The White Falcon - 02.10.1964, Page 1

Warren Committee Releases Findings
The President’s Commission on
the assasination of John F. Ken-
nedy, otherwise known as the War-
ren Commission, made public its
finding's Sunday.
The 888 paged report which in-
volved most branches of the gov-
ernment threw no new light on
the happenings of the tragic No-
vember day in 1963.
After a lenghtly, painstaking
investigation the Warren Com-
mission concluded that Lee Harvy
Oswald killed President John F.
Kennedy and wounded Texas gov-
ernor John B. Connally in Dallas
Nov. 22, 1963. And that he also
killed policeman J. D. Tippid after
the assassination.
The report leaves one question
unanswered—Why did Oswald kill
Mr. Kennedy? Witnesses who knew
Oswald picture him as a “big
shot” to himself, but not a poten-
tial assassian.
Shifted from home to home as
a child while his mother worked,
Oswald was said to have felt she
didn’t care for him. In the Marine
Corps he was a loner. Then there
was the' frustration of failing to
find a new life in Russia. The
Commission’s report sums up his
life as “isolation, fustration and
failure.”
But the report stops short of
giving a motive for Oswald’s crime
last November. The report gives
only the explanation: “He sought
for himself a place in history.”
The Commission maintained that
neither Jack Ruby or Oswald were
part of a conspiracy, and that both
acted on their own.
The report further criticized the
F.B.I. and the Secret Service for
their protection of the President
and recommended stricter security
measures.
President Johnson has ordered
a four-member committee to advise
him on putting the measures into
effect.
The committee also proposed to
make the assassination of a presi-
dent or vice president a federal
crime.
Although most people seem con-
vinced by the Warren Commis-
sion’s report there are doubts and
questions presisting in Europe
about the assassination of Presi-
dent Kennedy.
The murder in Dallas on No-
vember 22 shook the continent as
few events of this century have;
with the Commission’s report, the
event was brought back to Eu-
ropeans in huge headlines, repeat-
ed radio broadcasts and familiar
pictures.
In London, The Sun said in a
representative editorial: “Reason-
able people must surely accept the
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Freedoms Foundation Award Winning Newspaper-1963
THE WHITES
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume III, Number 35._________ Friday, October 2, 1964
Kef. Exchange
Offers Buyers
Precious Gems
A Jewelry Concessionaire op-
ened at the Navy Exchange Sa-
turday featuring perfect dia-
monds, pearls and other precious
stones for buyers.
Naval Station, Keflavik, is one
of three U. S. military installa-
tions in the Atlantic area to
participate in the Jewelry Con-
cessionaire. The others are at
Rota, Spain and Naples, Italy.
The firm handling the mer-
chandise offers a world wide life-
time trade-in at its 86 outlets and
includes a layaway plan for up
to one year for each item bought.
An IDF member buying an item
from the Jewelry Concessionaire
can buy, say, a $138 ring now,
decide later to buy a more expen-
sive ring, say $300, turn in the
first purchase and pay the balance
between the two of $162 for the
second purchase—that’s the life-
time trade-in policy on all goods
sold.
All items are duty free . into
the States and are on the military
price list—a lower price rate.
The comDany receives the dia-
monds from Africa and cuts the
raw material at its plants located
in Puerto Rico. This by-passes the
middleman profits when the gems
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“STONE MAD”—Frieda Hilsman
gives personal service to Michael
A. Greenman, PNSN. Frieda shows
a listing of ring prices for the
sailor. The merchandise ranges
from $20.
IN GOOD SHAPE — Maj. Bill E.
Francis, USAF, a member of the
Air Force Air University’s Aero-
space Presentations Team which
won the Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Trophy this year is shown with
the M-2 lifting body, one of the
possible shapes to be used in the
next generation of re-entry ve-
hicles.
Francis Helps
Win Award
A recent arrival on the Staff
of Commander Iceland Defense
Force, Maj. Bill F. Francis,
USAF, played an important part
in helping the Air Force Univer-
sity’s Aerospace Presentations
Team win the Hoyt S. Vanden-
berg Trophy.
The award for “distinguished
service to the nation” in the field
of aerospace education was pre-
sented to the team at the Annual
Air Force Association convention
held at Washington D. C. on
Sept. 11, 1964.
The awarding of this trophy
to the Air University Presenta-
tion Team marks the high point
of the team’s professional career.
This award, the Air Force As-
sociation’s top award, is highly
coveted and brings distinct honor
to its recipients.
Formerly known as the Air Uni-
versity Briefing Team, the Aero-
space Presentations Team is com-
posed of two groups of three of-
ficers each that tour the nation
to lecture on the significant as-
pects of U. S. space programs.
Major Francis was a member
of the first team along with Lt.
Col. Richard B. Oliney and Maj.
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Mess Hall
Project In
Last Stage
Three large operation mess
halls—one each in buildings 749,
755 and 758—and a newly equip-
ped bake shop in building 743 are
nearing completion as one project,
according to Subsistence officials.
Rehabilitation of the Naval
Station galleys and mess halls
began in November 1962 after a
comprehensive study of food ser-
vice facilities by a survey team
from the Navy Supply Research
and Development Facility at Bay-
onne, N. J.
Bayonne’s experts recommend-
ed a preliminary design and im-
mediate replacement of certain
items of food service equipment.
This replacement of equipment
has become known as “the
first increment” to the Subsi-
stence Division of the Supply De-
partment.
It was some time before funds
were available to put the “first
increment” in a “go” condition,
but early in 1964 the material
started to arrive. Officials of
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Travel Eased
For Dependents
Approved Pentagon regulations
have increased the amount of go-
vernment transportation avail-
able to military men overseas for
their dependents.
Unmarried dependents who
turned 21 while overseas were
not entitled to return transporta-
tion. The new regulation now
makes it possible for these adult
dependents to be taken back to
the U. S. at government expense.
The government will also pay
the cost of advanced return of
dependents “for compelling per-
sonal reasons.” Among the per-
sonal reasons given in the regula-
tions are marital difficulties, fin-
ancial difficulties, unforeseen
family nroblems, death or serious
illness of close relatives.”
The regulations implement Pu-
blic Law 88-431 and went into
effect August 14.
AIR DOCTOR — Receiving an Honorary Membership Certificate
for VP-8’s Crew 7 from former patient Lt. H. B. Johnston, Dr. Gordon
R. Williams and his wife Dede appear delighted at the doctor’s
having been designated a crewmember of the squadron. The ceremony
took place in Dr. Williams’ office at the hospital.
Doctor Flies While
Patient Recuperates
Dr. Gordon R. Williams, Lt. (MC) USNR, was design-
ated an honorary member of VP-8’s Crew 7 on September
22 in a brief ceremony held at Naval Station, Keflavik,
Hospital.
In early August the Tactical Coordinator of Crew 7,
Lt. H. B. Johnston, was admitted to the Station Hospital
with a touch of pneumonia, caus-1
ing Crew 7 to be without one
officer crewmember. In keeping
with the age old Naval tradition
that a Naval officer can accomp-
lish whatever the situation de-
mands, Dr. Williams rose to the
occasion by volunteering to fill
in for his patient and flew an
eleven hour operational ASW mis-
sion with Lieutenant Johnston’s
crew.
An honorary ASW crewmem-
ber certificate, squadron insignia
and decal were presented to Dr.
Williams by Lt. G. T. Mariano,
Jr., Plane Commander of Crew 7,
in appreciation for services rend-
ered.
Dr. Williams was in turn con-
gratulated and commended for
his devotion above and beyond
the call to duty by Rear Adm.
Paul D. Buie, Commander Ice-
land Defense Force; Dr. Robert
J. Mullen, Lt. Cdr. (MC) USN,
Senior Medical Officer, Naval Sta-
tion, Keflavik, Hospital; and Mrs.
Gordon R. Williams.
FPO Numbers Dropped
The Navy has decided to drop
Fleet Post Office numbers in over-
seas addresses starting next Jan-
uary.
The Navy’s proposal is expected
to be approved by the end of
October and, if they are, only
ZIP codes will be used in over-
seas mail.
TEACHER AND HIS PUPIL —
Mr. Frank Marshall (left) looks
over finished pastries with SigurS-
ur Hjartarson.
American Pastries
Baked On Station
Hungry for American baked
pastries?
Well you can now munch on
them to heart’s content at the
Viking Service Club, the Navy
Exchanges Snackbar, and the
NCO Club.
Three weeks ago, Food Services
Specialist Mr. Frank Marshall ar-
rived here from the Navy Ship
Office in New York with the
Annual Inspector General’s In-
spection Team to inspect food ser-
vices at the clubs on Naval Sta-
tion.
Finding that all pastries were
European baked, he stayed an
extra two weeks to give special
training in baking American style
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