medley; Keith Ad­icoff, Bob Seeley, Ricky Lov­ern and Chris Moore, Free­style Relay.

Girll 15 and 17-Sandy Kinch­eloe, Breaststroke and Free­style ; Jean Chatterton, But­terfly, Backstroke and Indi­vidual Medley, winner of High Point Trophy.

BoYllS and 17~urt Knight, Freestyle; Richard Sound, Breaststroke; Jeff Ham m, Backstroke and Individual Medley; Curt Knight, Richard Sound, Jeff Hamm and Chris Moore, Freestyle Medley. In a meet held at the Com­

missioned Officers' Mess pool July 22, IWV beat Barstow 313 to 208 in a meet that saw six new pool records.

New pool records for IWV swimmers were: Boys 15-17 backstroke, Jon Allan; Boys 15-17 breaststroke, Rick Bjork· lund, and Girls 13-14 freestyle relay, J. McGlothlin, L. DeMar­co, J. Kaufman and K. Bjork­lund .

11 ND Golf Meet To Be Hosted By Local Golf Course

China Lake will host the Eleventh Naval District G 0 I f Tournament, July 28-31, with 84 golfers from district bases com­pet i n g in the 72-hole affair. This will be the first time that China Lake has had the honor of hosting this event.

To qualify for the tourney, golfers must compete in re­gional playoffs w h i c h began July 21 at Long Beach and San Diego. Local golfers who par­ticipated in the regionals in­cluded Gene Boyts, Jim Kinche­loe, Mike Hines, Charles Wack and Larry Dewing, all of NAF, and Don Fraser, of NWC.

J 0 h n Beckwith, new Golf

AS 0 V E-Henry Olinger is shown adjusting the controls of the Plasma Arc Cutting Machine as the torch burns through a 3-in, thick piece of aluminum. This Plasma cut· ting unit is mounted on • Linde Shape Cutting Machine, seen nearly surrounding Olin­ger. RIGHT -Olinger watch" the Photocell Tracer Unit al it follows a line drawing mounted on a table, Thil unit foliowl any Iketch, line drlw­ing or outline rather than the cOltly templatel of metal for­merly Uled when the Douall Band Saw WIS used to cut non· ferrous met.ls. The unit i. located in the louthwelt cor­ner of the welding Ihop in Michelson Laboratory.

C 0 u r s e Superintendent, has been workiog diligenUy since arriving at NWC in late May, to prepare the course for this tournament.

Beckwith served as a golf professional and course super­intendent at Sioux City, Iowa for eight years before reporting aboard the Center.

FREAK WIND STORM-A sudden gUlt of wind, tornado­lib in nlture, hit the NaVlI W .. ponl Center prior to th .. deluge of rain MondlY, Ind felled thil tr .. in front of the Fede,"1 Credit Union_ LIVeme E. Brodshlw, Foreman, Ground Structurel Brlnch of Public Works, .. oted thlt a .. proxima'.ly 25 trees were limilar victims of the freak. wind, Bredlhlwi group _nt Tuesday and Wednesday cutting tho t ..... up, and the Roods and Walks _ion of the Mainten­Ince and Utiliti" Division of Public Works, under the guidlnce of Chl.1as Cllrk and Jack. Rlmsey, hluled the cut·up trees away.

Hyles Battling For Triple Crown Leads RBI's, HR's, Hitting .384

In action Monday, July 14, Ace-TV beat VX-5, 5~, behind the two-hit pitching of Bert Gal­loway. Jim Bevan hit a two­run homer in the third inning.

In the nightcap, Magic Clean­ers whipped G eng e 3-2 in a tight contest. Bobby Kochman held Genge to three hits to re­cord the victory.

On Tuesday evening, El Ran­chito met Ridgecrest Shell and again the team from El Ranch­ito knocked off a league-leader. This is the third time this year that the Billy Brown-Ray Gier battery has accomplished this feat. EI Ranchito took the con­test, 5-2. Ron Brennecke for EI Ranchito and AI Hyles hit homers, Hyles' a two-run blast.

In the second game of the evening, Ace-TV beat NAF 1-0 in the closest game of the year for NAF. Galloway gave up only three hits. Pete Klassen scattered only six hits in a los­ing effort.

Wednesday VX-5 beat Genge 5-3 despite a home run in the fifth inning by Don Sichley for Genge.

In the nightcap of the eve­ning Ridgecrest Shell handed a 15-2 loss to hapless Magic Cleaners in a rout which saw Ridgecrest Shell score 9 runs in the first two innings.

.AI Hyles hit a home run in

the seventh inning which gave him nine home runs and 25 RBI's for the year, and a bat­ting a v era g e of .384, which makes him a definite t rip I e crown threat. Andy Gilpin fol­lows Hyles with eight homers.

Thursday's game was cancel­led due to the Mojave Interser­vice League Softball Champion­ships at Barstow.

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Costly Templates A unique device for cutting

non-ferrous metals is current­ly being used in the Welding Shop-or Reclamation Shop-­of the Engineering Department in Michelson Lab. Called a Plasma Arc Cutting Device, it is mounted on a Linde Shape Cutting Machine, and is used primarily for cutting alumi­num, stainless steel, car bon steel and other extremely hard to cut metals.

The machine, which is oper­ated by Hartley Braspenninckx and Henry Olinger, under shop foreman H a r r y L. Keyzers, saves both time and money by replacing the Douall band saw which was formerly used in cut­ting these metals.

Prior to the acquisition of the Plasma Arc Cutting Machine, cosUy templates (a pattern or gauge) of metal, plastic or wood had to be used as a guide to cut the metal. During the ac­tual cutting operation on the Douall saw, many blades were either broken or dulled due to the hardness of the metals in­volved. In addition, each cut­ting operation was lengthened as well because operators had to continually s top and put new blades on their machines.

The Plasma Arc Cutting Ma­chine has changed all of that. The use of either mechanized or manual equipment now pro­duces economical, high-speed, ready-to-weld dross-free cuts.

Because non-ferrous metal is difficult to cut, a maximum transfer of heat to the work is essential. The plasma arc torch use s a transferred arc (the workpiece itself becomes an electrode in the electrical cir· cuit). The work is thus sub­jected to hoth plasma heat .~nd arc heat.

Direct current, straight po­larity is used. Precise control of the plasma jet is possible by controlling the variable5---{!ur­rent, voltage, type of gas, gas velocity, and gas flow.

Plasma is the result of an arc heating a gas to ,such a high temperature that the gas becomes ionized. At this tem­perature the gas consil;b>-of positive ions, negative elec­trons, and neutral atoms.

Plasma is frequently refer­red to as the fourth state of matter-the others being gas, liquid, and solid, When matter passes from anyone state to another, latent heat is involved. L ate n t heat is required to change water into steam, and similarly, the plasma torch sup­plies energy to a gas to change it into a plasma. When a plas­ma changes hack to a gas, the heat is released .

In a plasma arc torch, the tip of the electrode is located within the nozzle. The nozzle has a relatively small opening which constricts the arc. The high-pressure gas must flow through the arc where it is heated to the plasma temper­ature range. Instead of expand­ing, it is forced through the nozzle where it too is constrict­ed. It emerges in the form of a sonic jet, hotter than any flam e. Its heat mel t s any known metal and its velocity blasts the molten metal through the kerf, resulting in a high­quality cut, free of dross.

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PaQe Six ROCKETEER

COLT ALL STARS-Members of the IWV Colt League All Stars spell out the word "Colt" in this team photo taken prior to • prlctice .... ion held at Schoeffel Field. The

All Stirs began pllY In the double eUmlna· tion tournament at Sylmar yesterday. Billy Braddock is Ihe manager of the All Stars Ind Art Craddock is serving as the cOlch.

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MDISL TOURNAMENT ACTlON-A1 Hyles, right, catcher for the China Lake "Rocket.," is shown in the process of scooping up • low peg, in an .Hort to tlg Ernie Burrel, left, of Norton AFB, out It the pllte in action on the aarstow Cent."', Sorensen Field. The "Bulldogs" of the Marine Corps Supply Center It Blrstow won the tourney in

I finll glme eglins! Twentynine Pllms, 8-7. Pllyers who aHended from China Lake Ire: Marvin Johnson, Dick Braun, Mike Tosti, Oon Williams, Jim LIHa, Larry Edge, Bill Sullivan, Billy Brown, AI Hyles, Pete KI .. -sen, Bill Fernow and Ray Gier. China Lake w .. defeated in their first game by Norton, 9-1.

Local Red Suits Do Well At Area Meets Members of the Indian Wells

Valley Swim Team traveled to Bakersfield July 19 to compete in the Kern County Champion­ships. In addition to garnering several first place ribbons, red­suiters broke or tied eight pool records.

IWV ribbon winners were as follows: Girls 8 and under"":' Karen

Hayes, backstroke. 'Boys 8 and under - Jon Goet­

tig, Kirk Odencrantz, Bobby Gilmer and Dicky Dye, Med­ley Relay.

Girls 9 and 1000usan Goettig, Backstroke and Butterfly.

Boys 9 and 10 - Martin For­rester, Breaststroke; Martin Forrester, Ken n y Hayes, Steve Hamm, and Ricky De­marco, Freestyle Relay.

Girls 11 and 12-Jan Hillard, Butterfly.

Girls 13 and 14-Kris Bjork­lund, Backstroke, pool rec­cord. Linda DeMarco, Breast­stroke, pool record tied; Jean­nie Kaufman, Lin d a De­Marco, Jane McGlothlin and Kris Bjorklund, Freestyle

Relay, and Medley Relay, both events pool records.

Boys 13 Ind 14-Mike Bada­lich, Backstroke.

Boys 15 and I~Rick Bjork­lund, Breaststroke, pool r ec­ord; John Allan, Backstroke, pool record; Rick Bjorklund, Vince Villa, Jon Allan and Tad Allan, Freestyle Relay, pool record.

Senior Girls - Jane Winward, Breaststroke, pool record; Ann Allan, Individual Med­ley; Sandy Winfrey, B a c k­stroke; Jane Winward, Ann Allan, Kathy Knemeyer and Sandy Winfrey, Freestyle and Medley Relays, botb pool rec­ords.

$anior Boys--Charles Lattwig, Breaststroke. On the same day, while one

part of the large rwv Swim Team was competing in Bakers­field, the rest of tbe team was busily engaged in racking up ribbons in Bishop, participat­ing in a dual meet in that city. rwv took home tbe perpetual team trophy by whomping Bis­bop, 471 to 241.

First place ribbons were won by: Girls 6 Ind under-Anne Hugo,

Butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke, winner of High Point Trophy.

Girls 7 Ind 8 - Joan Wood­worth, Breaststroke.

'Boys 7 Ind 8-Donnie Burke, Breaststroke; Karl Kuletz, Freestyle and Backstroke; Donnie Burke, Karl Kuletz, Ricky Noland, Karl Nichol­son, Freestyle Relay.

Girls 9 Ind l~ary Mahlum, Breaststroke; David Thor­sted, Butterfly.

Girls 11 Ind 12-Becky Beres­ford, Backstroke; Elaine For­rester, F r e est y 1 e, Breast­stroke, and Individual Med­ley, winner of High Point Trophy; E 1 a i n e Forrester, Laurie Adicoff, Becky Beres­ford and Ronnie Kaufman , Freestyle Relay.

Boys II and 12-Bobby Burke, Individual Medley.

Girls 13 and 14-Lisa Falter­man, Breaststroke; T err y Paine, Freestyle and Butter­

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Friday, July 25, 1969

China Lake Little League All Stars Take Bishop Tournament

The China Lake Little Lea­gue All Stars became the Area I , District 51, champions by defeating Ridgecrest, Owens Valley, and the weatber, in games played at the Bishop Little League Field.

On Friday, July 18, the team from China Lake nosed out a 5-4 win over Ridgecrest in a hotly-eontested game which was delayed for one hour by a downpour.

Manager Max S mit band C 0 a c b Dan Branson stated, however, that the boys' spirits were never dampened as they pulled out a tougb one against Ridgecrest in a game that saw two 4-run innings and some superb p it chi n g from both teams.

In Saturday's game against Owens Valley, China Lake ad­vanced to the District compe­tition by sending the Owens Valley representatives down to defeat, 11-9, in another close game.

Kevin Smith and Steve P a i n e, returnees from 1 a s t year's district cbampions, will lead tbe local All Stars against Parkview in a game to be play­ed at Palmdale, tonigbt at 7:30 p.m. China Like Beats Ridgecrost

In a typically tough game, the China Lake team eked out a 5-4 decision over a valiant Ridgecrest team. The winning run was scored by Randy Crawford in the sixth inning, breaking a 4-4 tie, when Jim­my Kincheloe executed a per­fect squeeze bunt to score era w for d, who had t a ken third on an error after sing­ling.

In the bottom of the sixth, Steve Paine, hurler for China Lake, walked the lead-off bat­ter, but then struck out the next three batters to put the game on ice_

Earlier, in tbe second inning, China Lake had scored four big runs on Mike Donnelly's double, a single for Crawford, a sacrifice by Kincbeloe, fol­lowed by singles by Benson and Merril Koff, and aided by er­rors on smashes by Kevin Smith and Paine.

The big lead was sbort lived bowever, as Ridgecrest storm-

ed back with four runs in the third inning.

With two out, Steve Blanche and Breedon sin g 1 e d, and Amos Blanche walked to fill tbe bases. A walk to Becker forced , in a run, which was followed by a line drive to Koff in the outfield, who . nar­rowly m i ss e d a shoestring catch, allowing the ball to roll to the fence. The triple clear­ed the bases tieing the score at four apiece.

Owens Valley Tough In a game that looked like a

rout, Owens Valley fougbt back to put China Lake on the de­fensive and narrowly missed defeating the local team, los­ing after a three-run rally in the sixth inning, 11 to 9.

OV had defeated Bishop Fri­day 6'() to advance to the fin­als against Cbina Lake. The game Sat u r da y night, played in severe humidity and after-effects of the heavy rain, saw China Lake take a fast lead by scoring three runs in the first inning and five more in the second.

OV scored their first run in the third on two walks and a single, but were still seven runs behind the front-running local squad.

Owens Valley scored twice more in the fourth only to see China Lake bounce back with three more runs in their half of the fourth inning, seeming­ly putting the game away.

To spectators at the game it seemed to be all over, how­ever Chi n a Lake obviously tired, began to make fielding errors, and Owens Valley scor· ed three more runs in the top of the fifth on a soft single and two infield hits.

Witb one out in tbe sixtb inning, a tired Kevin Smith hit the next two OV batters. He got the next man to pop up but then was touched for a double and a single to score three more runs for Owens Val­ley.

Smith tben summoned all his energy and got the third out after going 3 and 2 on tbe hitter, putting the game away for China Lake.

JOAD ARCHERY WINNERS-Four members of the JOAD (Junior Olympic Archery Development) group Ire shown with trophies that they won in recent tournaments. From left to . right the youngsters are: Mark Loper, Alicia, Pam Ind Kirk Bullock. Loper won the Junior Stakes, in the Youth Division of Ihe 8th annUli Mlmmoth Animll Shoot July 4 Ind 5. The olher small trophy he is holding is fo r scoring the mosl spots (25) of any other Ircher, including adults, in the tournamenl. The Bullock children won their trophies in the Cllifornia Indoor Slate JOAD Chl mpionship Tournament held in Covinl, June 28_ Alicia placed Ihird in the Cldet Girl division; Pam got 2nd in the Junior Girl divi­sion, Ind Kirk a third in Ihe Cldet Boy Division. JOAD is co-sponsored by the China Loke Youth Center and the China Like Bowmen, an archery club_

Friday, July 25, 1969

LCDR_ WILLIAM J_ SCHELL reported aboard the Center recently to Issume the duti .. of Assistlnt Public Works Of­ficer. LCdr_ Schell is a na­tive of Amarillo, Tex.l. He entered the service in Sep­tember 1943 Ind was com­missioned in February, 1961. He received a BS in Architec­ture from the University of Kansal, Lawrence, K. n I • I Ind attended the Nlval Jus­lice School, in Newport, R.I_ H. and his wif., Barb.r., and two son I, Andrew 12, and John 10, reside at 405 Essex on the Cenler. LCdr. Schell is a member of the American Institute of Architocts.

New Burroughs Registrants Need Physicals

According to Kern High Scbool District assistant super­intendent Dr. Grant W. Jensen, all incoming f res b men ' and other stu den t s new to Bur­roughs High School this fall will be required to undergo a phys­ical examination before they can be enrolled for the fall se­mester.

Dr. Jensen .. id IlpeN"" moy obtoin physicol exlmino­tion forms from the high school. Tho. form must be com­pleted ond signed by the flm­ily physician." The district code ellis for the physico I ox­aminations ., • safeguard to III students in the locI I high schools, he stlted_

Dr. Jensen also reminded parents that each new student to California schools must have a polio vaccination, and must have either had the measles, or a measles vaccination. The educator stated that this is re­quired by State law. The re­quirement may be waived by parents who sign an affidavit to the effect that such vaccina­tions are contrary to the fam­ily's religious belief.

Students should obtain their vaccinations from private phy­sicians. If this is not possible, the vaccinations may be obtain­ed at the Kern County Health Department clinic at 1700 Flo­wer S t r e e t, BakerSfield, on any Friday between 2 and 4 p.m. Students desiring vacci­nations from the Health De­partment must have a permit signed by a parent or legal guardian. Permits may be ob­tained at the clinic.

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Solid State Facility Reaches Construction Milestone

To Be Completed In January 1970

Center residents were sur­prised during the close of laat week to see a large building suddenly blossom at the cor­ner of Biandy and Knox.

Designed to house the Solid State R&D Laboratory, the structure will eventually be­come a 30,000 square foot new wing of Michelson Lab. It is scheduled for completion in early January 1970, according to the Technical Coordinator, Mr. Maurice J . Curtis of the Engineering Department.

The new facility will provide permanently assigned space for such expimding technologies as microelectronics, holograpby, laser rangefinding, electromag­netic compatibility, infrared de­tectors and higb-sensitivity ra­dar receivers. In addition, nine individual rooms will be assign­ed for limited periods of time by the Technical Advisory Pan­el (TAP) to those projects re­quiring tbe special environmen­tal control, electrical power or high pressure air provided in each room.

For microelectronic and in­frared detector work, rooms will be provided witb clean air equal to that at tbe NASA Lu­nar Receiving Laboratory that will initially examine the rocks returned this wee k from the moon, Mr. Curtis announced.

In addition, shielded enclos­ures-actually large, room-siz­ed, all-welded steel boxes--will provide areas in _which to test circuits as small in size as a tenth-of-an-incb square to large high-sensitivity radar receivers.

These steel rooms will reduce or attentuate electromagnetic radiation to a level lower than that existing on a remote South Sea island, in tbe middle of the Sahara, or at the Antarctic.

Pete Leet, Detection Branch, AOD, and Dr. Julian Thompson, Photophysics Branch of SDD, will occupy adjoining space in the core of the building. Both branches will make extensive use of lasers.

In addition, Norman Ronning of Electronic Systems Brancb, SDD, and Lloyd Shreve, System Electronic Brancb, ED, will op­erate adjoining shielded enclos­ures.

David H. Chapman of Code 7037 has been the Project De­sign Engineer on the structure since it was approved for con­struction on the Naval Weap­ons Center. Captain K. C. Ab­planalp, Resident Officer in C h a r g e of Construction for SOUWESNAVFACENGCOM, is responsible for direction of the Cardan Company to_ provide a complete faCility with tbe most modern capabilities.

Under the direction of F. A. Chenault, tbe Engineering De­partment will manage the fa­cility for use by all Tecbnical Departments at Cbina Lake and Corona.

Aetna Agent At Community Center

The Aetna Insurance repre­sentative, Mr. Howard Keenan, will be at tbe Community Cen­ter next Wednesday, July 30, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

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NEW BUILDING-Center offIcii Is convened recently on the construction site of the new solid-stl~ Rind D liboratory recently dur­ing that phase of building that SIW the ce­ment walls pulled into posilion by I huge erane_ On hind for this st. ge of the con­struction were (I.r) " Hack" Wilson, Deputy Technicil Director; F_ A. Chenlult, Head,

Engin .. ring Department; Clpt_ K_ C_ Ab­lanalp, Public Works Officer; Dive Chip­man, Project Design Engineer on the st-ruc·~ ture; and Fran Carlisle, Code 55, who will be one of the users of the building. The structure is located at the corner of Blandy Ave. Ind Knox Road Ind is scheduled for completion in early January.

SIGNS FOR SIX-AQI Benllmin V_ Olver, left, reenlists for another six years Navil service after completing more than 14 years prior active duty. AQI Olver reported aboard the Cenler in October, 1968. Olver's brother, RMI Douglls Ol­ver, who also serves at NWC, was I witness to the ceremony. LCdr. C_ M_ Bites, right ,congrdulltes Olver.

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ted States under the VTA September of this year where program where he joined tbe be will continue teaching. Temple City Unified School Dogbe is a member of the District. His education con- VTA program whicb began in sists of four years teacher 1967 when 30 women and 34 training education where he men arrived in the United earned a Ghana Teachers Cer- States from 12 different coun­tificate "A", two years at Lon- tries to teach American chil­don University where he gain- dren the special skills and ed a General Certificate of knowledge of their homelands. Education, and three years of university education in Ghana at the University of Gbana in Legon.

He will return to Gbana in

Tickets to the luncheon are $1.50 to ASPA and CLEA mem­bers and $2 to non-members. The public is cordially invited.

Guest Houses Are More Roomy And Attractive

Pleasant, attractive roo m s are making a visit to a new base (or a permanent move) easy on the pocket book. Guest b 0 use s, botels/ motels and cottages run by the Navy Ex­c ban g e provide temporary bousing for military lfamilies in many parts of the country and overseas.

These fociliti.. hive .... n established where convenient and inexpensive civilian ac· commodations are not avail· able_ They are provided on 0 "first come, fir.t served" bI· .is. Advance reservation. ar. Iccepled by wriHen request to the NIVY Exchange officer at the installation concerned_

Although the period of oc­cupancy v a r i e s with each command, usually a visit does not exceed 15 days.

Guest houses now in opera­tion are located at NTC Bain­bridge, Md.; NAS Jacksonville, Fla.; NAS Pensacola, Fla. ; NAS Whiting Field, Fla.; NTC Or­lando, Fla. ; NAS Grosse De, Mich.; NS San J u a n, P .R.; NAF El Centro, Calif.; NS K 0 d i a k, Alaska; NS Adak, Alaska ; NS Midway Island; NHA Yokohama, Japan; NS Argentia, Nfld. and NS Kefla­vik, Iceland.

Hotels, Motels and cotttages are available at NAS Quonset Point, R.I. ; NH Philadelphia, Pa.; NAS Lakehurst, N.J .; NS Charleston, S.C.; NAS Cecil Field. Fls.; NS Mayport, Fla.;

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Paqe Four ROCKETEER Friday, July 25, 1969 ~ Friday, July 25, 1969

.we Aids Improved Rearming Rates Pr,ogram Key Role In Development Of Packaging

Recognizing the in her e n t problems of weapons handling operations abo a r d aircraft carriers, the Bureau of Naval Weapons (predecessor of the Naval Air Systems Command), in concert with the Bureau of !Naval Ships (predecessor of the Naval Ships Systems Com· mandl, began an intensive stu· dy of ordnance handling some years ago for aircraft carriers. From this study came the Im· proved Rearming Rates Pro· ject (IRRP).

IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY-John Moochowoky, Hud, Weapons Container Branch of the Engineering Department, and IRRP Project Moon.ger for NWC, points out some of the futures

of the Center's handiwork to Bill ValentHn, Rocket.er Edi. tor. The display above represents packing problems that have been solved for IRRP by the Center.

The purpose of this project is three fold: first, to achieve I maior increase in aircraft r.arming rates; second, to ach­ieve a maior incr.ase in wea· pan strikedown and strikeup ratH; and third, to achieve a marked improvement in air­launched weapons handling & stowage throughout the logi .. tic sequence.

TRANSPORTATION TEST-A MK 18 Mod ° Credle for two Rockeye bombs is shown above suspended on a vibration exciter to te.t the configuration's durability under the roUgh treetment it will get during tran ..

STUDY, DESIGN-Deslgners In Code discus •. ing product improvement and evol· uating .a new design include (I to r) Ed An·

portatlon. The test setup i. being dl .. cussed in the photo by (I·r) Mike Waldron, Code 5566, and Hershel Hicks and Bill Don· nelly, of Code 4533. The facility is operated by the Propul.lon Development Department.

derson; William Boyle, Charles Read and Bill Moo..... The ph!>to was taken ' in the Engine.ring Department's ' spaces.

Special Packaging

Basic to the entire Project is the assembled weapon con· cept, in which weapons are to be assembled and tested at a Naval Weapons Station, plac· ed in a special type of pack· age called a cradle and de· livered to the CV A in an as· sembled configuration instead of a group of components. Handling operations during replenishment and strikedown are to be minimized on the CV A by stowing the weapon in its cradle rather than de· canning it prior to strikedown.

REPLENISHMENT AT :SEA-The photo above was taken during replenishment ' at sea operations somewhere in the Pacific. The aircraft ' c'arrier in the foreground is receiving a high.line traiufer of.: !i~ly packagtc! ordnance from an ammunition ship. . .

Decanning will occur when weapons are configured for ready service.

In line with these ideas, the uget Sound Naval Shipyard

has completed extensive stud· ies of the various classes of CVA's wherein appropriate improvements to each differ· ent class of hull were conceiv· ed, These improvements range from a fully mechanized hand· ling and stowage system to be installed on the CVA-67 and future carriers of the same as to those limited improvements necessary to permit handling assembled weapons on carriers of the CVA·19 class.

In addition , Weapons Tasks have been issued to various facilities around the country to produce packaging and stowage concepts that can be used in conjunction with newlv devel· oped stowage and handling sys· terns.

NWC Participation

Here at China Lake, the Cen· ter is involved in the develop· ment of missile cradles to im· plement the assembled round shiDping and storage concent in the IRRP program. This con· cept is a packaging technioue for shipping and stowl'l~ mul· tiple units as assembled air· launched weapons and Dermits weapons to be handled intact throughout their logistic cycle to aircraft carrier stowage. In the present system of logistics for weapons, comDonents are

generally packaged in individ· ual containers.

Under the technical direction of John Machowsky, Weanons Container Design Branch. Code 5566. Engineering Department. development of a f 0 u r·u nit Sidewinder cradle and a two· unit Rockeye cradle have been completed and released for first·buy procurement. Proto· type developmental missile era· dIes, fabricated in the Engin· eering Department Shop, Code 5545, have been furnished to the USS Oriskany (CV A·34) and USS J. F. Kennedy (CVA·67) for evaluation and fleet intro· duction.

In the NWC developed era· dIes, the assembled air·launch· ed weapons are packaged in shock mitigated, environmen· tally·sealed p I a s tic she II s mounted on a steel-base pallet. These cradles are designed to permit stable tiering and pro· visions for handling by forklift trucks and the end·loading MK· 42 hand·lift trucks have heen provided. Lifting-eye attach· ments facilitate high line trans· fer from ship to ship, or heli· copter vertical replenishment.

The project was authorized by the Naval Air System Com· mand, and is dlrected by Mr. J . Price, IRRP Deputy Program Manager, Naval Air Engineer· ing Center, Philadelphia.

Work is continuing at NWC in developing cradle designs for the Bullpup, Sparrow and SHRIKE missiles.

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ASSEMBLY-William RaHei (I) and Mlr. shall Anderson of the Mechanical Division of the Engineeri"g Department, are shown assembling a pallet that will be used to handle one of the missile cradles. Moony of

THERMOFORM PLASTIC-Marge McCoy, Code 5566 Engineering Technician l reviews sample of Credle pla.tic shen formed by a

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the palle.. and cradles now being used in .. the fleet were built at NWC. Prototypt!. cradles have been furnished to the aircraft carriers U. S. S. Oriskany and U. S. S. John F. K<lnnedy.

vacuum th.rmoform proc .. s with John; Machowsky (I) I RRP Project Manager fp',o,. NWC, a,nd F. A. Chenault .

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their handiwork in the yard behind Mi'ch. elson Laboratory. From left to right, they are: Mike Waldron, Don King, Charl.s Read, Walt· Moortin and James Wilkie.

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