The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1976 Page: 1 of 24
twenty four pages : ill. ; page 30 x 22 in.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Men who are tempted to approach
stra lovely omen in dow ntow
Killeen to ask them the price for their
goods ay be greeted with more than a
sm iie. Now' th resp se could be
‘‘you’re under arrest for soliciting’ ’.
The Killeen Police Departm ent (KPD)
ta a a
policewomen in the high prostitute crim
.a a dow ntow n acco rdin to Chief
Butler of the KPD.
“This is a further effort to help resolve
the problem of prostitution in Killeen an
undesirable condition that has existed for
some tim e” said Chief Butler.
The program took effect after several
Killeen business women working in the
downtown area complained of repeated
harassment from men approaching them
on the street and using abusive language.
Since the first of December undercover
policewomen being constantly observed
by detectives for their protection have
been infiltrating high abuse areas.
"T here have been several arrests but it
is too early to know if this will have a
strong effect” explained the chief. "The
program has worked in other cities suc-
cessfully there is no reason for it not to
vo rk ere.”
A young man being arrested for solicit-
ing making arrangements for prostitu-
tion or for harrassm ent will be liable for
180 days in the county jail and a $1000 fine
for second and subsequent arrests. For a
first offense there is a $200 fine.
This is not just a means to curtail pro-
stitution but to deter robberies lessen the
FO HOOD
NO O A IO N S O
Arbor Day is featured
An Arbor Day rogram with a buffet and a tree-planting
ceremony will be held tomorrow at the Killeen Communi-
ty Center located on E ast U.S. 190.
The program is the first in a series of Bicentennial ac-
tivities to be sponsored by the Killeen marker Heights
Bicentennial com ittee.
U.S. Representative William (Bob) Poage will be the
principal speaker at the no-host buffet which will com-
mence a 12:30 p.m The tree planting ceremony will be
held afterwards at the Killeen Amphitheater which ad-
joins the Community Center.
Tickets for the buffet ay be purchased at the Ft. Hood
National Bank. The Bicentennial committee is expecting a
good turn out for both events. There is no charge for the
tree-planting activity.
Pretty girl walking block
ay not be what you think
W EST O HOOD
NO O A IO N S
availability of narcotics on the street and
help eliminate health problems that ac-
company prostitution related the KPD.
The undercover policewomen have not
purchased outlandish wardrobes to work
in the downtown area according to Chief
Butler.
We ill ork ou policew omen
wherever the problem exists including
clubs if necessary. We don’t want to just
disperse the problem from a particular
area but crack down and eliminate it” he
said.
"If soldiers or yoUng men would stop ap-
proaching women downtown and in the
clubs there would be no need to make a
case out against the en” concluded
Chief Butler.
The alarm clock didn’t ring and he jumped
out of bed when he saw the time. He hurridly
unlocked his locker and grabbed his shaving
kit only ten minutes until formation.
He came back to his area to find several
things missing from his locker his new stereo
component was nowhere in sight!
The experience was shared by seven per cent
more soldiers living in the 2nd Armd. Div. bar-
racks in 1975 than those in 1974 according to
2nd Armd. Div. provost marshall office
statistics.
The usual reasons were sighted for the in-
crease in barracks theft poor economy and
narcotics.
Most barracks larcenies result in the soldier
losing stereo components and tapes cash field
Check stations get response
Have
Dream
BUP
VOL. 34 NO. 44
Carelessness will invite theft
gear and other high value items. In a signifi-
cant number of larcenies the property was not
secured.
Upon discovering an entered room or a locker
that has been tampered with the soldier should
go through his chain of command and the
crime should be reported to the military police
(MP) immediately.
The MPs will do a preliminary investigation
examining the crime scene. It is normal pro-
cedure for the MPs to search for latent
fingerprints at this time.
Money stolen is usually spent by the thief.
Other items may be retained for his own use or
disposed of for personal gain. Some items of
stolen property have been recovered in area
pawn shops.
The establishment of new U.S. Check Cashing
Stations on Ft. Hood that went in effect last
payday has shown favorable response and thus
will be continued in the future COL George J.
Ginnikowre III Corps and Ft. Hood
Comptroller announced.
To improve this check cashing service the
comptroller said that many of the stations will
open an hour earlier today.
Hours of operation for the various U.S. Check
Cashing Stations vary. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
checks may be cashed at Bowling Green
Theater Bldg. 2803 Gym Bldg. 4410 Gym
Bldg. 24006 Gym Bldg. 87010 Howze Theater
Bldg. 33000 Palm er Theater Bldg. 334
Classroom Bldg. 16011 and the 13th Avn. Bn.
Hq. Co. CQ Office Bldg. 90041.
The Troop Store Bldg. 24007 Troop Store
Bldg. 87008 Main NCO Club Bldg. 194 Mini
Dome Bldg. 4200 and the West Ft. Hood NCO
Club Bldg. 70005 will be cashing checks from
11a.m. to 6 p.m.
Ft. Hood National Bank will be open from 9
a.m. until necessary and the Main PX will be
cashing checks from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. Ft.
Hood Military Credit Union Bldg. 59 and the
Heart O’Texas Federal Credit Union Bldg.
90013 will be cashing U.S. Government checks
for members only.
The Officers’ Club Bldg. 5764 will be open
for cashing checks from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for all
members of the club.
Martin Luther King— the story of an era
GETTING IT RIGHT Ft. Hood riders C. J. Marcello (left) HHC 1st Cav. Div. and
Donna Sledge a 2nd Armd. Div. dependent pass a baton in preparation for the meeting
of the Bicentennial Wagon Train Sunday. Twenty or more riders from Ft. Hood will
carry a scroll over the 40-mile stretch to Jarrell Tex. in relay fashion to the awaiting
wagon train on the Bell Co. line. The group will then travel with the wagon train to
Belton. (Photo by Jam es Stroud)
‘Published by Bell Publishing Company a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression of the Department of the Army.
The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department or the products or services advertised.”
"If a soldier discovers an identifiable item of
his that ‘has been stolen in a pawn shop he
should contact the provost marshall’s office im-
mediately” informed MAJ D.L. Nickkels 2nd
Armd. Div. deputy provost marshall.
If a thief unlawfully enters a room and steals
an individual’s property he commits an offense
of breaking and entering which is investigated
by the Criminal Investigation Department’s
special agents.
If rooms are properly secured when the occu-
pants are absent or sleeping this is a deterrent
to the would-be thief since a locked door af-
fords additional security. If the room is not pro-
perly secured it gives the thief an advantage
he then has the privacy of a room while com-
mitting the offense according to MAJ Nick-
kles.
Soldiers living in the barracks should record
the serial numbers'on all valuable property and
give the information to their first sergeant.
If the valuable property does not have a
serial number it should be marked with the
soldier’s social security number in some
permanent way.
If a soldier keeps any large bills the serial
numbers should be recorded from the money
and kept in a separate place.
All valuable items should always be secured
when the owner is away from his area at any
time.
Anyone suspecting a case of barracks larceny
or any crime and wishing to remain anonymous
may call 685-CRIM 24 hours a day.
W warning
system test
The monthly test of the Ft. Hood outdoor
warning system will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Jan. 21. The test warning signals will be iden-
tical to the actual warning signals except that
the steady tone for the ATTENTION and the
wavering tone for the ATTACK WARNING will
be one minute in duration rather than three to
five minutes as for an actual warning.
Commanders and supervisors will insure that
notification of the test and procedures to be ex-
cercised in the event of an actual warning are
disseminated to all personnel civiliam
employes and dependents residing in the Ft.
Hood-Killeen area. No action is required of the
general public in connection with the test.
By BEKY BEATON
"We have no alternative but to protest. For many years
we have shown an amazing patience. We have sometimes
given our white brothers the feeling that we liked the way
we were being treated. But we come here tonight to be
saved from that patience that makes us patient with
anything less than freedom and justice."
These words launched the career of a man whose name
is a household word ip America: Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. He was the first and perhaps the greatest single leader
of the massive civil rights movement of the fifties and six-
ties which led eventually to the passage of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and the Votings Rights Act of 1965.
That first speech was ade when Dr. King was a tender
26 and pastor of the Dexter Ave. Baptist Church in
Montgomery Ala. It was sparked by a racial incident in-
volving the city bus system which company was subse-
quently boycotted by the city’s black population led bv
Dr. King. It took ore than a year but eventually the
transit system was desegregated.
The bus incident also marks another beginning that of
the idea of non-violent resistance as a tool to achieve
equality under the law. Doctor King summed it up best in
a letter he wrote from a Birmingham jail in 1963 where he
had been thrown after a demonstration. An excerpt:
"You may well ask: ‘Why direct action? Why sit-ins
arches and so forth? Isn’t negotiation abetter path?’
You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed this
is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct ac-
tion seeks to creat such a crisis and foster such a tension
that a com unity which has constantly refused to
negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to
FT HOOD SENTINEL
PUBLISHED US THE IN TEREST OF THE PERSON S EL OF FT HOOD
FT. HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 15 1976 24 Pag
The commissary surcharge in Army and Air
Force operated commissaries worldwide will
increase to four per cent Feb. 1 to offset con-
struction and improvement costs according to
an Army-Air Force announcement dated Jan. 7.
Surcharge rates in Army stores is three per
cent in CONUS and Hawaii 2.5 overseas and in
Alaska and Air Force stores impose three per
cent suivhar^v^v-
The DoD approved surcharge increase
authorized under a 1974 federal law will be
used to finance construction and improvement
of commissary stores. The surcharge hike in
Army and Air Force commissaries follows a
similar increase in Navy stores last August.
The 1974 legislation allows the services to in-
crease surcharge rates or prices which effec
The Lonestar Toastmasters Club has elected
its new officers for 1976. Elected as President
Educational Vice President Administrative
Vice President Secretary Treasurer Sergeant
of Arms respectively were Toastmasters Arch
Dawson John Tschirhart Gene Conard Don
Musta Leland Jackson and John Russell who
were voted by unanimous consent.
Toastmasters International Area Seven Gov-
ernor Bill Patterson of Waco will preside at the
official installation of these officers at a special
dinner-meeting to be held Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Following the installation ceremony will be a
program of prepared and impromptu speeches
by members of the Lonestar Toastmasters
Because of increased costs for the processing
of returned checks the Army and Air Force
Exchange Service (AAFES) has announced
that effective Jan. 27 there will be a $10 ad-
ministrative charge levied against any person
whose check is returned dishonored.
That announcement came from MG C.W.
Hospelhorn AAFES commander who dis-
closed that the new charge is being implement-
ed to offset growing processing expenses and
“to make abusers understand that AAFES
means business.” AAFES currently has a $5
surcharge for each dishonored check returned
to the Exchange Service.
According to MG Hospelhorn AAFES last
year was forced to spend $1.2 million to process
Project AHEAD short for Army Help for
Education and Development is the Army’s way
of helping active duty personnel work toward a
college degree.
Approximately 1200 colleges and universities
are now participating in the program serving
as home-base schools for soldiers who may be
stationed anywhere in the world.
Project AHEAD works like this...
A prospective recruit is told about Project
AHEAD by his local Army representative. The
representative also provides a list of schools
participating in the program and a form to use
to contact those schools in which the prospec-
tive recruit is interested. Personnel already on
active duty are provided the same services by
Army Education Center Counselors.
Once a by a colleg e the
student/soldier is assigned an academic ad-
visor at the college who will help him plan an
appropriate curriculum and who will counsel
dram atize the issue that it can no longer be ign
know through painful experience that freedom
voluntarily given by the oppressor it must be de
by the oppressed.
Not too long after this Dr. King and other civ
leaders organized and carried out the historic
Washington. It was during this event on Aug.
America first heard the phrase which has now beco
ortal: I have a dream
What exactly was this dream In his own words it wa
dream that "one day this nation will rise up live out
true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-
evident that all men are created al.
We as embers of the Armed Forces have sworn to up-
hold that creed within the ranks and without. Although
not a military man Dr. King died for the cause he
believed in. "E very man should have something he woul
be willing to die for” he once said. "A man who won’t di
for something is not really fit to live.”
When we donned the green uniform we made a person
commitment consciously or not that we were (and a
willing to fight and die if necessary for the sam thin
that Dr. King believed in. The man is dead but the drea
lives on.
Yes Martin Luther King had a dream not just
himself not just for the nation’s blacks but for all the
pie. Although we have come along way since the
boycott his dream is not yet fully realized. As we observe
the birthday of this great American let us rem ember that
dream and rededicate ourselves to truly making this land
one of Freedom and Justice For All.”
Hood Briefs
Surcharge increase slated
Toastmasters hold election
Bad check levy upped
Get AHEAD fo college
es
tively eliminates use of appropriated funds for
commissary construction or renovation.
Despite some recent new construction and re-
novation DA officials say the backlog of
needed improvements and requirements for
new stores continue to grow. Consequently
many commissary customers still shop in out-
dated and crowded stores.
Commissar pricer after the increased sur-
charge will still be far below those paid in
civilian supermarkets and will generate essen-
tial construction funds to provide better stores
and more tangible benefits for commissary
customers DA officials say.
Plans and priorities for construction and im-
provements will be based on survey of
worldwide commissary facilities.
Club The Twin Lakes Toastmistress Club and
the Friendship Toastmistress Club.
In addition to the speechcraft program
Toastm asters are also providing special
leadership courses to the schools or youth or-
ganizations. The objective is to participate in
the improvement of our community and its peo-
ple.
The public is always welcome to attend any of
the program conducted by these three
Toastmasters and Toastmistress Clubs. Those
who wish to attend the installation ceremony
and dinner on Jan. 16 can make reservations
by calling or writing to John Russell c-o
Lonestar Toastmasters Club P.O. Box 5021 Ft.
Hood Tx 634-1028.
dishonored checks. “The drain of the honest
soldier’s and airman’s dollars cannot be dis-
regarded or absorbed” he stated. “Now is the
time to let the dishonest and the careless bear
the full cost of their actions. We must require
them to bear that cost.
General Hospelhorn cautioned potential bad-
check passers that although the new charges
will go into effect on Jan. 27 checks dishonored
prior to that date will be assessed the higher
charge if the checks are returned from the
bank after that date.
Signs will soon be posted at AAFES facilities
worldwide to further advise patrons of this
latest measure concerning bad checks.
him by mail or by phone throughout his
military career. The college then acts as a de-
pository for all college credits earned by the
servicemember during the period of active
duty.
While in the army soldier/students can take
courses at one of the accredited colleges that
conduct off-duty classes on or near military
posts. The Army will pay up to 75 per cent of
tuition costs for these college courses. This
financial aid does not subtract from VA
benefits. The credits from the courses can then
be transferred back to the “home-base” col-
lege.
Fort Hood Army Education Center
Counselors are well versed on the Project
AHEAD program and are available from 7:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday to
give further information and assistance to
those interested in applying to a Project
AHEAD school.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Fort Hood Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1976, newspaper, January 15, 1976; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth309229/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.