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Show Racial Tension, Equal Opportunity Discussed At Dugway Seminars They caine. They listened. But did they heai? People of the Deseret Test Center (officers, enlisted men and civilians) have just completed a series of seminars on equal opportunity within the Army. Maj Jose Rodriguez, DTCs munities. Still, the final soluSure there is discrimination rests with the individual, tion in the Army, quipped for it is he who will give life one panelist. There is disto the laws and regulations." crimination in regards to The seminars which promotions, job assignments, on May 25 and ran through religions, color vou name June 3 explored many areas it. of possible discrimination in That's true, but the ARs the Army. A panel of five don't discriminate it's the individuals (one civilian, one people that do that, noted one and three enlisted soldier. How alxmt discriminaofficer, tion against young enlisted men) headed the discussions approximately TO per- men and draftees in the Army? sons each day. The composiquestioned another. "Is the Army supposed to tion of the panel changed lx a democratic organization? daily. 1 was a little hesitant at someone asked. first alxmt the whole thing. came tlie answer "No, said one Black (retired offi- from the other side of the but now I lielieve 1 room. and the cer), Discipline was cutting Maj Rodriquez Armys organizational structure these seminars are are t(x short important in the defense a step in the right of our rights as Americans, but definitely direction. should we ignore injustices Ix-gu- n Equal Opportunity Officer, organized the seminars with the help of the company commanders in an effort to improve the morale of the Armv commun- Ixscause of personal discrimination? Two decades ago, by an Executive Order, racial segregation ended in the Armed Forces. Since tlien, numerous regulations and Public Laws have lxen promulgated to preclude prejudice in any fonn. But, has formal desegrega- tion policy put an end to ity. Over the years the Arinv has made major advances in dealing with all races, Maj noted. In fact, Rodriguez most people agree that the Army's record in handling racial problems and insuring equal opportunity is far letter than in their civilian com pre- tle re still probstemming from prejudices that linger in the minds of men? Are they confined to race or creed? These, among other areas, were the topic of the daily discussions during the seminars in an effort to improve equality of opportunity for all. Im very pleased with the seminars, Maj Rodriquez added. Its only one step judice? Are lems today le-twe- en but it is a start." The panelists and the audi- ence liave contrilwted greatlv. I Wlieve, to a lietter under- their fellow standing nun. Lack of communication is one of our biggest problems when it comes to discrimina- tion and prejudices. 1 wonder how many poo-pie are really concerned alxmt the problems of the minorities. asked a young black enlisted man. This was a mandatory thing so people showed but One thing seems evident We dont want violence, the standpoint of this reporter though, there is a but baby, a person is made to growing concern to change the take only so much. Besides situation as it stands now. This we are at the point where wre iicern does ixt seem to lie are willing to sacrifice our limited to minority groups lives if need he to make things either. better. The definition of life Most participants agreed itself, is different for a person tlut the Army regulations and who belongs to a minority the lT.S. Constitution are not group, a participant conclud- from "You cant discriminatory. force a person to honor and love his fellow nun though, quipped someone from the ed. together we might Ire able to make this a lietter country for every person to live in, noted a soldier as he left one of the seminars. Dugway Proving Ground is made up of military and civilians. These people represent just about every race, creed, and area of the country. Together they are attempting to realize what someone classified an idealistic dream equal opportunity for all. But as one panelist put it, If deep in our heart we honestly want this, who is to say its You know it can get a little hairy sometimes when you sit down and try to remedy with conflicts of a situation vonll note that many didn't audience, is it that minority personalities and all. But if discussion. the in Why participate Wliat do we do alxiut groups, such as Blacks, always people are sincere and use a impossible? and lmcome little common sense mavbe presenting discrimination in have to complain make realize others to militant the Armv and in our country? discriminated are common was the question they came tin question throughout the series of semi- against? from a panelist. ?Cant peo- nars. The answers were manv have a UNIVERSITY and varied. OP'frr lx-in- g r; ' aEm I JUN Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 Vol. 2 No. 7 DESERET TEST CENTER Five Dugway High School seniors were awarded scholarships during graduation ceremonies Friday, May 29. The five seniors are Dolores Mackle, Janet Western, Susan Kynastan, Gary Bailer and Mark Geerlings. Captain Lewis K. Worthing, Deseret Test Center deputy commander for the past year has been reassigned as Commanding Officer, U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo USN, Dolores was the recipient of the Dugway Womens Club Scholarship while Janet Western received Honors at Entrance from the University of Utah. Susan, who will attend Bay, Culia. native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Captain Worthing graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1942 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business After graduAdministration. the Navy entered he ating, in January 1942 and in of that year received a direct commission as an Ensign of the line in the A Oe-toli- er Reserve. During World War II he served as a Boat Croup Commander of the 5th Amphibs and took part in the landing at the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Siapan, AnguarPeli-li- u and Ulithi. In October 1946 he accepted a commission as Lieutenant in the regular Navy and was assigned duty under instruction at Gunnery Officers Ordnance School, Washington, D.C. Upon completion of this course he was transferred to the light cruiBarre as ser USS Wilkes Main Battery Gunnery Officer and served in that capacity while the ship was as CINCNELMs assigned of Plymouth, out Ship Flag a attended the Command and Staff Course at Naval War College, after which he was ordered to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Following his tour in Washington in Septemlier 1958, Worthing was ordered to the Staff of the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe in Paris, France. On completion of his two England. year tour with SHAPE WorAfter 8 years of sea duty, thing served his third tour including six tours with the in destroyers as CommandSixth Fleet within three ing Officer, USS Compton. years. Worthing in August In Sept, he was assigned to 1950 commenced his first the staff of CINCNORAD toiir of shore duty as Train- and participated in the planing Officer of the CIC Team ning of the communications Training Center, Boston. system for NORADs underIn June 1953 upon comground operational center. pletion of the General Line As a result of his efforts. School at Monterey, CaliCaptain Worthing was awardfornia, 'he was assigned to ed the Joint Services ComUSS II. D. Crow as Command- mendation Medal. While sering Officer and served un- ving at NORAD he was se til 1955. On completion of this tour Captain Worthing Shortage Category Employees Gel Hike The U.S. Civil Service Commission after consultation with departments and agencies announced that shortage category employees covered by special salary rates approved under 5 USC 5303 will receive the same pay increases approved recently for employees covered by the regular schedules. The pay of special rate employees will lie increased on the same retroactive liasis as the increases for employees covered by the regular rates. The Commission also annixin-ce- d that it is currently reviewing, together with the departments and agencies, the specific lalxir market and competitive rate situation in each of the special rate categories. lected to the rank of Captain July 1, 1963. After serving as Commanding Officer of USS Cascade during which time the ship was involved in the search for and recovery of the special weapon lost by the Air Force off the southern coast of France Captain Worthing was assigned Friday, June 5, 1970 Dugway, Ut 84022 Five Dugway Seniors Receive Scholarships Capt. Worthing Reassigned To Guantanamo Bay Islands, 81970 the group and pointed out that Americas strength comes from education. The uprisings presently plaguing college campuses are merely ways of working against the country. By not working to improve our education, were literally tearing America apart. He further added that many members of the senior class will have a whole new world ahead of them in that many of them have lived at Dugway all of their lives and fail to realize what the real world is like. In conjunction with his speech title, Chasing Trains, Col. Shadle emphasized that many individuals are like a dog chasing a train in that they never know what or why they are pursuing a certain beauty school, received an award from the Continental College of Beauty. Gary earned a four year Army ROTC scholarship and the D. C Jaclding Scholarship for' die University of Utah while Mark captured die Elks Leadership Scholarship, a University of Utah Leadership and Honors at goal. Scholarship, Entrance from Westminster Patty Brooks, junior at College. Dugway High, sang the class Of the sixteen graduates song Aquarius. Other commencement muin the senior class, ten are planning to attend academic sic was provided by senior colleges, three are going to Janet Western who played a attend technical college train- piano solo, Liebesfreud by Fritz Kriesler. ing, and three are undecided. The Senior Class was also Colonel Charles M. Shadle, DPG Commander, addressed honored at a special Gradua tion Dance given by the Sophomore Class. The dance was held in the Officers Club Ballroom and featured the theme, Let The Sun Shine In. Graduating seniors included BRONZE STAR Sp5 John Garrard, Military Personnel Susan Kynaston, Kathy Shirts, receives the Bronze Star from DPG Commander Division, Janet Western, La Jean Pogue, Charles M. Shadle for meritorious service while serving Dolores Mackle, Shelley Bush, in Vietnam. (PHOTO by Tom Donnelly) Jess Taylor, Dave Bucciarelli, Mark Geerlings, Kenneth Huf-forTuff Donnelly, Clint E-4Bair, Mike Finn, Mike Donnelly, Gary Bailer, and Danny d. h. Evening Mass Set Maj. Edward J. Hart, Catholic Chaplain for Dugway Proving Ground, has announced a new schedule for Sunday Masses. Beginning this Sunday, Mass will be held at 8:30 a.m., and at 6 p.m. The evening Mass will run at least through the summer months Chaplain Hart explained. The change was made to better serve the Catholic community here at Dugway. as Command- Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Com- pany, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connect- ed with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex- - 4s tion of household effects, the dislocation allowance, trailer allowance, transportation of a privately owned car overseas, overseas allowances and evacuation allowance. Of course, their who are near the end of their first tour to reenlist. They believe that the opportunity for them to get the benefits due other careerists might be a factor in their decision. Extra! Extra! Read all aliout itl Reasonable sideburns, mustaches and even wigs are in. Excessively short hair is out. Army lets its hair down. Extra! Thats the cry being heard around news stands. Not s for whom since Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside facial his name take their growth during sported the Civil War has such a tonsorial shocker hit the Army according to Associated Press. Hie new regulation, messaged to all Army installations around the world, states that personnel sporting sideburns are to keep them neatly trimmed, with straight lines and no flare at the base. They are to lie evenly tapered, must conform to the hair on the side of the head and not extend downward past an imaginary line drawn through the center of the ear canal. The regulation notes that GIs should always appear neat and soldierly. Although there was no written rule on length in the past, it was generally understood that sideburns could not drop any lower than past a fine drawn from the comer of the eye. The new regulation adds about a half-incDegrading or depersonalizing actions, such as requiring the heads of soldiers to be shaved, or the requirement to obtain excessively short haircuts, are forbidden. The Army does not describe nor distinguish haircuts. There are a wide variety of hair styles that, if maintained in a neat manner, are acceptable. The determination of a hair style is not a prerogative of a command, but the hair on the top of the head will lie neatly trimmed and not exceed three inches. In all cases the bulk or length of the hair will not interfere with the normal wear of all standard military headgear required in the performance of duty. Closely cropped, neatly trimmed mustaches are permitted but goatees and beards are not authorized. The wearing of wigs by male personnel while on in uniform is forbidden except for cosmetic reasons or duty to rover natural lwldness, or when appropriate to rover physical disfiguration caused by accident or medical - -- Stateside post exchanges plies, wigs and wiglets and may lie able to stock a long falls, ladies sports and casulist of new items in the al multi-piec- e outfits, air future. conditioners, tires, television The Department of Defense sets and antennae, and dechas asked the House Armed orative houseware accessories. Services Committee to let New cost limits are 1 icing the exchanges stock a host of asked for the following items: new items and carry higher-pr- vacunm cleaners, watches, iced lines of merchandise infant car seats, bathroom fixto widen the choice for custo- tures and accessories, rotis-serie- s, mers. roastcrliroilcrs, humidiThe list of new items fiers, equipment, aquatic tents, sought for exchange shelves in- fishing equipment, cludes: eggs, bacon, ground cameras and projectors, head-war- e, coffee, baby food, shrubs and sweaters, pajamas, and plants, sewing machines and automotive supplies and accessories, petfood and sup As of July 1. 35,500 E-- ls dependents will be authorized . will lie eligible for most of the to accompany them on tours to with dependents areas. family travel benefits now availThe dislocation allowance is able only to those in grades E-- 5 one month's basic allowance for and aliove. The order signed by Deputy quarters, which for an E--4 with David fewer than four years of service Secretary of Defense E-with is $90.60 with one or two dethose Packard covers between two and four years of pendents and $105 for three or service who have active duty more dependents. The overseas allowances vary obligations of six years or more, by area and the evacuation alincluding time already served. These men will now get lowances also vary. Defense officials are hopeful government paid transportation that the change will indice E-for their dependents, transporta- Stop Those Shears Army Lets Hair Down ing Officer of the Naval Station, Sybic Bay. Captain Worthing was assigned to the staff of Deseret Test Center in May 1968 as Director, Plans and Analysis Directorate and then as Deputy Commander. He has been awarded the following medals: China SerAmerican vice (extended), AsiaticPacific Campaign, 4 stars. Navy Occupation, Asia and Europe, Joint Services Commendation, and Navy Expenditionary (Cuba). Px Shelves May See TVs, Wigs and Eggs Authorized Travel Benefits s Members of the Environmental Health Committee of the Utah DOCTORS VISIT State Medical Association including it's chairman. Dr. William Dixon, Dr. J. V. Webster, Jr., Dr. R. J. Petersen, Dr. B. T. Neville, and Dr. Ralph Tingeys and the Acting Director of Health for the State of Utah Dr. Paul R. Ensign toured the Dugway Proving Ground installation of Deseret Test Center this past week. Members of the party are shown being briefed by Paul Carlson, Instruments Systems and Operations Branch Chief, during their tour of the Meteorology facilities at the Dugway installation. They were accompanied on their tour by Captain David S. Howard, USN, Chief of the Deseret Test Center Medical Division. The Doctors also toured the Chemical and Photographic laboratories as well as receiving briefings on the mission and operation of Deseret Test Center. Surcharge A 'Must WASHINGTON (AFPS) -Commissary stores are not operated to make a profit. They are required liy- - law to sell at cost. Why, then, a surcharge? Well, Defense officials explain it this way: The surcharge, currently three per cent in the United States (excluding Alaska) and two and a half per cent else In U.S. Commissaries where, is levied to comply with a Congressional requirement that commissary stores pay for such operating expenses as equipment, supplies and maintenance. The Army and Air Force add the surcharge to the total . of each sale, while the Navy and Marine Corps mark up the prices of individual The surcharge defrays only alxiut 13 per cent of the operating expenses of commissary stores. The government finances the remainder. Surveys indicate that commissary patrons, on the average, save alxiut 24 per cent compared to commercial side-bum- h. items. pressed 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 adver tisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. |