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THE "GROVER"-_ApolIo 15 astronauts James B. Irwin (left) and David R. Scott practice driving a vehicle similar to the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) which they will use for the first time on the Apollo 15 lunar landing mission. The "Graver" was built by the U.S. Geological Survey at Flagstaff, Arizona. Gilruth Is Named As LUNARCAPE ON EARTH---Astronauts Scott (right), Commander of Apollo 15, and Irwin, the prime Lunar Module Pilot, are seen against the panorama of lava flows and mountains near Zoos, New Mexico. The area resembles, in

astronauts will explore. Backup crewmen Commander Richard F. Gordon and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison H. Schmitt sh_pe_nddimensi_n_H_d_eyRi_e_pr_minentfe_ture_ftheHad_y_Ap_nnine_andingsite_ntheM_onwhichthe 1971 Watt Medalist also took port in the geological expedition to Toos. Alfred M. Warden is prime Command Module Pilot, and Vance D. Brand is his backup for Apollo 15 which is scheduled for launch on July 26. The Institution of Mechanical told Dr. Gilruth that the award

Engineersfled MSC iDirectorn LondonDrre. centRoblyertnotR.i- watinguis "ishedn reserviccognitiesonofyourto Aerodinas-utical Rio Grande Gorge Prove S Good Gilruth that he has been selected and Space Research and for your

tInterno receiveational theMedal.1971JamesHe was Wattnom- engspiredineeringand directeleadersdhipthewhMannedich in- Training Area for Apollo 15 Crew inated for the award by the Amer- Space Flights and successful land- i_n Society of Mechanical Engi- ings on the Moon." A team of scientists recently ac- In particular, the area near Taos ley, akin in appearance to a dry neets. The Medal is named for James companied members of the Apollo was selected because of its slm- river bed. Dr. Gary Lofgren, who 15 prime and backup crews, Com- ilarity to what geologists expect along with Dr. William Phinney, In the letter informing Dr. Gil- Watt, the eighteenth century en- mander David Scott and Lunar members of the prime crew, David head of the Geology Branch in ruth of his selection for the high gineer who was the first to study honor, the Secretary of the Insti- scientifically the steam engine and Module Pilot James Irwin of the Scott and James Irwin, to find as Planetary and Earth Sciences prime crew and Richard Gordon they explore Hadley RiUe, one of Division, represented MSC geolo- tution of Mechanical Engineers (See GILRUTH, page 3) and Harrison Schmitt of the back- the main features of the lunar gists on the trip, explained that up crew, to a rugged area, part of landing area. there are a number of theories on Of Rice and Men: New Process the Rio Grande River Gorge, six a rille is a long trench or val- (See APOLLO 15, page 2) miles west of Taos, New Mexico.

Allows "Tap to Table"Preparation Tmiliarizhe pureposethe ofastronautsthe trip waswith topefa-a- April Is MSC'sSpring CleanupMonth A new "quick and easy" rice of MSC's team of food scientists, logics1 features similar to ones preparation process developed for With hot tap water, the rice they may encounter in the Hadley- The MSC Safety Office, organi- Snoopy and the Red Baron will the manned space flight program can be converted from the dry Apennine area of the Moon where zational Safety Representatives, be waging a battle on cleanup con- and used most recently by the state to "ready-to-eat" in several they are scheduled to land in late and BuiIding Fire Wardens have ditions in a special awards cam- Apollo 14 crew may soon find its minutes, compatible to use in a July. paignplannedto anencoactiveurage allcleanupemploycam-ees safpaign.ety representativesDirectorate andwill passdivisionout way to the Nation's dinner table spacecraft and the household to make MSC safe and secure. The Snoopy Fire and Accident Preven-

or NASAon camping's Inventionand huntingand Contri-trips, ingkitchtheen. physicalThe process,propertibyes modify-of the Get your baskets tains_u,¢_sorinformation's April onSafetyMSC Kicleanupt con- objectivestion Awards, whilefor themeetingSafetyclOfficeanupe

the inventor of wathe process JcJS, 00Dr. cyclesr,e of freezing (twoa hours omaat t readv:_jog The Egg jan,riotorial duservieces, excessi.sproperty t on, ,Citationsissufore poor housekeeping Clayton Huber, an employee of minus 14 degrees)and thawing Hunt Is ,,.nn T and records roundup. practices. Technology, Inc. and a member (See RICE, page .2) The Federal Fire Council, span- Complete details of the cam- Saturday, April 3 _s the date sor of Spring Cleanup campaigns paign were discussed at the : to mark on your children's cal- for all government agencies, has monthly organizational Safety Rel_- =1 t t endar. That is the day of MSC's stated that cleanup efforts provide resentativeffFire Warden meeting.

goannreuaid byEasterthe EmpEggloHuyeesnt, Asctipavin-- suforltsaninecolargnomicer defficienollar savcy inthatgs fore-r empSnooployyeessafatettyenddecaing lsthe, givenFebruaryto ties Association. The "hunting" is _i] program operations. A clean en- and March safety film showings, / scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. vironment means fewer fires, few- wilI also be given at the April film at the recreation area (near the er accidents, and improved work showings. Schedules for the films . if baseball diamonds) on site. One morale and effectiveness, are in the April Safety kits. - hundred and fifty dozen deco-

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two through eight years of age. L /_fl_--_ : !__ The event is open to children '_'i"°. "-"" Tickets are $.50 and may be INVENTIVE SCIENTIST--Dr. Clayton Huber inspects a pocket of rice pre- purchased from your EAR repre- /" pored by a new process which he invented. The process affords the dual ad- J vantages of making the rice more digestible and easier to fix. sentative. Page 2 ROUNDUP MARCH 26, 1971 Towerto address Group on Monday United States Senator John G. Tower of Texas will speak to a joint gathering of the American Astronautical Society, Instrument Society of America, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engi- neers, Association of Computer Machinery, American Institute of AeronauticsandAstronautics,and :i_ the Marine Technology Society. His subject is "Potential for Tex- as in Marine Technology." t The Monday, March 29 dinner E_ meeting at the Holiday Inn on NASA Road 1 will begin with a SMITHSONtAN EXHIBIT--This display area is part of the National Air and social hour at 6:15 p.m. The pro- Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Some of gram will commence at 8:00 p.m. the items shown here include a Saturn V rocket, the Apollo 4 spacecraft, a Surveyor, and a Lunar Orbiter. Representative of earlier air and space history Tickets are $5.00 per person, are the Wright Model A "Military" 0909) and the Curtiss JN4-D "Jenny" The deadline for reservations is (1917). 5:00 p.m. today. Call Lea Dun-

awaYDavis,at488.0080,488-4006x271.°r Saundra Have You ThrownAwayA Part E&Dand WSTF Of American Space History... ? Most MSC employees concerned also parties to the original agree-

EmployeesDie newithat hanavdingordtheerlyir pfalllacesinofto wtworko menThet. Smithsonian is equipped to William H. Hilliard, on the categories. The first from time to preserve NASA artifacts and to i _-" staff of the Director of Engineer- time throws away everything not display space program history ing and Development, and in current use. The second type throughout the world for NASA VISITING BEAUTIES_-Debi Shelton, Miss U.S.A., and Stephanie Clark, Miss Bobby J. Wood, of the Reliability stores away--in excess property, and other requestors. At Exp, 70 beBlacgivingk America,a wordwofereadvicreceenttoviAsitstoronrsaatuts MSC.(I. toMri.)ssASheltonlan Bean(abo, Eugeneve) appCernanears t,o and Quality• Assurance Office at bonded storage, or a handy file in Osaka, Japan, the Smithsonian and Joe Engle while Miss Clark listens as Thomas Stafford, Chief of the \Vhite Sands Test Facility, died cabinet--all of those items not provided nearly half of all NASA Astronaut Office, explains the model of a space station which he is holding, ol1 Monday, March 22. presently being used. hardware exhibited. Contributions Mr. Hilliard was 46 years old to the U. S. space display included

Apollo15'sGeologicalTrip hatad thebeentimeassofociatehisd death.with theHe derTlinesshough athere efcfoertairts nlytowardpraise-or- Gemini, Mercury, and Apollo worthy and necessary, unfortu- spacecraft which have been flown (Continued from page1) with the Manned Spacecraft nately, in theprocess of straighten- and all of former astronaut John Center since September 1963. He ing out and storing away, many Glenn's personal gear from the the manner in which rilles are On all geological field trips is survived by his wife Alice and items of potentially great imp,r- historic first U. S. orbital mission. formed. A prominent theory is preparatory to a lunar landing two children, William H., Jr. and tance to a complete history of the What, you may ask yourself, does all this have to do with me? that they form as part of a lava mission, the crews run through Mary. Cause of death was a heart U. S. space program are lost or flow. As the exterior of a flow be- periods of simulated extravehicu- attack. Some people mistakenly believe gins to cool and harden, an interior lar activity (EVA). They carry Mr. Wood, who had been forgotten. that the only items of historical portion remains molten and con- cameras and tools like those to be suffering from leukemia, was 36 In 1967, NASA signed an value are those that have actually tinues to flow sinuously within used on the lunar surface, and years old at the time of his death, agreement with the Smithsonian been flown on missions. Not so. the hardened "tunnel." Eventually they also wear foam rubber back- He had been at White Sands Institution in which the Smith- Look around your offices. That the tunnel collapses, and the rille packs to simulate the portable life since August 1963. His survivors sonian was named as the official dusty roll of film from Gemini is exposed, support systems gear they will use include his wife Elizabeth and repository for all NASA historical days, the tape long unplayed, blue- Samples taken by the Apollo during actual EVA. three children, Laura Sue, Robert artifacts. The agreement provides prints, mockups, training gear, 15 crew from the Hadley Rille Communications between the Alen, and Deidra Rene. that NASA will transfer to the prototypes, flight tools, original area may indicate whether or not crew and the Science Support Smithsonian "artifacts currently drawings of spacecraft -- all of water was a factor in the rille Room (SSR) in the Mission Con- under NASA control and which these might fili what would other- formation. Visual observations and trol Center as they will occur dur- Rice Process will become available in the fu- wise be a gap in the history of the photography of the layering in the ing the lunar landing mission are (Continued from page 1) ture, after technical utility to U.S. space effort. rille walls may indicate whether also simulated. Dr. Joseph Allen and through final treatment of NASA or other governmental If you know of something the structures are, in fact, a result and Dr. Robert Parker, who will of the collapse of lava tubes or be the science capsule communi- freeze-drying, makes the rice both agencies has been exhausted and which you feel might be of his- "tunnels" or of erosion by, for cators (capcoms) during Apollo more digestible and easier to pre- post flight examination has been torical value or if you have ques- example, volcanic ash flows or sur- 15, listened to, questioned, and pare. effected." tions, please contact the Special face materials made to behave like gave instructions to the crew as An advantage to the process, In that same year, MSC Man- Events Office, extension 4241. fluids by degassing from the Iu- Scott, Irwin, Gordon, and Schmitt Dr. Huber explained, is that it agement Instruction N u m b e r nor interior, attempted to describe to the cap requires no boiling water or ex- 2700.2 set out the manner in The Rio Grande Gorge near cams what they were seeing as tended steaming. In the space- which MSC historical items were _ :-: : Taos stretches from 400 to 1500 they walked or rode along the craft, the water used is about to be made available to the . -.: meters in width. Hadley Rille is gorge. 155 degrees Fahrenheit, the Smithsonian. MSC Form 2275, consistently about 1500 meters The "Graver," built by the same temperature as hot water "Availability of Artifacts," was ,..i , wide. The area around the gorge U.S. Geological Survey and meant in most kitchens, devised so that MSC employees =. is covered with lava flows as is to be partial facsimile of the lunar In addition to not requiring could notify the Public Affairs the mare material on which the roving vehicle (LRV)Rover, was boiling water, the "space rice" Office of equipment or documents Apollo 15 lunar module will land. used by the crews as they went is ready to eat in a matter of no longer in use. The Logistics Astronauts Scott and Irwin and along the edge of the gorge study- minutes. In a recent lab test, a Division was made responsible backup crewmen Gordon and ing the terrain, portion of lab-prepared chicken for arrangements for actual trans- Schmitt, using a 500 millimeter On the lunar surface, the and rice soup, mixed with hot fer to the museum and for ac- Hasselblad camera, took pictures men must decide when to stop the water, was ready to eat in less countability of the artifact. of the opposite wall of the rille-like LRV to take pictures or to pick than four minutes. It has been estimated that since gorge. Practice with the camera up a rock or soil sample, particu- 1967 over 20,000 individual items gave them the experience of pick- larly if the stop is not called for ticipated in twelve geological ex- have been transferred by MSC ing out objects of geological inter- on the planned traverse. Training peditions. Two more trips are alone to the Smithsonian's Na- est and importance to be photo- in the Graver is aimed toward planned: one to the Nevada test tional Air and Space Museum graphed and of determining how preparing the crewmen to make site to study crater formations, which former astronaut Michael SERVICEAWARD_Angel P. Griego, much detail might be seen on the such decisionswisely, and the other to Coso Hills in Collins was recently named to a Quality Assurance Specialist at MSC-Downey, recently received a 20- opposite wall. The Apollo 15 crews have par- California. head. Other NASA centers are year Service Award. MARCH 26, 1971 ROUNDUP Page 3 S Credit Union News & Notes S CREDIT UNION Officers of the MSC Credit a semi-annual basis. The dividends SHARES INSURED Union are Harold Ferrese, presi- will be credited to shareholder The MSC Credit Union has dent; James Moody, vice-presi- accounts on March 31 and will qualified for federal insurance of dent; James DeMuth, treasurer; appear on the first quarter's state- members' share accounts up to and Odell Crow, secretary, ment. $20,000 each. Similar to insurance available to QUARTERLY DIVIDEND AUTO FOR SALE DECLARED Sealed bids will be accepted banks and savings and loans, the At their monthly meeting on until April 1 on a 1969 Olds- credit union share insurance program is administered by the No- March 17, the Board of Directors mobile 98 with air conditioning, tional Credit Union Administra- of the MSC Credit Union declared radio, and automatic transmission. rich, an independent agency of a quarterly dividend of 5½ per- For additional information, con- the Federal Government. It is au- cent. This is a change from last tact the Credit Union in Building thorized by legislation approved year when dividends were paid on 11 at extension 2066. by President Richard Nixon in October 1970 and was effective GolfAssociationRevealsResults for the first time in January 1971. The MSC Federal Credit Union Of TheYear'sFirstTournament was chartered in 1962. With a membership of 5,425 among civil The MSC Golf Association 72, and Jerry Shinkle was fourth service and associated contractors activities for 1971 started off with 73. and with assets of over $4 million, with a bang on March 13 when Winner of the third flight was I1_ '_'<_" "_, _I it will pay a $2,498.60 premium Bob Epperson, on the 136-yard Steve Carman with a net 60. Ben VISITING DIGNITARY--ItQlian Premier Emilio Colombo recently visited for insurance this year -- 1/12 par three hole at Executive Coun- Hood was second with 65, and MSC. He is pictured here (second from left) with MSC Director Dr. Robert R.

of one percent of its share ac- try- Club, hit a shot with a pitch7 Art Garrison, Tom Bowen, and GRoil_uvingth Vehic(left)lewho(LRVis) poTrainerinting inoutBuildsominge of5. theThe featuLRVreswillof betheuse]d-GfoLunar ther counts, the same fee paid by all ing wedge into the hole on the fly. Richard Williamson tied for third first time on the Apollo 15 mission. credit unions, state-chartered or Witnesses were Frank Breshears, with 73's.

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(Continued /ram page 1) 66; Bob Heyer was third with 70; A retraining program for quali- i_ave degrees and experience in who invented the separate con- and Max Engert, Jim White, and Please,Keepthe lying engineers to work in critic- math analysis, thermodynamics, denser and many other parts of Milt Heflin tied for fourth with p J_J steam engines. 71's. *_ @[_ at _om@ al technical areas has been formed heat transfer or systems engineer- at MSC. The program is aimed ing. A degree and experience in The award was first presented John Frere won the first flight One day not long ago a large toward strengthening the Cen- mechanical, civil, industrial, in 1937 and is given every other whh a net 66; Jay Harnage was white duck appeared on site. That ter's engineering capability in the chemical or metallurgical engi- year. Dr. Gilruth is the fifth second with a 69; and Bob Reaves it must be a pet turned loose soon thermal analysis and materials neering is required for retraining American to receive the Medal and Ed Barker tied for third with became apparent because it would technology fields, in the materials technology speci- The first was ttenry Fordin t939. 70's. Joe Siefried took the honors not eat except out of someone's Presentation of the award is in the second flight with a net 66; hand. The Structures and Mechanics a]ty. tentatively scheduled to take place Daryl Chilcutt was second with No one had time to hand feed Division of the Engineering and Interested engineers should Development Directorate hopes call Ted Bores, extension 4331. in London in the fall. 70; Bob Gordon was third with a duck, so it was captured. How- ever, before it could be taken to fill 18 engineer positions--12 Tech Library Offers New Books away, an excited employee tele- in thermal analysis and six in It's That "Batter ,/ phoned and wanted his duck back, materials specialties--from within The MSC Technical Library has obtained by scientists at Ames IRe- saying, "He's my pet, and I love the ranks of engineers in the Di- Up 9. Time Again! recently received three new NASA search Center in their organic that duck." rectorate. New hiring of engi- Special Publications (SP Series). analysis of Apollo 11 lunar sam- When animals, including rab- neers is sharply curtailed under Uncreak those winter knees and The first, A Search /or Carbon pies. bits, cats, and dogs, are turned present NASA personnel ceilings, shake the dust out of those base- and It's Compounds in Lunar Aircra/t Propulsion, SP-259, in- loose on MSC grounds, the ani- The retraining in the two tech- bali duds. It's time for the men's Samples ram Mare Tranquilatis, cludes a series of presentations mals must be captured and given nical specialties will be done fast and slow pitch softball SP-257, outlines the information made during a conference on that to the Society for the Prevention through intensive refresher cours- leagues to be set up. subject at Lewis Research Center of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA). es conducted by university engi- A meeting with managers is AFGE in November 1970. Subjects in- Employees are asked not to re- neeringthroughfacultYon.the_jobandMSCtraining.StaffTbBuiIdingscheduledeand 2for, RoMondayom 720., AprilLeague5 in "F ens dude cryogenic fuels for' aircraft, move or set off the traps that are Office On Site turbine cooling research, and low- set m capture the stray animals, program is scheduled to beginby play, open to NASA, military, cost engines for aircraft, among Several people at MSC have the end of March. MSC-associated contractor em- MSC Local 2284 of the Amer- others, been bitten by animals which roam Engineers applying for retrain- ployees and their dependents, will icon Federation of Government Vanguard -- A History, SP- about the site looking for food. ing in thermal analysis should begin on May 3. Employees (AFGE) has opened 4202, is, as the title indicates, an Recently an employee was bitten an office in Building 45, Room historical account of Project Van- by acat which subsequently could I I [ 552. guard. Of the Project, Charles A. not be caught. Because the cat i could not be observed to deter- David Holman, president of the Lindbergh says in the foreword to mine whether it was diseased, the local union, stated that he or a the publication, "It may be said to local representative would be in have rooted into (Robert H.) employee had to undergo the the office and available for con- Goddard's New Mexico rocket painful treatment for rabies, a suhation Monday through Friday launchings, and to have stretched process extremely uncomfortable from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. far upward toward man's landing for the patient and costly to the The phone number is 4277. on the moon." government. Easter traditionally brings pets such as ducks, chickens, and rab-

contractor employees. Please, this ROUNDUP yearbits keepto thethehomespets atof home.MSC andRe- NAS&"ANNEOSPACEC"AFCENTET R HOUSTONTE. X'S Iasing them on site is no favor to the animals or to anyone else, for The Roundup is an official publication of the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, that matter. shownAWARDSpresentingGIVEN--KennCosteth ReducS.tionKleinkneawardscht, toMa(1nagtoer r.of) W.SkylabHarryProgrDouamg,las,is Texas, and is publlshed every other Friday by the Public Affairs Robert L. Frost, John F. Stanley, Robert L. Blount, Thomas P. Lorkin, Clifford J. Hall, Louis Hammer, Dr. Richard R. Levin, and James C. Shows. Their efforts have resulted in savings to the Government of approximately Office for MSC employees. Take stock in America $7,800,000, representing 166 percent of Skylab's FY 1971 goal. Missing BuyU.S.SavinggBonds from the picture is Victor P. Neshyba, whose suggestions brought a saving of $3,400,000 and who is the second MSC recipient of the monthly $.50 Cost Reduction Award. Page 4 ROUNDUP MARCH 26, 1971

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ParticipatingScientistExplainsHisWork _- 70 T_o' ron_=ado, AVEH|C/M4=M lSstereo, A/C, extras, 9443--762-23wl2,Pbrithorwatecakrk vernfre(xlt6er, 44ce_on2nt4ra21,C,el haerat Lakande. airG, irapalan-, warranty, 21,000 miles, _42_0. Rainey, 474- eled den, NewportJ-eague City, $2_3/mo. ten. The Manned Spacecraft Center Since then, the program has grown first time an interferometer spat- =,937 _1. _:arl_t 932-3414. partidpates in a program which steadily, and MSC presently has trometer, which measures and 64 VaIi,nt V-8,A/C, radio, hea.....t to Clear Lake City, 4-2-2 Golf ...... lot. brings benefits to the Center and thirty-one associates in residence, analyzes electromagnetic radiation Zil[,Shff93L2_265.thardop, runs flr_, $270 or high bid. school,screenedassumt6%Pqat1en°¢'_lF'FIA.'or trees'Vlnczto4e,w'88.10_._k provides a training ground for tab doing research in various areas of given off and reflected by the 63 co_i_, 2_ _i_, ._. • _ _ t._- r_. i_land_a_s_. L_ _._ t.,_ ented young postdoctoral research- the Science and Applications, typical terrestrial objects on which goodmissi°ncondition.r_uilt'cha_lr-les29,ra_.nedc[ui°'w _h, 71 lie., terms.c°rneKalter nbachlot,,beach&b4-g4_m.°innutee frt_'n waist, ers. Medical, Engineering and Develop- the spectrometer is focused, and a _ o_. Bu_y,_ _,_,_ f_._., t_ ,nd _. ham.,Sxa0,'/.-,¢,. ,,a_,, _ ,',_t Called the Resident Research ment, and Flight Operations Di- data acquisition system which, Dr. _5....9.'_at,_._, _h,om.t,_m. _zs. st,,_t, _. _ni_$._aSat ....l _m, _,_e s_,_., saa_oz Associateship Program, it is ad- rectorates. Of that number, ten Lefohn says, allows "instant feed- 64CS_,ro_,t_mp,_,,_. _r, vs. Apr._/c, w_nm ministered by the National Re- represent six foreign countries -- back" of information on the tar- nAMew ,mreceufflenr ttraandnsmibattesrsyi,oanngododbtrirakees, oxveln rshecau- l, B35oramys 26or-inch126 Encamgl/esrha-st. yl"l_e bpicsyoclne,, 93mus2-t .3653be . search Council. The stated put. Italy, India, Japan, the Republic get object, and car. Bass, 534-3890. at least S-speed wit_ one c_erating handbrake.

pose of the program supported by of China, England, and Germany. The facility as Dr. Lefohn has AM69/FM,vwvinMIylCR(2_interusior,, V9-_A ssengecredit unr,ionnew, $19tir5=0., cAnhayniswomr,kinpgay condup toiti$on25.exceptBoyntornust, 9e4d4c-9ut319.rn_ NASA is "to provide to investiga- Some of the disciplines in which developed it, will allow fellow ,i_, RI7-3(_O. Used chest of dra ...... heap, finish can be tars of unusual ability and prom- the postdoctoral associates at MSC scientists to take measurements 57 aids, good work car, $125. Po[ndexter, bad, structure must be good. Richeson, 482. ise an opportunity for research in are working include geology, as- of and gather data on any object _sa.44a_66 Oldsmobile 98, new paint, power win- _0eaForeign postage stamps and U. S. commerno- various areas of science having tronomy, preventive medicine, under controlled laboratory con- dow, and seat, good running condition, whole- ratlve stamps. White, 474-33"20. to do with space exploration." geochemistry, environmental phys- ditions. The object can then be _al,._s=o_wed_"'rca_0_,a_ae'aem'x_t_,sa_s.u=_, , _a_. b_,_s_of _,t_,e°_°_'_7_-_m._'a-__ .....

The candidates for research as- iology, and cosmic ray physics, remotely measured in a non- _a6.2 Plymouth wagon, many extras, driven Bum_.ilding fr2.omLandAllon, en52P9-13arkw,02.gandShepherdtO sociateships, which last from one among others, controlled area, in a field, for ex- daily but needs work. Highest offer by March Kindness instant hair setting kit. Will pay to two years, may be United States Dr. Allen S. Lefohn, whose ample. The differences between no. Laughon, 534-8057. $10. B.... 591-3'2"22. citizens or foreign nationals. Can- PhD in chemistry was awarded by controlled and non-controlled tra_7s, nCadillaew tires, cs1_e99dan5.DCalleville926, -h8994ardto, p, all e×- NatmssaeureBastey. Pienredfebuyir conngte¢equ'hpoirt_yrfyr.oBmroownwner, 591-in didates must have achieved a level the University of California at measurements wii1 provide infor- Honda 50 cc Mlnlblke, good cdtn, $170. aim. of training equivalent to a Doctor Berkeley, is one of MSC's re- mation on the atmosphere and the Leon66 Olardsd9,, 4co4nve-499rtibl7e,. loaded, xln, _00. Less orWanted:4-2-2. C[Equityel_r Cre_kJn ho,'or negrie_.NIcAls._I.woaodreaS;che3-2-2o[ than dealer $995. Bowling, of Philosophy or Doctor of Science search associates. Into his second ways in which the elements of the 53 Ford wa/tbroken rod free, 481-Oyo_484h.aul it District. Kline _3-4PET441. degree, and final year of the program with atmosphere affect the characteris- off. Brenelle, 4t_-50_. Registered AKC poodle puppl .... hoc:olate, MSC began taking part in the MSC, he is with the Earth Obser- tics of the object in focus. 67c_w _l,i_ _,,_ao_,327w, _-_at, _to, 10 ,_k_ol< ch_p_oo _, 2 f_a_es, Resident Research Associateship rations Division. Dr. Lefohn's greatest emphasis ,¢requali, powezingr hitcsteehrin, g$12_0.and Fbraitckehs482, c-38hrom57.e rack, maTleoy, tpoodoy andle pmini-tuppiesoys, , whitekaFe,versAKC, 944regi-0848ster.ed, Program in 1965, with the ap- Dr. Lefohn has developed a has been on developing the lab 67 Mustang, ai .... t.... di .... ry cl .... ix weeks old, :3 males, 1 female. Ussery, 488- pointment of three associates, laboratory that combines for the facility and capability to use the _,o877-119_8. ¢_.U_re,,_, r,a_o, a-_r_, u,v. _9T._8.oy poodle_, apricot, AKC pedigree, cash or spectrometer-computer setup el- 67 OId$ Cuirass, 2 dr hardtOP, air, power, trade for something of equal value. Banks,

ficiently. After his departure, other 481_AKCz=.registered Basset puppies, tricolor, w/

scientistsin theEarthObserva-SAMPE a_ 488x,0 43m6a49rking. s at e very .... able price. F_ice, tions Division plan to continue wi,. Fox Terrier puppies, AKC, 8 weeeks ) : the initial effort. Report on Cancer beautiful markings and xln dispositions, Althoughhisplansforthefu- Research Efforts =poodle, .nd="Pick-of-Litter" puppy, 5 mo_ths ture arc not deflate, he hopes to aid, black,male, AKC registered, _,50.00.b%=d. pursue the study of atmospheric Dr. Waiter Burdette, Director lock,946-9493.1T.O_D$FO_I_I_ pollution problems, Of his ex- of the National Cancer Institute Found,$i ...... t in ClearLake City. (:lalm by describing C_t and color. Bre_die, perience as a postdoctoral re- ONce at the University of Texas 4_-soe_. searcher at MSC, Dr. Lefohn says, M. D. Anderson Hospital, wilI Foond,[edy's grey-g=.... ater, blueplaid trim, may claim in room 317, bide 4,S. Per- "The challenge to blend creative speak to the Society for Aero- kins, 483-5427. scientific and engineering efforts space Materials and Process Engi- together into a synergistic result neers (SAMPE) on the subject I0 YEARS AGO--Phase III of "the is one which will long be remem- "Progress in Cancer Research." Mercury spacecraft airdrop pro- bared." The dinner meeting is scheduled gram was conducted, with a pri- for the King's Inn on Wednesday mary objective to study the space-

%ro 1"n toAprilall interested7 at 6:30 inp.m.attending.and is openFor cwaterraft flimpact.otation Ocapan Marchbility afte27,r INTERFEROMETER SPECTROMETER LAB--Dr. Allen Lefohn has in his hands

measurement of the sample which, in this case, is sand from Santa Monica Moore at 488-0850, x2153 or er-Development test was flown, the sample holder which is to be p[clced Jn the spectrometer, i'o his right, for unno,y%%t-" reservations, con tact Charlie 1961, a Mercury-Redstone Boost- beach in California. [n the foreground is the data acquisition system and to Luhert Leger, x5539, and all objectives were met. the for left is on oscilloscope which monitors the signal from the spectrometer.