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Saturday, January 25, 1964
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COLOMBIA
Pilot School Trainees
Flight Manual Writers
Imagine the competition and the
courses for study in a school that
must turn away 99 out of every
100 applicants.
That’s the case at the Naval
Test Pilot School, where pilots
become, perhaps, the world’s most
unusual “students.”
In eight months the men whip
through 400 hours of calculus,
aerodynamics, thermodynamics
and other related subjects, if any-
body can “whip through” such
rugged-sounding courses.
The school trains pilots to be-
come test pilots, a job more de-
manding than any other phase of
flying. Among the school’s alumni
are astronauts Alan Shepherd,
John Glenn, Walter Shirra and
Scott Carpenter.
Although the school is pre
dominantly for Navy pilots,
Army, Air Force and Marine
Corps pilots are often admitted
to the school to receive special
training that the Navy, by its
type of aircraft, is most familiar
with.
The function of the school is
simple enough: To train a pilot
to be able to classify every bug
in an aircraft regardless of mod-
ification or tactical use of arma-
ment.
In addition, the pilot must be
trained to anticipate the charac-
teristics of planes under considera-
tion for use while they are still
on the assembly line.
For these pilots after gradua-
tion, taming the Wild Blue Yon-
der means hours and hours with
the same aircraft under different
stresses and strains. Then each
man submits reports in minute
detail.
These pilots are as important to
military aviation as letters are to
the alphabet. For these men write
the flight manuals.
When walking on a roadside
after sunset be sure to wear light
colored clothing to attract the at-
tention of oncoming motorists.
Dark apparel is also appropriate
for funerals.
U.S., Panama to Renew
Diplomatic Discussions;
Vance Commends Troops
U.S. servicemen will be watching with keen interest the
agreement by Panama to resume diplomatic relations with
this country and the discussion to follow after diplomatic
ties are renewed.
The suspension of diplomatic®"
relations occurred when riots
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For official Position
Armed Forces Study Report
Linking Cancer to Cigarettes
The Public Health Service’s widely publicized cigarette
report linking smoking to lung cancer is now under mili-
tary study for an official Armed Forces position on the
matter.
Department of Defense officials®’
said the report is now being re-
viewed by the Surgeons General
of the Armed Forces. A com-
prehensive look into the report,
relative to the health and welfare
of service men and women, is
expected to take several weeks.
In short the cigarette report
says: “The greater the number
of cigarettes smoked daily, the
higher the death rate from lung
cancer, pulmonary diseases, car-
dio-vascular diseases, etc.”
In the past the Armed Forces
have reminded military personnel
of the “ever-increasing evidence
linking cigarette smoking with
cancer.
An Air Force letter in Sept.
1962, directed that “cigarettes not
be accepted for free distribution
in the USAF hospitals, nor will
they be placed in flight lunch
boxes.”
“To allow the free distribution
of cigarettes in our hospitals and
in flight lunches,” the letter ex-
plained, “suggests to our person-
nel that the Air Force Medical
Service, in effect, condones ciga-
rette smoking.”
However, the Defense Depart-
ment noted that free cigarettes
are still distributed to patients in
some Army and Navy hospitals.
broke out in Panama Jan. 9.
One of the first mediators sent
to the Republic of Panama to try
jto ease the disputes was Army
jSecretary Cyrus R. Vance (newly
^appointed Deputy Secretary of
Defense, effective Jan. 20).
“We are pleased to see that pro-
gress is being made toward re-
storing peace and order,” the Sec-
retary said. “I think the first
thing we’ve got to do is make sure
that law and order are restored.”
At the outset of his news con-
ference Secretary Vance said he
was “tremendously impressed with
the high level of discipline and
restraint that our forces showed
under extreme provocation and
danger to their lives, from mobs
and from snipers. In my opinion
PRESIDENT ASGEIR ASGEIRSSON speaks with U. S. I. S. Public
Affairs Officer Raymond J. Stover (left) and U. S. Ambassador
James K. Penfield before his White House Library collection, at
the opening o th Americana book exhibit, January 11.
Unified School System
Scheduled For Overseas
Overseas dependent’s schools,
previously operated by the indivi-
dual services, have been ordered
into a unified system by Secre-
tary of Defense Robert S. McNa-
mara.
The unification will be under
the academic administrative pro-
gram developed by the Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Man-
power Norman S. Paul and im-
mediately under the direction of
the Deputy Assistant for Man-
power (Education) E. L. Katzen-
bach Jr.
The Army, Navy and Air Force
will continue the physical opera-
tion of their schools but under
the common administration of the
Department of Defense.
Unification objectives include
uniform standards for selection,
assignment and transfer of pro-
fessional school personnel; cen-
tralized procurement of texts
and other materials and stand-
ardization of the admission reg-
ulations.
These schools provide public
school education in grades one
through 12 for dependents sta-
tioned overseas. There are 222 ele-
mentary and 63 junior-senior high
schools in 28 nations.
Approximately 7,500 profession-
al personnel take care of an en-
rollment of about 150,000 children.
DOD schools are located in the
Azores, Bermuda, Crete, Denmark,
England, Ethiopia, France, Ger-
many, Guantanamo Bay-Cuba, Ice-
land, Italy, Japan, Korea, Labra-
dor, Libya, Midway Island, Mor-
occo, Netherlands, Newfoundland,
Norway, Okinawa, Pakistan, Phil-
ippines, Scotland, Spain, Taiwan,
Trinidad and Turkey.
Nightime strolls along public
highways may be dangerous. Al-
ways carry a flashlight to alert
motorists of your position. They
are also great for warding off
gremlins.
Canal Is Vital Link In
Commercial Shipping
On Aug. 15, 1914, the Canal
was opened to traffic — linking
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Canal Zone, which is 50
miles long and 10 miles wide,
has cut approximately 7,873
nautical miles off a sea jour-
ney from New York to San
Francisco.
The Canal’s construction was
an engineering feat, but it is
not wide enough for today’s
large ships.
To meet today’s problem,
studies are being made on the
possibility of building an alter-
nate chanel—perhaps through
Colombia or Nicaragua. This
engineering task would be ac-
complished by using nuclear
explosives for excavation. Also
discussed has been a route
through northern Panama.
The 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla
Treaty sets the policy for U.S.
control of the Canal Zone, which
is economically advantageous to
the Republic of Panama and
invaluable to commercial ship-
ping.
they deserve the highest com-
mendation.”
The Secretary explained that
while he was in Panama the de-
cision was made that the U.S.
flag should be flown outside Ca-
nal Zone schools.
“That decision having been
made,” the Secretary pointed out,
“it follows logically that the Pan-
amanian flag should be flown
alongside it, because of our exist-
ing agreement with the Republic
of Panama.”
Two flag poles are being placed
at all Canal Zone schools where
the American flag is flying.
Referring to the strategic im-
portance of the Canal Zone to the
U.S. government, Secretary Vance
said that during WWII more than
5,300 combat vessels and about
8,500 other craft serving the mili-
tary used the Canal.
Sec. McNamara Proposes
2.5% Military Pav Roost
For Fiscal Year 1965
A military pay increase of approximately two and one-
half percent is included in the Defense Department’s Fiscal
Year 1965 budget.
A proposed pay increase has been recommended by Sec-
retary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, “to balance the mili-
tary pay with the pay of other personnel in our society.”
The Secretary also said that the®7
expenditures for the Defense De-
partment in FY65 will be $1 bil-
lion less than the expenditures
in 1964. This savings in expendi-
tures will accure despite the re-
commended pay increase for
FY65.
“This $1 billion savings can be
made without in any way reduc-
ing the defense of this nation,”
Mr. McNamara explained. “As a
matter of fact, I believe the bud-
get that will be submitted to the
Congress will yield defenses
superior to those at any other
time in our history in peacetime.”
Secretary McNamara said the
$1 billion savings will accure
despite the fact that between
FY64 and FY65 expenditures for
retired pay and increases in the
salary for both civilian and mili-
tary personnel will add about
$2.5 billion per year to the budget.
Mr. McNamara said the sav-
ings will be “the result of follow-
ing the instructions of the Presi-
dent to economize in every way
possible to increase our efficiency
and our productivity in every way
possible.”
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