Serving the Western Hemis­ PUBLISHED WtEKlT phere's Largest All Land Distributed To Military and Missile Range Civilian Personnel on W .S 1\1. R. Publish eel by Las Craces Citizen Las C; uces Nev. Mtx1c~ Published In the interest ot military and civilian a private firm 1s nc way connected with the Department ot personnel ot WSM R and to promote a greater the Army Opinion< expressed by Lhe ouhlishers ancl INl'iten guided missile orogram tot the national defense. ncrem are their own and are not to be con;idered an officla1 expression O) the Uepartment of the Army The appearan" PUBLICATIONS OFFICE: of advertisements in thh publication rloes not constitutt an 114 S. CHURCH LAS CRUCES. N. M. P.ndorsement by tile Department of the Army of the products Vol. X-No. 13 White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Friday, Sept. 11, 1964 Eight Pages Jr services advertised. I New Government Premium Bales Carpenter Named Chief Of Staff Outlined on Heallh Insurance I By Civilian Personnel Officials Kaiser Named Director A E White Sands Missile Rang-e 1 about 40 per cent. Additional civilian personnel officials this benefits have also been announ­ weelc announced the new premi- ced by the underwriters. At White Sands issile ange nm rate!'! on health insurance The Civil Service Health whi<'h will become effective No- Plan, which is administered by I New c.lut,v r ,.:.,ignment.w hav1 vember 1, 1964. The rates, the U. S. Civil Service Commis- been announced for two culo j which affect all health insur- sion, covers some two million ncls at White Saml.9 Mi.s:;ilt j ~nc~ plans, have been increased Federal workers. Each yeat· the Range. Commission has to negotiate ! Col. Franklin F.. Ca.rpenle: one-year contracts with some has been named Chief of Staff 40 insurance companies. The in- / with ntltlitionnl duty as Chie! Chief of SJalf creases are the result of in­ Logbticr. He sncccccls Col creased medical costs according William F. Kaie-er who has bcc1 Sends Message to Civil Service authorities. ni;signed to the post of Dil'Cc Additional benefits given to ·tor. Army Mls~ile Test and Ji:va subscribers include: additional lua.tiu11 Directorate. To Us Soldiers days of hospital benefits in that Colonel John C. Banc, Whit The right to \'ote is a Blue Cro:;s high option will pro­ lSands Mi8l>ile R~1nge Deput~ product of freedom w hich vide 365 days of hoi;pitalization Com111a11det·, wa.,; filling posi was cherished by the Amerl­ instead of the present 120 days lion of directtlr, AMTED, 11 c·an C'olonists and won in our for each confinement; benefits addition to hb dulic::; as Dcput. Rm·olntion. Since every eli­ for doctor's hospital visit will Commundcr. gible citizen bas tht' obliga­ be increased from 120 to 365 1 Colonel Carpenter came l tion to expresi.; himself at days, and regular basic hospi­ White Sands .\lissi:e Range it the polls, ·we, as members of tal benefits will be substituted JU63 followiui as;;ignmen ti1 Um United Stall's ArntJ, for the present $118 hosptial Koren. us Bxecutive 0.fficci· THIRD AWARD-1\Ir. l{u~scll L. l\lertens, a ruand is the third he has received from this shoul exdndse tbif funda­ allowances in maternity cases. 7J;;t Ordnance Croup. He an progmmmer with the Computing Brauch of ,,uggestion. It has merit<>d a. $1,000.00 cash mt>ntal right. The Aetna Government High hi~ wife. I.cc, rc.;ide at 22 Data Reduction Dh·bion, is prei-ented an ad­ :iward and was selected as the White Sands Despite the sim11lifled vot­ Option Plan offers no increase COL. W . F. KAISER COL. F. E. CAHPJ.;NTJ.<.'R Jupiter. WS.MR. ditional cush award by Lt. Col. Her!Jert R. l.\Iissile Ra·nge Best Suggestion of the Year. Jng an<l resi<lent require­ in benefits. Colonel Kaiser came to \\'hit Ral"ker, Chief, Data Reduction Division, for A graduate of Harding College in Searcy, ments ·wJtlch have been es­ Sand1> last year afte1· ass.ign his sugge~tlon c1mceming n Magnetic Tll'(le Arkansas, Mr. l\Iertens resides with his wife tablished by many states and lowRates option and plans benefits will inremain•~ most BORN ABROAD-\ ' • Iment a::> Commanding Officer J,ibNuy Inventory System. This award from and two C'hildren at 5201 Prince Edward, the Ft'deral Voting- Assist­ unchanged in the new contracts. Eighth lJ. $. Army Ordnanc, United States Army Test & Emluation Com- El Paso, Texas. anl'e Program whi<'h facili· The Civil Service Commission • Depot. !(urea. Colonel Kaise tates absentt'e \'Oting by anti his wife. Blanche, reside ut soldi<>rs stationed away from :~i~~~;i~e~~~~~l~~:~l~~~~~~ I 219 Jupiter, WSMR. home, only 17.9 per <"cnt of ::t AMER IC AN CIT IZ E N? to give employees chance +o • eligible Army })('rsonnel switch from one plan to an- Secretary Paul Pledges Fight rnted during the 1962 gener­ other. j al elections. Here is the table which shows Colonel erhy Ai. Amt"rkans, our vote rate changes: j PROOF IS NEEDED is free. and our ballot is OLD AND NEW HEAJJTH Hamed Co. gainst Further Military secrr.t - whether we vote INSURANCE PREJ\llUlI I at the })(Ills in our home j RATES Are you an American citizen?, an American Con~ulate, and Is- stute or mark an absentee Bi-\Vt>ekly Cost To Employees Can you prove it? ·wen, if you .,;ued a birth ci1tificate. o I Co hallot in some remote corner \ Benefit (Blue Cross), High were born in the United States How doe::1 a .person born Fringe Benefits Slashes of th" world. I urge all ell- Option, Self and Family - pres-i·1 . • . a.broad of Amcncan pm·cnts g-ihlo nwmbers of thl' Amiy, !ent, $5.82; Effective No. 1, of American parents, you will Iprove American citizenship T A CLEVELAND, Ohio (AFPS) Ihcnef~t,; .!n all of our major in-, ward those in the ~ilitary,•:. t~e botJ1 military and civililm, to $7.88. have little difficulty in so do- By a CERTIFICATE OF Ai\t- .. Efforts to further lcs~cn mil- dustnes. secretary emphasized, will 'ote in t1w <'omlng elections. Benefit (Blue CroM), High Iing. BUT. if you were born I EHI CAN CI'I?ZJ<Jr~SHIP issuer! Harv fringe benefits will be Ho then expluincu, "I would ultimately determine whether HAROLD K. JOHX~O:S- Option, Self Only - present, I overseas. you may not be able l ~y i~e t·Inmugr~tio.Hi ani~ Na- mct with resistance from As-I like to cull attention to the ther.c will ex~s: a pride in pro- (lt>nPral, U. S. Army $2.11; Effective Nov. 1. $2.92. to prove American citizen:>hip urn. i~a ion Serv1r.e. ow 1~ th s mn.ny sacrifices nnd difficulties .fes~1on, a w1llmgnc::i:; lo make Chit'f of :start lndqrmity (Aetna l. High Op-I -even if you were born of I certif1cat~ ob~ainea? By f1llm~ 1 slstant Secretary of Defense 1 .faced by our servic~ families Hacrifices and, the esprit and '-====::-::---::::=-:---::--:--=:-:::'-__<:.:C:.o:.n:.:.t:.=i~n::_u_:ed:_:o::n:_:_F~n:g=::e:_:7:.:_)~- 'Amel'ican parents, registered nt out lnmugration and Nut, nJ1- (.Manpower) No11r1an S. Pnul. whicn more than offset the re- dedication so nece.;sary for cf- ..., zation Fonn N-600, and nltach- In a speech bcfo1e dc.Icgntcs mainlng fringe hcnefits which, fectiveness in times of cri i "" iug i;upporting documents aucll 1 p .h G TH E M 0 v E r. birth tif «atE", hat ati- ntt ndiPg th V ct er •'111 nr t 1~ j "" of co• ti,1ning u. •• • 8N~retnry ·tu! p.m1,cd t t eign vV ., (Vli'\Vl convi.,'lllmn tacl~s.' 1VJ<'W for its hl'lp in prolectingr mitling ;;ame togethe1· \\'it.h n here, Secre1ary Pat l pointed It was at thb point in his military ben<>fits and told con- S5 fee to the 11earest I&NS of- <11tl thnt, in recent yc.nrs, "'Vhllc l.. prech tlwt Secret: 1y Paul told vention delegates, "I am proud :Moymg a.. :<oldier and 11.is de-1 • A dbloca.lion allownnce, sonal property are packed, fice. there has been n chipptng away the VF\V delegates. ''Let me to be associated with the Vet- pendent:; with the lea:;t mcon- equal to a month's quarters I moved, stored, and delivered The CERTlFICATE 01', AM· of the. serv1cemnn's fringe benc- ns;;ure you. here and now. that' ernns of Foreign Wan; in tlleir venience to them i:; the Army'.> payment ls provided. This helps at government el·qJense. with- ERICAN CITIZENSHJP will fits, there has been a rapid I will do all within my power commitment to enhance the goal. I cover some of the many ex- 1 in legally i-;pecified limits. be issued if the applicant p1·on:-i a;rov.-th of substantial frmge Ito resist efforts to further di- morale an. d welfare of those Financial suppo~t to offset I penses involved in leaving one . • .Government tramiportation he has acquired Americnn citi- 1 1 W' - - minish our military fringe bene- who have now succeeded to the personal and family upheaval 1 home and SE1tting up house- is furnished or a mileage al- zenshi.p as claimed. is physically fits." j tasks which, in other times and connected with moves takes j keeping elsewhere.