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Show 1 I njupjMiimiHi nrr - uniiii i' jHmiiwiniimuu'Miw 'rrriTi tttti ""N ffMi Top JImes publishers and writers are their own and not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air Force. The ap pearance of advertisements in this publication, including Inserts, does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of the products or services advertised. Duhlished riaT?nJiT.l IS .an0 ,un0,,icial newspaper at Hill Air ForceBase, rl tvJ rres,s Per,.nnelPublished Mor every Utah. Media Sales, Lm.man?,.'L's by Main, Utah, a private firm, in no wav netted with the Department of the Air force Opiions expressed bV other Air FnrrVi ?nc 3U iSSrth9 . Vol. 24 No. 7 March 26. 1971 Mi ion Distribut ion o In etroactive Pay Made Hill AFB began distribution last week of about $8 million in ,A retroactive ".jus1" Monroney to Poison Danger Be Alert Tommy Webb, son of Capt. Thomas Webb, chief of Engineering Office, might think he has discovered a wonderful cache of playthings. Actually the cans contain deadly base-wid- e poisons which could be fatal. This is National Poison Week and on of is accidental poisoning. being placed prevention emphasis story on page See G. Letters Seek Help Prisoners of War Base For AFB personnel treatment of American POWs and information on those missing in action are beginning to roll in. The letters are being distributed to each person that wishes to sign them. Personnel are urged to have their families participate in the Letters from Hill asking for better program. The letters ask the North Vietnamese government to : - Treat all POWs humanely as in specified the Geneva i Convention. Publish a list of all prisoners. Permit neutral inspection of all prison camps. Provide information about those known to be dead. Release the sick and seriously ; wounded. Allow a free flow of mail. Letters should be signed US and dated. Then they should be put into plain envelopes (no franked envelopes) and addressed to Minister Xuan Thuy, North Vietnam Delegation, Paris Peace Conference, Paris, France. No postage is required. The Ute Chapter of the Air Force Association is making arrangements for them to be delivered to North Vietnamese officials via a humanitarian organization in the U.S. Only one letter to an envelope is asked. All letters should be returned to the supervisor who will forward them to a central collection point on base. Miss Gilbert said that the letters do produce results. Mail from American POWs, cut off for the past three months, reportedly has resumed. The Continued on Page 2) Service Official as Banquet Speaker Civil Dated pay under Amendment. Some 8,400 wage board employees now working at Hill AFB will receive their backpay first. Retired and former blue collar employees will be paid later. All wage board workers except those in the Maintenance Directorate noted their increase on their regular paychecks on March 19. Maintenance employees will get theirs today. Processing the retroactive pay for wage board employees is a mammoth project and is the largest additional workload ever assigned to Civilian Personnel Division and the Comptroller, officials pointed out. It has required checking over 427,500 time cards and reviewing over 43,000 pay change actions, in addition to carrying on regular work. The retroactive checks will vary greatly and depend on the grade and step of the employee during the period being surveyed, which is Feb. 16, 1969 to Oct. 24, 1970. For example, where an employee has held the top step during the entire retroactive period his take home pay would be approximately as follows: For a WB-- 4 at step 3, $135; for a WB-- at at step step 3, $410; and for a WB-13, $750. The amount decreases for employees above WB-1- 0 and the pay for leaders and foremen vary 5 0 proportionately being the highest. ' t . 1 ,. ' ) Charles W. Carter, president of Local 1592 and Utah State AFGE president. Mr. Hampton was appointed chairman of the U.S. Civil Service Commission by President Richard M. Nixon in January, 1969. He had served eight years prior to this appointment as a Civil Service Commissioner. (Continued on Page 2) J with grade 10 The Monroney Amendment authorizes a procedure whereby special skills for unusual (Continued on Page 6) job WASHINGTON (AFNS) The Air privileged -- is Force a limited communication program between drug abusers and medical per- sonnel, Gen. John D. Ryan, the Air Force chief of staff announced. The purpose of the program is to get drug abusers in the Air Force to voluntarily come forth for medical treatment and possible rehabilitation for return to duty. Under this plan, Air Force members may ask either their commander or medical medical for personnel treatment for their drug problem and will be granted certain limited privileged communication rights. The information (Continued on Page 6) .... ' J r . V mi.ll. ..II. rf v.- V J Nolan Richins and Bon it a Wilkinson. Payroll, check over records as they help with the distribution of approximately $8 million retroactive pay made to wage board employees at Hill AFB. MONRONEY AMENDMENT Comptroller to Speak At Club Lunch Wednesday AFLC Maj. Gen. Joseph R. DeLuca, deputy chief of staff, Comptroller, Air Force Logistics Command, will be the guest speaker at the Hill Administrative Club luncheon Wednesday. March 31. General DeLuca , who served as Ogden AMA deputy commander from August, 1964, to August, 1965, will speak on the "Advanced Logistics System, (ALS)." DRUG ABUSERS AID PLANNED implementing Robert E. Hampton, chairman of the United States Civil Service Commission, will speak at the of American Federation Government Employees second annual federal employees banquet April 17. The event will be held at the Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, with the social hour at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m., according to the The event will be held at the officers' club beginning at 12 noon and will feature prime rib. General DeLuca left Hill AFB for AFLC as deputy director of Supply, and on Aug. 1 , was named director of Supply. This title was changed to deputy chief of staff, Supply, on Feb. 1, 1968. He was named commander of Advanced Logistics System Center Aug. 1, 1969. In February, 1970, he Hq was named AFLC. For his outstanding contribution Air Force to logistics management, General DeLuca was presented the Eugene M. Zukert Management Award by Dr. Harold Brown, secretary of the Air Force. award was General DeLuca 's management leadership Cited in this in developing an improved supply ! s , i I ha Maj. Gen. J. R. DeLuca system to support the operational commands of the Air Force. He directed the implementation of advanced techniques utilizing electronic data processing, high speed communications, and airlift of critical items which enabled the Air Force to meet increased supply demands of Southeast Asia within and budgetary manpower constraints. A native of Greenville, Pa., he became an instructor in the (Continued on Page 2) |