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,$ VOLUME XIII NUMBER 8 February 4

National Aeronaulics and Sp :e Administration ,, Ames Research Center. Moffeft Field. California AmesMagnetometer on 14 The Apollo 14 will hours of operation. chart local magneticfields on the The devicewill be carriedon the surface of the , in the hilly outside of the Lunar Module near upland region of the one of the landinglegs. It will be landing site, using a highly spe- transferredto the Mobile Equip- cialized,Ames designedand built, meat Transporter (MET) for mov- portablemagnetometer. ing on the surface of the moon. The astronautswill transport To use the instrument,one of the the lightweightmagnetometer on the astronautswill set up the sensor two-wheeledpush cart which car- head on the tripod and deploy it ries all the mission’sportable ex- about 40 feet from the electronics periments. package and indicators,which are Ames’ Dr. Palmer Dyal, Special left on the MET. He then calls ProjectsOffice, proposed the por- out readings from three meters on table magnetometerexperimentand the electronicspackage over the is the principalinvestigator for the voice communicationlink to Mission Apollo 14 experiment.Co-investi- ControlCenter at Houston.Then he gators on the experiment are Dr. rotates the cubical sensor head on FIRST AMERICAN TO JOURNEY INTO SPACE . . . Al.an B. Charles Sonett of Ames, Dr. Gene the tripodto an oppositeposition Shepard, Jr., is pictured as he was recovered following his Simmons of M.S.C. and Dr. Robert to fine tune the sensor and its suborbitalflight, the first in the program,on DuBois of the Universityof Okla- electronics.Be then calls out the May 5, t961. February7. 1971, slightlyless than ten years later, honm. new indicatedreadings. Apollo 14 Spacecraft Commander Shepard will be recovered from The magnetometerconsists of: After repeatingthe process a the South centralPacific following America’s third lunar landing. a cube-shaped sensor head which secondtime to fully calibratethe measures about three inches on a instrumentin the lunarenvironment, side, an electronicspackage 7 1/2 he moves the tripodwith the sensor Apollo14Lunar Landing Feb.5 by 5 by 4 inches,containing three to other locations.There he makes indicator dials, a tripod, and a The Apollo 14 lunar module at pull-cart carrying experimentsand new observationsas he progresses cable reel with 50 feet of ribboo- press time, was scheduledto land geology tools during their lengthy on his lunar surface excursion. in the Fra Mauro craterregion for like electricalcable. The instru- During the Apollo 14 moonwalk, fieldgeology trek. ment is poweredby 42 tiny batteries a stay of about 33 hours, during Experimentsin the ALSEP are: astronautsAlan Shepard and Edgar which the landing crew will leave sindtarto those for pacemakerde- Mitchellwill coverabout 1.8 miles, Passive Seismic for long-term vices used in the treatment of the spacecrafttwice to set up scien- measurement of lunar seismic and be a little less than .9 miles tificexperiments on the lunarsur- certain types of heart defects. away from the lunar moduleattheir events;Active Seismic for relaying Enough power is available for 66 face and to continuegeological ex- to Earth data on the lunar crust; Continuedon Page 3) plorations.The two earlierApollo the Supratherma]]on Detectorand .~4aar landingswere at Cold Cathode Ion Gauge for meas- FranquillityBase and Apollo12 at uring ion flux, densityand energy 5urveyur3 crater in the Ocean of in the lunar environment; and a ~tornls. Charged Particle Lunar Environ- Apollo 14 prime crewmen are ment Experiment for measuring ~paceoraft Commander Alan B. energy of solar protons and elec-

)o12- Thus, the Lunar Portable Mag- rnia neotmeter will be used to make a ) and rough map of the magnetic field over an extendedarea of the lunar surface.It wiI1 triangulatethe lo- cationsof any localmagnetic fields. Arnes’ studies of the moon’s magneticfields have been going on since 1967 when NASA launched the Explorer35 spacecraft,containing an Ames magnetometer,into orbit aroundthe moon.It indicatedthat the "SHEPARD’S RICKSHAW" moon’s main magnetic field was so Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., small as to be virtually unmea- takes part in lunar surface simu- surablefrom orbitatheights. lation trainingwearing an extra- Then in I969, the Ames resear- vehicularmobility unit, the back- chers came up with a very sophis- E~A PLAN pack providingoxygen and thermal .... Alan B. Shepard and Edgar D. Mitchell plan ticated, strange-looking,three- two periodsof extra vehicularactivity (EVA) on the lunar sur- protection during Noon walks. He armed magnetometer instrument. face after landing in the Apollo 14 lunar module. The targeted is standing by the modularized The astronautsdeployed landingpoint is in the Fra Mauro area. The first traversecon- equipmenttransporter (MET), dub- this one on the lunar surface.They sists of settingup the Apollo lunar surfaceexperiment package bed "Shepard’s rickshaw" by the expectedto measure the weak gen- (ALSEP), the lunar surface ranging retro-reftector{LR3)the astronauts. eralizedlunar field inducedin the compositionexperiment, collecting moon rocks, trav- moon by the solar wind. But, when YEAR OF THE BOAR eling around DoubletCrater and returningto the lunar module. the first magnetic measurements (This traverseis shown by dashes.After a rest period,the second came hack from the surface of the NewYear Celet)ratio. EVA will begin (shown by dots and dashes) and will go to To celebrate the Year of the moon, they shewed a strong local Crater, about 3/4-mile away. If time permits they will swing Boar. a new Chinesezodiaele cycle field,This field apparentlyrepre- throughthe TripletCraters on the way hack. which will last 12 years, a Chi- sented some kind of local extreme nese banquet is planned. It will variationin the lunarmagnetic char- take place at the Golden Pavilion, Magnetometer-AmesTeamEffort acteristicsrelatively near the Apol- 4320 El Camino Real, Los Altos lo 12 magnetometer. rhe lunar magnetometer pro- Michael G. Dix, who was respon- on Sat., Feb. 13. No host cocktails The portable magnetometerwill begin at 6:30 p.m. and dinner will gram at Ames has been an exten- siblefor the electronicdesign; John permit nmgnetic measurements at be served at 7:30 p.m. The price sive team effortunder the general Pruche, Joe F. DeRose, Ralph Dec- a number of locations on a single is $5.50 per person,including tax direction of Dr. Sonett, Deputy ker, and Emma Thiemann, all of Apollo mission.Data from this ex- andtip. Directorof Astronautics,and has the SpecialPro)ects Office, Space periment,when combinedwith data The seven coursedinner includes been implemented by the Special Science Division. Thermal demgn Projects Office headed by Donald from the Lunar Surface Magnet- such delicaciesas Kwor Ba Sizzling was provided by John Arvesenofthe cruelerat the Apollo 12 site, and R. Mulhollandof the Space Science ]’hernml Protection Branch, and Rice Soup, Peking Duck, Lichee Division, from the magnetometeron Explorer Tenderloin Pork Cubes and 1000 Dave Englebert, Robert Davidson 35 circlingthe moon, are expected Afterthe surprisingresults from and Earl Menefee of the Research year eggs with pickledginger. the Apollo 12 Lunar Surface Mag- to substantiallybroaden our know- Reservations must be made by EquipmentEngineering Branch sup- ledge base of informationabout the Feb. 11. For information contact netometer experiment a decision portedthe mechanicaldesign. was made to undertakedevelopment moon. Guy Wong, ext. 2479. Calibrationw~s handled at the and constructionof a portablemag- Ames Magnetic facility under Er- netometerfor the Apollo14 mission nest J. lurer. Robert R. Murphy as an Ames in-houseeffort. Charles and Ronald J. Saute. Environmental A. Privette was assigned as Pro- testing was done in the Systen~s ject Manager for this bold under- EngineeringBuilding working with taking.Schedules were very short, Howard F. Menche, Howard C. Gar- a low-costprogram had to be main- rison and Robert hl. Kerr. Elec- tained,and the extremelytight qual- tronicfabrication was accomplished ity requirementsof the Apollopro- by RobertA. Steinhauerand Charles gram had to be met throughoutthe E. De Marco of the ElectronicIn- Construction,testing, and delivery strumentBranch. Mechanicalfabri- phases of the program. The entire cation was supported by a number project was handled at Ames in- of peoplein the TeehninalServices eluding design, parts screening, Division model and metals shops, constructionand qualificationand as well as the much needed help acceptancetesting. furnishedby the Photo Technology The flight instrument,together and Graphicsand ExhibitsBranches. with a flightspare, was integrated Quality control was maintained with a -madepallet on the throughoutthe project to the de- Apollo Lunar ExcursionModule and manding requirementsof Apollo by is sow at Cape Kennedy awaiting APOLLO 14 EMBLEM . . . Crew patch designed, by astronauts George E. De Young and Darrain Alan B. Shepard, Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command launch of Apollo 14. The project L. Waters under Fred De Muth of module pilot; and Edgar D. Mlthhell,lunar module pilot. It fea- manager was assisted by Thomas the Reliabilityand QualityAssur- R. Pochari, Charles E, Duller, tures the astronautlapel pin approachingthe Moon and leaving ance Branch. a cosmictrail from the liftoffpoint on Earth. Page 4 JOGGERNEWS ¯ . . by JeanneRichardson WANT ADS Ames Ai,4,,gs ¯ . . by Jim Woodruff a.m. and was 7 lbs., 21 inches. The Joggernauts will meet at John is one of the proudest noon on Friday,Feb. 12, in the Con- Several people from the Ski fathers around, and recommends ferenceRoom in the InstrumentRe- Club spent a great week in Sun being presentl or the delivery,to search Lab, Building 213. Anyone Valley not long ago. Reports have any prospectivenew fathers. interested can learn how he can it that the trip was a big success, help with the race, sponsored by with lessons everyday, swimming, BASKETBALL the JoggernautsApril 18. People (yep. swimming)and sleighingout are neededto mark the trail, help ¯ . . by Phil Wilcox to dinner¯ Among those enjoying with the registration,direct run- the slopes of Idaho were RALPH The All-Ames Basketballseason ners on the trail, check at var- MA1NES, Security, and his wife is drawing to a close with only ious points,hand out refreshments, DELLORA, formerly of the Struc- one game left to play for eachteam. and record the finish times and tural Dynamics Branch; GEORGE These games will be played on places of 100 to 200 runners. We DEIW E RT, FluidMechanics, and his Thursday, Feb. 4. The first game couldhave a picnicafterward. wife VICKI, Servicesand Supplies; will see CSC (8-1} versus ARO (2- The race, open to any amateur MAURICE WHITE, Flight and Sys- 7), the second game puts Jets {3- athlete registered with the AAU, tems Research; and PHILLIPS J. 6) againstMadmen (2-7} and in the will start at l0 a.m. The course TUNNELL, Auto Data Processing final game the Beer Barrels (7- is just under ten miles¯ It starts ManagementOffice. 2) play the Fighting Pumas ~5-4}. at De Anza College,goes over some There was only one casualty, The resultsof the last games were: hills, loops around Stevens Creek Lou Mazer, Research Instru- ARO 32 Jets 31 Reservoir, and ends in the sta- mentation,wrenched his knee the CSC 47 F. Pumas 42 dium at De Anza. The runners will third day, and was taking his B. Barrels 36 Madmen 34 have showers and a dressing room Jacuzzi’sin the hospitalinstead available.We plan to hold this race of the pool. The group is to be BOWLING annually and hope to organize it congratulated,however, on making ¯ . . by DennisRiddle so that the runnerswill decidethat it home withouta cast, which is a The secondhalf of our seasonhas the race sponsoredby the Jogger- crack above RALPH E. IGLER, begun and after two weeks of play hauls at Ames is a good one to Research FacilitiesEngineering. the "10 Pins" and "Huffers" lead come back to each year¯ Ralph was chasing his nine- Division 1 and the "AHoy Katz" Three Joggernautsran in the 20 year-oldson down a slope at Home- lead DivisionIL kilometerrace at WoedsideJan. 17; wood Ski Area, when he fell and Congratulationsto ChartieBall V~to D’Aloia,I:25:25, Paul Sebesta, broke his arm. It was a minor for his beautiful252/590. Charlie 1:25:26, and Ted Passeau, whose break and Ralph seems to have has a 144 average! We have had tingewas not available. pulledthrough just fine. He went many great games and series so to Kaiser Hospital for treatment far this hail To mention only a rick 212/568, Bill Kohl 220/566, and was taken care of by a lovely few: Cal Eddleman 213/587. Lester plus many more. Two of the women lady M.D. Buettner 211/575, Bernie Somer deservenote also: Jan Konrath525. GARY BOWMAN, formerly of 575, Norm Barsi 222/569, Bob Met- and JeanneClemson 523. Keep it up! Biosatellite,came to the Center last week for a visit.He has spent the past two years at the Univer- sity of Frankfurt. After living Amelessly for two years, Gary and his wife Yvonne,were just a little homesick, but had to return to Germany.They are presentlyliving at FrankfurtA,~I. MAIN, Bonstadter Strasse,#5, and would like to hear from theirold friends. FRANK M. HAMAKER, Mater- ials Research, was wearing a big smile of parentalpride recently, and with good reason.His sonChris has been chosenas one of the coun- try’s forty most talented young the L scientists,in the 30th annualWest- inghouseScience Talent Search. VACANCYNOTICES Chris was awarded an expense- Merit Promotion paid trip to Washingtonto compete Secretary(Stenographerh GS-318-~, for $67,500in Westinghouseschol- NEW ARA BOARD MEMBER .... Roger Hedlund(center}, arships and awards during a five- Electronics Research, looks a bit bewildered aI2er learning Space ScienceDivision. Closing date day ScienceTalent Instituteprogram that he was the only male elected as a new ARA Board Member. is February 10, 1971. Call the Th gram in February. He hopes to attend Other new members are (1 to re) Peggy Larson, Materials Re- Employment Branch, ext. 202L t~- Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, search; JeaneRe Remington, Employment, and Jessie Gaspar, fore closingdate. Velopm with a major in physics. Programming. They assume their duties with re-elected board STOL CONGRATULATIONS member, Janet Konrath (right}, Data Management Analysis and SOFTBALL technc JOHN LONGABAUGB, Person- veteran board members Andy Bogart, Materials Research, Ar- Anyoneinterested in playingon would nel, and his wife, April, became mando Lopez, Full-Scale and Systems Research; A1 Puceinelli, the Ames FastpltehSoftball Tean, Orally, parents on Jan 20, for the first Simulator Systems ~, Emerson Shaw Tech- contact Bruce Ganzlsr ext. OPerat time John David was born at 3:29 in March 2747 L~se VOLUME XIII NUMBER 9 February 18

Apollo14 Crew Brings Back New Data onMoon’s Magnetic Fields

Apollo 14 AstronautEd Mitchell nauts encountereda field of 38gam- discoveredan unexpectedbulge in mas. the Moon’smagnetic profile when he The Apollo 14 portable magae- performeda scientificmeasurement ometer, built by a team at Ames, on Fra Mauro early on Saturday was designed to be set up and op- morning.February 6. eratedby astronautsat variouslo- Using an Ames designed and cationson the Moon. After success- built portable magnetometer,Mit- ful completionof this experiment. chell radioed back data which in- the magnetometerbad done its job dicatesthat the lunarmagnetic field and was left behind on the slopes at a point about 325 yards north- of Cone Crater.It will produce no east of Antares was three times additionalmeasurements. higherthan similarfields revealed MOONWALKERS . . . Apollo 14 Moon Mission Commander The new Apollo14 magneticfield by instruments at the Apollo 12 Alan B. Shepard Jr. stands beside the American flag after it informationwill be refinedover the was deployedon the moon during the first extravehicularactivity landingsite. Anotherreading made next few weeks and used as evi- 500 yards further away, near the on the lunar surface. Photo shows shadows of fellow astronaut dence to further document the Edgar D. Mitchell, the lunar module and the erectable S-band edge of Cone Crater where Astro- Moon’sorigin and geologichistory. antenna. nauts Mitchell and Alan Shepand terminatedtheir efforts to reachthe CO-INVESTIGATORS Co-investzgatorson the exper- top, showsthe magneticfield there iment were Dr. CharlesSonett, As- to be abouthalf of the firstreading. NASAProposed STOLOuiet-Englne sistantDirector for Astronauticsat PRELIMINARY DATA Ames; Dr. Gone SLmmons of the The preliminarydata, disclosed NASA is exploringa government decisionand financingby industry Manned SpacecraftCenter, and Dr. industry cooperativeprogram for last week by Dr. Palmer Dyal o~ Robert DuBois of the Universityof with the companies involvedfree to Ames,principal investigator for the developingthe technologyfor a short compete as usual in seeking mar- Oklahoma. The lunar magnetometer take off and landing(STOL) quiet- magnetometer experiment, indi- program at Ames was implemented ket opportunities. cates the strengthof the magnetic enginejet aircraft,applicable to a NASA has an appropriationre- by the SpecialProjects Office headed future air transportationsystem. fieldin the firstlocation was about by DonaldR. Mulhollandof the Space quest of $15 millionfor initiating 100 gammas and about 40 gammas NASA and Department of Trans- SciencesDivision. Charles A. Priv- detaileddesign and fabricationofan in the second. Gammas are a mea- portationoffictalsproposed recently experimentalSTOL aircraftin the ette was Project Manager. at a meetingof the Aeronauticsand surementof magneticfield intensity President’sFY 1972 budget, Under like candlepoweris a measurement 5pace Board of the NationalAcademy the cooperativeprogram, funds pro- of Er.gineerlng, which includes of lightintensity. HighlySuccessful vided by industry through a joint The intensityof the lunar mag- members of the aircraft, engine venture or other arrangementwould and airlineindustries, that govern- netic field is slight compared to complementthe government funds. Apollo14 Mission meat and industry form a multi- Earth’s 50,000 gamma average,but Representativesof the companies this new data is significantbecause lateralcooperative program or joint involvedwould participatein the From flawless launch at Cape enterprisein which governmentand scientistspreviously had no reason Kennedy on Sunday, , directionof the program. to believethe Moon had a field of industryfunds would be pooled on to splashdownin the Pacific Ocean Roy P. Jackson, NASA Asso- this intensity.It wasn’tuntil 1967 :~ partnershipbasis to developan ciate Administratorfor Advanced some 900 miles south of Samoa experimentaljet STOL aircraft. that the Explorer35 lunar satellite on Tuesday, Feb. 9, the Apollo 14 Research; and Technology, esti- indicatedit could have a very weak NASA and DOT consider the matesthat a researchaircraft would lunar mission has been termed a field, no greaterthan about eight great success. developmentof such an experiment- be readyfor flighttesting in about al aircraft necessaryto complete gammas.Then in I96 9, anotherAmes The pinpointlanding on the lunar two years from the time the par- magnetometerplaced 105 miles west the foundation of technology and ties agreeto a cooperativeprogram. surfacein the hilly upland region proof of concept work on which of Cone Crater by Apollo 12 astro- north of Fra Mauro craterwas right the developmentof an effective, on scheduleand the astronautswent eeonomicaland environmentallyac- on to accomplishall phases of the ceptable STOL air transportation highlyscientific and technicalmis- system might be based. sion. At press time the Apollo14 crew The proposed cooperativepro- "So many of you have expressed to me such gram would relate only to the de- heart warming messages at the loss of my wife -- Commander , Com- Velopment of low noise level, jet t~atricia--bycard, by letter, by phone, by mand Module Pilot SrrOL technologywhich, like all handclasp and embr&ce--I just cannot acknowledge and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar technology developed by NASA, each one individually--soI turn to the Astrogram to Mitchell--wasin quarantineand en- Would be availableto industrygen- say "thank you so much"--hoping that it will reach route back to the Manned Space erally.Development of prototypeand you whether you are active or retired. Each such craft Center. The crew is to re- Operationalaircraft for commercial expression--and particularly your own--makes it main in up to 21 days Use would remain a matter for just a littlebit easierto bear:’ from the completion of the second Moonwalk,or about Feb. 26. Page 2 Tau BetaPi to SantaClara Science Meet Feb. 23 ContestatAmes Th: San Francisco Peninsula The Third Annual Santa Clara Alumnus Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, Valley Science Contestswere held NationalEngineering Honor Society at Ames February 6. The contests will be charteredat a dinnermeet- are sponsored by the Santa Clara ing to be held at Sakura Gardens Valley Science Teachers Associa- in Mt. View on Tuesday, Feb. 23. tion, the Joint Councilof Science A social hour at 6 p.m. will be and Mathmatics and the American followedby dinnerat 7 p.m. Instituteof Aeronauticsand Astro- The meeting will include the nautics (AIAA, San FranciscoSec- charterpresentation by Robert Na- tion). They are designed to en- gel, Secretary-Treasurerof the courage exceptional science stu- nationalAssociation, election of of- dents from the Santa Clara Valley. fleers,and a discussionof Chapter Eighty-one Junior and Senior goals.One of the goals of the new- high school students,representing ly formed group is to stimulate forty-seven schools competed by creativeengineering professionals taking a t50-questionexamination. to work on environmentaland socie- WINNERS .... of the Santa Clara Valley Science Contest The tests covered three major tal problemsso that jobs will be held at Ames Feb. 6, Ed Weller (center},Mango School,and Scott areas; biology,chemistry and phy- generatedfor the unemployed. Matthews(right}, Los Altos High School, are picturedabove with sics, and were dividedinto Junior All alumni of Tau Beta Pi, James L. Harvey of Varian Associates as he presented each of and Senior Divisions. They were their wives and guestsare invited. them with a trophy for their school. Ed Weller received a $50 speciallydesigned for the contest Dinner reservations are $5 per savingsbond as the first place winner in the JuniorDivision and by participatingscience teachers. person and may be made by calling Scott Matthews received a $100 savings bond as top competitor Several members of the AIAA Dale Martin,Ames ext. 2502. Dead- in the Senior Division.The participantswere judged for their from Ames’ RypersoniCFree-Flight lineis Feb.19. performanceon a lS0-questionscience examination. Branch served as proctors; Dale Compton, William Davey, Jack Stephenson, Michael Tauber, and FPCScholarship "THANK YOU" NOTE Max Wilkins. Kenneth McAlister, The Federal PersonnelCouncil for the scholarshipis April I. Ap- Army Air Mobility Research and of Northern California has an- plicationforms may be obtainedby TomacciRetires DevelopmentLab was also a proc- nounced the establishmentof the contactingMrs. Evans or Miss Rich- tor. Garth Hull, Ames Educational tenth annualcollege level scholar- ardson,Room 134, Admin.Mgt, Bldg. Peter Tomacci, formerly of the ServicesOfficer, and Robert Sam- ship fund. ext.2385. ProcurementDivision, retired re- mends, Flow Fields and Stability, Deadlinefor making application cently and wishes to thank those and AssistantEducational Director who attendedhis retirementlunch- for the AIAA, were chairmen for eon. the local arrangementsof the Con- "Dear Friends at Ames, tests. Words cannot begin to express my gratitudeto all of you for a mem- AWARDS orable retirementluncheon. It was The AIAA also donated book all so very elegant. Rose and ] prizes for the top twelve winners were overwhelmed with the turn- in the SeniorDivision. Gift Certif- ugin, out and it was indeed a pleasure icates and savings bonds, ranging and C to see Dr. De France and many in value from $10 to $100, were Steph otherretired friends again. donated as awards by the Joint O’Ma "thank you for the wonderful Council on Science and Mathmatics al Ai gifts of equipment.All I have Education. Trophies and plaques Lnng to do now is learnto hit the ball! were provided by the Santa Clara is st~ Sincerely, Valley Science Teachers Associa- Fnrc~ Peter Tomaeci" tion. the N As part of the program,contest- flee ants and their sponsoringteachers Direc and parentswere given guidedtours of the CertifiedEngineer throughseveral of the facilitieshere point at Ames. Also, the film "A New rsvie~ Look at an Old Planet",whichviews Me TechniciansMeet the Earth’s atmospherefrom outer is op~ The first scheduledmeeting of spree, was shown. vice i the American Society of Certified Santa EngineeringTechnicians, California as all NACA REMEMBERED . . . but not for long as Esta Bakas Chapter,Santa Clara Section,was Servi¢ of Travel Reservationsprepares to erase the last of the NACA held this week in the formerSuper- those wing insignias found over the entrance to the EngineeringSer- visors’ Chamber in San Jose. vices Building(203}. She was one step ahead of the cement con- All CertifiedEngineering Tech- ship,o tractor who was preparing to refinish the building facade and niciansor those interestedin be- John discoveredthe long-forgotteninsignia of the "ScienceLaboratory" comingcertified are invitedto at- anno%ln under a temporary NASA building sign. Thanks to an observant tend the meetings.For furtherin- Credit Adene Searbrongh,Pay and Travel, who quickly called a photo- formation contact Don Gotimer at CUrren . this reminderof the on 263-4867or 966-5002 Page 3

18 YEARS OF LOW-COST LIFE INSURANCE N[BADrive Planned Next Month Eighteenyears ago, a group of ployees. The Associationshall be NACA (National Advisory Commit- conductedfor the mutualbenefit of its tee for Aeronautics-predecessorto membersand their beneficiariesand NASA} Lewis Laboratory employees not for profit." felt the need for low-costlife in- The first scheduleof coverage surance coverage. At that time, providedfor seven classes,ranging there was no Federal Employees in coveragefrom $1,000to $10,000. Group Life Insurance. They found Today there are 12 classes,rang- that the law permitted the head ging in coverage from $8.000 to of an agency to enter into a pol- $35,000. icy for agency employeeson a vol- The next milestonewas in Oct. untary basis. They then solicited 1961 when double indemnityfor ac- bids from various companies, and cidentaldeath was added to the plan ! the Home Life Insurance Company This was first initiatedon an op- of New York was the low bidder tional basis, and later made man- JOGGERNAUTS FLY TO THIRD PLACE VICTORY .... offeringthe bestbenefits. in the WoodsideCross Country Race. A four - man team from the datory. It did not take too long for On Nov. 1, 1963. NEBA furthered Ames jogging club. the Joggernauts,pounded their way up and Ames, Langely and Headquarters down 20 miles of mountaintrail to take third place from a field theirprotection services by offering employeesto learn of this exceI1- of 137 runners. The winning team members are (I to r) Vito a separateTravel AccidentPolicy. ent low-costinsurance and in 1953 The firstpolicy covered only ,,of_ Vito D’Atoia,Paul Sebesta,John Arvesen and Jerry Barrack with they asked for the opportunityto theirtrophy. ficial business"travel, and pro- jointhe plan.Initial implementation, vided for only two classes - one by insurance laws, requires 75% for the principal sum of $50,000 participation.An intensivecampaign and the other ~or $100,000.There JOGGERNFWS brought about this percentage of ¯ is now a plan to fit almost every- CreditUnion ¯ ¯ bY Jim Woodruff voluntaryapplications and our local one’sneeds. The annual meeting of the Mof- On January 30 a four-man Ames chapters of the NACA Employees On May 15, 1968, dependentlife fett Field EmployeesCredit Union team pounded their way up anddown Benefit Association (NEBA) were was held January 29 and attendees insurance coverage was added to 20 miles of mountain trail in the established.The quarterlyrate per the life insuranceplan on an op- heard PresidentJohn Pogue report WoodsideCross CountryRace to win thousandof coverage at that time tionalbasis. The originalplan pro- that the assetsof the CreditUnion the third place team trophy. This was $2.40. Currently,the rate is vided for threeclasses. All classes reached $2,880,516and membership race, advertized as the toughest $1.30 per thousand,which has been also provided$1,000 for each child. reached5,854 during 1970. this side of the Pike’s Peak Mara- constant for the past six years. In O0£. 1970 the classes were re- Four new members were elected thon, drew 137 runners this year. With the organizationof NASA,all duced to two. For those members to the Board of Directors:Captain Jerry BarrackandJohnArvesen lost new Centersjoined the plan. earning less than $12,000the cov- F.T. Stepbens,Vice President;Eu- their way and spent thirty minutes DR. DRYDEN erage for the spouse is $2,500 gene P. Long, Edward Seward and or so finding the trail again. Now NACA Director Dr. HughL. Dry- and for those above $12,000spouse Colonel George T. James, Jr., as that they know the way, the Jogger- den establishedthe NEBA. The char- coverage is $5,000. The quarterly members. John F. Pogua was re- nauts might score first or second ter read: "The sole purposeof the flat rate for the $2,500 coverage elected President;Jack L. David- next year. Ames runners and their Associationshall be to providetow- was $3.75when the provisionwas ad- son, Treasurer~ Ramsey K. Mel- places:Paul Sebesta,23; Vic D’Aloia cost group insuranceto NACA era- ded--ithas been reducedto $2.65. ugin, Secretary;and Rena A. Estes 26, Jerry Barrack, 45, and John and GertrudeV. ©’Maley,Directors. Arvesen.47. Stephens, Davidson, Estes and Vic D~Alioa ran the Chanel-to- O’Maley are from the Moffett Nav- Lake 10-Mile Run at Vallejo, on al Air Station.Pogue, Melugicand February 6, in about 65 minutes, Long are employed at Ames. James finishing79 in a fieldof about160. is stationedat the Sunnyvale.Air Vic reportsthat it was a beautiful Force Station, and Seward is with day. The race was wellmanagedand the Navy Plant RepresentativeOf- the police did an excellent}ob in fice at Lockheed. The Board of controllingthe vehiculartraffic. Directorsis the policy-makingbody 1 wouldlike to reportthe jogging of the Credit Union. They also ap- activityof those who have not been AmesTheatre Offer point the Credit Committee.which running in the races. Please send NOW SHOWING reviewsapplications for loans. a note about your jogging program Membershipin the Credit Union and adventures to Jim Woodruff, is open to all Federal Civil Ser- N 213-2. vice employeesin the countiesof Santa Clara and San Mateo, as well as all active and retiredmilitary $100 in the Credit Union shares Servicemenand their dependantsin are $5. thosecounties. The Credit Union offers three In a to increase member- distinct savings methods. Regular ship, outgoingEducational Chairman share accounts pay 5 1/4%, com- John We Weyers, also of Ames, pounded semi-annually. One year announced that one share in the certificatespay 5 1/2% annually, P~ease enclose rernlttanceanu a stampee self-addresseeenvelops, Credit Union wilt be given to any and "Magic Sixes" are certificates ALL TICKET~ESTS MUST RE~CH THEATRE SLA’EN D’AYS PSIOS TO CUrrent member who brings in a paying 6 % when held two years SHOW DATE, and ticket5 will be maile(! soon after. new member depositing at least basedon at least$2000. NOTE DEADLINE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF COUPON Page 4 WANT ADS

¯ . ¯ by JeanneRichardson JANET KONRATH, Date Man- agement Analysis; HELEN BOLT. Pay and Travel; and JEANNETTE REMINGTON, Employment Branch spent one full day of their Wash- ington’s Birthday holiday hiking seven (7!) miles to Half Moon Bay with the Sierra Club. The hike was along the beach, so they were entertainedoccasionally by the car- rythgs-on of the sea elephants. They spotted one poor fellow sprawled out looking as though he was about to depart for the big beach in the sky. Naturally con- cerned, the girls asked the Marine AMES GOLF CLUB PRESENTS ¯ . ¯ silver cups to Handi- Biologist who accompanied the cap Match Play Champs; (1 to r} Flight One, Howard Matthews, group,if there were somethingthey Systems Engineering;rurmer-up, Yuklo Asato, BiologicalAdap- ooulddotohnlpthe animal. He said, lion;AI Petretti,Planning Office; runner-up, John Rakich,Hyper- "No," being a young bull, the ele- sonic Aerodynamics;Flight Three, Dave Sirmot {not pictured). phant had evidentlybeen in a fight Experiments;runner-up Paul Kutler, ComputationalFluid Dynam- over a wife or two and simply ics; and Flight Four, Bert Nevotti,General Accounting;and Tom needed some peace and quiet to C. M Polek (not pictured)Hypersonic Aerodynamics¯ pilot regain courage and strength. The group trekkedon. fltght. BARBARA GERMAN, Employ- GOLF BOWLING Cr jettr; ment Branch, and herhushandRich- ¯ . . by Kay Bruck ¯ . . by DennisRiddle 0.8 o[ ard spent a lovely two days - of The "inaugural"tournament for At the end of fourweeks of the 2nd ing:tt the three-day holiday - driving 1971, played at the Skywest Golf half,the RikketyWrecks are chasing ~’tng e through the Sierras. They skied Course was arranged by those two the Cometsfor firstplacein Division edrve[ Mr. Shasta one day, then went off fun-lovingchairmen, Fred Carpen- I. in DivisionII, the EightBalls and in search of new slopes¯ Urlor- ter and Jim Nelan¯ And guess what? the CrazyEights trail the AlleyKatz [rigi~ tunately, due to lack of accoma- NO RAIN[ as is our usual com- by two wins. wing dations, what began as a ski- plaint at the beginningof each new Arlene Robinson bowled a nice acted3 weekend, ended as a sightseeing golf season¯This best-balltwosome 219/516 and JeanetteRemmgtonhada (]ecre~i trip. resulted in the usual long tirade 210 game. Good show, girls. Thl Back to the slopes;the Ski Club of excuses why everyone played so Some of the higher men’s scores flatten did it again over the big weekend. badly, but the following managed were: Frank Lazzeroni 243/591, rectly Thirty-sixskiers braved the wilds to walk away with prizes anyway: Norm Barsi 220/586, Joe Marvin airloil of Squaw Valley for three days of First Flight-two-waytie for first 213/579, and Norm McFadden 224. of the shushing and sitzmarkingon hard- place went to teams John Hawkins, We need volunteers for a ban- wing s packed slopes. All came back sun- Bill Fietzer;and Bill Gideon,John quet committee and for a trophy burned, but happy. NOEL DELANY Sorlic Muldern. committee. Please call Dennis at isl])’ie Computer Operations, was so en- A three-waytie for secondplace 2196 if interested.Plans are under- ~l OV e s thusiasticSat., that his skisliter- went to teams Don Dust, Owen way, in conjunctionwith the Thurs- b~ck o ally splitapart. Not to be stopped, Koontz; Jim Nelan, Ruben Haines; day night league,for entriestorep- totalw: Noel simply bought a new pair - and Yukio Asato, Paul Barasich. resent Ames in the local tourna- To Head 660’s - Sat. night and was Second Flight-firstplace went to ments this spring.Six men and six lifttha back on the slopes Sunday morn- team Herb Ginoza, Ken Souza; sec- women will be chosen for singles, ing. Now that’sa skier! top of ond place to team Russ Cravens. doubles,and team events¯ of thei CONGRATULATIONS Edie Watson; third place to team in the ROBERT GRIFFIN, STOL Ex- Vance Oyama, Ed Tisohler; and The perimentsOffice, and his wife Na- fourth place to team Fred Wirth, veloped dine were pretty excited Feb. 8. Bill Page. CameraMissin9 Center rhay became the parents of Janet Low gross score went to Ruben MISSINGfrom the Safety Office, Audrey Griffin,7 lbs¯ 13 oz., and Under t Ramos and low net was taken by Nikkormat35 ram, single-lensre- T. Whit 21" long, at E1 Camino Hospital¯ Don Dust. flex camera and carryingcase with that th picture 24x 36 ram/50, mm F 2.0 AMES ADVENTURERS al]ewhi charteredbus trip to San Simeon- lens¯ The decal number is 34472. SPeed o About 50 members of the Ames Hearst Castle on April 17 and 18. If found,please contact the Safety m.p.h.~ Adventurers attended a no-host the total price is $26¯50perperson Office,extension 2988, N-241-8. If th cocktail party meeting at Cbez and includestransportation, tours the win( Yvonne January 28. of upper and lower levels of the FRIDAY,~ARCH flight, TWA was featured and they pro- castle and motel accomodationsat SOFTBALL 9 TO I future vided film of Europe,literature on the Green Tree, with indoor swim- Anyone interestedin playingon ONFERENCERO0~4 39 higher travelplans available,and a draw-. ruing pool. Contact Helen Arhart, the Ames Fastpitoh Softball Team BUll ING Z39 fuel col hag of doorprizes. ext. 3175 or BarbaraAllen at ext. please contact Bruce Ganzler,ext. 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