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THE WHITE FALCON
December 4, 1970
LETTERS TO
It* s bunky business... but better that
you say what you have to say In a letter to
the editor than beat up your buddy because
of Idea and Issue differences which need
airing and discussion, vice the Inevitable
black eye.
The White Falcon has started,as of today,
a “letters to the editor"page In a swooping
effort to air your brainstorms or pet pee-
ves.
There are of course certain rules conc-
erning the publication of letters. It goes
without saying that they must be In good
THE EDITOR
taste. Second, due to space 11mltatl
the editor must reserve the right to reject
or shelve your letter until a later Issue.
Third, In order to most accurately get your
Idea across and still keep within space
requirements It may occasionally be necess-
ary to omit portions of your letter. To
avoid our scissors try _to be brief. Also
sign lt,„o If you desire we won' t publish
your name, but we Insist on your signature
on your submission.
This Is your forum. Just drop off your
letter anytime at the newspaper office.
Give him a break, Admiral
Dear Admiral Beling,
Sir, I understand that you are in char-
ge of people entering the NATO Base
Iceland and that they must place their
names on the entry approval list and
await their turn.
Please, Admiral Sir, I know that this
old Gentleman has forgotten to request
his entry approval, but he must be gran-
teed permission to enter the NATO Base
prior to 25 December... for we are all
waiting for him. He promises to enter
the base between the hours 0001 and
0500 on 25 December, accomplish his
task and leave.
I know it is not nice to ask the Ad-
miral to break his own rules,but sir,
many of us young and even the old peo-
ple plead with you to grant this old Gen-
tleman this request. We will ensure
that he puts his request in earlier next
year. We are attaching his formal re-
quest to this letter.
Thank you,
U. S. Kids
P. S. Sir, he also needs landing instruc-
tions and some hay... Rudolph would
like a little mint on his hay.
Catch that thief
Dear Editor,
I hate to say it, and I do not want to
point an accusing finger, but there is a
thief loose on this base. What bothers
me about this matter is that he, or she,
must be very well liked because every-
one covers for this person.
It takes, normally, about three mon-
ths to get standard Navy forms through
the regular supply system. It is when
these forms begin to be in short supply,
usually around three months, that this
particular midnight marauder gets un-
derway. In comes the thief, out go the
forms. When contacted concerning the
thief, many people deny this thief's ex-
istence and solemnly swear that an or-
der for the needed forms had been plac-
ed three months before. As a result,
it becomes necessary to reproduce the
desired forms locally.
What leads me to my conviction that
there is a thief on the loose is that re-
sponsible people would not let this ex-
pensive and time-consuming practice
continue if it were caused by disinter-
ested divisional supply personnel. I am
sure these people don't justify their ac-
tionswiththe philosophy that "It's easi-
er andfaster to do it here, and the hell
with the cost. " After all, the cost does
The White Falcon
U. S. NAVAL STATION
KEFLAVIK, ICELAND
CAPT Lloyd H. Thomas
Commanding Officer
CDR A.N. Kline
Public Affairs Officer
STAFF
JOl Bill Wedertz...........Editor
CT2 Ed Eineke..............Writer
QM2 John Getker............Writer
SN Wayne Plourde...........Writer
AN Don LaChapelle..........Writer
AN Robin Wagner......Photographer
The White Falcon is published
tri-weekly on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday in accordance with
NAVEXOS P-35, revised July 1958,
for free distribution to person-
nel of the Naval Station, Kefla-
vik. It is printed at the Naval
Station Printing Plant from non-
appropriated funds.
not come out of their pockets, and in
most cases, out of their departmental
funds. It's justnot conceivable that the
admin department, with its abundance
of funds and agile minds, is absorbing
this cost.
I seek your help in aiding in the cap-
ture of this midnight marauder as soon
as possible. It will aid me tremendous-
ly in my service to the base as a whole,
and will, as a fringe benefit, even save
me work.
LI2 James Al
Print Shop Super'
Letters help POJV’s
Dear sir,
How long is six years? A long time
you say, and of course you're correct.
If you had left your 12-year-old son
in 1964, he would by now have gradu-
ated from high school; he'd be driving
the family car; he'd be dating; he might
even be in the service. In short, he
would have changed from a young boy
to a young man.
In six years your daughter, who was
three inches taller than all of her sixth
grade boyfriends, who wore on her
teeth those braces that she would "be
thankful for some day," who looked to
her father for guidance in her teens
would now be a college student, or a
secretary, or perhaps a wife.
Six years is a long time. How long
is it for the 300 plus U. S. servicemen
who have been North Vietnam POW's
since 1964, not to mention the over
1,200 who have been captured since?
How long is each day that bringj
endless monotony, constant an
andunbelieveable loneliness; such'
last not 24 hours, such days know no
beginning nor end.
The POW lives in an 8 by 11 room,
(See LETTERS, Page 7)
since?
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