Show Plan County Meeting With Ground Observer Corps r j I- I l' l rF fJ iI j i Y t S SI SM r I M The above group met last week to plan a January meeting for the Ground Observer Corps members of Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete C County They join in inviting all citizens to this meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing when Air Ail Defense Command Officials will be on hand to pr present sent the program and answer questions Pictured are Alan Smith Stan Jorgensen Kent Thur Thursby Lloyd 0 O. Paul Baile Bailey Lt U. Col Glen F. F Marston l and andRex andRex andRex Rex Kellett I Colonel Colon l Glen F. F Marston 1 Air Defense Liason Laason Officer for Ut Utah Utah Utah Ut- Ut ah and other members of the theAir theAir theAir Air Defense Command will meet with representatives of Sanpete I. I Cities Monday evening to schedule schedule schedule dule training classes for Ground Observer Corps units The meeting meeting meet meeting meet meet- ing will be held in the Sanpete County Co Court rt House in Manti Colonel Marston Marston met with Ci Civil Civil Ci- Ci vil vii Defense officials and A i f r I Defense leaders of the county last week to explain the ur urI urgency urgency ur- ur I gency of getting the program in inte into into in- in to te operation He said that Utah has been on a reserve status insofar as Ground Observer Corps action is concerned but that the state has now been put rut on a h 24 hour 24 ur alert I The Colonel said the Air Force I i ij is j being charged with 90 percent of the country's air defense and that they must rely heavily on the Ground Observer Corps He i isaid I s said id we wc must match the preparedness preparedness preparedness edness efforts of the USSR and said they seek Observer posts in Utah This is an nn ur urgent urgent urgent ur- ur gent matter he said and urged a good attendance at the county meeting so that the Air Force may present its cause On a national basis the Colonel Colonel Colonel Col Col- onel said we need an estimated one million volunteer ground observers He pointed out that Salt Lake City Colorado Springs 01 or Albuquerque New Mexico are just 7 hours flying time from the nearest modern Soviet oviet bombers i No Simple Task Task Task- Colonel Marston 1 said he had hada a H great deal of admiration for citizens who gave of their time timeto timet t to man observer posts in outlying outlying outlying out out- lying areas where few planes are ever spotted He said the posts may be manned by young or old by men or women and said sid civic social and church groups have taken over posts in many areas This he said is certainly a tribute to the patriotism of those who stand watch vatch in defense of their coun coun- try Figures show that some planes fly each day in the U. U US U.S. S. S and through radar and ground observers the thc Air Defense Command Command Command Com Com- mand seeks to make a check on one e each ch and every everyone one of them Prove Worth orth The worth of the Ground Ob Observer Observer Observer Ob- Ob server Corps was proved in a avery avery avery very striking way during an nn alert a- a lert called just recently the Colonel said This alert called for the Strategic Air Ail Command to send large and fast bombers Continued on last page el SANPETE CITIES TO PLAN GROUND O OBSERVER SERVER CORPS TRAINING MONDAY NIGHT Continued from pa page e 1 in mock attacks against vital installations throughout the na na- na tion I I One bomber eluded all radar installations flying from California California California Cali Cali- fornia over Nevada Southern Utah itah and Arizona and then making making making mak mak- ing its mock attack against the Rocket Launching Station at San Dia New Mexico This plane would have been able to de destroy destroy destroy de- de stroy all of the installations at that important base according to Colonel Marston The only report on the flight of the bomber bomber bomber bom bom- ber came from a Ground Observer Observer Observer Ob Ob- server server- in Orderville Utah In such an instance that one Ground Observer proved more valuable be to his country than all of the millions of dollars worth of radar sites the plane was able to pass by-pass by charting a careful course the Colonel told 0 |