Local Sgt Gruber Runs Army Radio Link Helping Families Abroad
Gere Gruber operates a Military Affiliate Radio System station from Corry Pennsylvania connecting servicemen in Vietnam Japan Germany and elsewhere to families at home. He handles morale messages May relay to Pentagon via teletype and tape cutting with direct links to Fort Meade and First Army.
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Vietnam
Japan
Germany
Gere Gruber
Corry
Gruber
U.S. Army
U.S. Army Signal Corps
Army
MARS
MATN
Military Army
Pentagon
Washington, D.C
Fort Dix
Fort Devens
Mass
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Fort Belvoir
Fort Knox
Fort Eustis
First Army
Fort Meade
West Coast
Pennsylvania
Hawaii
Gene Gruber
R. D
Corry, Home
Bill Johnston
Gruber Named MARS Operator of the Month for Service
Gruber, stationed at ASNFX, reads 50 words a minute in code and coordinates frequency monitoring for the First Army area. He spends about 100 hours monthly providing the service to military personnel and relatives, set up and maintains MARS disaster net for Pennsylvania, and collaborates with U.S. Army Engineers and the Weather Bureau. He installed a 15,000 watt generator for rapid power recovery and has earned multiple operator of the month honors. Letters of appreciation include one from Second Army at Fort Meade for 1959 floods and another from a Conneautville family after sending a Vietnam son’s message.
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Gruber
ASNFX
First Army
Alli Area
Pennsylvania
U.S. Army Engineers
U.S. Weather Bureau
Second Army
Fort Meade
Conneautville
Vietnam
Ice lined dome guards reactor leaks at Westinghouse plant
Westinghouse announces a ice lined refrigerated wall inside the dome of atomic power plant to trap and divert escaping radioactive steam in case of major accident. The system uses millions of ice cubes to protect against leaks.
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Satay Nuclear Power Plants
Westinghouse
Union Bus Strike Shuts Albert Gallatin Schools
About 6,400 students in the Albert Gallatin school district faced a day off as 27 of 39 buses failed to run on the first day of the fall term. Supervising principal William Hanley cited telephone threats and safety concerns, while Teamsters Local 491 seeks a $1 raise from $1.50 hourly wage. Brownsville district did not close.
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Umiuntown
Albert Gallatin
Fayette County
Brownsville
William Hanley
Teamsters Local 491
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Henson
United States Army Office of the Commanding General
Fort George G. Meade
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Eugene B. Gruber
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Susquehanna River
Maloney
Columbus
America
Action Shoemakers
Carrig
North Center Street
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Cohen Auto Supply
Franklin St
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ONAL
BANK
Warbara
K. Ling
Marine Bank
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Marine National Bank °Erie
Coary
Titubville
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