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Show T- -- fa Dugway, Utah 4- L- . - Published' In the Interest of the personnel of. Dugway Proving Ground Fridav News Briefs By SSG Willard G. Smith Jr. One of the cherished myths of American history is the metaphor of melting pot. It goes something like this: Late in the 15th century an Italian named Christopher Columbus defied the sailed west toward India, and discovered the New World. He was followed by three waves of Eurothe Spanish came to steal the gold, the peans French came to take the furs, and the English came to make a home. After making a home, the British colonists invented democracy, threw off the yoke of the crown and set out to conquer their newly-wo- n continent wilderness. So bright was the promise of this new nation that thousands of Europeans, anxious to be free of the confines of Old World cultures flocked to. its 2, New hours at the! Package Beverage Store are as follows: Tues - Thurs 1630 - 1930, Friday 1530 - 1830 New hours at the Community Club Annex are as follows: Thurs 1630 - 0200, Friday 1630 - 0200, and Saturday 1800 - 0200. The upstairs bar at the Community Club is now on Mondays, Tuesdays and open from 1730-240- 0 Wednesdays. Stop by and have a look!! It was stated in the last Weekly Bulletin that the Community Club Annex would lie closed on Thursday, Sept. 11, 1980 and Thursday, Sept. 18, 1980. This is no longer in effect and the Community Club Annex will be open on these days!! CAS news The Tooele County Assistance Payments personnel will be at Dugway the morning of Sept. 11 to process applications for Food Stamps and other forms of financial assistance. If you would like to apply for Food Stamps or would like to answer questions, please call Vera or Verna at 2278 for an ap- pointment. Remember, you .must have an appointment!!! The Tooele County Health Department is sponsoring a Blood Pressure clinic on Sept. 22. We need volunteers to assist in this important screening. We will provide training to teach you how to take a blood pressure. If you are willing to help, please call Nancy Driggers at 2035. A representative from the State Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program will be at Dugway the morning of Sept. 11 to process applications, issue vouchers and answer questions. If you would like to apply for the WIC program, please call WIC ext. for an appointment; or if you have questions, call Vera or Verna at 2278. . 882-555- 0, ACS open hours Come and see what ACS is all about at our Open House. The Open House will be held in the ACS offices located in Bldg. 5330, Rm. 1309 from 0930 Used Toys and Books Do you have any old games, books or toys that your children have outgrown that you would like to get rid of? ACS is gathering up these items to use in the Visitors Quarters to keep children of guests occupied and happy. If you would lilcte to donate to this worthy project drop your items by Bldg. 5330, Rm. 1313 or call Micky Livingston at 2637 and she will If you have any questions, please arrange pick-ucall Vera at 2278 or Micky at 2687. p. Post Office accepting applications rs, . WEE shores. BY THE second or third generation some mystic cultural fire caused them to be melted down into a heterogenous Anelo-Saxo- n soup. Now that everyone . was an American we settled down, invented modem industry, and starting building automobiles. The problem with this theory of American history is that it ignores some very important fact. Many ; of our fellow citizens, and their ancestors did not ' voluntarily emigrate to the United States, and do not want to abandon their culture. Some came in chains and some were already here. Because of their desire to live as Americans without ncessarily submerging their culture in the melting pot these highly visible minorities - Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans (people Columbus called Indians) - suffer great discrimination from individuals and institutions in mainstream America. Much of the resentment behind this discrimination stems from the failure of minorities to fit the melting pot stereotype: If they dont like it here why dont they go back where they came from? Why cant they speak English like real Americans. My grandfather got off the boat with just the clothes on his back.He made it. Why cant they? These are just a few of the phrases which reflect the resentment directed at those who will not fit into the myth of the melting pqt. What follows is an attempt to look at a portion of American history without the distortion of the melting pot assumption. THE ANCESTORS of many Hispanic Americans did hot immigrate to the New World to join an . established culture. They were here from the beginning of the American colonial Anglo-Americ- an period. When British colonists founded Jamestown, in 1609, it became the second permanent European colony to be established on what was to become the continnental United States. The Spanish town of St. Augustine, in Florida, had been established a generation earlier in 1565. The Spanish conitnued to colonize in the Gulf Coast, the Southwest, and California while the English settled on the Eastern seaboard. Prior to 1800 showed little interest in lands west of the Mississippi. A buffer of largely French territory stretching from Louisiana to Canada separated the flegling U.S. and the Spanish colonial empire. This barrier vanished in 1803 when the Louisiana Purchase removed French influence from the scene. Moving westward the expanding American nation encountered the outposts of the alredy fading Spanish empire: New Mexico, settled in the 17th century, Arizona, lightly garrisoned with a handful of missions and presidios, Texas, settled since 1716, and California. Following its war for independence in 1823, the new government of Mexico offered English and American traders licenses to trade in California. In 1826, following the annual trappers rondevous, Jedediah Smith led a small party of men from the : Rocky Mountain Fur Company from the Great Salt Anglo-America- ns 0 . SICTEMBER Lake across the northwest comer of present-da- y Ari- zona to San Gabriel, California. This trek, gained for Smith the distinction of being the first American to blaze an overland trail across the continent. His route went through unexplored wilderness, but his. destination had been well settled by the Spanish. A string of missions beginning with San Diego in the south and ending with San Francisco in the north had been completed in 1776. Families of siettlers had soon followed - San Francisco in 1766, San Jose in 1777 and Los Angeles in 1781. By the time of Smiths " arrival the Californios were firmly established. ALSO IN 1824, the Mexican government encouraged immigration to Texas by passing a generous land law which ceded thousands of acres to each new settler. By 1830 more than 20,000 Americans had migrated to Taras, bringing, among othei1 things, a d and Anglo residents of California and Texas. Movements began in both regions to demand full statehood within the Republic of Mexico, California and Texas. Hie Mexican governments reaction to these demands led to revolution and independence in Texas in 1837, and the explusion of the Mexican governor of California in 1845. American settlers now openly agitated for the US to intervene. Seizing upon the opportunity to consolidate national boun- claries, 'President Polk in 1845, offered to buy California, Arizona and New Mexico. When .the Mexican government refused, Polk provoked a border incident and asked Congress to declare war. The gpal was clear. As president Polk remarked to his cabinet: VWe shall acquire California and New Mexico and further territories as an indemnity for this war if we can. The Treaty of Guadaloupe-Hildalg- o , ing 5240, between the Military Police building and the Health Clinic. Eventually, the team will grow to m. , aft . roughly 75 permanent party' members, most arriving in October and November of this year. IOT&E Team members are assigned to the Air Force Test and Evaluation Center (AfcTEC), the Air Training Command, Air Force Logistics Command, and Mili- - 1980 15-1- 9, which ended the war in 1846 achieved Polks goal. The treaty granted full citizenship to the Hispanic citizens of the new American territories. Hiey were to be secure in their property, civil rights and religion. As they were in the majority throughout most of the region, these guarantees appeared fairly secure to. the new Americans. Three years later, in 1849, the discovery of gold in California stimulated a world-wid- e migration to the American West and, New in Mexico, ended the Hispanics control except of political power. TO SAY that this is a brief treatment of a complex part of our history is at the very least an understatement. Not even a cursory coverage of the conflict between Hispanic and Anglo cultures during the years of colonization and conflict in North America is possible here. Hie era is too broad and complex. descend from SpanNor do all Hispanic-Americaish colonists from Mexico. Individual immigraants have come from Central and South America, the Carribbean and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The pattern, however, is clear. The Spanish were among the first colonists of the New World. They established the oldest contniuous European settlements in the Americas. The early Hispanic settlers on the gulf coast and in the southwest did not come to America. It came to them. They and their descendants have enriched our culture and way of life with food, music and literature. Hispanic architectural styles still dominate the Southwest. These early settlers laid the basis for the great range industries - sheep in New Mexico, cattle in Texas, Arizona and California. Hispanics make up the second largest minority in our military, and five VawWn awarded the Medal of Honor. Why mi earth would anyone want to melt down so important a part of our American heritage.? ns cotton culture. Inept government in Mexico bred dissatisfaction among both Hispanic slave-base- G L C M ftestt fteam arrives Actual tests launches will occur later in the pro-graThe next two launches will be devoted to contractor Test and Evaluation under the direction of Mr. Jack Baner for the Convair Division of General Dynamics. AN INITIAL cadre of twelve Air Force personnel are currently establishing their new home in Build . - Coy Jensen, Postmaster at Dugway, is accepting applications September 15 through 19 for a hiring register for ClerkCarrier positions. Post Office employees are hired separately from the Civil Service system. A clerkcarrier position, full time has a yearly salary of $17,658 with increases . 4 .1 Dugway tary Airlift Command. Tactical Air Command (TAC), fulfilling operations, maintenance, and logistics test functions. There will also be many visitors to Dugway who will assist the team in the testing process and monitor their progress. This is a brief introduction to the GLCM and the team that will test it here at Dugway. Future Sampler articles willkeep you informed of the test team members and their activities as they join the Dugway community. Do you know what a GLCM is? GLCM is short for Ground Launched Cruise Missile, a new system to be tested by the Air Force at Dugway and the Utah TesLand Training Range. Resembling a small (21x21) airplane, the unmanned GLCM flies with a turbofan engine, pop-owings, and tail surfaces. After a rocket assisted launch from a Transporter-Erecto- r Launcher (TEL), the jet engine powers the GLCM on its low level journey to target. These missiles are currently slated to become operational in the United Kingdom and Continental Europe towards the end of 1983 as a major part of the Nato Theater Nuclear Force Modernization Program. IN THE near future, an Air Force Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) Team, directed by Col. Tom Bowen, will conduct extensive tests on the missile and its associated support equipment as part of a combined test program. The Dugway team will combine with the Development Test and Evaluation (DT&E) Team at Hill AFB. This team is directed by Lt. Col. Kenneth W. Bratnov. Developmental and Operational T&E are both extremely important in Jj ringing the missile into the active Air Force inventory. ut to$20320. Applications are available at the Post Office. Other positions which may be filled from this regisflexible (pay 8.75hr) or casual ter include part-tim- e y appointments (pay positions, which are 39-da- 4.38hr). The Postal Service is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age or reach age 18 before the register expires two years from now. Physical requirements for the jobs are listed in the announcement on display in the Post Office. An examination is required, and the test will be given at Dugway in October. Applicants must score 70 or above on the exam to be placed on the register. Further details on employment opportunities with the Postal Service may be obtained from Jensen at the Post Office. of the Ground Launch Cruise Missile. Air Force test teams launch the first in a series of flights to monitor the progress , Published by the Transcript-Bulleti-n Publishing Company, a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by d 1 QRO NATIONAL and Pamela L. Tamplain flat-earthe- Community Club News Santomher 5. - Ainiottlh) Updating Child Center registrations IAW AR 608-- Child Care Registrations, conccent for emergency medical care, and activity permissions must be updated annually. All families who use the Child Care Center must come to the Child Care Center to renew their childrens records any weekday in September. Immunization dates must be copied directly from immunization records: therefore you must bring your childs immunization record. All records not updated by 30 September will lie destroyed and children may not lie cared for until registration has been completed. ' writer herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expres- rion by the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements in - r v - this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. . Mk e |