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Show i SPECIAL fx V Vet Ulri fc 24 No. 21 J OGDEN. UTAH May 30, 33 I c carte dining soon The Airmen's Dining Hall will convert from conventional food service operations to a Modified A La Carte System (MALCS) on for seconds, amount spent by cash customers, and the credit expended on meal cards. There are definite benefits apparent under the a la carte system. One of the main benefits will be the increased ability to provide higher quality meals for the subsistence-in-kin- d personnel July 1. Under the Modified A La Carte System each item served on the dining hall's menu is precosted. Personnel who are meal card holders will continue to eat totally at government expense without restrictions; however, the food they select during dining hall transactions will be processed through the cash registers to maintain accountability. Those receiving basic allowance for subsistence (BAS) will be required to pay for each menu selection, thus eliminating the standard cost, full meal concept presently in mmmMMm - (SIK). According to Air Force officials, dining hall patrons at various test bases have shown a preference for the a la carte system. They found that item pricing provides the freedom to pay only for the items the customer wants. Officials also discovered that individual servings had a positive impact on improving portion control, decreasing plate wasteland particularly-oimproving progressive cooking. As a result of the a la carte program, increased emphasis is placed on food merchandising such as food preparation in tat t'sS'tM tun V ' 2 1 n force. Under the a la carte program, dining hall patrons will no longer be required to sign cash collection and signature record forms. The dining hall will install Data Terminal 500 food cost registers programmed to store information such as the number of persons on BAS and meal card status, number returning r . small quantities that is progressively prepared and attractively presented throughout meal periods to enhance freshness and quality of the food. Hil l J't'iTI Am , , Hr'TTT Tsk, Tsk, such waste Sherlock Ohms shook his head in disbelief when he saw all the windows open In the airmen's dorms while air conditioners were churning away. (U.S. Air Force Photo) Vital defense need Ma u s A I R F 0 R C E MX do.dH tf.O:L:,-iroQi- missiles Strategic Triad, these land-base-d account for a major share of the deterrent which discourages attack on the U.S." General Burke pointed out that the strength of the Triad rests in our ability to upgrade one leg if it becomes vulnerable, while the other two remain strong. "We are facing such a problem now with our ICBMs," he said. . basing. As Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, General Burke spoke to a packed house of military and civilian guests at the Officers "Experts" chided He said that more than 35 reasonable major criticisms of the system and the Air Force's plans to lessen local objectives to its Club, ; The event was covered by several news media representatives from Salt Lake City. "I'm not ready to say that the Soviets are going to 'push the button' and start a nuclear war. But I do know they believe they can fight and win a nuclear exchange," he said. He noted that Soviet expenditures in research and development last year were staggering. Soviet ICBMs, he added, now possess a greater degree of accuracy than we thought possible at this point. "While as a matter of national policy, we have no active civil defense program, the Soviets are spending billions in that area. They have more general officers in civil defense than we have in the entire Air Force. "With the unexpected breakthroughs in accuracy of Soviet ICBMs, Minuteman and Titan silos are increasingly vulnerable to attack. As one of the three legs of the U.S. prbjgnn - In an address here recently, Lt. Gen. Kelly Burke said that, "The MX is the nation's most vital defense need of the century." Speaking to a joint dinner sponsored by the Daedalians and the Air Force Association, the general highlighted the need for the MX, the -- alternatives had been examined over the last ten years to maintain the strength of the land-base-d leg of the Triad. "Those analysts and defense officials on whose shoulders fall the responsibility of defense of our country have all concluded the MX to be the best answer to the problem," he noted. There are other solutions, but none provides security from Soviet attack as does the MX in its multiple protective shelter design. General Burke recalled, "A European once said, 'You Americans are sometimes guilty of paralysis by analysis.' That's what we're approaching in recent vocal criticism of the basing mode of MX. I call it 'technological filibustering.' We're seeing a parade of the 'invention of the week.' Sooner or later, we've got to stop talking and start acting." SUM scored of the week" noted of "inventions One these by General Burke is the SUM, or submersible underwater missile. He said that the SUM concept first stood, for Shallow Underwater Missile, until someone discovered that small The Hill Top Times is an unofficial newspaper published every Friday in the interest of personnel at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, of Air Force Logistics Command. It is published by MoiMedia Sales, Inc., 1152 West Hiverdalc Koad, Ogden. Utah K44:i. a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Air Force. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers submarines crusing just over the continental shelf were "sitting ducks" for underwater nuclear explosives. Such an explosion within SO miles of the sub would render it useless. "So the 'experts' just changed its name to Submersible Underwater Missile," he said. "Submersible underwater that sounds a bit redundant to me! When that idea (strapping missiles on to small, shallow-wate- r subs) was taken to the submarine manufacturers, they thought it was a joke." Accuracy of Soviet ICBMs now makes the underwater nuclear detonation a real threat to SUM. Soviet capabilities in detecting and destroying submarines will most likely make that leg of the Triad vulnerable in a few years. Placing the MX in submarines also abandons the land-base- d leg of the Triad and allows the Soviet Union to concentrate its efforts only on the remaining two. MX detailed With the basing concept of MX (multiple protective shelters), the design calls for 4,600 d shelters to house 200 missiles in Nevada and deserts. Each missile the Utah would be secretly moved within its own set of shelters, so that Soviet planners could never be sure which shelter to target One Soviet warhead would be required to knock out one MX missile. However, since target planners could never be sure of the exact location of the MX, they would be (Continued on page 2) earth-covere- are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Air of advertisements, including supplements and inserts, in this Force. not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Air Force of products publication, docs or services advertised., The-appearan- ce ,,,,,, |