Army's Newest Weapons Are Aimed After· Firing Alert Legal Section Staff Moo Intricate Problems for Post Personnel
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r In the Interest of military and civi Published Weekly lian personnel of WSPG for a better ment of understanding between t he CIRCULATION Mllltary Services and Federal E m ployees. and a greater Guided Missile OVER 4.500 Proqrmn for pea ce and tn time of w a r . PUBLICATION OFFICE Vol. IV, No. 2 LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953 114 So. Church St., Las Cruces, N. M. Red Cross Campaign Army's Newest Weapons Post Newspaper Gets Army Suntan Uniform Ends at White Sands To Be Required Wear Following Slowdown Are Aimed After· Firing New Name, 'New Look' At Reveille April 15th We proudly call to your at He was inducted inio the K h aki clad sold iers are very The 1953 Red Cross Fund (Editor's note: Thii; is the last of six articles dealing w ith the tention the new name and "new Army at Milwaukee 14 months development of guided missiles. Although for security reasons m u ch in evidence at White Campaign at White Sands the wlwle story cann ot yet be told, the Army has sought in this look" of WIND & SAND (for ago. Prior to induction he was Proving Ground, aiming for a series released through Army New Features to outline some of merly "Wind and Sand"), We employed as a mechanic and Sands Proving Ground these goal of $2,200 as the post's the progress m ade in this new t echnical field.) :think it appropriate that the was attending commercial art balmy days following an new Page l nameplate should classes at a Milwaukee night nouncement in the post bul share in a $13,000 goal for The Army now has weapons that aim themselves after the appear on the post newspaper school. He was graduated from letin authorizing the optional Dona Ana County, came to a trigger is pulled-and it is almost impossible for them to miss at this particular time. as the high school in Milwaukee In close Tuesday. a target. paper goes into its fourth year 1948. w ear of lighter raiment. At Pfc. Mozejewski joins with ua As Wind & Sand went to press, Enemy planes can dive, climb, bank, side-slip or turn tail of publication. reveille on April 15th, the no final figures had been com Not :that :the old nameplate in hoping :that you, our readers. but the Army's new weapons still will be able te knock them like the post newspaper's "new suntans will be mandatory. piled from the post's drive. All was unsatisfactory. The repro The summer uniform regula r eports from the various unit out of the skies. duction of the towering Organ look." -THE STAFF tions for WSPG call for the cot representatives were not in, and Fantastic though it may -U. S. Army Photo Mountains in the background ton k haki shirt and trousers, with it was not known how the total seem, one of the Army's sur Dr. Saul Sternberger Jr. was very appropriate. But after or without the shade 51 necktie stood as of the end of last week. face-to-air missiles-the Nike • • • three years of use the old name for normal duty wear. The khaki Slowdown Evident All Personnel Invited plate was beginning to wear garrison cap may be worn when --carries a guidance system Detachment I, 9393rd, However, there were indica Dr. Saul Sternberger down a little. And since the not in formation. In formation, tions that the campaign had To Palsy Fund Benefit designed to allow the missile letters were not drawn heavily the service cap is a must. slowed d o w n disappointingly t o out-maneuver and hit against the backdrop of the Welcomes Eight EM Tie Required After 1830 during the last two weeks of the The glamour of New Mex Is New Post Surgeon mountains. the paper's name Shoes may be either service or ene my aircraft. Detachment 1, 9393rd TSU, month-long drive. Officials of the ico A&M College co-eds will did not stand out-ii could not low quarter ; if boots are worn, Ingenious Guiding Devices Capt. S aul Sternberger Jr., a r eceived eight newcomers to the Red Cross and volunteer workers grace a spectacular fashion be read from any disiance. The the trousers must be bloused heading the post's campaign for Some guided missiles seek their native of Tennessee, has been original drawing was not avail· P roving Ground over the past "Style Show and Revue" assigned to WSPG as the new week. (tuck ed in). The belt will be re funds indicated that they may targets with ingenious guidance Post Surgeon. Dr. St ernberger able for re-touching and then From Chloe, West Virginia, gulat ion web with plain 'buckle. have been over-optimistic in sponsored by the Las Cruces devices often referred to as the making a new nameplate from For op tional duty, tropical "command," ''beam rider" or succeeds Dr. William E. Davis, came Sfc. Corbit Ray, who serv their estimates and predictions Zeta Tau Alpha chapter of the it. so il was decided to cast the worsted or similar material may earlier in the drive. "homing" systems. In the com- who has returned to civilian ed three y ears with the 7774th college's alumnae on Thurs practice. new nameplate from an entire Signal Battalion in Europe. be worn, with or without the They had not counted on the mand system, the ground radar ly new drawing. necktie. After 1830 hours (6: 30 unexplained slowdown, after the day night, April 16. station tracks the missile and its Entering the Army on Janu Also from West Virginia, Sgt. target. An electronics computer ar y 3, 1951, the 28-year-old sur- Other minor improvements P aul L . Burton came from p. m.) if the uniform is worn, the campaign got off to a good start The affair will be held in the tie is required. geon serve das Battalion Surgeon finally decided on were the Wheeling. He recently served on Feb. 28. And many units and Las Cr uces Union High School calculates the angles necessary to For formal occasions, officer s sections which had been expected assure .that the missile hits its with the 151st Engineer Combat change to the"&:" (ampersand} eight months with the 702nd Ord auditorium. It will start at 8 p. m. sign from the spelled-ow wore!. and warrant officers are allowed to turn in large sums to the fund The show, which will have the tar get and transmits instructions Battalion in Korea for 15 months. n ance Company in Korea and 26 and the cutting down of the the optional wear of white dress app arently were falling short of all-out su ppor t of t he Las Cruces to the missile, which shifts its Dr. S ternberger , son of Mr. and months with the 733rd Ordnance course a ccordin gly. Mrs. Saul S t e r n b erger of nameplate's depth in order to Company in the Pacific Theater. or white mess uniforms as pre advance estimates. mer chants, will feature in addi Brownsville, Tennessee, r eceived scribed in S R 600 -32- 11. Still Slight Chance tion to the en ter tainment by the eliminate a small amount of His w ife, Violet, is l.iving in A "beam rider" missile follows his M. D. from the University of "white space," or wasted space, Wheeling, and his daughter, Mrs Off-Duiy Wear Described But as W ind & Sand went to college c o-eds an assortment of a p ath marked out in space by a Tennessee College of Medicine in al the top of Page 1. Donna M. Roberts, resides in Ta When off duty, enlisted men press the drive had not ended, some 18 valuable door prizes. r adar beam from the ground. As 1947. He served his internship at may wear tropical worsted uni We are indebted to Pfc. Aloia coma, Washington. and t h·'r was no way of knowing For Cerebral Palsy Fund long as the b eam tracks the tar- St. J oseph's Hospital, Memphis, forms, with tie, and with or with exact.iy l uw the totai stacked up i;(et and the missile stays on the Tenn., and pr acticed pr ivately A. Mozejewski :Jr•• of the Illus Corporal from Ohio The net profits of the style out blouse or jacket. When the in comparison with the $2,200 ?e~, a collision with the target for three year s before ent ering :trations Dep:t., Troops Bl: Train· Cpl. J ohn Lundy, Jr., a veter jacket or blouse is worn, there goal. There still was a slim show and revue will go to the is mev1table. th e ser vice. ing Division, for the drawing for an of the Eur opean Theater, came benefit of the Las Cruces Cere (Continued on Back Page) (Cont· ,. ~ Back Page) "Homin.g". guida~ce s:ystems The new P Ol't Surgeon, h is the new nameplate. The 22· from Cincinnati, Ohio, where his J:;>ral Palsy Fund. All the door permit nui."S11es to find their way wife, Marie and two daughters, year-old artist and poster de· wife, Mae, son, Wiley, and prizes will be on display in down without "instructions." These ILeslie 3 a;;rl .E~;:in. 2, have signer ls the son of Mr. and daughter, Jeanette, are now liv town Las Cruces prior to the missiles ride an "echo" beam re- made' home in 'the.