Show LocalMetro TV Standard-Examine- r Obituaries Classifieds Saturday November 19 1988 Blast buckles bunker SCOn By BONTZ Standard Examtner start LAKESIDE — Almost half a million pounds of explosives instantly excavated a crater and hurled debris more than 2 miles high Friday afternoon in a test of an experimental munitions shelter Unmanned cameras showed the blast the largest ever in Utah also obliterated one of the munitions buildings and appeared to swallow another but three were left standing Air Force officials were hopeful the test of the buildings was a success But they won’t know for sure until today when they venture to the crater on the Utah Test and Training Range to see if the second shelter simply collapsed or was blown apart by bombs inside “If (bombs inside the second shelter) detonated we would have to say that it’s unsuccessful” said Lt Col James Humphrey a weapons safety officer not immediately The investigated after the 1:03 pm detonation because it may have been littered with smoldering or unexploded ordnance which must be disposed of by a bomb squad The test was of the Hayman igloo an experimental munitions shelter developed at Hill Air Force Base It is assembled with Gary site-wa- s A Service honors By MARJORIE CORTEZ LAYTON — Retired Lt Col John Jacob Martin was a man who took his vows seriously friends said during a memorial service for him Friday Martin served 40 years with the US Army earning the Silver Star for thwarting an enemy attack at the Remagen Bridge during World War II and five air medal clusters representing more than 175 successfully completed combat chain-reactio- corn” Planners had calculated the ex-S- ee Aljoe Martin takes a last look at the casket Capt James D of the 96th Reserve Command accompanies her Ho-ho- sh flights In addition to service to his country Martin was devoted to his wife Aljoe In May the couple celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary “He was a very close friend and a fine officer” said retired Lt Col Robert Shaffer during the funeral service at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary Martin who was the first Army pilot to WWII qualify as a helicopter pilot died Nov 12 at his Lake Havasu Anz summer home at the age of 7 1 The former Lay ten resident was buried at the Kaysville City Cemetery with full military honors Standard Examiner Davis Bureau te proves successful and is adopted it could save millions of dollars for NATO alliance countries The test simulated the accidental explosion of 500000 pounds of TNT — the maximum amount of explosives allowed in a US military shelter The object was to see if the blast would trigger a n detonation inside three surrounding igloos “You want one building and one building only to go” test chief Maj Mike Dougherty said “You don’t want the old pop- r small crowd gathers around John J Martin’s grave listening to a prayer at the service prefabricated concrete panels Air rather than poured Force officials said if the igloo on-si- ClarkStandard-Examme- Though Martin and Shaffer did not serve together in wartime their paths crossed frequently Despite his accomplishments in the military Martin was not a braggart and preferred telling humorous stories to talking about himself Shaffer said “To pass the Army's swim test you had to swim 50 yards There wasn’t anything buoyant about him He passed the Army swimming test by walking on the bottom of the pool” Shaffer said Martin's modesty was exemplified in a letter he wrote earlier this year when he was honored as a distinguished member of the Transportation Corps Regiment hero “It is difficult for me to pin down significant contributions in my career because those I think of as significant occurred only because I was at the right place at the right time” Martin wrote Buss Williams another of Martin’s friends said he did not know Martin during World War II but he was at Remagen Bridge when Martin scrambled a German attack “I was one of those ground forces at Remagen Bridge” Williams said “That damn fool (German pilot) directing that airplane was that a damn fool" The Remagen Bridge was the only access across the Rhine River that was not destroyed before Allied soldiers advanced into Germany in the months preceding the end of the war Martin helped develop the US Army Transportation School and wrote some of its first manuals " BLAST on 2C Students kick up in dance protest WSC computer survives flight Student to begin deciphering information recorded By PAT BEAN Standard Examiner staff OGDEN — Despite hitting the ocean at 50 mph the computer package put together by Weber State College students survived ride into space its a commercial aboard Thursday rocket launched from Cape Canaveral “It did run It did record Yahoo!” said an excited Robert Twiggs director of WSC’s Center for Aerospace Technology He announced the project's success at the college Friday while simultaneously pointing to the data retrieved from the computer as it flashed across a cqmputer terminal screen The video image was a seemingly meaningless rows of numbers but Twiggs said John Lund — one of the four students who put the tiny computer in its five-minu- foam-packe- d te by ch 10-in- canister — has a computer pro gram that will decipher the data The computer was designed to measure the acceleration and altitude of the rocket as well the barometric pressure and temperature It also switched on a Morton Thiokol experiment aboard the rocket Twiggs said the main parachute attached to the rocket’s nose cone which plummeted into the Atlantic Ocean failed to open He said a smaller chute did work however and was sufficient to slow the payload to 50 mph before it hit the water The LOFT-- 1 rocket launched by Aerospace Corp of Titusville Fla was the first commercial venture to be shot into space from NASA and Air Force facilities Twiggs said it should take Lund a couple of days to analyze the data The foam packed around the computer inside the canister is in space the material used as insulation around windows Twiggs said He said although the college is “short on money” there’s been no lack of ingenuity in accomplishing projects A small transistor radio and a paint shaker were used to test the effectiveness of the packing design He said Ralph Butler who designed the package was excited because the radio still worked after being given the test treatment The computer package was sent by express mail to the college after its Thursday morning retrieval The information Lund gleans from the computer data will be and to Morreturned to ton Thiokol Twiggs said In addition to the WSC computer and Thiokol experiment paint-shak- LOFT-- 1 By CAROL MacPHERSON (Launch Operations so “We have 1350 students that means 1188 were not interested in going That's not enough student interest” he said In addition to the lack of interest Leatham said he was worried about the dance itself He said he wants all dances sponsored by the school to be “first class” and feared this one wouldn’t measure up because of a lack of planning Leatham said students planned to play taped music instead of having a band or a disc jockey and had to cut plans for decorations because of costs That meant the dance “wouldn’t be a quality affair” he said tt Senior class president Dan said it was unfair to cancel the dance after all the planning that went into it He said the sale of 30 tickets would have covered OGDEN — Bursting into screams of “we want the dance” about 30 Ogden High students Friday protested the cancellation of their scheduled Friday night Judy er Flight Test) carried a biology experiment from a Huntsville Ala high school and a data collection only 62 tickets had been sold Standdrd Examiner staff OwensStandard-Examine- r WSC student Clint Lewis dismantles testing device and telemetry system from the University of Alabama at Huntsville Weber State began getting publicity for space projects in 1985 when it became the first college satellite to have a student-bui(NUSAT1) launched into space That venture opened numerous aerospace doors school officials have said lt dance The protest inside the school building died however when lunch ended and students were threatened with suspension if they didn't go to class The students — who said they wanted to dance not cause trouble — went to class Despite the protests and the concerns of some parents the dance did not take place Assistant Principal Larry said the dance was called off because of a school rule that calls for dances to be canceled if fewer than 100 tickets are sold By Thursday afternoon he said Lea-tha- Bur-de- m See DANCE on 2C Ogden police group to have a ball raising funds for needy OGDEN — Last year the Ogden Police Benefit Association sent a terminally ill child his family and his best friend to Disneyworld in Florida It also provided Christmas for two indigent Ogden families and hosted a holiday party for 25 underprivileged children The group with approximately 105 members helps the area needy and its fellow police officers with monies earned from an annual fund raiser This year’s Policeman’s Ball set for tonight from 8 to midnight at the Radis-so- n Suite Hotel Ballroom features danc- ing to ballroom and contemporary music Tickets are available at the door for $12 per couple Chris Zimmerman treasurer of the association and chairman of the dance said the first policeman’s ball was held in 1913 The event was discontinued in the 1960s and brought back to life four A 1917 shot at the Ogden policeman’s ball i years ago “The association had a series of benefit drives which didn't seem as successful as the dance had been We decided to go back to tradition — to something We Salute bringing his date to a man who comes to enjoy the ballroom dancing” Zimmerman said association While the makes charitable contributions Howell said its overall focus is to assist fellow year-ol- By Amy Joi Bryson d non-prof- it Standard Examiner stall which had worked before” Zimmerman said Both Zimmerman and Phil Howell the association’s president said the ball is a good way for people to have fun and at the same time help someone else “For 12 bucks you can go to an event which is not only fun but at the same and time contribute to the local police vouth and charitable organizations” said Howell The two men said the ball has been growing in popularity and diversity “The first year we had small attendance the second year there was a bad storm so it was even less the third year was good and last year it was really crowded” Zimmerman said He said people of all ages and in ail types of clothing attend the event “We get everything from tuxedos and to a sport coat and a formal gown We get everything from an 18- pantsuit T officers in need “One of the goals is to assist our officers more when they have big trouble and they're off months at a time We’d to like to gel enough money put away officers” these further in supporting go Howell said Zimmerman who has been treasurer of the dance for two years said several Ogden police officers have been helped through the association “Two years ago we helped an officer who got multiple sclerosis He had of years before retirement but then he was confined to a wheelchair With the money we received we went in and redid his house so he could get around" he said Zimmerman said the association also helps retired officers who have trouble See SALUTE on 2C 4 |