The White Falcon - 03.12.1965, Blaðsíða 1
SAR TEAM—the crewmembers of the helicopter after they returned
from the rescue mission. From left to right, they are R. S. Rogers,
AD2; O. G. Fiveash, AM3; LCdr Richard J. T. Wood; Lt Fred Shirley
and A. B. Guntner, HM3.
Naval Station Helicopter Rescues
Lost Icelandic Police Officer
A Naval Station helicopter crew succeeded in rescuing Johann Love, an Icelandic
Policeman, Wednesday, Nov. 23, when he became lost in a snowy area North East of
Thingvellir.
Mr. Love had become separated from his hunting party on Nov 21, where they had
been hunting Ptarmigan, an Icelandic bird.
The Iceland Search and Rescue53
Team began combing the area
immediately after Love was re-
ported lost. The team had no suc-
cess for the first three days. Dur-
ing this time, two planes and
a helicopter from the Naval Sta-
tion assisted the team of approxi-
mately 200 men.
Two Teams Meet
On Wednesday, Nov. 23, LCdr
Richard J. T. Wood left the Air-
port in a helicopter at 8 a. m. and
headed for Reykjavik to pick up
Johannes Briem and Thorhallur
Maube, members of the Iceland
Search and Rescue Team.
The copter then headed north
and located the search party who
were looking for Mr. Love. Com-
mander Wood was given a map
and advised as to which area he
should search. Ten minutes later,
Mr. Love was seen waving his
arms at them.
Builds Cave
He had built himself a snow
cave to stay warm, but was very
weak from lack of food. Hospital
Corpsman Third Class A. B.
Guntner, who was on board the
helicopter checked him over and
found him in surprisingly good
shape.
The helicopter then flew back
to Reykjavik where it landed on
the hospital lawn. There, Mr.
Love was greeted by members of
the Reykjavik police force who had
come te see their lost colleague.
AFWL’s Eighth Ranked Sea Service Newspaper - 1964
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U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume IV. Number 45 Friday, December 3, 1965
Service ‘Elves' Will
Answer Santa’s Mail
One of the most difficult tasks that Santa Claus has to
face from year to year is answering all the mail that floods
his tiny North Pole office each December.
Once again he will have plenty of help with the mail bag
though, thanks to Air Force volunteers at the far-northern
base at Eielson, Alaska.
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For the 11th consecutive Christ-
mas, military and civilian mem-
bers of all the services can make
sure their children get a real let-
ter from Santa Claus, postmarked
"Santa Claus House, North Pole.”
Off Duty Project
The Santa letter program is an
off-duty project of the Air Weath-
er Service’s Detachment 1, 55th
Weather Reconnaissance Sq.
During the past 10 years,
WASTEBASKET ANTICS—Earl
Nickel shows how a wastepaper
basket can be used as an echo
chamber. (See Story on Page 7.)
Santa’s unofficial weatherman
helpers have remailed more than
60,000 letters to service kids
around the world.
And, as cold winds began to
blow, the weathermen said they
are ready for the 1965 crop of
mail.
Here is the way the letter
program works. You write a letter
to your child, signing it Santa
Claus. Address the letter to your
youngster and affix the proper
return Air Mail postage from
Alaska.
Santa’s Mail Bag
Place the letter or letters in a
large envelope and address it to
Santa’s Mail Bag, care of Detach-
ment 1, 55th Weather Reconnais-
sance Sq., APO Seattle 98737.
Add proper Air Mail postage and
drop it in a mailbox.
A few miles from Eielson AFB
is a post office officially called
Santa Claus House, North Pole,
Alaska. When the volunteer AWS
mailmen get your letter, they
will remail the Santa letter from
this post office.
Letter From Santa
A few days later, your child
will receive his or her letter from
Santa, complete with authentic
postmark.
A deadline of Dec. 15 has been
set for mailing letters to Santa’s
Mail Bag, to permit receipt of the
remailed letters by Christmas Day.
Parents at Keflavik Airport
taking advantage of this Air
Force program should send their
letters a few days earlier than
Dec. 15 to assure receipt before
Christmas.
Check New
Car Contracts
For Catches
If you go out looking at the
new cars you, will probably find
that dealers emphasize that they
are bigger and better this year,
have more power, more accelera-
tion, etc. That’s all well and good.
But before you sign up for one,
remember that “acceleration” is
just one of several things you had
better think carefully about.
A frequent provision found in
installment contracts is the ac-
celeration clause. Briefly, such a
clause stipulates that when you
fail to make one installment pay-
ment, the entire amount remain-
ing unpaid on the contract be-
comes due and payable.
The use of the acceleration clause
(perfectly legal) points up that
you should know the contents of
the contract you sign. The man
who consults the legal assistance
office after he has signed a con-
tract is like the driver who checks
his fuel gauge after he has run
out of gas—they’re both too late.
(NavNews)
Citizenship Test
Scheduled For TV
You’ll get your chance to test
your knowledge of American
government on Wednesday,
Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m. when AFTV
channel 8 will present “Citi-
zenship Test.” Test forms will
be printed in next week’s White
Falcon and will also be avail-
able at building T-44, the radio
and TV station. Don’t miss this
chance to take the test; you
may not get another one.
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Call 4IS6
FLY-BY—Base personnel were privileged to view a practice fly-by by
the aircraft of the 57th Fighter Interceptor Sq., Nov. 29. Eleven F-102
Delta Daggers zoomed low over the station in close formations. (Photo
by Nolan, SN, (aircraft); Betz, PH3, (background)
War On Waste Reaps Many
Benefits; More On The Way
Last week, the Naval Station’s month-long War On
Waste officially came to a close but the effects are still
showing and being felt throughout the command.
During the 30-day all out drive to cut costs through
suggestions by you, over 100 suggestions were submitted
for consideration. The Chaplains Office and the Industrial
Relations Office had 100% on participation in the sugges-
tion program.
Out of the suggestions that*
have been reviewed to date, half
of them were found to be imprac-
ticable for implementation or else
already instituted.
The 50% that passed the initial
review by the investigating board
have been turned back to the field
for further study of their practi-
cal benefit or savings to the gov-
ernment.
Suggestions presently under
close scrutiny cover not only the
areas of cutting costs but also
many ideas to improve conditions
and facilities that promote morale.
On the local level, six sugges-
tions for use here on the com-
mand level have been adopted and
cash awards will be forthcoming.
Five ideas that can be utilized
in the Navy throughout the
world have been forwarded to the
appropriate bureaus in Washing-
ton for a more comprehensive in-
vestigation and completely quali-
fied decisions.
Even though the War On Waste
Campaign is officially closed, this
does not take away your oppor-
tunity to receive cash awards for
worthwhile ideas and suggestions.
Look around you and you’ll prob-
ably see something that could be
improved. Submit that idea to
your division officer or the Indus-
trial Relations Office today.
In This Issue
Vietnam Editorial . . pg. 2
Your Personnal
Affairs ......... pg. 3
OMD Feature ........ pgs. 4,5
Sports ............. pg. 6
USO Show ........... pg. 7