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Civil ans At WorkDressed in Army uniforms, civilian employes of National Guard rush to positions on Nike missile battery.CiviliansThe ArmycanWesheCorctewoanmiBy Dick Barnes I Most importantly, they're workingTORRANCE, Calif. (AP) — The because they want the job not call comes every Thursday after- because they were drafted’ andPO50ofsbCochWihis-r—-noon somewhere in Ihe United States. Its sumnKins: to test-fire ; a pair o£ Nike air defense mis- siles.‘....J-t sounds like a strictly military ; job- But the summons frequently is directed at men like Ron Ly-• ster. He is a civilian, one of 32 supervisors of civilian Nike-Ajax battailous..These outfits are saving Unclehave to serve.Lyster sometimes spends 60 hours a week at work, but says his wife doesn't mind his job— “She knows I’m happy with the work. I couldn't make as much money somewhere else.”The Army likes the system because it saves money. Richard G.Wilde, Lyster’s predecessor and now' supervisor of a 4th Missile_ — w— vlovi vt a im miaaiK*Sam money, yet providing the Battalion battcrv in Playa del country' with air defense as effi- Rey, explains the economy;cient as at Army-manned sites.'. '‘The call shock me up a b t,” Fringe Benefits.r*1 says Lyster of a recent srrfrise * ^’s cheaper for the Army be-^ telephoned nr:’— ! • - ;-:n cause there axe no fringe benefits— his unit was ne :t on tin te:t ^or civilian -employes. An Armyca- schedule.private gets $78 a month and a beginner here gets about §400. But the hidden costs are eliminatedBest Shot„ l^x,uSh Vie had bossed, the unit'and the'Army saves about 50 per only seven days, Lyster took! cent . x: TO re than 30 men to McGregor There are no commissary-^ileges, full-scale medical programs, quarters allowances or re-; Range, N.M., Oct. 8 and rolled3- ap the highest score of the test ____ ^* year, outshooiing military and j rirementplans~Qth7‘cWmans]v civilian Nike units from all over At prescnt 7S Nikc.A]-ajc batter_t the country. . ies in the continental Uniteda bit of luck,” says states are- manned by 4,332 full-14'the deep-voiced mis:item:ui who is 27 and looks like a pro half-■ back. But the performance of his Battery B of the 4th Missile Battalion, 2Slst Artillery, was no sur-! prise.It was an honor roll battery in* 1960-61, as were three companion ;;; batteries which help guard Los w Angeles. Their record made the• - 4ih the only 100 per cent honor i' roll battalion in the nation.lime civilian employes.New York BusesAre On Strike. NEW YORK (AP) — The city’s two largest bus lines were struck at the birth of the new year today by the Transport Workers Union. Organizations like the 4th wererThe lines transport 1.3 million;;; created in April 1958-when the -’J J—’-Army decided to turn some of its( • Nike sites over to civilians m-U ployed by the National Guard.Civilians SaluteTo assure mobilization of the sities in event of attack, the Guard said all employes must join its reserve program.The employes wear military uniforms at work and salute the officers. But they’re civilians,riders a day.The strike declaration went out at 12:01 a.m., after last minute high-level conferences failed to bury the bene of contention—city concessions to ease the ‘lines’ financial plight.Drivers en route when the strike went into effect continued on the job long enough to deliver their passengers, then returned to the garages, where pickets hadpaid through the states and are j been set up. subject to the terms of employ-1 Altogether, 6,400 TWU employes meat laid down by their states, are involved.
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Salina Journal
Salina, Kansas, US
Mon, Jan 01, 1962
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