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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, March 25, 1961
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* By AFPS “
President John P. Kennedy issued a call for volunteers to join
a Peace Corps to aid the underdeveloped countries of the world and
one of the first to offer his services was Forrest Evashevski, former
grid coach at the University of Iowa and onetime assistant mentor
under Paul Brown of the NTC Great Lakes, Ill., eleven... .Nick Ar-
skinoff, AP Academy varsity fullback last season, has been turned
back to the next succeeding class for academic reasons... .Annapolis
eager Dave Tremaine finished the campaign with a .412 percentage
of field goals attempted. He swished through 104 of his 253 tries....
The AAU National Men’s Championship will be held at Denver,
Colo., March 20-25.... Duke Snider, now starting his 14th season
with the Dodgers of the National League, recently made sporting
awards at Camp Pendleton, Calif.In 1959 Frank McKinney swam
the 200-yard backstroke in 2:0.4 for an American record. Now
Charlie Bittick, Southern California University senior, has snapped
this mark by churning his way to a 1:58.6 victory... .Naval Aca-
demy’s Nelson Hume and Bob Winters of Syracuse tied an Eastern
Intercollegiate gymnastic record by scaling the rope in 3.3.
During WWII it was—Tommy Henrich, former N. Y. Yankee
outfielder, was playing for the Coast Guard at Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich...Harry Boykoff, ex-St. John’s All-American basketball center,
was a personal guard for President Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N.Y.
.... Bob McLeod, famous Dartmouth halfback, bagged four Japanese
Zeros over Guadalcanal.... Howie Schultz, onetime Brooklyn Dodger
first baseman, actually stretched himself out for the Army. All
6 foot 6% inches of himself, that is....Seaman Jack Kramer was
battling at Forrest Hills, N.Y., for the National Tennis Champion-
ship.... The late Herman Hickman (of Yale grid coach fame) was
a line coach under Col. Red Blaik at West Point... .Enos Slaughter,
who helped the Cardinals win the World Series in 1942, was sporting
Army sergeant stripes... .Mickey Cochrane was coaching such base-
ball standouts at the NTC Great Lakes, Ill., as Johnny Mize of the
Giants, George Dickey of the White Sox and Barney McCoskey of
the Detroit Tigers.... Buff Donelli, ex-Cleveland Rams coach, was
wearing Navy blues.... Stan Musial, 1943 American League batting
champ, was also in a seaman’s uniform. .. .Pvt. Maxie Baer was
recalling his scenes before the camera as Myrna Loy’s leading man
in “The Prizefighter and the Lady.”... .Ted Williams, the Boston
alltime great “swinger,” had a close call as a Marine aviation cadet.
As he was taking off on the final leg of flight training at Pensacola,
Fla., his wing flaps were lowered and his instructor caught him
just in time.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK—Shortly after successfully defending
his world middleweight title against Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Fullmer
said, “I’m glad I was fighting this guy when he was over his prime.
I was fighting a real good Robinson and I didn’t beat him by such a
wide margin that it was an easy fight.”
Donaldson AFB Is Selected
For Hennessy Consideration;
2 Other Bases Vie For Award
Welcome
Aboard
Recent arrivals at Keflavik Air-
port with previous duty stations
and AFSC are:
NAVY
Fireman Jules P. Gable, Great
Lakes, Ill.
R1C Roland E. Gutierrez, Bain-
bridge, Md.
Seaman James E. Ormsby, Char-
leston, S.C.
HC Louis F. Dondero, Brunswick,
Maine.
Ensign William O. McConnel,
Pensacola, Fla.
AE1 Gordon C. Shannon, Jack-
sonville, Fla.
BT1 Oran R. Cookemboo, Was-
hington, D.C.
AEC Bobby L. Reece, Jackson-
ville, Fla.
SN Anthony Insano, New London,
Conn.
AIR FORCE
Capt. Herbert R. Zehnder, 44189A
Stead AFB, Nev.
MSgt. De Dybdall, 68370, Lincoln
AFB, Neb.
MSgt. Vincenzo J. Richi, 73170,
March AFB, Calif.
MSgt. Alonzo H. Howell, 73170,
Myrtle Beach AFB, S.C.
SSgt. Fred B. Krementz, 27170,
Oxnard AFB, Calif.
A1C Bobby W. Colvin, 56650A,
England AFB, La.
A1C Kenneth L. Vaughan, 53350,
England AFB, La.
A2C Johnny V. Jons, Jr, 62250,
Homestead AFB, Fla.
A2C James L. Rhodes, 64550,
Shaw AFB, S.C.
A2C Robert M. Fisher, 70250,
Pease AFB, N.H.
A2C Ronald A. Robinette, 70150,
Shaw AFB, S.C.
A3C Michael D. Howard, 43231,
Sheppard AFB, Tex.
A3C Cletus L. Daugherty, 27150,
Suffolk County AFB, N.Y.
Reenlistments Up
During First Half
Fiscal Year 1962
Over 6,600 enlisted persons have
either re-enlisted or extended
their re-enlistment during the
first half of the FY 1962 cycle,
USAF wide statistics revealed.
This represents an increase of
six per cent in the first term re-
enlistment rate over the 19 per
cent in the last reporting cycle.
There were 26,281 eligible and
the.desired quota was 8,542. Thus,
results so far mean that USAF
is retaining 25.2 per cent of all
those eligible and filling its quota
by 77.5 per cent.
Administrative and some tech-
nical personnel led the re-up par-
ade with rates near 30 per cent.
Electronic and Service personnel
were in the lower ranges with
a re-up of about 22 per cent. A
further break-down into career
fields shows varying percentages,
for example 100 per cent in career
field 33 (Electronics) re-enlisted
while only 18.4 per cent did in
career field 27 (Electronics).
First-term re-enlistment rates
also varied according to the com-
mand. USAFE led with a re-
enlistment rate of 37.4 per cent.
Air Research and Development
Command, Air Training Com-
mand, and Tactical Air Command
also were well over the 25.2 per
cent USAF average.
Special Program
Slated Tomorrow
On Local Station
Tomorrow evening Armed For-
ces Radio Service will present a
special, hour-long transcribed
program with Secretary of Labor
Arthur Goldberg and Arizona Re-
publican Senator Barry Goldwater
debating “The Soundness of the
Kennedy Administration’s Econ-
omic Proposals.”
The program, called “The Na-
tion’s Future,” is a current NBC
Television series moderated by
John K. M. McKaffrey. Armed
Forces Radio Service has record-
ed the audio track of the program
for overseas radio rebroadcast.
The local broadcast of “The
Nation’s Future” will be at 6:30
p.m. tomorrow (Sunday).
Speciality Tests
In 21 Fields Set
For April Roster
Airman Proficiency Tests in 21
career fields will be given during
the period April 3, through April
8, Consolidated Personnel Office
announced this week.
Career fields in which the tests
will be administered include the
22; 23; 25; 30; 32; 34; 40; 53;
55; 57; 58; 59; 65; 67; 68; 70;
72; 74; 75; 77; and 79.
The proficiency tests will be
administered to all 3-skilled and
5-skilled level airmen who have
completed the “On-the-Job-Train-
ing for the next highest skill level
and who have been recommended
by their supervisor for testing,
CPO said.
The test is a multiple choice
containing questions designed to
measure the knowledge considered
essential for airmen to perform
satisfactorily at their next higher
level of an Air Force Speciality.
Normally the tests contain
questions covering knowledge
common to all duties within the
speciality so airmen planning to
take the test are urged to pre-
pare themselves in advance.
Advancement in each speciality
meets one of the basic require-
ments for grade advancement,
with better promotion opportuni-
ties for those who reflect a good
knowledge of their particular
speciality.
A study reference list for each
speciality is available at the Kef-
lavik Airport Education Office,
Bldg. T-101. ________
Unit Citations
To Move Left
In the near future various unit
citations will be worn in the rib-
bon row over the left pocket in-
stead of the old position over the
right pocket. Making the an-
nouncement, USAF officials said
the emblems — the Distinguished
Unit Citation, the Phillippine Un-
it Citation and the Republic of
Korea Presidential Unit Citation
—soon will be reduced to ribbon
size for inclusion in the normal
ribbon row.
The change over should be
made as soon as the smaller em-
blems are available but not later
than Sep. 1.
In order to save money, those
authorized to wear the Disting-
uished Unit Citation should pur-
chase bar ribbons rather than em-
broidered ribbons until more de-
tailed information is available
concerning the size of the gold
wreath frame.
Donaldson AFB, S.C., has been
selected as one of three Air Force
bases to compete in finals for the
Hennessy Award Trophy, which
is awarded the base having the
best food service operation in the
Air Force.
Colonel Floyd M. Johnson, base
commander, was notified by
MATS headquarters that a team
of judges has chosen Donaldson
over four other bases inspected
last month. During February,
three teams assigned by HQ US-
AF visited five bases representing
major air commands, to narrow
the field to three finalists. On
March 22, a six man team headed
by Col. N. T. Farewell, arrived
at Donaldson to evaluate the food
service facilities. Other bases in
the finals are Goodfellow AFB,
Tex. and a radar site in Alaska.
Donaldson was chosen over Bol-
ling AFB, Wash., D.C., Mitchel
(Answers to Quiz)
1. Tony Zale.
2. Milt Plum of Cleveland led
the league by competing 60.4 per
cent of passes attempted for an
average gain of 9.19 yards.
3. It was dedicated in 1937 at
Cooperstown, N. Y.
4. Johnny Longden scored his
4,000th win on Fleet Driver at
Hollywood Park on May 15, 1952.
5. The late Babe Zacharias cap-
tured the event in 1948, 1950 and
1954.
AFB, N.Y.; Stony Brook AF
Station, Mass.; and Rosas Air
Station, Spain, by the judges.
The Hennessy Trophy is named
for the late John L. Hennessy who
worked for the Air Force in the
food and food service fields dur-
ing World War II. Last year,
the trophy' was won by Little
Rock AFB, Ark.
Col. Johnson said, “We are im-
mensely proud that our food ser-
vice squadron has achieved the
finals of the Hennessy Award
competition. It is a high tribute
to the hard work and professional
competence displayed by the food
service officers and men.”
No Propping Needed
Radar picket plane fliers at
McClellan AFB, Calif., say their
reciprocating engine RC-121Ds
are a long way from going on the
junk heap in the jet air age.
In fact, the 964th Airborne
Early Warning and Control
Squadron at McClellan boast on
a sign over the operations room
doors: “Home of the Flyingest
Men in the Air Force.”
Moreover, the radar picket
boys are spoiling for an argument
from anyone to say it isn’t so.
They present as documentation
for their “flyingest” claim the
fact that their crews average
more than 1,000 flying hours an-
nually.
VP-70 Wins
Championship
In VB Play
VP-10 won all 12 of their sche-
duled games while losing none to
take the Intramural Volleyball
championship at Keflavik Air-
port.
Runners-up to VP-10 was an-
other Navy unit, Naval Air
Facility, which won 10 and lost
but 2.
Close in third place was AACS
with a 9-3 record, followed by
AFI and Air Base Squadron with
records of 8-4.
Transportation was next with
7-5; then came Supply with 6-4;
Rockville and Dental Clinic with
5-7; Hospital with 4-8; and Civil
Engineers and CAMRON with 2-
10.
VP-10 took the base champion-
ship trophy and 10 individual
awards while NAF won the run-
ner-up trophy.
MATS To •Lift*
Big Equipment
To No, Canada
Tractors, trucks and other
heavy equipment weighing 203
tons will be airlifted to north
Canada during March to improve
NO RAD distant early warning
radar sites.
The machinery will be carried
by the Air Force Military Air
Transport Service (MATS).
Mainstays of the Chile and Congo
airlifts last year, Douglas C-124
Globemasters from EASTAF and
WESTAF units will fly 13 mis-
sions to the DEWline sites, some
of them carrying more than 16
tons of equipment each trip.
DEWline sites stretch across
northern Canada near the arctic
circle from Barter Island on the
extreme northern tip of Alaska
(3,000 miles north of San Fran-
cisco) to Baffin Island (2,500
miles north of New York City).
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Sports
Quiz
By AFPS
1. What famous boxer was nick-
named the “Man of Steel”?
2. Name the NFL field-general
who had the highest percentage
for completed passes last season.
3. In what year did the Base-
ball Museum and Hall of Fame
open?
4. Who was the first American
jockey to win 4,000 races?
5. Name the only athlete to win
the Women’s Open Golf Cham-
pionship three times.
‘Oldsters’ Surprise VA
Veterans Administration doct-
ors owned up to the surprise of
their lives recently when examin-
ing a group of Spanish-American
War veterans of Massachusets.
Expecting to find the group the
80 year-old equivalents of Gary
Cooper, doctors did a double-take
as the group turned out to look
more like Herbert Hoover and
Winston Churchill.
Equally surprising, the group
put on the most weight past 55
years of age.