1976 July-September - NASA Ames History Office

U-2 5-year anniversary
Cbunkl Webster (le]t) speaks with ,4stronauttcs Director Dr Dean R Chapman and Divis&m ChietMartl
Knutson (right) at the re~ cnt U-2 ~tnnil,er.~rl e eh’bralion
Ebght number 76-076 flown by Ivor "Chunky" Webster on May 26th marked sortie number t,000 and 4,000
flight hours for the Earth Resource Sur~ey Aircraft at NASA-Ames ]t also marked the five year anniversary lot
data collection, including photography for land use planning, disaster assessment, agricultural and timber
mvento~’ investigations, astronomy ob~-rvations, and experiments such as the stratospheric sampling projects.
The U-2 pilots, maintenance crews, office staff, lile support systems, sensors, and data fadlitie~ personnel were
all on hand in the hangar to celebrate with champagne
()tiler U-2 pilots who helped accrue all the hours tndude Marly Knutson. Chief of Airborne Missions and
~pplicatioos l)ivision, and Lockheed Contractors Bob I ricson and Jim Barnes.
Women’s news Attention
and views secretaries
I.Y’77 will be a busy one fi>r Mae Waherhouse of
Kennedy Space Center. She ha:, just. been elected
Naaional President of Federally Emph~yed Women
and m August ’.,.ill transfer to NASA tleadquarters
fi,r the ~me ~elcr Career Dt’velopment Program
Mr~ Waltcrhouse has 22 years of federal service
~l~rtL[lg as a ~z-cretary Broil advan~tng to Program
Management Specialist Ik~r six years and this fast
~ear acting as all EEO Specialist and F’~’II(" ()ng
her accomplishments as FWP( ’.~as the initiation el
"Brown Bag" college coHrses (311 a variety of sub leers
which could be taken during the lunch period 2 3
6mrs a week for college credit
Mrs Walterhousa, was mslal]ed as FbW President
at the National (’mlference held m San Francisctr an
lu]y lhe Conference was attended b) over I000
%ltnntn froln abotll 50() federal agencies and drew
participants from Korea and the (’anal Zone as well
a~ continental U.S
[he workshops were conducted by eM~erts and
included NASA personnel Sam Keller. Assistant
Administrator for Office of Personnel Programs. and
R, th Bates Harris. Deputy Associate Administrator
I~r Communication and Ituman Relations, from
Headquarters and Annette Laboy, EEO Specialist.
Anles.
(;uest speakers mcluded Mayor George Moseone.
San Francisco; Major General Jeanne Holm, Special
A,ssistant to President Ford; Becky Schergens,
Deputy Asst. Seey for Education. HEW: Fred Clard.
Asst. Secy. for Admin. Dept. of Labor and the
labulous Maya Angelou, Author and Poet.
Notices
Dr Robert A. Ormiston of the Ames Directorate,
U.S. Army Air Mobility R&D Laboratory, has been
~ppointed Chairman of the American Helicopter
Society tAHS)+ Dynamics Technical Committee. Dr
C’rmiston was appointed in May 1976.
On Thursday, August 5. a film on Hypotbermia
IMountain Sickness or Death by Freezingl will be
shown in the auditorium (Bldg. 200} at 12 noon.
b~ Susi~ Rldqu~sl
Need a [ifl’~ ’6’ondering about growth potential
and the possibihties ’~ Curious about what u certified
protessional ~,ecretara ~s, ho~ to be cme. and where
it leads to’?
TH|N. be sore to attend a Brown Bag Lunch on
August 3 (Tuesdayb ]gTt~, from 11 30 to I O0 at
the Space Science Auditorium. B~dg 245
Ms Jeanne Waal of the National Secretaries
Association ’a, iH be the guest speaker Ms \:era
Buscher ol the Women’s Advisory Group will mcmitot
the hag lunch
REMEMBI R the date: it may have SOME’i lt[NG
for you
Thank you
Gene and l want to thank aH of our friends at
Ames Rest-arch Center for tbeir expressions ol
sympathy on the loss of our beloved son Paul who
died oi cancer on June 23 at the age of 21
The moral support, encouragement and concen~
shown by so many of you during the 2-1/2 years of
his illness helped see us through the most difficult
period of our lives.
His memory will be cherished by those who were
privileged to know him.
Gene and May Rosen
To All NASA-Ames and Contract Employees and
Their Families
Our hearts are full of gratitude for all the compassion
you have shown us dunng these sorrowful days.
Your presence at the chapel, your letters, your
cards+ visits and your donations to the Heart Association
have sustamed us knowing you also cared
We are deeply grateful,
Mrs. Vernon E Nicholson and Family
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Jetsetter news
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20 AUGUST WINE AN[) DINE CRUISE. tPrice
$2t per person. Contact Marian Davis, Ext 5832,
Mail Stop 206-3.1
Golf
RANCHO CA,NADA. CARMEL
b) Sol TardhJ & .4 Lope:
We had a beautiful day and a group ~f4~ f, layer~.
FIRST FLIGHT WINNERS:
Ist - J. Cnyot: 2nd - D. Dust: 3rd - D. Quattronc:
and4th-J Rakicb.
SECOND FLIGHT WINNERS:
]st - E. Meneffee; 2nd - J. McGinnis: 3rd -TIE: J
McCIoy and A Lopez
THIRD FLIGHT WINNERS:
lst- R Oyama: 2nd- R. Sheafler:3rd-k Levin:
and 4th - B. Quattrone
Safety Corner
Chloroform has been found to cause liver and
kidney cancer ~, in test animals, according to a report
by HEWs National Cancer institute.
Availahilit3 of the rcpor! was announced m a
reccT~t F~’derot Register. along with a sumTnar3 ol
lhe findmgs
The most frequent findmg was liver cancer, which
killed most male and female mice gi~el~ the compound
oratE’,. High incidences of kidney tumors.
predominantly cancerous, occurred in male rats at
both high and low dosages of chloroform and in
some 6:male rats at high dosages. Thyroid tumors
appeared in some l)mah, rats
The tests ’,,,ere par~ of a continuing National Canccr
Institute INCI~ bioassay program to screen
chemical~ lot cancer-causing activity. Icarcinogenic-
Ityl in animals under specific conditions
Chloroform lalso called trichloromethanel is one
of a series of chlori~ated hydrocarbons selected for
carcmogencsis bioassay, based on their occurrence in
the general and occupational environment of
htln]ans Chloroloma was intended in thi~ group
because of its chemical structure and its extensive
u.se. and becausx, of earlier suspicions of carcinogenicity
Most chlorolk~rm used in the United Slates is for
manutacturing fluorocarbons for refrigerants, aerosol
propellants, and plastics. It is also used in extracting
and purifying antibiotics, as an mdustrial solvent,
in photographic processing and industrial
riD’cleaning, in d}es, drugs, and pesticides, and in
some toothpastes, cough medicines, liniments, and
salves. The chemical was used in the past as all
anesthetic
Study results. NCI scientists concloded, dead.,,
indicate that chloroform has induced liver cancers in
mice. and kidney tumors in rats 7"he findings are
considered definitive for animal studies and serve as
a warning of possible carcinogenicity m humans.
However, the extent of possible human risk cannot
be predicted reliably on the basis of these studies
alone.
Copies of the eblorofc~rm report and additional
information are available from the Office of Cancer
Communications, NCI, Bethesda. Mary fund 20014.
The National Cancer Institute is a bureau of the
National Institutes of Health. one of six agencies of
the U.S. Public Health Service.