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Show NON-CIRCUAB- New DTC Commander Named; To Assume Command July Brigadier General designee Max Etkin will assume command of Deseret Test Center effective July 1. A veteran of 28 years of military service, he is presently serving as Commanding Officer of the Lexington-Blu- e Crass Army Depot, Kentucky. A native of Fargo, North Dakota, Colonel Etkin graduated from North Dakota State University in 1941 and began his military career in March, 1942, and received his 'com mission in December of that year. he was asFrom 1942-4signed as a Production Officer in several Chemical Corp Arsenals including Huntsville, Arsenal, Fort Detrick and Terre Ilaute. Colonel Etkin was then assigned to the Counter Intelligence Corps serving in Europe and at Fort Maryland from 1945 through 1949. Following service with the 44th and 714th Tank Battal 5 Holi-bir- d, of Staff, Plans and Programs, for two years. He was assigned to Vietnam where his stant to the Commanding Genincluded Comeral CmlC Materiel Command, assignments Auklia Sul) Officer, 1960 manding Edgewood Arsenal. In later AilCommand and Area overwent Colonel Etkin of Chief Staff, Security, seas to Europe where he was ing Plans and Operations for the HeadOfficer Chemical Deputy for 1st l.og Command. He assumquarters, Seventh Army ed command of the Lexington-Blu- e four years. Crass Depot on bis reThe new DTC commandthe United States. to turn USA .War er attended the and decorations awards llis Carlisle Barracks, at College Pa., following his return to include the Legion of Merit the U.S. and then was assign-e- d with Oak Leaf Clusters; Purple to the Office Joint Chief Heart Medal; Army Occupation For the next two years he ions at Fort Bragg, North CaroAssilina Colonel Etkin was assign- was assigned as Special ed to the 3rd Infantry Division in 1951. After serving two years at Fort Detrick, following his return to the states. Colonel Etkin attended the Chemical Career Course at Fort McClellan, Alalma 1954-5atFollowing graduation he of Institute tended Georgia received he where Technology his MS in Industrial Management in 1957. 5. . 1 Medal VV11 Germany); Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Korean Service Medal with 5 Bronze Stars; Vietnam Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars; Republic of Vietnam Service Medal; UN Service Medal; and Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation Badge. Colonel Etkin is married and the father of two daughters, Marilvim Jean, a student at the University of Missouri, and Cynthia Lou. age 12. BRIGADIER GENERAL DESIGNEE Committee Tours DTC Facilities An Environmental Characterization Working Croup, a sub committee which provides input to tlie Joint Muni- Army Waterways Experimental Station, Vicksburg, Miss, and Dr, T. R. Morgan, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories at Manual Buffalo, New York. Effectiveness tions visited the Deseret Test Center facilities on June 9 and June Checks 10. The group visited Deseret Test Center Headquarters on the ninth when they received briefings and a tour of the headquarters. The following Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 DESERET TEST CENTER Pugway. Ut 84022 Questions And Answers The Situation In Cambodia (The following questions and anneen on 'The Situ- ation In Cambodia were compiled by the Department of State.) Q. The North Vietnamese have had sanctuaries in Cambodia for five years. Why did President Nixon wait until now to order U.S. ground operations into Cambodia? A. While these sanctuaries have long been a problem for our forces and those of our allies in South Vietnam, until recently the Camlxxlian Government was able to limit them and their use by the Communists' by restrictSihanouk-vill- e ing the flow of supplies to them from the port of months In recent coastal and other landing points. sanctuaries of the use Vietnamese North promptincreasing ed the Cambodian authorities to place further restrictions on them. In fact. Prince Sihanouk was actually traveling to Moscow and Peking to seek help in reducing Communist use of Camlxxlian territory when he was ousted from power in Phnom Penh. When the Lon Nol Government replaced Sihanouk, it tried to enforce Camlxxlian neutrality more strictly by closing Sihanoukvillc to Communist traffic and seekNorth Vietnaing negotiations to obtain a Viet Cong mese Army withdrawl from Camlxxlian territory. In April the North Vietnamese ltegan moving more actively out of their sanctuaries and deeper into Camlxxlia in an effort to establish a solid Communist- - held zone reaching to and the sea along 6(X) miles of the Camlxxlian-Sout- h Vietnamese lxirder. This would have given them a far stronger position in Camlxxlia than they had ever had; it would have assured them of potentially unlimited supply and replacement capabilities; and it would thus have posed a critically increased threat to remaining U.S. forces nearby across the South Vietnamese lxirder. This would have called the feasibility of continuing the President's policy of withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam Vietnamization into serious question. The problem presented to President Nixon in late miliApril was thus wholly different, both politically and existed which previously. tarily, than the situation Q. What is the objective and scope of the operation in Cambodia? A. This military operation is limited in extent, purVietnam pose and duration. It is a combined strike which involves several major enemy sanctuaries and Parrots Beak" adjacent border territories. In the forces Vietnamese South miles 33 from Saigon, area, only have major responsibility for ground operations with the United States providing air and logistical support. In the Fishhook area, and other Communist base areas, American and South Vietnamese units are cleaning out an extensive complex of North Vietnamese and Viet Cong operation and supply depots which have been dug in over a long period. The direct objective of this military operation is to capture enemy stores and supplies; to disrupt Communist logistics and communications capabilities; and to prevent the enemy from building his forces in the sanctuary areas in preparation for attacks on our troops and those of our allies in South Vietnam. When this is achieved our forces will withdraw into South Vietnam. Some U.S. forces have already done so; the President has announced that the great majority of U.S. troops will be out by the second week of June, and that the operation will be concluded ot . t). i U.S.-Sou- th ed w Published by the Transcript-BulletiPublishing Com- pany, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connect- ed with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex- n - The draft law, said Justice Hugo L. Black, provides ex- emptions for all those whose spurred by deep- ly held moral, ethical, or religious beliefs, would give no rest or peace if they allowed themselves to become a part of an instrument of war. The 54) ruling interpreted the conscientious objector classification in the draft law and put under its protective cover youths who oppose war so long for ethical reasons as they adhere to their beliefs with the fervor with which religious objector believes in Cod. Pici-tinn- Ash-groun- ds s, refus-belie- f. ar m Dad To Be Honored Sunday on Fathers Day Wilier Conservation Critical A recent staff visit by personnel from U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command to review the Utilities Utilization Program at Dugway found that great improvement has been made during FY 70 lmt SAFETY CHIEF RETIRES Air. trank D. Maves, Chief, Safety Division, Deseret Test Center is presented a Certificate of Retirement by Colonel Roiiert Muldrow, DTC commanding officer as Mrs. Mayes witnesses the Ceremony. (Photo by Sp4 Steve Wolowina) at Decision Exempts 'Ethical Objectors The Su- WASHINGTON preme Court Monday exempt- ed from military service all young men who oppose war on strong ethnical or moral even if this oppo- sition is not based on religious t All Regular Army (RA) day was Dugway Proving warrant officers and enlisted Ground While at DPC the men and women will receive eight man group were briefed as much as $1.20 less in their on the Environmental pro- June paycheck. The amount Friday, June 19, 1970 grams and toured the Chemi- represents the annual deduccal Laboratories, Photographic tion from these persons pay Branch, Test Division and the for support of the U.S. Soldiers Home in Washington, Meteorology Division. The members of the group D.C. included Mr. John Nill, OfAccording to SFC Richard fice of Project Manager, v Green, Chief of Military Pay Arsenal, Lt. Col. Wil- Branch, the appropriate liam A. Williams, Armament amount, computed on a ten Development and Test Cen- cents per month basis since ter, Eglin AFB, Florida, June 1, 1969, .will be subChief Justice Warren E. Harold E. Pfeifer and Maj. Mr. tracted from this months pay Burger and Justices Potter Jim Richardson, AF Armament checks. The money is deducted Stewart and Byron R. White Laboratories, from all personnel who later Eglin. dissented. The ruling reversed Also Dr. Charles Keeler, would be eligible for admisthe conviction of Alliott U.S. Army Cold Regions Re- sion to the home. ton Welsh II, a Los Angeles search established the Engineering Lalxira-torieCongress computer engineer who Hanover, New Hamp- Soldiers home in 1851 for ed Army induction in 1967. shire, Mr. Richard Friesz relief and support of invalid Welsh, whose prison and Mr. II. W. West, U.S. and disabled soldiers. sentence was upset, did not lase his opposition on gious training. He stated he believed the taking of life to lie inoral-theanyone's life ly wrong." In a second draft case, Sunday is the day that millions of fathers have been the court ruled 8 to 0 that waiting for. It is a day that sees the household head local boards must reconsider become King for a Day; a day that sees dear old Dad the 1A classifications of men showered with praise, unbounded love and various gifts. who make new and serious Fathers Day is an annual holiday that is celebrated claims for exemption before on the third Sunday of each June. On this day, the nation they are inducted stops and pays tribute to Dad for everything he does A interview throughout the year; small things and large things that courtesy will not do. Justice Stewart are taken for granted by the other family members. said, when a registrants claim The exact date of the origin of Fathers Day is not Is neither frivolous nor refut-- a known for sure. During the late 1800s there were several ed by other reliable information local observances of the holiday and several movements in his file. to recognize it nationally. But, the individual who was primarily responsible for furthering the holiday was Mrs. John Bruce Dodd of Spokane, Washington. The idea first came to Mrs. Dodd as she listened to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909. It was .then that she thought of her father, William Jackson Smart, and the gallons per day. This amount way that he reared five boys and a girl singlehanded afis almost double the TB Enter the death of her mother. Why then, she thought, gineering allowance of 45 gal- shouldnt he likewise be honored? lons per person per day. In the Spring of 1910, Mrs. Dodd persuaded all the The April water consump- ministers of the Spokane Ministerial Association to preach tion picture was much worse a sermon to remind all parishioners of the appreciation when 12,872,700 gallons were owed to Father. Washington's governor, M. E. Ilays, then used. With the average popue issued a proclamation declaring the third Sunlation at 1,179, and using the in June as Father's Day. day 85 gallons per day experience After the initial year, the oliservance of Father's factor, 3,(X)6.450 gallons were Day became recognized in more and more states. In 1916, used for culinary household the White House made its first reference to the special purposes. This means that a day when President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button to phcnominal 9,866,250 gallons unfurl a flag and officially signal the beginning of the were used to water a mere observation. 63 acres of law'll or 5.76 inches It was not until eight years later in 1924, that Presiof water per acre. Total dent Calvin Coolidge recommended that Fathers Day recorded in April be noted in all the states. He declared that such an ocwas 1.17 inches, making a casion and observance would bring about a clearer retotal of 6.93 inches of water lationship between fathers and their children. From that applied to the lawns in Wherry time forth. Father's Day has been an unofficial holiday housing. This is approximately recognized in all 50 states in America; four inches in excess of the Mrs. Dodd, now recognized as the official originator amount required to sustain of Father's Day, believes that the day should be oliser-ve- d the grass during that time of It should by all and should include a basic schedule. the vear. include family attendance at church, a little gift for Dad, and some tender words you've always longed to say to spent Vol. 2 No. 8 Will See $ Reduction more improvement is still needed in several areas. The major discrepancy found by the TECOM officials was the lack of water conservation, with most of the water waste in the family housing area. Gail Brown, Chief, Utilities Branch stated that a large percentage of the water waste in the family area is in the common area between houses. Though this area has Uni equally divided between the two residents concerned, each resident has a sprinkler capable of covering the entire area and in many instances this results in Ixith residents watering the whole common area at different times and consequently the area receives twice as much water as it should l)e getting. Frederick Smee, Utilities Conservation Officer stated that water conservation is vital and only recently it has been necessary to further reduce the hours residents are allowed to water. We certainly hope that all residents will cooperate in the water rationing which is sufficient to keep the lawns green if watering is done wisely. Mr. Brow'n also cited that the water consumption in the Wherry housing area which had a new water meter iustalled on the 'main feeder line in Decemlxr 1969. The average water consumption during the months of January, February, and March 1970 was 3,178,-80- 0 gallons. 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