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RAdm Weymouth, Family Arrive At Keflavik
Keflavik’s Super Constellation,
the “City of Reykjavik” touched
down on the airport runway Tues-
day morning with RAdm Ralph
Weymouth, new commander Ice-
land Defense Force and his fam-
ily-
The admiral was met at hangar
831 by a contingent of defense
force officers and their wives,
led by RAdm Paul D. Buie,
present Iceland Defense Force
commander, Col. Lelend McGowan,
chief of staff, Capt Robert Sparks,
commander Naval Forces Ice-
land and Col. Alan Long, com-
mander Air Forces Iceland.
Stepping off the aircraft with
Admiral Weymouth was his wife,
Laure, and six of their eight
children: Martina,Danielle, Claire,
Letitia, Laura and Lawrence.
After leaving the “City of Reyk-
javik” they traveled with Admiral
Buie and his group to Quarters
“A”.
Promptly at 11 a.m. tomorrow,
the admiral will take up the reins
of his new command in change
of command ceremonies in the
hangar. All major units of the
Iceland Defense Force will be
“standing tall” for the ceremony
and representatives and guests of
United States civilian and Ice-
landic groups will be there.
Immediately following the
change of command ceremony
Saturday, Admiral Buie will say
his final good-bye to Keflavik
International Airport, board his
plane and return to Norfolk, Va.,
where he will serve as chief of
the Naval Aviation Safety Cen-
ter.
Admiral Weymouth comes to the
Iceland Defense Force from du-
ties as assistant for advanced
technology with the Office of the
Chief of Naval Operations in
Washington, D.C. He began his
naval career in 1938 and became
a naval aviator in 1941.
A graduate of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology
where he won a masters degree
in Aeronautical Engineering in
1949, the admiral has also attend-
ed the Naval Post-Graduate
School, Armed Forces Staff Col-
lege and the National War Col-
lege.
Admiral Weymouth’s last seagoing
commands were the U SS Duxbury
Bay and the USS Lake Cham-
plain.
The admiral’s stateside home is
in Key West, Fla.
THE WHITE
NEW ARRIVAL — RAdm Ralph Weymouth, prospective IDF com-
mander, arrives at Keflavik Airport. He and his family are wel-
comed by a contingent of officers and their wives in Hangar 831.
' With the welcoming party so near, the cameraman had trouble singling
out the central subject, RAdm Weymouth.
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 2 Friday, January 15, 1965
Iceland’s Thor Thors Dies;
Emissary To United States
“I was deeply distressed today
.... His exemplary personal and
professional qualities contributed
greatly to the good relations be-
tween our... .countries.” These
were the words of the United
States Secretary of State Dean
Rusk when he learned of the
death of Mr. Thor Thors, Ice-
landic ambassador to the United
Nations and the United States.
Mr. Thors career of service in
the diplomatic corps of his country
came to an end Monday when he
suffered a fatal hemorrhage in
Thor Thors
rest Thursday in Washington.
Born Nov. 26, 1903, Ambassador
Thors attended the University of
Iceland, earning a degree in law
in 1926. He then studied in Cam-
bridge, England and Paris,
France.
Returning to Iceland in 1927
he took over as manager of his
father’s petroleum firm and in
1934 became managing director
of the Union of Icelandic Fish
Producers.
After serving as a member of
the Althing from 1933 to 1940 he
was chosen as Icelandic consul
general in New York and in 1941
became the first man to hold the
post of minister to the United
States. In 1955 he was appointed
ambassador to the United States,
a post which he held until his
death.
His service in the United States
began in 1947 and during his
years in the organization he filled
the posts of chairman of the Ice-
landic delegation, speaker of the
political committee, chairman of
the political committee and de-
puty president of the general as-
sembly.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Augusta Ingolfsdottir and
two sons, Ingolfur and Thor
Harald. A daughter, Margret,
died in 1954. He was the brother
of Olafur Thors, former prime
minister of Iceland, who died last
week.
Pay Raise
Probable
Representative L. Mendel Rivers,
D-S.C., has restated his views on
a military pay increase, noting
that he was already drafting a
new pay bill.
The new chairman of the House
Armed Services Committee, in an
exclusive interview with editors
of the official Air Force Associa-
tion publication, said the pay bill
passed last year, “was little more
than a gesture.”
He pointed out, “With a $630-
billion gross national product, I
say we can afford to give the
military a pay raise.”
Representative Rivers said hous-
ing, pay, food, commissaries and
overseas expenses in highly in-
flated cost areas will be reviewed
very carefully. He noted that
housing is one of the most vital
areas.
The representative also has a
report on medical care and be-
lieves dependents should have den-
tal care.
“Hospitalization is as much a
right for the serviceman and his
dependents as a pair of shoes,”
he asserted. He further explained
that everything will be done to
give the serviceman a well-rounded
set of rights, benefits, preroga-
tives, privileges and emoluments.
The representative said, “If
there is anything the American
people want, it is a first-class
military man well-dressed, well-
(Continued on page 6.)
Lt. Col. D. A. Hedges Earns
Meritorious Service Award
Meritorious service as chief of the Electronics Systems
Division, Headquarters 28th Air Division, Hamilton AFB,
Calif., has earned Lt. Col. David A. Hedges the Air Force
Commendation Medal.
Deputy assistant chief of staff for communications and
electronics to the staff of Commander Iceland Defense Force,
Colonel Hedges was presented the^
medal by RAdm Paul D. Buie,
Commander Iceland Defense
Force, during informal ceremonies
held in Hangar 831 Jan. 7.
Colonel Hedges was awarded the
medal for “... displaying out-
standing initiative and professional
skill in the provision and manage-
ment of radar and communication
systems required to accomplish
the training and tactical mission
of air defense forces on the West
Coast of the United States ...”
from Dec. 18. 1963 to Nov. 15,
1964.
In summary the commendation
from the Secretary of the Air
Force reads: “The distinctive ac-
complishment of Colonel Hedges
reflects credit upon himself and
the United States Air Force.”
A veteran of 24 years in the
Air Force, Colonel Hedges is a
native of Republic, Ohio. He grad-
uated from Columbian High
School in Tiffin, Ohio and at-
tended Heidelbery College, also
in Tiffin.
He is married to the former
Miss Virginia Martin of Cali-
fornia, Pa. Colonel and Mrs.
Hedges have two children. Mrs.
Hedges and the children are pre-
sently residing at Hamilton AFB,
but are expected to join the Colo-
nel at Keflavik in late January.
RAdm Paul D. Buie and Lt. Col. D. A. Hedges