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Show Page 8 THE HILL TOP TIMES Friday, June 25, Museum (Continued From Page 1 CoL 2) The darn disc is just fantastic enough to be real. In another corner of the museum, a scale model of the Bikini underwater atom bomb tests has been constructed. A huge smoke cloud mushrooms high in the air enveloping the tiny scale model that buzz around taking pictures. Miniature warships and aircraft carriers ride the crest of huge waves. The ragged coral reefs of the atol ring the entire picture, the dark green reef contrasting sharply with the whitecaps of the blue Pacific. The realistic; r.loud effeo.t was achieved by using spun glass. The surface craft are exact models of the famous ships that took part in the test. All that is lacking in the replica is the "bang" or "roar", or whatever an atom says when it B-1- 7s By LEE FLORENCE After wading through reams of official correspondence written in language typical of the legal profession, I have found out that you are not going to get paid for that time you spent traveling to other installations. All you get paid for is your regular 40 hours. You've already received that money so you don't have to worry about it. Since April, 1947, everyone traveling for Uncle Sam has wanted to know why they couldn't be paid for time they spent 'traveling at night or on week ends. After all, they reasoned, they were on official business and were away from home, so why not be reimbursed for the time just as though they were at work at the field? That was a good question. So good that it took the Comptroller General of the U. S. over a year to figure out the answer. Graded employees are paid by the year and therefore cannot be granted additional salary payments for travel even though it is outside their normal tour of duty, the Comptroller General said. However, ungraded employees those paid by the hour fair a little better in the legal decision. They can be paid at overtime rates for travel performed on Saturdays IP the traveling was done during their regular working hours (7:30 a. m. to 4:10 p. m.) Travel time is defined as that portion of the time spent in a travel status during which travel is actually performed, including incidental waiting time. It does not include any time spent at a temporary duty , station. Incidental waiting time includes the time elapsed during a continuous journey when the employee is prevented from by reasoris other than personal preference. If this delay occurs traveling during his regularly scheduled working time, it will be paid for just as if actual travel was being performed. Perhaps an example or two will help to clarify the ruling: Danny Westover is an aircraft mechanic. He gets by the hour. James Bradshaw, a clerk, gets paid $2770 per annum. paid Both men were ordered to report to Wright-Patterso- n AFB Monday morning, necessitating immediate travel. Climbing aboard an MATS plane at 2:15 p. m. Friday, they start their journey. Both men receive their regular wages up to 4:10 p. m., which is the normal time they would have quit had they remained at the field. Even though they travel all night, making stops at stations along the way, they do not get paid for it. Comes 7:30 in the morning they are still traveling. Danny Westover starts earning overtime pay; Bradshaw, a yearly employee, gets no extra pay." After traveling all day Saturday, they arrive in Dayton at 9:30 p. m. Danny quit drawing overtime at 4:10 p. m. that afternoon because that would have been his normal working hours had he still been at Hill AFB. He gets paid for 40 hours at straight time and 8 hours at overtime. Bradshaw, oh the other hand, gets his regularly weekly wage. Remember, now, all this talk has been about salary. Both employees are entitled to their regular $6 per money. Incidentally, our own headquarters at AMC states that the decision of the Comptroller General will not be applied retroactively. Graded or ungraded, any traveling you did in the past that was outside of your regular work week was done gratis except for expense money. day-expen- se DIME) IL(Q)JSm By MANHATTAN splits. General Morgan (Continued From Page CoL S) Borgstrom Family (Continued From Page 1, Col, y "No one is indispensable," he went to school, Major General t J stated. "Therefore, whenever an Hen 'William "M "Mnro-aUm .2 opportunity arises which would perBrig.: Gen. Hi mit advancement or a better job commander, for any person, his release should Schramm, chief of staff. 4th i Force, Rear Admiral John J. iQ, be approved." He said that people who are loyal iiiu.il, uepuiy cuiuumnuer, facifj and contribute something to the or- reserve neei, uapt. w. k. R supply officer in command of' ganization should be permitted to Clearfield Naval Supply Depot, ani take advantage of any opportunirteupen uianc, urst councilor ties available. j. The general also told his staff Li. u. a. cnurcn. In addition to the four persoi that he does not like a one-ma- n team. It is essential to have organ- escorts, six senior noncommissiom ization in depth; that is, someone officers and chief petty office been selected to act aa tmti always available to fill each job, have of the brotherJH for each nn and so organized that there is al- bearers ill oe oz tuau mere win someone nonorary pal, to available ways step up bearers from the Borgstrom V. p into any vacancy. We should strive for organized W. post in Tremonton. A firing squad from the SixW teamwork, he said. 1 1 1 1 army escort detachment at Ogden will fire a salute over the graves!1 i ill oe in tne mlremon interment win Lifted Security ton cemetery. Hill Air Force base is also suddIv. With the approval of the U. S. n color guard, fouj Air Force, Boeing Airplane Com- ing a four-mamen enlisted and one officer for J pany has partly lifted the lid of honor guard, and 22 enlisted men secrecy which has surrounded the for chauffeurs during the memorial initial program undertaken followservices. the of Plant U ing at Wichita, according to Boeing news bureau. FOR FUTURE This first urogram deals with the modernization of Boeing 9 SECURITY ssupenortresses which have been and are being flown Into Wichita from various Air Force depots and 4. Thousands of Deonle from all over the world have visited Hill AFB to see this collection of avia tion rarities. The guest book shows such addresses as Tokio. Janan: Shanghai, China; Edmonton, Can ada; snemeid, England; Timbuktu, Africa, and Sahara Village, Utah. The thousands of visitors who have sauntered through the halls have seen such things as rockets ana jet engines, radio and television controlled glide bombs, captured weaDOns of all kinds, sizes and bases. shapes, automatic flight control equipment, turbo superchargers, a Japanese gun turrets from pocket knift that fires a small caliber bullet from its handle, and hundreds of other uncommon articles. The largest of the unusual weapons on display takes its driver on a one-wa- y ride a Diloted version of the deadly German buzz bomb. The one at tim Ab'ts is one of four brought to the U. S. by Air Force engineers for study. The missile is powered by an intermittent ramjet engine. It has a reeular aircraft porknit with standard controls and the Air Force has uncovered evident- nf a woman having actually piloted one of the massive missiles. A little less spectacular than the V- -l bomb, but much safer to cruise around in. is the museum's $8 nan Link trainer. Pilots never cefc mv- where flying the Link. They can t even leave the room. But a few hours of flying the trainer is inval- uaoie wnen it comes to flying in fog as 't'hick as split pea soup." xne L,inn trainer is a functional model of an airplane cockpit complete with radio and flight .instru ments. The instruments respond to the controls exactly the same as if the plane were in real flight. A pun on tne "stick" and the instruments show the plane climbing. A little rudder and the instruments record a turn. A skilled pilot and a flyer must really know his stuff to fly entirely by instruments can "take off" in the Link, "fly" to another airport, enter the traffic pattern, and "land" the plane without ever having left the museum. The Link simulates actual flight conditions right down to rough air, tail spins, and stalls. Everyone who visits the museum gets a chance to fly the Link. Young and old alike climb into the cabin, put on their earphones, and make like the flyboys. During open house at the air base, the museum is the center of attraction. It is filled with people seeking to satisfy their curiosity. I am told it was at the conclusion of the first tour through the museum that a universal was coined: "Brother, now phrase I've seen 1 1.1 , . B-24- 1800-pou- B-2- BUY BONDS 's, nd - everything." Buy Bonds FOR $4.00 OXFORD CLOTH BROADCLOTH BUEHLER - BinGHflm SECURITY THE AMERICAN GOLFER IN A DELUXE COTTON Your all-tisilk and just r:IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE in THE HILL TOP TIMES . . . It Is A Good Bay for Your Ad Dollar It Covers OVER A $1,000,000 MONTHLY PAYROLL AT HILL AFB It Is Distributed Each Pay Day It Is a Concentrated Market Of Over 4500 Waco TT.a rnsre Call Advertising Representative favorite, tailored from a cotton soft as as lustrous. 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