---- - 'Fractured Follies' To Open Two-Day Run Next Thurs. The biggest musical-comedy extravaganza of the year will open next Thursday evening at the Burroughs High School Lecture Center at 8 o'clock when the China Lake Parent-Teacher's Asso- ciation presents its annual "Frac- tured Follies." Included in the show , which will be staged again on Friday, Feb. 16, will be 10 Broadway-style production numbers, soloists galore and comedy skits that feature friends and neighbors in the Indian Wells Valley. It's all in a good cause. The monies realized from the program will benefit the IWV Campership Fund, a charity organization that each year helps to send deserving children to summer camp. "Fractured Follies" will be directed by Tom Chatham, who works for the Cargill Producing Organization, of New York City. Chatham will put local housewives, scientists, engineers, and others through their paces in a pro- fessional - looking, smooth-run- ning (hopefully) program designed to entertain any taste. Featured soloists will be Jack Lindsey, who will open the program with a localized version of "Nothing Can Stop Us Now," from "The Smell of Greasepaint," LeRoy Carson, who will sing "Maria," from "Paint Your Wagon"; Jim Heck and Jeannie Gritton, who will combine on a duet, "Moon River," from "Break- fast at Tiffany's"; Susan Rungo, who has agreed to perform "Thoroughly Modem Millie," from the show of the same name; Sandee Schwarzbach, soloing on "Manana," and Jack Chandler, who will sing "For Once in My ute." Dance soloes will be performed by Carol Wooldridge, Kitty Lock- wood, Steve Kaupp, and Marlene Page. The production numbers include a chorus line ("The Rockettes"), bar flies, show girls, daisy girls, red hot mamas, a western fan- dango, the graduation ball, the Charleston, and a flashy version of "Slaughter on 10th Avenue." ~ Sue Fisher, Pat Noland and Joan Fowler are the pianists with the show. Talent chairmen are Dottie Cowan, Pat Homer and Pat Sch- warzbach, while Norweita Cook, Bonita Scbear and Ethel Wiggins are In charge of costumes. Tickets priced at $2.50, can be purchased at the Station Phar- macy, Senn's Coiffures, Barton's Men's Store, or obtained from members of the China Lake PTA board of directors. Persons who ptan on attending are reminded that performances on both nights were sold out tast year. ACS Sets Talk About Carbon-13 Spectroscopy A talk entiUed "Carbon-13 Spec- troscopy, the NMR Revolu- tion" will be presented at next Tuesday evening's meeting of the Mojave Desert Section of the Am- erican Chemical Society. The diMer, which is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. in the Mojave Room of the Commissioned Officers' Mess, will be followed at 8 o'clock by the talk by LeRoy F. Johnson, vice- president of Transform Tech- nology, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif. Johnson has held his present position for a year, but for 10 years prior to that time was head of Varian Associates, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) ap- plications laboratory. Two major technological lreakthroughs have made possible the routine use of carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra tomakeclear the structlU'e of complex organic compounds. The wealth of chemical in- formation available from these radio-frequency "fingerprints" permits a direct look at the molecular framework which before could only be seen in- directly, if at all. Reservations to attend the ACS dinner meeting can be made by calling either Ron Atkins, at NWC ext. 2853, or Wayne Thun, at ext. 2831. PURCHASES PATRONAGE - J. H. McGlothlin, head of the NWC Public Affairs OHice. registers his support for Fractured Follies '73 by purchasing a patronage from Jerry Fuller, patron ticket chairman. The Follies will open next Thursday evening in the Burroughs High School Lecture Center at 8 O'clock, and will be presented again on Friday, Feb. 16. The China Lake. Elementary' Parent.Teachers Association, sponsors of the yearly event, is looking for more patrons like McGlothlin in order to raise money for the IWV Campership Fund. -Photo by PHAN D. M. Jenereaw< , Friday, February 9, 1973 DANCE GROUP TO PERFORM MONDAY - Laur. Glenn, a featured soloist of the Jose Limon Dance Company, performs "Dances for Isadora," one of the four choreographical offerings of Ihegroup on Monday, beginning at 8 p.m. in the Center Theater. The company was originally scheduled to appear locally on March 12, but the date was moved up to Feb. 12 so that they might take part in a State Department-sponsored tour of the Soviet Union. Jose Limon Dancers To Perform Here Monday The Jose Limon Dance Com- pany, originally scheduled to perform at ChIna Lake on March 12, will be bere instead on Monday night, the China Lake Civic Concert Association, sporutors of the group's visit, annrunced. "It was necessary to alter the schedule as the company would not be able to honor the original date," said Dr. Arnold Nielsen, president of the association's board of directors. "Immediately after the local concert, the entire dance troupe will leave the United States for a State Department-5»Onsored tour of Russia," he further ex- plained. Monday night's performance is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock in the Center Theater. Individual tickets, priced at $5, will be sold at the door. Students (under 22) and military personnel will be able to purchase the ducats for $1.50. The internationally famous dance group, founded by Jose Limon, who died on Dec. 2, 1972, will present four numbers for local theater-goers. The first dance, called "La Ma\inche," features the dances of the small towns and villages of Mexico. The history and tradition of the country can be seen in the choreography of Limon and heard in Norman Uoyd's music. The second offering of the evening is "The Exiles," first performed in 1950. The ac- companying music was writted by Arnold Schoenberg and the dance features two movements - "The Flight," and "The Remem- brance." Five evocations of Isa~on Duncan, ,entitled "Dances for Isadora," and choreographed by Jose Limon, will be danced to the music of Frederic Chopin. The dance is'divided into five separate units -- Primauera, Niobe, La Patrie and Dance. Maenad, the Scarf Following the brief intermission, "Night Spell," choreographed by Doris Humphrey to the music of Priauh Rainier, will end the evening's entertainment. "Night Spell," is an orgina\ ballet that depicts things of the night - the wind, the sleeperI nightmareI kindness and comfort. Limon said of his work: "I try to compose dances that are involved with man's basic tragedy and the grandeur of his spirit. I see the dance as a vision of power..." Limon's dances have been descrihed as being like a calm lake suddenly transformed into a roaring whirlpool. ..striking the heart of man with great force. Limon, who was born in Mexico, was a dancer of note himself, and for many years was one of the leading performers with the Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company that operated out of New York City. He formed his own troupe in 1947 and the group made its debut at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Since that time, the group has performed hundreds of times in nearly every country of the world. From TO SHOWBOAT MOVIE R"TINGS The objeclive of the ratings is to inform perents about the suitability of movie content tor viewing by their d1l1dren. (GI - ALL AOES ADMITTED General Audiences (PGI • ALL AGES ADMtTTED Parental Guidance Suggested (,R) • RESTRICTED Undet'" 17 requ ires accompany- Ing Parent or Adult Guardian CS . Cir....m.scope STO - Standard Movie screen FRio 9 Feb. "ONE IS A LONELV NUMBER" (STD 97 Min.) Trish Van Devere, MonteMarkham (Comedy Drama ) Trish Van Devere's husband has walked out on her. His departure leaves her " paralyzed" to an extraordinary degree. When Trish's husband asks for a d ivorce, her friend introduces her to Janet Leigh, who Instructs her on how to take her husband for everything he's got. (PG) SAT 10 Feb_ -MATINEE- "THE TROUBLE WITH GI RLS" (CS 99 Min.) Elvis P.resley, Marlyn Mason (G) -EVENING "STAND UP AND BE COUNTED" (STD 99 Min.) Jacqueline Bisset, Gary Lockwood (Comedy) Jacqueline Bisset plays the successful. glamorous career woman so wrapped up in her own success that she has lost her fem ininity and her awareness . Enter bland male chauv Inist G..,.y Lockwood, and she is soon embarked on an uneasy romance that never works up a head of steam. (PG) SUN. 11 Feb. "FAT ClTV" (STD 97 Min.) Stacey Keach, Jeff Bridges (Drama) The story is a complex character study of two boxers, one a has-been at age 30, the other a boy of 19 whose prospects on the B - grade boxing circuit around Stockton, are at best uncertain. Keach is at· tempting to pull himself tooether after another drinking bout . Bridges has mild ambitions for the ring, which the ofcfer man encourages (PG) MON . 12 Feb. The China Lake Civic Concert Association presents the Jose limon Dance Company 8p.m. TUES. & WED. 13-14 Feb. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" (CS 17. Min.) Topol, Norma Crane (Musical) Fiddler is much more than the story fA a poor Jewish farmer at the tum of the century in the tiny Ukranian village of Anatevka, deep within Clarist Russia. Tevye, the milkman, with his five dowry·less daughters, his lame horse, his nagging wife, his menial chores, and his companionable relationship with God, is very much the archetypal ancestor from whom most Americans, in one way or another, have come. (G) THURS. & FRI. 15-16 Feb. "KANSAS CITY BOMBER" (STOtt Min.1 Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy (Action Dramal Professional roller derby skater Raquel Welch, divorced mother of two, leaves Kansas City for Portland, Ore., when promoter Kevin McCarthy buys her contract. McCarthy bui lds up a rivalry between Raquel and his team star, Helena Kallianiotes. Raquel and Mary Kay ' Pass room together on the latter's houseboat until McCarthy jealously trades Pass , ~ as not to share Welch, with whom he's having an affa ir . (PG) Officers' Club Plans Valentine's Dance A dinner dance at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess will be held on Valentine's Day-next Wednesday, Feb. J4-in the main dining room from 6 to 11 p.m. Dinner will be served from 6 to 9 p.m. and there will be dancing to the music of the ICBandaids" from 7 to 11 p.m. Reservations should be made in advance (ph. «6-2549) as dining space is limited. There will be no extra charges for the evening, and the menu is open PLACI STAMP HIR. ~ ------ ...-_. ftwe fOcketeet Nevel Weapons Center ChIna Leke california Vol. XXVIII NO. 6 February 9, 1m INSIDE... ConcertSet at Chapel ... .. .......2 Afro-American History Week ....3 Sidewinder Fuze Study Launched 4 Actions Summarized by CNO ....5 Sports ............ . .............6 Land Sailers Purchased .........7 Fractured Follies ...... ...... ...8 Rockeye ",Cluster Weapon Used In Vietnam, Developed at NWC BLUEJACKET AT WORK - AQ2 Kenneth W. Johnson, Febr....ry'. "Bluejacket of the Month," checks out the cockpit 01 an A7E aircr.II to see if the intenSity compensation adjustments have been made on newly installed radar gear. Johnson is a technician in the fire control shop al VX-S. -Photo by ADJAN Bill Brooks AQ2 Johnson Singled Out As Blueiacket of Month Aviation Fire Control Technician Second Class Kenneth W. Johnson, who has been stationed at VX-S for the past two years, has been se- lected as February's "Blue- jacket of the Month." The February Bluejacket and his wife, Patricia, have two children- Kelsey, 4, and Trelidia, 2. Mrs. Johnson is active in the Union Baptist Church cboir and other church functions and Johnson (Continued on Page 3) The use of clustered warbeads to cover a target area, a concept first suggested to tbe Naval Weapons Center by Frank Marquardt, of the Naval Air Systems Command (then BUWEPS), came into gener- al practice during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. The planniug for such a weapon, which was labeled Rockeye D, was envolved jointly by BUWEPS and NWC, and had its orlgm, development and initial production under the cognizance of personnel at NWC. Fuzing was developed by the Naval Ordnance Lab at White Oak, Md. The formal designation of Rockeye n,a 5OO-1b. unguided free- fall cluster weapon, is Bomb, Cluster, MK 20. Rockeye n is the Navy's first "all-up" weapon. The term "all-up" signifies that upon delivery to the FJeet itwas ready to be used as packaged. It isn't necessary to insert a fuze section or other components that are packaged separately, as is the case with most other weapon systems. DoIligned for use against sudt hard targets as tanks, armored vehicles and gun emplacements, as well as against such soli targets as trucks, parked aircraft and radar installations, Rockeye D consists essentially of a MK 7 dispenser and cargo of 247 MK 118 homblets. The MK 7 dispenser includes a munitions container, a MK 339 fuze and a tail assembly. The time at which the fuze is set determines the weapon's flight time prior to initiation of dispenser opening. The fin-stabilized MK 118 bomblet is composed primarily of a shaped charge and a MK I fuzing system. The MK I system en- compasses an impact·sensing element and a base element. Upon impact against a target, the MK I fuzing system causes the bomblet to detonate instanlaneously. At the time of release of the weapon from an aircraft, the spring-loaded fins of the MK 7 dispenser move outward to provide aerodynamiC stability. Upon at- tainment of the pre....,t MK 339 fuze time, the dispenser is cut 10ngitudinaJly by an internal linear shaped charge so as to open in a clam shell fashion. As the dispenser opens, the high drag MK 118 bomblets, which are dispersed by aero-dynamic forces, pour out. Mer a period of night and upon impact each bomblet detonates. Preliminary design studies of Rockeye beganat NWC in 1962, and the program effort was accelerat- ed in I~lter the Center was assigned responsibility for pro- gram management and tech- nical direction of the Naval acd- vities concerned with the many facets of this new free-fall weapon development effort. Rockeye nwas the IIrst weapons system that came under the Deputy Assistant Program Manager (DAPM) concept. This meant that a field activity was responsible for design and development of a weapons system and had the technical direction for the entire system. EventuaJ1y, a The Houston, Tex., native came to China Lake in April 1971 from the Naval Air Station at Lemoore, where he had completed advanced A7 systems familiarization train- ing. School Unification Advisory Gp. Formed Prior to being stationed at Lemoore, Johnson attended tbe Advanced First Term Avionics "B" school and the Avionics "A" school at Memphis, Tenn. As a result of his selection, Johnson will be treated to an all- expense paid holiday in Bakers- field Feb. 23-25 by the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Com- merce. While in that city he will be hosted by the Royal Palms Motor Hotel. In addition, Johnson will receive a bospita\ity packet that will contain free gift certificates and discount coupons from merchants wbo participate in the monthly Bluejacket program. Before leaving the local area, the Johnsons will be loaned a new Ford by Desert Motors in Ridgecrest for use on the weekend trip. Johnson, wbo entered the Navy in October 1969, reenlisted for five more years this past Wednesday. He was graduated from Booker Washington High School, in Houston, and attended the University of Houston, where be majored in engineering. Gearing up for an election that is to be beld May I on the question of unification of schools in this nor- theast section of Kern County, an advisory council, headed by Dick Rusciolelli as chairman, has been formed by the boards of trustees of Districts. Purpose of the advisory council will be to initiate and carry out a widescale program aimed at fully infonning voters on all aspects of the school unification 9uestion (the combining into one district of all the China Lake Elementary and grades from kindergarten through Indian Wells Valley Union School twelve). Other school trustees cbosen for the advisory council in addition to Rusciolelli, wbo is now president of llieChinaLakeschoolboard,are RodMcClung, also a school trustee for the China Lake Elementary School District, and Dr. Leon Karner, president, and Dick Lewis, (Continued on Page 4) COMBAT PROVEN - Rockeye II, a weapon which has proven to be successful in combat in SouthHst Asia, was designed and developed by scientists and engineers at the Naval Weapons Center. A SOO-Ib. unguided free-fall cluster weapon, it cot:lsists of a dispenser containing a cargo of 247 bomblets which pour out after Rockeye II has been released from an aircraft. Rockeye II can be used against such hard t~rgets as tanks, armored vehicles and gun implacements, or against such soft targets as trucks, parked aircraft and radar installations. total of 13 other field activities were involved in the Rockeye II program along with NWC, which was responsible for overall program management, coor- dination, and technical direction. Rockeye II was a product of the old Air to Surface Weapons Division (then Code 403) headed by Dr. Marguerite Rogers in the Weapons Development Depart- ment. Dr. Rogers' role included doing a lot of trouble-shooting for Rockeye n. She traveled to Washington frequently to make sure that funds which might otherwise have been diverted to some other develop- ment project continued to be earmarked for Rockeye n, and made countless presentations (Continued on Page 3) Study 01 City Battered By Earthquake Set Dr. Pierre St. Amand, head of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Division in the Naval Weapons (,;enter's Research uepartment, will leave today for a two-week visit to Managua, Nicaragua. One of 8 team of six international experts, Dr. st. Amand has been Dr. Pierre St. Amand invited to Nicaragua by the Organization of American States (OAS) to advise Gen. Anastasio .Somoza, the COWltry'S top p0- litical leader, on matters con- cerning reconstruction following the disastrous Dec. 23 earthquake that killed at least 3,000 persons and either destroyed or heavily damaged Ml per cent of the buildings in Managua. In addition to Dr. St. Amand, who is a geologist and seis- mologist, the spectal team will include a sociologist, city planners, an architect and transportation experts. Recommendations concerning the type of construction work needed and necessary financing will be reported by the in- (Conlinued on Page 4) , OCR Text: ---- - 'Fractured Follies' To Open Two-Day Run Next Thurs. The biggest musical-comedy extravaganza of the year will open next Thursday evening at the Burroughs High School Lecture Center at 8 o'clock when the China Lake Parent-Teacher's Asso- ciation presents its annual "Frac- tured Follies." Included in the show , which will be staged again on Friday, Feb. 16, will be 10 Broadway-style production numbers, soloists galore and comedy skits that feature friends and neighbors in the Indian Wells Valley. It's all in a good cause. The monies realized from the program will benefit the IWV Campership Fund, a charity organization that each year helps to send deserving children to summer camp. "Fractured Follies" will be directed by Tom Chatham, who works for the Cargill Producing Organization, of New York City. Chatham will put local housewives, scientists, engineers, and others through their paces in a pro- fessional - looking, smooth-run- ning (hopefully) program designed to entertain any taste. Featured soloists will be Jack Lindsey, who will open the program with a localized version of "Nothing Can Stop Us Now," from "The Smell of Greasepaint," LeRoy Carson, who will sing "Maria," from "Paint Your Wagon"; Jim Heck and Jeannie Gritton, who will combine on a duet, "Moon River," from "Break- fast at Tiffany's"; Susan Rungo, who has agreed to perform "Thoroughly Modem Millie," from the show of the same name; Sandee Schwarzbach, soloing on "Manana," and Jack Chandler, who will sing "For Once in My ute." Dance soloes will be performed by Carol Wooldridge, Kitty Lock- wood, Steve Kaupp, and Marlene Page. The production numbers include a chorus line ("The Rockettes"), bar flies, show girls, daisy girls, red hot mamas, a western fan- dango, the graduation ball, the Charleston, and a flashy version of "Slaughter on 10th Avenue." ~ Sue Fisher, Pat Noland and Joan Fowler are the pianists with the show. Talent chairmen are Dottie Cowan, Pat Homer and Pat Sch- warzbach, while Norweita Cook, Bonita Scbear and Ethel Wiggins are In charge of costumes. Tickets priced at $2.50, can be purchased at the Station Phar- macy, Senn's Coiffures, Barton's Men's Store, or obtained from members of the China Lake PTA board of directors. Persons who ptan on attending are reminded that performances on both nights were sold out tast year. ACS Sets Talk About Carbon-13 Spectroscopy A talk entiUed "Carbon-13 Spec- troscopy, the NMR Revolu- tion" will be presented at next Tuesday evening's meeting of the Mojave Desert Section of the Am- erican Chemical Society. The diMer, which is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. in the Mojave Room of the Commissioned Officers' Mess, will be followed at 8 o'clock by the talk by LeRoy F. Johnson, vice- president of Transform Tech- nology, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif. Johnson has held his present position for a year, but for 10 years prior to that time was head of Varian Associates, a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) ap- plications laboratory. Two major technological lreakthroughs have made possible the routine use of carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra tomakeclear the structlU'e of complex organic compounds. The wealth of chemical in- formation available from these radio-frequency "fingerprints" permits a direct look at the molecular framework which before could only be seen in- directly, if at all. Reservations to attend the ACS dinner meeting can be made by calling either Ron Atkins, at NWC ext. 2853, or Wayne Thun, at ext. 2831. PURCHASES PATRONAGE - J. H. McGlothlin, head of the NWC Public Affairs OHice. registers his support for Fractured Follies '73 by purchasing a patronage from Jerry Fuller, patron ticket chairman. The Follies will open next Thursday evening in the Burroughs High School Lecture Center at 8 O'clock, and will be presented again on Friday, Feb. 16. The China Lake. Elementary' Parent.Teachers Association, sponsors of the yearly event, is looking for more patrons like McGlothlin in order to raise money for the IWV Campership Fund. -Photo by PHAN D. M. Jenereaw< , Friday, February 9, 1973 DANCE GROUP TO PERFORM MONDAY - Laur. Glenn, a featured soloist of the Jose Limon Dance Company, performs "Dances for Isadora," one of the four choreographical offerings of Ihegroup on Monday, beginning at 8 p.m. in the Center Theater. The company was originally scheduled to appear locally on March 12, but the date was moved up to Feb. 12 so that they might take part in a State Department-sponsored tour of the Soviet Union. Jose Limon Dancers To Perform Here Monday The Jose Limon Dance Com- pany, originally scheduled to perform at ChIna Lake on March 12, will be bere instead on Monday night, the China Lake Civic Concert Association, sporutors of the group's visit, annrunced. "It was necessary to alter the schedule as the company would not be able to honor the original date," said Dr. Arnold Nielsen, president of the association's board of directors. "Immediately after the local concert, the entire dance troupe will leave the United States for a State Department-5»Onsored tour of Russia," he further ex- plained. Monday night's performance is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock in the Center Theater. Individual tickets, priced at $5, will be sold at the door. Students (under 22) and military personnel will be able to purchase the ducats for $1.50. The internationally famous dance group, founded by Jose Limon, who died on Dec. 2, 1972, will present four numbers for local theater-goers. The first dance, called "La Ma\inche," features the dances of the small towns and villages of Mexico. The history and tradition of the country can be seen in the choreography of Limon and heard in Norman Uoyd's music. The second offering of the evening is "The Exiles," first performed in 1950. The ac- companying music was writted by Arnold Schoenberg and the dance features two movements - "The Flight," and "The Remem- brance." Five evocations of Isa~on Duncan, ,entitled "Dances for Isadora," and choreographed by Jose Limon, will be danced to the music of Frederic Chopin. The dance is'divided into five separate units -- Primauera, Niobe, La Patrie and Dance. Maenad, the Scarf Following the brief intermission, "Night Spell," choreographed by Doris Humphrey to the music of Priauh Rainier, will end the evening's entertainment. "Night Spell," is an orgina\ ballet that depicts things of the night - the wind, the sleeperI nightmareI kindness and comfort. Limon said of his work: "I try to compose dances that are involved with man's basic tragedy and the grandeur of his spirit. I see the dance as a vision of power..." Limon's dances have been descrihed as being like a calm lake suddenly transformed into a roaring whirlpool. ..striking the heart of man with great force. Limon, who was born in Mexico, was a dancer of note himself, and for many years was one of the leading performers with the Humphrey-Weidman Dance Company that operated out of New York City. He formed his own troupe in 1947 and the group made its debut at the Belasco Theatre in New York City. Since that time, the group has performed hundreds of times in nearly every country of the world. From TO SHOWBOAT MOVIE R"TINGS The objeclive of the ratings is to inform perents about the suitability of movie content tor viewing by their d1l1dren. (GI - ALL AOES ADMITTED General Audiences (PGI • ALL AGES ADMtTTED Parental Guidance Suggested (,R) • RESTRICTED Undet'" 17 requ ires accompany- Ing Parent or Adult Guardian CS . Cir....m.scope STO - Standard Movie screen FRio 9 Feb. "ONE IS A LONELV NUMBER" (STD 97 Min.) Trish Van Devere, MonteMarkham (Comedy Drama ) Trish Van Devere's husband has walked out on her. His departure leaves her " paralyzed" to an extraordinary degree. When Trish's husband asks for a d ivorce, her friend introduces her to Janet Leigh, who Instructs her on how to take her husband for everything he's got. (PG) SAT 10 Feb_ -MATINEE- "THE TROUBLE WITH GI RLS" (CS 99 Min.) Elvis P.resley, Marlyn Mason (G) -EVENING "STAND UP AND BE COUNTED" (STD 99 Min.) Jacqueline Bisset, Gary Lockwood (Comedy) Jacqueline Bisset plays the successful. glamorous career woman so wrapped up in her own success that she has lost her fem ininity and her awareness . Enter bland male chauv Inist G..,.y Lockwood, and she is soon embarked on an uneasy romance that never works up a head of steam. (PG) SUN. 11 Feb. "FAT ClTV" (STD 97 Min.) Stacey Keach, Jeff Bridges (Drama) The story is a complex character study of two boxers, one a has-been at age 30, the other a boy of 19 whose prospects on the B - grade boxing circuit around Stockton, are at best uncertain. Keach is at· tempting to pull himself tooether after another drinking bout . Bridges has mild ambitions for the ring, which the ofcfer man encourages (PG) MON . 12 Feb. The China Lake Civic Concert Association presents the Jose limon Dance Company 8p.m. TUES. & WED. 13-14 Feb. "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF" (CS 17. Min.) Topol, Norma Crane (Musical) Fiddler is much more than the story fA a poor Jewish farmer at the tum of the century in the tiny Ukranian village of Anatevka, deep within Clarist Russia. Tevye, the milkman, with his five dowry·less daughters, his lame horse, his nagging wife, his menial chores, and his companionable relationship with God, is very much the archetypal ancestor from whom most Americans, in one way or another, have come. (G) THURS. & FRI. 15-16 Feb. "KANSAS CITY BOMBER" (STOtt Min.1 Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy (Action Dramal Professional roller derby skater Raquel Welch, divorced mother of two, leaves Kansas City for Portland, Ore., when promoter Kevin McCarthy buys her contract. McCarthy bui lds up a rivalry between Raquel and his team star, Helena Kallianiotes. Raquel and Mary Kay ' Pass room together on the latter's houseboat until McCarthy jealously trades Pass , ~ as not to share Welch, with whom he's having an affa ir . (PG) Officers' Club Plans Valentine's Dance A dinner dance at the Com- missioned Officers' Mess will be held on Valentine's Day-next Wednesday, Feb. J4-in the main dining room from 6 to 11 p.m. Dinner will be served from 6 to 9 p.m. and there will be dancing to the music of the ICBandaids" from 7 to 11 p.m. Reservations should be made in advance (ph. «6-2549) as dining space is limited. There will be no extra charges for the evening, and the menu is open PLACI STAMP HIR. ~ ------ ...-_. ftwe fOcketeet Nevel Weapons Center ChIna Leke california Vol. XXVIII NO. 6 February 9, 1m INSIDE... ConcertSet at Chapel ... .. .......2 Afro-American History Week ....3 Sidewinder Fuze Study Launched 4 Actions Summarized by CNO ....5 Sports ............ . .............6 Land Sailers Purchased .........7 Fractured Follies ...... ...... ...8 Rockeye ",Cluster Weapon Used In Vietnam, Developed at NWC BLUEJACKET AT WORK - AQ2 Kenneth W. Johnson, Febr....ry'. "Bluejacket of the Month," checks out the cockpit 01 an A7E aircr.II to see if the intenSity compensation adjustments have been made on newly installed radar gear. Johnson is a technician in the fire control shop al VX-S. -Photo by ADJAN Bill Brooks AQ2 Johnson Singled Out As Blueiacket of Month Aviation Fire Control Technician Second Class Kenneth W. Johnson, who has been stationed at VX-S for the past two years, has been se- lected as February's "Blue- jacket of the Month." The February Bluejacket and his wife, Patricia, have two children- Kelsey, 4, and Trelidia, 2. Mrs. Johnson is active in the Union Baptist Church cboir and other church functions and Johnson (Continued on Page 3) The use of clustered warbeads to cover a target area, a concept first suggested to tbe Naval Weapons Center by Frank Marquardt, of the Naval Air Systems Command (then BUWEPS), came into gener- al practice during the latter stages of the Vietnam War. The planniug for such a weapon, which was labeled Rockeye D, was envolved jointly by BUWEPS and NWC, and had its orlgm, development and initial production under the cognizance of personnel at NWC. Fuzing was developed by the Naval Ordnance Lab at White Oak, Md. The formal designation of Rockeye n,a 5OO-1b. unguided free- fall cluster weapon, is Bomb, Cluster, MK 20. Rockeye n is the Navy's first "all-up" weapon. The term "all-up" signifies that upon delivery to the FJeet itwas ready to be used as packaged. It isn't necessary to insert a fuze section or other components that are packaged separately, as is the case with most other weapon systems. DoIligned for use against sudt hard targets as tanks, armored vehicles and gun emplacements, as well as against such soli targets as trucks, parked aircraft and radar installations, Rockeye D consists essentially of a MK 7 dispenser and cargo of 247 MK 118 homblets. The MK 7 dispenser includes a munitions container, a MK 339 fuze and a tail assembly. The time at which the fuze is set determines the weapon's flight time prior to initiation of dispenser opening. The fin-stabilized MK 118 bomblet is composed primarily of a shaped charge and a MK I fuzing system. The MK I system en- compasses an impact·sensing element and a base element. Upon impact against a target, the MK I fuzing system causes the bomblet to detonate instanlaneously. At the time of release of the weapon from an aircraft, the spring-loaded fins of the MK 7 dispenser move outward to provide aerodynamiC stability. Upon at- tainment of the pre....,t MK 339 fuze time, the dispenser is cut 10ngitudinaJly by an internal linear shaped charge so as to open in a clam shell fashion. As the dispenser opens, the high drag MK 118 bomblets, which are dispersed by aero-dynamic forces, pour out. Mer a period of night and upon impact each bomblet detonates. Preliminary design studies of Rockeye beganat NWC in 1962, and the program effort was accelerat- ed in I~lter the Center was assigned responsibility for pro- gram management and tech- nical direction of the Naval acd- vities concerned with the many facets of this new free-fall weapon development effort. Rockeye nwas the IIrst weapons system that came under the Deputy Assistant Program Manager (DAPM) concept. This meant that a field activity was responsible for design and development of a weapons system and had the technical direction for the entire system. EventuaJ1y, a The Houston, Tex., native came to China Lake in April 1971 from the Naval Air Station at Lemoore, where he had completed advanced A7 systems familiarization train- ing. School Unification Advisory Gp. Formed Prior to being stationed at Lemoore, Johnson attended tbe Advanced First Term Avionics "B" school and the Avionics "A" school at Memphis, Tenn. As a result of his selection, Johnson will be treated to an all- expense paid holiday in Bakers- field Feb. 23-25 by the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Com- merce. While in that city he will be hosted by the Royal Palms Motor Hotel. In addition, Johnson will receive a bospita\ity packet that will contain free gift certificates and discount coupons from merchants wbo participate in the monthly Bluejacket program. Before leaving the local area, the Johnsons will be loaned a new Ford by Desert Motors in Ridgecrest for use on the weekend trip. Johnson, wbo entered the Navy in October 1969, reenlisted for five more years this past Wednesday. He was graduated from Booker Washington High School, in Houston, and attended the University of Houston, where be majored in engineering. Gearing up for an election that is to be beld May I on the question of unification of schools in this nor- theast section of Kern County, an advisory council, headed by Dick Rusciolelli as chairman, has been formed by the boards of trustees of Districts. Purpose of the advisory council will be to initiate and carry out a widescale program aimed at fully infonning voters on all aspects of the school unification 9uestion (the combining into one district of all the China Lake Elementary and grades from kindergarten through Indian Wells Valley Union School twelve). Other school trustees cbosen for the advisory council in addition to Rusciolelli, wbo is now president of llieChinaLakeschoolboard,are RodMcClung, also a school trustee for the China Lake Elementary School District, and Dr. Leon Karner, president, and Dick Lewis, (Continued on Page 4) COMBAT PROVEN - Rockeye II, a weapon which has proven to be successful in combat in SouthHst Asia, was designed and developed by scientists and engineers at the Naval Weapons Center. A SOO-Ib. unguided free-fall cluster weapon, it cot:lsists of a dispenser containing a cargo of 247 bomblets which pour out after Rockeye II has been released from an aircraft. Rockeye II can be used against such hard t~rgets as tanks, armored vehicles and gun implacements, or against such soft targets as trucks, parked aircraft and radar installations. total of 13 other field activities were involved in the Rockeye II program along with NWC, which was responsible for overall program management, coor- dination, and technical direction. Rockeye II was a product of the old Air to Surface Weapons Division (then Code 403) headed by Dr. Marguerite Rogers in the Weapons Development Depart- ment. Dr. Rogers' role included doing a lot of trouble-shooting for Rockeye n. She traveled to Washington frequently to make sure that funds which might otherwise have been diverted to some other develop- ment project continued to be earmarked for Rockeye n, and made countless presentations (Continued on Page 3) Study 01 City Battered By Earthquake Set Dr. Pierre St. Amand, head of the Earth and Planetary Sciences Division in the Naval Weapons (,;enter's Research uepartment, will leave today for a two-week visit to Managua, Nicaragua. One of 8 team of six international experts, Dr. st. Amand has been Dr. Pierre St. Amand invited to Nicaragua by the Organization of American States (OAS) to advise Gen. Anastasio .Somoza, the COWltry'S top p0- litical leader, on matters con- cerning reconstruction following the disastrous Dec. 23 earthquake that killed at least 3,000 persons and either destroyed or heavily damaged Ml per cent of the buildings in Managua. In addition to Dr. St. Amand, who is a geologist and seis- mologist, the spectal team will include a sociologist, city planners, an architect and transportation experts. Recommendations concerning the type of construction work needed and necessary financing will be reported by the in- (Conlinued on Page 4) , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1970s,Rocketeer 1973,Rktr2.9.1973.pdf,Rktr2.9.1973.pdf Page 1, Rktr2.9.1973.pdf Page 1