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Volume X, Number 40 Headquarters, Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Airport, Iceland—A MATS Unit Saturday, November 12, 1960
PARCEL POST, PLEASE—MSgt. Andrew C. Dean, resident auditor,
is sending his package in time to make Santa Claus’ deadline. There’s
only six working days left to mail parcel post packages. A1C Joseph
R. Reilly, parcel post clerk and collector, is informing Sergeant
Dean that his package will cost $2.63 for mailing. The Post Office
again asks that package be well wrapped and securely tied with a
strong cord.
November Film Shows
Donna Flailing Fla.
Viewers of the November edition of the Air Force News
Review #59 will see hurricane Donna flail her way up the
Florida coast, watch Air Force Academy cadets earn para-
chutist wings get a look at a Min—
uteman ICBM launch train on a
test run of its communications
equipment—and observe igloo con-
struction in August in Florida,
among other things.
As Donna howls into town Air
Force crews evacuate planes in
the hurricane’s path and at Cape
Canaveral missiles already in the
gantries are hauled down as the
teeth of the gale grows sharper.
Final exams are passed with
flying colors by 34 AF Academy
cadets who wind up three weeks
of jump school with a leap from
a C-123 flying 1,250 ft above Ft.
Benning, Ga.
The film, which runs for 13
ipinutes, 49 seconds, has views of
British bobbies giving driving les-
sons tailored to English roads to
Air Policemen, clips of “Bright
Star/Pine Cone III”,
Reservations for this film, and
other Commander's Call films,
may be made by calling TSgt
Wylie Mason a etxtension 4156.
Kindergarten Teacher Needed.
A kindergarten teacher in the
Dependents’ Elementary School
will be needed at the end of the
Christmas holidays. All persons
interested in applying for the
position are requested to contact
Mrs. Claire Goodwin at extension
4195.
Scouts Visit
With President
Representatives of Defense
Force Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and
Explorer Scouts met the President
of Iceland and Mrs. Asgeir As-
geirsson in the Presidential resi-
dence, Bessastodum, Sunday after-
noon, Oct. 30.
Jonas B. Jonsson, chief scouter
of Iceland, Harold Kroyer, secre-
tary to the President, and Mrs.
Kroyer, assisted the President and
Mrs. Asgeirsson as hosts to the
American group.
President Asgeirsson gave the
Scouts a short welcoming talk
stressing the value of scouting
for better understanding nations
which in turn would bring world
peace.
Kroyer took the group a tour
of the area, including the church
and the Presidential Home, which
was built in the 1700s—before
there was a United States of
America.
Following the visit to the Presi-
dential Home, Larus Sigurbjoms-
son, director of the Icelandic Mus-
eums, conducted a special tour of
the museum in Reykjavik for the
scouts, to further explain details
of the early Icelandic settlers.
AFI Promoting Four
In December Cycle
Iced Field
Quotals15
Just in time for Christmas, the
Air Force will promote 1,700 to
master sergeant and 2,400 to tech-
nical sergeant. At Keflavik Air-
port, Air Forces Iceland will make
two techs and two masters; and
some Keflavikers may luck out
in the frozen field competition at
MATS Headquarters.
That’s Keflavik share of 223
masters and 291 techs given
MATS in the open fields for the
December cycle.
Air Forces Iceland will sub-
mit 15 techs for consideration to
master in the 10 per cent frozen-
field; the same number of staffs
will be competing for tech. Techs
need six years in grade and two
successive “exceptionally well
qualified” performance reports
to qualify. Staffs must have five
years in grade and meet the
same performance standard re-
quired of techs.
In the open fields a tech must
have at least 24 months in grade
and a staff must have at least
18 months. Personnel officials
have sent a list of frozen and
open fields to all first sergeants.
In turn, all sections will be given
the opportunity to submit the
names of all eligibles by today.
The Promotion Board to con-
sider nominees for the open field
promotion slots allocated to Air
Forces Iceland will meet Nov. 15.
TSgt. Ben B. Shippey, NCOIC
of Classification and Promotion,
is handling all details. Anyone
wishing information is invited to
call Ext. 4222.
(Continued on Page i.)
J. Kennedy
is President
For 1961-64
The Armed Forces’ Command-
er-in-Chief during the 1961-64
term will be Mr. John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, 43, a Democrat. Mr.
Kennedy defeated his Republican
opponent, Vice President Richard
M. Nixon, by a substantial pop-
ular-vote-margin and received 337
electoral votes compared to Mr.
Nixon’s cinched 185, and possible
192.
A son of multi-millionaire Jos-
eph P. Kennedy, John Kennedy,
was born May 29, 1917 at Brook-
line, Mass. The President-elect
graduated from Harward; he
served in World War II as com-
mander of a Patrol-Torpedo boat.
For this service, he won a cita-
tion for his heroism.
He began his political career in
the House of Representatives in
1946 at the age of 29. Mr. Ken-
nedy was reelected in 1948 and
1950. Then he became a senator
at the age of 35 in 1952; Mr.
Kennedy defeated Sen. Henry Ca-
bot Lodge, Mr. Nixon’s running
mate, for the Senate seat. Reelect-
ed in 1958, Mr. Kennedy’s term
expires in January of 1965.
Mr. Kennedy and his wife, Jac-
queline “Jackie” Bouvier, have a
daughter, Caroline, 3, and are
expecting a second child in De-
cember.
President
Elect
John F.
Kennedy
Fete Foods
OK Given
By Iceland
The Icelandic government, as in
the past, will lift customs restric-
tions to permit taking Thanksgiv-
ing Day foods off base duty free.
A maximum of $25 per adult and
$15 per child purchase will be al-
lowed each family. Complete in-
formation is contained in IDF In-
sruction 5840, 3.
Base exchange items needed for
decoration and table settings are
included in the duty-free policy
for the holiday. Capt. R. C. Don-
nelly, Base Exchange officer, says
his shelves will have “as much in
stock as on other days requiring
normal and special preparations
for increased sales.”
At the Commissary, Capt. L.
A. Clark says there will be plenty
of turkeys in stock. The birds
will sell for 47 cents a pound.
A goodly supply of Thanksgiving
candies, fruits, nuts and all other
trimmings will be on the shelves.
The duty free provisions cover
both; items bought in the Ex-
change and the Commissary. For
example, a couple with one child
(Continued on Page S.)
No On Leave
Travel Okayed
For Dependents
Airmen on ordinary leave who
show up at McGuire with their
dependents for space available to
Keflavik Airport are causing of-
ficial concern.
A report from the Air Force’s
Transportation office says that
there’s no authority for such tra-
vel and dependents must neces-
sarily be denied transportation to
accompany sponsor back to over-
seas area.
Showing up on a chance that
transportation might available
usually results in financial and
physical hardships to dependents.
Personnel at McGuire say spon-
sors often try to slip by as new-
comers, but this ruse doesn’t work.
Sponsors in that category have
orders which state dependent tra-
vel is authorized; dependents re-
turning to Iceland from leave are
on a tourist passport; therefore,
the sponsor’s orders does not men-
tion the dependents.
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