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Show reoruary a, Air Force News In Brief Walking Encyclopedia A man described as a walking en cyclopedia of business facts, a tire less worker, a mountain climber and skier of uncommon ability, the proprietor of a razor sharp mind he exercises with crackling precision, has just undertaken what is regarded as one of the toughest administrative jobs in the Nation, the post of Secretary of Defense. Robert S. McNamara, former ivrosidfint of Ford Motors Co., and GATLING GUN FLIES HIGH The Gatling gun, the world's first practical machine gun, was introduced almost 100 years ago in the Civil War.. n version of this An ancient weapon has reappeared in the Air Force. Now it has become the lethal stinger in the tail of the Hydraulically operated and electronically controlled, the gun can spew out shells at the a stream of rate of 4,000 rounds a minute. ultra-moder- B-52- H. six-barrel- ed 20-m- m . the Designated the ANASG-21- , Gatling gun replaces the four machine guns carried in earlier 50-cali- B-5- WHAT'S IN A NAME? Ivyl P. Minimum's name match-a- s a transaction he recently con- cluded with base finance at Yokota Japan. Sergeant Minimum drew a grand total of 03 cents reenlistment bonus after being sworn in for another three years with the Air Force. He had served' 19 years, 11 month3, and 28 days total active Federal service when he reenlisted. The bonus is computed on the time remaining until 20 years of AB, '! service. How did Sergeant Minimum p handle his dough, He blew the entire wad on lunch. 5 ? re-u- WORLD'S REST BEANERY Culinary experts next month begin the inital survey of mess hall entrants in the 1901 Hennes-s- y Trophy Contest, an award that goes to the base or station presenting the best food services program. The award committee, which includes ' a representative from the National Restaurant Association as well as USAF experts, begins Jts final round of surveys March 20 to April 7. The winner will be presented the Hennessy Trophy at the 42nd annual convention of the National Restaurant Association in Chicago May 21. The two also will' be cited. 1900's Hennessy Winner was Little Rock AFB, Ark. run-liers-- up a reserve Air Force colonel, was tanned bv President John r. Ken nedy to head the DOD. His acM ceptance of the high .government post came only a month after be ing named to the presidency i . Ford. A native of San Francisco, Mr. AIR FORCE By the end of 1961, 13 Air Force heavy bomber McNamara is young, 44, but posa large number of which will be wings will be equipped with s, sesses an impressive record in pri equipped with Hound Dog missiles as illustrated. Ever ready and vate business, public and military alert, Air Force units stationed at home and abroad are a powerslim, he stands service. Buggy-whi- p ful deterrent to war. 6 feet tall and weighs 165 pounds. In his sophomore year at the SAC STILL IMPORTANT A TREE GROWS? of California he was University v Clarence Cannon Rep. Beta Kappa. Two elected Phi to Botanists and traditionalists told the new session of Congress his after graduation from might look with skeptical gaze at that "we most make certain the years in he won his mas1937, California, the "tree" Air Force men built at Russians do not lead in missiles adminisbusiness in ter's degree Thule AB, Greenland, but to the or in bevehicles. Only space Harvard .at tration University, wind-swelocals of this most cause our Air Command President-elec- t Kennedy's alma northern Air Force installation, still makesStrategic risk of surprise attack mater. their creation of scrap pipe, iron to Russia's rulers unacceptable and sheet metal fills the bill. Mr. McNamara entered the Air have we been saved from dire The holiday centerpiece which Force as a captain in March 1943. stands second only in prominence consequences." He served in England, India, China, and importance to the towering and in the Pacific. For his pioneerBallistic Missile Early Warning work in the development of a ing Dependent Schools statistical control system that was System (BMEWS) radar antenna, later applied to the whole logistic gets its sparkle and shine from ice "BIG" EDUCATION crystals which sheathe its piney operation of the Air Force he was frame. Sen. Ralph Yarborough awarded the Legion of Merit. How do you plant such a ma inserted an article in the Congres-ion- al chine shop tree, especially when Record that said In part; ? "President the ground is frozen rock-har- d recent Eisenhower's Simple! order that more than half of all Blast a hole of suitable depth, military dependents abroad will this country points fill it with water, insert the tree, be returned to known a but important little up and in a few minutes nature has Government Federal the fact that clamped a frozen grasp on the has been overseas the operating trunk. nation's ninth largest school sysf 5 4 - B-52- . (D-M- o.) Financial Responsibility Under Age Drivers Over Age Drivers RAY ORTON'S General Agency Wash. Blvd., EX 38(50 e, mid-Decemb- er 0E Her-cule- s prop-jet- s. The aircraft will be made by th Georgia Division of the Lockheed Aircraft Com. The order for the new troop and cargo aircraft is expected to total r 50 planes programmed over a period with the first aircraft due for delivery in March, 1962. With full MATS fuel reserve and carrying combat equipment such as weapons, troops, litters, will p or gear, the airlift 27,000 pounds across the from Dover APB, Atlantic non-sto- p to Del. Chateauroux AB, France, prop-jeFour Allison T56-A-- 7 of 4,050 equivalent shaft horse. 16,200 power each give the 13. ESHP total. foot propellers pull the load, which - two-yea- C-13- 0E air-dro- ti C-13- 0E Four-blade- d, amounts to 155,000 pounds (gross) at takeoff, 20,000 more than the could lug off tit famed C-13- 0B ground. . (D-Te- c.) Services Offered APPLIANCE ft VACUUM REPAIRS Complete service on all makes, vacuums, toasters, mixers, irons, floor lamps, all small appliances. Eureka, Hoover, sales and service. NELSON ELECTRICAL RE PAH Ogden, Phone EX Air-Wa- 18 244S Grant Ave. " YOU'RE CIVIL ENGINEER LAUDED With a Used Car CHIEF Maj. Gen, A: M. 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