The White Falcon - 19.02.1965, Blaðsíða 6

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WHITE FALCON
PICTURES FROM HOME—Eugene A. Halpin, Jr., AN, looks over the
photographs sent by his actor-brother Luke. Gene, an ex-actor himself,
heard that his brother just got a 1965 GTO with 289 cubes and four-
on-the-floor. Some of the pictures sent to Airman Halpin showed
Gene’s home in Florida and his brother’s boat.
Ex-Actor Joins Navy;
Relates Experiences
by Joseph Schmieg, JOS A
Have you ever dreamed of being a famous movie or
television personality? Wouldn’t it be great to have flocks
of fan mail pour every week into your mailbox and scream-
ing teen-agers wanting your autograph? Ah, to possess
all this fame and wealth.
To Eugene A. Halpin, Jr., AN, the limelight of tele-
vision and the theater wasn’t for*
him.
Gene, 20 years old, who works
at Air Operations, IBM Division
at the Terminal, is the older
brother of the movie and television
actor, Luke Halpin, who plays in
“Flipper” television series. The
show is about the escapades of a
family and their pet dolphin,
“Flipper”. It stars Brian Kelly
as Luke’s father and Tommy
Norden as his brother.
Gene has such shows to his
credit as “Mr. Black and White”
and its sequel, “The Anvil” both
on Studio One. He has played 18
months on the road in the thea-
trical hit, “Sunrise At Campo-
bello” in which he was under-
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study to his brother plus two
other boys in the show. Gene also
performed in a play called “Roger
The Sixth” Starring Dorothy
Lamour, Leif Erickson and Diane
Millay.
This comedy dealt with Dorothy’s
sixth husband and her son’s
(Gene’s) antics as he tried to
undo the marriage. He contrived
all sorts of mischief from loading
his new father’s cigars to exchang-
ing regular matches for exploding
ones.
Originally, the play was written
to be serious but when the audi-
ences weren’t filling the seats the
show’s format was completely
changed, said Gene.
“We had more fun,” Gene add-
ed, “half of the scenes weren’t
even in the original script.”
For instance, one scene Gene
particularly remembered. His old-
er sister, played by Diane Millay,
was with her boyfriend and both
were sitting on a bed. This sup-
posedly serious part of the play
was interrupted by a sqeaking
sound every time Miss Millay
moved.
The audience was in hysterics!
But the two young thespians, to
be sure, were completely dumb-
founded and embarrassed. For
under the bed, Gene was crouched
contentedly squeezing what prop-
men and show people a call a
“squeak” box. Halpin admitted
that Miss Millay wouldn’t speak
to him for a couple weeks and
doesn’t know why her boyfriend
left the show.
So, why would Halpin want to
leave the profession?
His reply was, “I like being
normal, it’s just the idea that I
didn’t like living out of a suit-
case.”
Gene’s acting profession started
in New York City 1958 when
Gene’s older sister, now Mrs. Jean
Helen Lebeda, got Gene and his
brother, Luke, to attend a thea-
trical school for children.
Miss Rose Clark, head of the
Continued on page 8.)
Friday, February 19, 1965
Science Claims
Smart Dolphin
Can Now Talk
Sneaker Has Snuck
Into Navy Wardrobe
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Sneakers have sneaked into the
required Navy wardrobe.
All enlisteds, first class and be-
low, have been ordered by the
Chief of Naval Personnel to have
a pair of gym shoes in their pos-
session by Nov. 30.
Gym shoes are received now at
recruit training centers. Conse-
quently the Navy feels the rest
of the enlisteds might as well get
in line.
It was pointed out by the per-
sonnel chief that there is a defi-
nite need for the shoes on some
jobs. They are also used for sports
and physical fitness tests.
The Navy assumes that, since
they have been issued at boot
camp for some time now, most men
already have them. If any service
personnel does not have a pair of
sneakers, Navy small stores sell
them for $1.70 a pair.
Science has claimed new laurels
for the dolphin.
It has been reported in recent
years, that this sea-dwelling mam-
mal, a small whale, has a bigger
brain than man’s, better sonar
than the Navy’s, higher intelli-
gence than most other animals, a
complex language and a friendly
sunny, cooperative disposition.
Now it appears the dolphin is
a better mimic of the human
voice than parrots or mynah birds.
The dolphins abilities as a con-
versationalist with human part-
ners were reported by Dr. John C.
Lilly of the Communications Re-
search Institute of Miami in the
weekly journal, Science.
Responds To Humans.
At the Miami center a dolphin
(Tursiops Truncatus) was trained
to respond to human voice sounds
with sounds of its own. To do
this, Tursiops had to change con-
siderably his own manner of
speech.
The experiments lasted 8 to 30
minutes over a period of months.
Tursiops’ participation was strict-
ly voluntary. He quit work when-
ever he felt like it.
When he did well, he was re-
warded with food. When he didn’t
he was scolded. That is, if he did
not give the desired responses,
Tursiops’ human partner “would
say so loudly” and walk away.
This hurt the dolphin’s feelings
and he would do better next time.
In the experiments the human
half of the team would speak a
set of words or phrases from
ordinary speech or perhaps utter
a batch of syllables made up of
various vowels and consonants.
Tursiops
Tursiops was scored according
to how well his “bursts of sound”
matched those emmitted by the
human vocalizer. In one 8-minute
game involving 48 exchanges, the
dolphin scored 92 per cent.
“Once started,” Lilly said, “only
(Continued on page 8.)
GOOD LUCK, “DOC”—Congratulating Donald W. Hellard, HN, (right)
on his third enlistment in the Navy are (from left to right) Lt W. H.
Compton, administrative officer for VP-23, Det. 13; Cdr T. F. Went-
worth, Jr., officer-in charge of Det. 13; J. E. Gitschier, YN3, division
petty officer and Lt J. C. Hoover, MC, flight surgeon from the Station
Hospital.
VP-23 Sailor D. Hellard
Reenlists For Six Years
Donald W. Hellard, HN, of*’
VP-23 has recently made his third
enlistment with the Navy. Hellard
joined VP-23 in February 1964
and has been the squadron’s Sen-
ior Corpsman for the past several
months.
Affectionately known as “Doc”
by most people in the squadron,
Hellard will soon be leaving VP-23
to attend the Cardiopulmonary
Technician School at Bethesda,
Md. A 54-week program, “Doc”
Hellard will be trained to operate
machines vital in the accomplish-
ment of open heart surgery.
Hellard first joined the Navy
in 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He
served aboard the USS Hancock
(CVA 19) and from there at-
tended Basic Hospital Corps
School at San Diego, Calif, in
1956.
After graduation, he was at-
tached to the U.S. Naval Hospi-
tal at Camp Pendleton, Calif.
There, he was released to inactive
duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Back in Cincinnati in January
1964, he enlisted for active duty
a second time and came directly
to VP-23 where he signed again
for a six-year term.
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