Junior Science StudentsTour Center Today OrientonFifty youth attending the

Missouri Regional JuniorEngineering and HumanitiesSymposium this week in St. Louisare scheduled to tour DMAACtoday.

The tour is part of special fieldtrips arranged for the students tobetter acquaint them with thegovernment and industrialorganizations utilizing scientificand engineering career fields.

The S0youth represent the topscience and mathematic studentsin the high schools of Missouri.

The symposium, held at theUniversity of Missouri, St. Louis,is designed to promote the study ofthe sciences and mathematics; todemonstrate the part which thehumanities play in the develop-ment of the scientist and to em-phasize the importance of science

to the national culture and generalwelfare.

The symposium also searchesout potentially talented youth andassists them in developing theirinterests and abilities while at thesame time providing recognitionand prestige within the schoolenvironment for students in thescience studies.

During the tour of the Centerstudents will be given an op-portunity to view some of the newautomated cartographic equip-ment in operation. They will alsovisit the photo area and receive a

briefing on chart compilation andcolor separation.

Following the tour the group willbe provided lunch in the DMAACDining Hall courtesy of theFederal Business Association.

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XVll, No. 5 March 7,1975

l3 Gollon Genter Receives 12Donor CFC Awards

Cholesterol Testing

Termed Successful

Twelve awards were received recently by DMAAC for its out-standing Combined Federal Campaign conducted in 1974. The Centerwas the top contributor among the Federal agencies in the Greater St.Louis area.

A special achievement award was presented to the Center for sur-passing 1973's contributions by 23% for a total dollar amount of$65,061.97,

In addition to the Center award,eleven plaques were presented tovarious organizations within theCenter. Receiving fair shareplaques for exceeding their goalswere: Director's Office, Direc-torate of Civilian Personnel,Directorate Plans,Requirements and Technology,Directorate of Programs,Production and Operations,Directorate of Administration,Aeronautical InformationDepartment, Research Depart-ment, Office of Information andInspector General, and theComptroller.

Two Departments receivedachievement award plaques -Cartography Department andMissile Support Department.

All awards were presented inspecial ceremonies last month.

During the CFC campaignDMAAC increased their payrolldeductions from 34 to 42 percentwith the average payroll deductionamounting to 938.79. The averageoverall contribution was 922.89,and the per capita contributionsincreased from 916.23 to 919.9?.

Donald Byers, CDCN, is presenteda special Red Cross cerlificale inrecognition ol his donation ol 13

gallons of blood from 1943 lopresenl. Presenting the certificaleis Mrs, Del McNamara, BloodRecruilmenl Consullant from lheAmerican Red Cross. Byersdonalion is equalto eighl times hisown body capacily o{ blood. HisFederal service began in 1943 withthe Navy. lt was lhen he began loconlribute io blood banks from lheAllantic lo lhe Pacific. Byers hasbeen one of the DMAAC lop donorsfor several years and at this pointleads all donors by two gallons.

lfuowing Gost

Crrrhc Wnstn

Life lnsurance Increase

For GS Employees

Premium rates for regular lifeinsurance provided by FederalEmployees Group Life Insuranceprogram for Federal civilianemployees will increase by 8 centsper $1,000 of coverage Perbiweekly pay period. Civil ServiceCommission officials say the in-crease will begin Feb. 28.

An actuarial valuation of the lifeinsurance found that totalpremiums (employee and em-

ployer contributions combined)must be increased from $41.25 to$53.25 per $1,000 of regular in-surance coverage. Rates for theadditional $10,000 optional lifeinsurance will not change.

The primary reason for theincrease in cost is that moreemployees are retiring at anearlier age than in the past, whichmeans that paying subscribers are

-Wt"r* duffi-:

A cost information boarddescribing cost of printing sup-plies has been posted in theDMAAC pressroom.

The board is an idea of FrankWilliams, Press Division super-visor. By listing the individual costof paper, press blankets, backingsheets, rubber gloves, ink andother printing items Williamshopes to curb possible carelesswaste.

Informing the employee of therising cost of the items he usesevery day will perhaps make himmore cost conscious, a techniquewhich can be applied to both workand home.

contributing to the cost of lifeinsurance for a shorter period oftime. Since regular life insuranceis provided free to retirees, it isnecessary to increase premiumrates over the shorter period thatemployees work.

There are currently 2,448,000Federal employees covered by theregular life insurance program,with an average face amount ofinsurance coverage of almost$16,000. This means that theaverage employee will have anadditional $1.28 withheld from hisor her biweekly pay check, withthe increases ranging from .80

cents biweekly for employees withthe minimum $10,000 coverage to$3.60 biweekly for those entitled tothe maximum coverage of 945,000.

DMAAC Direclor, Col. Donald D. Hawkins, presenlr the Ccntcr Com-bined Federal Campaign Achievemenl Award to CFC prolecl offlcersGlenn Burgdorl (left) and GeorgeCollins.

DMAAC Deputy Director, Col. James H. St. Clair, gets his bloodsample taken during the recent Lipid Research CholesterolTesting program conducted at the Center. The program, whichsurveyed 1200 Center male employees, was termed highly suc-cessful by Washington University Medical School personnel whoadministered the tests. Taking the blood sample is JeanettMoore, lab technician. Dr. Gustav Schonfeld, Program Directorobserves. DMAAC was the first Federal agency to participate inthe free testing program. The Research Center will supply eachof the participants with his cholesterol test results.

Needed for lnner Gity

Scout Adult LeadersThe St. Louis Area Council of the

Boy Scouts of America hasidentified a need for adultleadership in the inner cityscouting program.

The Council indicates that boysare always attracted to thescouting program, but sustainingtheir interest presents problemswith the severe lack of availableleadership. This is particularlytrue in four service areas of the St.Louis Area Council: The Gateway,Mark Twain, West, andTomahawk Districts, all with aninner city makeup.

The time commitment would beone evening a week for those in-terested in scouting and the highschool age program, Exploring.There is program planningnecessary to insure successfulmeetings with the boys. This isdone at home by the individual

leader as his time allows, aboutone hour's preparation. Oc-casional Saturday or weekendcamping time is desirable.

Those interested in Cubbing forboys B, 9, and 10 years of age wouldcommit themselves to somewhatless time and few, if aoy,weekends. Both the Cubbing andExploring Programs allow formen and women in leadershippositions.

Individuals interested in theprogram should call Rex Pyle ofthe Youth and Government TaskForce at 268-26M, to indicate theirdesires.

After a survey is complete ameeting will be arranged betweenthe scouting executives and theprospective volunteers to explainthe various leadership vacanciesand answer questions on theprogram.

Career Highlights of Four at 30RUDY L. SIMANEK, PPCC,

was inducied into the U.S. ArmY inJanuary 1943. He was assigned tothe Sllrd Infantry Division andspent two and a half years over-seas in Hawaii, New Guinea,Philippines and Japan. He wasdischarged in FebruarY 1946.

He returned to Federal servicein January 1948 at the CivilianPersonnel Records Branch at 4300

Goodfellow. He also worked atVeterans Administration, the PostOffice and Army Finance Centerprior to his transfer to DMAAC inMarch 1953. Originally assigned tothe Photogrammetry Division, hehas been assigned to variousdivisions within the P&D Plantand is presently assigned as aproduction analyst in theAerospace Charting Branch.

HERBERT G. MEINERS,Defense Fuel Supply Center,began his Federal career byenlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1944.

After "boot" training at GreatLakes hewas assigned to sea dutyfrom San Diego, Calif. "The USSHarris APA-2 in the Pacific washome for a year and a half" statesMr. Meiners. He was dischargedfrom the Navy in 1946.

He continued his Federal careeras a civilian at the Army RecordsCenter, transferring to DMAAC inJune 1948. He was assigned to theDistribution Division at the IllinoisTerminal Building at 12th &Delmar.

.lanuary

PromotionsThe following people received

promotions during the month ofJanuary: John W. Boyd, GS-7;

In December 1969 he transferredto the Defense Fuel Supply CenterRegional Office at 408 NorthBroadway. In August 1970 theoffice moved to Building 2 at 8900

South Broadway as tenants ofDMAAC. He is currently assignedas an inventory manager of JP-4jet fuel in 11 midwest states.

CLARENCE M. POIN.DEXTER, FEMC, reached the 30

year mark on March 2nd. Hisservice began on November 27,

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Siminek Meiners

1942 with the U.S. Army where heserved until December 31, 1945.

He returned to Federal servicein September 1947 at the ArmyRecords Center, 4300 Goodfellowas a laborer, remaining there untilJune 1965.

The following January 1966 hewas hired at DMAAC on a tem-porary appointment which waslater converted to permanent. Hehas been assigned as a custodian.

**SAYINGS PLA}INER

GARO J. FINIGIAN, CDCC,celebrates his 30 year anniversaryon Easter Sunday. His careerbegan with military service onOctober 26, 1942 with the U.S.Army Air Corps as flight trainingInstructor until dischargedDecember 1, 1945,

He resumed his Fedbral careerin August 194? in the PersonnelOffice, Detroit Tank Arsenal untilthe following May when hetransferred to the Corps of

Poindexter Finigian

Engineers, Lake Survey Divisionin Detroit and was assigned as acarto draftsman.

He came to DMAAC in June 1950

and was assigned to the Car-tography Division. He wasreassigned to the Photogram-metry Division, then MissileSupport Division, and is presentlyassigned as a Section Supervisorin the Contract Support Branch ofthe Cartography Depaltment.

Ozark Glean-up

PlannedThe biggest clean-up project

ever undertaken by the MissouriSportsmen for Clean Outdoors is-,.r.^zlrilai fnr errrrrriat' lrrhA t

Shedes of Days hne 8y

Reconstructing the days when horses reigned supreme at Fort D.A. Russell (now F. E. Warren AFB), three Air Force sergeants,including one froni the Geodetic Survey Squadron of DMAAC,donned U. S. Cavalry garb and reenlisted on horseback. Sgt.Richard Pool of the GSS Gravity Branch was reenlisted by Col.Christopher Adams, 90th Strategic Missile Wing Commander.The uniforms were donated by the Ft. Laramie HistoricalAssociation, and the horses were provided by the base ridingclub.

MARCH EVENT11 FBA Lunch & Mtg

11 ACSM

13 DMAAC Womens

Club

Calendu of Events

MARCH 1975

WHERECarpenters Hall

Ramada lnn SouthMusial & Biggies

INFOD. Blackl4142J. Kristmann/4615P. Radick/892-1265

Society of Military Viking Restaurant R. Simmonr/4811Enginccrr

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Laura J. rtrecKenKamp, uD-c;John E. Brueggeman, GS-u;Raymond Cole, GS-9; William R.Croisetiere, GS-?; Sheree L. Dees,GS-3; Dennis P. Franklin, GS-12;Donald G. Giarraffa, GS-7;William R. Gillespie, GS-?;Richard A. Glass, GS-7; Judith L.Haas, GS-?; Mae S. Herberger,GS-?; Ruth M. Hudson, GS-3;Larry L. Jensen, GS-7; John B.Kemery, GS-12; Patrick W.Kernan, GS-7; Julie M. Ket-tenback, GS-3; Gwen D. Krouse,GS-3; George K. Laskar, GS-?;Mary Louise T. Maret, GS-3;Bernard I. Nelson, GS-12; JanetM. Nugent, GS-a; Stuart L.Recknagel, GS-?; Richard DeSanchez, GS-9; Kenneth J.Schlarman, GS-9; James H. Sieve,GS-?; Peter J. Simmons, Jr., GS-7; Robert D. Stanley, GS-?;Patricia J. Taylor, GS-4; Curtis B.Ward, GS-7; Russell P. Ziegler,GS-12.

ln SynpathyRussell N. Knauss, DMA Hq.,

passed away February 21st. Hehadserved in military and civilianpositions within the governmentfor 22 years. In 1972 he took a staffposition with DMA and in June19?4 assumed the responsibilitiesof Administrative Officer in theAgency.

H€ is survived by his wife, MarYAnn Murphy Knauss, a son,Thomas R. Knauss, and one sisterand two brothers.

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Only three inches in diameterand one inch thick, it Iooks mightYbig when it suddenly dawns on Youit's headed straight at you.

The "thing" is a NationalHockey League puck-hard andfrozen. John Buoncristiani,(RDSPC), watched it wing its waYbetween the heads of the twospectators seated immediatelYbefore him and knew he hadstopped it by the sudden pain in hisforearm.

After remarking that ". . it'saround here someplace ," tohis wife, Margaret, he saw it fallbetween their seats. He retrievedit and thus pocketed a souvenirfrom the recent St. Louis Blues-Toronto Maple Leafs game, whichthe Blues went on to lose, 5-3.

sgrleuutEu lur JdLurud\1975, at the Lake of the OzarksState Park, according to CarlLappe, LO, one of the organizers.

The goal is to bring more than1200 environmentally-concernedcitizens together to make theGrand Glaze Arm area of the lakefree of litter. In 1973, over 1,000

volunteers cleaned up LakeWappapello, and in 1974, between?00 and 800 people did a goodclean-up job on Clearwater Lake.

The clean-up is being conductedin cooperation with the MissouriState Park Department, the Lakeof the Ozarks Association, and theOsage Beach Chamber of Com-merce.

Volunteers for the littereliminating project are beingrecruited throughout the State.Many of the volunteers will alsospend part of the June weekendcamping, fishing and sightseeing.

For more information or tovolunteer to help on this project,write to Missouri Sportsmen forClean Outdoors, P. O. Box 794,

Bridgeton, Missouri 63044.

The OR IENTOR is an of f icial news-paper, published bi-weeklY on Fri-day by and for the Personnel of theDefense MaPPing AgencY AerosPace

Center, at St. Louis, Missouri. Opin-ions expressed herein do not neces'

sarily represent those of the DOD.

Col. Donald D. HawkinsD irector

David L. BlackChief, Off ice oJ lnformation

Editor

17 ST. PATRICK'S DAY21 Bloodmobile S. Annex28 GOOD FRIDAY30 EASTER

31 Stamp & Coin Club Bldg' 36, RD

Conf. Room

APRIL3 Assn. of Litho Salad Bowl

Club Meeting

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retirement he was assigned toMissile Support DepartmentPosition Data Division.

Mr. Pope is presently enrolled atSt. Louis University in GraduateProgram in American History inresidence status.

JAMES F. MURPHY'S, CDCB,retirement was effected January22nd. A cartographer, he spent sixof his 10 years 4 months Federalservice at DMAAC.

ROBERT P. CROWN, ADDP,retired January 31st. A super-visory aero info specialist, hespent all but ten of his 33 yearsFederal service at DMAAC.

LEWIS W. ALEXANDER,F E PM, spent all but six of his 28-

1/2 years of Federal service atDMAAC. He was a parts expeditorin Programs Division of FacilitiesEngineering.

Recent RetirementsJAMES S. POPE, MDDT,

retired January 31st with over 33

years Federal service. He beganas a typist at Post HeadquartersMessage Center at Lowry Field,Colo. in August 1941. He enteredmilitary service in October 1942

with the Corps of Engineers andwas attached to Sixth Army Hq.with foreign service in NewGuinea, Leyte, Luzon and Japan.He was discharged as Tech. Sgt.from the 1679th Eng. SurveyLiaison Det. in January 1946.

He returned to Federal servicein February 1946 at Army MapService as an engineering aid,transferring to Geological Surveyin September 194?. In April 1951 hetranferred to DMAAC,Washington off ice ResearchDivision, moving to St. Louis withthe Division in July 1957. At time ofPage 2 ORIENTOR March 7,1975

Poshge 0ileters Rephce lndicia

As Centu Apdafes ilrlail llandlingThe new look in the DMAAC mail rooms these days is the postage

metering equipment. The use of the meter system became effective atthe Center February 3rd as a result of a DMA decision to switch from theprestamped indicia system to the postage meter.

The change is a result of an E/P action which provides the agencywith better management of mail.

To implement the change atDMAAC required the acquirementof five postage meter units andrelated scales. Three of themachines are located in thePrinting and DistributionDepartment's distribution area.Two are located in the ad-ministrative mailrooms, one at2nd street and the other at SouthAnnex. The fifth machine will bedelivered in the near future forlocation in the Accounting andFinance office. This machine willalso include an automatic, stufferto handle the thousands of payrollchecks that are mailed to DMApersonnel throughout the world.

Last year more than 3-I/2million pieces of administrativeand product mail were handled byDMAAC,

Under the new system postage isapplied in the mailrooms or inDistribution, in the case ofproducts, based on the type ofmail, its destination and thejustified priorities of the sender.Each piece of mail requiringspecial handling, such as airmail,

special delivery and registered,must arrive at the mailroom witha note of justification attacheddescribing the reason that specialhandling or increased postage costare required.

"A lot of times mail is markedairmail when really it can go firstclass and arrive in ample time,"pointed out Lt. Col. H. E. Allison,Director of Administration."When the sender takes a closelook at how the parcel is beingshipped and the priority involved,many times costs can be saved."

As an example, the cost on a twopound package being mailed toCalifornia from St. Louis by air-mail would be about $2.20, butsending the same package byregular parcel post surface mailwould cost only $1.12. Time lengthwould be extended approximatelytwo days.

Indicia envelopes currently inDMAAC inventory will be useduntil the supply is exhausted.Postage will be placed over theindicia frank in the mailroom.

Virgil Johnson demonstrates the new postage metering machine in the 2nd Street AdministrativeMail Room. After the correct amount of postage has been determined, the machine is set and thepieces of small mail are fed through the machine and stamped automatically.

When packages are too big forthe machine, an adhesivestamped label is generatedwhich is manually applied asAlice Schmuke demonstrates.

Photos By

Ed Mullen

Here Betty Forniss drops outgoing mail into the proper bagsafter she has separated and banded the packet to indicate groupdestination.

Each piece of mail is weighed prior to stamping to assure thatproper postale is applied. Members of the PD Distribution Division workforce are responsible for implementing the new

postage metering system on Center product shipments. Using the scales and metering device,workers speed products on their way to the user.Page 3 ORIENTOR March 7, 1975

During the meeting times ofthe CAP squadron, cadetsperform guard dutY at theSouth Annex main gate. HereCadet lst Class JohnGroszewski snaps a salutetoward a passing car.

Tenant (Jnit Sparks Tuesd,ay

l{ ight An ne x Actia itie sThe sounds heard and the sights seen at South Annex on

Tuesday nights are not the normal sights and sounds of DMAAC.The sounds are the barks of command during close order drilland the sights are young Civil Air Patrol cadets undergoing theirweekly training.

The Falcon Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol hasits headquarters and training facilities in Building 4 of the Annex.

The activities of the unit and the Civil Air Patrol aredescribed in the accompanying article by Lt. Norman Nardoni,senior member of the unit and Information Officer.

GivilAir Patrol-

Who Are They? What Do TheY Do?

By Ll. Norman Nardoni, lOI think by now most of your know that the Falcon Composite

Squadron has been located in the DMAAC facilities at 8900 S' Broadwaysince last summer. I imagine that a lot of the DMAAC personnel know

about CAP and our operations but there may still be quite a few per-

sonnel who know we are here and know of our organization but are notquite aware of what we actually do. First of all, I think you should know alittle about the background of our organization. CAP is not new. Ourmembers have been volunteering their services to our country now for 34

years.

CAP was organized in the earlYdays of World War II by patrioticmen. Many of them not eligible formilitary service because of age,physical condition or some otherreason, but still wanting to serveour country with their flying skills.They served our country and theYserved well. CAP flew coasbal andborder patrol until Army andNavy Air Forces were built up tothe point where they could takeover. CAP pilots flew 500,000 hoursin search and rescue missions. Inone week, CAP search pilots found7 missing Army and Navy planes.Cargo and courier flying wasanother imporbant CAP missionduring the war. CAP pilots movedover 3.5 million pounds of mail andcargo for the Air Forces ttnd it

Among these were flying bloodbank mercy missions for theAmerican Red Cross and othercivilian agencies, cruising overforests detecting fires - andreporting suspected arsonists,flying mock raids to test blackoutpractices and air raid warningsystems, supporting bond drivesand assisting in salvage collectiondrives.

CAP even flew submarinepatrols during the war and a factwhich most peoPle are not awareof is that they are credited withattacking and sinking 2 German Uboats in the Atlantic Ocean, quite afeat when you consider theY wereflying small fixed wing aircraft.The CAP in its infancY Paid a Pricefor volunteering its scrvices to the

CAP. CAP today has two primarymissions. They are: 1. Search andrescue and 2. Aerospace educationof our nation's youth.

The CAP cadet program is opento youths 13 - 17 years of age. Theprogram prepares young peoplefor our aerospace world and slartsthem toward their places in it. ACAP cadet progrcsses through

ternational Air Cadet ExchangeProgram and competing for CivilAir Patrol scholarships andgrants.

The primary mission of thesenior member is search andrescue. CAP performs B0% of theinland search and rescue missionsflown in the Ljnited Sttrtcs for theUnitcd St,ttt,r,n Air l"ort:tr. Werrr.rrlrrrr rrrrr rrrrlar.r rillar,llv I'r'rrrn

Morale leadership is an important part of the cadets training.Here Chaplin (Capt.) Jim Remington leads a group discussion inone of the South Annex training rooms.

Lt. Robert Penberthy,squadron commander (right)discusses a communicationslog with his new Com-munications Officer, WarrantOfficer Charlie Backes. Bothmen are senior members of theCAP.

transported hundreds of militarypassengers throughout the UnitedStates.

CAP also towed targets for air toair gunnery practice by fighteraircraft and antiaircraft batteries.CAP pilots and crews also flewmissions which assisted the wareffort either directly or indirectly.

war effort, almost 100 lives ofvolunteers were lost during WorldWar II in service of their countrY.

When the war was over and theservices of CAP no longer beingused, there was talk of doing awaYwith CAP, but the services of CAPduring the war were not forgottenand on May 26, 1948, theorganization officially became anauxiliary of the United States AirForce.

The traditions set in World WarII live on today in the modern

individual achievement contracts.The more contracts the cadetcompletes the higher heprogresses in cadet training. Thecadet program has many ac-tivities and opportunities for ouryoung people such as: summerencampments on U. S. Air Forcebases, participating in orientationactivities, taking orientationflights, beginning flight training,competing in drill competitions,visiting aerospace complexes,being selected for the In-

receive our orders directly fromthe Air Rescue and RecoveryCenter at Scott Air Force Base,Belleville, Illinois. At any giventime, and regardless of thenumber of search missions inprogress across the United States,CAP will be involved in about 80%of them. Last year, 32 lives weresaved in the United States and itsterritories due to the efforts of themen, women and cadets of CAP.We also help the local com-munities in time of disasters. Oursquadron helped in the flood twoyears ago and works closely withthe Civil Defense authorities,American Red Cross andSalvation Army.

I think that you will find in mostof our members a dedication, zealand pride in their efforts thatsometimes is hard to explain involunteers receiving no money forwhat they do. Money cannot buysome things and pride is one ofthem. We are proud of our pasttraditions. Our squadron motto isthe same as the Air Rescue andRecovery Service, "So ThatOthers May Live." I hope that nowyou will all know a little bit moreabout CAP andwhat we do. CAP ismore than an organization. It is afeeling.

Anyone interested in joiningCAP or coming to a meeting,please call Lt. Nardoni at 892-5085.

Photos by

David L. Black

Inspections precede the evening's meeting activities. The CAPcadet program is open to young people between the ages of 13 and17. Adults may participate in the senior program.

lst Lt. William J. Abel, deputy commander for cadets, interviewstwo potential members, Jeff Keller (left) and Susan Bleile. Jeff isfrom Webster Groves and Susan from Oakville.

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