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Show The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., Feb. 5, 1971 Troops asked to analyze their prejudices Dont you think it EDITORIAL em with kindness Kill WASHINGTON (AFPS) You remember Sam Jones. kid with a ready (mile and an easy-goin-g coolness. On the flight line he worked hard and off the line he played hard, too. Sam lived life to the fullest . . . right up A time we all stopped and search our souls a little? questioned Dr. B. Jack White. Dr. White is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. In a recent training session, he addressed the enlisted men is real nice to the end. The accident citation listed DWI Driving While Intoxicated as the causative factor. Sam, the nice kid with the full smile and full life to live, died after leaving a party only ten minutes from the base. The DWI rate is increasing. A recent study shows that the most vulnerable person is in the 5 age group. He 22-2- 4. al on-ba- Many military commanders believe that civilian punishment just isn't enough because it doesnt provide an adequate deterrent. In the sample study it was found that of 32 military DWI convictions in the first six months of 1970 11 previous arrests had been made for the same offense. The military can note that a man is a high risk if he has recurring offenses. Take Sergeant Jones. He had two previous DWI citations. He got off easy with no military action, not even a letter of reprimand. His supervisor knew the problem. So did the squadron commander. Neither took any steps to help Sam Jones stay alive. Sam was a nice guy. Why pester him over a few small incidents? Sam's friend knew how Sam drove after, a few drinks. They didnt attempt to stop him when he left the party with his girl. One buddy had been with him the last time he was stopped and cited DWI. But the buddy system is old fashioned. Like Sam, it died. By the way, Sam didnt take the last ride alone. He chauffeured his girl friend to her grave as well. census was 21,545. This was an increase of 20.6 percent over the 1960 figure of 17,868. THE official population of the state was up 18.9 percent from the 1960 population of 890,627. The 1970 census counted 20,929 white persons in Tooele county, 97.1 percent of the total; 125 Negroes, and 491 persons of other races. In 1960, 96.2 percent of the population was white. The census showed 2,320 children under 5 years; 6,838 in ages 5 through 17; 11,242 in ages 18 through 64 and 1,145 people who were 65 or Credit Union Umbrolla Man says: Saving is the key to independence! When you sat your hard earned at ypur credit union, it provides generous dividends. Savings at your credit union provides evadaMity and safety. Credit union members work, lohn and save together not for profit not for charity but for mutual service. "Savings Credit is a key to the Dugway Federal Union.- - 522-257-2 and personal questions to the men of Headquarters and Headquarthe ters Company, Military Police, Hospi Dr. White gave his auditwo psychological ence tests to help explain what he meant by mixed up value judgments. First, he cal? older. The population 14 years and over included 9,876 married people, 706 who were widowed, 478 divorced and 3,393 never AMONG year - around dwelling units there were 4,770 single family units, units in 1,295 housing multi-un- it building?, and married. TOOELE Countys 1970 population was classified as 71.8 percent urban and 28.2 percent rural There were 6,078 households; with 21,234 per- 387 mobile homes or trailers. The percentage of occupied housing units with more than one person per room was 13.8 compared with 21.9 in 1960. n including 859 households. In addition 311 persons were living in group quarters. The 1970 census counted 6,455 housing units in Tooele County. 4,138 of them occupied by own1940 occupied by ers, tenants and 377 vacant. included These vacant for seasonal use. units sons, one-perso- The proportion occupied by owners was 64.1 percent compared with 53.0 percent in 1960. Tony Vieira Of all occupied units 5,830 had piped water, toilet, and bath, while 248 lacked some or all plumbing. The median value of houses in Tooele County was 14,800 compared with $9,500 in 1960. The median rent owner-occupi- ed paid by tenants in 1970 was $76 per month compared with $62 in 1960. Half were over and half lielow the median figures. Headquarters Company, the Military Police and the Met team upon their return. The troops, who all eat at the IIIIC mess hall, now have the choice of two lunches daily. Theres the regular Army-wid- e master menu lunch or a short order lunch consisting of foods comedian Flip Wilson might Baby IIHC is doing its say, As thing. First Sergeant Claudino Ongais, a veteran of over 20 years of service, says hes all for the changes in the Army if the men are happier and if the changes are work- " like cheeseburgers, sandwiches, etc. The Noncommissioned Officers Club sells 3.2 beer at the evening meals aLso now and as a Headquarters company man put it, the food around here has able. really improved. The 3.2 tieer was not only okayed for the mess hall but troops may now Whats this all about? Well just after Turkey Day, General W. C. Westmoreland, Army Chief of Staff, announced policy changes for Army personnel. The General said he expected commanders at consume beer in the day room and their individual rooms. Signing in or signing out is strictly a thing of the past as any recently graduated trainee discovers when he relo- cates at Dugway. every level to take rapid and positive actions which enhance service attract- to the and remove irritants One formation a week Captain Glenn J. Niedcrmeyer, commanding officer of HHC and First Sergeant Ongais are presently holding one morning formation a week on Mondays. The Army Chief of Staff indicated that there was no need of holding unnecessary troop formations which nave a to tendency to become detrimental morale and efficient personnel utilization practices. The question was, is daily morning formation necessary for Headquarters Company? After much thought and debate of the matter, Capt. Niedermeyer declared, Lets give it a try. Both the First Sergeant and Commanding Officer decided that Monday morning formations were still necessary for the accountability of the troops and the dissemination of information. troops. Then, Major James W. Ault, executive officer of Dugway Proving Ground, addressed the enlisted men of the Test Center in a training session and explained some of the changes that this command was initiating. Finally being heard Companies of the Test Center organized junior enlisted men's advisory councils Init liefore much could lie accomplished most of the men broke for the Christmas holidays. It was a different Christmas for many GIs especially the though, because you see, as they put it, 1971 would lie a chance for them to finally lie heard. Mess steward SFC Roliert Goetzke and the cooks of IIHC had a surprise waiting for the men of Headquarters and first-time- future" of us are very uptight about admitting he we have prejudices, values We preach liegan. then discard and truths them. Isnt that hypocriti"Some showed how many people when listing things which mean most to them in life, many times unknowingly separate their own independence and freedom of choice drastically from the independence and freedom of choice of their fellow man. THE other test made a correlation lietween the philosophy of people (such as an autoritarian or a roand the type manticist) of value judgments and prejudices ' they usually develop. Dr. White was not trying to classify people in groups by the test, but rather, he hoped to make the soldiers think for themselves "am I honestly being fair? He said if we could start doing that, then together we would liegin to lniild the potential for change. The option is no longer open to sterotype and classify people in groups he noted. "People on an individual basis, must re- think their values and treatment of others, the speaker exclaimed. IIE concluded by requesting a human lieing to human being relationand an end to ship lalieling unjust of others. The training session was conducted under the direction of Equal Opportunity Officer Jose G. Rodriguez, Capt Glenn J. III IC Company Commander, and lLt. WilNied-enney- liam Karski. Dr. B. Jack White Headquarters: a company on the move iveness Th tal, and the Met team. Dugway Proving Ground on their prejudices. THE university professor explained a number of important social Tooele Co. gains 20 The Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Agriculture, reports that Tooele Countys official population in the 1970 And he is literally killing is usually an NCO, E-- 3 or E-himself right before our eyes. Civilian courts are fining DWI's more money. Average fines have risen from $117 to $128 in the last three years. Sam, however, paid the ultimate penalty. One set of statistics from an Air Force base in the South points out that the nonjudicial punishment meted out by the military is more meaningful to the offender. Additional punishment cant be imposed under Article 15 or court-martifor offenses for which a civilian court has imposed punishment. On the other hand, administrative actions letters of reprimand, assessment of points leading to restriction of driving privileges, control roster action can be taken. of . rs staff duty or CQ the same night they have a liasketliall game, night class, or whatever, may now switch duty days with a fellow GI. A week later Capt. Niedennyer said that he was happy to report lioth he and the First Sergeant thought the new noformation (Tuesday through Friday) was working. The men kept their fingers crossed and all pitched in with the varidetails to make sure the ous clean-u- p new system continues to work. New atmosphere I couldn't lielieve this place when I returned from leave, noted one HHC trooper. There is a whole new Golden Rule type atmosphere around here now and I cant reinemlier the military respect ever being higher. Another GI volunteered his thoughts e on some crumbling Army traditions. You know the young soldier can really make a contribution to the military and I for one think the Army will lie a better organization as it does away with some harrassments of the first termer. The GI, who wished to remain anonymous, is a Sergeant First long-tim- Class. The junior enlisted mens council and Capt. Niedermeyer are currently making revisions on the companys SOP. Some of the changes include a lilxerali-zatio- n of pictures and posters on the walLs, and a choice of three or four different arrangements of the lieds and the rest of the furniture in the individual rooms. There are other things which make Headquarters Company a more attractive unit for its troops these days. No longer are there any locally imposed restrictions on the distance that individuals may travel. Soldiers who pull True professionalism Lieutenant General George I. Forsythe special assistant to Ceneral NVestmore land for a Modem Volunteer Army said that the Army will Ire inakiiq changes that clearly contribute to bet ter understanding and motivation, am clearly focus on increasing the challenge and rewards of true professionalism. "Mickey Mouse" actions and harrass-mentwill lie done away with. However in attempting to give Army men s . s keen sense of job satisfaction, we wil! not accept lowered standards of perform ance, General Forsythe added. Soldiers here may aLso Ire happy tc hear that a Defense Department grouf have made recommendations to the Army which would lilieralize its hail standards to permit longer mustaches longer hair, longer sidelnirns and lieards Forsythe noted that the Army-wid- e hair policy announced last vear wa not the final word on the subject. In a recent press conference the general declined to give an immediate answer on whether the Army would accept lieards, However, some soldiers in Vietnam organization. Key points in Slate of Union Message Presidents Here is the President's 1971 legislative program as outlined in his State of the I'niun message and amplified in briefing? by White House Officials: Revenue-sharinThe President is asking Congress to provide $5 billion in new funds which states and localities can spend with no restriction. If enacted, it would lie the nations first "nostrings" spending program. Officials said state governments would receive approximately 52 percent of the total amount, with the remainder going to communig ties and counties. POPULATION and each states share of Federal revenues will determine the amounts various states receive. Within states, with higher tax burdens will get larger proportionate shares of the money. s The Special revenue - sharing President Is taking $10 billion for existnarrow-purposing grant programs and adding $1 billion in new funds to finance what the Administration calls revenue-sharinbut more special traditionally would lie known as grant e" g, 1 consolidation" or 71 legislative program block grant" pro- grams. These funds will have to lie spent for urlian development, rural developeducation, transportation, job ment, training and law enforcement. There will lie separate dispersal formulas for each of the six categories. White House officials said these formulas are still lieing worked out. OFFICIALS said emphatically that "no city would get less than it has received for example, through the Model Cities program. The officials said the existing grant program that will colrevenue-sharin- g into lapse special will lie revealed later, though it was indicated that Model Cities is one of them. Althmigh it is not known how many existing programs will lie alxilished in each of the six categories, the White effect House said the of the will lie a reduction by one-thir- d total hinds involved in the existing programs. Federal reform The President is across-the-lxia- rd I asking Congress to consolidate eight existing Cabinet departments into four new mission-oriente- d departments. Left untouched would lie the department of State, Treasury, Defense, and Justice. The new agencies would lie the departments of National Resources. Human Resources, Economic Development and Community Development. AN EXAMPLE of the proposed change would lie in transportation. Highway liuilding would come under the Department of Economic Development, mass transit would lie handled liy Community Development. These' programs are now administered by the Department of Transportation. Health' The President is proposing an extra $I(X) million to seek a cure for cancer. A health insurance program that will not lie comprehensive or compulsory, according to White House officials, will seek to fill the gaps in existing private and public health insurance programs. A new health insurance program for : the poor will lie forthcoming in February as a part of the President's welfare reform proposal, officials said. WELFARE REFORM-Essentia- llv the President is calling for enactment of the Family Assistance Program he pushed for last year although it remains to lie seen whether he will change details. Environment While offiHouse cials said the President will request a 400 percent increase in spending for these programs in the 1972 fiscal year with emphasis on expanding parks, recreation areas and open spaces. A special message on this subject will lie sent to Congress later in the year. Economy The President repeated his intention to allow a deficit in the 1972 fiscal year Inulget which will lie lmsed on revenues the government would realize if unemployment were four percent rather than in the urea of six full employment" strategy to stimulate economic growth. two-year-o- ld per-cent-t- he ooo I arc already wearing lieards and goatees. Headquarters Company is but out little Army company in the Army scheme of things. Still with the upmost respecl for the military. Headquarters is nc longer blinding itself to reality or completely ignoring the social mores of it! |