Onientor - NGAA west · 2017. 11. 10. · Onientor DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER Vol. XVll, No.3 February 7, 1975 Area I (D, AA, SOS, OI, PP, CO, PR) Patricia Mykins, PPTT,

OnientorDEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER

Vol. XVll, No.3 February 7, 1975

Area I(D, AA, SOS, OI, PP, CO, PR)Patricia Mykins, PPTT, 4515

Area 2(POS, CM, IG, SOC)Esther Smith, SOC, 4941Alt. Marcelle Jackson, CMDO,4906

Area 3(LO and FE - 2nd St.)Patricia Fleming FEPC, 4072Alt. Arthur Kirchner. FEP, 4811

Area 4al4b (AD)Wallace Haviland, ADFC, 8409Alt. Lorraine Grither, ADLD, 8400David Tolpen. ADDN. 8221Alt. Harold Freeman, ADDP, 8192

Area 5al5b (CD)Ann Schwartz, CDIA, 4794Alt. Art Gore, CDG, 4986

Art Braasch, CDAP, 4723Alt. Ed McCormack, CDCB, 4206

Area 6(PO, LO and FE - 8900, DFSC,DIS)Antoinette Hamel, LOPA, 8291Alt. Herb Meiners, DFSC-RC, 8446

Area 7al7b (RD)Emma Burns, RDSA, Ext. 4669Alt. James Smith, RDGS, 4037Irvin Tumey, RDNF, 8149Alt. Ernie Miller, RDSE, ,$84

Area I (PD)Bill Miller, PDA, ,()24

Alt. Charlene Breier, PDDF, 8331Area9a/9b/9c (MD)

John Miller, MDCO, ,1079

Mikel Jackson, MDAP, 4773Alt. William Guse, MDR,4181Max Roberts, MDMB, 4066

BG. J.S. Egbert, USANomed To DMA

CSC To Beview Center

Perconnel ManagementRepresentatives of the St. Louis

Regional Office of the U.S. CivilServiee Commission will begin atwo-week visit to the Center onApril 7 to review personnelmanagement activities.

The review will be concernedwith how well personnelmanagement practices serve theneeds of management and em-ployees.

Team members will beavailable to receive any in-formation employees believewould benefit them in conductingtheir review. They will not be in aposition to take action on in-dividual grievances or other

Brigadier General John SpierEgbert, USA, has been namedDeputy Director for Plans,Requirements and Technology inthe Defense Mapping Agency,according to an announcement byVice Admiral Shannon D. Cramer,Jr., USN, Director of the Agency.

General Egbert succeeds RearAdmiral Ralph H. Carnahan, USN,who has been assigned as Com-mandant of the Naval DistrictWashington. General Egbert'smost recent asslqnmont wag as

problems of an individual nature,but any such information will beused in evaluating the personnelprogram and in determining theneed for possible improvements inpersonnel management.

A letter to all employees fromthe Director of Civilian Personneldated January 31 outlined theways in which an employee couldmake arrangements to confer witha team member.

Ms. Judith A. Scheibel will serveas team leader for the review.Team members will includerepresentatives of the Civil Ser-vice Commission and AngeloMeoli from Hq. DMA.

Petersen Getsl5 Promotion

G. Warren Petersen, DMAACDirector of Civilian Personnel, hasbeen promoted to a GS-15 positionaccording to an announcement bythe Center Director, Col. DonaldD. Hawkins.

Petersen came to the Center inthe early part of 1974 as theDirector of Civilian Personnel.

Previously he had been with theCivil Service Commission asPersonnel Management Advisorin the Seattle Regional Office, apositionwhich he held from 1961 to1973 with two years out for anoveneas tour as Civilian Per--^--^t nrrt^^- m-^LlL-..,- a D

Roberts, Hamel New

0fficers For CWGThe DMAAC Civilian Welfare Council selected Max Roberts as

Chairman and Antoinette Hamel as Recorder at the January meeting.New members and alternates were added to the Council in accordancewith regulations whereby half of the membership is elected eachJanuary for a two year term. Other elections are held to allow for theaddition of new organizations, as necessary, or to fill unexpectedvacancies.

The complete roster of Council members and alternates is asfollows:

Mrmbrn ol lhr nrw CWC rtttndlng lh. hnutry mmllng rrr rhown

most recent assignment was asDirector, Site Defense ProjectOffice, U.S. Army SAFEGUARDSystems Command, $untsville,Alabama, where he has servedsince October 1973.

The assignment to theWashington D.C. area is the fifthfor General Egbert in the last tenyears, the most recent havingbeen as Deputy Director, Planningand Programming Analysis,Office of the Assistant Vice Chiefof Staff, U.S. Army, from May 1972

to September 1973.

Previously, General Egbert wasCommanding Officer of the 35thEngineer Group, U,S. Army,Pacific-Vietnam; DistrictEngineer of the U.S. ArmyEngineer Division, South Atlantic,with station Savannah, Georgia,and Commanding Officer of the24lh Engineer Battalion, U.S.Army, Europe. He has also heldArmy Engineer commands inKorea, Europe and the continentalu.s.

His major other Washingtonarea duty assignments have beenas Chief, Plans and OperationsDivision, Directorate of MilitaryEngineering, Office, Army Chiefof Engineers from November 1971

to April 1972i as Staff Assistant,Southeast Asia ConstructionDivision, Directorate for Con-struction, Office, AssistantSecretary of Defense, (In-stallations and Logistics) fromJune 196? to May 1968, and asChief Personnel Actions Section,Engineer Branch, Officer Per-sonnel Directorate, Office of

Personnel Operations, U.S. Armyfrom June 1964 to June 1965.

A native of Aberdeen, SouthDakota, General Egbert receiveda BS degree in MilitaryEngineering and a commissionfrom the United States MilitaryAcademy in 1948. He also holds aMS degree in Civil Engineeringfrom the Massachusaetts Instituteof Technology. General Egbertattended the Naval War CollegeCommand and Staff Course, theIndustrial College of the ArmedForces, and the AdvancedManagement Program at HarvardUniversity.

Among his awards anddecorations are the Legion ofMerit with Oak Leaf Cluster, theBronze Star Medal, theMeritorious Service Medal, theJoint Service CommendationMedal, and the Army Com-mendation Medal with Oak LeafCluster. General Egbert also hastwo Vietnamese Awards- theGallantry Cross with Bronze Starand the Armed Forces HonorMedal (lst Class).

Mrs. Egbert is the former AnneMclntosh. The Egberts have oneson, John S., Jr., in Atlanta,Georgia, and a daughter, Mrs.James Fourlas, a student at theUniversity of Alabama, Hunts-ville.

sonnel Officer, Tachikawa AB,Japan.

Prior to the Civil ServiceCommission the Personnel Officerheld various civilian personneloffice positions with the U.S. AirForce in functional areas of ad-ministration, training,classification and employeerelations.

He and his wife Yuki have fivechildren.

CAP HonorsCol. Donald D. Hawkins,

DMAAC director, and RaymondNikrant, PRP, were recentlypresented certificates of ap-preciation by the Civil Air PatrolThe certificates were inrecognition for the assistancegiven the Falcon CompositeSquadron by the Center.

The Squadron was provided "ahome" in building 89004 at SouthAnnex for weekly meetings andgranted use of a training room forclassroom sessions and lectures.

Lt. Robert S. Penberthy isSquadron commander.

GonectionThe last issue of the Orientor

incorrectly identified the womanin the Hernando Florentino awardphoto as Mrs. Florentino. Sheshould have been identified asPeggy Matkin, Mr. Florentino'ssupervisor. The Orienlor'sapologies to all concerned.

Members of the new cwc allending the January meelrng are snownabove.

AGU Meet To Elect

New Pres and Secretary

Early Separation forReserue Officers Set

About 100 Reserve officers withestablished dates of separation(DOS) have been selected forearly release in June. Air Forceofficials emphasized that theseadditional adjustments are neededto support required cost savingsand meet yearend militarystrength ceilings. They are con-sistent with Air Force efforts toseparate those who do not havecareer intentions.

Groups affected by the DOSrollback are:

-Reserve pilots and

The American GeophysicalUnion will hold its AnnualBusiness Meeting at a BuffetDinner in the DMAAC Dining Hall,trd Street, on February 12, 19?5.

Speaking on the topic, "PlateTectonic Model for the OuachitaMountains" will be Dr. GeorgeViele, Professor of Geology at theUniversity of Missouri, Columbia.

Tickets for the buffet are $3.50which includes multi entrees.Cocktail hour begins at 4:30 p.m.with dinner at 5:30 and themeeting beginning at 6:30.

Election of officers for two

navigators in flying status codes 1,

3 and 6 who would have less thanfive years total active Federalmilitary service (TAFMS) as ofJune 30, 1975, and who have datesof separation between July 1, 1975,

and June 30, 1976.

-Nonrated Reserve line of-ficers, including permanent flyingstatus code 2 who would have lessthan five years total activeFederal military service as ofJune 30 and who have anestablished DOS from July 1

through Dec. 31, 1975.

positions will be held. Candidatesfor president-elect are:

Dr. Charles R. Chubb, Mc-Donnel Douglas and Rev. WilliamStauder S.J., St. Louis University.

Candidates for the SecretarY'sposition are: J. Edward Jones,DMAAC, and Joseph V. Mischick,DMAAC.

John Finklang, DMAAC, willassume the presidency at themeeting.

For further information con-cerning the meeting contact J.Jones, ext. 4737.

OUR OWN WORST ENEMIESPogo was right on the mark when he said, "We have met

the enemy, and he is us."

Some Federal employees truly are their own worst enemies.Antl the relatively few who are make big problems for therest of us.

Bureaucrats-civil ss1vanf,s-are a favorite target of themedia and critics, especially when the high costs of Govern-ment come under scrutiny, as at present. Those among us whoare their "own worst enemies" unwittingly aid the critics whotar the hard-working majority with the brush that should beapplied to only a few.

A couple of current examples come to mihd:Recently a disenchanted Federal worker wrote to a Wash-

ington newscaster about some things she said she had observedand felt should be decried.

She mentioned a well-paid superior who kept her coolingher heels in his outer office while he allegedly worked up hisentry in a weekly football pool on Government time. Then shespoke of employees in the agency who used company time tosell Christmas cards, candy, and cosmetics to fellow employees.But the crowning complaint was reserved for an agency em-ployee she encountered in the elevator with a supply of plastictrash bags obtained, allegedly for home use, from the GSAsupply store with the office credit card. She quoted him to theeffect that "I can't remember the last time I bought any ofthese" with his o\\'n monev.

The second incident was the news account of the indictmentof a high-salaried employee for fraud in allegedly chargingpersonal travel to his agency and for falsifying time and leaverecords. The jury is still out on that one, but the news accounthas done its damage regardless of the outcome of the trial.

These actions by a small number of employees have some-thing in common.

Each is a rip off of Uncle Sam and of the taxpayer-andthat means all of us. Even the worker selling items to fellowemployees when he (or she) should be working is, in effect,stealing. So is taking home notebooks, pencils, etc., for thekids'school use.

Some will say: "Everybody does it, not just in Government,but all 6vsr'-if's part of the new morality." But that simplyis unacceptable.

Although the cost of a single such action may seem negli-gible, if such practices were widespread in a work force ofover 2 million, the annual loss to Government and taxpayerswould be great.

So what should be done about such pr&ctices, howcvcr

From lhe Black bookr

I had the pleasure last month toattend the retirement luncheon ofFloyd Lamar. Floyd, because ofhis position in the organization, isperhaps one of the best knownindividuals. Even though many ofus, myself no exception, havearuged many times with him overhis theories of space allocation, wecould nothelp but like him. He hadthe ability to sway you over to hisway of thinking, to give you asmaller space than requested andto have you leaving the FUBmeetings wondering why you'dever asked for so much anyway.And in most cases Floyd, at leastwith everybody else's space, youwere right. Filling his job willrequire a manager, an industrialengineer and a diplomat.

-o-Valentine's Day drops by next

Friday. That's the day that isdesignedto warm the heart up forthe advent of Spring when youngpeople's fancies turn to thoughts oflove. For those of the femalegender who still like to receiveflowers we extend to all a verbalbouquet of red roses, just for beingYou'

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New Ghanges in Freedom

0f lnformation Act

Could Effect YouThe Freedom of Information Act has been amended by Congress

over the veto of the President, making information available tc thepublic on a much broader scale than before. It puts "teeth" in theregulations that could lead to disciplinary actions against Agency of-ficials or employees who fail to comply with its provisions.

The most recent draft of DoD Counsel al Componenls, whereDirective 5400.7, "Availability to available,orwilhihe Counsel, Hq.the Public of Department of DMA, in all other cases.Defense Information," which will The law requires that initialbecome effective on February 19, determinations of whether to1975 clearly states that it is DoD release records will be madepolicy, consistent with the within ten working days, placing aFreedom of Information Act, to heavy burden on the organizationprovide to the public the to determine promptly whether amaximum amount of information record exists and its exemptionconcerning operations and ac- siatus. Appeal procedures followtivities. in quick order, so that the

This basic policy is, of course, requester shall normally be ad-subject to the exemptions vised within 20 working days as toreeognized in the Act. Even the action to be taken on his ap-technically exempt records, peal. Final refusal must be madehowever, will be made available in writing by the Director, Hq.when their disclosure would not be DMA, or his designee.inconsistent with statutory The regulation provides that norequirements and when a information that would be adesignated official determines "clearly unwarranted invasion ofthat no significant and legitimate personal privacy" may begovernmental purpose would be released, thus protecting theserved by withholding them. privacy of individuals.

The directive cites nine Briefly staled, the nine exemp-categories of records that may be lions are:considered exempt from release, !. Classilied informalion.but it specifically prohibits 2. Rules, regulalions, orders,withholding information because manuals, directives and in-release "might suggest ad- struclions relaling lo inlernalministrative error or inefficiency personnel rules or to cerlain in-or might embarrass a Component lernal practices of DoD.or an official." 3. lnformation prohibited lrom

The direciive defines a "record" release by slalute or Execuliveas including "books, papers, Order. This would include lrade,maps, pholographs, or other lechnical and financial in-documentary malerials, regar- formation provided in conlidencedless of physica I form or io the Governmenl and in-characterislics." ll is DMA policy formation prolecled under thethat its bulk producls normally do Patent Secrecy Orders.not conslitute "records" but are, q. Trade secrels recelved lnrather, lechnical dala packages, confldence.and are lo be conrldered for 5. lnlarntl communlcrtlonrrrlmr lo thr publlc rr proplrty, tuch lt rtrll prFen conlrlnlns

Pieces

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So what should be done about such practices, howeverisolated ?

Basically, supervisors and managers need to do a betterjob in making employees aware that misuse of Governmenttime, facilities, and goods is improper and may be the basisfor disciplinary action. And they need to do a better job ofsupervision and management to monitor for such infractions.

But the hard-working, honest Federal v,rsrkgrs-6nd thatis practically all ef us-gs1 play an important role, too,through peer pressure. When we see infractions that reflecton us, let the offenders know that we don't appreciate whatthey are doing-because it is wrong and because it mars thegood reputation of the rest of us. We've got critics enough-we don't need enemies within.

release to ihe public as property,under a forlhcoming DMA ln-struclion 8605.1, "Release olUnclassified DMA Products."A "record" is distinguished

from a product in the sense that arecord is preserved as evidence ofthe organization, functions,policies, decisions, procedures,operations or activities of theDMA or because of the in-formational value of the data itcontains.

The requester must .be able toreasonably describe the recordsasked for and be willing to payreproduction and search costs.The Agency is under no obligationto create records, although insome cases pieces of informationcontained in othenvise exemptdocumen[s may be segregatedfrom record and released to therequester.

A court reviewing a denial of arequest has statutory authority todirect disciplinary action againstthe official who made the decisionto withhold the record. The CivilService Commission, in con-sultation with the employingagency, must then determinewhether disciplinary action iswarranted.

For DMA employees, it issignificant lhal the final relusal ofa requesl musl nol only explain indetailwhy a denial was made bulalso cite lhe name and posilion olthe individual who made lhaldecision. Each DMA Componenlwill have designaled oflicials tograni or deny requesis. Eachdenial must be coordinated wilh

such as staff papers conlainingadvice, opinions or suggeslions orinformalion preliminary to adecision or aclion. This exemptionalso includes advance inlormalionon such things as proposed plansfor procuremenl or lease ofmaterials, real eslale, facililiesand lhe like. On the other hand, anorder by a superior to a subor-dinate is generally notwilhholdable il it slales policy orprovides a decision. Merediscussions or preliminarymatlers that would compromisethe decision making process,however, are exempl.

6. Personnel and medical fileswhose release would resull in anunwarranled invasion ol personalprivacy. These would includeinlormalion aboul securityclearances, administrative ac-lions and so on.

7. f,ecords necessary for en-forcing civil, criminal or mililarylaw.

8. Certain records ol financialinslituiions.9. Records conlaining

geological and geophysical in-formalion and data on oil wellsand minera! deposits.

DoD Directive 5400.7 establishesan office at the highest levels inthe assistant Secretary of Defense(Public Affairs) for moniloringthe directive. DMA is required toestablish educational programs onthe Freedom of Information Actfor every official and employee.Further articles and notices onbulletin boards will appear in thenear future.

Energy Gonseruation

ls Up to You

1n S?/*tfailqLeonard J.

Stone, a PlatelVlaker EquipmentOperator inAAAR, died Jan-uary 28, 1975

He is sur-vived by his wife, Grace Stone.

The OR IENTOR is an off icial news-paper, published bi-weekly on Fri-day by and for the personnel of theDefense Mapping Agency AerospaceCenter, at St. Louis, Missouri. Opin-ions expressed herein do not neces-sarily represent those of the DOD.

Col. Donald D. Hawkins' Director

David L. BlackChief, Off ice of lnformation

Editor

Lloyd P. Davisdied on January28, 1975. He wasa carffiapher inCDIA.

He is survivedby his wife, Eliza-beth, and four daughters and oneson.

Services were held at SalemLutheran Chureh, Friday January31, with interment at NationalCemeterv.

Capt. Howard Day, formerly ofthe Geodetic Survey Squadron andnow of the St. Louis Center, wasrecently presented the JointService Commendation Medal.

He was cited for his aggressiveleadership, expertise, initiativeand numerous procedural in-novations which resulted in majorcontributions to the effectivenessof complex satellite programs andsignificantly increased the globalsatellite survey capability of theGeodetic Survey Squadron.Captain Day was the operationsofficer, geoceiver satellitetracking branch at the Squadron.

Col. Hawkins, DMAAC Director,made the presentation to CaptainDay on January 10th.

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MARION G. SLEET, CDAP,began his Federal career at thePost Office in September 1942where he worked until his in-ductionintheU. S. Army in March1943. He was sent to the AsiaticPacific Theater in October 1944where he served until his returnfor discharge in February 1946. He

joined the Army Records Center inMay 1946 but two years latertransferred to the Army FinanceCenter at 4300 Goodfellow. Hemoved with the center when it wasrelocated to Ft. BenjaminHarrison, Ind., leaving there inJune 1953. He returned to Federalservice when he joined DMAAC inFebruary 1955. He was assigned tothe Cartography Division wherehe is presently a carto technicianin the Automated CompositionBranch.

ANN F. BEHRENS, MDCO,began her Federal career onDecember 15, 1944 at the RuralElectrification Administration asa personnel clerk. The followingNovember she transferred to theArmy Finance Center where sheworked for the next seven years.She transferred to DMAAC inOctober 1952 and was assigned to

30 Year ttlarh Achieued

Department as section supervisorin the Topography Division.

STANLEY C. RUEFF, ADFD,entered the Naval Aviation CadetProgram in December lg42 andwas commissioned in April 1944.His principal duty consis.ted ofanti-submarine warfare carrieroperations. He was separatedfrom active duty in September1946 but was an active reseryist atNAS Lambert from 1948 until 195?.

His Federal civilian careerbegan in October 1948 at theGeneral Accounting Office. Thefollowing June he transferred tothe Army Finance Center where

the Korean conflict and servedfrom December 1950 until March1952. He has a total of 30 years inthe resefve and is presently at-tached to Com Phib Gp 412 atLambert.

His civilian service began at theArmy Records Center in October1946 until 1948 wh-en he transferred

to the Veterans Administration.After his recall to active duty, hereturned to civilian duty atVeterans Administration Hospitaluntil his transfer to DMAAC inJanuary 1955. He was originallyassigned to the PhotogrammetryDivision, then Research and ispresently assigned to CartographyDepartment as a photographictechnician in Automated TypePlacement.

WILLIAM J. MORAN, CDAE,reaches the 30 year mark thisSunday, February 9th, havingentered the U. S. Navy in 1944.After "boot" training at Farragut,Idaho, he was assigned to sea dutyfrom San Francisco. He servedwith Task Group 58 and was partof the occupation forces of Japan.He was discharged from the Navyin 1946 but remained in the NavalReserve.

the Army Reserve in December1942. He semed on active dutyfrom December 1943 until January1946. He returned to Federalservice in December 1947 as anoffset pressman at the AdjutantGeneral Publication Center. Hewas recalled to active duty for theKorean conflict from October 1980to December 1951. He returned toAGPC until February 1953 when hetransferred to DMAAC and wasassigned to the Printing andDistribution Department. He is

Cole Wiedemeier

presently assigned to theProduction Management Office asa production controller,

A member of the Army Reservesince December t942, he ispresently assigned to the 3dTransportation Brigade(Railway) as Command SergeantMajor.

JOSEPH F. WIEDEMEIER,CDCM, celebrates his 30th an-niversary on February 25th. Heserved in the Army Air Corps fromJanuary 1945 until September 1946and was assigned to the EuropeanTheater of Operations. The monthfollowing his discharge he washired at the Demobilized Per-sonnel Records Branch onGoodfellow as file clerk and typist.In July 1948 he transferred to thePlant at l2th & Delmar and wasussigned to the Cartography

Wright Moran

South Broadway on "OldNewsboys Day," having par-ticipated for the past eight years.

KENNETH F. CRANMER,PDDF, served in the U. S. Army in

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he remained until his transfer toDMAAC in August 1953. He hasbeen assigned to the AeronauticalInformation Department where heis presently assigned as asupervisory aero info specialist inthe Edit Branch of Air FacilitiesProduction Division.

DONALD C. HEUSACK, CDSC,began his Federal career with theU. S. Navy in September 1944. Hewas assigned to the South Pacificand returned for discharge in June1946. He resumed his Federalcareer as a civilian in September1946 at the Army Records Center

January 1945. After completingbasic training he was seni over-seas where he served in thePhilippine Islands. He received hisdischarge in December 1946 andcontinued his Federal career as acivilian when he joined the ArmyRecords Center the followingmonth as a file clerk.

He transferred to DMAAC inMay 1948 and was assigned to theDistribution Division as a Jr.Warehouseman. His entire careerat DMAAC has been in theDistribution Division where he ispresently assigned as an inventorymflntlqomont rnanl,rlhf ln rha

Sleet Behrens Heusack

thePhotogrammetry Division as aproduction clerk. After assign-ments within other divisions of theP&D Plant she was assigned toMissile Support Division. "Istarted a new career as a com-puter operator in the ScientificComputer Division recently," shestates, "before that I was acomputer aid in the TapeLibrary."

She is active in the DisabledAmerican Veterans Auxiliary ofJefferson Barracks VeteransHospital. She served as Com-mander from 1970-72 and is nowDeputy Representative.

EUGENE W. COPELAND,MDMC, was drafted into the U. S.Army in February 1943 and wasassigned to the field artillery. Heserved in the Solomons, Luzon,Philippine Islands and Japanbefore being discharged inFebruary 1946.

He went to work at the TreasuryDepartment in May 1946. Hetransferred to DMAAC in Sep-tember 1948 and was assigned tothe Photogrammetry Division.

He was recalled to active dutywith the Air Force in November1951. After assignments in Japanand Korea was released in March1953.

He returned to Federal serviceat DMAAC in May 1954 and wasreassigned to the Photogram-metry'Division. He is presentlyassigned to Missile Support

as a photostat and micro filmtechnician. He transferred toDMAAC in April 1949 and wasassigned to the PhotogrammetryDivision until the function wastransferred to the CartographyDivision. He is presently employedas a photographer in the CameraContact Unit.

JAMES A. HULET'S, PDB, SOthanniversary was Groundhog Day(Feb. 2). He was in the Army from1941 until 1943 with overseas dutyin Australia and New Guinea.After receiving his discharge inDecember 1943 he remained in SanFrancisco where he worked at theNaval Shipyards then at VeteransAdministration. He moved to St.Louis and in 1948 was hired as aclerk at Veterans Administration.He transferred to DMAAC inFebruary 1949 and was assignedas a supply clerk. He wasreassigned to the ShippingDepartment as a fork lift operatorand is presently assigned to thePrinting and DistributionDepartment in the press room asan assistant pressman.

He is an ordained minister andPastor of Emanuel PentecostalChurch in Festus, Mo.

BOBBY G. WRIGHT, CDAP,reaches the 30 year marktomorrow, February 8th. He wasin the U. S. Navy during WorldWar II from September 1943 untilMarch 1946 assigned to the SouthPacific area. He was recalled for

He continued his Federal careeras a civilian at the Army RecordsCenter. He transferred to DMAACMay 24, 1948 and was assigned tothe Distribution Division. He wasrecalled to active duty in 1951 andwas assigned to Attack Squadron921 until his discharge from activeduty and the reserves in 1952. Hereturned to DMAAC and wasreassigned to the TransportationDivision until 1957 when hereturned to the Printing andDistribution Division. He wasassigned to PD Staff the four yearsprior to assignment to Car-tography Department in L972where he is presently assigned asa production controller in theAutomated Cartography Division.

BERNICE O. HENDRICKS,AAAB, reaches the 30 year markon February 13th, although hercareer began in September 1942 atVeterans Administration Hospitalwhere she remained untilDecember 1944. She returned towork at the St. Louis Ad-ministration Center for a shorttime before returning to VAHospital in December 1949. Forthe next 15 years she worked therein three categories, namely,dietician, housekeeping andnursing assistant. She transferredto DMAAC in December 1964 andwas assigned as a messenger forthree years. She was laterpromoted and reassigned as aclerk in the Mail Room. She ispresently detailed to Printing andDistribution Division's MaterialBranch. She is a familiar figure at

management specialist in theFlight Information Branch.

RAYMOND COLE, pDp, ob-serves his 30th anniversary onFebruary 21st although he joined

Division as a carto draftsman. Hisentire career at DMAAC has beenin the Cartography Departmentwhere he is presently assigned asa negative engraver foreman.

Colendor of EventsFEBRUARY , 197 5

FEb EVENT WHERE INFO11 FBA Lunch & Mtg Carpenters Hall D. Blackl414212 AGU Meeting Dining Hall J. Jonesl TBT

13 DMAAC Womens Club lnn St. Louis Mrs. Radick/

892-126514 VALENTINE'S DAY

14 AFA Meeting Fatstaff lnn D. Kuhn/825417 HOLIDAY

21 Bloodmobile S. Annex R. Schuttenhelm/

840824 Stamp & Coin Club

25 ASP Meeting

Morch6 Assn. of Litho

Blds.36, RD R. Rolf/4146Conf. Room

Dining Hall L. Brooks/4l60

Salad Bowl L. Held/4846

Contact Shirley Sostman/4563 to have your March l97E events

listed.

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Pins and certificates for 20 yearsFederal service were presented tothe first 10 DMAACeTS picturedabovd. From left to right: EdselBassinger, MDMC, Bernal F.Powers, MDAA, John A. Devine,MDDA, Kenneth W. Webb, MDM-B, Robert K. Schnure, ADDP,Lawrence G. Even, ADDN, Ed-ward J. Zalko, ADDN, Dick F.Tedford, ADDN, Ernest Williams,FEMC andJohnA. Watford, CMD.

Performance awards were

received by the remainder. DianeL. Gross, PPIA, and Josephine E.Lewis, CMM, received Out-standing Performance Ratingsand Quality Salary Increaseawards, Wilbur J. Grisbeck,PPTT, outstanding PerformanceRating and Sustained SuperiorPerformance, Doris M. Brackett,CM, Ernest L. Wheeler, CMD, andAnnie M. Kovach, CMM, receivedOutstanding Perf ormanceRatings.

December

PromotionsThe following employees

received promotions during themonth of December 1974: Henry L.Adkins, WG{; Susan J. Bailey,GS-12; Pamela J. Belton, GS-?;James R. Bordner, GS-l1;Frederick D. Brown, WP-18; MaryA. Clements, GS4; Rose Mary K.Colona, GS-5; Norris G. Decker,GS-11; Carl G. Dieckmann, WP-27; James W. Dorsey, WP-18;Dennis E. Drum, GS-ll; Gerald E.Egler, GS-12; Joel C. Frazer, GS-12; Janice Y. Goodwin, GS-5;Joanne I. Graham, GS-4; ThomasA. Grunzinger, GS-12; John W.Hayden, GS-12; William M. Hicks,GS-?; Charles Houston, Jr., GS-12;James P. Hutchings, GS-11; DebraK. James, GS-3; Robert Joiner,WG-6; Emma L. Kaiser, GS-5;Susan M. King, GS-5; Patricia J.,{assot, GS-13; Cynthia L. Meyer,GS-3; Raymond J. Meyer, GS-12;Virginia L. Milentz, GS-5; MargieL. Muench, GS-6; Richard E.Newton, GS-?; William D.Norquist, GS-11; George W.Parker, GS-?; Victoria L. Parson,GS-4; Earl W. Phillips, GS-12;Marion A. Piggee, GS-11; CharlesC. Poeppelmeier, GS-11; EleanorReeves, GS-6; William F.Richards, Jr., WP-34; Arthur W.Rinderknecht, Sr., WP-18; Max G.Roberts, GS-12; Joan F. Sadorf,GS-12; PatriciaD. Schumer, GS-4;Roy W. Sehuttenhelm, GS-ll;Emma L. Sewell, GS-4; John T.Shocklee, GS-8; Sharon L. Sigler,GS-11; Beverly J. Smith, GS-12;Johnny Sweeney, Jr., GS-11; JaneE. Thomas, GS-11; Edward M.Toalson, GS-11; Thomas F. Tolle,GS-7; Joseph H. Tokraks, WP-24;James T. Tyus, GS-ll; Donald R.Varner, GS-12.

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Alcoholism. Druo Addiction Onld Oril

New Law AssuresCredit for Women

Working women who handle their income wisely and who need-orwant - credit can now be assured that an application ior credit willprobably be approved.

Under a new Federal law, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, women

may no longer be denied credit simply because they are women. As ofOctober 28, 1975-when the new law becomes effective-sex discrimina-tion will be banned in the granting of credit. However, many progressive

stores probably will not wait that long to give women their due credit.

The law does not mean thatstores and lending institutionsmust give charge accounts, creditcards and loans to every womanwho lills out an application. Whatit does mean is that women apply-ing for credit must be judged bythe same standards used for men:

a steady income, prompt paymentol bills, a regular savings record,cautious use of credit.

This new law gives women pro-tection they have long needed.

Several years ago, during hearingsol the National Commission on

Consumer Finance, it became

clear that women were oltenturned down lor credit only be-

cause they were women.At the hearings, a widow de-

scribed how she was relusedcharge accounts in her own name,th,rugh shc could get eccounts in

her dead husband's name. A 40-year-old divorced woman with a

iull-time job needed her retiredfather to co-sign with her so she

could get a mortgage loan.

Fortunately, women will never

ugain lace tuch Ji:erimination.But women - like men - do

have a responsibility to show thatthey can handle credit cautiously.Nevcr borrow more thlrn you clncorrrlirrtlttrly roplry, on lt lcgulrrntorttltly hlrsis. Ncvcr' ol)r:n nlols

o If you are ever refused credit,lind out if the reason is that youhave a poor credit rating.

Whenever you apply for credit,a report on your credit standing isprepared, usually by a credit re-porting company. Under the FairCredit Reporting Act, you havethe right to learn the name andaddress of the credit reportingcompany that put together the re-port on you. Conlact that com-pany - they must tell you whatinformation went into the report.

o lf the data in the report isaccurate, and il you were turneddown because you actually dohave a poor credit rlting. getsome he[p.

Talk with the credit managerat the credit reporting company.Ask fbr suggestions on what youcan do to establish a sound creditrating.

o Houevcr. i[ the data in lourcredit report is inaccurate, takeaction.

The law sets up ways for you toremedy the situation if a falsecredit report has been liled againstyou. Learn your rights hy gettingConsumer Bulletin No. 7 fromFederal Trade Commission, [.egalluncl Public llccorrls, Washirrgton,l).( . 1050(). lt's li cc,

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Gounseling SeruicesThe ever growing problem of

alcoholism among executives andworkers in both industry andgovernment is well known. It is arecognizable illness that takes aheavy toll in production, humandignity and lives. It is now thenumber three killer in Americaafter heart disease and cancer. Itis a personal disease that ad-versely affects everyone ittouches. Alcoholism is no longer adisease that must be discussedwith a feeling of shame, guilt orhopelessness. It is no longer adisease identifiable with moraldecay or lack of will power, but itis recognizedas a treatable illnessby most leading authorities inhealth and mental disease fields.Alcoholism is an insidious andhighty destructive disease that,while it cannot be cured, can bearrested.

Recently, this Center has issuedits policy stating that alcoholism isa treatable disease and that thisCenter has no desire to interferewith an employee's social life butis concerned with an employee'sdrinking only as it affects his jobperformance and his behavior onthe job. When drinking becomes aproblem to an individual and in'terferes with his work per-formance, this Center shares inthat problem.

Accordingly, DMAAC is takingpositive steps to help those whowant to help themselves by in-stituting counseling services inalcoholism and drug addiction.Counseling services will beprovided upon request to answerquestions relating to problemdrinking or drug addiction and tomake the appropriate referrals tothe community resources. Theconfidentiality of any employeeseeking help will be absolute andthere will be no invasion of hisprivacy. No one but the programstaff members will have access tothe personal files of the par-ticipant.

The Program Counselors, BillBock, ext. 8255, and JackieMontgomery, ext. 4647, areDMAAC employees and recoveredalcoholics. We invite you to con-tact the above counselors or HerbKadowaki, Program Coordinatorext. 8466, for assistance and in-formation. You need not give yourname unless you care to.

The following programs con-cerning alcoholism will betelevised during February :

February 11, 1975 - "Portrait of aTeenage Alcoholic", Channel 5,7:00 p.m. and February 19, 1975 -"Feeling Good", Channel g, 7:00p.m.

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Cenler Energy Conservationprograms conlinue as lhe con.lractors pul up slorm windows onlhe 2nd Slreet outlying buildings.The new windows will reduce theamounl ol heat losl through theregular glass. FacilitiesEngineering personnel indicalelhe slorm glass should resull in nolonly a dollar savings but in in-creased employee comlort as well.

monthly basis. Never open morecharge accounts than you canhandle. Don't ever let yourself getin over your head *hen it comes

to credit. You would lace prob-lems il you were ever turneddown for credit on the groundthat your credit rating is bad.

Keep that in mind as you con-sider these suggestions:

o Open a savings account anda checking account in your ownname.

Married women often neglectthis, but it is uselul in helping

to establish your credit standing.

o Take action, also, il you areturned down for credit even

though you do have a good creditrating.

Since the Equal Credit Oppor-tunity Act does not become ef-fective until October, 1975. it willtake time for some stores andlenders to change their old waysol granting credit. Il you en-counter situations which you thinkma) involve scr discriminution,seek advice lrom your local legalollice or contact the U.S. Attor-ne1 's olfice lor yt-rur district.

lON Meet

Lt. Gen. Daniel James, Jr,,Deputy Comniander of theMilitary Airlilt Command, willaddress the St. Louis Section,Institute of Navigation at its nextdinner meeting. The meeting onFriday, February 28th at Grant'sCabin Restaurant, starts with acocktail hour at 6 p.m. Attendancewill be by reservation only.

GuardAppointnent

Ervine F. Lafser, MDDA, aIieutenant colonel in the MissouriArmy National Guard, has beenappointed to serye as Guardliaison officer with the City of St.Louis.

Colonel Lafser will serue in theDisaster Operations Office of CivilDefense.

POW Speaks at Lamhert

George Reed, CDCA, a retiredArmy officer, recently lectured tothe Force Area Command Staff atLambert Field on his experiences

as a POW during World War II.In addition to relating his per-

sonal experiences, he discussedthe history of Guam.Page 4 ORIENTOR February 7,1975