Smoking: Do's and Don'bNew guidelines issued by the Department of Defense

outline the control of smoking in Department of Defenseoccupied space.

'ihe instruction, as established by DoD, recognizes theright of individuals, working in or visiting DoD occupiedbuildings, to an environment reasonably free of contaminants.It alsoiecognized the right of individuals to smoke*providedsuch action does not endanger life or property' causediscomfort or annoyance to non-smokers or infringe upon therights of others.- At the Aerospace Center steps are already being taken toimplement the guidelines. Signs indicating the no-smokingareas are being made and will be placed throughout the twoinstallations within the next few days.

OrientonDEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XlX, No.21 October 28,1977

Heart Warming Besults

Here are the areas of the Centerwhich are affected and how theywill be handled:

oIn the dining hall arrange-ments have been made to identifysmoking and non-smoking areas.Within the 2nd Street and SouthAnnex dining facilities signs havebeen placed indicating areaswhere smoking is prohibited. Thesnack bar area at 2nd Street is ano-smoking area as is the en-closed vending area in Building8900-4 at South Annex.

.No smoking in auditoriums.Receptacles are placed near theauditorium door so that visitorsmay dispose of cigarettes, etc.,when they become aware of thesmoking restriction.oALL elevators are designated

as non-smoking areas.oSmoking is prohibited on

shuttle vehicles.oIn. medical care facilities

smoking shall be restricted tostaff lounges, private offices andspecially designated areas. Ac-

cording to the instruction,smoking is permitted in visitorwaiting areas only where spaceand ventilation capacity permitsthe division into smoking andnon-smoking sections.

oSmoking shall not be allowedin conference and classrooms.

oCorridors, lobbies and rest-roo:rns will continue to be smokingareas as persons are not in theselocations for long periods of time.The sth floor vending area ofbuilding 36 is considered as partof the corridor area.

oFor the work areas the Centeris currently purchasing air flowmonitoring equipment which willbe used to determine if theventilation is adequate to removesmoke from a work area. Follow-ing the tests guidelines will beissued to managers on airflowwithin their areas so that de-terminations can be made con-cerning the need for smoking con-trolled areas.

oSmoking is allowed in privateoffices.

CFC Contrihutions Rocket Past Goal

Joann Becker, CFC Secretary, slides the CFC spacecraflils target of $112,000 as the Center contributionsrdto pour into CFC headquarters. Gretchen Hawk, (left)

CFC assistant proiect officer, and Arlhur Gore, SDRG, watchpride. Gore is the artisl who designed the CFC poster

t.

The Aerospace Center'sCombined Federal Campaignofficially closed on October 21and at presstime, the'77 goalof $112,000 had iust been ex-ceeded by $6,500, with theprobability of an additional$2,500 in pledges yet to betallied as returns continue tocome.

According to Mrs. GretchenHawk, Assistant CFC ProjectOfficer, "The Center's 'ZZ KeyWorker and Solicitor Teamhas done a fantastic job, andthe community spiritedDMAAC employees have re-sponded with record breakinggenerosity. "

Brown to DMA PcitionWilliam J. Brown, SDC, has been selected to fill a GS-15 position in

the Programs, Production and Operations Directorate at the DMAheadquarters in Washington, D.C.

Brown, a graduate of Kansas State University, has been with theAerospace Center since Scptcmber l{X12.

" '"''';":''ilfrG ": '' .'-: Contract O,uarters For

The DMA TravelerLast issue of the Orientor car-

ried a story on new changes to theJoint Travel Regulations that re-quire civilian Department ol De-li'nsc lrirvclcrs to makrr hctter ustol' govr,rnrnr,nl tlttttrlr.t's wltt'tt itt

been, or are being, negotiated incertain high travel areas. Thesequarters will be consideredgov(:rnmcnl rluart.t:rs lirr thc pur-[)os(' ol' lhc l)MA lruvt'lcr,wlrr,llrcr rnilillry or civilirrrr,

He has served in the Cartography Department, Missile SupportDepartment, Programs, Production and Operations Directorate, in theComptroller's Office and Digital Computer Systems Administrator, andmost recently in the Sbientific Daba Department as Chief of theScientific Computer Division.

At the headquarters he will be a physical scientist in the AerospaceMissiles Division.

First Student Here Under Goop Education ProgramThe first college student to

become part of the AerospaceCenter's co-operative educationprogram is William Wert of In-diana State University.

Under the program Wert will

work for a period of time with theCenter in ACC and then return toIndiana State for a period ofacademic study. Throughout theschool year he will continue toalternate work and study.

Wert is a senior majoring ingeography with emphasis on car-tography.

Contacts were made with vari-ous colleges and universities whohad a co-operative education pro-gram in an effort to begin theprogram at this Center. IndianaState University was the first toprovide an individual for hire.Hiring is done at the GS-2, 3, or 4level depending on the number ofsemester quarters or hours al-ready completed.

Following completion of the pro-gram the individual is not guaran-teed a job and there is norequirement for the individual tocontinue to work for the Center. Ifthey desire to continue they maydepending on their previous per-formance and if an offer is made.

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ZBB - New Approach . .. ....2Promolions ........2Week Thal Was . ...... .. ... .3Calendar ...^........3Payroll Dollar .............4lmporlanl Numbers ........4

TDY status. In fact, reimburse-ment for the quarters portion ofthe per diem or actual expenseallowance will not be made toDoD civilian travelers TDY to in-stallations where adequategovernment and/or contractedquarters are available but notutilized. Military have workedunder this arrangement for sever-al years.

Within the Defense MappingAgency contract quarters have

British Survey

Chief Visits

Malor General Francis M. Sexlon,OBE, Direclor of Miliiary Survey,Minislry of Defense, GrealBritain, signs the guesl regisler atthe beginning of his lwo day visilto lhe Aerospace Center, Oclober17. The general was here for dis-cussions on MC&G mallers and ageneral orienlalion iour of theCenler.

At this time contract quartersare available in St. Louis. In theKansas City, Mo. area and thearea surrounding the District ofColumbia, several hotels, motels,inns, etc. have expressed favor-able interest in becoming contractquarters. By November lst con-tract quarters should be availablein all three locations.

The Aerospace Center travel co-ordinator, Mrs. Anderson, ext.4411, is responsible for making allreservations in the DMA contractquarters. Travel coordinators lo-cated in other DMA componentsarrange accommodations throughthe DMAAC coordinator.

It should be noted that theDMAAC travel coordinator is theonly employee authorized to makereservations in the contractquarters. Reservations made byanyone else will not be considereda reservation under the terms ofthe contract and the traveler willhave to pay the bill himself atcheck out time.

If reservations are not avail-able in the DMA contract quar-ters the traveler will be notifiedprior to departure from his or herduty station.

The contract quarters withinthe three areas are for the use ofDMA travelers only and must bearranged for through the propertravel coordinators as is ex-plained in DMA Instruction 4109.2p'.

Travelers to other than thethree travel areas discussed arerequired to make their own re-servations.

Zero Based

New Appnoaeh To Am

@ld fnoblemn

Budgetirg-Budgetary reform has.generally

been the province of specialistsand academicians, convened inpresidential commissions, whoproduce lengthy reports after aIong period of study and con-sideration. This isn't the case withrespect to zero-base budgeting(ZBB). Here the initiative camefrom the President himself. Hespelled out his objectives in a shortand clear memorandum duringFebruary-after less than a monthin office. His conviction is basedupon practical experience with thisprocess-not upon conversion to atheory.

ZBB also differs from pastbudgetary changes in terms ofimpact. The changes are notconfined to headquarters nor tobudgetary specialists and staffoffices. Rather, the impact of. ZBBwill be felt by managers at alllevels in the Executive Branch.ZBB is intended not only to affectthe way budgets are developed inthe Department of Defense; it is

intended also to change the waYbusiness is done.

In discussions with Secretary ofDefense Harold Brown, thePresident has emphasized thatDoD's planning-programming-budget system (PPBS) is an ex-cellent system. It is not intendedthat the existing PPBS be suP-planted. Rather, DoD's objectivein implementing ZBB is to buildupon the existing system,modifying it as necessary toprovide more effective tools forDefense managers.

In implementing ZBB in DoD,there are five aspects of budgetaryproeedures that are especiallyimportant. These are the areaswhich require the greatest em-phasis as DoD integrates itsplanning, programing andbudgetary system into the zero-base approach.

Program Review

The first of these areas involvesachieving real zero-base con-

sideration of the entire DoDbudget. Every activity, every line-item in the budget, must meetthis test: does it have to be con-ducted at all?

Secretary Brown has directedthat ". . . each activity or programmust be reviewed from the groundup to determine whether it should

Manager lnvolvement

A second area of emphasis, in-separable from the first and indeedat the heart of the ZBB effort, is thematter of manager involvement.This means that managers-thosewith the responsibility for theconduct of programs-must play a

lA Stock Sales

Day Termed SuccesDMAAC Employees once again

demonstrated their support for theagency sponsored JuniorAchievement Program when stocksales day was held October 19. Theresponse was great. Sales sur-passed the targeted capitalizationgoal.

Sales representatives from thefour JA companies participating inthe program and their respectivehigh schools were: Arthur Jordan,Beaumonti Myron Htll, CBC;

dinator, J. Edward Jones, "TheJunior Achievement Advisor Teamand DMAAC managers thank youfor your support in providing thisvaluable and practical businessexperience for the JA participants.

You have now invested, let'smake your investment grow andgo. Look out for Product Sales Daycoming soon."

be continued at all and, if so, atwhat level. Budget requests mustbe justified in terms of a cost-effective contribution to nationaldefense or in terms of an explicitstatutory requirement. In no caseshould funds be requested simplybecause an activity has beenconducted in the past."

It also is essential that DoD seekalternative and less-costly ways ofmeeting its objectives, startingfrom the lowest levels within theDepartment. What is required hereis a fresh new look at Defense'stime-honored ways of doing things.Each activity should be consideredas if it were being proposed for thefirst time. If it were not alreadybeing done that way, would it beproposed to start doing it that way?If the answer is no, it is time tostop.

From the Black book:

With a hoot and a holler it willllc Ilullowcen and time to braccoursglvcra I'or thc onslauqht of

greater role in the budgetaryprocess. The line managers arethose best equipped to appraise theprospects for budgetary changeand the consequences of variousalternatives, and they bear theresponsibility for carrying out theprograms. This manager in-volvement must extend to thelowest practicable level.

Secretary Brown directed that"involvement must commence atthe point where a manager makessignificant decisions on the amountof spending and the scope,direction or quality of work to beperformed. " To put it another way,the manager most likely to havemoney-saving ideas is themanager who spends the money.Under this approach, the Defensebudget will come to be even moreof a bottom-up or grass-rootsprocess than it has been. Thebudget will be a better tool for linemanagers at all levels, and less theprovince of staff specialists atheadquarters.

Operations Area

A third area of emphasis is theoperations portion of the budget.The investment area of theDefense budget (procurement,research, development, test andevaluation, and construction) hasturcntlally boen on a zoro base.

of budget figures. Incrementsabove the minimum essential levelwill be cleally described andpriced, and the manager will in-dicate his views on priorities(ranking) among these variousincrements.

Managers are encouraged to beinnovative in presenting alter-native ways for carrying out theirprograms. This approach to thebudget involves a major departurefrom long-standing budgetarypractices in Defense and in otheragencies as well. Rather thanpresenting and defending a singlefigure, the manager is required toshare with those up the line hisviews upon a range of alternativesfor his activity.

Phase Integration

The fifth area of emphasis inimplementing ZBB promises to beespecially significant. This is thematter of more closely integratingthe planning and budget phases: Inpractical terms, this requires theinvolvement of top officials earlyin the cycle. President Carterdevoted some 25 Murs this springto a preliminary review of thefiscal year (FY) 1979 budget withheads of the executive agencies.Secretary Brown has beendevoting a great deal of his time toconsidering issues long before thetraditional budget season. Thisshould be a great help throughoutthe entire process. The plans andprograms are shaped earlier in theprocess by the budgetary realities;the budget better conforrns to theplanning and programingdecisions reached.

The Fresident has outlined hismajor objectives. Defense's ap-proach must be flexible, to allowfor differences in organizationalpatterns among the Services andDefense agencies inherent indifferences ln mlsslonr. The locusof declelon-maklng aho dlffersamong the vlrlour bud5atGoblin Watchins

uooiln watcntng

Time--Drive

Caref ully

September Promotions12; William C. Davis, GS-7; RondalGodfrey, GS-13; Dean A. Graves,GS-12; James M. Haynes, Jr. GS-12; Donald E. Henson, WG-12;Peter N. Jackson, GS-tl; GeorgeN. Manders, GS-12; Teresa L.Moorman, GS-6; James D.Peroutky, GS-9; John L. Ploss, GS-12; Susan D. Resetarits, GS-S;Billy R. Rice, GS-12; GrahamRosenberger, GS-12; Lawrence W.Schwaller, Jr., GS-12; KathleenStrickland, GS-5; Connie K.Tancock, GS-5; Robert B. Terry,GS-13; David S. Tolpen, GS-12;Paul D. Voyles, WG-a; Adolph F.Wuenscher, GS-12.

The ORIENTOR is an officialnewspaper, published bi-weekly onFriday by and for the personnelof the Defense Mapping AgencyAerospace Center, at St. Louis,Missouri, as authorized by DoDlnstruction 5120.4. Opinions ex-pressed herein do not necessarilyrepresent those o{ the DoD,

Col. James H. St. ClairDirector

David L. BlackChief, Public Affairs Off ice

Editor

Beaumont; Myron Hill, CBC;Fredrick Robinson and RichardSqualls, Jennings; DeAndreHarris, Morris Mitchell andDelaine Young, Normandy; ArevaBell, Rosati Kain; CassandraGreen and Beverly Payne, Soldan.

According to Center JA Coor-

The following people havereceived promotions during themonth of September: Norman B.Adams, GS-12; Louis V. Blank,WP-21; Brenda J. Brown, GS-4;Meyer Cohen, WP-21; MaryCatherine Corbett, GS-6; John W.Finklang, GS-14; Roger C. Fisher,II, GS-9; William R. Hantack, WP-21; John A. Hicks, WG-4; AloysiusJ. Klasinski, WP-21; Duane A.Knudson, WP-21; Debra A.Kramper, GS-4; Jerry W. Kroupa,WP-21; Paul S. Kuliniewicz, WP-26; Robert F. Linhoff, Jr., WP-26;Gregory F. Luig, WS-4; Thelma A.Maltzman, WP-21 ; Robert E.McDaniel, GS-13; Samuel Newell,WG-5; Charles E. Rogers, Jr., WG-5; Smedley J. Sizemore, WP-21;Christine L. Truka, GS-5; Debra K.Ullo, GS-5; William T. Vollmer,WG-S; Marie E. White, GS-5;Merlin L. Gray, GS-11; Laura J.Holland, GS-l1; Jimmy D. Kandy,GS-ll;Lois C. Moore, GS-ll; JerryL. MeDaniels, GS-11; Ronald A.Ottens, GS-11; Roger C. Phelps,GS-11; Donald K. Reid, GS-11;Kenneth W. Stark, GS-ll ; ReginaldL. Stoner, GS-l1; Dick K. Chin, GS-

ourselves for the onslaught oflittle ghosts and goblins thatcome knocking at the door. Thelittle ones are the cutest as theytry their best to say the tonguetieing words, "Trick or Treat." Ifyou're out driving that night doslow down and watch carefully.The last thought on the little onesmind is watching f or cars.They're thinking only of the sackof goodies and what the nexthouse might have in store.

-o-If you haven't walked down the

first floor hallway of Building 36in the A section you ought.Facilities Engineers have appliedsome other than the regular lightgreen paint to the walls andthings just look much brighterand alive. Hope they continue theplan throughout the buildings.

-o-There are several tips of the

Black hat do this issue. To allthose who helped make the IWYDay and the Sundial dedicationsuccesses and a special tip to FireChief Leahy and Inspector Bellfor their work on Fire PreventionDay. Not only did they provideus with a look at some of thelatest in fire apparatus, but theypromoted a lot of goodwill inhosting a luncheon for area FireChiefs and fire department mem-bers who assist this Center. Idon't know who it was that saidso, but it is certainly true, the twosmall words "Thank You" areamong the most powerful in thevocabulary and Chief Leahy cer-tainly expressed them well tothose attending his luncheon.

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essentlally been on a zero base.Individual projects or line itemsare considered on such a base, andmany of them are in fact zeroedout---either: by the programmanagers themselves, or followingbudget review. The operationsarea, which comprises some ?0 percent of the Defense budget, is theprime candidate for improvement.

A fourth aspect in ZBB im-plementation is the matter ofhighlighting issues formanagement decision, and thepresentation of clear areas ofchoice. Managers within theDepartment will no longer submitbudget requests up the line interms of a single figure. Rather,each manager will present a range

Randolph Flight

Center to CloseThe Air Force's Instrument

Flight Center at Randolph AFB,Tex., is to be closed in the springof 1978.

Air Force officials said thatinstrument training previouslyconducted at the center has nowbeen made a part of other aircrewtraining and instructor qualifica-tion courses.

Closing the center and havingits functions taken over by exist-ing Air Force organizations isexpected to save about 93.8 mil-lion annually.

Approximately 160 military and40 civilian manpower spaces willbe made available for other AirForce requirements. Officials saidevery effort is being made toplace all civilian employees affect-ed by this action into continuingpositions.

among the various budgetcategories. Some operating funds,for example, are managed at verylow organizational levels withinthe Services and agencies, whileinvestment decisions are made atmuch higher organizational levels.Defense implementation of theZBB concept recognizes thesevariations in the way it managesand permits the Service systems toaccommodate it.

-Taken from CommandersDigest.

RetiremenbJuly - September

Banks, Reuben FEMPBBennett, Howell I. ADDPBosich, Joseph M. ACANBBurchfield, Charlie PDDMR

Compton, Mitchel C. ACNR

Fetsch, Vernon B. ACNAAFunk, Joe H. ADFGibbons, William T. CTS

Heaston, Lewis N. CTSHerberger, Mae S. SDDLSHoffman, Edith E. CMFS

Keaton, Harold P. ACMB

Leonard, Edmond E. pOD

Peres, James E. ADDPPrice, Allan E. ACABD

Sakaguchi, George T. ACAPScott, James H. ACNAD

Tiemann, Albina E. PDDI

Wade, Palmer G. PDAWard, Clarence E. ADDEAWillenbrink, Paul H. LOPOPage 2 Orientor October 28,1977

@\t lililtrh Gtrttut !Wutr...The week of October 10th

was more than just the Co-lumbus Day holiday for em-ployees of the Aerospace Cen-ter. It also included the Inter-national Women's Year DaYcelebration, the annual firedrill and the dedication of thesundial by the Daughters ofthe American Revolution.

IWY Day, Tuesday October ll'found the paraxe ground filledwith tents as professional, techni-cal and social organizations asso-

ciated with the Center disPlaYedvarious exhibits on the role ofwomen in their organization.

State Senator Harriett Woodsaddressed a crowd of about 300

employees during special cere-monies conducted by the FederalWomen's Program Coordinatorfor the Center, Charlene Gill.DMA Federal Women's Program

Coordinator, Sylvia Jackson, alsoaddressed the group and wasavailable after the ceremony toinformally meet with employees.

Wednesday, October l2th, wasthe big day in terms of the Center'sannual fire prevention week.Employees evacuated thebuildings during a practice firedrill as fire fighting equipmentfrom the City of St. Louis rolledinto place in a test of their support.During the drill the Fire Depart-ment also demonstrated theiraerial ladder and high-lift bucket.Fire apparatus from the Collin-sville, Ill., O'Fallon, Ill., Antonia,Mo. and Monsanto Fire Depart-ments were on display.

During the noon hour DMAACFire Chief Joe Leahy was aluncheon host to the Chief andDeputy Chief of the St. Louis FireDepartment, members of the St.Louis Fire Academy, St. Louis

Battallion Chiefs, Chiefs of theLemay, Collinsville and O'FallonFire Departments and formerDMAACeT Lester Schnable nowwith the Antonia Fire Depart-ment. The St. Louis Fire Depart-ment Chaplain and the SafetyEngineer from the MonsantoQueeny Plant also attended.

ThursdaY, oclober 13, the Centerparade ground was again the siteof a Iarge gathering as members ofthe Cornelia Greene Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution dedicated theAerospace Center sundial as aNational DAR Landmark.

The dedicatory address wasdelivered by Stuart Symington,Jr., son of the former U.S. Sena-tor, and a descendant of CaptainSymington who commanded theSt. Louis Arsenal in the early1800's. The ceremonies, conductedby DAR Regent GwendalynneMurphy, lasted about one hourand were covered by the localpress and television.

The sundial was placed at itslocation in 1859 and was calibrat-ed for exact longitude and lati-tude. Computations taken priorto the dedication indicated that thedial was within two minutes ofaccuracy. Former ACIC Historian,Richard Barnard, explained thehistory of the sundial to thegathering.

Following the ceremonies themembers of the DAR chapter anddistinguished guests joined Col-onel St. Clair and members of hisstaff for lunch. Following lunchthc chaplr:r mcmhcrs wcr(l pro-virlt'rl iut hislot'i<' lottr ol' l.lu' St ,

l,ottlg ArnttttHl t'otttltk'x

Gwendalynne Murphy and Siuarl Symington, Jr. discuss thehistoric Arsenal sundial during dedicalion ceremonies Oclobent3.

Stala Senalor Harriett Woods examines exhibitsIWY Day colebratlon at thc Ccnler on Oelober ll,

\duringThe Rescue Squad from lhe Sl. Louis Fire Deparlmenl was one

ol sovertl typel ol llre flghtlng apparatur on dlrplay durlng lhelhe

of several types of fire fighting apparatus on display during theCenter Fire Precention Day October 12.

New Topo hnterDirector Uisib St louis

Army Col. John Lund, (right) who assumes command of lheTopographic Center today, was a visitor to 5t. Louis last week.ln the photo above Colonel Lund and DMAAC Direclor, Colonel5t. Clair, go over lhe visil agenda. Colonel Lund is no slrangerto DMA having served as the agency's first chief of staff in1972.

Louis Arsenal complex. IWY Day celebration at lhe Center on October ll.

Topo hnter Man

Here; Pail of

Gareer Prognam

Randall Smith, an employee ofthe Topographic Center. is nowworking at the Aerospace Centerfor a one year term as part of theDMA career developmentprogram.

Under the program, key em-ployees of the five components areselected to intern a position inother components to become betteracquainted with the overall DMAapproach to particular subiect ormanagement areas.

Smith, who holds a Ph.D. inGeophysics from the University ofPittsburgh, is assistant chief of theDepartment of Geodesy andSurvey at the Topographic Center.

He will be working in thePrograms, Production andOperations Directorate at thisCenter in the Geopositional andDigital Data Division.

lON MeetThe Institute of Navigation is

having a meeting on November10th at the Scott Air Force BaseNCO Club. The speaker will beBrigadier General William E.Carson, Deputy Chief of Staff forLogistics, Military Airlift Com-mand

Reservations are limited. Forfurther information contact JohnSchweitzer, chairman, at 268-8494.

Galendar of Events

NOVEMBER

NOV EVENT WHERE3 Assn. of Litho Clubs Salad Bowl3 Toastmaster's Lindbergh Room8 FBA Lunch & Meeting Carpenter's Hall

10 ION Meeting Scott AFB, IL11 Bloodmobile S. Annex11 DMAAC Women's Club Dining Hall

A-Fair to Remembert2 AFA Airport Marriott

HotelDining Hall

Lindbergh RoomDining Hall

5th Flr. Conf. Rm.

Contact Marge Wisneskil4L42 to have your December events listed.

INFOV. Wojcicki/4713

D. Blackl4742J. Schweitzer/8494J. Brown/4218Mrs. M. Carlsonl966/5599S. Popp/8409

Maj. P. Wilder/4406

J. Bebermeyer/4574L. Williams/4424

V. Haun/a866

15 ASP Meeting

L7 Toastmaster's17 FEW Meeting

22 BAG Meeting

23 OLD NEWSBOYS DAY24 THANKSGIVING DAY29 NFFE Local 1827 Bldg. 4, S. Annex

October 28,1977 Orientor Page 3

WHf,E Hf,FpENg frT gTEEPf,VBTCC DgTLf,B?

Ever wonder what happened to yourcivilian payroll dollar when you got the leaveand earnings statement and compared thegross to the net?

Well, if you're like most employees youwill be taking home about 60 cents of everydollar you earn, according to informationcompiled by the Comptroller's Office andpublished in the latest issue of the AerospaceExecutive Review and Operations System.

The graph at the right gives you a goodidea of how the average employee's dollar isspent. About 20 cents goes toward Federal,state and local taxes; 10 cents for savingsallotments and bonds; and 7 cents forretirement. The remaining 3 cents goes for

AFA DinnerTickets ALVIN W.

OBERG, a re-tiree, died onOctober 5, 1977.Services wereheld on Friday,October 7, withinterment atResurrection Cemetery

He retired in August 1974 afterover 1? years Federal service, allat DMAAC. He was a physicalscientist assigned to theGeophysical Space Science Dept.He had retired as a teacher after 32years prior to coming to DMAAC.

He is survived by his wife Lenaand two daughters.

Photo lab

Dance Tickets

The SDR Photo Lab AnnualChristmas Dinner Dance, wlll be

health insurance, life insurance, charities andother items.

According to the publication, taxes havehistorically been the largest deduction frompay, ranging in the vicinity of 15 percent to 20percent even in the early 1960s. Perhaps themore significant changes, recently, in otherthan voluntary deductions, were the cityearnings tax increase from one-half to onepercent in 1959 and the increase in retirementdeductions from six and one-half to sevenpercent in 1970. There have been fourincremental increases in employee retirementdeductions since the early 1940s when therate was three and one-half percent.

Jesse N. Berry of the KansasCity Office of the AerospaceCartography Department recentlymarked his 35th year of Federalservice.

He started his career with thegovernment in July 1941 as amessenger for the War Depart-ment in Washington, D.C. He latertransferred to the U.S. Coast andGeodetic Survey as a draftsman.

After serving in the Army from1942 to 1945 he worked at the U.S.Geological Survey in Rolla, Mo.and remained there until 1959. Hethen transferred to Kansas City to,what was then known as the ArmyMap Service, and has servedwithin that and succeedingorganizations since then.

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.9n Sgr*pathgKGO Employee

Mads il5 Yeas TDY Doesn't Stop Employees

Community lnvolvementDon Russell, of the Aeronautical

Information Department, mayhave been on temporary duty in theCanal Zone but that didn't stophim from a community in-volvement project of helpingteenagers learn more about theirsurroundings.

In this case the teenagers were13 in number and were fromHoward AFB in the Canal Zone.Don arranged to escort the groupon a trip to the Smithsonian In-stitute Jungle Research Centerlocated on Barro Colorade Islandin Gatun Lake, Canal Zone.

The island is preserved in itsoriginal state and other than thetrails is left virtually untouched.

Traveling by Panama CanalRailroad from Balboa Station atseven in the morning the grouprode to a stop in the jungle on theedge of Gatun Lake. There theywere met by a Smithsonian launchwhlcb transported thom ts the

through streams. "The jungle wasnot as hot as I expected but wasvery humid and very warm whenin the clearings," noted Russell."We were fortunate that it didn'train as this area of Panama hasmore than two times as much rainas the Pacific side.

During the walk monkeys wereobserved feeding and traveling inthe tree tops and tree snakesbasked on the limbs. "Af tertraveling on the jungle trails," saidRussell, "I now understand whymonkeys travel thru the trees(much cleaner and faster)."

One of the more interestingpoints noted by the group is thattropical trees do not have annualrings as do trees in the States,because of the all time growingseason.

To determine how old a tree is,they put expandable bands aroundthe trunk and kcep rocordt for r

Ticket prices have been an-nounced for thg Air ForceAssociation meeting November12th at which the Assistant Secre-tary of the Air Force, JohnMartin will speak.

According to Stuart Popp,president of the hosting Spirit of St.Louis Chapter, the price will be$8.75 per person. Only 400 ticketsare available and reservations willbe taken on a first come first servebasis.

Orggnizations desiring to pur-chase reserved tables may do so atthe price of $70 per table.

Reservation may be made withRobert Brulle, 38 Chieftain Dr.,Creve Coeur, Mo. 63141 or phone872-7323.

Checks should be payable to theSpirit of St. Louis ChaPter.

The dinner meeting will begin at6:30 p.m. with cocktails; dinner at7:30 and program at 8:30. The

The price is $12.50 per person fora smorgasboard meal, open barand DMAAC's own Jonnv Woodsand his band for ontertainment.

7:30 and program at u:JU. rneevent, a joint meeting between theSt. Louis Chapter and ScottMemorial Chapter, will be held atthe Marriott Hotel, I-70 andLambert International AirPort.

urtr lsLIIIas lJtllllet' Lrallce, wlll ueheld Saturday, December 3, atTowne Hall North, 8201 NorthBroadway, from 6:00 p.m. til 1:00a.m., according to Dance Chair-man, Frank Aufmuth.

Due to the limited seatingarrangement, the first 300 peoplewill experience this fun packedevening. For tickets call ext. 4181

or 4572.

wnlcn [ransporleq lnem [o lneResearch Center.

The three and one-half hour tourof the island was rugged with trailsoften steep, muddy and slippery,and at times requiring wading

tne trunK and keep records for afew years of the rate of growth foreach type of tree. This provides ameasuring standard which can beapplied to the different types oftrees.

NumbGRs Wonrh Snvinq

*Mothers,Hofllne(Assocla- 863-1090*Acld Rescue 6$-n00 Call lor Acllon a2'l-'1975 Famtly Plannlng 647-21g8 tlon of Famlly Women)

Adoptlon Hoillne (State; 1-751-?962 Cardlnal Ritler lnstliute 652-3600 lnformailon Flollineaccepts collect calls) (aglng) Famiry servtces Dtvtston (Siare wet. '*"tii1:toTrtJlce councll

llisnAdult Educatlon Councll 652-1335 .Chlld Abuse Counsellng 534-9350 fare) lnformatlon:Asrns, Are€ Aeenc.!99 on (AAA): (Famrry Resource ienier) si Lours

#l-1i33 :il:L":lt?"t"fll"Ji:::'*;""' #in?\- citv: tvtavoi's offlce for 621-5{110 'chrrd Abuse Hotilne r-8oo-392-3738 - l:r'ft':

countv _ 42_t_-q2-7 order Adurrs Transporra- s22-2123senlor cltlzens (slate; toll-free) pederal lnformailon center 42s-ato6 ilon Servlces (.ATS)

The four counlles: 889-3050 Child Day Care 24t-3161 .Flre (Cltv) Emerqency 534-22u - - -,

Mid-Easi AAA Associaflon Preventlon: 453.4194 Planned Parenthood 781-3800

Agtng tnformailon & ,a6-6565 chitdren,s Menrat Heatth 644-3030 Food crlsls Network 659''f77 .r",flt;TixtJfli: cardinat 772-s2OODf rectlon Servlce (Unlted lnformallon Servlce Garden ,,Answer Man,, 772-1737 Chlldren,s 36t-15,31Wav AIDS) Chrislan Mtnistrtes z4t-o67s (Shaw's Garden) 'Pollce (Clty) Emergency 231-1212

*Aid 10 Vlcilms of Crlme S3t-25g7 *Cliizen lnfo/Research 361-3131 Gateway Centers: Clly 241-7fi0 All other 411-5555*Al-Anon & Alateen Groups iiiliiz Cenler (League of St. Louls Countv 968-llll Post Offlce lnformallon 425-5311*Alcohollcs Anonymous cai leli Women Votels Zlp Codes 425'5387

Arcohorism rnroimairon 721.722s consumer credrl 42r-3reo il::ill B:3:llil:ll 3itJ",, iil.fri3 t'"r1!i??"-,"'[Xanted: *Brrth' e62-s300

Center Counsellng Servlce IOOCSMCI Reproduclve Healih Ser- 367-0300

'Ambulance, City 231-6800 Consumer Fraud 1-WO-3tr2-8222 Health/Medlcal See Tel-Med vlces (counsellng/medlcal cllnlc)*Amerlcan Red Cross, 658-2000 Hotllne (State; toll-free) Informatlon (laped) Publlc Llbrary 211-2288

st' Lours Bisiate chapter *consumer Messase 425-5ooo -"t{$::Jji',n[li$ltJll,"r,"37|522s |,t:T"iilei:ifl""*' 3;'r1il1Aris & Educatlon Councll 531-6450 (US Food & Drug*Arfs Line 53]-ntt Admlnlsi!'ailon) *Highway Patrol 414-5500

*conlacr-sr. Lours 72s-n22 -*"Tllrllii Publlc: cllv

11i2U3 Reproductlve Health ser- 367-os)0

*Beiter Buslness Bureau 241-9676 Human Development 241-7500 -nunail-yZ.r.orUfeO I-800-621-4000

s,.,Gh'';;;;'oi',nrormairon 647.21s8 .:"ii]:'lil'i."rf""#ilosprrar)

::"'* .",ftliri{:,*A"ii::t e6r'{155

'- i;;ti Natronar Hotrrne

Center *Dlvorce Counsellng 721.4549 St. Charles Communlty 723-3Ag1Blrthright Counsellng 962-5300 Holllne lnformallon & Referral 42|.O7OO Councll

Board of Educalton 621-tg7o (Unlted Way) St. Louls Assn Retarded 569-2211

(Clty) Hoillne "Enierlalnmeni Hoillne 421-2lOO r ^-r u^r'-^ Lnlldren

Bureau for Men 621-2ft4 ("Fun Phone") Lead Hotllne 241-0085 Emergency" 868-6600

Bus (Br-siare rransrt) iis-ilio Envrronmenr, coarrtron 727-o&o |!3i!'llfl"ti"',""t|") Ho.rne i1i-il33 " h",'J''.J:TJti,tBl,1"J'" 453-451

(Publlc Llbraryl exl. 278 Salvaiton Army:lnformailon for ihe Life crrsrs servrcds 72r./Bro *Family Gurdance center 773-og&

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The lollowing is a lisl of emergency and informalion phone numbers fhal may behelpful. The listing was compiled by the lnformalion and Referral Service ol lhe UnitedWay ol Grealer Sl. Louis. * Indicates numbers thal are available at a ll time.

lvlental Health Resources & 721-8500Referral (Llfe Crlsls Servlces)

lvletroplex ( HDC) 968-11I IMlssourlStateEmployment 231-1348

Servlce (Downtown)

Famlly Servlce Depart- 531-12fimenlHarbor Llghi (men) 23l-%25Si. Charles 946-79&

Secret Wltness (Women's 231-012sCrusade Againsi Crlme)

Sex Helpllne (Cenier 361-7590for Human Concern)

Slxty- Helpllne 889-3050(Mld-East AAA)

Soclal Health Program t2t-1310(Life Crlsls Servlces)

Soclal Securlty 969-6/f/0Soclety of S1. Vincent 371-&n

de Paul*Sulclde Preventlon S68-6300

(Llfe Crlsls Servlces)Sunshlne Misslon (men) 231-9209

Tel-Med (Plays on request 531-50501-5 min lapes on health/medlcaltoplcs; tape list available fromagencles, physlcians, I lbrarles,etc. )

'Tlme & Temperalure 321-2522Tourlsl lnformatlon 869-7100'

MlssourlTravel Hotllne (Public

Library)Travelers Ald

211-2288,Ext. 30]211-5820

Unlted Meihodlst Metro 862-8081Minlstry

Unlted WayUrban League

VD Holllne 351-7575*VlsltlngNurseAssoclatlon 533-9680Voluntary Acllon Center 121-0700

(Unlted Way)*weaiher Forecast 936-1212Welfare Dlvislon, Stale-

See Famlly ServlcesWomen's Self Help Center 53]-2003

*Youlh Emergency Servlce 727-6n4(YES)

*Youlh ln Need (St. Charles) 721-7171

42 l-0700371-04)0