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Vol. XX, No.7 March 31,1978

Permanent l5's Named for New DirectorateThe announcement of the filling of three GS-15 positions in the newly formed Systems and

Techniques Directorate was made recently by Center Director, Col. James St. Clair. The direc-torate had been established on December 13 of last year and positions temporarily filled pendingpermanent selection of occupants by the DMA Executive Screening Board.

Selected by the board were: Dr. William Mahoney as Deputy Director for Systems andTechniques; Dr. Robert Ballew as chief of the Acquisition Systems Development Division of theDirectorate and Dr. Raymond Helmering as chief of the Advanced Technology Division.

lllew ffiief Hopper Selected

Security 0fficeLiaison Position

for lndonesia

William C. Mahoney has beenwith the Center since 1959 and hasserved in the Missile SupportDepartment, as technical advisorto the chief of the P&D Plant and inthe Plans, Requirements andTechnology Directorate.

He holds a bachelor's degree inCivil Engineering from SyracuseUniversity, a master's inPhotogrammetry from Ohio StateUniversity and a doctorate degreeIn Photogrammetry, Goodeay und

Roberl W. Ballew has been withthe Center since 1954 when heentered as a car0ographic aid. Hehas served in the Chart ResearchDepartment, Missile SupportDepartment, the Scientific andTechnical Office of the P&D Plantand the Plans, Requirements andTechnology Directorate.

He holds his bachelor's degreefrom Washington University inMathematics, a master's fromPurdue University inllhotogrammct,ry/(i eodeny and hlrr

Raymond J. Helmering hasbeen with the Center since 1962,

serving in the Cartography De-partment, Missile Support Depart-ment and Geopositional Depart-ment before coming to the STDirectorate.

He received his bachelor's de-gree in Geophysical Engineeringfrom St. Louis University and hismaster's in Civil Flngineeringl'rom I)urdue Llnivcrrily. ln 1070

hc nrcrrlveirl his I'hl) ln (llvll l)n-

Three Center emploYees havebeen either tentatively selected ornominated by the Defense MaP-ping Agency to attend some of thenation's highest level executiveand staff schools.

Selected as one of two DMAemployees to attend the CivilService Commission Federal Ex-ecutive Institute was Frank Roth,chief of the Aerospace Carto-graphy Department. The trainingwill begin August 13 and lastthrough September 29.

Nancy L. Mallonee of the Aero-space Cartography Departmenthas been selected to attend the

Major Claine J. Petersen hasreported for duty as the new chiefof the Aerospace Center SecuritYOffice replacing Major M.L.Brown who recently left for aFlorida assignment.

Major Petersen is a 14 Yearveteran of the Air Force whichincluded 19 months of duty inSoutheast Asia.

He is a graduate of Utah StateUniversity and has extensive gra-duate study at American Univer'

College of Naval Command andStaff at Newport, Rhode Islandduring the $78/79 school year.

Thomas O. Seppelin, of thePrograms, Production and Opera-tions Directorate has been select-ed as the DMA nominee for theIndustrial College of the ArmedForces for the 1978/79 schoolyear. The nomination has beenforwarded for competition at theDepartment of Defense level.

These nominations were select-ed by the DMA Executive Man-power Resources Board and ap-proved by the Director of DMA.

Harold Hopper of the AerospaceCartography Department has beenselected to become the DMALiaison Officer to the Republic ofIndonesia. The GS-14 position isbeing established to coordinatewith and assist personnel of theArmed Forces Survey and Map-

ping Center, Republic of Indonesiain plannlng and dcvoloPment of

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sity and the University of South-ern California.

Before coming to the Center hewas commander of the SecurityPolice Squadron at Eglin AFB,Fla., the position now being occu-pied by Major Brown.

Major Petersen is married.He received his commission

through the Reserve OfficersTraining Corps in 1963.

aeronautical charting programsfor their country.

Hopper has been with the Centersince 1954 when he was firstassigned as a cartographic photoaid. He is the chief of the Produc-tion Management Office of theImagery Analysis Division of ACand assistant chief of the Division.

He will depart for his assign-ment next month.

Cartography from Ohio State. doctorate from Purdue also inPhotogrammetry.

gineering also from Purdue.

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Souh American VisitorsAre Guests of Center

Argentina and Venezuela visi-lors were recenl guesls of lheAerospace Center in an effort loprovide an exchange of mapping,charting and geodesy informalionbelween nalions. Piclured signingthe guesl book are (left) BrigadierGeneral Luis Pagliere, Direclor,lnsliiuto Geografico Mililar Ar-gentina and (right) lng LuizRemiro Parra, of Dirrecion Nac-ional de Cartografia Venezuela.

Accompanying lhe Generalwere Mai. O. Minorini, Mai. A.Mosquera and escort NormanFassell of IAGS.

Accompanying lng Parra waslng Marco Polo Rivero and escortFrank Chavez of IAGS.

Prior lo coming lo lhe Cenlerthe visilors attended the ASP/ACSM annual convenlion and lheFirsl Pan American Symposiumon Aulomaled Cartography heldin Washinglon, D.C. They alsotoured the EROS Dala Center,Sioux Falls, 5.D.

National Library Week

ioGOFew people would disagree that libraries are good in-

stitutions. But while people pay homage to libraries, not enoughpeople use them.

A recent Gallup Poll found that one-third of all Americanshad neveruseda hbrary, and that a majority of these non-users

were unaware that a wide range of services, in addition to book

loans, were available. That's why "Info To Go" is the theme and

message of this year's National Library Week, April2-8.

Throughout the metroPolitan St'

Louis area there are numerouslibraries both Public and Privatethat contain a wealth of usableinformation. There are also a

number of specialized libraries inSt. Louis which cater to professions

and employee groups seekinginformation on sPecialized sub-jects. Most of these tYPes oflibraries are found within thearea's major industrial complexesand are referred to as TechnicalLibraries. TYPical of one of thesetlpes of technical libraries is theAerospace Center's.

Located in Building 22 at the 2nd

Street installation, the AerospaceCenter Technical Library serves tomake available to the agencyemployees all sorts of missionrelated information. Included in its

holdings are approximately 27'000

books.

Browsing through the racks olthe collection, one will find ex-lensive sections on such diversefields as photograPhY, f lying'aeronautics, electricilY-elecironics, malhematics, com-puters, management, sYstemsanalysis, geodesY-and the listgoes on and on. There are books

From the Black book:

Have you noticed what tomorrowis? April Fool's Day has alwaysbeen one of those days I tried toavoid, perhaps for good reason. Iremember in school I was alwaYsthe one who fell for the shoe untiedline. The problem was I alwaysforgot what day it was until it wastoo late. Since then I've made it apractice to be aware of the day andits turn on the calendar. Even with

on lasers, holography, radio, re-mole sensing, qualily conlrol'navigalion-gruidance, mini com-pulers, and much more.

A special selection of aP-proximately 300 atlases whosetitles and content range from theesoteric Atlas ol Optica I

Phenomena to the verY commonand useful Rand McNallY RoadAllas of the U.S., Canada andMexico. In addition to thesematerials which are available forloan to Center employees, there isan extensive reference collectionfor use in the library.

The Technical Library alsoreceives some 460 periodicals forthe use of Center personnel.Another principal part of thelibrary's collection consists oftechnical reports prepared bygovernment agencies, universitiesand private firms. These tend to berelatively brief, highly specializedtechnical documents applicable toCenter work functions or projects.There are some 25,000 items in thispart of the library's holdings.

There are a number of servicesavailable through the library. Forexample, if the Technical LibrarYdoes not have a requiredpublication in their collection, theywill, upon request, endeavor toobtain it either through an in-terlibrary loan, or by arrangementfor copying from libraries notlending publications, or Purchasethe publication throughprocurement channels.

On lhe lsl and l5lh ol each monthihe library publishes lists of theirmost recently acquiredpublications. These lists are widelydistributed lo various Cenier of-lices as well as other agencies.Coples of the latost of lhese llsts

IAGS

Plqnning Group

A blue ribbon panel discusses new courses for the DelenseMapping Agency lnter American Geodetic Survey (DMA IAGS)Carlographic School wiih Kenneth Rineharl, Chief of lhe school.The sludy group was in the Canal Zone to make recom-mendations for improving the school's capabilities for irans-ferring technology to the maPping agencies of Lalin America.Lefl to right are Reuben Cook, Technical Director DefenseMapping School, Thomas C. Finnie, special consultanl andformer Deputy Direclor Managemeni and Technology DMA,Felix Bizzoco Chief, Departmenl of Carlography DMATopographic Cenler, David J. Premer assistant chief AerospaceCarlography Deparlment DMA Aerospace Cenler and Rinehart.

National Secretaries' Week is Aprilall that practice

_ I'm sure are llto avelleblr at the llbrrry 23.29itomorrow mornlng. whon I'm atlll clrculrllon duk.

half asleep, my son will be suc-cessful in his April Fool's trickery.Oh well, if they won't celebrate mybirthday I suppose April lst willhave to do as my day.

--{-Did you notice how quickly the

number of walkers-around-the-park-atJunch-time increased withthe first warm day? Being amongthe fair weather group I couldn'thelp but note the increase not onlyin walkers but in sitters. Scatteredhere and there amongst the treesand hills of Lyon Park one can seethe eternal sign of Spring-younglove (and some not so young).There are some other signs ofSpring in the park-softballpractice, grounds keepers workingover the diamonds, youngstersflying kites or fishing forhelicopters as Don Millerdescribes, and if you listen veryclosely the sound of grass growing.Just think, if the winter hadn'tbeen so hard we probably wouldn'tbe hearing or seeing Spring so well.

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The ORIENTOR is an officialnewspaper, published bi-weeklY onFriday by and for the Personnel.of the Defense MaPPing AgencYAerospace Center, at St. Louis,Missouri, as authorized bY Doblnstruction 512O.4. OPinions ex-pressed herein do not necessarilyrepresent those of the DoD.

Col. James H. St. ClairDirector

David L. BlackChief, Public Affairs Off ice

Editor

Secretaries' Day is April 26

National LibraryWeek-APr.2-8

A wide range of 16mm motionpicture films are also accessiblethrough the library. Films may beborrowed for official purposes andfor Center sponsored groups andreserve units. Film catalogs areavailable in the library.

In addition to the materials of thelibrary, the library staff (like theircounterparts in the majorlibraries) is an ever ready sourceof information and service to thelibrary user in search of materialsand data.

As we said in the beginning-if ithas been some time since you lastused a library, any library, it justmay be that you have not gone thewhole distance in exploring thefacts and information required inyour work or personal endeavors.

National Library Week is a goodtime to find out just how much"info to go" there is.

Rummage SaleThe DMAAC Women's Club

spring fund-raising project will bea rummage sale on May 19 at 7019

South Broadway from 8:00 a.m. til3:00 p.m.

Donations of rummage(clothing, workable appliances,furniture, toys, etc.) will be ap-preciated. Drop-off points forrummage are AA, sixth floor,Bldg. 36, 2nd & Arsenal, or theSupply Division, 8900 SouthBroadway, through Wednesday,May 17. Contact June Moran, 4822

or Captain Dennis Finch, 8186.

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15. Debating 48. Soonerthantenn 49. Hart

17. John, in 50. SnaresRussia 51. Catcher in

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pagoda 33. Trap7. Steersman 34. Algerian8. Whine port9. Son of 36. Dramas

Jacob 37. Hurried10. Persia 38. Tend toll. Chinese 39. French

secret riversociety 40. Conspiracy

15. TreeofJava 41. Weird20. Singleunits (var.)22. Devoured 42. Ash or oak23. Commer- 45. That

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Meritorious Seruice Medal

To Golonel Swanson

Lt.Col.RoberlG.Swanson,chiefofthePlansDivisionofPR'is shown receiving the Meritorious service Medal (First oakLeaf cluster) from Aerospace cenler Director, col. James st.

clair. The award was presented in recognilion of oulstandingservicebyColofelswansonaschief,TargelGraphic-Divisionand laler commander of the carlographic Technical squadron'March AFB, Calif. from 1975 to 1977. He was ciled for his

exceptional technical knowledge and management ability as he

impllmented production of Radar Fix Point Mini-Graphics'The presentation was made during the Direclor's staff meetingMarch 22.

One of the Myths of Alcoholism

Is. Philippines assigned to theCorps of Engineers then sent toTinian assigned to the ArmY AirCorps. He was discharged inNovember 1945.

He returned to Federal serviceon May 31, 1950 at the ArmY MaPService in Washington, D.C. andwas assigned as a cartograPhicaid.

On March 17,1952 he transferredto the Kansas City Office where hehas been since, except for a sixmonth detail to AMS WashingtonOffice in early 1968.

He has been a member of theHeart of America Section,American Congress on SurveYing& Mapping since 1961 and servedas Vice-Chairman in 1963 andChairman in 1970.

MORE ABOUT ST. LOUIS

He started at the Chart Plant at12th & Delmar on March 18, 1948

and was assigned as a cartodraftsman. Four months later hewas transferred to the Type Shopand worked there as a typesetterfor the next two years. He wasreassigned to the Art Room as anegative engraver and inNovember 1950 entered the U.S.Army. He served in Koreaassigned to Psychological Warfarefor two years.

After his discharge he returnedto the Chart Center and the Re-production Division Art Room asa negative engraver. In October1957 the negative engraving func-tion was transferred to the Car-tography Division where he is stillassigned as a negative engraver.

St. louis 30 Years Gelebrated

0n Both Sides of StateRegion of Year

The St. Louis Region of theAmerican Society of Photogram-metry recently received the "Re-gion of the Year Award". Thisaward is given by the NationalASP Headquarters to the mostoutstanding region of the 17 re-gions that comPrise the AmericanSociety of PhotogrammetrY.

The region judged outstandingis evaluated on its "activities inhelping to educate the Public as towhat photogrammetrY is and howits application benefits public wel-fare."

The St. Louis Region was sPeci-fically cited for the award due tothe following reasons:

- S-F Boy Scout maP Project- Science fair ParticiPation- Science fair photogrammetrY

booklet- Participation in International

Women's Year- Planning the Digital Terrain

Model Symposium- Planning the 1980 National

convention

Presidential

RecognitionFederal emPloyees whose

suggestions produce a first-Yearsavings of $5,000 or more are beingpersonally congratulated bYPresident Carter for their con-

tributions to the U.S. government.The President initiated this

recognition program through amemo to all dePartments andagencies, in which he stated:

"If we ure to improvc thtl <1ualil.y

and urrformanct ttf otlr gov(lrn

ALFRED A.E. HANSEN, JR.,ACK, reached the 30 Year mark onMarch 20. He was drafted intomilitary service in FebruarY 1944

and tlained in the InfantrY. He wasshipped to the South Pacific, Cebu

ROBERT J. GARDENER,ACAEA, reached the 30 year markon March 19. He worked as asubstitute mail earrier at the PostOffice for 2 1/2 months during the1946 Christmas season.

"I am not an alcoholic because I just clrink beerl " ra--- 'fL-- fnn f,g--J

Many beer drinkers mistakenlybelieve that the low ratio of alcoholcontent to volume in beer makes itless addicting than whisky, gin,vodka, rye or wine. But the in-toxicating element, ethyl alcohol,is found in all alcoholic beverages.There is as much ethyl alcohol inan average can of beer as there isin a four-ounce glass of wine or aone-ounce shot of whisky.

The amount of alcohol in a drinkcan be determined by multiplyingthe number of ounces in the drinkby its strength in percentage ofalcohol.

One 12 ounce glass of 4.5 per centbeer contains .54 ounce of alcohol.

One l-ounce shot of 100 proofwhisky (which is about 50 per centalcohol) contains .50 ounce ofalcohol.

One 4-ounce serving of wine (15

to 20 per cent alcohol) contains .60

to .80 ounce of alcohol.

Whatever the drink vehicle,intodcation results when ethylalcohol is consumed faster than theliver can metabolize it. Althoughthe intoxicating amount may varywith individual body weight, aperson who drinks ? to 10 cans ofbeer in an evening can be equallyas intoxicated as the person whoconsumes 7 to 10 shots of whisky.

and performance of our govern-ment, we must involve allgovernment employees in that task. . . One way to give public em-ployees a greater stake in thegovernment's performance is torecognize those who have madeexceptional con-tributions---especially, these days,in the crucial area of energyconservation. I intend to recognizethese major contributions myself,to illustrate the importance I at-tach to them."

All those whose suggestionsmeet the criteria will be honoredby a personal letter of commenda-tion from President Carter. Eligi-bility is retroactive to Jan. l,1977.

Galendar of Events

APRIL EVENT

APRIL

WHERE6 Assn. of Litho Clubs Salad Bowl6 Toastmasters Lindbergh RoomL1 FBA Lunch & Meeting Carpenters Hall11 BAG Meeting 5th Fl Conf Rm13 DMAAC Women's Shanghai Inn

Club Lunch19 FEW Meeting Dining Hall20 Toastmasters Lindbergh Room20 ACSM Meeting Dining Hall2l Bloodmobile 2nd Street.25 NFFE Local7827 6th Fl Conf Rm26 National Secretary's Day27 ION Meetine Officers Club" Lambert FieldContact Marge Wisneskil4L42 to have your May events listed.

INFOV. Wojcickil4773

D. Black/4142L. Williams/4424Mrs. L. Ayers/878-1096Mrs. M. Carlson/966-5599J. Bebermeyerl4T9S

A. West/4866D. Ulol4292V. Haunl4o[4

J. Schweitzer/8728

More Than 100 Attend

ASP History Nightby Neil VanDermeulen

Over 120 American Society ofPhotogrammetry members andguests attended the ASP Historical Night March 14 to hearfeatured speaker Mrs. Julian Birktalk on the St. Louis World's Fair.

In her presentation Mrs. Birkshattered many preconceived no-tions about the 1904 World's Fair.In enjoyable fashion she describedthe World's Fair as the biggestever held (1275 acres). Every-thing was done on a grand scalethat if done in today's time wouldbe cost prohibitive. She sprinkledher World's Fair description withcolorful anecdotes of the day.

The Fair's purpose, accordingto Mrs. Birk, was to commemo-rate the 100th anniversary of theLouisiana Purchase of 1803. TheFair actually started with thededication in September 1901which was attended by TheodoreRoosevelt. Because of bad wea-ther and other factors, the Fairdid not open until April 30, 19M.

The materials needed for theFair were colossal. There wasn'tenough steel produced in theUnited States, so 90 million boardfeet of lumber was required forframing. Most of the buildingswere temporary, being built, ac-cording to Mrs. Birk, of a newsubstance called "staff", whichwas made of plaster of paris andfiber and could be sawed ormolded.

The present Art Museum was

one of the few permanent struc-tures. In fact, at the time therewere two temporary wings to theArt museum. One of these addi-tions was 20 acres in size.

Another fact noted was the firstOlympic games held on U.S. soilwere held on the adjoining, thennew, Washington University Ath-letic Field.

The ferris wheel was the largestever built, 250 feet in diameter. Itcarried 36 cars, each of whichheld 60 people. Exhibitionists ofthat day did unique things on thewheel. A couple was marriedwhile mounted on white spottedcow ponies in one of the carswhen it reached the top-mostpoint of the wheel. Another gentle-man was honored with a banquet,which the chef served when thewheel reached its zenith.

The scope of the Fair can berealized with the Philippine dis-play, for which 1100 Filipinotribesmen were brought over andauthentic villages established.One tribe, the Igorots, causedhavoc with their demand for dogs,(the main staple in their diet).The Humane Society and doglovers were indignant, especiallywhen local dogs were disappear-ing.

On December 1, 1904 the World'sFair closed and according ta Mrs.Birk, there will never be andnever has been a fair like the St.Louis World's Fair.March 31, 1978 Orientor Page 3

Membership

Meeting

Acosta, Shaw RetireCLAUDE M. ACOSTA, ACK,

retired on February 10, just amonth after his 37th anniversarY.His Federal career began onJanuary 2, 1941 as a draftsman anddesigner of artillery pieces at theold War Department Bldg. inWashington, D.C. He went into theU.S. Army in 1944 and wasassigned overseas with the 277thOrdnance Company untilDecember 1945.

Upon his return from overseashe went to work as U.S. ArmyReserves counselor and recruiterfor about five months when hetransferred to the Army MapService in Washington, D.C. InJanuary 1953 he was transferred tothe Cincinnati Field Office, andthat same year, to the Kansas CityField Office, as a carto supervisor.He has worked in the Kansas Cityoffice since then.

Acosta said that after retirementhe will become self-employed in hisown business in income tax,bookkeeping and public relationsservices, a business he has had for22 years on a part time basis.

ELI SHAW, LOTV, retired onFebruary 27, with over 31 yearsFederal service, with about 6 1/2years at the Center. He served inthe U.S. Army from July 1942 untilDecember 1945 with overseas dutyin Europe, Africa and the MiddleEast.

After his discharge, he continuedhis Federal career at the MillentonNavy Base as a custodian leaderfor just a short time beforeresigning to go into business. He

had had training in barbering andwatch repair before attending theTennessee Mechanic Trade School.

In August 1950 he returned toFederal service at the MemphisGeneral Depot as a mechanic,heavy equipment, transferringwith the function to Granite CityArmy Depot in 1964. He left theDepot in June 1971 on a discon-tinued service retirement.

In early August 1971 he returnedto work at DMAAC as a custodian.He was transferred to the MotorPool and assigned as a mechanic inVehicle Operations and Main-tenance Branch his assignment attime of retirement.

Shaw said he didn't plan onworking any more, but would justloaf around and take things easyand perhaps do a little fishing,work in the garden and collectantiques.

Flight Standards

Division MovesThe flight standards division of

the Air Force Instrument FlightCenter, Randolph AFB, Tex., isscheduled to move to Air ForceCommunications Service, ScottAFB, Ill., by June 30. Air Forceofficials said the move will con-solidate AFCS authority andresponsibility f or instrumentprocedures and enhance thecommand's single manager role inAir Force air traffic services. Themove is being made over a periodof several months to ensure con-tinued operational effectiveness ofinstrument approach anddeparture procedures for AirForce pilots throughout the world,

The Black Awareness Group willhold a membership meeting onApril 6 to begin a month longmembership drive.

Guest speaker for the meetingwill be Harold L. Whitfield,president of the Mound City BarAssociation and former assistantto the Regional Director of the St.Louis Civil Service Commission.

He will speak on the Civil RightsAct of 1964 from a legalistic per-spective.

Snacks and refreshments will beserved. The program will begin at3:30 p.m. on the 6th of April in theAerospace Center dining hall.

Hufnagel Lectures

A Digital Mapping Seminar wasconducted by the Defense MappingAgency Inter American GeodeticSurvey (DMA IAGS) CartographicSchool March t3-U.

Representatives from mappingagencies in ten countries attendedthe seminar. Guest lecturerscoming from the United Stateswere Fred Hufnagel DMA Aero-space Center, Richard Clark USArmy Engineer Topographic Lab-oratories, George Stewart DMATopographic Center, and Dr. AtefA. Elassal US Geological Swvey.

Elloodrnobile

AF Junior R0TC

Students Tour

Members of the Air Force Junior ROTC unit at Lafayette HighSchool in Sl. Louis County toured lhe Center March 15 to learnrnore about aeronautical charling. ln the photo above lhe grouplearns the technique used to measure color quality in lhe chartprinting process. The louring group consisled of 30 students andtheir instructor, relired Air Force Ll. Col. John W. Dawson.

Word has beenreceived of thedeath of DimitriShalikashvili, aretiree, on MarchB. He and his wifeMaria had beenliving in AtlanCa, Ga. since theirretirement in 1969. He was atranslator, and she a geonamesspecialist, in the Research De-partment.

In addition to his wife, he issurvived by a daughtor, Mrt.(iale Savor. Atlanta. and sonr.

Steel-Behed

Radials

lnvestigatedThe U.S. Department of Tran-

sportation is investigating a safety-related defect involving Firestone500 steel-belted tires. The in-vestigation is the result of over 500reports from consumers indicatingblowouts, out-of-round tires, andtread separations in tiresmanuf actured by Firestone.Anyone experiencing prematuretire failure wlth Flrestone or anyothor brand of rteol-boltcd radlal

9rn Sg^patftg

Apnil Plst

Tornado Mode Dnws CrowdMore than 1000 Center em-

ployees have viewed the movie ontornados this month that has beenmade available by the Fire SafetyOffice.

According to Fire Inspector

James Bell, the movie wasdesigned to inform employees onproper precautions to take shouldthey find themselves in a tornado.The movie was prepared by theNational Weather Service.

other brancl of steel-belted radialtire is urged to report such failuresto: National Highway TrafficSafety Administration,,l00 SeventhSt. SW, Washington, DC 20590. Toll-free telephone number is (800) 424-9393. People in the metropolitanarea of Washington may call 426-0123.

Gale Sever, Atlanta, and sons,Col. John Shalikashvili, Carlisle,Pa and Col. Joe Shalikashvili, Ft.Devens, Mass.

Reqdlng GolnsKnowledge

Apri.l der.ives its narne from theLatilr rrertr asperie ---tocpen-alluding t<l the opening ofhud.s at this season.

But rlespite the jolrous thingsassociatecl with springtime,,{prilhas been a tragic an.d fatefulmonth for the United States, Ttgra,s the montb when theRevnlutionary, Civil, andSpanish.Ameriean Wars began;wtrerr Bataan fell rluring WorldWar II; and when Fresi<lentFranklin If,. Roosevelt died"

Famclus sons born in Aprilinelude writers WilliarnSha,kespeare and WashingtonIrving; Elihu Rnot, the founder ofYale University; John JarnesAudubon, the famous bird artist:

and Presiden.ts Thomas Jefferson,Ulysses S. Grant, James lVlonroe,and James Buctranan, <\

April was the second month in othe Roman year, then under bthe r:evised calendar n) I

o o@

became the fourth month.Br-rt even when March was thefirst month, April 1 in Francewas the day for people to makenew year's calls and

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exchange gifts. WhenJanuary became the first month,people decided to send mock giftsand perform pranks on April 1, acustom continued with AprilFool's Day" Currently, when aperson is fooled on this day inFrance, he is called a poissond'avril, which means "an Aprilfish."

April is a crowded month. Itcontains the Jewish high holyday of Passover (April 22), andobservances such as NATO'ganniversary (April 4), Patriot'sDay (April 12), and Pan AmericanDay (April 14). Income taxes aredue on the 17th of the month, anddaylight saving time starts April30. April is also designatedeancer Control Month.

April is noted for its showerswhich are said to bring Mayflowers. T.S. Eliot wrote tJrat"April is the cruelest month,breeding/Lilacs out of the deadland, mixing,/Memory anddesires, stirring/DuU roots withspring rain."

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