The White Falcon - 11.08.1978, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
August 11, 1978
DURING THE STATION LIBRARY HOUR, Rose Damewood explains activities of book
characters.
Navy Campus courses for the taking
Needed: Numerous persons interested
in education to fill classes being of-
fered through Navy Campus.
Registration will continue through
Aug. 18 in Bldg. 638 from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily.
Los Angeles Community College and the
University of Maryland offer a variety
of courses, including English, Business,
Photography, Drawing, Government, Ac-
counting and Journalism.
Webster College registration for
Fall Quarter II continues also through
Aug. 18. A $5 fee will be charged for
all late registrations.
For more information about these
college programs, call Navy Campus at
7795 or 6226.
Navy Exchange news
by Marlyn Wiltse
Your Estee Lauder representative,
Marsha Macy, is the expert on the many
ways in which problem skin can be helped.
Marsha will give free facial and cosmetic
demonstrations by appointment so that you
can combat adverse skin reactions.
While nothing can stop the natural
aging process, Estee Lauder has a new
Maximum Care Body Lotion that gives you
superior beauty care, deep down. This
hand lotion is available in an 8.5 ounce
size. This lotion protects your hands
even after washing.
Visit the cosmetics counter in the
Main Exchange and see what wonderful
beauty products are available. For an
appointment, call 2141 during the day and
7216 / in the evening.
The new Toyland/Sporting Goods Store
opened Tuesday in the Main Exchange and
is located on the Mezzanine. There are
many toys on display as well as fishing
gear and accessories for angelers; also,
there's camping equipment which includes
sleeping bags and other items that are
needed for that summer outing. For
physical fitness buffs, weights can aid
in muscle building exercises.
The Navy Lodge is now accepting
reservations for November, beginning
Monday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
USO provides
tours - games
and fun
Join the USO tomorrow in a game of
Twister at 2 p.m. Beat the champion and
win a prize.
Take a chance Sunday with the Casino
game at 1:30 p.m. Monday features Mys-
tery Night, when Joan and Carol will
mystify you with their psychic powers.
While you are there don't forget to
sign up for the Gullfoss-Geysir tour,
which will leave Aug. 21.
Sign up Tuesday for the hot pools tour
tour, leaving Aug. 22 from 4:30 to 8:30
p.m. Sign ups for the Whale Bay-Thing-
vellir tour, leaving Aug. 19 at 10 a.m.
Several tours will take place this
week. A factory shopping tour will be
Tuesday from 12:30 to 5 p.m. The "Light
Nights" tour will be Thursday evening.
The Red Wall snack bar will offer a
Wednesday special of fried shrimp.
Local births
William Francis Breining was born
Aug. 4 at 5:10 p.m. Son of SSgt.
Jeffrey Guy Breining and Sheila Marie
Breining. SSgt. Breining works with the
932 ACWS.
Bridget Elizabeth Bateman was born
Aug. 3 at 4:06 p.m. Daughter of AC2
Paul W. Bateman and Lori A. Bateman. AC2
Bateman works with Air Operations/GCA.
Daniel Newton Tabor was born July 31
at 8:03 p.m. Son of ET1 Daniel Newton
Tabor III and Mary Christine Tabor.
ET1 Tabor works at the Grindavik Trans-
mitter Site, U. S. Naval Communications
Station.
White
Falcon
Commanding Officer
Capt. Jack T. Weir
Public Affairs Officer
J02 Jerry L. Foster
Editorial Staff
J02 Ray D. Oosterman
JOSA Paula Ritrovato
AA Karen Mayo
Tours and travel
by Madeleine Grimsley
The Aug. 19 bus tour will go
icross the entire south lowland,
through Hveragerdi, Selfoss and then
on to the Fljotshlid district where a
lunch stop will be made, weather per-
mitting, by a waterfall. This area
served as the background for the fa-
mous Icelandic Saga, Njal's Saga.
Driving on to Eyjafjoll, the tour
passes glacial rivers that flow from
the glaciers on the south coast. The
tour then continues on to Skogar
where there will be a stop at a sum-
mer hotel for refreshments and a vis-
it at a folk museum to explore Ice-
land's past. Then a stop will be
made at Skogarfoss.
Above the Eyjafjoll district are
the glaciers, Myrdals- and Eyjafjalla-
jokull, offering a strange contrast
to the grassy lowland and hillsides
with numerous waterfalls.
WESTMAN ISLANDS
Since the volcanic eruption in
1973, the Westman Islands have been
one of the most popular tourist
spots. Icelandair flies at least
three times daily to the islands,
weather permitting. After you arrive
there are several interesting things
you can do like a two-hour sightsee-
ing tour, a visit to the aquarium and
a boat tour. The boat tour varies,
depending on weather; sometimes you
may be able to visit a small island
or enter a cave.
If you plan to spend more than one
day on the islands, you can stay at
Hotel Vestmannaeyjar. The hotel can
accommodate approximately 60 people.
Sleeping bag accommodations are also
available. A restaurant, cafeteria,
bar and souvenir shop are located at
the hotel.
Camping is also possible on the is-
lands. Dances are held most Saturday
nights; a theater is available there as
well as a new swimming pool, which is
open daily.
If you are planning to take the car-
ferry to the islands, it leaves from
Thorlakshofn daily at 1:45 p.m. and
Sundays at 7, returning from Westman
Islands every day at 9:30 a.m., Sundays
at 2 p.m. There is a bus leaving for
Thorlakshofn from the main bus terminal
in Reykjavik, Monday through Friday
at 12:30 p.m. The ferry can hold about
50 cars. You can also buy refreshments
on board.
TRAVEL NOTE
The Tour Office is now booking winter
flights to the states. It is not too
early, especially if you are going home
for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Remember
to book early to avoid being disappoint-
ed .
Life insurance
premiums reduced
Effective July 1, 1978, the Service-
men's Group Life Insurance (SGLI)
monthly premiums for active duty and
ready reserve members were reduced by
the Veterans Administration. The July
Leave and Earnings Statement (LES), dis-
tributed early in August, new SGLI premium rates. reflects the
The SGLI rate follows: has been decreased as
COVERAGE OLD RATE NEW RATE
$20,000 $3.40 $3.00
15,000 2.55 2.25
10,000 1.70 1.50
5,000 .85 .75
Helicopter crashes
Det. 14 rescues Icelandic pilot
The first August "save" for Detach-
ment 14 involved a downed Icelandic
helicopter pilot in the Eiriksjokull
area. The helicopter lost its tail
rotor, but the pilot successfully
maneuvered the aircraft to a safe
landing area five miles north of the
Eiriksjokull glacier.
Suffering from spinal and internal
injuries, the pilot exited the wreck-
age and organized his survival equip-
ment for what could have been a long
stay in the wilderness.
The injured man had been flying
without filing a flight plan with
the Icelandic air traffic control
system. So, when the helicopter
went down, no one realized it was
missing for two days.
Confirming that the pilot and air-
craft were missing, the Icelandic
Lifesaving Association asked for Det.
14's help through the Iceland Defense
Force J-3 Division Aug. 2.
Air Force Rescue 716, the HH-3E "Jol-
ly Green Giant" helicopter, and Air
Force Rescue 826, the HC-130 "Hercules",
on alert from the 67th Aerospace Rescue
and Recovery Service at Royal Air Force
Woodbridge, United Kingdom, launched at
7:35 p.m.
The HC-130 arrived at the crash
area, positively identifying the site
at 8.
The "Jolly" then began receiving
vectors from the HC-130 for the approach
to the crash scene. Fighting turbu-
lence generated by area glaciers, the
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Keflavik, Iceland, and their depen-
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"Jolly" landed at the crash site at
8:55.
Pararescuemen then began treating
the man's injuries, preparing him for
transport to Reykjavik.
Once the patient was safely placed
inside the helicopter, the rescue
forces departed the area, with the
HC-130 proceeding home to Keflavik
and the "Jolly" to Reykjavik.
Landing at the Reykjavik airport
at 9:55, the man was transferred to a
waiting ambulance and reunited with
his wife.
The HC-130 and "Jolly" crews in-
cluded the following personnel:
(HC-130) Major Thomas Turey, air-
craft commander; Captain Michael
Erwin, copilot; Captain Larry Harris,
navigator; Master Sergeant Thomas
O'Brien, flight engineer; Airman
First Class Thomas Riley, radio
operator; Sergeant Nathaniel Coward,
flight mechanic; Technical Sergeant
Dennis Baker, rescue specialist and
Airman First Class Christopher
McCarthy, rescue specialist.
Other personnel who participated
are: (HH-3E) Captain Samuel
Rogers, aircraft commander; Captain
Marvin Champion, copilot; Sergeant
Thomas Berry, flight mechanic; Mas-
ter Sergeant Richard Garlie, rescue
specialist; Staff Sergeant Lynn
Vinzant, rescue specialist and
Lieutenant Commander John Bigbee,
flight surgeon.
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