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• Published in the interest of the personnel of White Sands Missile Range \ . .·. ········· • ·.·.·.•...... ·.·· ... _...... _Volume 24-Number 47 Friday, February 22, 1974 $30 million contract • awarded to Land-Air A five-year, $30-million U.S. Air Force. Alamogordo, WSMR director Army contract for data Under the new contract, of Procurement, and Emery C. collection services on White Dynalectron Land-Air last Ackerman of Las Cruces, Sands Missile Range has been week began its 25th year as the contracting officer, reported awarded to the Dynalectron major data collection con­ that 57 companies submitted Corp., Land-Air Division. tractor on the range. Initially preliminary proposals or The firm's main offices are under an Air Force contract competitive bids for the new in Washington, D.C., while and later under Army con­ contract, including the winning offices for the local operations tracts, the firm began its bid submitted by Dynalectron. are in Building 841 at Holloman operations on the White Sands Contracting officers' Air Force Base. An an­ range in 1950. representative is Jack L. • nouncement concerning the A five-year, $37-million Lowder, El Paso, of the Data awarding of the new contract contract expired Dec. 31, 1973. Collection Division, WSMR was issued from Washington It was extended for 45 days, National Range Operations last week. through Feb. 14, pending Directorate. Manager of the The contract will run from negotiation of the new con­ Dynalectron Land-Air Feb. 15, 1974, through Feb. 14, tract. operations at Holloman is Mel 1979. Over that period, it calls Harlan L. Sluyter of (Continued on Page 7 for an expenditure of $30,099,142. The first increment of the cost-plus-award-fee contract, amounting to $1.9 • million, was obligated to cover OWC International Night the period through June 30 of this year. The contract will be Fa'ther of Modern Rockefry funded annually thereafter on draws nearly 200 diners a fiscal year basis. As America celebrates its 200th anniversary in 1976, a golden first liquid fuel rocket and thrust the world into the age of Employing between 350 and Strange companif'ns indeed wives began designing the anniversary of great importance to the world, the nation and rocketry and space travel. For more on Dr. and Mrs. Goddard, 400 persons on this contract, when Spanish Empanadas, menu. Mrs. Myrna Griffiths, the missile range will also be observed. For it was in March 1926 see story inside. Dynalectron performs data French Coq au vin, Rhode whose husband, Allyn, is a that Dr. Robert H. Goddard, above left, launched the world's collection and photographic Island clam dip, Italian major at the Safeguard Lasagna, Swiss Fondue and ------------------------------------------------ support services, including Systems Evaluation Agency equipment maintenance, Chinese ham adorn the same <SAFSEA), was chairperson throughout the range and in menu, but that's what hap­ for assigning dishes on the Utah. Dynalectron technicians pened at this missile range menu to various organizations' work with an estimated $35- recently when the officers officers wives. • CPT Apel named voting officer million worth of government­ wives sponsored their annual owned instruments and International Night. Each wife prepared a dish, equipment. Almost 200 persons flocked to so the dinner was free. The March 1974 has been A legal assistance officer and citizens (including service (almost 48 per cent) cast their Part of the contract includes the Officers Open Mess, same was true for hors designated Military Voter military defense counsel at personnel and their families) ballots in the 1972 general work for the U.S. Air Force at Friday, Feb. 15, to partake of d'oeuvres and a social hour Registration Month, and a new WSMR, CPT Apel came to the were absent from their home election. Holloman in connection with tasty delights of several preceded the event. Music was voting officer has been named range from Basic Airborne states and local polling places "I want to insure that all operation of the High-Speed countries, including France, provided by the Stone Bluff at the missile range. Training at Ft. Benning, Ga. at the time of the general eligible WSMR military and Test Track. During the five Mexico, Ethiopia, Germany, band. Captain John Patrick Apel He had previously attended the election. dependent voters have the years, this portion of the the Orient, Italy, Switzerland A door prize was awarded to will work to assist eligible U.S. Army Military Police Of a total of 2,170,291 eligible opportunity to make their vote contract will amount to some and the United States. Captain S.T. Chaffin of SAF­ voters in registering and voting School (Officer Basic Course) service members, 1,032,321 ( Contiftued on Page 7 > $2.7 million, which will be The festive dinner had been SEA. He won a wine rack with by absentee process in their ·and Judge Advocate General reimbursed to the Army by the planned since last fall when the five bottles of expensive wine. home states' primary, general School, Army (Officer Basic and special elections. Course). A native of Ohio, CPT Apel BG Rogers, Medal of Honor winner • attended Princeton University, earning a bachelor of arts degree and a ROTC com­ mission in the Military Police Branch, U.S. Army. He then entered Vanderbilt Army artillery general praises missile range University School of Law in Nashville, Tenn., earning a A U.S. Army artillery Murphy as MOH winners to and " . this beautiful New Additional Lance batteries ot scheduled to undergo firing doctor of law degree in 1973. general stationed in West visit the range. Murphy toured Mexico weather certainly the VII Corps artillery, tests at WSMR in July and An avid sportsman, the Germany had high praise for the post in the early ·sixties makes the work easier." Seventh U.S . Army, are October of this year. captain was a member of the White Sands Missile Range and while on movie location in New Princeton University Karate New Mexico last week before Mexico . Club and a Black Belt, and returning to Europe. BG Rogers received his • while at Vanderbilt he was Medal of Honor during May president and coach of the Brigadier General Charles C. Rogers, commanding general 1970 from President Nixon Vanderbilt University Rugby during ceremonies at the White of VII Corps Artillery based Football Club. House. He was cited for CPT Apel is the son of Dr. near Stuttgart, Germany, ''conspicuous intrepidity at the came to the national range to Otto F. Apel Jr. of Portsmouth, risk of life, above and beyond witness three of his firing Ohio. He and his wife, the the call of duty," while serving batteries of the 42nd Field former Katherine M. Sutton of in the Fish Hook area of Artillery undergo annual Nashville, Tenn., live on post. Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Regarding his work as voting service practice firings of the Division Artillery. Army Lance. The Lance is a officer, CPT Apel said that in Under the direction of BG CPT John P. Apel surface-to-surface .ballistic 1972 about four million U.S. Rogers, his batteries withstood missile designed to provide three direct assaults on their greater fire support for Army • positions, firing long-range infantry divisions. BG Rogers, whose visit artillery pieces directly into Vet gives tips on marked the second of a Medal on-coming waves of enemy of Honor winner to the range, forces. At White Sands Missile said that the three Lance firing batteries of his command were Range, General Rogers also rabies ·prevention impressed with the cooperation had praise for his artillery shown at the range by both troops, who were firing Lance military personnel and civilian missiles for the first time. He With the problems some of skin, such as a bite or scratch. employes. - pointed out that the 2nd Bat­ The virus then travels along talion of the 42nd Artillery, that the surrounding towns are "I have been highly im­ the nervous system to the was undergoing firing tests, having with rabies, many pressed by the organization, brain. was the first battalion in VII e people have inquired as to what management, supervision and A human is most likely to be corps artillery to convert from they can do to prevent their professionalism of our military exposed to rabies by his pet. If Sergeant missiles to the newer Last minute check pets from getting this disease. sponsors Ost Battalion, 12th your pet is vaccinated against Lance. The post Veterinary Services Field Artillery, from Ft. Sill, rabies he is usually protected. "This range offers an ideal Under the watchful eye of Brigadier General Charles C. Rogers, left, a firing battery of the 42nd office has issued the following Okla.> and the military and If he is not vaccinated and is spot for our Lance firing tests, Field Artillery checks a Lance missile at White Sands Missile Range before launch. <Photo by SP5 information on rabies and its civilian workforce of White bitten by a rabid animal, he and the proficiency our Gerhard Bzdyr) prevention. Sands Missile Range," he said. Any warm blooded animal, may start acting strangely. soldiers showed while learning including man, can get rabies. It is difficult to know if an BG Rogers, who won the the required skills needed to "Published by the Zia Newspapers, Las Cruces, New Mexico, a private firm in no way con­ The rabies virus or germ is animal is rabid. He will be nation's highest medal for fire this weapon attests to their nected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by the publisher and writers herein carried in the saliva of the different than he normally is.

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