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Show WESTERN AMERICANA "Serving the personnel of the Deseret Test Center Tnnacript-BuDfti- n Publiiing Company, Tooele, Utah, a finn, in no way connected with the Department of the Kxtay. Opinioni d by pubihher and wiiten herein are their own and are not to be con ride rad an official eiprearion by die Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisemen ti in this pubueation does not constitute an endorsement by die Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. PubUxd by the Ft Vol. 3 No. 5 prf-vat- a Douglas, Utah 84113 Peace with honor Dugwav, Utah, 84022 Slimmer employment programs underway Wage Graders get increase Wage Grade employees at DTC Headquarters, Fort Douglas and Dugwav Proving Ground have been given ail increase in salary with the increase lieing retroactive to the pay period starting May 16, 1971. The increase is for the two Wage Grade employees at Fort Douglas and 307 regular Wage Grade employees and ten temporary hires at the Dugway installation. suFOR WAGE Grade-mx-i through pervisory employees up grade eight the wage increase is approximately six percent. The pay hike in the higher grades of is employees nonsupervisory around five percent. In the category the pay raise is almost seven percent through Grade ?ight and again drops to an average of five percent in the higher grades. SUBJECT: Special Wage Rate Schedule for Skull Valley, Utah TO: Commanding in the Area Officers of Military Departments and DOD Component Two summer youth employment programs are in progress throughout Deseret Test Center as more than 50 youths are now employed for the summer. UNDER THE Summer Employment fur Youth program ap30 lmys, ages 16 proximately through IS are employed at Dug-wa- Installations schedule of rates listed below have been established under authority of DOD Directive, 5120.39 "Department of Defense Wage Fixing. Authority11, 5 June 1968,, Sates are established as required by 5 U.S.C. 5341(c) and are to be applied to Installations shown on The They are employed SUPERVISORY ER WL-Lead- er . employees will also receive six percent raises up through Grade eight and five percent in the higher grades. HOWEVER, IN the new Wage Rate schedule for lxith the Skull Valley area which Dugwav falls under and the Utah schedule which includes Fort Douglas the shift differntials have Iiccn lowered. Under the new rate the differential for the second shift will lie 14 cents compared to the previous 16 cents. For the third shift the differential drops three to cents from twenty-eigh- t cents. Civilian Ilufford, Payroll section stated that the checks employees will receive on July 15 will reflect the new pay scale and that the retroactive portion will lie paid as sixin after the 15th as possible. However there may lie a holdup due to the transition to TEAMUP. ill vari- Technical Support Directorate with four assigned as Engineert. ing Aids and one One is employed in the Comptroller Office and one in the Plans and Analysis Directorate. Of the 18 assigned to Dug-waseven are working in the twenty-fiv- e clerk-typis- Ralph Shift Differentials: Effective Date: Shift 2d 16 May 14c Shift 25c 3d y, 1971. ts n have received a total of $3,948 in cash awards for these sugges-cliantious. Thirty-on- e percent of the itarv suggestions processed have lx:en adopted with a first year mil-vili- savings of $3,448. $827 has lxsen paid to military personnel at DTC for their approved sugges- The cost of a nunilier of items enlisted clothing will change st st st A majority of those hired under this program are college students and they had to pass either the Civil Service entrance , , , txa,,',n:lll,m for ." ollL'Ke e on the honor roll. GROWTH If one is content with if he has no as they are he has started to grow hill. We are like trees. we grow, or we start to Alden Palmer. "The Palmer Letter, Fraternal things desire down- Either deeay. Brigadier General Max Etkin, DTC commanding general, was His talk covered management actions efjeted during his comthe featured speaker at the mand of Ix'xingtun Blue Crass The Department of the Army tion term of service. Armed Forces Management AssoKenArmy Depot, Lexington. has announced a new policy conPersonnel who take advantage ciation Dinner held last evening tucky, us the Arinv Materiel at the Fort Douglas Officers' Command Pilot Depot in testing cerning individuals not eligible of the program who have a Reserve obligation under Open Mess. to reeulist. the application of AIF, depot the Military Selective Service General Etkin spukc on the wide and at a n depot. These individuals ineligible to Act will lx? transferred to the subject The meeting was attended hv Army Industrial Manreenlist under the provisions of Reserve. agement, presenting the philoso- mcmlxrs of the Armed Forces the Qualilive Management Prug-rai- ti Anyone taking advantage of phy and advantages of total Management Association in the niay now upon request lx the early out will not he eligible Army Industrial Funding for a Utah area, their spouses and n separated from the service up to for participation in Project Army Depot as a guests. six mouths prior to their expira management tool. iiiiilli-missio- multi-missio- While the cost of a garrison type cap will drop fifteen cents to $1.25 the cost of the service will lie increased from $5.78 to $6.11. Both the glove inserts and the leather shells will decrease with the inserts decreasing eight cents to $1.03 and the shells down forty cents to $2.52. The cost of new stripes will go down one cent for Private (E2) through Staff Sergeant, while the insignia for Sergeant First Class through Sergeant Major will drop two cents. I Alden Moni- tor. c.xi-tinui- Deseret Test Center has an ed within the next week to give an excellent opportunity of lieing recognized this command for having the liest Suggestion of obtaining the award. Program in the U.S. Army Test During this fiscal year 404 ci- and Evaluation Command for and 130 military sugges- Fiscal Year 1971. lions have lieen submitted. Th- Personnel Ollicc, irty percent of the suggestions Civilian DTC, has lieen notified by the by civilian have lx-cadopted TECOM Incentive Awards office for a tangible first year savings that DTC is in contention for of $31,869. Civilian employees the honor along with Jefferson Proving Ground. Following the Trim the Tree contest in DTC was far ahead of other TECOM installatiims on suggestion program participation. the third However during quarter, while the niimlx'r of declined in DTC, suggestions increased theirs to Jefferson Hie Tooele Bit and Spur Ridagain lie comparable with DTC. Bonnie Rydalch. Suggestion ing (Mull's sponsorship of an apProgram coordinator stated that proved Quarter Horse Show has another 40 suggestions are need lieen announced hv Fet McFar- - clothing prices to change effective July 1. The price of the complete clothing issue for enlisted sonnel will go down to $214.90, drop of $21.10. Some uniform items will lie priced slightly higher, but three items will take a considerable drop. TIIE WINTER wool serge coat will drop five dollars to sell at $25.10; the lightweight, Polyester and Rayon coat will lie In addition four Recreationat $21, a reduction of al Sx.cia1ists have been hired priced and the wool overcoat, the $5.10, to conduct the Yuuth Activities most expensive single item in the ('lull summer program fur declothing list, will drop to $39.30, pendents at the Dugwav instala reduction of $8.70. lation. BG Etkin speaks at AFM A dinner Early out policy for ineligibles Suggestion program near top in TECOM EM various divisions of the Personnel, Training and Administration Directorate with four life guards in the Morale and Welfare Diin the vision and AdministraDirector's office. tion Division and Civilian Personnel Division. The logistics Directorate has four employees under the proa clcrk-tvp- gram: a clcrk-slenone isl, Engineering draftsman and a Commissary sales store worker. , CHEMICAL Division has two aides: T&TS Diree- torate an Engineering aide and and the Coinptml- a clerk-tvpilent office a clerk-typiassign- ed. The Security Division and thc U.S. Army Hospital also each have a elerk-tvpiassigned. clerk-typis- ous facilities in lalxir type employment. These Ixivs are hired hv DTC through the Utah Department of Employment Security and they are from families within a certain income bracket. Eight of the employees are working with Housing Division and eight more are Morale and Welfare employees. Six are working at the 0ieu Messes, four within Facilities Division, two at the T&TS Assay Branch, four within Facilities Division. MR. BOB Angle has lieen hired as counselor fur the Ixiys working under the program, and acts as cixirdinator for the program. The other youth employment program, tin Summer Aid pro-ha- s 25 youths working gram. within the command with seven ...ployed at Fort Douglas and the remainder at Dugwav FIVE OF the seven employed at DTC Headquarters are working in the Technology and the reverse side. WG-N- Friday, June 23, 1971 TROUSERS will also lie cheaper as the cotton sateen will lie priced thirty-si- x cents lower at $2.20, cotton uniform twill khaki shade will go from $3.70 to $3.44, and the wool serge will lie priced at $7.46 a decrease of 64 cents. White undershirts will increase five vents to fifty-fiv- e cents while drawers will decrease one cent and the winter underwear will each cost less with the drawers down to $2.77 from $3.04 and the undershirt dropping in price from $3.15 to $2.70. MOST Black shoes will drop only seven cents to $7.22 and raincoats will lie eighteen cents cheaper at $9.53. Many other items will vary several cents from the present cost such as Service Cap insignia, and BOS, EP, US insignia. tions. Tooele To Host Horse Show land. Show Chairman. n TOM FINELY, from Arizona Chandler, Judge will preside over the two day show, Saturday and Sunday June Bit and 26 and 27, at the T.xx-lGrounds. Rixleo Spur Saturday's events will include registered halter and performance classes. Sunday's schedule will have the enw cutting competition and registered youth events. A special group of youth performance scheduled classes have also lx-cfor Saturday. at 8 Show.ime will a.in. lxith days. Entry deadlines class will close 30 minutes is scheduled. well-know- e U.S. Postal Service inauguration July The inaiigiiratinn of the new United States Postal Service on July 1, will lie celebrated in Washington, D.C., and in every post office across the country. Postmaster Richard Bell has announced that all memlx'rs of the community are invited to visit the Dugway Post Office on July 1, and enjoy the hospitality of the men who comprise the new U.S. Postal Service. cercmunies in Dedication Washington will lie hosted hv Postmaster Ccneral Blotml. Honored guests at the dedicatiim will include mcmlivrs of Congress, former Postmasters General, the Board of Governors of the new Postal Service, as well as Assistant Postmasters General, headquarters personnel and other x. Visitors to the Dugway Post 1 Office will lie given a souvenir envelope imprinted with the old and new insignia of the Postal Service. This envelope will also lx made available in limited munix'rs as a first day cancellation - for just the cost of an 8c stamp. This will lx llu first time First Day Covers have been all l.S. Post Of- available i fiees. A photographic display of modem Postal Service jobs and functions will help visitors learn more alxmt the men and W'omcn of the Postal Service and how each mail user can help them to serve the community tatter. Postmaster Bell also announced that tours will lie set up by ap- pointment for interested persons or gnnipx, to show lmw the Dug-wu- v mail is handled. . n Ix-gi- FET McFarland, wcli known throughout the liiterimnmtain Quarter Horse Association, urges everyone with registered quarter registered horses interested in keen coniiclitiin and appearance in cine of the year's top horse shows to contact him at Tcxx'le nr Suit Lake City fur additional information. 882-010- 3 363-168- He also invites the general politic interested in seeing some of the finest trained quarter horses in the country to attend. No admission fee will lx1 charged to KXctutors. Management Safety ( rati nates ulxivc are graduates of a twelve hour Key Man Supervisory Management Safety Course conducted hy the Torn Woffinden, Dean Perry, ) First Row Safely Division with Solomon Davis us Chief instructor. Shown are Frank Babcock, lola Newman, lurry Faux, Farren Duncan, and William Webster. 2nd Rowi John Coates, Francis Sitlilmtay, BC Max Etkin, who presented the diplomas to tlic graduates, Glen Ashley, William Irons, and Joseph Hansen. Baek Rowi Roliert McCullough, Alex White, Reginald Kendall, Kenneth Hrnuner, Roliert Burge, William Huslam, Janx?s Meredith, and Roliert Sagem. Also graduating hut missing when the photo was taken were: Islie Nelson, Jeneal Kirkluiin, Max Curtail, Charles Hclin, William Peterson, Garth Anderton. Mervin Pyne, Frank Hirst, John Meikle, Clmrlo Riggs und George Norr. Shown (L-R- |