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Show j it III 1 W Guide to Shows At Las Vegas fW MMJfeTMSMBty3JBig8 (Editors Notet The following guide to entertainment in Las Vegas, Nev., is furnished by the travel desk at the DPG Recreation Center, courtesy Mrs. ODell B. Avinger, director.) imtnnrti1i ALADDIN: Barry Ashtons edition of This Is Burlesque 74, shows at 10 p.m., 12:30 a.m., Saturday 9 p.m, 11:30 p.mM 1:30 a.m. (Sunday). The Lounge is closed for remodeling. CAESARS PALACE: Tom Jones, dinner shows at 8 p.m., 12 midnight. Continuous entertainment in the Lounge. CASTAWAYS Lounge: Rusty Isabel, 6 p.m. thru 3 a.m. CIRCUS CIRCUS: Show, Viva Mexico, continuous; World Premiere Circus Acts, Main Arena, continuous. DESERT INN: Jimmy dean, 8 p.m. and midnight. Sept. 10 thru Oct. 7. DUNES: Art and Dotty Todd,- - Casino de Paris 74, Oct. 29; dinner shows and midnight; Russ Morgan Orchestra with Jack Morgan, thru Oct. 24; Dome of the Sea: Kippy Lou. FLAMINGO: Lovelace Watkins and Myron Cohen, Aug. 22 thru Sept, 11; Bobby Vinton, Sept. 12 thru Oct. 2; Mills Bros., Dovells, John MacNally, Aug. Fats Domino, Johnny Tillotson and Kim Bros., Aug. 15 thru Sept. 11; Kim Sisters, Sept. 12 thru Oct. 9. FOUR QUEENS: Bobby Douglas, continuous. FREMONT; Minskys 74, continuing. FRONTIER: Robert Goulet and Foster Brooks, Aug. 29 thru Sept. 18; Wayne Newton Sept. 19 thru Sept. 30. HACIENDA: Spice on Ice 74. HOLIDAY CASINO: Dixie Land Band and Follies, starring JoAnne Castle. LANDMARK: Charlie Shaffer and Rich Bono; Star Search with Red Mcllvaine. LAS VEGAS HILTON: Elvis Presley, Aug. 19 thru Sept. Bill Liberace with Little Angel, Sept. 2; Cosby, Sept. 17 thru Oct. 7; Chubby Checker, August 29; Dick Clark Rock n Roll Show, Sept. 30; Four Tops, Sept. 11 thru Oct. 1. all-ne- w - ,'fc!' r,VV' ' ' - ? s Remember When? This was Dugway Proving Ground in 1947. English Village (Easy Area) had not been built This area, shown from the south side of Five-Mil- e Hill, later was known as Dog Area, now as Ditto Technical Area. Note the narrow, uneven paved road, laid right on the desert floor, leading to the post. Picture is from the files of Joseph S. Poloskey, who already had been at Dugway for three years when it was taken. J. Beckstrand Assigned in Post B. Poloskey Training Branch (Continued from Front Page) civilian caretakers. During this time my late wife, the former Kay Murray of Windber, Pa., was manager of the Post Exchange. change. THEY remained when the 1950, post was reopened in July their with living at Dugway sons and Marie Rose daughter 1956 In Larry, Jerry and Gary. in Clothey built their home and miles 18 ver exactly 105 curves, each way, over to Johnsons Pass from home work every day. The present main post area, built English Village, had been some four years earlier. Poloskey continued with Post Engito neers, having been assigned work maintenance preventive in 1954. He is now working in Carr Facility, not far from where it all began in 1942. Joe Poloskey was bom in Pennsylvania in 1914. Before World War II he worked in the coal mines in the Windber area. He was inducted into the Army in June 1942 at Ft. Meade, MA, and served with an engineer battalion at Camp McCoy, Wis., before go- 6; Newly assigned with the Civilian Personnel Division is Or-ri- n B. (B.J.) Beckstrand, Jr., an employe development specialist, formerly of Las Cruces, N.M. Transferring to Dugway last week from White Sands Missile Range, Beckstrand has assumed his new duties as administrator of DPGs civiliantraining programs. A NATIVE of Salt Lake City, Beckstrand is a 1967 graduate of the University of Utah with a bachelor of science degree in zoology. He attended New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, while employed in the Civilian Personnel Division at White Sands. He received his M.A. degree in educational psychology in 1972. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Beckstrand, now of Bountiful. B. J. began his government service with the Post Office in Bountiful in 1967. In 1968 and 1969 he was employed with the U.S. Army at Oakland, Calif., as a personnel trainee and personnel assistant ing to Camp White. HIS FIRST wife died more IIE BECAME an employe than two years ago after a in specialist development brief illness. Last fall he and 1969 and transferred to White the former Mrs. Grace Erick, Sands. He has received several, son, of Tooele, were marred. promotions and has been Between them they have se- awarded of certificates ven children, all grown and achievement at both Oakland gone from home, and nine and White Sands. grandchildren. During family His wife is the former Ceceget- - tog ethers at the home in lia M. Ruthardt of El Paso, Clover, it is a lively place. Texas, and Las Cruces. The The four Poloskey children Beckstrands are living at Dugspent their e arly years at Dug- way at 71-E. Second St. way. Rose Marie is Mrs. Jack Bracken, now living in Tooele with her husband and son Bobby. Gary and his wife, Rosa Lee, and their daughter also live in Tooele. (Continued from Front Page) Jerry, a graduate of the University of Utah, is a school government considerable ex--. teacher in Murray. Larry, fol- pense. lowing in his fathers footsteps Employed at Dugway since is living at Dugway and is 1971, Eckard lives in Salt Lake employed with Facilities En- City with his wife Marilyn and their two sons. gineering Division. SO THE name Poloskey Ls Edward J. Sanches is a not disappearing from the rolls proof technician in the Test at Dugway even though Im reDivision. He was raised in Tooele and presently lives there tiring, says Joe. He is looking forward to re- with his wife, Bonita, and their tirement spending more time three children. . with children and grandchildIn listening to his fellow-worker- s, ren and doing some of the Sanchez was impressaround to dont ed their things you get by acceptance of the while youre working. new concept that they were He has in mind more bowl- now able to go to an EEO ing and fishing, devoting more counselor, one of their peers, time to his music, and doing to voice their complaints, insome traveling. stead of having to approach "I have enjoyed, my 30 their supervisor or go to the years at Dugway and have Personnel Office. They felt made many friends, he conthey would be able to speak cludes. I will miss them, but more freely concerning their wont be far away at my home complaint. in Clover. When the opportunity to serve as an EEO counselor presented itself, Sanchez was eager to become involved in the A EEO i Post Engineer Building Utilities Shop, 1916 x Dugways post engineer building of 28 years ago was this structure in the known today as Ditto Technical Area. The wooden frame building, with tar paper for siding, was typical of thousands that sprang up at military installations throughout the country during World War II. (Photo courtesy J. S. Poloskey) com-ple- Interior of post utilities shop in picture taken in 1946. Shop was in the area later known as Dog Area, now Ditto Technical Area. stove, at left, was needed to heat the shop during cold winter months. (Photo courtesy J. S. Poloskey) Pot-bellie- d Includes Tooele County program. Air Force Explains Low Level Flights Pilots NELLIS AFB, Nev. of Nellis Air Force Bases 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (474th TFW) are flying their swing-win- g routes in over California, Nevada, Arizona and ls low-lev- Utah Dugway Residents, 1955 Poloskey children in front of their quarters in Easy Area (English Village) in February 1955. Rose Marie, in back, is now Mrs. Jack Bracken of Tooele. The boys, from left, are Jerry, now living in Murray; Larry, now at Dugway, and Gary, now of Tooele. (Photo courtesy J. S. Poloskey) Carpentry Shop, 1916 Interior of the post utilities carpentry shop, in what is now Ditto Technical Area, in 1946. Carpenters worked in this shop, a wooden frame building, and on other structures that were being erected at the time. (Photo courtesy J. S. Poloskey) PKEMDENT-Expcnse- x When ail old person, or a survivor of a deceased employee, receives more ininiey from social security than he is legally entitled to, the government collects every last cent of the overpayment, if need lie by attaching the checks of these often helpless and wholly innocent recipients. And when the government somehow overpays its employees, it also collects every last cent of the indebteness, not infrccpienlly by attaching the of these innocent persons. It actually takes an act of Congress to forgive such an Indditedncsx. It now seems tliat the government has spent upward of $13 million to enhance the private properties , of a prominent employee; namdly, pay-chec- i J the President of the lf.S. There is not a shred of evidence to suggest that more than a fraction of these expenditures were in any way warranted. Therefore, it seems plain that tlse Government has overcompcnsaled this employee and that the taxpayers are due a refund. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez Patronize the advertisers who make your post newspaper possible. I.et them know you saw their ads in THE SAMPI.ER. Support business firms who advertise in your post news- paper. t Q. How many Vietnam- - era veterans has the Veterans Administration placed on college campuses to expedite educational assistance checks to veterans and otherwise assist with veterans affairs? A. Almost 98 per cent of 1,300 vet reps working in the man- - on- - campus program are Vietnam- - era veterans. the Payroll Savings join Plan to buy US Savings Bonds. You wont find a letter investment. Airport Operations Building The original operations building at Michael Field, Dugway Proving Ground, is si town in this picture taken in 1946. Today the field has modem facilities, including control tower, and a 13,125- - foot runway one of the longest of any Army- - operated air field. (Ijioto courtesy J. S. Poloskey) i One of the routes carries the westward across Tooele County. THE ROUTES are planned to make maximum use of the available airspace while insuring the highest standards of aviation safety. Overlapping or crossing routes are kept to an absolute minimum. All major airports and congested traffic areas are avoided, while heavily populated areas are completely bypassed. Low altitude navigation practice over closely controlled, published routes is required to insure aircrew proficiency and maintain a strong defense posture. The flights, all well below the planes Q. Does the Veterans Administration, which advocates hiring veterans, practice what it preaches? A. It certainly , does. More than 82 per cent of the nations 87,000 fulltime male more employees are veterans than 20 per cent of them -- Vietnamera veterans. speed of sound, provide a natural of simulated combat variety terrain for fighter crews of the 474th TFW. They are normally flown' five days per week during daylight hours and occasionally continue for almut five hours after sunset. AIRCRAFT flying these routes average 5(10 to KXI0 feet above the terrain. Occasionally, marginal weather will cause some of the powerful to fly the routes 1000 feet aliove the highest terrain within figfiter-liomlic- low-lev- rs el A. The agencys nursing corps increased 4.9 per cent, or 1,015, during 1973. A total of 21,816 nurses provide quality medical care for veterans at 171 hospitals and 206 outpatient dinics. LONELINESS Loneliness is. . . having a discovery alxrnt life, but having no one with whom to share it C. Neil Strait ten nautical miles. LONELINESS private or commercial Loneliness is. . . having an idea pilots are asked to familiarize thbut no where to use it. C. emselves with the routes in the Neil Strait interest of All flying safety. I Message Received ' From DoD Secretary The following message has liecn received from the Secretary erf Defease: It is my responsibility officially to inform all their respective commands and other Defense elements that Richard M. Nixon has resigned his office President of the United States. Mr. Gerald Ford of Michigm the Vice President, succeeds 4o the office of th,ls becomes Commander- - in- - Chief toetS1,iIl0r,e SaiS PWe7 and resPnsihilities that fonctioas ri,thv ?flC?r7 incIudin8 com-mande- S5n Command Authority. n, President and Commander- - in-- Chief. Mr Ford will hve, consistent with our liest traditions, the fullest support, dedication and loyalty of all members of the Department erf Defense. JAMES R. SCIILESINGER Secretary of Defense As 1DNEUNESS Loneliness is . . . walking through some dark moment in life without a friend to support you, or without a friend who cares. C. Neil Strait Q. How many nurses are caring for the nations veterans at Veterans Administration hospitals? |