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10 December 1982

HOLIDAY CREETINGS FROM GENERAL AND }IRS. WELLS

l'Iy wife, Lynn, joins ne in expressing our sincere wish that each of youand your families enjoy this holiday season, and have a healthy and prosperousyear in 1983.

As DI,IA completes its 10th anniversary year, we ean Cake pride in a jobwell done. r am confident Ehat the effort we have rnade this year will arrowus to continue our fine tradition of support to the defense of our Nation.The challenges of the next decade rsi11 carl upon each of us to put forth ourbest efforts. r am confident that we will meet those charlenges. As membersof the DI"IA fanily' we know that our missi-on to this Nation herps provide thesurest safeguard for peace.

As we go about our duties in the year ahead, let us keep in our heartsa prayer for peace and goodwill towards all peopie.

Wrp*(Major General, USADirector

DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCYAEROSPACE CENTER

LOUIS AIR FORCE STATION. MISSOURI 63 1 1A

Ghristmas Goloring ContestIt's time again for the

Orientor Christmas ColoringContest. The Civilian WelfareCouncil in conjunction with thePublic Affairs Office is spon-soring the coloring contest forchildren and relatives ofAerospace Center workers. Toenter the competition the youngartist should color in the coverof this issue of the Orientor(Dec. 17). The completed colordrawings can be in any style,(crayon, pencil, felttip, etc.).. Besides age category,drawings will be judged ai-cording to style, use of color andoriginality.

The competition is open to allchildren. grandchildren, orbrothers and sisters ofAerospace Center employees.Children competing must be 12years of age or younger. There

Orienlor Christmas Cover Coloring Contest

will be three categories forJudging. The first category isfor children 6 or unddr, thesecond ages Z throughg, and theI'inal group is for children 10through 12. Only one entry perchild.

The winners will receive a"Santa^Box" of See's candy anda certificate. There can be up to1_2 . winners in each category.The "Santa Boxes,'wei.provided by the CivilianWelfare Council.

To enter, complete the formfound below. AII entries shouldbe returned to the publicAffairs Office by COB Jan. Z.The entries will be judged by apanel made up of members ofthe Civilian Welfare Council.Winners will be announced inthe Jan. 28 issue of the Orientor.

Aerospace Center Sponsor:

Office Symbol:

Complete the above form. and retwn this page (the entry) tothe Public Affairs Office by Jan. Z, 1983.

Center's Bus Seruice Changes little

HOLIDAY GREETINGS

As our decennial year draws to a close, we of the Aerospace Genter canIook with pride upon our accomplishments. As a team, we have continuallyresponded to the requirements of the military services and the federalagencies we support. They in turn have been able to sarry out the vitalaerospace missions of earth and space.

In the satisfaction we draw from a iob well-done comes the responsibilityto examine both the team effort and our own individual effort to assurethat our future accomplishments will be even better; that we keep currentwith technological developments; that we produce the best producte; andthat we provide the best services to meet our usersr needs.

As you gather with family and friends for the holidays, take with you mysincere appreciation for all your positive efforts in 1982 and my best wistresfor the new year.

WN',aAJ. W. SMALLColonel, USAFDirector

THE ORIENTOR rs an olftoalnewspaper. publrshed br-weeklyon Frrday by and for the person-nel of the Delense MappingAgency Aerospace Center. al StLor.rrs, Mrssoun. as authorrzed byDoD lnstructron 5120 4 Oprnronsexpressed herern do nol neces-sanly represent lhose ol the DoD

Col. J. W. SmallDirector

David L. BlackChief, Rrblic Affairs Office

Paul HurlburtEditor

Departments Honored for Meeting Blood Goals

t became effective Nov.29 do not impact significanily thesix lines that serve the AerospaceCenter.

Two inbound and one outboundruns of the Tesson Ferry rapidwere dropped, but only latecommuters are affected. The lastinbound run now leaves I-55 andButler Hill Road at 7:55 a.m. in-stead of the previous B:28 a.m. Thelast outbound run now leaves thesouth entry ramp of Arsenal and I-55 at 6:05 p.m. instead of theprevious 6:26 p.m.

There was no change in theBroadway-Barracks express,which has four inbound runsleaving the Jefferson BarracksHospital and four outbound runsfrom Arsenal and I-55.

The Oakville rapid also con-tinues on the same schedule ofthree inbound runs originating atNew England Village and threeoutbound runs stopping at Arsenaland I-55. The last outbound runterminates at Sylvan SpringsPark-Ride Lot; the earlier two

November, February and Maywith a goal of 50 units.

On days that the Red Cross is atthe Aerospace Center, eight otherdrives are occurring. The RedCross is committed to BbO unitsMonday through Friday. They planon our 70 units. If we don't meet ourgoal, surgeries are canceled,transfusions are not received.

Please give on the days an-nounced. Give a gift from theheart, give blood.

-Charlene Hardin, R.N.Chief of Medical Services

Village.

Employees using the three locallines serving the Aerospace Centerwill find less frequent service onthe Broadway and Cherokee lines.The Arsenal line remains un-changed. The single run of thenorthbound Broadway local thatoriginates at the Main Gate of theAerospace Center each work dayat 4:35 p.m. also was not affected.For details concerning the

schedules of these and other lines,phone Bi-State information; theMissouri number is 231-2345.

Genter Asked

To Sponsor

Explorer Program

In the past year the AerospaceCenter has provided facilities andsupervision for the Boy Scouts ofAmerica special interestExploring program in geodeticsciences. Recently, the BSA andthe Aerospace Center have beenapproached to provide sponsorshipand a program in basic computerscience.

In order to provide the hands-ontype of instruction and an ac-ceptable environment, theAerospace Center will need toprovide adult leaders and com-mittee members, and a suitableprogram for co-ed students agest4-2r.

Anyone who would like to par-ticipate in this program or wouldbe able to provide input as tocontent .or personal expertiseshonld call Bob Champlin, 4L37. Ameeting with BSA officials will beset up at a future date to provideassistance and answer questions.

Certificates of Appreciationwere awarded by the AmericanRed Cross to those departments ofthe Aerospace Center who met orexceeded their annual goal for 1982

blood year (July 1981 through June1982).

Departments, directorates andstaff offices receiving therecognition were the Office of theDirector, Aeronautical Infor-

mation Department, EqualEmployment Opportunity Office,Geopositional Data Department,Directorate of Logistics, Office ofCommunications and Electronics,Public Affairs Office, Directorateof Programs, Production andOperations, Scientific DataDepartment, and Directorate ofSystems and Techniques.

The blood drives occur monthlyat Second and Arsenal, where agoal of 70 units is attempted. At8900 S. Broadway the drives arefour times a year: August,Pqe2 ORIENTOR December 17, 1982

EM PLOYEE RETIREM ENTSTHOMAS O. DAHL (GARA), a

lithographic pressman, isscheduled to retire Dec. 31 withmore than 36 years of federalservice. A Navy veteran of WorldWar II, he joined the AerospaceCenter in June 1951 as a member ofthe Printing Division in the formerAeronautical Chart Plant.

MELVIN E. HALEY (LOMP), asupervisory production'controller,is scheduled to retire Dec. 27 withmore than 33 years of federalservice. He began his federalcareer in 1946 as a cartographicaid, painting relief models at theU.S. Naval Photo InterPretationCenter in Washington, D.C.

Haley came to the AerospaceCenter in August 1954 as a car-tographer in the Edit Branch of theCartography Division. He wasIater a production control chief inthe f ormer Chart ResearchDivision and a compilation unitchief in Cartography. Haley hasbeen chief of the MaintenanceControl Office in the Directorate ofLogistics since 1966.

ResponsibleDrinking

There are a number of ways for adrinker to avoid drunkenness, theEmployee Assistance Officeadvises:

1. Knowyourlimit.2. Eat while you drink.3. Sipdrinks; don't gulp.a Aooart q drinlr nnlw whpn vntt

HOMER R. KNIGHT (GDLAA),a photogrammetric cartographer,is scheduled to retire Dec. 31 withnearly 25 years of federal service.During World War II he served inthe Army Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater ofOperations. Honorably dischargedin 1946, he was later recalled forduty during the Korean conflict.Knight began his civilian career in1949 with the Department ofAgriculture in Washington, D.C.,preparing map control data foracreage allotment programs. Hecame to the Aerospace Center as acartographer in March 1963.

CARL S. LAPPE (LOSSR), asupply technician, is scheduled toretire Dec. 31 with nearly 39 yearsof federal service. Drafted into theArmy in 1943, he served 13 monthsin Leyte Island, Philippines, hislast position as a staff sergeant inthe 15th Supply Squadron. His firstfederal civilian employment waswith the Army Finance Center inSt. Louis, where he served aswarehouse chief and assistantchief in the Service Office beforethe Center moved to Indianapolis.

Lappe came to the AerospaceCenter in February 1954, startingout as a clerk tlpist. He was a unitsupply officer in the AeronauticalInformation Department and asupply technician in the ResearchSection of the Directorate ofLogistic's Supply Division. SinceJuly he has worked in the RecordsMaintenance Unit of SuPPIYDivision, due to a reorganization.

LEE R. SCOTT (SSA), a car-tosraohic clerk. is scheduled to

River Des Peres, which normally f Iows to ?he north (right) of Building 4, laps the eastern side of lhefloodwall protecling the building. The large hose running down the bank at left was used todischarge runoff that normally emplies from a pipe leading under the building. During the flood of1973, hundreds of employees volunteered their labor in a massive sandbagging effort at SouthAnnex. The floodwall was constructed soon after. (Photo by John LaBusier)

Flooding Prevented at South AnnexFlood control efforts at South

Annex after the heavy rain thismonth were limited mostly topumping operations. Thanks to afloodwall constructed after the1973 flood, no extensive sandbagging was necessary.

Pointing to water lapping thebase of the flood wall at the eastend of Building 4, Lt. Col. GeorgeA. Jacoby, director of FacilitiesEngineering, commented, "Thispast weekend the wall paid foritself. "

FE officials looked over thesituation Friday afternoon of theDec. 3 weekend, as rains continuedtheir deluge of several days with nosign of a letup. South Annex lies Pumps lake water from a manhole connected to one of two large

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lopez Chosen Policeman of the MonthGualberto (Wally) Lopez was selected as

Security Policeman of the Month for actions whilemanning the Main Gate at Second Street. Securityofficials said Lopez' "alertness resulted in the ap-prehension of a hit-and-run driver, whose vehiclehadcollided with the parked vehicle of an AerospaceCenter employee, causing extensive damage." Anative of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Lopez served in theU.S. Army Special Forces before coming to theAerospace Center two years ago. A veteran of 15

combat jumps in Vietnam, he now enjoys skydiv-ing for recreation. He is also studying for his bachelor's degree inaviation technology at Parks College of St. Louis University, where heobtained his private pilot's license last year. Lopez and his wife Mary areparents of a nine-year-old son, Juan Carlos.

Director haises Contractorb tupportRomeo Caroletti of OMI Corporation of America, Alexandria, Va.,

was presented a certificate of achievement by Aerospace Center DirectorCol. J. W. Small for outstanding contractor support from 1958-1981.

Caroletti was cited for his work in redesigning a stereocomparator tomeet DMA's stringent requirements. He is the chief engineer responsiblefor assembly of the viewer in America.

"Mr. Caroletti worked long hours with DMA and OMI technicians tosolve design problems which caused the original TA3/P11 (stereocom-parator) to fail acceptance tests," Colonel Small said in a letter to thepresident of OMI. "He made suggestions, redesigned components, and inmany cases, manufactured parts to test his solutions. Without thisdedication to craftsmanship and knowledge of optical/mechanicalsystems, none of the TA3/P11s would have met the technicalspecifications. "

Father and Son Win Design ContestsVisual information specialist LeRoy White recently won first place in

the Enright Neighborhood Association street banner design contest.Banners bearing his design will be hung from light poles in the vicinity of

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Seco nd Chance to See Lunar Eclipse

Another eclipse, so soon after the Peak viewing time will occurlast, is unusual. Pr"ri;;l;,^;i;; duringtheumbralphase,from3:50 Drug Danger ShownMidwest had not seen a total lunar and 4:bB a.m., when the shadow of _ _!!re tW_S_nASLjAnCeIOus

proaches-will begin at 2: 52 a.m.During the umbral phase the

moon will be at roughly a 50-degreeangle to the earth's horizon.Observers should look to the westabout half way up the sky.

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The second total eclipse of themoon this year will take place inthe wee hours of Dec. 30. For manyobservers, cloud cover spoiledtheir view of the July 6 lunareclipse.

curs when the earth is positionedbetween the sun and the moon andthe plane of the earth's orbit andthe moon's orbit are almostidentical, causing the earth to casta shadow on the moon.

Following Dad's example, LeRoy's son Darryl recently won a contestto design a logo for Soldan High School. A National Merit Scholarshipsemi-finalist, Darryl is president of the senior class in the ClassicalAcademy at Soldan.

Special PresentationEd Nolde (right) of the Cartographic Data Division's ProductionManagemenl Olfice presenls Aerospace Center Director Col. J.W. Small a seal of the Defense Mapping Agency he "speed luf-ted" with yarn during nonduiy hours. The dates mark the decadeof the agency's exislence. Nolde plans to relire in January, en-ding a career with lhe Aerospace Center that began in l948attheformer Chart Planl on l2th and Elelmar. The seal will be hung inthe cenler hallway of the slaff section on the sixth floor ofBuilding 36. ( Pholo by Ed Mullen)

Meyer of the Satellite GeodesyBranch points out.

Observers have reason to behopeful this time. "On cool winternights, you sometimes get somereal good seeing," Meyer com-mented. Atmospheric conditionsand city lights also should be lessdistracting, as the moon's arc doesnot appear so close to the horizonat this time of year.

A total eclipse of the moon oc-

the moon until totality is reached.Totality will last from 4:58 until5:59. Then the second umbralphase will occur, from 5 :59 to 7:07,as the dhadow of the earth on themoon gradually recedes. The moonwill be setting at 7:16 and the sunrising at 7:20, so the latter umbrawill not be as spectacular.

Incidentally, the penumbralphase, when the moon darkens asthe earth's shadow ap-

hol (which is a factor inhalf of all traffic deaths)and tranquilizers. A recentBritish medical study re-vealed that drivers onvalium or any other mildtranquilizer are five timesmore likely to become in-volved in car crashes thanpeople not taking thesedrugs.

Valera Schoen (left) of the Aerospace Center'sGraphic Arts Deparlment goes overcorrespondence with Sally Clark of lhe DMAOffice of Distribution Services. Schoen spent aweek at ODS assisting in the transfer of foreignmilitary sales of FLI Ps to that agency. Clark isa member of the Customer Services and SalesManagement Division of ODS' DistributionOperations Departmenl. (ODS photo)

ODS Assumes FtlP Foreign Military Sales

Valera Schoen of the Graphic Arts Departmentrecently spent a week in Washington assisting in thetransfer of management responsibility for foreignmilitary sales of Flight Information Publications tothe DMA Office of Distribution Services.

The Aerospace Center's Flight InformationBranch in GA's Finishing and Distribution Divisionpreviously handled foreign military sales of FLIPsand will continue to provide automatic distribution toall users.

ODS already handled foreign military sales ofmost charts, so it was decided that all foreignmilitary sales should be handled in one place, Schoenexplained.

Schoen had handled the sales for the AerospaceCenter, which involved some 35 different govern-ments and required frequent contact with embassiesinWashington. "Itwas interesting work," she said.

Among the earliest products produced at theAerospace Center, FLIPs are a series of publicationsthat provide military and civilian users with accurateinformation for flight planning, enroute travel andflight termination proceedings. The regularly updated series covers all parts of the world.

While FLIPs will continue to be produced at theAerospace Center, publication of the monthlyAeronautical Bulletin and semiannual AeronauticalBulletin Digest has been assumed by ODS. Thetrarsfer in function is part of the ongoing program tostandardize the DMA Catalog.Page 4 ORIENTOR December 17,1982