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Show rati V "Published in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground" Published by the Transcript-BulletiPublishing Company, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with tin- Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. n - 4-- 4. Dugway Proving Ground Vol. 6 No. 16 P1 b Dugway, Utah S4022 Friday, January 25, 1974 1973 Deseret Sampler retrospect January 1 Colonel Ro!x:rt A. Shade, Deseret Test Center of Deseret announces the consolidation commander, Test Center Headquarters at Ft. Douglas with Dugway Proving Ground. Manpower requirements will be cut to 712 civilians and 212 military personnel. Tooele County School superintendent Clarke N. Johasen meets with Dugway teachers and unveils a school program designed to relieve the racial and ethnic strife that has plagued the district's schools. An austerity program to conserve dwindling oil supplies at DPC is implemented. Major Louis E. Stout Chief of Facilities- - Engineering Division, notes that oil deliveries have been reduced to half their normal level. December ceremonies at the Dugway High School dedicate a Freedom Tree Plaque in honor of missing-in-actio- n Captain William S. Reeder. Mrs. Amy Reeder wife of missing helicopter pilot, accepts the plaque from Terri Jo Peterson of Cadette Troop No. 367. The post observes the passing of former President n and salutes Twenty-on- e Lyndon B. Johnson. resound on post the day of the former commander-in-chie- f f October Colonel Edwin M. Rudzis. USMC, retires after 22 of military service in ceremonies at Post Headquarters. His final dutv assignment had leen as Chief of the DPG Program Office. Fire Prevention Week activities are planned for the week of Oct. The" post's top sports trophy, the Commander's Trophy, is awarded the U.S. Army Hospital. The hospital teams collected the greatest point total in sports activities during the year, consisting of football, basketball, volleyball, softball bowling and track and field. Pay increases of 4.77 per cent for General Schedule employees and 6.16 per cent for military personnel go into effect. Nina Kraut is selected the 1973 Dugway High School Homecoming Queen. Her attendants are Brenda 1 I urn a., ' II uuuipnnes ana mixe Gregory. years 3. 50-gu- s internment. February Retirement ceremonies are held in the Aviation Division hangar for retiring hospital commander Colonel Wallace E. Capel. Dr. (Col.) Sergie S. Danganan assumes the hospital command. Civilian personnel affected by the DTC rediiction-in-forc- e receive letters of instruction by Feb. 16. Studies considering the feasibility of a commuter bus service letween DPC and off-po-st communities are underway. Commuter interest in the proposed bus service will be polled by means of a questionnaire. Major General Charles P. Brown, TECOM commander, and 21 staff members representing component of TECOM spend Feb. 13-1- 5 at DPG. organizations The sixth annual Dugway Days Open House extends four-da- y period. Highlight of the celebration is over a a Utah-lrase- d commercial carnival. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service predict a significant cost increase in gasoline offered at exchange service stations. Colonel Robert A. Shade announces that the DTC reduction-in-forc- e will require no forced cuts. The reduction has been achieved mainly through employee transfers, retirements and resignations. Ron Dolle's paper on Utah sagebrush wins top honors in national competition at West Point, N.Y. He is one of five papers chosen to represent the U.S. at the World Science Symposium in London. Ron Brewer and Ted Jacobs capture six gold medals and one silver medal in track events at the Utah Special Olympic Games. July Renovation begins on Ware Barracks, housing most of the enlisted men on post. The $363,000 project will convert the occupancy of the building from 522 men to 292 men. An intrapost shuttle bus service is established between English Village and the Ditto Technical Area Lieutenant Colonel John E. Adams assumes the duties of DTC executive officer. The Deseret Test Center is disestablished as a joint-serviactivity. The test mission and resources of Deseret Test Center, transferred to Dugway; will operate under the jurisdiction of Headquarters, Test and Evaluation Command. blood drive at Dugway garners 78 The semi-annuof blood. pints ce al Jfs- - August . All-Ar- A junior at Dugway High School, Ron Dolle, takes top honors at the U.S. Army's 11th Annual Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium in Salt Lake City. Competing with junior scientists from Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho, Colorado and Montana, Dolle's winning of Potential Uses for project is entitled "Investigation the Essential Oil of Artemisia Tridendata (Utah Sagebrush)." duties of Major Raymond L. Madsen assumes the and Force DevelopPersonnel, of the director Training Pierce C. Castleberry Major Proving Ground provost marshal. K two-wi- n June The Margo Dancers, under the sponsorship of Special Services, perform at the Dugway High School crowd. gym lwfore a Over . $1300 is raised in the Dugway Hike for the hike proved more sucRetarded. The cessful than the efforts of many larger communities. After leing held captive by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese since May 9, 1972, Army Captain William S. Reeder receives a hero's welcome upon his return to Dugway Proving Ground. The" combat helicopter pilot was shot down while on a Nam. Viet South in Kontum over mission province near-capaci- ty ten-mil- e, on-po- st ld Dugway High School seniors graduate May 30. Sandra Brown is honored as class valedictorian and Dee Shirts as class salutatorian. Deseret Test Center relocates to facilities at Dugway Proving Ground. President Nixon signs a bill which allows the voluntary retirement, at an earlier date, of federal employees facing a major agency reduction- - in- - force. Forty employees retire during the month at DPG. becomes V L I JT U)(0lt IVI-HmiKI- J Utah. The Dugway Community Talent Show is held at the Sandy Acres Recreation Center. Selected as the three finalists at the show were Cindy Cooper and Brenda Humphries, Zane Kuddes, and a group consisting of Kellie See, Karen Lacey and Chery Morrison. If Dugway n7 Twenty-si- x December September Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Jean Westwood delivers the keynote address at DPG's first Federal Women's Week Symposium. Joining Mrs. Westwood on the week's agenda are Dr. Adams, Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Utah; Frances Williams. Administrative Services Chief at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.; Holly K. Hemphill, Federal Women's Program Coordinator for the Department of the Army; Barbara Szabo. TECOM Federal Women's Program Coordinator; and Shauna Adix. Women's Resource Center director at the University of Utah. Dugway Proving Ground becomes the first Army installation to receive the P-- 4 Aircraft Crash Rescue Firefighting Truck. The $98j000 imit has a capacity of 1,500 gallons of firefighting agent, and can pump at the rate of 1,200 gallons of water per minute. It is announced that the Dugway Procurement Office, located in Salt Lake City, will be relocated to DPG not later than Nov. 19. Improvements in operations and overall management are cited as reasons for the move. Ro-mo- na 4f More than 500 pounds of used clothing are collected in the annual clothing drive at DPG. The clothes were delivered to St. Christopher's Mission in Bluff, nate player. ment Directorate. The Dugway Mustangs basketlwll team finishes in sixth place in state Class A competition. The post basketlwll team competed with Army, Nevada and California Navy and Coast Guard teams in record. and threes-los-s with a home returning April The Sandy Acres Recreation Center opens for civilian community use. Colonel Robert A. Shade calls the move "a step in the right direction toward provid' ing fuller recreational opportunities for the entire com- munity." Cost and lack of interest in the proposed commuter bus service between DPG and nearby communities have greatly diminished its possible establishment. The estimated cost of the minimum five bus service would run close to $105,000 for one year. Three Dugway Proving Ground Softball players have been selected as members of the Slow Pitch Softball Team. LaRue Washington of the U.S. Army Hospital and Carl Frederick of Headquarters Company are chosen to play for the team. Donald Hall, Special Services officer, is picked as a coach and alter- March November In moves to conserve energy resources, latest building closures on post include the NCO Open Mess, the Medical Detachment troop billets and the troop dining facilities in Ware Barracks. During the past four weeks, more than 40 buildings have been closed and winterized. Final figures for the 1974 Combined Federal Cam' paign show that $13,285.80 was raised in the annual fund campaign at Dugway. The amount collected was 83 per cent of the DPG goal. The Dugway Mustangs basketball team take championship honors in the Dugway Invitational Basketball Tournament by defeating Altamont and Manila. Professor Leland M. Olsen, director of the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Utah, tours DPG facilities. Under his supervision, 16 Dugway residents completed a master's degree program in engineering administration in November. |