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N e w Yo r k F i r s t S t o p f o r l A C E G r o u p
NEW YORK, N.Y.--Two-hundred and twenty-eight aviation
minded youths, representing 25
foreign countries and Hong
Kong, will begin a three-day visit
here July 25 as part of Civil Air
Patrol's 22nd annual
International Air Cadet
Exchange program.
Civil Air Patrol, the ofﬁcial
auxiliary of the United States
Air Force, sponsors the
exchange which is primarily
designed to foster international
goodwill, understanding and
fellowship among the youth of
the world through a common
interest in aviation.
When the group arrives here,

it will mark the largest total of
cadets ever to participate as well
as the greatest number o f
countries to be represented.
During their stay in New
York, the youths will be guests
of the New York State Wing of
Civil Air Patrol, under the
command of Col. Jess Strauss,
CAP.
Their list of sightseeing and
entertainment events includes a
tour of the Grumman Aircraft
Engineering Corporation in
Farmingdale, and visits to the
Federal Aviation Administration
facility at Islip, the United
Nations and a shopping spree at

Macy's. A ride on the Manhattan
Ferry is also slated.
Following church services
July 27, the group will visit the
United Nations building. A
m i l i t a r y b a l l a t t h e Wa l d o r f
Astoria is slated the same
evening to cap off the New York
phase of their trip to the United
States.
T h e f o l l o w i n g d a y, t h e
youths will divide into groups
and travel to a number of states
where they will tour United
States Air Force bases and
participate in aerospace related
activities as guests of the Air
Force and Civil Air Patrol.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL

VOL. 1, NO. 9

MAXWELL AFB, ALA.

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JULY, 1969

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'~ .(OL-Cadet Lt. Nancy Carey, Nassau Composite
Squau.
all, enters into the log another airborne search and
rescue sortie as a CAP Piper lifts off a Long Island runway.
The Piper was one of 125 corporate/privately-owned aircraft
which recently participated in a massive SAR exercise staged
by the New York Wing. The realistic test involved more than
1,500 CAP personnel and was triggered just before dawn. See
pages 8 and 9 for photo feature. (Photo courtesy New York
Wing)

Cadet Bell
Placed on
Honor Roll

Vacanc 'L{ 's Still Exist
In Career Seminar
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.-Fifteen vacancies still exist in the
~erospace Career Counseling Seminar to be held here Aug. 2-24, for
Civil Air Patrol cadets, aged 15.19 years old. Already 25 have been
selected to participate in the highly specialized career explorato~
erugram ~tn"t~ose entering tkcir ~enior high sch0ol'ycar dudn
1969-1970 receiving ﬁrst preference.
Those applying for the school
evaluate aerospace career
must also have earned their Gen.
opportunities.
William (Billy) Mitchell award.
The ﬁeld trips will be to the
To t a l c o s t f o r t h e c o u r s e i s
Air Force pilots advanced jet
$75.00.
To be conducted at facilities training school at Craig AFB,
at the Air University and CAP Aia.; the United States Army
helicopter pilot training school
National Headquarters, classes
w i l l i n c l u d e s t u d y, w o r k , at Fort Rucker, Ala.; the Naval
on-the-job training and a series Aviation Training school a t
(Continued on Pg. 2)
of ﬁeld trips by which the cadets

PLACED ON CAP HONOR ROLL...Air Force Academy
Cadet Roger G. Bell places his name on the Civil Air Patrol's
25-Year "Honor Roll" after tapping ceremonies recently at the
Academy. He is assisted by Col. Omer L. Cox, CAP-USAF
deputy commander," who represented CAP National
Commander, Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam at the ceremony
honoring the top cadet leader before he received his
commission. (United States Air Force Photo)

COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo.--The name of United
States Air Force Academy Cadet
Roger G. Bell, 21, has" been
added to Civil Air Patrol's
25-Year Honor Roll in tapping
ceremonies at the academy. He
is the son of Col. and Mrs. Buron
G. Bell of Montgomery, Ala.
Formerly a cadet member of
CAP's Fairfax Sq., National
Capital Wing, Cadet Bell also
received the CAP-sponsored
Brig. Gen. William (Billy) G.
Mitchell Award as the
outstanding cadet in military
training in the academy class of
1968.1969.
Col. Omer L. Cox,
CAP-USAF deputy commander,
who represented CAP National
Commander, Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Put.nam, attended the
(continued on Page 2)

National Executive Committee Names,

Four To New Wing Commander Posts
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.-The original CAP members, Colonel
group of non-military pilots who
released service pilots from
National Executive Committee
Bottom helped organize
ferrying and currier operations,
m e e t i n g a t N a t i o n a l Memphis and Tennessee ﬂiers in
CAP grew to a national auxiliary
Headquarters, June 6-7, named December 1941 when Civil Air
(continued on Page 2)
four senior members permanent Patrol was created. Begun as a
wing commanders. They arc
(with wings they command): LI.
Col. Marvin S. Donnaud,
Tennessee: Lt. Col. Walter M.
Markey, New Jersey: Lt, Col.
NIANTIC, Conn.-The Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air
John H. O'Gara, South Dakota Medal have been presented to Air Force 1st. Lt. Frederick Butler,
and Col. Robert K. Bing,
former cadet commander of the Niantic Cadet Sq., Connecticut
Vermont.
Wing of Civil Air Patrol. He was cited for aerial achievement under
Those ranked as lieutenant
extremely hazardous conditions while piloting an AIE "Skyraider"
colonel are promoted to colonel
aircraft in Southeast Asia.
along with their new
He is assigned to the 6th Special Operations Sq. at Pleiku AB,
appointments. All have served as
Vietnam, and has been in the war zone since last July.
interim wing commanders.
A graduate of New London High Sc,ool, he later attended the
Colonel Donnaud succeeds
University of Cincinnati where he actively participated in the Air
Col. James Fred Bottom who
s e r v e d a s Te n n e s s , : e W i n g Force Reserve Ofﬁcers Training Corps (AFROTC) until his
commander since 1960 until his
graduation in 1966. Afterwards he underwent pilot training at
death in April. One of the
Laredo AFB, Tcx.

Former CAP Cadet Decorated
For Aerial Combat In Vietnam

L O U N G E D E D I C AT E D - A n e w l y f u r n i s h e d l o u n g e f o r
distinguished visitors was ofﬁcially opened at Civil Air Patrol's
National Headquarters in June when D. Harold Byrd (right),
CAP chairman emeritus, participated in a ribbon-cutting
ceremony. The lounge was completely refurnished and
decorated at Colonel BYrd's expense. Also taking part in the
ceremony (from left) are Cadets Julie Burge, Sue Ray,
Maxwell Cadet Sq.: Mai. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, CAP national
commander, Col. William M. Patterson, Middle East Region
commander, and Brig Gen. F. Ward Reilly, national board
' chairman. (Air Force Photo by MSgr. William J. Bond j

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY,1969

Commanders Directed to Follow

Regulation on Selecting Cadets

DECORATED-The Legion of Merit Medal presented to Col.
H. E. Reed, outgoing deputy chief of staff for personnel at
Hq., CAP-USAF, highlighted a recent awards ceremony here.
Other ofﬁcers honored were Maj. O. C. Bracewell, third from
left, who received the Air Force Commendation Medal and Lt.
Col. John W. Miller, the Bronze Star. Maj. Gen. Walter B.
Putnam, CAP national commander, presented the medals.
Colonel Reed, who is being reassigned to Salgon earned the
medal for exceptionally meritorious service as personnel chief
for the past four years. Colonel Miller and Major BraceweH
were decorated for their service in Vietnam. (United States Air
Force Photo by MSgt. William J. Bond)

Doylestown Unit Honors
Fifteen for Achievements
DOYLESTOWN, Pa.-Fifteen members of the Doylestown Cadet
Sq. were honored recently here. Cadet MSgts. Ronald Johnson and
David Homsher received diplomas for passing all six achievements in
Phase 11 of the CAP Aerospace Education~ program. The pair also
received four year Air Force Reserve Ofﬁcers Training Corps
Scholarships to the college of their choice.
Cadet Ronald Turnicky was
training course taught by 1st Lt.
promoted to ﬁrst lieutenant and
Doris Gensler, a registered nurse.
a dozen others received diplomas
Courbe graduates are Alan
for completing a Civil Defense
Rybarchyk, Daniel Parr, John
Medical Self Help ﬁrst aid
W o o d s , R o n a l d T u r n i c k y,
Charles Gensler, David Homsher,
Ronald Johnson, Jeffrey
Johnson, Theresa MeCann,
Thomas MacNeal, Lynne Elville
and Robert Hallman.

Cadet Named
on 'Honor
Roll' Plague
(continued from Page 1)

Organizational Awards Parade
and presented Bell the Mitchell
award.
Cadet Bell, commander of the
Academy's 27th Squadron,
which was named outstanding
unit for 1968-1969, graduated
with a bachelor of science degree
and was commissioned a second
lieutenant. A participiant in the
Master's Degree program, he will
enter Tuft's University, Boston,
in the fall for further studies. He
hopes to enter ﬂying training
later.
The new lieutenant's father
and mother attended June Week
a c t i v i t i e s a t t h e a c a d e m y.
Colonel Bell has just completed
Air War College studies at the
Air University, Maxwell.
A graduate of Annadale High
School, Virginia, Lieutenant Bell
joined Civil Air Patrol as a junior
in high school. He attended two
summer encampments at Grifﬁs
A F B , N . Y. a n d e a r n e d t h e
Spaatz, Earhart, Curry and
~litchell awards as a CAP cadet
member.

Four Cadets See
NASA Facilities
BLACKSBURG, Va.--Four
outstanding cadets, C/WO Ricky
D. Albright, C/WO William P.
Matthews, C/Lt. Alfred G.
Dickinson and C/MSgt. Dale K.
Robinson, boarded a passenger
plane recently at Andrews AFB,
Md., for a tour of Cape
Kennedy, Fla.
There they saw operations at
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
center .... Also enroute to
Florida, was 2nd Lt. Robert
Zahner, Montgomery Composite
Sq. communications ofﬁcer,
who plans to continue his CAP
activities with the Florida Wing
in Lakeland.

Vacancies
(Continued From Pg. 1)
Pensacola, Fla.; the NASA
Manned Space Center at Cape
Kennedy, Fla. and the Lockheed
(Georgia) Airplane Plant at
Marietta, Ga.

MAXWELL AFQ, Ala.--AI!
Civil Air Patrol units nominating
cadets for consideration for the
AFA's Special Award this year
have been directed to comply
with CAP Regulation 900-9:
"Air Force Association Special
Award," announced Maj. Gen.
Walter B. Putnam, CAP national
commander.
The award is to be presented
to an outstanding cadet on the
basis of nominations beginning
at squadron level. Any member
of the
organization may
nominate those meeting the
criteria
outlined in the
regulation. Each nominee must
have the Brig. Gen. William
(Billy) Mitchell award, or be
actively engaged in church,
school, or community programs
while following technical or
academic careers.
Nominations should reach
squadron commanders by July
10 who will process the
applications to meet this

NEC Names
Commanders
(continued from Page 1)
air arm which ﬂew submarine
p a t r o l a n d s e a r c h missions
during World War II.
Colonel Markey takes over
command from Col. Nanette M.
Spears, who retired recently. A
native of Orange, N.J., she
joined CAP in 1941 and holds a
senior pilot's rating.
Colonel O'Gara succeeds Col.
Charles C. Doughty who held
the wing commander post from
July 1965 to January 1969. The
head of a prominent trucking
company in Sioux Falls, Colonel
Doughty was a rated pilot of
light aircraft with more than
8,000 ﬂying hours.
The fourth newly appointed
commander, Col. Bing succeeds
Col. John A. Moreland Jr. A
graduate of Columbia
University, Colonel Moreland
was a World War II pilot and
later held various positions of
leadership in civilian industry
before assuming command.

schedule: From Squadron to
Wing, July 20; Wing to Region,
Aug. 10 and Region to National
Headquarters, Aug. 20.
National Headquarters will
select the winner from among
eight regional candidates and
present the individual's name to
the Air Force Association, Sept.

1. The winner will" receive the
special award from the AFA
Aerospace Education
Foundation at its October or
November meeting. Hotel
a c c o m m o d a t i o n s ,
transportations costs will be
b o r n e b y t h e A FA , o f ﬁ c i a l
disclosed.

Trafﬁc at 10 o'Clock
Can You See Him ?
Picking out moving aircraft
against a cluttered background is
not always a simple matter, even
when aided by radio advisories.
Understanding how the eye sees
motion will introduce you to a
useful trick.
Many a pilot has had the
embarrassing experience of being
asked repeatedly by the control
tower if he has the trafﬁc in his
vicinity in view, without being
able to conﬁrm. Conditions may
be VFR, the aircraft may be
identiﬁed as "a light twin at ten
o'clock, just about 300 feet
below you and passing by the
Temple..." and still you may
not be able to pick it out of the
background.
It may be because you are
inexperienced or over anxious as
your eyes race over the area, but
the fact is that if you are over a

housing development or thickly
settled section with smoke or
haze in the air, the background
provides a natural camouﬂage
for the elusive other plane.
A helpful technique for
spotting aircraft, under these
circumstances, is to hold your
eyes momentarily off the area in
question. Objects in motion,
against a stationary background,
tend to attract attention; if the
eyes themselves are in constant
motion, this is less true.
NOTE: After this momentary
resting of the eyes, you should
resume a constant scan of all
quadrants of the sky to protect
yourself and others. This trick
should only be used when you
fail to spot a moving target.
( FA A Aviation News/June
1969)

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

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Summer Months Busy Time
For Civil Air Patrol Cadets

DISTINGUISHED VISITOR WELCOMED--Maj. Gen. Walter
B. Putnam, USAF, Civil Air Patrol's national commander, talks
with members of a Cadet Honor Guard from Georgia Wing
who were on hand to welcome him to the Southeast Region
Conference at Atlanta.

M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.--School is out and, for
millions of young Americans, it
will be a summer of sunning,
swimming, and doing not much
of anything. But for thousands
of teen-age members of Civil Air
Patrol, CAP cadets, June, July,
and August are active. The
reason is that they are taking
part in a variety of special
programs designed to further the
aerospace education and training
offered them by CAP.
This summer, Civil Air Patrol,
U. S. Air Force auxiliary, is
sponsoring some 12 programs at
a national level for its cadet
members. These are supervised
and directed by National
Headquarters of CAP at Maxwell
AFB, Ala.
All of them are designed to
g i v e y o u n g p e o p l e i n C A P,
ranging in age from 13 to 18, a
look at career opportunities in
aviation and the aerospace
sciences, while giving them an
understanding of the Air Force
and its many aspects, and to
help build leadership abilities.

Pennsylvania Squadrons Join toHonor
Wing Materiel Ofﬁcer at Ceremony
plate was presented to Major
Diehl by Cadet Capt. Gerald
Kametz, cadet commander and
BETHLEHEM, Pa.--Surprise,
leader of Squadron 3109's drill
humility and pride were all team which performs! that
register~l" on the face of Maj. evening. The Squadrons also
Clarence E. Diehi, Pennsylvania dedicated the May issue of the
wing materiel ofﬁcer and Senior unit's newspaper "TALESPINS"
Sq. 3105 commander, when the to the major in recognition of
Bethlehem Suburban Kiwanis his achievements.
Composite Sq. 3109 and Lehigh
"Everyone in Pennsylvania
Valley Senior Sq. 3107 held the Wing owes much to Major Diehl
annual family and awards night, who has worked without hope
May 28, at the Marine Reserve of thanks or reward .... All our
Training Center, Freemansburg, parents can thank him for seeing
Pa.
us properly attired and equipped
Two squadrons joined forces while participating in Civil Air
to honor Major Diehl for his Patrol activities," the citation
devoted work not only on behalf accompanying the award read.
of the two units but to all
A man of action Major Diehl
squadrons throughout the state. is responsible for collecting and
A Civil Air Patrol desk name d e l i v e r i n g c l o t h i n g a n d
b y Lt. Margaret M. Varley
information ofﬁcer

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WING MATERIEL OFFICER HONORED-Maj. Clarence E.
Diehl (left), CAP, Pennsylvania Wing, receives an engraved
desk name plate from Cadet Capt. Gerald Kametz, cadet
commander. Two units of the Pennsylvania wing joined forces
recently to honor Major Diehl for his outstanding
contributions to wing units throughout the state.

equipment and also for the
upkeep of the Pennsylvania Wing
vehicles and mechanical
equipment. He has sacriﬁced
much of his time aw~' from his
own business to keep the CAP
units a going concern.

At least three of the
national-level programs are new
this year. These are as follows:
--Cadet Communications
Electronics Course, a two.week
program scheduled July 13-26 at
Keesler AFB, Miss., for a limited
number of CAP cadets. The
course will give those interested
in this ﬁeld a look at the latest
type equipment used by the
military.
--Cadet Survival Course,
limited to 52 cadets who are
expected to pass along to others
the things they learn. The
course, given at the U. S. Air
Force Academy, Colo., is similar
to that which academy cadets
undergo and is designed to train
them in techniques of survival
under emergency conditions. It
is slated July 6-12.
--Air Force Nurse Orientation
Course, scheduled June 22-28 at
Shepard AFB, Tex. The course
gives female CAP cadets an
insight into the life and career
opportunities of Air Force
nurses.
Other courses, held in
previous years and offered again
in 1969, include: the Jet
Orientation Course (Perrin AFB,
Tex., July 20-26); Advanced Jet
Familiarization Course (July
13-19 at a number of Air
Tr a i n i n g C o m m a n d b a s e s ) ;
Aerospace Age Orientation
Course (for female CAP cadets,
Ent AFB and Lowry AFB,
Colo., ~.Jul~ 13-26); Manned
Space Orientation Course

( E l l i n g t o n A F B , Te x . , A u g .
17-23, a substitute this year for
the Space Age Orientation
Course).
All of these are held at Air
Force installations and the
courses are conducted by Air
Force instructors. In addition,
two Spiritual Life Conferences
are scheduled, the ﬁnal one Aug.
29-Sept. 1, directed by Air
Force chaplains.
An Aerospace Career
Counselling Seminar will be held
in August at facilities of Air
University, Maxwell AFB, Aia.
The seminar will give highly
motivated cadets a look at a
wide range of careers in today's
aerospace age.
Other courses open this
summer for CAP cadets are the
Federal Aviation Administration
Cadet Orientation Course at Will
Rogers Field, Okla., July 6.12;
Cadet Leadership School, Reno,
Nev., June 21 through Aug. 10;
the International Air Cadet
Exchange (lACE); and the Cadet
Flying Encampments.
The IACE, which has been
called an "exercise in
international understanding,"
offers outstanding CAP cadets
an opportunity to visit any of a
number of foreign countries. At
the same time, young people in
similar organizations in these
same countries visit the United
States. The 1ACE is scheduled
this year July 20-Aug. 13.

Chaplains, Cadets
Attend Spritual
Life Conference
G L O R I E TA , N . M . - - O n e
hundred and fourteen Civil Air
Patrol cadets, escorts and
Chaplains from states west of
the Mississippi River met here
last month for a Spiritual Life
Conference.
Sponsored by the Air Force
and attended by Air Force
families, the conference is an
activity designed to augment the
spiritual and moral aspects of
the CAP cadet program while
stimulating active participation
in the church of the individual's
choice.
Both male and female cadets
attended the lectures and
discussion periods and heard
prominent clergymen and lay
leaders discuss topics on youth,
youth problems, marriage and
home life.
A feature of signiﬁcant
interest was the Convenant
Players, who were commissioned
to write and produce three
one-act plays dealing with three
themes relating man and God.
The plays were received with
enthusiasm and other churches
wanted similar presentations.
Recreational activities
including sightseeing tours,
hiking tours, and all types of
sports, were offered to provide a
well-rounded program of social
and recreational activities within
the stimulating environment of
Christian fellowship.

CITED FOR VALOR-Navy Lt. David N. Clyde (ﬁght) is
congratulated by Rear Adm. J. G. Dillon, USN, 3rd Naval
Construction Brigade commander, Da Nang, Republic of
Vietnam, after receiving the Navy Commendation medal at
ceremonies May 24. Lieutenant Clyde, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbert Clyde of 614 Lido St., Redlands, Calif., earned the
medal for rescuing a Civil Air Patrol cadet last year from the
face of Torrey Pines Cliffs, Torrey Pines State Park, Del Mar,
Calif. He was cited for his actions when he took charge of a
crew lowering a man down the face of the cliff to effect the
rescue. (Ofﬁcial U.S. Navy Photo by Ph2 Hermann Kauls)

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY, 1969

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National Commander ........... Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, USAF
Director of Information ............. Lt. Col. John W. Miller, USAF
Chief, Internal Information ..... Capt. Mervyn E. Roberts, Jr., USAF
E d i t o r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TSgt. John J. Lyons, USAF

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By Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, USAF

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Individual Responsibility
Often Clouded in Doubt
B y B R I G . G E N . F. WA R D R E I L LY,
CAP National Chairman
The role and responsibilities of the Civil Air Patrol member is
often clouded by a lack of knowledge of the organizational structure
as provided by the Constitution and By-Laws together with other
regulatory provisions.
No member of Civil Air Patrol, with the exception of the
National Commander, shall be "appointed or
elected to ofﬁce for longer than one term.
However, he may serve until his successor is duly
appointed or elected.
The term of ofﬁce of corporate ofﬁcials
(Region and Wing commanders and other members
of the National Executive Committee, except the
National Commander) shall begin at the close of
each annual meeting of the National Board and
will end at the close of each annual meeting of the
National Board. The term of ofﬁce of other members of Civil Air
Patrol shall terminate on December 31 each year.
An evaluation of all Civil Air Patrol members, with the exception
of the National Commander, will be made annually before
reappointment or re-election by the appropriate appointive or
elective authority.
The Chairman of the National Board shall be elected by the
National Board. He shall appoint the National Board vice-chairman
and Regional commanders.
A Wing Commander will be elected by the National Executive
Committee for each wing and he will command that wing. He may
appoint and remove Group commanders and Squadron commanders
within his command.
The National Board Chairman may serve in ofﬁce three
consecutive terms. Beginning with the ﬁrst term in ofﬁce following
the October 1968 annual meeting of the National Board, Region,
Wing and unit commanders may serve four consecutive terms.
The very foundation of Civil Air Patrol rests upon the integrity of
those vested with the appointive or elective authority and which
authority must be respected by all members.
There can be no recognition of collective actions, petitions,
demands or threats of resignation in Civil Air Patrol. Such actions
constitute a violation of the members oath of application: "!
voluntarily subscribe to the objectives and purposes of the Civil Air
Patrol and agree to he guided by the Constitution and By-Laws of
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promulgated.'"
Every member of Civil Air Patrol, individually has a right to be
heard through the established regulatory procedures to resolve
differences or grievances.
Civil Air Patrol is a great organization with the stature and dignity
of an auxiliary of the United States Air Force. It is the duty of every
member of Civil Air Patrol to guard and protect the great heritage
with which we are endowed.

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CAP National Commander
Last montl~ I commented on the barrage of criticism being hurled at our
military establishment.
l~y coincidence, and just about the
time you were reading our June issue of
Civil ~kir Patrol News, one of the strongest, most knowledgeable replies to these
critics was being made. I'm referring to
President Nixon's speech at the Air Force
Academy. It was a crackerjack talk, delivered in an aggressive, convincing manner as millions watched on television or
listened by radio. Later it was carried by
newspapers and magazines throughout
the world where it was studied and analyzed by friend and foe.
'Ibis talk was labeled, "Defending the
Defenders," by a leading magazine, and
t h a t ' s a g o o d t i t l e . T h a t ' s j u s t w h a t M r.
Nixon did -- and who is more qualiﬁed?
He is not only the 37th President of the
U n i t e d S t a t e s , M r. N i x o n i s a l s o C o m
mander-in-Chief of all our Armed Forces.
Every man and woman who wears a
uniform -- and that deﬁnitely includes
the Civil Air Patrol -- should salute the
President for his courage and integrity.
His subject, and the vigor with which he
~,ackled the issue, was certain to hurt him
in some inﬂuential quarters. I'm convinced Mr. Nixon knew the risks. I'm equally
certain he was cautioned accordingly but
he did what he felt had to be done . . .
and he did it with candor and conviction.
"It is open season on the Armed Forces," the President said, "Military programs are ridiculed as needless, if not
deliberate waste. The military profession
is derided in some of the so-called best
circles of America. Patriotism is considered by some to be a backward fetish
of the uneducated and unsophisticated."
M r. N i x o n t o o k u n e r r i n g a i m o n t h e
skeptics and isolationists. When the ﬁrst
explorers set out from Europe toward the
New World, he said, "These men would
have weighed the risks and they would
have stayed behind." When pioneers left
the colonies to push westward into the
unknown, "these men would have count-

ed the costs and stayed behind."
"This s c h o ol of
thought," the President
maintained, "holds that
the road to understanding~
with the Soviet Union and
Communist C h i n a lies
through a downgrading of
our own alliances and
what amounts to unilateral reduction of our arms
in order to demonstrate our good faith."
The United States, he insisted, cannot
become "a dropout in assuming the responsibility for defending peace and freed o m i n t h e w o r l d . " N e i t h e r, h e a d d e d ,
c a n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s g o i t a l o n e . " We
must revitalize our alliances, not aban'don them, we must rule out unilateral
disarmament, because in the real world
it won't work."
What were the President's reasons for
this disquieting address? It seems obvious to me that the ﬁrst of two main
objectives was to quiet criticism of the
military.
Did he succeed?
Probably not. There is still a long,
hard road to be travelled before that goal
is reached and the President will need
a l l t h e h e l p h e c a n g e t . B u t , M r. N i x o n
did put himself and his administration on
record and clear-thinking Americans
everywhere must ﬁnd this reassuring,
The second objective was to tell our
enemies--real and potential--that this
country is not so torn by internal squabbling that it will accept any terms in
o r d e r t o g e t o u t o f Vi e t n a m . I t h i n k t h e
President came through ﬁve-by-ﬁve on
this subject.
It was a courageous and timely effort.
Mr. Nixon could have taken the easy way
out by straddling the fence on these controversial issues . . or delivering a
bland commencement speech. Instead, he
elected, with full knowledge of the Dossible personal risks, to do what he believed was right.
Can we do less?
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Outlook

Frequency of 'Sickness' Discussed
by Chaplain, It. Col. Vincent C. Merf~d
If you want to start a lively
conversation among friends pick
on the topic of "how sick this
generation is and how much
turmoil is in the world." Such
was the case when I recently
participated in a discussion with
a group of friends. I was mildly
struck by the frequency with
which this or that person whose
name came up in the
conversation was dismissed as
"sick". The conversation nearly
always ended with "Well, he's
(she's) sick, really sick".
When I pointed it out, they
all agreed that we had expressed
this judgement with surprising
frequency. Many reasons were
given by all present and one I
thought gave the best answer. He
said that the trouble with us, as
well as with those with whom
we disagree, is that we lack faith,

with a small "f" faith with trust.
We don't have enough faith in
each other and in other words
we don't trust each other. The
young distrust the old .... the
Russians 'distrust the
Americans .... Black races
d i s t r u s t t h e w h i t e
races .... conservatives distrust
liberals and visa versa.
Faith might be a ﬁrst small
step in healing some of the
divisions among us. I'm thinking
mainly of the current situation
in the church, since here we ﬁnd
especially the polarities of young
versus old and liberal versus
conservative.
The tendency to ascribe
"sickness" or eccentricity to
those whose views differ from
one's own is leading us all down
a very dangerous road. It
amounts to a willingness to shut

off debate before it has started
and, worse, it opens the mind
not to fact but to fantasy. If I
believe that one is emotionally
imbalanced then I'll also believe
anything, no matter how bizarre,
about him. "Poor man, he
doesn't really know what he's
doing." And the last state of the
debate becomes worse than the
ﬁrst.
To invoke such a device is
merely evading the issue which
divides us. Rather, we must
confront the issue candidly, and
the emotional state of those who
disagree is beside the point. We
must examine carefully the
position of others and think
through our own.
Yes, I would say we must at
least begin with faith. To start
anywhere else is to ﬂee from
reality, and that is itself the root
of all emotional sickness.

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY, 1969

Five Cadets
Attend Airline
Hostess School

Women In CAP

'The New Breed'
By MRS. WALTER B. PUTNAM
"Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt
for authority. They show disrespect for elders and love chatter in
place of exercise. They contradict their parents, chatter before
company, gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers."
Sound familiar? It should. This commentary was written by
Socrates in the 5th century B.C.--nearly 2,500 years ago--but it
seems as new as tomorrow's headlines.
Especially that last
tyrannize their teachers."

phrase,"...and

they

It's true. We do have militant students in our
universities who abuse their superiors and
purposely disrupt this important part of our
society. The more active of their small group use
violent tactics to call attention to their protests.
Their efforts have been exceedingly
well.publicized.

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How many times have our television screens
been ﬁlled with student.authority confrontations? How many
newspaper headlines and magazine articles have dramatized these
activities? Too many! And I think it's time to inject some new,
happy thoughts on an old, sad situation.
While the small but dangerous percentage of violators steal the
headlines, we hear less and less of the vast majority of our students
who are quietly striving to get an education and prepare for the
future.
This fact was in sharp focus last month when we were host to a
group of 30 coeds from Oklahoma State University. This was a
group in which everyone could take pride. We were especially proud
because these lovely and immaculate young women were senior
members of the Civil Air Patrol.

THE FAIR PATROL

MAXWELL AFB, Ala.-Five
young ladies from the North
Central Region learned what it
was like to be a commercial
airline stewardess when they
attended the North Central
Airline's Stewardess School at
Minncalmlis, Minn., June 23, for
one week.
Receiving certiﬁcates on
graduation from the school were
Cadet 1st. Lt. Cecilia A.
Campbell of Oberlin, Kans.;
Cadet 2d Class Colleen Jeannette
Everhart of Omaha, Neb.; Cadet
TSgt. Roxy Hilton of Lincoln,
Neb.; Cadet Jan Havercamp of
Kansas City, Mo. and Cadet
Linda Kay Ingle of Des Moines,
Iowa.

Cadet Cook Is
College Bound
L A N TA N A , F l a . - - C a d e t
TSgt. Donna R. Cook, cadet
adjutant, Lantana-Lake Worth
Cadet Sq., Florida Wing, has
been selected for advanced
placement as a freshman at
Marymount Junior College, Boca
Raton, Fla., direct from
completing her freshman year of
high school.
She will be 14 years old when
the Fall Semester begins and her
main interests and outstanding
performance have been in
mathematics and science. She
plans to major in marine
engineering at college.

f
MARGARET ANNE PRICE
CAPtivating Margaret Anne Price became a senior'
member last month and the Civil Air Patrol uniform never
looked so good. The tall, trim, beauty from Birmingham,
Ala., walks like a model. Margaret was one of ﬁve Southern
Belles recruited by MSgt. John Stamps during a special
recruiting drive. She is a secretary in the Commerce
Department of the City. (United States Air Force Photo by
MSgt. James D. Mench)

Two CAPers in Powder Puff Air Classic

We were equally proud when we visited CAP ﬂying encampments
for cadets at both Oklahoma University and Oklahoma State
MAXWELL AFQ, Ala.--Two
University which happens to be my alma mater. We also visited the
Civil Air Patrol ofﬁcers are
cadet leadership and survival school at Reno, Nevada. Girls
among the entries in the 1969
participate in all these activities along with the boys. I was bursting
P o w d e r P u f f D e r b y, t h e
with pride to see the participation of these girls.
all-woman transcontinental air
To me they represent a new breed of women. As I said hello to all race which begins July 4 at
the girl cadets, I couldn't help but compare them with my classmates L i n d b e r g F i e l d , S a n D i e g o ,
Calif., and ends, July 7, at Dulles
of the late thirties (this dates me!) and I must say that these young
International
Airport,
women far outshine us.
Washington, D.C.
They are involved. They can do things we couldn't. They have
Capt. lsabelle G. McCrae of
doors opened which were closed to us. What is more important, they
Group IIl, California Wing, will
are taking advantage of this broadened outlook on women's
ﬂy a Piper Commanche 260
activities. They are responding to the challenges offered and are airplane while 2rid Lt. Mary F.
making their presence felt in every good sense of the word.
Van Staven of the Middle East
In my day, and through the ﬁfties, most young women trained Region will be the co-pilot of a
for careers in such traditionally feminine pursuits as nursing, Twin-Commanche.
teaching, social work, library, music or ofﬁce work. Many still do
Captain McCrae's co.piiot
and we certainly need them. But in every-increasing numbers these
college gifts today are moving into areas which were pre-empted by
men. This new breed of women is majoring in mathematics,
engineering, physics and other ﬁelds. They are a dynamic inﬂuential
force and their growing importance to our way of life in the years
ahead cannot be overemphasized.

during the race will be Margaret
Callaway of San Pedro, Calif.
Both California ladies are being
sponsored by the Exchange Club
of La Mesa.
A veteran of more than 25
years of ﬂying, Captain McCrae
is a commercial pilot with senior
ratings and having 2,500 hours
as ﬁrst pilot. She is also rated in
single engined, multi-engined
aircraft and has land,
instrument, and ﬂight instructor
ratings.
Lieutenant Van Staven is the
ﬁrst individual from the Region
and the Virginia Wing to
c o m p e t e i n t h e d e r b y. S h e

We need many more women such as these in our CAP programs.
They add lustre and pride to our undertaking. I think their
attributes, which combine youthful appeal with mature thinking,
makes them ideally qualiﬁed as senior members in the Civil Air
Patrol.
I hope we will recruit many more girls into CAP; and create
additional all-gift units like the CAPETTES from OSU. These young
women--properly motivated--could provide long and valued service
to our CAP objectives. They epitomize our new breed of women and
they have wonderful, exciting futures in the years to come. More
than half of America's girls on campus today intend to go on to
higher studies. TO EDUCATE A WOMAN IS TO EDUCATE A
FAMILY. Most plan to combine marriage with careers and they will
enjoy dual inﬂuence as mothers and involved, concerned citizens.

joined West Richmond Cadet Sq.
over a year ago and was recently
appointed to the region staff as
assistant personnel ofﬁcer.
The Powder Puff Derby is the
nation's greatest, oldest, and
longest annual air classic for
women aviators. It is the trade
name of the annual
coast-to-coast air meet,
sponsored by All-Woman
Transcontinental Air Races Inc.
and is open to all qualiﬁed
women pilots ﬂying stock model
airplanes, single or
multi-engined, 145 to 450
horsepower, manufactured in
the last decade.
Contestants are scored
according to their ground speed
in relation to their handicap
which is calculated by
substraeting the par speed from
the average ground speed.
The Derby winner receives
her name inscribed on the
Powder Puff Derby trophy at
the Smithsonian Institute.
Tr o p h i e s a n d c a s h a w a r d s
totaling $8,500, of which
$5,250 goes to the ﬁrst ﬁve
place winners, are being
awarded.
Civil Air Patrol commanders
along the ofﬁcially scheduled
o v e r. n i g h t r e s t s t o p s i n t h e
Derby have been asked to lend
assistance to the CAP personnel
participating in the race.

We need them.
Margaret Fishback---one of my favorite writers--once took a
lighthearted jab at all us women when she wrote:
"Women are wacky. Women are vain.
They'd rather be pretty than have a good brain."
To which I reply:
"Clever-but no longer true.
Just meet our girls from CAP and OSU."

FOOD FOR THOUGHT-TSgt. Jim Williams of the nutrition
research section, demonstrates the use of a water pressure gun
used with food concentrates by NASA astronauts during space
exploration ﬂights. Watching the demonstration are a
contingent of 44 Civil Air Patrol Cadets touring the Aerospace
School of Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas. (United States Air
Force Photo by MSgt. William J. Bond)

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JULY, 1969

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Indiana Wing Cadet Council
Takes Issue on Training

Cadets Assist With Camp Cleanup
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--A group of Civil Air Patrol cadets from
Albuquerque's Thunderbird Cadet Sq. IV joined forces with the U.S.
Navy Seabees recently to help Duke City Civitan Club clean the
Easter Seal Camp for Retarded Children, located in the Sandia
Mountains.
Led by the Squadron Seniors, the more than 20 cadets helped the
Seabees datum a small creek near the camp and move debris and
lumber from the area. The Civitan Club is sponsor of the CAP unit
and the camp has been the training site for Civil Air Patrol search
and rescue operations.

F R A N K F O R T ,
Ind.-Approximately 24
members of the Indiana Wing's
Cadet Advisory Council took
issue on the standards of training

offered to cadets in their
respective units recently at a
meeting at the Indiana
U n i v e r s i t y M e d i c a l C e n t e r,
Indianapolis.

CAP Calender of Events

New Commander Named For Group

D AT E

EVENT

PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Maj. James Morris of Carnegie, Pa., has been
named the new commander of Group 60, Pennsylvania Wing. He
replaces Lt. Col. A. A. Milano, CAP, who has been named the
western area deputy wing commander.
A graduate of Webb High School, he majored in chemistry at
Baylor University. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1947
and served in the Korean conﬂict as a member of the 92nd and 98th
Bomb Wings from 1950 through 1952.
President and owner of seven corporations in Philadelphia, he
joined Squadron 601 as a pilot-and aircraft owner. He served as a
standardization pilot at squadron and group level, later as operations
ofﬁcer, supply ofﬁcer for the group and standardization ofﬁcer for
the wing staff in the western area. He is a rated pilot with more than
5,000 ﬂying hours and has a commercial license in single and
multi-engine aircraft.

L O C AT I O N

Air Force Academy
Survival Course

July 6-12

O k l a h o m a C i t y,
Oklahoma

Flying Encampment
(License)

July 2-26

Norman,
Oklahoma

Search and Rescue (SAR)
School

July 7-18

Governor's Island,
N e w Yo r k

FA A / C A P P i l o t O r i e n t a t i o n
Program

July 7-18

O k l a h o m a C i t y,
Oklahoma

O h i o S e a r c h a n d R e s c u e Te s t

July 12-13

Columbus, Ohio

Advanced Jet Familiarization
Course

ST. LOUIS, Mo.--Four Civil Air Patrol cadets from the North
Jefferson County Sq. of the Missouri Wing were jubilant recently as
they were chosen to participate in CAP-sponsored special activities.
Selected to participate were C/Capt. Michael McCrady, who will
attend the Advanced Jet Familiarization course; C/lst. Lt. Gall
Steffen, the Aerospace Age Orientation Course; C/lst. Lt. Kim B.
Spinsby, the Aerospace Age Counselling Seminar and C/2nd. Lt.
Frank Childress, the Cadet Leadership School.

A i r F o r c e A c a d e m y,
Colorado

FA A C a d e t O r i e n t a t i o n
Program

Four Listed for Summer Activities

July 6-12

July 13-19

Craig AFB, Ala.
Moo(Iv AFB, Ga.
Va n c e A F B , O k l a .
Williams AFB, Ariz.
L a r e d o A F B , Te x a s
R a n d o l p h A F B , Te x .
R e e s e A F B , Te x a s
W e b b A F B , Te x a s
Ent/Lowry AFB,
Colorado

Aerospace Age Orientation
Course

July 13-26

Flying Encampment
(License)

July 13Aug. 9

S t i l l w a t e r,
Oklahoma

July 13-26

Keesler AFB,
Mississippi

Communications-Electronics
Course

Squadron 'Victims' In CD-Hospital Exercise
AKRON, Ohio--Realism was the keynote as members of
Squadron 1404, Ohio Wing, played the lead role, cooperating with
Cuyahoga Falls Civil Defense unit and Fallsview Hospital in
simulating a disaster training exercise for students of Akron City's
Hospital School of Nursing. The joint exercise was held from noon
to 4 p.m. at Waterworks Park. The CAP Squadron provided the
simulated victims of an aircraft accident in the test triggered by
Raymond France, Cuyaboga Falls director of emergency planning.

1969 International Aerospace
Educators Seminar

July 14
Aug. 13

Paris-LondonCopenhagen
Berlin-ViennaRome-GenevaWa s h i n g t o n

C a l i f o r n i a C i v i l D e f e n s e Te s t
Jet Orientation Course

J u l y 2 0 - 2 6 P e r r i n A F B , Te x a s

1969 International Air Cadet
Exchange

Danbury Wins Marching Trophy

July 19-20 San Diego, Calif.

July 20Aug. 14

FA A / C A P P i l o t O r i e n t a t i o n
July 21O k l a h o m a C i t y,
DANBURY, Conn.--Danbury Composite Sq. members took part
Program
Aug. 1
Oklahoma
in the City Memorial Day parade recently and the unit outclassed 40
other competitors to cop the top marching unit award. The Civil Air
Patrol contingent of 50 male and female cadets was under the
command of Maj. Arthur Pieplow, CAP. In charge of the drill and
New CAP Form Ready for Distribution
ceremony portion of the competition was Lt. Juergen Berthold, a
U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. A crowd of more than
MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--A new multi-purpose form "CAP
20,000 watched the parade.
Application for Award," CAP Form 11, April 1969, has replaced
CAP Forms 11, 11A and 11B, and is now available for unit
requisition, CAP-USAF Aerospace Education and Training
Thirty Slated For Ranger Staff
announced recently.
It is to be used by those applying for the Mitchell, Earhart,
PITTSBURGH, Pa.--Of the 50 candidates competing for the Spaatz and Falcon awards or those seeking the Senior Member
Cadet Ranger Staff at the East Brady Training Area 30 have been Certiﬁcate of Proﬁciency.
selected to participate in the 9-day training session at the Summer
Superseded forms, although now obsolete, may still be used by
Ranger School to be held July 12-20 at Hawk Mountain,
those applying for the awards until units receive the new form.
Pennsylvania Ranger ofﬁcials announced.

MAynAy CC_)1969

Wh lie representing several
units throughout the state, the
group suggested a standard
program for improving cadet
search and rescue training, urged
reestablishment of Group Cadet
Advisory councils and advocated
greater' emphasis be placed on
military drill, courtesy and
leadership among the cadet
corps.
The group also suggested that
a Cadet Review Board be
activated to assist local
squadrons with training and
personnel problems. This board
would attend local squadron
meetings and report its ﬁndings
to the Cadet Wing Advisory
Council.
An Emergency Services
meeting was conducted in
conjunction with the council
meeting. This was conducted by
Lt. Col. Gene Gearing, CAP,
deputy wing commander, and
Lt. Col. Donald Holmes, CAP,
wing operations ofﬁcer. Some
49 Civil Air Patrol senior
members attended the meeting.

Plogger Is New
Blue Ridge Sq.
Commander
R I C H M O N D , Va . - C a p t .
James Piogger, CAP, has been
appointed commander of the
Blue Ridge Sq. at Buena Vista,
Va. He succeeds Maj. Boywer
Hall, who died suddenly.
A veteran ~;:~
of nine years
in Civil Air
I
Patrol, Plogger
entered the
cadets when
he was 13
years old and
joined the
senior staff
when he was
18. Among his awards are the
cadet certiﬁcate of proﬁciency,
senior certiﬁcate of proﬁciency
and the organizer award, which
he earned for organizing the
Buena Vista unit. He has
attended seven summer
encampments and has served
both as cadet commander and
commandant of cadets.
A graduate of Parry McCluer
High School, the son of Mrs.
Elsie Miller of Buena Vista is
general manager of Parkway
Parts Inc., Buena Vista.
b y J O E L B R AV O

A RESCUE CHOPPER REACHES
THE REPORTED DROP AREA
WITHIN THE HOUR AND FINDS
NO TRACE.

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MILES OFF COURSE IN
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Maryland
b y Lt. Col. Margaret Robinson
wing information ofﬁcer
BALTIMORE, Md.-Rain fell
intermittently. The visibility was
poor as pilot Ira SidweH pointed
the nose of his blue and white
Cessna 172 toward the south
from the airport at Summit, Del.
With him were his wife and
10-year-old daughter. Their
destination was Cocoa Beach,
Fla., where the family planned
to visit its son James. It was
Good Friday, April 4. '
Three days later, Monday
night, the Maryland Wing staff
was cleaning desks and preparing
to go home when the Eastern
Center of the Aerospace Rescue
and Recovery Service called in
to alert the wing that "a plane
was miming."
Instantly all work ceased and
a short brieﬁng was held in Wing
C o m m a n d e r, C o l . W i l l i a m
Gilbert's ofﬁce. This was the
beginning of EARRC Mission

Pilot Starts

Arizona
On C S O N , A r i z . - - A l i g h t
SARCAP
TU
airplane pilot who fared to close
his ﬂight plan triggered an air
search by members of the
Arizona Wing recently. The wing
was called in by the Aerospace
Rescue and Recovery Service to
search for a Cessna 180 with two
persons aboard listed as overdue
on a ﬂight plan from
Farmington, N.M. to Nogales,
Ariz.
Two T-34 airplanes from the
wing left mission headquarters at
Freeway Airport, Tucson, to ﬂy
from Nogales to St. Johns while
another CAP airplane left
Phoenix to ﬂy to the St. John's
route to Zuni. The wing also
directed two vehicles from
Phoenix to set up a mobile radio
station and command post at St.
Johns. In charge of the mission
was Lt. Col. Willis Riba, Tucson.
Involved in the search were
three aircraft, three pilots, three
observers and a total of 25
senior members and cadets. The
aircraft was located in Nogales
where it had landed.

JULY, 1969

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Thanked

02907 April 1969.
"These are the facts as we
have them," stated Maj. Stan
Moyer, assistant deputy for
operations. "A blue and white
Cessna 172...2072 Yankee...is
miming. Pilot Ira Sidwell and
two passengers, wife and
daughter, are aboard. They left
Summit, Del., at approximately
7 a.m., Apr. 4, and their ﬁrst
intended landing, we believe,
was Raliegh-Durham.
"The pilot has approximately
100 hours time and his private
ticket. For this ﬂight he failed to
ﬁle a ﬂight plan. From other
ﬂights he has made south, we
can assume his ﬂight course to
be Summit, Del., direct to
P a t u x a n R i v e r, d i r e c t t o
Richmond, to Raiiegh-Durham.
There was no radio contact after
take-off. Weather conditions on
F r i d a y, V F R o n e a n d a h a l f
miles, broken clouds .... overcast .... intermittent rain ....i t
wasn't too good," briefed Major.
Moyer.
Lt. Col. Richard R. Johnson,
wing deputy for operations,
opened the mission and the next
several days the search
o perations were under the
command of Lt. Col. John M.
Robinson, wing deputy for
training. Wing mission
headquarters was set up at
Easton Airport, Md. and by 8
a.m. tire unit's search planes had
already covered several search
sectors.
Another base was established,
Apr. 12, at Salisbury, Md. and
the search intensiﬁed. Ground
teams were brought in to comb
the beaches in the hope some
item might be found to indicate
the whereabouts of the miming
plane. Every lead, no matter
how vague, was followed.
Eleven CAP corporate
airplanes and 23 privately.owned
aircraft searched for ﬁve days
ﬂying a total of 346.4 hours on
120 sorties. The United States
Coast Guard and the Maryland
State Police assisted the
searchers. Fort Meade offered
helicopters with crews of expert
spotters and a Huey Command
helicopter and four H-13s
helicopters worked ~rom the
headquarters at Salisbury to
cover that area. Again the search
was futile.

One hundred and
twenty-eight cadets and 84
senior members of the wing,
experienced in ground search
techniques, covered much of the
search area on foot. Eight land
stations of the wing's
communications network were
on the air and were assisted by
19 mobile stations, 21 aircraft
stations and 12 walkie-talkie sets
which linked the searchers with
mission headquarters.
Commercial radio stations,
television and the newspapers
throughout the search area were
l(ept informed of the mission
and assisted by relaying leads
given to them by the public. As
this information dribbled in to
iheadquarters a team was
assigned to check out each
report.
After ﬁve days of intensive
searching with all results
negative, the wing reluctantly
suspended search operations.
Shortly afterwards, the wing
received this letter of
appreciation from the family of
Ira Sidwelh
'~he families of Ira, Jackie
and Joclyn Sidwell take this
opportunity to thank all
members of the Maryland Wing
for their contributions toward
the intensive search for our
loved ones.
"We are satisﬁed that
everything humanly possible has
been done in the effort to ﬁnd
them and we are so grateful to
all thoae-who we will never
know who shared our concern
and gave so much of themselves
during these trying days.
"Since this apparent accident
occurred on Good Friday we
shall take comfort in the words
of Jesus as He was dying on the
cross and pray-that 'this day
they shall be with Him in
paradise' and 'Father, into Thy
hands we commend their
s p i r i t s ' . " G r a t e f u l l y, S i g n e d
James Sidwell (son) and Alice M.
Walker (for the families).

Search

R E P O R T I N G F O R D U T Y- T h i s p i l o t l e a v e s h i s
privately-owned airplane as he reports to mission headquarters
t o j o i n i n a r e c e n t M a r y l a n d W i n g S A R C A P. E l e v e n
corporate-owned and 23 member-owned airplanes were
utilized in the ﬁve-day search for a light plane listed as missing
with a pilot and his family aboard. The wing logged 346'.4 air
hours while performing 120 sorties in support of the
unsuccessful mission. (Photo courtesy of the Maryland Wing)

Michigan Finds Plane
Wreckage In Straits

RICHARDS-GEBAUR AFB, Mo.-The Michigan Wing recently
was credited with ﬁnding the wreckage of a blue and white
privately-owned aircraft and what was believed to be the remains of
the pilot, James P. Geiss of Grand Rapids, Mich. Wreckage and
personal effects were spotted, June 2, in the Straits of Makinac
between the City of Mackinaw
Mich. When he was reported
and Boris Blank Island.
overdue, the Michigan Wing was
Civil Air Patrol members ﬂew
brought in by Aerospace Rescue
six sorties totaling 13 hours in
and Recovery Service to search
support of the mission which
for the miming plane.
was suspended the following
day. Some 46 senior members
and cadets, three mobile
communications stations and
one ﬁxed communications along
'with the Michigan State Police
and the U.S. Coast Guard were
S A N D S T O N , Va . - - T h e
engaged in the search operations.
Virginia Wing of Civil Air Patrol
The pilot and his two
passengers were on a ﬂight from a c h i e v e d a 1 0 0 ~ F - c - ~
effectiveness rating recently in
Marquette, Mich., to Pellston,
the Air Force evaluation of its
search and rescue and mission
capabilities. Mission coordinator
for the SARTEST conducted at
VPI Airport, Blacksburg, Va.,
was Lt. Col. James E. Hale, Task
Force Echo commander.
FORT ATKINSON,
More than 200 senior
W i s c . - - A f t e r f o u r d a y s o f Wisconsin Wing of Civil Air
intensive search operations the Patrol suspended air and ground members and cadets of the unit
operations May 25 in its search including 10 corporate-owned
for a Bonanza aircraft miming and 11 member-owned aircraft
were involved in the test over
with four penmns on board.
the two-day test and 16 mobile
units which included rescue
The airplane, piloted by
equipment and communications
Richard Dotson of Lansing,
vans supported the mission.
Mich., was enroute from
Marquette, Mich. to Minitowoc,
Wise.

Virginia Scores
100 Per Cent
In SARTEST

Wisconsin Wing Suspends
Five-Day Air Mission

During the missionthe
Wisconsin Wing ﬂew 86 sorties
in 26 member-owned and 15
corporate aircraft for a total of
165.5 ﬂying hours. Thirty-ﬁve
pilots, 48 observers, 140 senior
members and 136 cadets took
part in the mission.

HELICOPTER SUPPORT ARRIVES-Three
H-13 (Hueys) helicopters arrive at Salisbury
Airport, Md., to support the Maryland Wing in
a recent ﬁve-day SARCAP. The wing was joined
by the Hueys and the Maryland Sta{e Police as
i~ intensiﬁed its air and ground search
operations for a missing Cessna :77. ":.-;:,~ i;~anc,

with three persons aboard, disappeared on a
ﬂight from Summit, Del., to Cocoa Beach, Fla.
The Salisbury. base utilized the services of the
H-13s and two man crews highly trained in
spotting downed aircraft, iPhoto courtesy of
the Maryland Wing)

South Fork
Finds Plane

SOUTH FORK, Pa.--South
Fork Composite Sq. 1406 Civil
Air Patrol members found the
wreckage of a light aircraft
recently in which four people
died when it crashed on the
western rim of Babcock
Wing personnel searched the Mountain near Ogletown.
west shore of Lake Michigan, the
Participating in the mission
Door County Peninsula, the were Capt. William Mock, CAP,
waters of Green Bay and part of Squadron 1406 commander, 1st
upper Michigan while ground Lt. Daniel Chapman, executive
search parties covered
o f ﬁ c e r, C a d e t s M a t t h e w
approximately 110 miles of the Chubski, David Chubski, Steven
Lake Michigan shoreline seeking Kishlock, William Anardarsic
clues or debrb~
and Frank Sliko.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY,

Air Force Rates W
In Grueling Oper
by SMSgt. Bill Costello
Headquarters, CAP-USAF

COMMAND POST-At his base of operations at
Westchester County Airport, Col. Jess Strauss
correlates information on a Catskill, N.Y.,
airborne search pattern with Air Force Maj.
Hank Schluter. AH information pertaining to
the state-wide exercise was funneled into this

command post. Colonel Strauss took command
of the New York Wing in February 1959 and
Major Schluter has been its USAF.CAP liaison
ofﬁcer since July 1968. (Photo courtesy Of Maj.
Sid Birns, New York Wing)

THE PLOTTERS-Plotting additional search patterns for
their ﬂight crews (from left) are Col. Joe L'Episcopo,
mission commander for Sectors i and I!: Col. Hank
Seegers, deputy air inspector and Capt. Don Geist,

NEW YORK, N.Y.--When the whistle blows
in the grim business of saving lives, there is no
room for error, no time for ﬂoundering and no
place for "on.the-job" training.
In other words, the response by the Civil Air
Patrol must be instantaneous, and it must be
professional. Long experience has proven there
is only one way for CAP units to attain and
maintain that operational readiness .... realistic
training under exacting, tough, conditions.
The New York Wing recently demonstrated
its strong support of that belief when it
triggered a no.notice alert at 3 "o'clock in the
morning. (Is there anything more realistic than
a jarring phone call. several hours before dawn?)
The two-day exercise was launched by Maj.
Hank Schulter, USAF, liaison ofﬁcer to the
New York wing. He advised Col. Jess Strauss
that a privately.owned airplane was overdue at
its destination in upstate New York. It had left
an airport on Long Island the previous
afternoon. Colonel Strauss personally assumed
command of the mission and immediately put
his pyramid alert system into effect. Rapid calls
went to sector commanders who notiﬁed group
commanders who alerted squadrons and by
dawn more than 1,500 CAPers were on the job.
A base of operations was established at
Westchester County Airport where Colonel
Strauss kept his ﬁnger on all developments via
his emergency communications system. At his

mission operations ofﬁcer. All are members of the Long
Island Group of Civil Air Patrol (Photo courtesy of Maj.
Sid Birns, New York Wing)

command were 180
manning 115 VHF/UHI
the murky light of pre.
observers were at local a
getting their aircraft rE
array of maps. Ground I~
crews, communicationt
operators, ground resct
support units--gave the
appearance.
As the sun ﬁnally
airborne ﬂying their e
From Long Island on the
the Canadian border,
information crackled int,
Westchester. Working
Strauss and Major Scbult,
analyzed the incoming d~
shoulder was a trio
evaiuators monitoring ev
operation.
The three-man Air F
was headed by Lt.
USAF-CAP liaison ofﬁ~
ofﬁcer, assigned to the ]
was assisted by two US
Camp and Maj. O. Geor[
was apparent in the cram
test after test was passe
This was no routir
oriented, mission.
Force-directed .at~e~n.
conditions, the Civil Air
respond to an emergen¢

"EMPIRE ONE-THREE SIX, this is Empire 251, over.
Cadet Airman Genevieve Beetham establishes radio
contact with the Buffalo CAP Squadron, some 300 miles
northwest of her Long Island location. Checking her

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i

ing 'Outstanding'
ational Readiness
~AP radio operators
radios. Elsewhere in
lawn, CAP pilots and
rports across the state
ldy and studying an
~rsonnel--maintenance
specialists, vehicle
e experts and other
.'ene a distinct combat
~se, CAP crews were
{act search patterns.
Atlantic to Buffalo on
a steady ﬂow of
, the command post at
side.by.side, Colonel
~r received, posted and
ta. Looking over their
~f eagle-eyed USAF
-~W phase of the huge

orce evaluation team
Col. William Beez,
er, a veteran ﬂying
'ennsylvania Wing. He
~,F Reservists, Col. J.
e. An air of tenseness
ped command post as
d.
e, weekend, locally
1'his was an Air
to test, under grueling
Patrol's capability to
y. Each phase of its

capabilities was under scrutiny. The more than
1,500 CAPers were backed by 125 corporate or
privately-owned aircraft. The 115 radios
mentioned earlier were manned on a 24-hour
basis. The state-wide action involved some 350
vehicles including jeeps, trucks and ambulances.
Additionally there were special vehicles used by
the 25 land rescue units which participated.
In a giant operation of this scope, which was
spread across some 47,000 square miles of New
York real estate, it's nearly impossible to
deliver a ﬂawless performance. But the Empire
Staters came through with the highest possible
effectiveness rating. In passing the wing with a
100 percent rating, Colonel Beez noted:
" . . . ( t h e ) N e w Yo r k W i n g o f t h e C i v i l A i r
Patrol is to be commended for its output and
efﬁciency in handling this type of emergency."
Additional praise for the successful
operation came from the National Commander
of Civil Air Patrol. Speaking from his
headquarters at Maxwell AFB, Ala., Maj. Gen.
Walter B. Putnam, said:
"This large-scale exercise, under realistic
emergency conditions; again illustrates how far
the Civil Air Patrol has advanced in becoming
the leader among all agencies engaged in aerial
search and rescue. It also graphically illustrates
there is no substitute for exacting training
because practice makes perfect...and in our
business of saving lives, anything less than a
maximum, professional response is
unacceptable. My ~ongratulations to all
members of the New York Wing for a difﬁcult
job well done."

loice procedure is Cadet Sergeant Mike Pileccio. Both
tre members of Nagsau Squadron VI. (Photo courtesy of
~laj. Sid Birns, New York Wing)

CHECIONG "THEM IN-As Civil "Air Patrol
airplanes return from their SAR missions, they
are checked and logged by Cadet Airman

REFUEL-RELAUNCH-Cadet Technical Sergeant Mike
Kaufman has no time to pose for photographs as he
refuels this Cessna Skylark for another mission. The
aircraft was one of ! 25 which took part in the huge SAR

Pennie Chailender and Cadet Warrant Ofﬁcer
Jerry Lann. (Photo Courtesy of Maj. Sid Birns,
New York Wing)

operation. Mike is assigned to Nassau Squadron IH, Long
Island Group. (Photo courtesy of Maj. Sid Birns, New
York Wing)

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

PAGE 10

Texans Tour NASA Manned Spacecraft Center

JULY, 1969

Blue Ridge
Completes
Encampment

!

LA MARQUE, Texas--Cadets from Texas City Cadet Sq. recently
toured NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston and saw
mock-ups of the Luner Excursion Module (LEM), the Apollo
Spacecraft, Saturn Bootser and various apparatus used in space
exploration. The group was briefed on the docking simulators,
centrifuges and computer stations. Tour guide was WO William
Partanen, CAP, of the Texas City Cadet Sq., the NASA engineer in
charge of evaluating the performance of the LEM and Command
Module. On the tour were Cadet Maj. Steve Higgs, Lt. Hathan Simar.
TSgt. Mark Sullivan, AIC William Ash, Carl Overstreet, Robert
Kelso, Robert Hill, Rebekah Reinch, James Overstreet, Gary Carter,
Larry Carter, Randy Sullivan and Vernon O'Donahoe.

B U E N A V I S TA , Va . - T h e
Blue Ridge Cadet Sq. recently
completed its fourth annual
leadership encampment at
Oronoco, Va. with an awards
ceremony and encampment
review as the unit hosted three
other units of the Vkginia Wing.
The three-day event was
named "Operation Leadership
IV" and was designed to teach
leadership, drill, ceremony while
AFROTC Names Kole Distinguished Cadet
involving the cadets in problem
solving, search and survival,
LONG ISLAND, N.J.-Former Civil Air Patrol cadet and a member of
Huntington Sq., New York Wing, Ronald B. Kole of Syosset has been named moral leadership education and
the Distinguished AFROTC Cadet at Boston University recently, "Cadet Kole leadership laboratory activities.
has demonstrated an unusual degree of ability, initiate and leadership, qualities
Cadet Capt. Wanda D.
essential to the successful performance of duty as an Air Force ofﬁcer," said
Stanley was the cadet
Air Force Lt. Col. George C. Kinser Jr., the university's professor of aerospace encampment commander and
studies. Kote is the son of Lt. Col, Irving B. Kole, Long Island Group 1st Lt. James W. Holland, the
commander.
encampment commander. Both
are from the Blue Ridge Sq.
New Jersey Cadets Graduate from Comm. School
The encampment's
outstanding cadet ofﬁcer award
FLORHAM PARK, N.J.--Eight cadets from the Florham Park
went to Cadet Carol A. Nowick
Sq., New Jersey Wing, recently graduated from an eight-week o f L y n c h b u r g a n d t h e
communications course, the ﬁrst in a series to be conducted by CAP outstanding female cadet award
Capts. Michael Cisz and Arthur Goldman. The cadets received
instruction in the CAP organization's communications network, its was presented to Cadet Billie J.
Hall of Buena Vista. The top
policies and procedures while learning to care and use radio
equipment. The course was primarily designed to prepare the cadets male cadet award was received
for their tests for the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) by Cadet Davis Bushman of
restricted telephone operator's license and the CAP radio operator's Augusta. Other Virginia units
proﬁciency cards. Graduates of the ﬁrst course are Cadets Kevin participating in the encampment
Adams, William Stansky, Nelson Ayres, Barry Briggs, Rene Van
included the Augusta,
Beck, James Bambrick and Mike McColgan.
Lynchburg and F o r t R o y a l
* * * * * * * * *
Composite Sqs.

Pennsylvania Active Armed Forces Day

WINS WINGS-Civil Ak Patrol Cadet TSgt. Charlotte Kennedy
of the Rome Composite Sq., Georgia Wing, receives her solo
wings from CWO John Garrard, squadron ﬂight instructor,
after successfully piloting a Cessna 172 airplane to celebrate
her sixteenth birthday. Her interest in Civil Air Patrol and
ﬂying was generated by her father Capt.~! Kennedy, Rome~
Squadron commander and her mother, Lt. Shirley A.
Kennedy, CAP, squadron information ofﬁcer. (Photo courtesy
of Rome Squadron)

CAP/AFROTC Units Unite

PITTSBURG, Pa.-Fourteen Civil Air Patrol cadets from the Pennsylvania
Wing represented the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force in
Armed Forces day celebrations at Otis AFB, Mass. They were all members of
Group 60 and North Hills Cadet Sq. 610. More than 20,000 members of the
public attended the event at which the elite drill team from the Pennsylvania
W I N N E B A G O ,
Rangers put on a demonstration of marching while another group displayed
Wisc.-Members of the
Ranger survival training techniques.
Winnebago County Composite
Sq. of Civil Air Patrol joined the
Cadet Earns Earhart Award and Promotion
935th AFROTC Cadet Sq. from
BELLAIRE, Texas---Cadet Janet Prestridge, cadet commandant Lawrence University to honor
for the Bayou City Composite Sq., received the Amelia Earhart
Assistant Secretary of the Air
award and her promotion to cadet captain recently at ceremonies Force Dr. Curtis W; Tart at a
here. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Preatridge, 5627 Sanford,
Dining In at Nine's Steak House
Bayou City, she is a student at Rice University, a rated private pilot
and a member of the 99ers. She earned the Earhart award after in Appleton, Wisc. recently.
completing many weeks of study in Civil Air Patrol's aerospace
education programs and is presently working on the Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz award.

Winnebago Hosts Secretary

**** =1=****

Cadet Drill Team Wins Wing Competition
YPSILANTI, Mich.-Under the command of C/Lt. Col. Jo Ann Brazer, the
Wayne-Romulus girl's drill team recently captured top honors at the Michigan
Wing Drill competition at Kellogg Airprot, Battle Creek. The team is preparing
to compete against marching units from Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and
Wisconsin in the Great Lakes Region Drill Meet this summer. Members of the
winning team are Cadets Delilah Almond of Southgate, Ivy Austin of Wayne,
Shirley Cantrell of Taylor, Carol Chesney and Chris Digna 'of Flat Rock, and
Kathi Sinclair of Garden City. Alternates were Linda Brazer of Ann Arber and
Denise Valkos of Garden City. Air Force and Civil Air Patrol ofﬁcers judged
the competition.

Ashland Cadets to Receive Tours
ASHLAND, Ore.--Three Ashland Civil Air Patrol cadets have
been selected for duty tours at major training sites, Maj. John J.
Cady, squadron commander, announced recently. Cadet WOs John
F. Leaf and Kip A. Thomas are slated to attend the Advanced Jet
Orientation course at Reese AFB, Texas, while Victor A. Barrati,
attends the Federal Aviation Administration Academy course for
CAP cadets at Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City. The three won the
tours while in competition with top-ranking cadets from throughout
the entire Northwest.

South Fork Announces Promotions, Awards
SOUTH FORK. Pa.-Promotions and awards were the orders of thedav
recently when South Fork Composite Sq. held its weekly meetinq at Ehrenfeld
Community Center Building at Ehrenfeld, Pa. Promoted to ﬁrst lieutenant
were Cadets David Chubski, Malthew Chubski, and Sleven Kishlock all of the
South Fork area. Cap;. William Mock of Johnsl"owr~ received the Dedicated
$erwce award and the Semor Certiﬁcate of Proﬁciency/ from the Penn~;ylvama
W i n g w h , I m L I . D a r n e l C h a p n l a r L C A P, a l s o f r o m J o h n s t o w n . e a r n e d t h e A i r
t J r, i v, = r ~ h w ' , : E × l e m ; i o n ( ' ~ ) u r. ~ z e I n s t i t u t e " E C I ! c e r t i ﬁ c a t e ~ f r r ~ , ' n p l e l i w, o f
- t ~ ' 4 , ' ! : . . * ' " ' , - o - ; ~ s ( : . , : ; p ~ . ~ i t e ' . ~ q ) : a d r : , l ' , " , ~ : ~ ; P e r, ; m e , , t w e e i , l v r ) f ~ k T " : ' 4 ~ '

During World War II, Dr. Tarr
served in the U.S. Army and
afterwards returned to graduate
with distinction from Stanford
University. He later obtained his
M.B.A. from Harvard and a Ph.
D. in American History. Dr. Tart
also received an honorary D.H.L.
from Ripon College.
Before becoming Lawrence

Boyertown
Marks D-Day
Invasion

B O Y E RTOWN,
Pa.--Personnel of the Gen. Carl
A. Spaatz Sq. of Civil Air Patrol
commemorated the 25th
anniversary of D-Day and the
Allied landing on Omaha and
Utah beaches early last month
with appropriate services at the
unit's weekly meeting in the
Boyertown High School.
The unit invited the public to
the showing of the Air Force
f Jim: "Prelude to Invasion,
January-June 1944" which
showed air power operations
softening the heavily defended
"Fortress Europe". The
large-scale air strikes were
directed by Boyertown's Gen.
Carl A. Spaatz, former Air Force
chief of staff. Also shown was
the ﬁlm: "D-Day, June 6, 1944'"
which pictured Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower and General Spaatz
addressing the invasion forces,
airborne drops behind enemy
lines and the British and Secons
U.S. Am3- landing on the
be;~,_hes :,/',~orman4y.

University's president in 1963,
he served as an assistant director
of Stanford's Summer Session
and assistant dean for the school
of humanities and sciences. He
also served as trustee or a
member of the board of
directors for a number of local
organizations. In addition, he
was appointed by Governor
Knowles as chairman of the task
force on local government
ﬁnance and organization for
Wisconsin, a committee designed
to streamline operations at both
state and community levels.

Grand Rapids
Earns Trophy
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.--Civil
Air Patrol cadet F/Sgt. David D.
Hanson, Grand Rapids Sq. was
awarded the Jack Ollum
Memorial trophy recently for
outstanding contributions and
development of the Minnesota
Wing's cadet program.

AIRMAIL ORDERS-C/Capt
Michael Patey of Florida
Wing's Seminole Comp. Sq.
(right) reads orders dropped
to his team of cadets from a
CAP aircraft piloted by
Squadron Commander Capt.
Don Knight, CAP. The unit
was engaged in an air and
ground search mission for
privately-owned airplane
listed missing on a ﬂight from
Clnrkwille, Tenn to ~4ian:i.

Cadet Hanson (19), son of
M r. a n d M r s . K e n n e t h S .
Hanson, Grand Rapids, was cited
for his great personal integrity,
self-discipline and dedication
which brought the Grand Rapids
Cadet Squadron strength to
more than 30.
Rigorously involved in Civil
Air Patrol and High School
activities, Hanson attended last
summer's CAP encampment at
Chanute AFB, I11. and later
earned his solo wings at the CAP
Flying E nc~,,m pmenl at
."{e;~'-St, eatt A;rT,nrt, N~v.

JULY, 1969

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Seven Rewarded For Valor;
26 Others for Service

ALLIED RESCUE INTERESTS-The crew of a Royal
Canadian Armed Forces Argosy rescue plane talk about their
mission with Maj. Robert Penmd (right), Group VII
commander, Ohio Wing. The RCAF members, (from left),
Flight Lt. John Melson, Capts. George McDonald and Bob
Picard, Crew I1, VP415, Maritime Patrol Sq., Summerside,
Prince Edward Island, put on an exhibition, Armed Forces
Day, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. (Photo Courtesy of
Group VII)

M A X W E L L A F B ,
Ala.-Fourteen Civil Air Patrol
members recently have been
decorated by Civil Air Patrol's
National Headquarters while
another 17 have received honors
from their region headquarters.
The Bronze Medal of Valor
was awarded to Lt. Col. George
C. Clendenan, Maj. James Ham,
both chaplains in the Oklahoma
Wing, Maj. John M. Nail, WOs
Jerold Bishop, Marvin Hampton,
Jesse Ramos all of Kansas Wing
a n d C a d e t D a v i d T. E c k e r t ,
Wisconsin Wing.
The Distinguished Service
award was presented to Lt. Col.
Lester G. Maddox, Georgia Wing
and 1st Lt. Maurita Nail, Nevada

Wing, while the Exceptional
Service award went to Col.
Frank D. Landes, Nevada Wing
commander.
Earning the Meritorious
Service award were Capt. George
W. Rice, CAP, Nevada Wing; 1st.
Lt. Stephen W. Bowcock, Paciﬁc
Region; 2rid Lt. Robert Conger,
Oregon .Wing and 2rid Lt.
Bernard E. Johnson, Washington
Wing.
The following awards were
presented by Regions:
Exceptional Service Award
presented to Maj. Donald D.
Jeffers, Colorado Wing.
The North Central Region
presented Meritorious Service
Award to Lt. Col. Palmer M.

Kirkland, Lt. COl. Doane E.
Wood, (with clasp); Maj.
Suzanne E. Haynie, South
Dakota Wing; Maj. John M. Nail,
Capt. Ward Blackhall, Kansas
Wing; Capt. James T. Thompson,
Capt. Elmars Jansevices, 1st Lt.
Robert J. Huntimer, 2nd Lt.
John C. Pattison, MSgts. Robert
Hinker, Gerald A. Anderson, and
SSgt. Ronald Jacobson, South
Dakota Wing.
The Rocky Mountain Regiort
awarded the same decoration to
Lt. COl. A. W. Fox, Lt. Col.
Robert Schreckenberg, Idaho
Wing, Lt. Bette Ireland, Cadet
Capt. Joyee Kistler, Colorado
Wing and CWO Mary L.
Chessman, Idaho Wing.

I

Cadet Aid
Stars of TV
Telethon

CADETS WIN PRAISE-Two cadets, CarlStceleand his sister,
Margaret of the Fairborn and Wright-Patterson Squadrons
respectively, meet the Honorable Richard Miller (right), Mayor
of Vandalia, Ohio at a recent CAP Dining-lnn. The brother and
sister team earned an Air Force Recruiting Service certiﬁcate
of appreciation for assisting Air Force Recruiters in Dayton
recently. (Photo Courtesy of Ohio Wing)

PITTSBURG, Pa.--Cadets
from Pennsylvania Wing's Group
60 assisted Hollywood,
Broadway and TV personalities
recently appearing on the 18th
Annual Variety Club Telethon in
the Tri-City area. Proceeds from
t h e Te l e t h o n w e n t t o t h e
Variety Club children's charities
and a major share to the Center
for the Handicapped Children at
St. Francis Hospital, a pilot
project costing $200,000.
Cadets from Squadrons 603,
602, 610 and 614 assisted the
local law enforcement by
keeping viewers from the
restricted areas: the stage, the
room for counting money
collected and away from the
cameras. The cadets were under
the command of Maj. Gary
Kilpatrick, North Hills Cadet Sq.
610 commander.

USAF-CAP OFFICERS MEET-Socially mixing at the Dayton
Area Dining Inn, Cadet Capt. Beverly Haag, (left), Valdalia Sq.
1701 deputy commander, talks about military life with Air
Force 1st Lt. Cindy Packard. (Photo Courtesy of Ohio Wing)

Kentucky
Keeps Eye
On Trafﬁc
UPGRADED IN CAP-TSgt. "Charles C. Sheppard of the
Dayton.Gentile Sq. 704, Ohio Wing, receives a certiﬁcate of
upgrading from Capt. Kenneth C. Rittner (left), Group VII
aerospace education and training ofﬁcer. Sergeant Sheppard is
a World War I1 veteran who is actively engaged in (~ivil Air
Patrol's multi-purpose mission in the Dayton-Gentile area.
(Photo courtesy of Ohio Wing)

Doylestown Squadron Was
'At Right Place' to Help
DOYLESTOWN, Penn.--Doylestown Squadron members were at .....
the "right place at the right time" recently while participating in a ...............
training exercise at Central Bucks Airport. They were on hand when
a light aircraft performed an emergency landing shortly after taking
NATIONAL FLAG PRESENTED-A United States ﬂag which
off.
ﬂew over the National Capitol building, Washington, D.C., is
Hearing the airplane's engine splutter as it climbed from the
presented to Lt. Col. Palmer M. Kickland, Sioux Falls
runway, Capt. Joseph C. Cianci, squadron commander, and 2nd Lt.
Squadron commander, by U.S. Senator Karl E. Mundt, Sioux
Alan Rybarchyk, unit aerospace education instructor, rushed to the
Falls, S.D. During the ceremony, Senator Mundt received
scene as the pilot escaped without injury when the plane crash
landed.
honorary membership in Civil Air Patrol, the ofﬁcial auxiliary
The Doylestown Squadron guarded the plane until airport
of the United States Air Force. (Photo courtesy of Sioux Falls
dfﬁcials arrived at the scene.
CAP Squadron)

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--Pilots,
observers, radio operators and
support personnel from
Louisville and London
Squadrons cooperated with the
Louisville Chapter of the
American Automobile
Association (AAA) as the
Kentucky Wing ﬂew trafﬁc
surveillance from May 29 to
June 1.
Engaged in the operation
w e r e 11 C A P p i l o t s , ﬁ v e
observers, three base station
radio operators and ﬁve
administrative assistants who
operated from trafﬁc watch
headquarters at Louisville and
London. The Louisville pilots
ﬂew 14.5 ﬂying hours and the
London unit nine hours.
Flying the mission were Maj..
Curtis Duvall, Capts. Jack Smith, Lamar Richardson, 1st Lt. Don
Lockart, 2nd Lt. Bill Romagnoli
and CWO Buford Neal.
Observers were Lt. Cols. Richard
Dooley, Thorpe Smith, 1st. Lt.
Phil Basham, S/M Ray Keller
and Doug Boston.

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY, 1969

General Outlines 'How
Not to Be A Leader'
MAXWELL AFB, Aia.-Lea(lership qualities are essentially the
same no matter what uniform is worn.
Similarly, many of the principles apply equally to civilian
pursuits. That's why we think the following remarks should be of
interest to all members of the Civil Air Patrol.
It's from an address by Lt. Gen. Seth J. McKee, Assistant
Vice-Chief of Staff, USAF, to the graduating class of the Squadron
Ofﬁcers School at Maxwell AFB, Ala.
"'1 can describe," General McKee said in regard to the application
of leadership techniques, "some styles of leadership l've observed
that may serve as a handy guide on how NOT to do it.
"'First, THE ANEMOMETER: He makes sure of wind direction
and velocity before setting a course. Always ﬂies downwind.
"'THE GYROSCOPE: This man maintains a rapid, stable rate of
rotation around a ﬁxed axis, with imperceptible forward movement.
"ATTILA THE HUN: Leads through fear. Apparently suffers
from chronic indegestion or badly decayed molars. Guaranteed to
discourage new ideas and dampen initiative.
"LINUS, THE LESS-THAN-LION-HEARTED: He's the ofﬁcer
who uses his staff as a security blanket. This may be okay when you
begin a new and strange assignment, but you'd better not go that
route for very long.
"THE SUPER-EGO: Believes he was favored above all men when
brains were issued. Creates bottlenecks with curves in them by
redoing everything his staff does.
"THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER: The guy who doesn't trust
anyone and won't give credit to his subordinates. He has forgotten
that, without their support, his ladder to success has no rungs.
"THE HERMIT CRAB: Lives in splendid isolation, gathering
more and more ignorance of what goes on in his organization.
"THE MADISON AVENUE MINION: Thinks leadership is a
popularity contest to be won on transparent superﬁcialities. Avoids
the hard decisions that won't move the applause meter off the high
scale.
"Finally, THE MUSHROOM GROWER: Keeps everyone in the
dark and fertilizes regularly.
"'Whatever your own style of leadership may be," the General
went on, "there are two attitudes you should never tolerate in your
organization. The ﬁrst is, 'Don't rock the boat'; the other, 'Don't
stick your neck out.' There wouldn't be an Air Force as we know it
today-or maybe even a country-if it weren't for some of your
predecessors who were willing to pay a price for constructive change.
"Every one of us has to be prepared at some time to lay his
career-or at least his ER-on the line for what he believes to be
right. This is not something to be done frivolously or
impulsively-certainly not to the prejudice of discipline. Knowing
when the end justiﬁes a risk of great personal sacriﬁce-either in
combat or in management-is the mark of a true professional."

COMMENDED-The Civil Air Patrol Distinguished Service
ribbon is presented to Lt. Col. Harland B. Little Jr. (left),
Blackburg, Va. for distinguished service as Commandant of the
CAP Cadet Leadership School last year at Reno-Stead Airport,
Nev. Presenting the award is Col. Charles L. Brooks, Air Force
Reserve Ofﬁcers Training Carp's professor of aerospace studies
at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. (Photo courtesy of AFROTC
Detachment 875)

Ohio Parlicipates in Search
For Missing Airplane Crew

SOUTH EUCLID, Ohio-The Ohio Wing joined units from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, June 20, when Aerospace Rescue and
Recovery Service called in Civil Air Patrol to search for a Cessna 310
with two people on board listed as missing on a ﬂight from Detroit,
Mich. to Marristown, N.J.
The plane was found some 14
hours later on the side of a
mountain in New Jersey.
Mission headquarters for the
Ohio Wing was at the home of
WILLINGBORO, N.J.--Capt.
Mission Coordinator, Lt. Col.
Gerald M. Tartaglione, 1751 M u r r a y L . K l e i n , L e v i t t o w n
South G r e e n R o a d , S o u t h Composite Sq. commander,
appeared as the guest speaker as
iii~iiii~!i~iiii!ii!~i!!i~Euclid.
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Three pilots, three observers, the Optimist Club of Pennsbury
three aircraft, 16 seniors and six and Morrisville held its fourth
cadets were involved in the annual dinner recently at the
search mission. One ground Demi Club, Longhorn, Pa. He
explained Civil Air Patrol's
rescue team was placed on alert.
Three, one ton, rescue vans, a m i s s i o n a n d t o l d o f t h e
organization's development of
jeep, a sedan, eight land
communications stations, two the future leaders throughout
mobile stations and one airborne the nation.
station supported the mission.
At the conclusion of his
T h e O h i o W i n g ﬂ e w o n e speech, Captain Klein received a
sortie despite extremely bad
certiﬁcate of appreciation for his
weather conditions prevailing in
services to the youth program in
the search area. The wing was t h e c o m m u n i t y a n d a $ 6 5 0
given an assigned area along the check for ﬂight scholarships for
pilot's route from Cleveland to
outstanding Civil Air Patrol
the Pennsylvania border.
cadets.

Captain Klein
Guest Speaker

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CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

JULY, 1969

'Patterns For Sudden Death'
THE PROBLEM: Frequently,
a person of this type does not
respond to educational
corrective efforts. He has a
supreme conﬁdence in himself,
which from a technical point of
view is often justiﬁed. He also
knows that no disciplinary
action can be taken unless there
is clear evidence of speciﬁc
violations of the Civil Air
Regulations.
We know he knows this, and
must try to plug along as best we
can in an effort to obtain
sufﬁcient clear evidence of his
carelessness to warrant a
suspension or revocation of his
pilot certiﬁcate by the CAB.
In the meantime it almost
seems that his death warrant has
T H E F O R E C A S T: I n t h e been signed. By the time a group
course of time, our attention of observers agrees upon his ﬁnal
fate, he has very little chance for
may be drawn to a particular
pilot whose pattern of ﬂying surviving for long.
THE TRAGEDY: There is
indicates he has not long to live.
In order to protect the public, it the tragedy of his nimble witted
is our job to try to correct him a v o i d a n c e o f b e i n g c a u g h t
before he kills someone, or else redhanded in a violation of the
t o k e e p h i m o u t o f t h e a i r regulations.
There is the tragedy of the
entirely.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The
following article is reprinted
from FAA SELECTED
AV I AT I O N S A F E T Y
DISCUSSIONS. This discussion
is, primarily directed to the CAP:
CFI's, mission check pilots and
other supervisory operations
types. Your responsibility is to
weed out the CAP pilot
transgressor-NOW!)

completely natural, but
misguided covering up by his
home town friends who refuse
to testify to his unsafe ﬂying.
There is the tragedy of his
home town friend who places his
trust in the pilot's ego and is
killed with him.
An inspector is not out to
"get" somebody like that. He
has a deep and professional
concern for the very life of some
passenger who may be with the
pilot on his ﬁnal ﬂight. He has
concern for the pilot himself,
and would far rather "sell" him
on the probably outcome
resulting from his behavior, if he
only could.
T H E P O I N T: I t r e q u i r e s
diplomacy, and we may lack it.
It requires insight and
perception, and we may fail in
it. But this we know: our failure
may cost the pilot his life. We
are not heckling, we are trying
to correct something dangerous
to the pilot and the public.
When the pilot is misguided, he
needs our help, and real help
from all his friends. (CPOS)
i i

Maryland
Cadet Saves
Youth's Life

"BROKEN HABIT
PATTERN"

IF YOU
ALWAYS
USE A
CHECKLIST
FORj
EVERY PHASE OF OPERATION
DISTRACTIONS,
MOMENTARY INTERRUPTIONS,
AND BROKEN
HABIT PATTERNS
WON'T CATCH YOU UNAWARE.

BALTIMORE, Md.--Cadet
MSgt. Donnie Sanderson, 16,

Sanderson of 348 T exan R ep od tA p p ea
s n o
s
1
Avenue, Riverview, Md., has
s o n o f M r. a n d M r s . J a m e s
Bigley

ARNIE PROMOTED-Golﬁng Notable Arnold Palmer receives
his orders and the rank of Major in Civil Air Patrol as he
recently joined Civil Air Patrol, the auxiliary of the United
States Air Force. A member of the 606th Squadron,
Pennsylvania Wing, Arnold gets both the orders and gold leaves
from Lt. Col. William W. Wright, an Air Force Reservist and
advisor to the CAP Squadron at ceremonies at Latrobe, Pa.

Former Marine Named New
Tennessee Wing Commander
M E M P H I S , Te n n . - - C o l .
Marvin J. Donnaud, a veteran of
the Korean conﬂict, and a rated
private pilot with more than
1,500 ﬂying hours in various
aircraft, is the new commander
of the Tennessee Wing. He was
named to the post by members
of CAP's National Executive
committee recently at the
Southeast Region meeting at
Atlanta, Ga.
Until his appointment, he
served as interim wing
commander following the death
last April of Tennessee Wing
Commander Col. James Fred
B o t t o m , C A P, w h o h e l d t h e
position since 1960.
A member of the wing for the
past four years, Colonel
Donnaud has served in various
posts among which were
Memphis Senior Sq. information
ofﬁcer; assistant wing
information ofﬁcer; wing
information ofﬁcer and deputy
wing commander.

He earned the CAP
Membership Award for
completing senior member
training: the Cadre Ward, for
recruiting new members; an Air
University ECI award for
completing a course in drill and
ceremony; the Senior Recruiter
award for beginning new CAP
units and the CAP Leadership
award.
Colonel Donnaud, a former
U.S. Marine Corps member, is
the manager of Liberty Mutual
I nsurance Company.

been credited with saving the life
of 13-year-old, Carl Gee who fell
through ice into a lake near the
cadet's home in February.
Sanderson pulled the youth
from the lake and administered
artiﬁcial respiration shortly after
rescue attempts by an
unidentiﬁed adult had failed. By
the time the local ﬁre
department arrived, Cadet
Sanderson had the emergency
under control.
He was walking near the lake
where Carl Gee had built a ﬁre
which got our of control and
melted the ice on which the
youth was standing. The ice
broke and Gee plunged into the
lake.
Cadet Sanderson is the
Maryland Wing's Lansdowne
Cadet Squadron information
ofﬁcer and assistant cadet
commander. He also serves on
the Maryland Wing Cadet
Advisory Council as a squadron
representative.

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DALLAS, Texas-The Civil Air Patrol scholarship fund recently
received a ﬁnancial boosting when members of the Texas Wing
responded to Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam's appeal for more funds
from individual sources to assist deserving cadets seeking to further
their education.
In responding to the CAP
National Commander's appeal came from the coffers of the
presented at the Southwest East Dallas Rotary Club and the
Region Conference in April at money is to be used to provide
Arlington, Tax., seven Texans f o u r c a d e t s w i t h a $ 1 5 0
scholarship under the CAP
vowed immediate+support.
aerospace education program.
Among the group was D.
These four scholarships are to
Harold Byrd, who donated
$1,000 for a special scholarship
be named after Col. Luther C.
Bogard, Texas wing commander;
award to a deserving cadet. A
month later, Chaplain (Maj.) J. C o l . C l a r e n c e E . H o b g o o d ,
Woodrow Fuller of Group 21, National staff chaplain, Ma].
Andrew G. Lontai, Group 21
turned in a check for $600 to
the scholarship fund. The check commander and Major Fuller.

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JULY, 1969

CIVIL AIR PATROL NEWS

Express Thanks to CAP
Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam
National Commander, CAP
Maxwell AFB, Ala. 36112
Dear General Putnam:
On Saturday, March 22, my husband was ﬂying to Durango in the
airplane that crashed into West Spanish Peak. While the children and
I stayed here in Denver, we know that hundreds of people gave
unselﬁshly of their time and money looking for the plane and its
occupants. I want to take this opportunity to thank Civil Air Patrol
for their efforts.
Over and over again, one man's efforts were cited to me. Mr. Ken
Leach of Center, Colo., gave personal attention to our concerns and
inquiries. He and his wife worked from predawn to late at night in
our behalf.
There is no way to adequately thank these wonderful people, but
I felt sure you would want to know of the Leach's work which add
another chapter in the ﬁne work and image of the Civil Air Patrol.
They certainly deserve whatever recognition the CAP makes for such
dedication to the principles of the Civil Air Patrol.
Sincerely yours, Phyllis Thompson (Mrs.)

CAP Training Helped
Maj. Gen. Walter B. Putnam, USAF
National Commander, CAP
Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112

uniquely qualiﬁed to discuss both the aircraft
and the Flying Tigers. He gained international
fame while ﬂying the P-40 in the early days of
World War II and later, 1966-1968, commanded
the 14th Air Force. From left, Cadet Lt. Turk
Brown, Cadet Lt. CoL Richard D. Hartigan,
General Putnam and Cadet Airman Elaine
Byrant. (United States Air Force Photo)

IN MEMORIAM

Dear Sir:
I don't know whether or not this is proper to write to you. I am
writing to put forth a few comments I have in mind as I have been
associated with Civil Air Patrol for 10 years as a cadet and senior
member. I have been active in the program with the exception of 22
'months of which I was pulling two tours of duty in Vietnam as a
dust-off crew chief.
I have found in CAP sense of doing a job that is helping my
fellow man that has only been equalled to my duty as a medical
evacuation crew chief. I have attended the Southwest Regional
Conference at which you spoke and your address so impressed me, I
felt that I wanted to express my feelings.
The program which you outlined is the best every offered to CAP
as it is designed to develop the future leaders this country needs. I
know my years in the CAP Cadet Program helped me when I entered
the Army and many of the things I learned in CAP came in handy
while I was in Vietnam.
Civil Air Patrol has meant a lot to me and I feel it has helped me
as no other organization but the military service could.
I am now stationed here in Army Aviation and I know before
long I will be reassigned. Any where I may be stationed I know I will
ﬁnd a CAP Squadron and I promise to do my best to put the
programs you outlined into effect and establish the high standards
you have set forth.
Sincerely,

FLYING TIGER REVISITED-During a recent
visit to the Air Force Museum, cadets from
Ohio and Alabama were introduced to the
Curtiss P-40, mainstay of Gen. Claire
Chennault's famous Flying Tigers of the 14th
Air Force. The brieﬁng was an unforgettable
experience because their host, Maj. Gen. Walter
B. Putnam, CAP National Commander, is

CWO Tom Johnson
O1;ero County Composite Sq.
Holloman AFB, N.M.

Would Like His Name in Print

Capt. Dick Schram, USNR
FA I R B O R N , O h i o - M o r e
than 22 years ago, one of the
U.S. Navy's best-known Reserve
pilots, Capt. Dick Schram,
started thrilling crowds and
promoting aviation with his
famous "Flying Professor"
aerobatic act.
Captain
Schram began
his p erfor-"
mance by
donning top
hat and tails
and proceeding to annoy
the air show
a n n o u n c e r.
Carrying his
" H o w t o F l y " book he asked

Cadets Check
Shelter Kits

N E W O R L E A N S ,
La.--Members of the Moisant
Editor, Civil Air Patrol News
Cadet Squadron assisted the East
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, CAP
Jefferson Chapter of the
Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112
American Red Cross recently
with an emergency check of all
Dear Sir:
parish school's hurricane shelters
throughout the area. The cadets
I would like to have my name printed in the Civil Air Patrol
checked emergency supplies and
News...I am serving a one year tour at DaNang AB, Vietnam.
radio equipment and found
I joined Civil Air Patrol in 1965 with the Bayonne, N.J.
some radios out of commission.
Composite Sq. during which I was in charge of our own CAP
Involved in the community
security guards.
service venture were Cadet
In 1967, I joined the United States Air Force and when I C o m m a n d e r J a y Va r e n h o l t ,
completed basic training went to Sheppard AFB, Texas, where I
squadron liaison to the ARC, Lt.
joined the Wichita Falls Red River Composite Sq. and was in charge
Col. Gladys E. Durr, squadron
of supplies.
c o m m a n d e r, C a d e t s L i o n e l
From there I went to Westover AFB, Mass. and became a member
Booth, Randy Collette,
of the Westover Composite Sq. becoming a cadet training instructor.
Lopez, Robert Carlin, Charles
I have requested Westover and McGuire AFBs as my bases of
B i t t e r, D e n n i s E s t e v e , B i l l y
choice when I return to the CONUS, a base close to my home where
Whitmore, David Aguilar, Danny
I can again join CAP.
Aguilar and Gary Songy.
I am an aircraft maintenance specialist on the liaison 01 and 02
aircraft with the 20th TASS "Home of Snoopy" unit.
Thank you very much.

permission to borrow "that little
airplane" to demonstrate his
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ﬂy by reading his book.
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throughout the western
hemisphere.
His highly cub-sonic comedy
of aerobatics with a daredevil
ﬂair was performed in a stock,
light Piper Cub airplane many
times furnished by CAP units
throughout the country. More
than 20 million spectators often
described h i m a s t h e i r
"favorite."
The excitement of thousands
of spectators faded into stunned
disbelief on June 4 when his
cub.sonic airplane plunged to
earth in a fatal dive at the
Reading, Pa., air show.
He was one of the greatest
boosters of aviation--the Civil
Air Patrol salutes a dear friend
and great pilot--Capt. Dick
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CAP Awards $41,000 In Scholarships, Gra ts
Miss Osterhoudt, winner-of a active in the organization. At
M A X W E L L A F B , A l a . - - - C i v i l M i l b a n k , S . D . a n d Te r r y L . a C A P c a d e t c a p t a i n , a t t e n d s
$1,000 four-year humanities present a cadet colonel, she was
Air Patrol has awarded 60
Durham of Mobile, Aia.
Massachusetts
scholarships and grants, valued
the ﬁrst member of the
The CAP Science
I n s t i t u t e o f scholarship, is a student at the
Maryland Wing to win the Gen.
University of
Te c h n o l o g y a t
a t m o r e t h a n $ 4 1 , 0 0 0 , t o Scholarships valued at $700
Carl A. 8paatz award. She
Maryland, College
m e m b e r s o f t h e n a t i o n w i d e were awarded to Richard J.
Cambridge, Mass.
participated in the 1968
o r g a n i z a t i o n . F o r t y o f t h e Delanoy Jr., Silver Springs, Md.
Park and is a
He will use the
graduate of
International Air" Cadet
awards, valued at $26,000, went and Wayne I. Kenney, Duncan,
scholarship at
Exchange.
to new recipients while the other Okla. CAP Science Scholarships
that school where
D u Va l S e n i o r
20 were for previously-awarded, amounting to $500 each were
High School,
A member of the Lanluahhe is studying
Cadet Squadron, she was winner
four-year, scholarships which are
received by Gall Grifﬁn,
Glenn Dale, Md.
e l e c t r i c a l
automatically renewed each year B e l l e v u e , N e b . , J a c k W .
engineering. A
A member of of many high school honors and,
as long as the recipients maintain Jorgensen, Fair Oaks, Calif.; Neff
graduate of
C i v i l A i r P a t r o l at the University of Maryland, is
A. Kopel, Miami, Fla.
eligibility.
Ardmore High School, Ardmore,
studying nursing in a four-year
since 1963, she
For study in any approved
The $500 CAP Science
h a s b e e n v e r y program.
Okla., he was a member of the
college or university, the awards Grants went to Thomas R. Opie, National Honor Society and
a r e o p e n i n t h e ﬁ e l d s o f S t a u n t o n , Va . a n d A n t o n i o
winner of a number of awards
education, engineering, science, Nazario, Rio Piedras, P.R.
while at high school.
the humanities and technical
Linda L. Osterhoudt,
Ofﬁcially he is a member of
vocational studies. Scholarships Lanham, Md. was awarded the Ardmore Composite Squadron,
MIAMI, Fla.--Florida Wing
and grants are part of CAP's
CAP Humanities Scholarship
Oklahoma Wing, but while at
scored a 100 per cent
extensive program of aerospace valued at $1,000 while Maria K.
M.I.T. he has been temporarily
effectiveness rating in the annual
education.
Patterson, Billings, Montana, a s s i g n e d t o H e a d q u a r t e r s ,
evaluation by Air Force ofﬁcials
Thirty-six awards were for r eceived a CAP Humanities Massachusetts Wing as a cadet
four-year, undergraduate, studies
assistant to the deputy wing
of its search and rescue abilities,
Grant valued at $700.
becoming the third wing to
with the largest given for
commander for cadet training.
CAP Humanities Grants, each
engineering and valued at
valued at $500, were awarded to He has been a member of Civil attain this record thus far this
year. The others were New York
Air Patrol since 1964 and
$1,100. Others were for $1,000, Gale E. Clause, Jr., Memphis,
$750 and $500. Fifteen one-year Tenn.; Patricia A. Zeller, Naples, participated in the International and Virginia.
undergraduate grants, each Fla.; Ann K. Bragg, Mobile, Ala.; Air Cadet Exchange.
"We ﬁnally made it," sighed
worth $500, were included. Two Toni M. Bray, Bountiful, Utah
Miss Howard, winner of a L t . C o l . E d J o h n s o n , w i n g
operations ofﬁcer and mission
graduate grants, each worth and Calvin ~. Ching, Honolulu,
$1,000, four-year, engineering
coordinator for the SAR
$1,500, were awarded, U well as Hawaii.
scholarship and a cadet captain
exercise. "We've come mighty
three technical-vocational grants
Four received Advanced
in the Miami.
close to it," he said, "but this
of $500.
Un dergraduate Grants, each
Dade Cadet
T w o h u n d r e d a n d valued at $500. They were
time we really made it and
Squadron,
couldn't have done without all
ninety-seven applications were Robert D. Anderson, Willcox,
joined Civil
you people here today."
r e c e i v e d a t N a t i o n a l Ariz.; Roger W. Enlow, Boise, A i r P a t r o l i n
More than 275 cadet and
Headquarters from Civil Air Idaho; Stephen R. Ringiee,
1964 while
senior members took part in the
Patrol members, the only ones Lafayette, Calif. and William E. l i v i n g i n
test at the Municipal Airport,
eligible to receive the grants and Doherty, Warwick, R.I.
To r o n t o ,
scholarships. Practically all the
Daytona Beach, Fla. Fifty-one
Receiving CAP Technical
Canada. Her
pilots and 22 aircraft
awards each year go to cadet Vocational Grants, valued at
father made a
. J participated in the search for a
members.
200 mile
$500, were Donald A.
"simulated miming airplane."
Scholarship and grant winners Yancheson, . Dmrbor~, Mich,; 'round.trip each week to drive
SAR EXERCISE--Lt. Col. Ed
The records of several CAP
are:
Jean Ann Schultz, Oklahoma
her to weekly meetings in Niagra
Johnson, mission coordinator
Wings already'evaluated this year
for the Florida Wing during a
A CAP education scholarship C i t y, O k l a . a n d R o b e r t A .
Falls, N.Y.
~--~ valued at $750 was awarded to Drake, New London, Conn.
She attended three summer h a v e n o t r e a c h e d N a t i o n a l
recent SARTEST, talks with
Bo nnle Livesay, Portland,
~ " S u ~ n E. Silko, Lone Rock,
encampments and the national Headquarters so ofﬁcials cannot
a CAP pilot who just returned
determine how many others
ﬂying encampment in 1968.
Wisc., a similar award valued at O r e . a n d L o r r a i n e " D e n b y,
from a search mission. (Photo
$ 5 0 0 w e n t t o G a r y F . Dearborn, Mich., each received a
courtesy of Lt. Roger
C a d e t H o w a r d a t t e n d e d have attained a 100 per cent
Horenkampo, Berkeley, Mo. and $1,500 Advanced Graduate
Miami Carol City Senior High effectiveness rating.
Eckenroth)
Patricia M.
B r e i t b a c k , Grant.
School in Opa Locka, Fla. and
The winner of'the D. Harold
Milwaukee, Wisc.
was admitted to the University
Receiving $500 Education B y r d , o n e y e a r , $ 1 , 0 0 0 of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.,
Grants were Linda A. Neiss, e n g i n e ' e r i n g g r a n t , C a d e t after only three years of high
Staunton, Va.; Irma V. Aponte, Worthem is an
school under the university's
early admissions program.
San Lorenzo, P.R.; Craig M.
She plans to continue her
Little, Blacksburg, Va.; Nelida ato Northwes-e n t
h nor stud
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MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--Two required to effectively carry out
tern Universtudies at the university as an
Rodriguez, Aibonito, P.R.
Civil Air Patrol cadets from the the mission of CAP. Both cadets
engineering student.
Lily T. Howard, Miami, Fla.; sity, Evanston,
Maxwell AFB Squadron spent were required to join in with the
Schutt, another four-year,
Jeffrey H. Schutt, Tyler, Texas I l l . H e i s a
v a r i o u s s t a ff m e m b e r s a n d
this week at National
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$1,000 engineering scholarship
and James R. Shelton, Ardmore, m e m b e r o f
actually perform some work
Headquarters where they
winner, is presently a student at
Okla., all received a $1,000, four Dupage Cadet
received a series of orientations which was then disseminated to
Sq., Illinois
\
year, engineering scholarship.
Stanford
and brieﬁngs from the various t h e u n i t s i n 5 0 s t a t e s , t h e
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U n i v e r s i t y,
The $750 engineering W i n g w h o
s t a f f a g e n c i e s w i t h i n t h e National Capital and Puerto
scholarship was awarded to participated in
Palo Alto,
Rico.
Headquarters. They were Cadets
Douglas M. Hawley, San Jose, the 1967 Illinois Wing Summer Calif. He is a
This is another program
Edward L. Cordle, 1582 Ann
Encampment and several
graduate of
Calif.; the $500 engineering
Street and Jimmy Locke, 3664 d e s i g n e d b y H e a d q u a r t e r s
Robert E. Lee
s c h o l a r s h i p t o D a n i e l R . squadron and wing activities.
CAP-USAF to motivate the
Audubon Road.
A National Merit Scholarship High school,
Kapellen, Plymouth, Wisc. and
youth of our nation to the
The tour of duty with
t h e $ 1 , 0 0 0 D . H a r o l d B y r d ﬁnalist, he is also a member of Tyler, Texas,
National Headquarters, CAP, is a
highest ideals of leadership and
engineering grant to Lewis A. the National Honor Society and where he set
test program and was designed
service.
President of the school chapter
Worthem, Elmhurst, Ill.
to give cadets and senior
of Mu Alpha Theta, a national a n e n v i a b l e ~ G~
A $700 engineering grant was
record.
members a diversiﬁed look into
A m e m b e r o f t h e Ty l e r
awarded to Scott W. Heaberlin, m a t h e m a t i c s h o n o r a r y
the nerve center which performs
fraternity.
Composite Squadron, he joined
Warren, Ore., a $500 engineering
t h e p l a n n i n g a n d g u i d = ,n ~ ~ : . .~ , ~~ ,~ T~£l ~ yj ~ :,~~t~~ ,
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Winner of a $1,000 four-year Civil Air Patrol in 1964 and held
grant to Robert B. Burns, Jr.,
engineering scholarship, Shelton, a n u m b e r o f r e s p o n s i b l e c a d e t . . . . .
Headquarters
Carmi, Ill., John T. Rethke,
vv
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positions, including that of cadet "vv" "
C.A.P. UNIFORMS
commander. He applied and was
accepted
trip
SPECIAL
Antarctica in 1968 but later
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MAXWELL AFB, Ala.--The
declined the appointment
PURCHASE!
CAP SUPPLIES
following is a correction to the
donations of aircraft for display because of lack of deﬁnite
Genuine Government L-2B
article "Graveyard for Planes" purposes is 10 U.S.C. 2572 does information as to his duties
Tr y U s F o r P r o m p t S e r v i c e l
Ughtwoight Flight Jacket
not include Civil Air Patrol as an there.
appearing in the May issue of the
Sago Green Nylon Revertible
DISCOUNT PRICE5 on
to Orange
authorized donee. The
Civil Air Patrol News.
SQUADRON ORDERS
He will use the scholarship to
T h e s t a t e m e n t r e a d i n g : a l t e r n a t i v e f o r C A P u n i t s continue his studies at Stanford.
$16.95--50 p.p.
"Defense Surplus Bidders, Battle desiring aircraft for display
purposes is to contact National
Creek, Mich., should be
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pproved for
M a j o r G e n e r a l W a l t e r B . P u t n a m , N a t i o n a l C A P C o m m a n d e r, i s p r o u d t o a n n o u n c e t h a t m e m bers are now authorized to wear The Mess Dress Uniform with special CAP modiﬁcations. This
new uniform must be purchased through an Air Force Base Exchange or the CAP Bookstore at
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Cap (two covers); White Jacket; Black Jacket;
Pants; Shoulder Boards; Special Braid; CA P
Seal; Cummerbund; Cuff Links & Studs.
Complete Outﬁt $I 39.50
Without White Jacket -- $115.00.
Without Black Jacket -- $107.50.
Mens Uniforms are available in sizes 36 through
46 in Regular, Short, Long and Extra Long. Sizes
smaller than 36 or larger than 46 cost 20% extra.
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White Jacket; Black Jacket; Black Skirt; Shoulder Boards; Mess Dress Shirt; Special Braid;
CAP Seal; Cummerbund.
Complete Outﬁt $132.50
Without White Jacket -- $105.00.
Without Black Jacket -- $97.50.
Wo m e n ' s U n i f o r m s a r e m a d e t o i n d i v i d u a l s p e c i ﬁcations, and should be ordered with the special
order form obtainable from The Bookstore at CAP
Headquarters. (Use order blank below) Uniforms
larger than size 22 cost 20% extra.
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