The White Falcon - 12.09.1980, Side 1

Keflavik, Iceland
WHITE
September 12, 1980
Volume 23, Number 36
FALCON
News briefs
Fil-Am supper tomorrow
The Fil-Am Association Hail and
Bless Pot Luck supper will be held
tomorrow at the Glacier Hut. The
festivities will begin at 4:30
p.m. and all members and their
friends are welcome.
Halburian selected top Airman
A1C Sam R. Halburian was se-
lected as the 932nd ACWS' Airman
of the Month for August.
Airman Halburian, an Aerospace
Warning Systems Technician, came
directly to Iceland from Technical
School at Keesler Air Force Base,
Mississippi.
Study Group meets Monday
A special Christian Study Group
is conducted each Monday at 7 p.m.
in the Chaplain's Conference Room
at the Base Chapel. All couples
d single military personnel are
vited to attend these sessions
inducted by Chaplain Schade.
Catholic Mass schedule
A new Catholic Mass schedule
will become effective this weekend
at the Base Chapel. The cele-
bration of Catholic Mass will be
at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and at 9
a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on Sunday.
Daily Catholic Masses will be
celebrated at 5:15 p.m., Monday
through Friday.
Gas prices increase
Effective on Oct. 4, the price
of gasoline at the Navy Exchange
Service Station will be increased
by 10c.
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Red Cross to hold orientation
The American Red Cross chapter
will hold its Volunteer Orienta-
tion on Monday. The Orientation
is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. at
the base Community Center.
Each volunteer who serves the
Red Cross on a continuing basis is
a representative of the total ser-
vice organization. The purpose
of the Red Cross Volunteers in
Keflavik is to provide trained
lunteer assistance at the Hospi-
1, Dental Clinic and plan to
tart a youth program.
Asst. SecNav tours base
The Honorable David
E. Mann (far right),
Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for re-
search, engineering
and systems, visited
the NATO Base for
two days last week.
Dr. Mann viewed the
960th AWACSS E3-A
aircraft with Rear
Admiral Richard A.
Martini (left) , Com-
mander Iceland De-
fense Force; Colonel
Glenn R. Connally
(center), Chief of
Staff for IceDeFor;
and Lt. Col. John
H. Carpenter, Air
Forces Iceland Vice
Commander. During
his stay Dr. Mann
also toured the
area in a Det. 14
helicopter. (Photo
by PH2 Craig Rie-
dell)
Fire Department’s 1980
Prevention Program begins
Fire prevention—much is said and done about it. If you were to find
yourself in the middle of a fire would you know what to do? To provide oc-
cupants of Naval Station Keflavik with this information will be the pri-
mary mission of the Naval Station Fire Department as they begin their 1980
Naval Station Home Fire Prevention
Program.
Chief Fire Inspector Astvaldur
Eiriksson recently announced the
family quarters' inspection schedule
has been set up to begin on 15 Sep-
tember and end 21 October. "Instead
of beginning at Fire Prevention Week
we will conduct our Fire Prevention
Week activities in the middle of the
inspection program," Chief Eiriksson
said.
The objective of the home in-
spection program is to identify and
explain fire and safety hazards to
the building occupants. As a repre-
sentative of the Naval Station Fire
Department inspects your quarters he
will explain the hazards he finds
(See Prevention, P.3)
Ft. Sam Houston Bank
to replace American Express
The National Bank of Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio, Texas was re-
cently selected by the Department of
Defense for operation of the mili-
tary banking facility here on the
Naval Station. American Express
will continue providing banking ser-
vices until the necessary approvals
are obtained from the Icelandic
Government for establishment of op-
erations by the National Bank of
Fort Sam Houston.
The National Bank of Fort Sam
Houston will offer all banking ser-
(See Sam Houston, P.3)