The White Falcon - 21.06.1968, Page 3

Friday, June 21, 1968
THE WHI TE FALCON
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NEW WARRANT OFFICER
A former chief petty
officer was recently
appointed a wir rant of-
f i cer in t he U. S. Navy.
Howard Smith Jr., right,
si gns hi s warrant ac-
ceptance papers as Capt.
R. W. Hart, naval station
Commanding Officer,
act s as wit ness.
President Signs Executive Orders
For Military, Civilian Pay Raises
Resident Johnson this week
signed executive orders author-
izing pay increases for military
and Federal civilian personnel,
ef f ect i ve Jul y 1.
Us order assures about 3.5
million members of the armed
forces and more than two million
civilian workers of an estimated
$1.6 billion annually in higher
sal ar i es.
The average increase for mil-
itary personnel i s 6. 9 per cent
in basic military pay. Quarters
and subsistence allowances are
not affected. The civilian pay
increases range from three to
nine percent, effective the first
pay period beginning after July
1.
The sal ar y i ncr eases ar e the
second of three boosts provided
in the Uniformed Services Ray
Act of 1967. A third-st age is
to le effective July 1, 1969.
Air Force comptroller officials
reported preparations are under
way to implement the new salary
f i gur es in t he J ul y 15 pay checka
I'n this weeks WHITE FALCON on
page 6 the new pay scales for
civil service and military per-
sonnel are shown.
The new pay seal es t hat wi 11
becone ef f ect i ve J ul y 1 wer e
decided upon as a result of the
decisi on to post pone f or t he
present any action either on t he
Ilibbell pay plan or on the se-
lective pay increase earlier
considered as an FY1 69 alter-
native to the pay plan.
Each pay st ep f or each pay
grade, on the military chart,
shown the present pay rate, the
new pay r at e and t he act ua 1
dollar increase.
AMBASSADOR GRANTED
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
IN TOASTMASTERS
'The Lhited States Ambassador
to Iceland, the honorable Karl
Rolvagg, was the guest speaker
at an evening meeting of the
Vulcan Toastmasters club last
Wednesday, June 12. The Ambas-
sador spoke to the group about
American Fblitics.
The Ambassador was granted
honorary membership in the Vul-
can Toast mast er s Q ub by a u-
nani mous vote of Toastmasters.
The cl ub meet i ng was al so
honored by Rear Admiral Frank
R Stone, commander, Iceland
Defense Force.
The Vulcan Toastmasters meet
weekl y at the Of f i cer s Q ub.
Periodically, meetings are held
i n Reykj avi k and Kef 1 avi k.
SECOND COMPETITIVE
BEQ AWARD CONTEST
SCHEDULED FOR AUG-12
Once again there will be a
BEQ Competitive Award Contest.
This tine the BEQ rooms will
be inspected on August 12, 1968.
The inspecting party will
select the winning rooms on the
basis of cleanliness, neatness,
arrangement and initiative in
the self-help program
The occupants of the ‘‘winning
room’’ will receive a four-day
rest and recreation liberty to
a place of their choice, consis-
tent with scheduled mission sup-
port aircraft flights. The first
and second r unner s- up wi 11 re-
ceive a free steak dinner at
the “56” dub.
Cmdr C. H. Zilch Assumes
Weather Facility Command
The FI eet Weat her Faci 1 i t y hel d a change of
command ceremony in Hangar 831 last Friday as
Commander Gary L Rice whs releived by Commander
Charles H 21ch.
First, commissioned as an Ensign and a naval
aviator in 1950, he saw duty at Naval Air Sta-
tion, Norfolk, Va. and then served onboard Rat-
rol Squadron 44 in Norfolk until May 1953. While
assigned to VP-44 he whs promoted Lieutenant
Junior Grade.
Ltjg. Zilch’s next station whs Naval Air Sta-
tion, Grosse, Ill. where he was a flight instruc-
tor until Juoy 1954 and then became a member of
VA 733 and was promoted to Lieutenant, y^ai n
Lt. Zilch was transfered, this time to VAAW 35
Det where he was the Operations Officer, until
march 1958.
After attending ATC school at the Nhval Air
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COMMANDER Charles H. Zilch, left, addresses Fleet
Weather Facility personnel after assuming command
f r om Commander Gar y L. Ri ce, r i ght.