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Show TEST RUN, Dugway Proving Ground, Friday, April 8, 1966 The Anatomy of The TEST RUN Wg& Inside Information on Post Newspaper by SSgt Ralph Yoder From time to time questions arise about the TEST RUN that run the gamut from Where is the paper printed?" to How come my picture didn't get in the last edition?" We of the TEST RUN staff would like to clarify exactly what Dugways Post newspaper is and what mission it performs for Dugway personnel. Unlike city newspapers whose responsibility is to their readers and advertisers, the TEST RUN is a Command Information tool utilized to inform, educate and entertain our readers. It is a key information guide that the DFG commander has to utilize in this respect. THE TEST RUN is printed by the Transcript Bulletin Publishing Company in Tooele, Utah, at no cost to the government. They, in fact, are the editors and publishers of our post newspaper. The Information Office personnel merely act liason between the Army and the civilian publisher. The TEST RUN is a civilian enterprise newspaper and the civilian publisher in order to make the paper pay for itself is allocated, by contract, to utilize a percentage of the available newspaper space. Thus with this type of operation stories that have been submitted for publication are sent to Tooele by the Information Office and then it becomes their responsibility for the publication of the paper. THAT'S WHY it is hard to guarantee that a certain story will appear in a certain place or that some of the pictures submitted will be used. The Information Office is located in the headquarters buildroom 1504, or call ext 2991 if you have story ideas of human ing, interest, straight news, sports events and the like. We do get lots of tips, but we are not mind readers and if something newsworthy has happened to you or to someone you know be sure and let us know. Miss 'Dial Dugway - The hardest task of publishing the paper is the layout". Here is the front page partially ready .to go. The stories have been sorted and the editor decides which diall go where. The average reader doesnt realize that layout" determines just how good the paper looks because the editor must take into consideration importance of stories, and balance to make the front page pleasing to the eye. HERES THE MACHINE that makes the stories, headlines, and ads in the TEST RUN. Its one of the many modem machines used by the publishing company. The TEST RUN is a photo off-snewspaper and these modem machines that look like typewriters have replaced the clicking" and danking" of the linotype machines. - LAYOUT : Mrs. Ron Widdison Ever wonder who the face is behind the voice on Dial Dugway? Our attractive newscaster is Mrs. Ron E. Widdison, a secre-- : tary in the Office of the Chief of MS and DSO in headquarters building. ASIDE FROM her secretarial duties die's a mother (for 18 month old daughter Ronda), a housewife, and a native of Ogden. Her husband may not lie well known personally, but without his services it would be cold in all the buildings that use fuel oil because hes the one that delivers it for Jay Alley Co. ITS A GIANT PHOTOGRAPH - The TEST RUN newspaper is drawn being aluminum sheets by a special process. The sheets are actually photographs on reproduced of the layout" and they are put on die press. Reproduction is accomplished by an REALLY process. The DPG Test Run k at Dupnv MUM tkr talawrt f Ike akXtaiy mat dvSiaa Cmai Gh. Taarte, Utah. Mete ad Utah, awry after waft bytha TraMcrtyl idlrtia hi ft f ft tadMdal mten ad edBariel aaaeBti leywa I i wc ta te aaddend Aw af At Deyaiaiil af Ae Anay. AAmthr rak tatemraral hy ft Departaaat af Drira d Ae paadaeU adiatkad AH aan atetar yaldiaaHa AaaU ha ml to ft tatemlli Office, Utah. ItWfkeat SSHM1. Tkk k eel affictal Dafeny Fmvta Cread TEST BUN. haawear ftb pnhMnte laeetee Anaed Fatcei Senia aad Army Newt Army Fee tare mleftai aad pepen ere aaftaifaed la lepitd aea cepyaked AFTS aad AST welrHel an i . m ft I nih Mkft pnwd rim ad a aM a te Day. aefe, eapy par See chfta aafk a hn aeal te The Ttewcripl BateUa rahlithlas Ca. SS North F. O. Ba SSS Slala, Taaete plan chiaMed aft. AS picketed a DA Anay ptetapaphe aahee Tha tea at ftna la aal iwkleted aicapl la caea lavaMi aftarthtag t which Itee petadetea at ft Prpartwral af the Anay awat he a h te The 'Viddi sons reside at $2A East 2nd Ave. and have been at Dugway for the past 20 months. Mrs. Widdison, or Glenda as of one is the Easter Although she's known to her associates, has most solemn Christian feasts, the worked seven months on the Dial names by which it is known often machine. (In case you are not Christian at all. In France Dugway know where that's located, dont Easter is called Paques; in Italy it its in the Post Information Office.) is called Pasqua; and in SpanishHUSBAND RON was in the Pas-' is called speaking nations it cua. World Book Encyclopedia notes that all three words are derived from the Hebrew word which is the name for the Jewish feast of Passover. The English word, Easter, may have come from Eostre, a Tuetonic goddess of spring, or from the Teutonic festival of spring called Eostur. Pe-sa- h, hitch from Army for a two-yea-r 1961 to 1963 and was assigned to Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Glenda attended Weber State College for one year and majored-ibusiness, where she picked up her secretarial skills. While in Ogden she also taught .tap, ballet, acrobat and toe (fencing for children five to 14 years old at her sister's dance studio. " Working with Dial Dugway. (call 2141) is not as easy as it may sound, there have been days when the wrong day was given and Glenda claims the hardest part of her job is pronouncing foreign actors names when announcing the movies. THE TRIM young lady also is an avid music fan and her tastes range from the popular big beat to classical selections. So now you've met our girl, Mrs. Dial Dugway. Oh, by the way, when you hear a male voice, its just one of the information people filling in for Glenda. The National Safety Council has presented the U. S. Army its Award of Honor for Fiscal Year 1965. This marks the 18th time since 1943, when Army-wid- e accident records were first kept, that the Army has received this highest safety award. It is based on a improvement in accident reduction rather than comparisons among year-to-ye- 1 HOT OFF' THE PRESSES conies the first edition of the TEST RUN. After the paper is put to bed" (on the press) it takes about 10 minutes to print the 1,700 copies of the post newspaper. 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