The White Falcon - 17.09.1965, Síða 1
AFWL’s Eighth Ranked Sea Service Newspaper - 1964
THE WHITE
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV, Number 34 Friday, September 17, 1965
PROJECT FROM THE AIR—An aerial view shows the progress of the enlisted men’s housing area. The
six area complexes total 90 homes, with each complex containing two sixplex and one to two duplex units.
Completion of all the units are planned by the end of the calendar year.
Summer Repairs And Building Construction
Highlight Naval Station’s Face-Lifting
The summer months have been busy ones for building, repairing, painting and re-
vamping the buildings on base. The 100 pre-fabricated housing units for enlisted and
officer personnel, which started in May, have taken shape.
On Sept. 9, these three and four-bedroom structures completed the shell stage of con-
struction. This erection includes the roof panels, floors, walls, the entire framing mem-
bers and foundations plus the roofing material.
What needs to be done is the installing of sewer, water, electric and fuel lines—
outside, as well as, interior wir-"®"
ing, installation of fixtures, all
plumbing, tiling, touch-up paint-
ing and the repairing of all da-
mage due to shipping and unload-
ing.
The exteriors of the sixplex and
duplex units are pre-painted prior
to shipping. The paint, although
not baked on, has a similarity to
plastic based paint.
December Deadline
The projected beneficial occup-
ancy date is set for Dec. 6, 1965
at the enlisted personnel’s housing
area. It will be the first section
on the left hand side of the road
before approaching the Main
Gate. This complex contains two
duplex and two sixplex units.
Nine barracks were maintained
and repaired this summer. This
amounted to $74,000. Contracted
to Keflavik Contractors, the main
jobs comprised of replacing the
rain gutters, fixing broken win-
dows and applying braces. Also,
repairs were made on the roof
panels and winter weather-proof-
ing was accomplished.
Mess Halls 749, 755 and 758
are in the process of being re-
novated and repaired by the same
contractors. These mess halls,
when completed, should greatly
improve efficiency and food ser-
vice, say officials. This project is
a $44,700 venture.
Around The Area
If one has noticed, several
buildings have received freshly
painted exteriors. Iceland Defense
Force Headquarters Building, con-
necting the Chapel Annex and the
Post Office; the Station Hospital
and the Navy Exchange Clothing
Store are taking on bright colors
ranging from white, green to
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NNA Newspapermen Plan
Get - Acquainted Interview
The Iceland Defense Force will be host to 70 members
of the National Newspaper Association next Wednesday,
Sept. 22.
Highlighting the one-day visit will be a get-acquainted
interview with Defense Force personnel whose homes are
in the sphere of circulation of the NNA members.
All personnel with homes in the states and cities listed
below are invited to participate<
in this get-acquainted interview
which will be held in the Polar
Club.
Purpose Of NNA
The purpose of the NNA visit
to Iceland is to enable these pub-
lishers of relatively small news-
papers to enjoy the type of brief-
ing and interviews accorded large
metropolitan daily newspapers
with correspondents in various
countries abroad.
Representing some 7,500 news-
papers throughout the United
States, NNA has conducted study
missions to various parts of the
world. In the past, members of
these study missions have inter-
viewed such prominent world lead-
ers as Prime Minister Nehru,
Mayor Willy Brandt and other
presidents and prime ministers in
over 50 countries of the world.
Following Visitors Invited
Members of the present group
publish newspapers in the follow-
ing areas: Ogdensburg, N. Y.; Dans-
ville, N.Y.; Princeton, Ill.; Co-
lumbus, Ohio; Middlesboro, Ky.;
Osage, Iowa; Eustis, Fla.; Ogden,
Iowa; Chico, Calif.; Stafford,
Kan.; Chesterton, Ind.; Evans-
ton, Ill.; Fort Plain, N.Y.; Tap-
pahannock, Va.; Louisville, Miss.;
St. James, Minn.; Denver, Colo.;
Brighton, Colo.; Geneva Nebr.;
South Pasadena, Calif.; Union,
N.J.; Blue Earth, Minn.; Sher-
man Oaks, Calif.; Cleveland, Miss.;
Madison, Wis.; Sidney, N.Y.;
Northwood, Iowa; Breese, Ill.;
Hillsboro, Ore.; Newton, N.J.;
Fillmore, Calif.; Tell City, Ind.;
Washington, D.C.; Rock Rapids,
Iowa; Wheaton, Ill.; Kerrville,
Tex.
Navy Boot Camp
Cut To 7 Weeks
Navy recruit training at San
Diego, Calif., and Great Lakes,
Ill., has been cut from nine to
seven weeks.
The shorter cycle results from
adding more hours to weekly
training schedules, an official
said. (AFPS)
Coast Guard Admiral
Visits Naval Station
Adm. E. J. Roland, commandant of the Coast Guard,
and RAdm J. R. Scullion, chief of Office of Personnel, U.S.
Coast Guard, stopped at Keflavik International Airport
Sunday evening, Sept. 12, to inspect the Loran Station lo-
cated on the Naval Base.
Admiral Roland is bound for Paris where he will attend
the Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
(IMCO) Conference.
U.N. Agency
The IMCO is an agency of the
United Nations whose purpose is
to “promote cooperation in techni-
cal problems of international ship-
ping and to encourage the removal
of discriminatory action by gov-
ernments and restrictive practices
by shippers.”
This organization is a purely
consultative and an advisory
group. Representatives from vari-
ous nations bring problems to the
group for discussion. The conclu-
sions are returned to the nation
concerned and presented to the
government as a suggestion. The
agency convenes every two years.
Military Men
Pursue Studies
Some 1,300 Army personnel
earned college degrees in Fiscal
Year 1965 with the Navy report-
ing approximately 10,000 person-
nel enrolled in college-level studies.
The services differed in report-
ing methods, with the Army show-
ing completions and the Navy fi-
gures reflecting enrollment. Air
Force statistics are being com-
piled.
More than 50,000 sailors took
high school or vocational courses,
while 43,558 soldiers qualified for
high school diplomas or equival-
ency certificates during the re-
porting period.
Individual course completions
for the Army’s General Education-
al Development Test (GED) pro-
gram totaled more than 721,000.
This includes 370,936 preparatory
high school, 269,447 service job
related, 10,425 high school subject
area and 70,965 college course
completions.
To Inspect Loran Stations
The Coast Guard’s part in
IMCO arises from that agency’s
concern with safety and rescue at
sea. The Maritime Safety Commit-
tee, a part of IMCO, standardizes
rescue methods and signals around
the world to facilitate and quicken
rescue efforts.
Admiral Scullion is flying to
Paris with Admiral Roland but
from there they will separate.
Admiral Scullion will depart on
an inspection tour of Coast Guard
Loran Stations in the North At-
lantic and Mediterranean areas.
The party will rejoin forces at
Copenhagen, Denmark, where an
officer from Coast Guard Head-
quarters in Washington, LCdr R.
Nielsen, Jr., will receive a Ph.D.
in Naval Engineering from the
University of Copenhagen. From
there, the two admirals will return
to the United States.
STOPOVER—Adm E. J. Roland,
commandant of the Coast Guard,
and RAdm J. R. Scullion, chief of
Personnel, U.S. Coast Guard, pause
at Keflavik International Airport
on their way to Paris where Ad-
miral Roland is to attend the bi-
annual meeting of the Integovern-
mental Maritime Consultative Or-
ganization.
Congress Holds Hearings On
Servicemen’s Life Insurance
Committee hearings are underway in Congress on a
bill to provide active duty personnel with an inexpensive
group life insurance program similar to the plan available
to Federal employees.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Robert A. Everett (D.-
Tenn.), is being reviewed by the Defense Department and
Veterans Administration (VA). <
While Mr. Everett’s bill will of-
fer an insurance program not
available since 1957, officials ex-
plained certain features of it are
receiving close study and will prob-
ably result in some changes which,
if approved, will further benefit
the serviceman and his dependents.
Administered By VA
The program would be adminis-
tered by the VA and underwritten
by private insurance companies.
Under provisions of H.R. 10873,
a policy purchased by the admini-
strator would automatically insure
any member of the uniformed ser-
vice on active duty against death
for $10,000 unless the individual
elects in writing not to be in-
sured under the program, or elects
to be insui'ed in an amount less
than $10,000, which must be a
multiple of $500 and not less than
$1,000.
Monthly Premiums
In remarks for the Congress-
ional Record, Mr. Everett noted
that estimates indicate the group
life insurance would be available
at a monthly rate of about 25 to
35 cents per thousand. Actual pre-
mium rates would be determined
by the VA administrator with pay-
ments deducted monthly from an
individual’s basic pay.
The bill provides that personnel
separated from the service would
be given 31 days to convert the
insurance and continue with one
of the participating companies.