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Show November 23, had to call back on the appointment number. I still don't have an appointment. How can I get a well baby appointment? The appointment section at the hospital is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. When it is closed and a call is received a recording instructs the patient to call the Emergency Room if there is an emergency or to call the appointment section the next day. Doctor's appointments at the hospital are scheduled two weeks in advance, thus each morning there are many calls to take care of. If the clerk is talking on one of the lines the second line may ring for a short period of time before it can be answered or put on " hold. Because of the reduction of physicians in the Pediatrics Clinic, the three month and nine month well baby checkups have been discontinued. The six month checkup is scheduled one month in advance. Appointment clerks are instructed to advise the caller when to call back in order to arrange a schedule for the next well baby checkup. (Appointments in the well baby clinic are not scheduled more than one month in advance. Past ex- - HILL TOP TIMES 1973 perience has shown that too many appointments are broken when they are made over a month in advance.) In my opinion the MPH speed limit between the truck gate and the west gate into Clearfield is unnecessarily slow. Could a higher speed by posted? The posted speed limit on Arsenal Road between the truck gate and the west gate is 40 MPH. The 25 MPH speded limit shown on the yellow sign is advisory and indicates the suggested safe speed as heavy trucks enter and leave the Defense Property Disposal area (previously known as Redistribution and Marketing.) The lower speed limit was placed there because of heavy traffic. Q 25 Q Open season for health insurance changes comes in November but the new premiums and the benefit changes do not become effective until the next January. At the time of open season it is not known what the premiums and changes will be. As these changes will affect our decision to change our health coverage, could the new premiums and changes be made known at the time of open season, or the open season delayed until after the changes The base distribution section has received notification 4 (Health Benefits Rates), BRI that BRI (Aetna Brochure) and BRI 5 (Blue Cross Blue Shield Brochure) have been shipped from the Air Force Distribution Center. All required forms should be distributed base wide prior to open season. The Civil Service Commission sets the period for open season each year. Therefore, any postponement of open season could only come through Civil Service Commission authority. As in past years, all brochures and health benefit rates are distributed directly from the base distribution section to each division. Any employee not receiving a brochure should contact his supervisor. 41-2- 41-2- 12 41-2- Telephone number of the publisher of the Hill Top Times is carried on page 6 of each issue. If classified ads are not received before the printer's deadline they are delayed until the next issue. o Give a Chrisimas present by conserving electricity the holiday season rapidly approaching, thoughts are already beginning to turn With all the familiar preparations that are a part of to Christmas. Presents, decorations, and the many traditions that go with Christmas, we have come to look forward to as eagerly as the day of celebration itself. It is no surprise to any of us this year, however, that certain commodities are in short supply throughout the world, the most critical being various forms of energy. They are shortages which are a result of several causes, but they are real to us at parties all Nlaj. Gen. Bryc e Poe II: want to talk a few minutes not about the energy crisis so much about the specific measures we're taking to deal with it as with the nature of crisis itself - sort of the big picture. We in the United States are almost addicted to the use of energy. With only six per cent of the world's population we use 30 per cent of the world's energy and half of the energy comes from petroleum. I -- The biggest user of oil is the automobile, consuming about 50 per cent of all petroleum per gallon and, because we share our cars so little, we get less than 30 passenger miles per gallon. If we could only add one person per car, we could save about 300,000 barrels of gas every day. Buses do much better, giving passenger miles per gallon. So our use of oil has steadily risen until where wc now require 17'i million barrels of oil per day. About three years ago, our own supplies of it began to drop, so now, of that 17V2 million barrels, 6 million come from outside the U.S. and 2'i of the 6 million from the Arab countries. Last Spring, when we first began to see gas stations closed on weekends, the shortage was estimated to be about 3 to 5 percent. The were primarily tanker and refinery limitations. Then came the reasons war and, shortly thereafter, the Arab boycott. This raised the shortage to 15 to 20 percent or 2 to 3 million barrels per day. Mid-Eas- t of a sudden, we had jumped from a nuisance o a real crisis, situation showing up first in heating, diesdl and jet fuel, but clearly present and will continue for some time to come. Because of these shortages, I believe it necessary to reduce our use of energy in every way possible in order to reserve available supplies for our real necessities. Our mission and our families needs must take first priority, with all other uses coming second. For these reasons, I feel it necessary to ask everyone to conserve where they can as cold weather approaches. In particular, I ask that you all make an effort to reduce your personal use of electricity during this holiday season, a time when energy reaches a yearly peak. through such means that we will succeed. at decorations with lighting at several central points such as the main gates and chapel, and interior lighting will not be affected; but we must do consumption normally Christmas decorations are one of the largest consumers ; the exterior lighting we have become accustomed to using each year on Hill AFB has been estimated will We ' ap- proximately 200,000 kilowatt hours, It is one area in which we can make urgently needed energy savings. I ask that we use no exterior lighting in our decorations this year, neither in family housing areas nor on military or industrial buildings. All Federal agencies have been directed by Executive Order to make substantial cuts in normal usage, and it is only continue without all other exterior lighting this Christmas season. I encourage everyone continue with other to non-illuminat- ed exterior decorations, however; and as in occasional years past we will again present awards for best decorated buildings, both in family housing areas and in industrial areas. several 17 are known? Can the printer's telephone number be published in the Hill Top Times to enable employees to follow-u- p on classified ads which have not been published? A Page A letter will be sent to all those eligible outlining ihe rules for judging, and basis for awards. Four $25 savings bonds will be awarded for exterior decorations in family quarters, one going to the winner in Area C housing, one to Areas A and B combined and two for Areas D and E (individual awards for officer and enlisted quarters). Within the industrial-militarareas, each directorate, unit, military and tenant organization will be - y invited to submit one or more buildings to be judged as representative of their total organization, an engraved plaque going to the winner in each category, military and industrial. Many such decorations in past years have been colorful and original, a result of many hours of obvious effort, and have added immeasurably to the spirit of our Christmas season. I am sure we will again be afforded the beauty and the true spirit of this cherished tradition, through the many other means and gifts which we Americans have been given in such abundance. At the same time we can present our Christmas gift to the nation - that of conserving valuable energy resources. - Col. James M. Hall. Hill AFB commander Almost addicted to me us of siorgy' 1 You know the quick action is seem to go slow and sort of feel their way. For example, the reduced speed limits are unquestionably right for all of our personal vehicles, but the large diesel trucks are geared to run most efficiently some 15 to 20 miles per hour above the recommended 50 miles per to hour. They can be it the lower limits, but takes time. Agency restrictions will be What about the future? The answer there lies in leading to a tight situation in gasoline by the end of the year. I want to emphasize, however, a very important point. The situation is rough, but with quick action there should be no frozen homes or massive unemployment. already underway. Some Environmental Protection relaxed. Commercial operating hours are reduced, thermostats are being turned down and lights turned off. Car pools make sense, as do reduced speed limits. None of the actions are easy or uncomplicated, however, so bear with officials if they A' y ENKltGY: FACING EXTINCTION America's first settler, the American Indian, found the buffalo to be tailor-mad- e to solve his food and energy problems. He discreetly I .V .V vv .V used the bountiful beast for food, shelter, and clothing and used its waste products, buffalo chips, to cook and heat his tepee. European settlers also found the buffalo to be in demand, especially for his with hide. But, unrestrained slaughtering of buffalo herds, the beast ft was almost extinct by the end of the 19th century. The : results were a food and iv energy crisis for the first Americans. The Federal '& government iv iv All g belatedly passed legislation to keep the buffalo from being completely wiped out, Today, our government is taking mandatory steps and pleading for voluntary ed President Nixon's Project of electricity by the early to Independence, designed 1980's. increase new sources of This exercise is getting top energy to make us in- national priority it will be vulnerable to the kind of incarried on at the same level of ternational blackmail we're effort as the Manhattan now suffering. Project or the He has set up an Energy program. Research and Development So, that's the picture. We'll Administration to work this be doing many things to meet problem. They're looking at this crisis - some will be new uses for coal, oil shale, difficult and others will cause tidal and solar power and discomfort, but if all atomic power, with atomic cooperate, we should be able Man-on-the-Mo- power being the prime source to keep the base functioning and accomplish our mission. One final thought. Even as big as user as we are, the entire Department of Defense, worldwide, only consumes 3.6 per cent of the oil used by the United States. A big effort must be made off base as well in homes, businesses and, especially, in changing to a new set of driving habits. On and off duty, I'm certain that we at Hill AFB will, as always, set a prime example for everyone else to follow. Measures designed to help af Hill New measures to conserve energy at Hill AFB have been degrees. Extemptcd will be the base hospital and several other buildings where higher announced by base officials. Temperatures in most base buildings will be reduced to 67 temperatures are required. Temperatures w ill actions to help solve an '0 energy problem. Although i energy sources are not i on the verge of becoming as depleted as the near : the buffalo, demand for more energy in industry and private sectors has increased to more than available sources. For example, a extinct two car family is com- monplace today. Nearly evcryne has his home and automobile air ditioned... The technology A & -- Si v reductions in operation hours of such base facilities as the commissary and base exbe reduced to the absolute change. The base exchange minumum when facilities are w ill be closed on Sundays after not occupied, such as nights Christmas to save light and heat. Use of inand weekends. Exterior and interior dividual supplemental heaters will not be permitted except lighting are being rcuced to a minimum,. for medical reasons. Measures to save on motor Base officials said that monitors will be assigned to fuel also are being impatrol the various buildings to insure that temperature limits and g other conservation plemented. Base vehicles are restricted to no more than 50 miles per hour. Exempted will be emergency gj vehicles responding situations. to emergency All unnecessary' idling of vehicles and ground powered equipment will be eliminated. No base taxi service will be furnished which duplicates base shuttle bus routes. A scheduled bus service will be set up to serve the Hill Test Range west of Great Salt Lake, eliminating various government station wagons and sedans. A bus service to the Salt Lake City International Airport w ill be set up to reduce the number of runs made by. sedans and station wagons. : con- - a breakthrough. You can help ease the energy crises by using public tran- - j eportation, wtien possible, or by joing car pools. Use t common sense around the home, like turing off ap-pliances and lights when j$ not' needed. Ixt's all do our share and look for ways to do more than our share. 8 y Vt a) v for 3 from producing energy nuclear, solar or thermal & sources is years away from $ (AFNS editorial) measures are being practiced. Also being considered are of outside lights to observe the Christmas-Ne- w Year holiday season mill be curtailed at Hill AFB In a mote to the with to plan government's cooperate conerve energy. The measure will sate an kilowatt estimated 2M hours of electric Hy mrt -i mini 1, -- - tii power used in the past holiday season at Hill. hae officials said. (frj the swith gate, the west gate and outside the new base chapel will be lighted during (ne holidays. The restriction also applies to outside holiday lighting in base housing areas, it was emphasized. Inside lighting, sock as for Christmas trees, window ornaments and other deocratkms, will not b affected. Official suggested that those individuals desiring outside decorations, use such Hems as paper mache bells, cardboard Santa Clauses and wreaths. non-liehte- d |