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Show The Saga of Mr. P. I Kill Unwanted Water Plants 2LT Robert Weldon Rawley has been assigned to the Deseret Test Center, Fort Douglas as command of the Army Materiel The use of lasers to destroy Command, to determine the efis unwanted water plants being of zapping water hyacinths fects studied at the Army Missile Com(Editor1! note: Photograph and story courtesy of Ron with the giant laser. Working with Stephens. Photo Branch) of Engimand for the Army Corps To the newcomers of Dugway who repeatedly ask "What do is a biologist you do around here for excitement?" water hya- MICOM physicists you may have missed the entertainment "Happening- - of the year. The event will be overlooked by neers. Such plants as who tha from nearby college, which grows aliove the Earl Wilson and Dan Valentine, but should be recorded in the archives of western lore. For on the cinth, lasers that eorizes may destroy 17th of Auimst. Dugwav was invaded! water, and the water milfoil, which plants by deactivating tiiymes or water's surface, the beneath as attending Hair or Calcutta but the "Swining Set" of grows dowu genetic materiDugwayites who witnessed Mr. P's performance are now creating a serious problem by breaking were overheard saying, "A real hair raiser." lasers If al. prove effective, the)' in water transportation. No satisThe preliminaries cot under- 0 could le mounted on planes or found been has factory technique way during the morning hours to quickly rid a lake or river to get rid of the pesky plants. boats when Mr. P was discovered by a of unwanted plants, thereby openmethods and Chemicals biological group of children, doing his to transportation. The inhave both been tried but unwanted ing it "thing," in the towering Chinese beam of a laser can melt or tense both to drawlacks effects side are Elin surrounding the post swimvaporize small areas of any matemethods. ming pool. Mr. P had selected the rial. Unlike ordinary light, it puts with a continuous Experiments swaying trees for concealment beam carbon dioxide laser are now all its output into light with one until nightfall. Within the hour, on at MICOM. a major siuVj narrow wavelength. going Mr. P was shaken loose from his hide-ou- t by the uncontrollable vigilante s. Pursued most of the day by this posse, Mr. P reacted quickly and took refuge within the compounds of the fortification surrounding the locked swimming pool. At sundown, the deputies arrived, including SP4 Robert Downard of the MP Company, armed with an "animal holding noose" and a key to Mr. P's Fort. The men in Kaki approached with caution, for their eight weeks of training failed to inform them of Mr. P and his potential. But they all seemed aware of his concealed DOVE check weapons in the fur of his rump and tail. They knew he wasn't a marksman at distance, but within limits he could be painful. Mr. P is a rare site around residential areas but will tresspass during night in search of fruit (not plentiful at Dugway), roots, and vegetable substances, or maylie, just maylie, he wanted to swim. He probalily wasn't aware of the op- metropolitan surrounding and glow over another eventful day, Mr. P crawled away leaving a trail erating hours! We will never know realsed into the "Living Desert." of unused quills liehind. for Mr. P was removed from this As the setting sun cast a warm Technical The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., August 29, 1969 Officer Operations Rawley was last assigned to the CBR course at Fort Ala. 2LT n, r . . W P..M D ..1 Vi'itf been assigned to Dugway as the J Marshall. Capt. new Provost Pegg was previously assigned to Million Base, Texas. William Hayes. HHC, has lieen promoted to Specialist 5. John B. Irons, HHC, has Iwen promoted to Specialist 3. 'SO. 115 fINAUY cone fount !.' 5EASL PENS SEPT. . 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