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Show .v.;v.:.xv.v.?x .v. .v.. ., mmm ; : I ; U. S. AIR FORCE - .. 4) ff iS US Y r r wnnd nrt rfirz Pri"tin thl. co"slder in this Duhlir.tin. Fhe Hill Top Time. VOL. 12 (1 AEROSPACE POWER FOR PEACE ComPr. private firm. Opinions exprewed herein by the publisher and writer are their official expression by the Department of the Air Force. The appearance of advertisement an endorsement of the Denartment nf tha Air Varem nf the nrndurta or aervicca advartliuA. an nnofficial newspaper published every other Friday in the interest of personnel at Hill AFB, Utah. j NO. 24 PUBLISHED AT KAYSVILLE, UTAH NOVEMBER 27, 1959 Solid lPropDOBTitt Syoipesiiioiis HostesO By OOAMA Dog. 7 -- 0 11 for Better Communication contractor within a "matter of minutes" line teletype recently installed in the direct this with GdUa Cwrision by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., St. Louis, Mo. The ' rtrfein first one to be provided by a contractor, is speeding up "..iMtions and proving to be a message to McDonnell are (left to right) Lt. Col. Elizabeth Morgan, opera- Jt r Farrell, Chief of symposiums on solid propellents will be held at Hotel Newhouse in Salt Lake City, Dec. according to Col. Edmund W. Miles, Ogden Air Materiel Area director of ammunitions. The meetings , expected to draw some 100 propellent experts throughout the nation, Canada and England, will be hosted by 00 AM A in conjunction with Thiokol Chemical with the Inter-service-indus- Safety Awards Each organization recently E. ENGLAND Safety Division The Ground Safety pro. Jest prevention is a respon- - terial. f each and every worker gram applies to all employees. It ' covers civilian employees during JAFB. working hours, regardless of locaon the job, driving to tion. Military personnel come unii.work, or at home, every-'iod- d be and der the program 24 hours a day.i By GEORGE Chief, Ground lookout to the iady on ed pre-pimden- ts. injuries from cost the you and I id -o- ver 28 million dollars, rfthe personal suffering and alcost of these injuries could taen prevented through ad- to good safety practices. 1958, work jiml establishments Si government Air Force is Ground established Safety for the pur-reduci- ng or eliminating le accidents and injuries iwnserve manpower and ma- - t The reporting scope of the program includes all injuries occurring to personnel during . duty hours, damage to property, equipment, and supplies as result of ground operations. Prevention of accidents and injuries is important for many reasons. One is to eliminate the suffering and disability that accompanies most injuries. Secondly, accidents and injuries are costly. When people are injured, there is a loss of earning power and there may be big hospital and medical (Continued on Page 12.) Hill SUM took paramedics AFB last week precision drill to readiness to handle nue emergencies, which employed 047 "Goonybird" iffihelicopter, was r11 staged the public with op-J- JJ "ussion of the Search tanch, Flight Ooera- at Hill AFB. H-2- Cas-sel- nel. - . Receiving certificates were the 25th Ammunition Supply Squad- ron for '49,476 military man-dawithout disabling .injury; 2791st USAFy hospital 33,72 days- without injuries, and the lOOtith AACS squadron, 29,007 days of operations without an impairing injury. Col. - C a s s e 1 1 presented the awards to Maj. George Wetzler, Jr., 25th Ammo commander, and Lt. Col. E. J. Kloess, hospital commander, on behalf of their ys - . 1 waiting helicopter. 2t for static test data, temperature conditioning of solid rocket mo- tors, methods of evaluating solid and other technical subpropellents ' jects. ... Panelists stration were Col. E. F. Hubbard, Hill commander; Maj. William chief of flight operations, and other base personnel. Lt. Robert D. Greer, chief cf Search and Rescue branch, was on hand to brief visitors on the mission of the branch as well as give a commentary as mission unfolded. rescue the Mc-Ke- e, blow-by-blo- w Thursday and Friday the JANAF Surveillance Panel of the SPIA will hold sessions. Agencies participating Monday and Tuesday will be represented plus The Bureau of Ordnance, Stanford University Research Institute and the Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment. The agenda will include subjects pertaining to surveillance of solid propellents. . 23 Employed Claim $520 For Good Ideas Cash awards totaling $520 were shared by 23 employees of the Directorate of Maintenance Engineering this week for "good ideas" submitted through the sugges tions program. Individual awards ranged from $5 to a high award of $100. Top ' award of $100 went to James C. Vandersteen of 2140 Cus ter Avenue, Ogden, who is employed as a ground equipment and shop equipment inspector. Others receiving awards and the amounts of their awards were: Ogden: Walter T. Anderton, $7.50; Henry N. Brown, $15; Rob ert H. Caldwell, $10; Archie P. Keoppel, $7.50; David N. Peterson, $15; Dean S. Wood, $50; Louis S. Workman, $15 and James D. Wright, $10. Salt Lake City: William O. Call, $50; Glen R. Haynes, $25; Revis R. Kirkham, $12.50; Paul Henry ' Robertson, $15. Lay ton: Elmer J. Cuthbert, $15; Arnold J. Frecker, $5; Virgil; M. Hohman," $12.50; and Joseph A Jackson, $50. Clearfield: Arwid H. Carey, $15; and Earl N. Harris, $10. Washington Terrace: Francis E. ' Burns, $55. Bountiful: Joseph K. Lawson, ' ' . : a Scorpion" had low iliary Field, and the industrial fa cilities of the Great Salt Lake - rw (VF 0, . Panel members will be from Thiokol (Utah and Redstone, Ala.); Aerojet General Corp., Sacramento; Naval Ordnance Test Station; Naval Propellent Plant; Army Ordnance Missile Laboratory; men. OOAMA ; Ministry of Aviation, United Kingdom; and other activiG. Norman Magnan, Capt. AACS commander, received his ties. On Wednesday, the conferees will certificate from Col. E. F. HubHill AFB, Wendover AF Aux- tour bard, base commander. took off to fly back to the base, which officially closed the demon stration. later returned to the The H-the site so pilots Lts. Zane L. M. May, "chopEarl and Lantz and surparamedics, crew, per" vivors could be interviewed by TV, press, and radio representatives. Observing the successful demon The aircraft helicopter flew over the crash site and dropped a cargo of splints and stretcher to the The ' "chopper" hovered group. over the site and lowered the third B. paramedic, Airman 1c Herberttwo his joined Sampson. Sampson fellow "flying medics" in evacuating the survivors uphill to the Then an re- ceived ground accident prevention achievement awards signed by Gen. Hobson and Col. R. W. l, 00 AM A director of person- Corp. and Hercules Powder Co. Approximately 20 OOAMA air- munitions personnel, including Col. Miles . and Maj. Ira F. Ferguson, chief of evaluation branch, also will attend. Gen. Hobson will make the welcome address at the conference's opening on Monday. The Monday and Tuesday sessions will be under direction of the Joint Army, Navy, Air Force (JANAF) Static Test Panel of the Solid Propellent Information Agency (SPIA) of John Hopkins University, Subjects to be discussed include digital recording systems They Are Ready For Emergencies tadics Prove JeAir Force Three Safety practices have paid big dividends for three military organizations at Hill AFB. Everyone is nesponsipie for Accident Prevention safety-mind- Won By Organizations SPEAKS try 7-1- Send-i.,Tee- nt 1AGEMEHT ; altitude over ea. The pilot and ra- the aircraft finl aard t out to a crash c $10. Vited r 3 j tha north gate. ,W?..f!ission Woutf Vi Robert joined E- - Ko1, V r k F. Gu1d in Sw III THIS ISSUE: Editorials 4 5 7 8 " Blood Drives Successful On the Hill Sports Four Cited for Rescue 10 --Of 12 13 Work . f but "res- - : Railroad Car Is Bridge af-- X were "'ecrasn .r'iiLtT a otjiz t... "aiiim --nn,i ni "u ni "efne r loth from 1. f Tuc- - V'Ofeet Parachutes sS iff TSgt t'i,a"Jea within J Kaysville: Clair D. Olsen, $10. Roy: Darrell W. Oram, $5. ; " t0 8imu- crash site whi it ii & Photographer Feature A1C Harold L. Hamm (in stretcher) into the "in?U.re? S!5 Robert E. Tucker, -- TSgt. Howard C. Gould, and i0. LS-ia rdax baerver" A2C Bruc. nramedics (le the paramedic 3 v nc irnnirr are . inff Imn n slowiy l d jn the "crasiu A1C Herbert B. Sampxon. Miirittiiiii oi L. 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