Fort Campbell Post-News (Fort Campbell, Ken.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Friday, January 5, 1968 Page: 1 of 8
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California.
As the first baby of the
year in Christian County, John
Jr, will receive a large num-
ber of gifts from local mer-
chants.
The baby was delivered by
Captain George Johnson, staff
doctor at the U. S. Army Hos--
pital.
long.
The father of the baby is
Staff Sergeant John A. Masiak,
a nine-year Army veteran. He
is presently serving with Com-
pany A, 101st Aviation Bat-
talion, 101st Airborne Division
in Vietnam.
Mrs. Zoila B. Masiak, the
mother of the new year’s baby,
resides in Lee Village here.
The first baby of the new
year was born with double
honors. Not only was he Ft.
Campbell’s first baby, but he
was also the first baby of the
year in Christian County, Ky.
The infant, John Albert Ma-
siak Jr., was born at 2 a.m. in
the U.S. Army Hospital here.
He weighed in at 7 pounds,
8 ounces and was 20 inches
are natives of
Story Of 1967:
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Lt. General York
SGM Melvin Neal
is inclement.
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clusters, Army Commen-
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Vietnam Service Medal, Viet-
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Ghostly barracks along Kansas Avenue kept a silent
vigil for paratroopers gone half way around the world to
arriving to make them come
as the home of the new Sixth Infantry
calculate;how fast afire is mov.
ing. The apparatus includes an
anemometer, rain guage, and
wet and dry bulb thermo^neters.
Assuming woodland and
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land Presbyterian.
He is married to the former
Miss Mary Nancy Williams of
Sango community, Montgomery
County, Tenn. The couple has
two children; Penny 6 and
Joseph 5?
Division Leaves,
protect these ‘"forestry re-
sources.
Sergeant Major Melvin E.
Neal has been assigned as the
top enlisted man of the 6th
Infantry Division.
The 25 year Army veteran is
a resident of Clarksville, Tenn,
where he lives with his wife and
two children.
This is the second Fort Camp,
bell assignment for Sergeant
Major Neal. He previous served
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Mr. McDonald said, “Without
proper fire control you can’t
have forest management.” So,
with that in mind let us turn Assuming woodland
our attention to some of the pre- grass fires are kept at a mi.
cautions the Fort Campbell for. nimum, any forestry operation
estry section takes to help pre- can have a decent forest ma-
vent (Any given year the post nagement program. Fort Camp.
’ A 20 to 100 grass bell, is no exception.
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Burning Pro- good trees are separated from
the bad ones. It is estimated
the Fort Campbell forestry sec-
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Ft. Campbell reservation. And
it’s the responsibility of the for-
estry section, a branch-..of the
tat conditions for quail, rabbit, past 12 years.
• Timber Harvesting ... The
Mobile District Engineers sell
Fort Campbell’s timber to the
are
sent to the U.S. Treasury, and
in due time a certain per cent
is funneled back to the instal.
lation.
• Reforestation ...Some
7^0,000 to one million seedlings
(mostly lob lolly pine and yel-
low poplar) are planted yearly
on 1,200 to 1,400 acres of land
spread across the reservation.
• Site Preparation forRefor-
estation . . . Open, grown . up
J fields are cleared of economi.
cal hardwood growth prior to
planting the plot with pine trees.
Approximately 500 acres are
cleared with Fort Campbell’s
own forestry crew, and even
more is contracted out.
• Timber Stand Improvement
. , . This is the removal of
off-site, poorly formed, or de-
fective trees. The process
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war and for soldiers
to life again
division.
This seems to sum up the major news event at Ft.
Campbell during 1967.
Of course there were others, The Army Training
Center, born in July of 1965, trained roughly 45,000
recruits this year, and the U.S. Army Hospital treated
an estimated 392,000 outpatients and cared for approx,
imately 15,000 bed patients.
And the deployment alert for the 101st Airborne Division
resulted in a major administrative change in August
that created a separate staff for Ft. Campbell.
Three general officers guided the fast paced events
last year*. Major General Ben Sternberg, now assistant,
chief of staff for operations DHL U.S. Army Pacific,
commanded from January to Jtlly. Major General O.M.1
Barsanti, now commanding the 101st Airborne in Viet-
nam, commanded from. July to mid-December and Major
General K. L. Reaves took 0 v e r a month ago to
command the post and the forming 6th Infantry Division.
Brigadier General Michael Paulick continued in
command of the Army Training Center. Other brigadiers
who had tours here in 1967 included Leo H. Schwelter,
now commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Viet-
nam and Frank B. Clay, the assistant 101st commander.
The post underwent a few physical changes. A new
half million dollar library was dedicated in January,
a new bank facility was opened at the post exchange, a
with more than just controlling netted Third ...
woodland fires, and guarding lations $3,055,000.
against disease, insects, and Ft. Campbell’s forestry sec-
and deer.
• Permanent Fire Break Con-
struction . * . Presently there
are 419 miles of fire breaks ac- highest bidder. All profits
rosf the reservation, and be.
twehn 30 and 50 miles of ad.
ditional fire breaks are con.
structed in a checkerboard fas-
hion each year. And, approx-
imately 15 culverts are in-
stalled on the fire breaks each
year. Twice a year these “dirt
roads” are graded to remove
vegetation and keep them
smooth.
• Fire Lookout Towers . . .
The north tower is located on
Angels Road near the Killebrew
home. It is manned during peak
dry seasons. The south fire
lookout tower, located on Pleas,
antville Road, is manned every,
day from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
for 61/? months of the year re-
gardless of climatic conditions.
• Fire Danger Measurement
Apparatus . . . The forestry
section is equipped with a fire
and woodland fires.) fires.
• Controlled ~
gram . . . Some 20,000 acres
of open fields are burned an- ___________________________
nually. This is dobs to reduce tion marks 1 to 3 million boaS-d
fuel accumulation in old fields, . feet every year for sale. The
to control fires easier once they post has been averaging 2.3 mil-
do start, and to improve habi- lion board feet a year for the
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FROM REES TO RAILROAD TIES. . .Members of the H.C. Keatts Company saw lumber
for tne Koppers Company, Inc. which in turn had purchased the timber from the Ft.
Campbell reservation. The sale of timber nets Ft. Campbell an average of $52,000 a
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France, and to various business
clubs, Boy Scout groups, and
the Soap Box Derby Associa.
tion in Temple, Texas.
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assistant post forester is Ric-
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forestry section is concerned ber sales and forestry products Seven other persons are
with more than just controlling netted Third Army instal- heavy equipment operators, one will have from
is a fire lookout, and the other.
is a forestry technician, who
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6th Infantry Names
New Sergeant Maj
here in 1954 with the 11th Air-
borne Division which was the
major unit at Fort Campbell at
that time.
Before assuming his new
duties at Fort Campbell, he
served in Germany as sergeant
major of the 24thInfantryDivis-
ion.
Sergeant Major Neal has been
the enlisted aviation advisor to
the states of Kentucky and South
Carolina.
While stationed at Fort Hood,
Texas with the 501st Aviation
Battalion, he helped to reform
the battalion along the lines of
the Reorganization of Army Di-
visions program.
Other units that Sergeant
Major Neal has served withare
the Uth Aviation Group, I st
’ Cavalry Division (Air Mobile),
and 1st Aviation Brigade in South
: Vietnam, I Corps in Korea, 1st
Armored Division at Fort Hood,
and 5th Corps in Ger-
.Reaves.L (ftvisum-posF corm- / Amppgt Tifs awards >apd de-
; nuHiding geneial, ^.General ^eoratibns are the Legion of
review. honor Merit, Air Medal'with five oak
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■' vi$es the' music.
..The: public is invited to
attend the ceremony which will
be held in the sports arena if .ter Aviation Crewman Badge.
the weather is inclement. He has been guest speaker to
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rodents which might harm the _____ __ ________
vast forestry resources scat- civilian personnel. Heading the
tered
Much of the woodlands are
turned into profit. In fact, tim.
Post Engineers, to manage and ber harvesting has brought Fort
Campbell an average of$52,000
a year.over the past 12 years.
Visits Monday
Lieutenant General Robert
York, commander of the XV-
III Airborne Corps and Ft.
Bragg, will arrived here Mon-
day for a briefing on the 6th
Infantry Division. 1
General York will be wel-
'■ corned in a ceremony at post
headquarters at. 9:15 a.rn,.
With a . 15-gun; salute. Along Texas, ana oui <orps in o
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and a color gtt'hrd while leaf
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New Postal Rates
Aliens I rued
Postmaster Hamby also noted that effective
January 7 special handling will be available
on third-class parcels weighing between eight
and sixteen ounces. Special handling has not ■
been available on these parcels since 1958,
when packages weighing between eight and six-
teen ounces were transferred from fourth to
third-class mail.
There will be no changes in the charges for
special delivery, special handling, registered
mail, certified mail, cash on delivery or in-
surance, Postmaster Hamby said.
“We have an ample supply of one-cent
stamps on hand,” Postmaster Hamby said,
“for those people who have five -cent stamps
and need one-cent stamps to make up the
postage required under the new rates.”
Higher rates also will go into effect Sun-
day for all categories of second-class mail,
bulk-rate third-class mail, controlled circu-
lation mail, and the educational materials
category of fourth-class mail. Mailers using
these classes who need information on the
new rates should contact the local Post Of-
fice, Postmaster Hamby said.
Increased rates for all classes of mail
except parcel post and international mail
will go into effect Sunday, Postmaster Ed-
win M. Hamby, reminded postal customers
today.
“Even with the new rates of six cents
for first-class mail and 10 cents for air
mail, postal service is still a real bargain,”
Postmaster Hamby delcared. “For six cents
you can send a letter to any of the 50 States,
to any United States territory or possession,
to Canada or Mexico, or to an American serv-
iceman stationed anywhere in the world.”
Postmaster Hamby pointed out that the new
rate for post cards will be five cents and for
air mail post cards eight cents.
He said the added cent in the letter rate
is a 20 per cent increase compared to a 24
per cent boost in the rates for mailing news-
papers and magazines and a 34 per cent hike
for advertising circulars, “ occupant” mail,
and other material in the third-class category.
The new rate of six cents per ounce for
first-class mail applies up to 13 ounces and
the new rate of 10 cents per ounce for air
mail applies up to 7 ounces. Under the new
rate structure all first-class mail over 13
ounces and all air mail over 7 ounces will
ttq itierged into a single category.
These heavier pieces of first-class and air
mail subject to the single rate schedule will
be delivered' by the fastest available means of
tranportation..
A flat rate of 80 cents will be charged
for all mail in this category up to one pound.
For all mail weighing more than one pound,
the present air parcel post rates will con-
tinue to apply, except that the postage on
matter weighing between one and five pounds
will change at half-pound intervals rather
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The immigration and Na-
tionality Act requires all
aliens in the United States and
its possessions to report their
addresses to the attorney gen-
eral during the month of Jan-
uary.
Aliens temporarily absent
during the month must report
their address within 10 days
of their return to the coun-
try.
Cards with which this re-
port can be made are avail-
able at any post office during
the month of January. They
may be returned to the postal
clerk who issued them.
The act provides serious
penalties for willful failure to
submit the report. Aliens in
the armed forces and mem-
bers of the armed forces
having relatives who are not
citizens of this country are
urged to submit the report.
In Effect Sunday
rates for all classes of mail than one bound intervals.
Postmaster Hamby said that the new rate
structure will mean a reduction of postage
on some parcels.
Another rate change that will affect the
general public if the increase from four to
six cents for the first two ounces of indi-
vidual pieces of third-class mail. Unsealed
greeting cards may be sent at this rate,
Postmaster Hamby said.
He emphasized that the new rate on un-
sealed greeting cards will not go into effect
until January 7 and until then they can be
mailed at the old rate of four cents.
68’s First Arrival
Double Honors For 1st Baby
CONTROLLED BURNING. , .Thomas Harshbarger, post forester,
indicates the location of open fields to be burned in order to
reduce fuel accumulation. This is just one method the Ft.
Campbell Forestry Section uses to help prevent woodland and
grass fires.
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POST-NEWS
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NO. I
FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY
FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1963
Courier was established.
were published until the latter continued as the sole
1964 with the shield representing the crest of the recently departed
101st Airborne Division and the circle representing the Third U.S.
Army units here.
Ft. Campbell has had a weekly post newspaper since 1950 when the
Courier was established. For a time in 1964 both the Courier and the
Shield and Circle
publication.
A New Name For A New Year
This newspaper begins the new year with a new flag or name-the
Fort Campbell Post News.
It was decided that the new flag, which was chosen by Army offic-
ials and the publisher, would best represent all post activities whether
a major unit arrived or departed or not.
The flag was changed because the Shield and Circle no longer re-
flected the situation here. That name was chosen after a contest in
way connected with the Department of Army. Opinh
expressed by the publishers and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department
endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised.1
"Published by Southern Lakes Publishing Co., Clarksville, Tenn., a private firm in no
of the Army. The appearance of advertisement in the publication does not constitute an
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