Salt Lake Community College Student Newspapers | 1965-03-01 | Page 1 | Man at Red Phone to Tell Students of Alert Program

Man Mall at Red Phone To Tell Students I Of Alert Program Trade Tech students w v will i II 11 chat with ith a t top o p military man who vho is isi i ready to push this nations nation's panic button This v will i 11 happen during the March l 1 19 9 assembly when a telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone company official establishes a hookup between bet the Trade Tech auditorium an and and d North American Air Defense Headquarters at Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado Springs Colo C. C L. L Van Tan Utah customer customer cus cus- tomer turner relations supervisor for the theM M J S States tates Cates Telephone a and n d T Telegraph Co will vill direct the assembly assembly assembly assem assem- bly program Students will vill be able to speak to the briefing officer at NORAD r h e a s said a aid i d W V r. r V Van a n r They may ask him questions questions questions ques ques- about this country's readiness to meet an enemy attack NORAD Headquarters i is s t the h e nerve center for detecting an enemy to attack and alerting defense units Its It's where the famous red telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone is located T TH li 11 e briefing officer wi vi 11 b b. be e eing taking ing t to o 0 Trade T Tech ech Students over a n telephone but it wont won't be the red one me Th That's ats at's reserved for national emergency conversations Mr 1 Van explained that the students will vill hear the briefing officer from a loudspeaker They will vill talk to the man at Colorado Springs through a microphone that the telephone company official will pass to students who vho have questions about the alert system J James faculty advisor to the A Assembly C Committee ommittee said a similar assembly w was vas as staged last year at Trade Tech Teen and it proved to be one of the most popular of the year Mr 11 Van will vill speak to the show v a a brief movie a and n d turn on the communications hookup with Colorado Springs He suggested that students begin thinking early about questions they might t like to ask the briefing officer office offic offic- er er- erat at the combat operations center that would spring into activity if any country attacked t the h e United Stat States s. s