A Helping Hand DMAAC Director, Col. WalterJ. Chappas, pins theMeritorious Civilian ServiceAward on departing TechnicalDirector, Mr. Thomas C.Finnie, during the Bon Voyageparty held in honor of theFinnies September 9. Mr.Finnie was cited for " . . . hisdistinguished performance asTechnical Director,Aeronautical Chart and In-formation Center, from June 15,1971 to June l5 ;1972. During theperiod of this recommendationMr. Finnie's outstandingperformance and devotion toduty has contributed im-measurably to the ACICmission of timely support toAir Force and other DoDWeapons Systems. His out-standing accomplishment hasserved as a motivation to otheremployees to excel in theirperformance." Looking on inthe photo with delight is Mrs.Finnie.

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Vol. XlV, No. 19 September 22,1972

b= Finnie louded At Forewell PorlyMore than 300 persons crowded into the General's Room of

Grant's Cabin September 9th to express their admiration andbest wishes to the man who DMAAC Director, Col. WalterChappas, called " . . . the one most responsible for building ACICinto fhe productive, professional organization that we knowtoday. "

A memory book and ACIC plaquewere presented the Finnies byColonel Chappas.

Master of ceremonies, WilliamRiordan, read a letter from theDirector of the Defense MappingAgency, General penney, whichPraised the honoree for hiq nrrf-

This child has cerebralpalsy. Precise molor conlrol of lhe limbs is im-possible for her. She needs a helping hand. Lorella Mason, CMD, while ona special CFC lour, provided a helping hand. You can provide anolherkind of helping hand by conlribuling generously lo the Combined FederalCampaign. (Pholo by Ed Mullen)

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Comhined Federal Canpaign

0pens lllonday"One-time solicitation."

"Payroll Deduction.,'

__Tlose items, according to Maj.H. C. Engles DMAAC project oi_ficer, are the key points conierningthe Combined Federal Campaigithat starts Monday.

Through the CFC Federal em_ployees, military and civilian, willhave the opportunity to contributeto over 100 voluntary health andwelfare agencies. The single drivesaves both time and expense forthe volunteer agencies and thegovernment.

.The -three particlpating groupsinclude the United ni:nO oT G"reatlrSt. Louis, the National HealthAgencies and the InternationalService Agencies.

Last year in its first endeavorsthe CFC raised over $300.000 in theGreater St. Louis area with morethan 947,000 coming from DMAAC.The Center had a participation rateoI.^!BV9 last year and a per capitagift of $18.00.

"We are hoping to achieve 1002o

par.ticipation in this year.s drive,'.added the pro.iect officer.

Keymen have been selected andtrained within DMAAC and theyw-ill !e contacting all employeeseffective Monday modning.

Personnel will have the op_portunity to contribute by eitherthe cash method or through payrolldeduction.

,If the payroll plan is selected,allotment deductions begin thefirst pay period in January 1923. Aminimum allotment of only b00 perbi-weekly pay period o. $t.Oo permonth is required.

This year's theme ,,your One

Gift provides a helping hand',captures the entire purpose of theCombined Federal Campaign.

"Through the Combined FederalCampaign the individual's giftbecomes his or her personal effirtto help those less fortunate to helpth^emselves," reports Maj. Engles."Our gifts will go a long way inguaranteeing the resourcesagencies need to continue theirwork-"

The rnsritute of Navigation will ;i:ilit c. Finnie and his wife

hold a combined Air-SnacMeeting in Washington, D. i. on __Now the Deputy Director.Mlrch 13, 14 and 1b, lgz3 and the Management and Technology,

^i29th Annual Meeting, Chase park the Defense Mapping Age;;v inPlaza Hotel. St. Louis on June 19. Washington. D.C., Mr-. Finnie"haJ20 and 21, t973. been with ACIC since 1948 with zo

The meetings will primarily be of those 22 years in St. Louis.

rayroil ueductaon Encouraged prarsed the honoree for his out_ilTOi"g contributions to theMC&G community.

_ In their parting responses bothl'om and Evelyn Finnie expressed.their great appreciation ior thefriendships encountered duringtheir years in St. Louis and thEdesire that all association, *ouldc,ontinue despite their move toWashington D.C.

_ The evening was climaxed with

dancing and socializing.

During his career with ACIC Mr.Finnie held the positions of chief ofPhotogrammetric Operations inWashington, civilian chief ofOperations in St. Louis, assistantchief of the production andDistribution plant, chief p&DPlant and finallv technicaldirector.

Many current and retired em_ployees of DMAAC/ACIC attendedthe evening's events.

frledal PresentedSSgt. David Cavallier, FIO

Alaska, was awarded the Air ForceCommendation Medal inceremonies at th€ Alaskan office._ The sergeant was reassigned toLangley AFB, Virginia Sepiemberts. 3f!9r c_ompleting a toui of dutywith the DMAAC organization.

Sergeant Cavallier was photo-carto technician.

^The award was presented byOffice Commander, Lt. Coi.

Kenneth D. Stahl.

concerned with common air and "My association with Tom andspace navigation problems and _ ,Yty assoclatlon with Tom andsolutions, except for one Marine Evelyn. Finnie goes back manysolutions, except for one Marinesession in St. Louis. Sessions will years,.. said Col. Chappas durineAlso cnve" tpnhnin'a- ,,-:^,,^ r^ hiS "Thank Ynrr F-rnm nnnn,rnialso cover techniques unique to "Thank You From DMAAC;each area. Topics of pariicular p3_ll of the evening's program.interest to DMAAC are: Space "WIen I was assigned to Hq SACshuttle navigation and quidance: and later Hq Air Force Air Siaff. Inavigation satellites anA their worked directly with Tom on manyimpact on navigation, control and productsand requirements. I knewcommunications; commercial air that if you wanted to get somethingtransport terminal area done, Tom was the man to see. Henavigation.

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came to St. Louis and molded thePapers are invited and en- Chart Center into a productive

couraged on all aspects of the organization that stands at thetopics/problem areas mentioned torefront of the MC&G community.above. They should be submitted Hrs . .management philosophyby October 27, 1972 for the meeting com bined with devotion,in Washington, D. C. and b; dedication and technicalFebruary 1, 1973 for the Annuat knowledgearethereasonsheistheMeeting. For more information number one civilian in the entirecontact Charles Bonham, DMAAC Department of Defense MappingFlt Info Branch rppCF). ext. 268_ Agency."

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_ evening was highlighted

with the presentation of ttre etForce Meritorious Civilian ServiceAward to Mr. Finnie. (See photocaption story this page)

Mr. A.M. Taylor, chief CivilianPersonnel, namated a slidepresentation featuring humorousand serious photos and cartoons ofthe Finnies' 20 years in St. Louis.

A'R TORCE YOITRS!The President of the United States once said: "I believe

that every man in uniform is a citizen first and a ser-viceman second, and that we must resist any attempt toisolate or separate the defenders from the defended." Oneof the most responsible acts of citizenship is participation inthe voting process. A discouragingly low 27To of all theeligible voters in the Air Force cast absentee ballots in the19?0 General Elections. Good citizenship requires that we inthe Air Force reverse this trend. The absence or presence ofvoting information is obviously a big factor in the ser-vicemen's decision to vote by absentee ballot. This in-formation is provided as a service to you and your eligibledependents by the Voting Officer. Call extension 4823 to findout how to exercise your privilege. Make lg72 a recordelection year of participation by the citizen-serviceman.

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Capt. Campbell NewTransportation Chief

Capt. Larry A. Campbell is thenew chief of TransportationDivision in the Directorate ofLogistics. He succeeds Capt.George W. Dart who has beenreassigned to Turkey.

Captain Campbell arrived atDMAAC in July from duty at RoyalAir Force Greenhaw Common,England.

A ten-year veteran of Air Forceservice, Captain Campbell wascommissioned through the AirmanEducation and CommissioningProgram at Officer TrainingSchool in 1967.

The captain is a native of the St.Louis area. He is a graduate ofBayless High School in the countyand the University of Tennessee.

PromotionsCaptain Salvatore R. Bosco,

commander of the 1918th Com-munications Detachment 1, wasamong nine communicators pro-moted within the last two monthsat DMAAC.

Others promoted included TSgt.Ernest J. Betzing to MSgt., Ssgts.Harry L. Barnhart, Raymond E.Frye, John P. May and Arlie R.Motley to TSgt., Sgt. Dennis Mol-nar and James L. Murphy to SSgt.and AIC Ronald D. Enriques toSgt. Percentage-wise, this amountsto 50 per cent promotion of itseligible personnel resulting in avery successful year thus far.

By Garnet

On August the 20th at BallwinPark the DMAAC Rebels won theSt. Louis Metro Amateur SoftballAssociation'f ournament.

is part of President Nixon'sVeterans Program, which givesreturning Vietnam-era veteranspriority in Federal job placement,training, and services. More than1.3 million veterans were placed inthe year ending June 30, exceedingthe program goal of 1,038,000 forthe year.

The secretary pointed out that ifall such jobs were split the numberof veterans that could take ad-vantage of job opportunitiesdeveloped in the program would bedoubled.

Disabled veterans will have firstpriority in all the programs.

"We are asking agencies to learnabout the Armed Forces oc-cupational experiences of theveterans and then creativelydesign jobs that utilize theirabilities to the fullest and meet thecommunity's urgent needs forpublic services," Hodgson said.

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Ping-pong has been one of themajor news makers this year, notonly in China but here in the St.Louis area. It was recently calledto our attention that Tim Lee, sonof Bud Lee, RDSA, was involved inthe record breaking ping-pongmarathon in Belleville. Young Leeand three friends broke the worldrecord by playing 600 hours ofcontinuous ping-pong. In caseyou've wondered, it takes fourdozen ping-pong balls to play 600hours.

-o-Now that school has been going

on for a month my son's kin-dergarten had their first openhouse. The family, along with allthe others in the sub-division,made the pilgrimage to the newcenter of learning. This is one ofthe new open space classroom typeschools, a sequel to the one roomof years gone by. But there aremany changes from that old oneroom school-no desk assigned tothe students, brightly coloredwalls and furnishings, carpetingthroughout the school, new typeteaching aids and many other newconcepts. Perhaps the one itemnoticed most, by the fathers atleast, were the teachers. I don'trecall my kindergarten teacherbeing a petite 22 year old in a miniskirt. Do you?

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veterans so that they can share thework day and also go to school is anidea the U. S. Department of Laboris going to test in southernCalifornia.

Secretary of Labor James D.Hodgson said the department isfinancing the experiment to in-crease job opportunities for 3,200

Vietnam-era veterans in the areawith $16.5 million in Public Em-ployment Program (PEP) funds.

He said the experimentalprogram will also demonstratehow to improve the employabilityof these veterans with anothernovel approach, the "salaryvoucher," which arms a job-seeking veteran with a certificatestating that any agency hiring thisveteran will be provided FederalPEP funds to pay for his or hersalary for one year.

Hodgson said the department issetting up the split-job concept tok^lh lh^d^.'a{ara-o ."}'a."nnl }n *a

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@Many military families are not

aware of how to use Civilian Healthand Medical Programs of theUniformed Services (CHAMPUS)when they need them, according toCHAMPUS officials. Officials saythat, because they are uniformed,families pay their own medicalexpenses upon being billed bycivilian physicians and civilianhospitals. CHAMPUS officialsexplained that members shouldcomplete a claim form and for-ward the bills to the fiscal agent(Such as Blue Cross or Blue Shield)for the state in which the care wasreceived.

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During the championship gamethe Bulldogs leaped to an early 2-1lead until the third inning whenStan Winkler hit a three-runlOtt, Meet

help those veterans who want to goto school or enter trainingprograms but who also need ameans of making a living.

If a veteran cannot accept afulltime job in one of the par-ticipating public service agencies.he would have the option ofsplitting the work hours withanother veteran, one working inthe morning and the other in theafternoon.

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Cobros AvengeDT$AAC Teqms

The DMAAC Cobras crushed theBudweiser softball team, 12-4, toavenge two other Center teams andearn the championship in therecent Amateur SoftballAssociation Post Season Slow-pitchTournament.

The Budweiser team, championsin the Closed Industrial CityLeague, had beaten, among others,the two DMAAC teams on theirway to the final tourney matchwith the Cobras.

That final match was too muchfor the beermakers, as the Cobrasblasted them out of the ballparkand brought home the bounty . . . alarge championship trophy whichshould soon be on display on theBuilding 36 first floor.

The tournament was held inForest Park September 5ththrough the 10th.

servicemen and women could workinclude public safety, f ireprotection, and emergencymedical service, but the jobs couldrange across the whole spectrumof local government services," hesaid.

Skeeters Are

A-Hummin?Are mosquitoes giving you

fits ? Practice these ten rulesof mosquito control:

1. Eliminate all standingwater.

2. Flatten all tin cans orpuncture both ends.

3, Remove all debris fromwindow wells.

4, Cover all standing waterreceptacles.

5, Empty and refill outdoorbird baths twice a week.

6, Empty watering can afterusing around g:arden.

7. Dispose of old tires.8. Empty plastic swimming

pools when not in regu-lar use.

9. Empty water from storedboats.

10. Change water frequentlyin pet drinking pans andflower vases.

Simple preventive measuresby you will help give you relief.

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St. Louis Section of the Instituteof Navigation will convene its firstmeeting of the 1972-73 season,Thursday, September 28 at theRamada Inn Southwest, Interstate44.

Speaker of the meeting will beGerald R. Wright, Chief, DataSystems Office (FAA), LambertSt. Louis International Airport.

Mr. Wright's subject will beAutomated Radar TerminalSystem. This new AutomatedRadar Terminal System is com-puterized and designed to improvethe safe and expeditious handlingof air traffic.

Mr. Wright was a military airtraffic controller from 1937 to 1946,and has been with the FAA since1946.

Buffet dinner will be prior to thetalk.

The ORIENTOR isan official 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 necessarily represent those of the DOD'

Col. Walter J. Chappas

Director

Capt. Robert D. LenoxChief, Office of lnformation

David L. BlackEditor

ASS(]CIattoll I (Jul'ItalueltL.Paced by the timely hitting of

third baseman Jim Davis andlef tf ielder,Stan Winkler, theRebels remained undefeated forfive games in the three-day event.They beat McDonnell Bandits B-0,

DMAAC Cowboys 11-1, DMAACChargers 14-5, McDonnell Elec-tronics 17-1, and DMAAC Bulldogs7-5.

JLan wtnKler nlt a tnree-runhomer. Af ter that the gamebelonged to the Rebels.

This tournament crown qualifiedthe rebels for the National In-dustrial Tournament in RhodeIsland. Due to injuries to JerryWerner and Jim Davis the teamdeclined the invitation to representSt. Louis this year in the nationalplay-offs.

Fire Wordens 0n The Job

Examining one ol the new emergency lighls inslalled in Building 4 alSouth Annex is Alberl Litwa, fire marshall. Looking on are wardens forvarious areas (left lo right) Paul Bingley, AD, Ladorn Creighlon, RDNand Bryan Williams, LOS.Page2 ORIENTOR September 22,1972

Five frlork 30 Yeors ServiceStreet as an electrician. Mr. Sch-malle relates that they had a Navycontract to complete constructionof several LST's and subchasers. Itwas a thrill to see several of theseships appear later in newsreelfilms of landings made in theislands.

He entered the service with theU.S. Army in May 1943 and wasassigned to the 370th MedicalBattalion of the 70th Division. Hismilitary tour included duty in

ALTON E. SKINNER (PDR)began Government service in theArmy as a glider pilot trainee inJune 1942. Transferring to theAviation Cadet Program, he wascommissioned and received hispilot's wings in March 1944. He wasassigned to the China, Burma,India Theatre of Operations andflew the F-51 and F-47. He wasreassigned to the Air TrainingCommand where he served as aninstructor in the Primary Flying

present position as an InventoryManagement Specialist in thePrinting and DistributionDepartment, Supply RequirementsDivision.

LEE E. MOWRER's (AAP) civilservice career began with theOffice of Chief of Finance inWashington, D.C. in January 1942.

Seven months later he returned tohis hometown of Salem, Ill. wherehe worked until he entered militaryservice in February 1943. AII but a

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year of his military service wasspent overseas, as he was assignedto the 676th BombardmentSquadron as a Bombsight &Automatic Pilot MaintenanceTechnician.

He returned to the FinanceOffice in Washington, but latertransferred to the St. Louis office.Five years later, in January 1951,

he transferred to the thenAeronautical Chart Plant and wasassigned as a Records DispositionClerk. Since coming to DMAAC, allhis assignments have been withinthe Directorate of Administrationwhere he is presently assigned aschief of the Publications pivision.

A few names added to the "thirtyyear" roster during August andSeptember include the following:

VINCENT L. SAUNDERS(SOSM) began his Federal careerin July 1942 with the U.S. CoastGuard. He was assigned to aDestroyer Escort which saw dutYin both the Atlantic and Pacificareas. He joined the Army RecordsCenter in January 1946, andworked there until his transfer tothe Finance Center in November1950. Two years later the FinanceCenter was relocated to In-dianapolis and he transferred toACIC/DMAAC, and was assignedto the Editing Section, Car-tography Division. He is presentlyassigned to the Special SecurityActivities Division as a car-tographic technician.

Mr. Saunders' hobby is workingwith drum & bugle corps. He isDirector of the Page Park YMCACadets Jr. Drum & Bugle Corps,the present Missouri State LegionChampions.

WILLIAM E. THOMAS (MDD)began his Federal service with theArmy Air Corps in December 1941.

He was a flight engineer andserved in the Pacific. He wasdischarged in January 1945 andseveral months later he joined theGeneral Accounting Office as aSpecial Examiner. When the officewas moved to Indianapolis hetransferred to ACIC, in June 1951.

He was assigned as a cataloger inthe Map Library. He is presentlyassigned to the Missile SupportDepartment.

JOHN E. SCHMALLE (FEM)entered civil service in February1942 at the Corps of Engineers,Service Base at the Foot of Arsenal

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France and Germany. Upondischarge from the service in May1946 he returned to the Corps ofEngineers until a RIF in October.

He worked with an electricalcontractor on the GI bill, studyingelectrical estimating, until hisrecall to the Service Base. Threeyears later, in November 1950, hetransferred to ACIC as an electri-cian. Since coming here he hascompleted his studies of electricalengineering. He has held variouspositions, such as electrical fore-man, plant support foreman,maintenance foreman, utilities andoperation general foreman, to hispresent position of constructionand maintenance general foreman.

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Training Program and the In-strument Instructor Pilot TrainingSchool for the next eight years.After a two and a half year tour onOkinawa, he returned to the AirTraining Command. He alsoserved in the USAF RecruitingService and was the Director ofAcademics in the Under-graduatePilot Training Program at ReeseAFB, Texas when he retired in1962.

His civilian career began in 1962

with the Air Force Film Library asan Audio Visual Specialist andSupervisory InventoryManagement Specialist. In Sep-tember 1969 he transferred to his

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An Unpleasant Afternoon

by David L. Black

Watching a small ctrila witfr cerebral palsy attempt toplace one foot in front of the other is not a pleasant sight noris watching adults attempting to play a children's game ofpushing a ball through a maze. Both sights make one want toextend his hand to help the child walk or to push the ballthrough the correct hole.

That desire to extend the helping hand is why a group ofDMAAC people spent an unpleasant afternoon. The occasionwas a visit to the United Cerebral Palsy Center in UniversityCity, one of the agencies benefiting from this year's Com-bined Federal Campaign.

There are more than 100 agencies which are part of theCFC. All deserving of the Federal community's con-trib.ptions. But to visit all would be an impossibility so theDMAAC group selected the Cerebral Palsy Association.

Knowing that the only way to really understand the need isto witness it first hand the DMAAC project officer, Maj. H. C.Engles, assistant project officer Murray Berg and keyworkers Loretta Mason and Dorothy Westerholt, toured allparts of the CP center. They watched infants and pre-schoolers, teenagers and adults being carefully guided bytrained instructors. They saw the various rehabilitationprojects undertaken by some of the older group. Theylistened as the services of the Center were described. Theyfelt compassion as a toddler reached out for a helping hand.

One member of the group, perhaps, summed up thefeelings of all with the remark, "You can read about thosewho need help, you can be asked to contribute, but only afteryou see the need for yourself can you really understand howvaluable your contribution is to providing research and in-dividual care."

This year the CFC theme is "Your One Gift provides ahelping hand." When the keyworker calls on you won't youlet your hand do the helping by signing your payroll deduc-tion card? Then maybe there won't have to be so many un-pleasant afternoons.

DMAAC Director, Col. Waller J. Chappas, lills oul hisCFC payroll deduciion card as key worker JanetFialka looks on.

Dorothy Weslerholt, Murray Berg and Lorelta Mason encouragecerebral palsy victims lo lry a coordinalion game.

To lake one step is a chore.

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Mai. Engles, DMAAC CFC Proiect Officer, talks withone of lhe Cerebral Palsy Cenier inslruclors aboulthe rehabilitation program.

Conslanl assistance, guidance and affeclion are supplied lo lhe CP pre-schoolers by skilled atlendanls.

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