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WHITE FALCOX
Friday, June 2, 1967
EDITORIAL
Bird Protection In Iceland
This time of year many species of birds migrate to all
parts of Iceland for nesting. Hundreds even nest right
here on the NATO base. The nesting areas will vary with
the season, but primarily most nesting is done near new
housing and along the fenced area just south of the main
gate to the base. These latter mentioned areas afford the
suitable grounds that attract hundreds of birds each
year.
Iceland laws strictly forbid the disturbing of nesting
areas of birds and molesting the young and fines up to
10,000 Kronur can be imposed upon an individual if caught.
There is also a law restricting the hunting of eggs.
A pamphlet, Act No. 33/1966 entitled “Concerning Bird-
Hunting and Bird Protection in Iceland” would be most
informative and beneficial for all personnel to read and be-
come aware of its contents. Pamphlets can be picked up
at the Icelandic Police Station on base or at the White
Falcon office, Bldg. T-44.
Last year children aboard the base became attracted
to the nesting areas destroying nests, breaking eggs and
killing many of the young. Apparently these youngsters
weren’t briefed by their parents of the laws of Iceland about
protecting the birds and of their nesting rights. It is de-
serving of parents to instruct their children at once of
these laws and the seriousness if caught in the act of
violating them. It is further important that adults like-
wise abide by these laws and set an example for our child-
ren to follow.
Fines vary for many of the articles set forth in the
pamphlet and there are 44 of them. Article 14 stipulates
that the provisions in the Act for the protection of birds
shall apply everywhere in Iceland, as well as everywhere
at sea within Iceland territorial waters.
IRD Seminar
Attendance
Totaled 23
A two day workshop seminar
on the Critical Path Methods
(CPM) was conducted at the U.S.
Naval Station Keflavik, May
22—23.
This seminar was arranged by
the training division of the In-
dustrial Relations Department in
cooperation with the Manage-
ment Society of Iceland. Respon-
sible for arrangement of the
TIIE WHITE FALCON
U. S. Naval Station
Keflavik Iceland
Commanding Officer
Capt Emile E. Pierre, Jr., USN
Executive Officer
Cdr Richard C. James
Information Chief
SMSGT Jack D. Beard, USAF
Editor
JOl George Cates
Reporters
JOSN Paul Jespersen
SN William Stanley
The White Falcon is published
weekly on Friday in accordance
with NAVEXOS P-35, revised
June 1958, for free distribution
to personnel of Naval Station
Keflavik. It is printed commerci-
ally by the Isafoldarprentsmidja,
Reykjavik, Iceland, from non-
appropriated funds.
Opinions and statements made
in articles published here are
those of the authors and are not
to be construed as official views
of the U. S. Govt., Dept, of De-
fense or the Navy Dept.
seminar was Gudmundur Aki Lud-
vigsson, training officer of the
Industrial Relations Department.
The seminar was held from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. each day in the
“56” Club and lecturer for the
discussion was Dwight E. Zink,
a civil engineering graduate of
Villanova University and vice pre-
sident and partner of the firm,
Construction Management Sy-
stems, Haddonfield, N. J.
During the past six years, this
firm has held several hundred
seminars, ranging from one day
orientations to five day training
courses in CPM, Program Evalua-
tion Revue Techniques, Data Pro-
cessing, Value Engineering and
Cost Control, throughout the
U.S., Canada and Iceland.
In addition, it has presented
dozens of private seminars for
Government agencies, private cor-
porations, etc. It is recognized as
one of the leaders in the develop-
ment of practical application for
network techniques and in the pre-
sentation of stimulating produc-
tive workshop seminars.
Participants in the workshop
seminar were selected from the
various activities aboard the sta-
tion. The following personnel
participated in the seminar from
Public Works: Arni Arnason,
Einar H. Asgrimsson, Birgir
Baldursson, James Cates, Rudolph
J. Etheridge, Gudmundur Frid-
riksson, Runar Gudmundsson,
Bergsteinn Gizurarson, Sveinn
Gudmundsson, Thorir Hilmarsson,
Eggert Hvanndal, Lieutenant
Junior Grade Terry Johnson,
Kristjan Kristjansson, Lieute-
nant Commander Joseph LaPolla,
Ensign M. L. Lester, Harry Na-
gao, Sverrir Olafsson, Gunnar
Tomasson, Thordur Gudmunds-
son and Sveinn Valfells.
Also in attendance were Thor-
(Continued on Page 3.)
Memorial Day Services
Forgotten By Many —
Where Were You?
by F. G. Sampson
Memorial Day, also called De-
coration Day, is a day set aside
to decorate the graves of old
soliders and for remembering the
gallant men who fought and died
for freedom. Many of the person-
nel stationed here seem to have
forgotten. Is it because we are on
foreign soil? A large majority of
our freedom was won by fighting
on foreign soil. We are here pro-
tecting the longevity of that free-
dom for which our ancestors, and
present friends and relatives died
and are dying for. These heroes
sacrificed their most prized pos-
session, life itself, so that we
might live in peace.
Millions of people in the U.S.
and at military installations
throughout the world didn’t for-
get. These people thought it fit-
ting to pay tribute to our “gone
but not forgotten” men and
women who died valiantly for the
freedoms we have and enjoy to-
day.
However, 14 members of the
Fleet Reserve Association Branch
255, plus Rear Admiral Frank B.
Stone, Captain J. L. Ball, Cap-
tain E. E. Pierre, Chaplain C. E.
LeMasters and one woman and
her three children did not forget.
I was very proud to have been a
member of that small group.
Where were you at 11:45 a.m.
on May 30? Take a minute to re-
call, and ask yourself if you were
doing something more important
than spending just a few minutes
out of the 525,600 in a year to re-
member those who gave their lives
so that we might live.
A Wreath Dedicating Cere-
mony was held at 11:45 a.m. in
Hangar 831. Sergeant Clarence
Hall of the Marine Barracks, as
president, resided over the cere-
mony. Chaplain LeMasters offe-
red a prayer, and Petty Officer
First Class George Poucher, as
vice president, delivered the
wreath to the awaiting helicopter
that carried it out over the ocean
for the drop. This was followed
by a gun salute by a squad of
FRA members made up of Navy
men and Marines. Taps was
played and the ceremony was
brought to a close with the play-
ing of the National Anthem.
There were tears in the eyes
of those attending at the close of
the ceremony and sorrow in their
hearts for all who seemed to have
forgotten their brothers, sisters,
fathers, and other close relatives,
friends and countrymen who gave
their lives so that we might live
in a world united in peace.
Worship Services
Time and Place
Catholic Mass
8:30 a.m.—Polar Club.
12:15 p.m.—Main Chapel.
5 p.m.—Main Chapel.
Catechism Classes
11 a. m.—Elementary School
Protestant
9 a.m.—Sunday School for ages
three to adult—Elementary
School.
10:45 a.m.—Divine Worship—
Main Chapel.
7 p.m.—Evening Service—Main
Chapel.
Nursery is provided from 9 a.m.
until the conclusion of 12:15
Mass.
Chaplain J
Corner
by Chaplain Louis O'Hare
MORALS
You have probably heard it said, “You can’t legislate morals.”
This is true; No matter how you multiply laws you cannot make an
immoral person good. Law does simply not have that power. Why
then talk about behavior of people. Why apply any insistence that
others follow a behavior pattern they do not believe in. Two reasons;
one, we are always influenced by the actions of others. Men speak
as individuals and they speak as members of a society of men. If
they speak as members of society and say they do not wish to live in
a hedonistic society based on pagan orgies, they have a right to
express themselves with whatever vehemence they feel the need
demands just as those who indulge in orgie feel they have the
right to intrude themselves with their noise and mess on others to
promote their platform of their kind of pleasure.
The second reason that there are laws of morality contained in
civil law derives from the fact that there is a residue of Christianity
left in this new world and this small but sometimes powerful group
still insists that personal behavior somehow has an influence on re-
lationship with the creator. This is the group that wishes to main-
tain an environment in which a strong family life will flourish etc.
“You can’t legislate morals” in the sense that just the fact of a
law existing can’t force a mode of behavior, but every man can and
does have a right to work for a type of environment in which he
likes to live and so far, those who call themselves moral still seem to
be in the majority. Thank God!
UNIVAC GOES TO WORK—Joe Graham, a UN1VAC installation
supervisor, explains a UNIVAC computer to Rear Admiral Frank B.
Stone, commander, Iceland Defense Force. Eight computer units worth
a million dollars began processing antisubmarine warfare data at
the Operations Control Center in Hangar 831 on May 25. Five engi-
neers from UNIVAC’s Federal Systems Command at St. Paul, Minn,
spent nearly two weeks installing the high-speed computers, com-
pleting the work four days ahead of schedule. Admiral Stone officially
accepted the computers from a representative of the Naval Electronics
System Command, Washington, D. C.
Keflavik-Reykjavik Bus Schedule Changes
Effective June 1 a new bus schedule between Keflavik and Reykja-
vik was instituted.
It is advised that all personnel from the NATO base clip out and
save the below printed schedule.
Leaving Keflavik:
8:30 a.m.
10 a.m.
1:15 p.m.
2 p.m.
5 p.m.
8 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
11:45 p.m.
Leaving Reykjavik:
6 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
1:15 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
5 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
9:30 p.m.
11:30 p.m.