European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Tog 8 the stars and stripes s new reactor used for studies on nuclear radiation Washington Nana radiation effects associated with nuclear bomb explosion Are being simulated and studied by the army under precisely controlled conditions with a new pulse reactor set up just outside Washington studies currently Are entered on the effects of such and Catlton on electrical components systems an circuits which now Are under Mili tary nuclear Core of the reactor same area cuts disabling injuries 45% Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial outstanding Success in reducing military disabling injuries throughout its four communications regions has been announced by the european african Middle Eastern communications area he at Theair base Here. Compared to i960, he Eam ground safety program has resulted in a 45 per cent reduction of Dis Abling injuries. Located from the United King Dom through most of Continental Europe into i to african Congo Andus far East As Pakistan name personnel compels with n wide variety of conditions in their Endeavor to re rid throughout the is on the unit commander s efforts inthe Pursuit of inf cry in his organization. The widely dispersed units Are greatly responsible for their own safety m sgt Richard m. Flint and m sgt Paul d. Obloy direct the area s ground safety program from name he unit commander select personnel for this additional duty assignment at Over Gen j. Francis Taylor or. Commander of name stated to appreciate the full significance of the ground safety results for 1901it must be noted that utmost five out of every 10 military disabling injuries we could expect Tavoi fling to Accident losses for preceding years did not in Fml material ise in 1961."flint further emphasized Iho Suc Cess of this program when he ,"we have realized a 44 per cent reduction in injuries incurred by accidents of privately owned vehicles n 46 per cent a is coins of sports injuries and a 6per cent decrease in various other Accident categories to suspended from a movable Carriage and rests at the Bottom fan aluminium lined tank of Den in realized water about 20 feet of the Core Assembly permits radiation to be directed within the reactor Pool or into an adjacent dry shielded exposure room Large enough to accommodate the apparatus being a recent inspection visitors peered into the Pool atthe reactor Core As it suddenly emitted a Flash of Light a signal that it had pulsed for a few thousandths of a second from the Energy of an Ordinary radio to a level equal to All the electrical Power used by a City of 2,000,000 during the same of the effects both per manent and temporary of High in Tensity radiation May apply not Only to conventional army weapons and systems but to system de signed for space travel and nuclear reactor and the building which encloses it have been especially designed to eliminate possibility of radiation injury to operating personnel or to resident sin the thickly settled area sur rounding the test fac Lily. Navy s Noa made Glenn pickup Washington a heaven help any enemy submarine that s hunted by the destroyer Noa the warship that charged in from a Back up position and tide the pickup of astronaut John h. Glenn or. At sea. There Are clairvoyants aboard they get a feeling in their Bones,. Marine helicopters from the big aircraft Carrier Randolph were to have made the pickup if Al had gone according to plan. But the men of the Noa steam ing some 50 mites astern of the Randolph in a kind of just in Case position voiced Confidence at least a week before the shot that they would snare the fact they virtually wrote the script in Advance and they car ried it but to the letter. They were helped of course bythe fact that Glenn s capsule splashed into the sea ight i their own Back Yard Only a few Miles from the destroyer but More than 50 Miles from the Randolph and her already airborne whirly they were ready and they engineered the recovery with coolness Speed and seamanship that won from Glenn himself the accolade that on that Day at least the Noa was the Best ship in the the Basic planning the assignment of the Noa or of the Stribling steaming 50 Miles off the Randolph s Bow was Only to pick Gantry set up for use at a Zidenberg Vandenberg air Force ask civil if. Up a 600,000 Pound Redstone Gantry Tower shipped Here from Cape canaveral kla., on 11 Railroad cars is being tidied for use. The 151-fool-Lah Tower tallest Structure it this Pacific coast base forms the Backbone of a Modi fied Polar satellite launching pud being readied for the planned to september 19t 2,of Echo ii a 135-foot Dimmeler inflatable passive communications the latter part of 1%2, the National aeronautics and space administration Nasa plans to use the facility for launching Aca Midian built satellite and a Nim bus meteorological satellite.post-1902 Thor Agena a launches by Nasa will include additional Nimbus weather satellites and a Polar orbiting geophysical Observatory Pogo. Nasa officials . Construction operation an maintenance of the launch Complex is a joint Effort of Nasa the air Force army and Navy on Dick Navy personnel from the destroyer Noa work at the opening at the top of the capsule a it is swung aboard. Astronaut John ii. Glenn or. Is Nelll in the Capitule As they attempt to lilt main Chute canister from a Capo Hatch of spacecraft a photo chemical corps honoured on High safety practices Washington special the army chemical corps and its installations have been awarded seven High National safety Counci honors for 1961 safety records. The awards were presented recently to maj Gen Marshall 1 Stubbs chief chemical officer by the president of the National safety Council Howard Pyle at a Cere Mony in Washington new radar Harold tata demonstrates the new lightweight radar which was developed under his direction at the . Army signal re search and development Laboratory at it Mon oui no. The army Tike 10-Pound unit can be held like a. Sub machine gun and can spot Movin Treu More than a tulle away. Dpi photo army dental head receives Honor Washington special maj Gen Joseph l. Bernier chief of the army dental corps has receivedthe.1962 Pauchard Gold medal award at the Pierre Tauchar Academy dinner in Chicago. The Academy a National organization dedicated to the service of dentistry through professional literature announced Berner s selection on the basis of his out standing contributions to dentistry through Oral pathology and Mili tary Bernier Hus spent most of his 26ryear military career in striving to increase the knowledge of and the use of pathology in dental and Oral surgery through his writings teaching and lecturing. The awards Are based on a reduction of accidents injuries fatalities and the costs involved. The army chemical corps won the 1961 award for having the least num Ber of accidents in relation to its total strength As compared with other army technical services. Pyle presented Stubbs with the1961 National safety Council award of Honor for chemical corps As a White. The award of Honor also was made to the army chemical corps research and development com Mand Washington the army chemical Center Edgewood. Md.,and the chemical corps research and development laboratories also at Edgewood. In addition to the National safety Council awards the Chemi Cal corps received in october the highest department of the army award for 1961 for the Best safety record for any army technical service. Up the space capsule after was out. Frogman from one of Theodolph s helicopters were asst in to hitch a flotation Collar the capsule insuring Agama the sinking until one of the desire could pick it up later. The Noa like other dest in the recovery Fleet was pre for such a capsule Only pickup of the Lifeboat davits was esp ecly rigged for that Job but the Noa s officers an were hoping and plotting for big Ger game the capture of be astronaut and capsule. They so confident they had made the preparations they had a big sign and White paint Reading in hoi rhymes Noa s men Welc ii Glenn a citation was drafted Makl Glenn an honorary member of ship s Check for $15 was locked a the ship s Safe ready to be hand to Glenn As the Noa s Sailor the month an accolade hit reserved for hot shot seamen i the destroyer and never Prev Tot handed out to a . Marine. 2 doctors on ship two doctors especially assign by the National aeronautics space administration to the Noa Case of an astronaut pickup w prepared to help Glenn get out his space suit and listen to 1 Story of his flight. On the grim Side the doctors Navy it pm Robert Mullen and air Force Cape Gene Mclver had already dra1 two pints of of Type blood Glenn a Type from Sailor donors. And they had plans to convert the Green Felt covered wardroom table into surgical operating table if Thetro naut was Hurt. Throughout the ship there Wai in air of Confidence. It Rangi from the boiler room where in neers were ready to Light All f boilers for the Chase up to rolling Noa s Young executive o cer it William Hatcher stun i it All up by saying that if the ,1 sule fell More than 45 Miles front the Randolph the Noa had a goo Chance of snaring both prizes. & and Mulvin added with a Gramc he the astronaut might be sea sick Bobbing around to that Cap Szulec hell want to Board the first thing that comes f Seimin saw Chute it was Seaman v. A Helms on of the Noa s lookouts who first spotted Glenn s Parachute High inthe Brilliant sky Drifting to a Point Only three Miles from the heard him come into the at most Herevi Mullin recalled was a loud Boom like a sonic the Noa raced to the Impact Point and approached the capsule from upwind so the ship was blown gently against the Bobbing mate David Belt leaned out and deftly attached feline and minutes later the Friend ship 7 was hauled aboard. Travis receives 1st c135b Scott fab i. Special the first Boeing c135b Strat lifter an other step in the Mats aircraft modernization plan has been delivered to the ,44th air transportso., Travis fab Calif. Maintenance Crew claims new Mark Ellsworth air Force base . Special a b58 Stratfor Tress maintenance Crew Here has staked its claim to an air Force record for Moat hours flown in a month for a single air Crew composed of t sett Paul d. Zacour Crew chief a1qdenntii Rable a2c James Peka Reje and a2c Jerry Fayvus is attached to the 28th organizational maintenance so. Their aircraft b52 no. 680, flew a total of 227 hours 25 minute during the 30-Day period dec 18 Jan. 16. The aircraft underwent technical order compliance changes in addition to Normal serv icing.,
