Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, June 26, 1970 Page: 1 of 18
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For the average military
movie-goer the machinations
of the Motion Picture
service
whatever they are are great
since the films that come to
Ft. Hood are constantly
good. But few movie-goers
know anything of the workings
of the biggest money-making
and entertainment service on
post.
June 22 was the 50th an
niversary of the Army and
Air Force Motion Picture
Service. The service is
responsible for the selection
and distribution of all motion
pictures shown on all Army
VOL. 29 NO. 24
SENTINEL SHORTS
Happenings
"TEE ONE WAY PENDULUM" N. F. Simp
son's two act comedy is being presented through
Monday at the Ft. Hood Little Theater (Bldg.
3403). Curtain time is 8:30 p.m. For free reserva
tions call 685-469Q.
THE SKATING RINK will not be opened
on Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the
summer due to the excessive heat. The rink which
was open on weekend afternoons will be open
Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Sunday from
6 to 9:45 and Friday and Saturday from 6 to
10:45 p.m. Monday nights the rink is open for
private skating parties only.
BOTH THE COMMISSARY Store and the
Annex will be closed July 4 for the Independence
Day holiday.
A A I A I O N A S S O I A I O N S
Hood chapter will hold a general membership
meeting at 7 p.m. July 17. Aviators and other
interested personnel desiring to attend the meet
ing at the West Ft Hood Officers Open Mess may
make reservations by phoning CWO Daniel Dilullo*
532-3503 or 532-3631 by July 1.
TEN POST PERSONNEL were awarded one
dollar each for having their seat belts on when
stopped by military police for routine safety
checks. The 10 were Donald Helsel Stephan
Strait Roland Bigby Ronald Phillips David Con
ner Judy Ann Atherton Michael Baker Bernie
Bush Edward Deese and Michael Nunnally.
A WORKSHOP IN APPLIANCE REPAIRS
will be held Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Arts
and Crafts Center (Bldg. 3). Instruction will be
given in the repair of minor electrical appliances.
The workshop is available to all military personnel
and their dependents.
THE ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTER of Post
Special Services will offer a combined workshop in
creative block printing and papier-mache tomor
row at 2 p.m. The Arts and Crafts Center (Bldg.
3) is located on Headquarters Ave. across from
post headquarters.
A DANCE is scheduled by the Junior Officers
Council of Ft. Hood for July 9 from 8 to midnight
at the West Ft. Hood Officers Open Mess. All
junior officers are invited and tickets may be ob
tained by calling 2nd Lt. Russell Jefferson at 685-
5601.
A CHILDREN'S MATINEE is being held each
Saturday at 10 a.m. in Theater 1. Admission to
the showing is 25 cents. The matinees will continue
until July 1 when a review will be conducted
to determine if attendence justifies continuation.
Did You Know?
DID YOU KNOW that from now on it'll cost
you $100 or more to litter at Lake Belton or
anywhere else. "Starting now" said Belton Justice
of the Peace Floyd Campbell after fining a Ft.
Hood soldier $25 for littering at Temple Lake
Park "Im going to make it expensive for anyone
caught littering. When you go back to post pass
the word around. Tell your buddies no more $25
fines. From now on it's going to cost to litter
at Lake Belton and anywhere else. About this
time last year I started levying fines of $100
for littering at the lake."
Inside Story
The 13000 members of the 1st Armd. Div.
will participate in a radio broadcast "Floss-In"
the week of July 13-17. More details on page 15.
Sports 11 12 Eye Catcher 16
Classified 17 Social Notes 6
Editorial 4 Movies 14
posts and Air Force bases.
Located in Washington with
district offices throughout the
United States' military com
mand areas the service con
sists of a board of military
administrators and a staff of
civilians.
Ft. Hood has five movie
theaters three of which are
located on the main post. With
the theaters at West Ft. Hood
(Theater 2) and North Ft.
'Hood (Theater 5 which is
operational during the sum
mer months only) the post
movie industry commands the
greatest profits of any recrea-
on a 1 or entertainment
service.
The money collected from
the showings of the films is
sent to a central fund in
Washington where the profit-
redistribution is (Jecided.
Determined by post popula
tions the money is returned
for the continuation of the
entertainment service.
Second Lt. Robert A.
Segerson the theater officer
explained that all the movies
come to Ft. Hood from the
Fourth Army district office
in Dallas. The individual
military posts pay the cost
The Association of the
United States Army national
president Frank Pace said
Tuesday night that there is
now an instinct that the nation
is in trouble and called on
Americans to speak out and
support the military.
Pace made his remarks to
a crowd of about 1500 at
the Central Texas-Ft. Hood
A S A ha a
Pace Tells
GREETINGS Frank Pace nat
ional president of the Association of
the United States Army and principal
speaker at Tuesday night's AUSA bar
becue is greeted by Lt. Gen. Beverley
E. Powell III Corps and Ft. Hood com
The Ft. Hood Little
Theater's production of N. F.
Simpson's British farce "One
Way Pendulum" opened last
night at the Entertainment
Center (Bldg. 3403) at the
intersection of Brigade Ave.
and 162nd Street. The two-act
play directed by Larry Brum-
back will run through June
29. Showtime is 8:30 p.m.
"One Way Pendulum" is a
cock-eyed comedy of unusual
imagination and dimension
with a set of daffy characters
only the British could create.
The play opens witlh Robert
Statistics kept by Ft. Hood's
Provost Marshal section in
dicate that a decrease in the
post's maximum speed limit
and the addition of a new
speed-detection device have
been significant factors in
reducing the number of traffic
accidents on Ft. Hood roads.
In February 1969 the max
imum speed limit in the post
cantonment area was lowered
from 40 m.p.h. to 30 m.ph.
after a study made by the
Provost Marshal Special Traf
fic Accident Prevention Sec
tion revealed that excessive
speed had been a factor in
membership and barbeque
meeting in Ft. Hood's Pri-
chard Stadium.
"The instinct to destroy us
is controlled in a cultivated
way" said Pace. He said this
is evident in the young "who
for the first time do not
believe in the future of this
country" in the disruptions
and in the burning of the
flag and by a "media that
"We have fought the finest war ever fought in
U.S. history in Vietnam and ought not be ashamed."
Barnes played by Charles
Duff introducing the members
of the Groomkirby family by
inviting the audience into the
family living roam where the
action takes place. First met
is Mabel Groomkirby (Miss
Jennifer William) mother of
the household who as a
typical mother tries to keep
things in balance.
Next seen are Aunt Mildred
(Miss Donna Padgett) who is
obsessed with travel and a
daughter Sylvia (Miss Helen
McCaffery) who like all
a large percentage of Ft. Hood
vehicle accidents.
The speed limit signs were
changed on the fort's major
roads—Battalion Ave. Hood
Road and South Ave.—on Feb.
15 1969. Provost Marshal
statistics reveal that from
March to December 1969 there
was a 4.73 per cent decrease
in the rate of accidents
compared to the same period
in 1968 even though the
number of cars registered on
post has been steadily in
creasing.
On Jan. 31 1969. the post
had 21203 privately owned
re is re is
How Those Movies Get To Hood Theater Screens
of civilian transportation of
the films while the office in
Dallas receives the films from
civilian channels and directs
them to military installations
in A an as is
Oklahoma Louisiana and Tex
as. Ft. Hood is the first post
to get the movies when they
are released from civilian runs
an he is
Segerson said the motion pic
tures reach post at about the
same time they would arrive
in any town the size of Ft.
Hood.
The attendance by
servicemen at the three main
mander and Maj. Gen. John Norton
deputy director for Project MASSTER
as he arrives at Robert Gray Army
Airfield. (U. S. Army photo by Spec. 5
Henrie Veerman)
theaters is high at the begin
ning of the month and
decreases during the month
but a serviceman if he wish
ed could see as many as
11 different films during a
week as were shown during
the week of June 5 through
11.
The profits of the motion
picture showings are about
$20000 a month and consist
of money made on special
features such as "Anne of
a Thousand Days" which had
an admission price of 75
cents one-post first-run
films which have admission
ARMORED SENTINEL
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 26 1970
maximizes the bad and
minimizes the good." But he
said these people are only
a few.
"There is a feeling abroad
that by eliminating military
expenditures everything will
be fine" Pace said in warning
of the dangers of weakening
military strength. "In Viet
nam"he declared "reduce
the forces and we will be
'Pendulum' Swings At Little Theater
teenagers is concerned about
her appearance.
The family is visited every
Friday by Myra Gantry (Mrs.
Barbara Latham) who makes
a living by eating the leftovers
from other people's meals.
Arthur (Wesley Spring) the
father of the household is
a typical do-it-yourself fanatic
whose latest project is
building a full-scale replica
of the famous Old Bailey
house.
In the second act the Old
Bailey courthouse is complete
and working in the family
figure rose to 24567 by
December of the same year.
During the period March to
December 1969 compared to
the same period in 1968 the
number of accidents on Bat
talion Ave. decreased 50 perjx
cent from 10 to five. On South
Ave. the decrease was 10 per
cent from 10 to nine but
on Hood Road the number
of accidents rose from one
to two for a 100 per cent
increase.
The statistics showed that
for the first three months
after the speed limit change
the accident rate increased
as compared to the same
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exposed to problems never
faced by this nation before.
"We have fought the finest
war ever fought in U.S.
history in Vietnam and we
ought not be ashamed of it"
he said.
The former Secretary of the
Army also voiced opposition
to the suggestion for an all-
volunteer Army saying "it
does not lie in the American
tradition."
Pace said America's
military people are really
"civilians in uniform" and
ha a he it
soldier as the "key to
American civilization.
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The 50-member delegation
and 15 of their wives arrived
yesterday to begin the two-day
visit.
The visitors are scheduled
to be briefed on operations
at Ft. Hood see a display
of the latest Army equipment
an a in
demonstration.
Dr. Gerald M. Monroe
president of tht Dallas AUSA
chapter and head of LTV
Aerospace Corporation's
Synetics Company said his
group was looking forward to
a special presentation by Maj.
Gen. John Norton deputy di
rector for the Mobile Army
Sensor System Test Evalua
tion and Review Project (Pro-
living room. The results of
Arthur's tinkering begin to un
fold with the antics of a judge
(Toby Latham) who has dif
ficulty concentrating on the
case at hand as well as
judicial procedure a bumbling
defense counsel (Bruce
Woodruff) and a forceful and
quick-witted prosecuting at
torney (Dan Pfahl). The
results of their zany trial are
true to form for the make-
believe world of "One Way
Pendulum."
The cast also includes
James Brunner as Kirby
Statistics Show Lowering Crash Rate
month in 1968. But after the
first three months the rate
was lower than in the previous
year.
Explaining these figures Sgt.
Richard W. Steffen assistant
traffic sergeant for the Traffic
Accident Prevention Section
said the initial increase was
probably a result of increasing
traffic but as people became
accustomed to the lower speed
limit the number of accidents
decreased.
The statistics also indicate
that the lowered speed limit
may have been responsible for
the decrease in the amount
of damage per accident.
prices of 50 cents for adults
and 25 cents for children and
pictures shown on post belore
civilian first run performances
are completed such as "Pat-
ton" which had an admission
price of one dollar. Since the
movie theater helps support
other services it must make
money but within certain
limits "we try to operate as
a service as much as possi
ble" said Segerson. Staff Sgt.
A to at to of S a
Services added 4We must
have at least 210 people at
a performance to break even."
While he worries about the
pfcyfog
Ft. Hood is playing host
to a delegation from the
Dallas-Ft. Worth chapter of
the Association of the United
States Army (AUSA).
1
el at on
He praised the military for
its contributions to the U.S.
describing them as legion.
Pace said many of the ex
citing things that have hap
pened in the U.S. have come
a it a
research.
The AUSA president also
praised the training given to
men in the military. Pace
told the large crowd that in
a he it a
teaches young men how to
survive and perform ef
fectively while giving them
values to carry on in later
life.
"If there had been no basic
Dr. Monroe added that
an he of
meeting would be a reception
and dinner honoring Dallas
civic leader Benjamin H.
Vooten chairman of the board
and director of the Dallas
Federal Savings and Loan.
Dr. Monroe said Wooten was
to be honored for his extended
and long service as civilian
aide to the Secretary of the
Army his avid interest and
support of national patriotic
affairs and his local civic in
terest in defense-related ac
tivities.
Among the dignitaries ex
pected to honor Wooten at
Groomkirby Kirk Mann as
Stanley Honeyblock and Gary
Lutz as clerk of the court.
Technical director and set
designer is Eddie Lemieux
who was awarded the best
set design award in the 1970
Fourth U.S. Army Drama
Contest for "A View From
the Bridge."
Burt Hinchman president of
the theater group is stage
manager Barb Latham is in
charge of costumes and Donna
Padgett handles props.
For free reservations call
685-4690.
"I think it bears out that
in the period when the traffic
was the heaviest there were
fewer accidents afterthe speed
limit change" Steffen said.
"Over 30 per cent of traffic
accidents on post happen
during the rush hours
when people go to work in
the morning leave work at
noon and go home in the even
ing. There have been fewer
accidents during these peak
periods and the damage per-
accident has been significantly
less."
Another factor that has
complemented the lowered
speed limit in reducing ac
performances paying for the
film rentals for local advertis-
ng and for the wages of his
personnel Segerson explained
that his job was mainly an
administrative one.
His responsibility is not only
for the films he receives and
the money the theaters bring
in but also for the personnel
who work in and come to the
theathers. Each theater is run
by military personnel and is
for members of the military
and their dependents.
"We ask -for proper iden
tification of military personnel
and request that the distinc
tion be made between family
"It is time to speak out and tell the story of the
Army's contribution to the United States."
training we would not have
had vocational skills to move
this nation forward" he said.
Pace cited training
automobile radio and
telephone work as examples
of "skills of hand given by
basic training."
"It is time to speak out
and tell the story of the Army
contributions to the United
States" Pace said.
The Arkansas native told
his Prichard Stadium audience
that he is proud to be in
Central Texas" where people
care where the flag still
means something and where
there is still confidence in
50-Member AUSA Group
ject MASSTER) scheduled
for Thursday evening.
Norten outlined "The Bat
tlefield of the Future" with
emphasis on surveillance
target acquisition and night
operations.
the reception and dinner were:
Lt. Gen. Beverley E. Powell
HI Corps and Ft. Hood com
mander Gen. William R. De-
sobry 1st Armd. Div. com
manding general Maj. Gen.
Wendell J. Coats 2nd Armd
Div. commanding general
Maj. Gen. John Norton Pro
ject MASSTER Brig. Gen.
Samuel Goodiwn HI Corps &
Ft. Hood chief of staff and
Brig. Gen. John R'. Singlaub
Project MASSTER.
Others expected to attend in
cluded Col. John Oswald vice
ceremony for the con
struction of a one million
dollar NCO club annex is
scheduled to take place this
morning at Ft. Hood.
Lt. Gen. Beverley E. Powell
commanding general of Ft.
Hood and III Corps and
dignitaries from Killeen and
Lampasas will preside over
the ceremonies which will take
place at the location of the
annex.
Master Sgt. P. A. Ferren
custodian of the Ft. Hood NCO
Open Mess will sign the final
contracts with V. N. Construc
tion Co. of Lubbock for con
struction of the outer shell
of the new annex.
The annex which will be
located west of the old hospital
buildings and north of the
cidents on post has been a
new speed-detection device ac
quired by PMO the Visule
Average Speed Computer and
or A S A
device is a digital computer
a relatively new speed control
tool which Steffen said is
"superior to the radar units
used previously."
During January 1969 the
month before the speed limit
was lowered 44.8 per cent
of post accidents were partly
at a to iv
speed. In February the rate
dropped to 14 per cent to
8 in March 6 in April and'
May and 5 in June and July.
and guests. We do not check
the identification of everyone
who comes as is done at
many military installations
but we must be sure we're
not offering movies to
civilians at the expense of
the theater owners in the
towns around us" Segerson
said.
In a concluding remark on
recent movies the theater of
ficer said that while "Patton
was well received on post
"M.A.S.H" was "perhaps the
biggest box office draw for
this post. It was the kind
of picture the theater division
likes to show."
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the nation and old values still
exist."
"We are going to be tested
in the 70's as we've never
been tested before" he said.
"We're going to find in these
he he a
wisdom faith and cotirage to
face problems imperiling
world leadership."
The speech was preceeded
by the general membership
meeting of the AUSA chapter.
Sid Wieser of Lampasas was
elected for the third time to
serve as president of the
chapter. J. E. Carlisle 1st
See PACE page two
president Texas AUSA and
AUSA chapter presidents Sid
Wieser Ft. Hood James
Atkins Fort Worth and Dr.
Monroe Dallas.
The AUSA members got a
mobile look at Ft. Hood
yesterday afternoon including
a tour through the 1st Armd.
Div. Museum and a close look
at the motor pool of the 2nd
Bn. 13th Armor 1st Armd.
Div.
Two buses carrying the
See AUSA Page Two
Ground Broken
For New Club
re a in
opening in July of 1971.
The annex will feature a
501st Admin. Co. is slated for
novel main ballroom which
will be "in the round." The
a ha
capability of being divided into
seven or eight small lounges
which can be used for
separate activities.
Ferren stated "The con
tract for close to one million
dollars will cover the cost
of outer building and kitchen
only. The interior decorating
and other equipment to be
installed in the club will run
around $400000 and will be
finished sometime during the
next year."
The cost of the annex was
financed by profits from the
Ft.. Hood NCO Open Mess
and its annexes.
Then in August the PMO
acquired VASCAR. For August
the rate of accidents in which
speed was a contributing fac
tor was 2 per cent in Sep
tember and October 1
cent 2.5 in November
1 per cent in December.
"We believe that
decrease in the number of
accidents in which excessive
speed was a factor was partly
attributable to the ability of
per
and
A S A to or
lowered speed limits and pro
mote voluntary compliance
with the speed limit" Steffen
said.
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