Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966

LABSTRACTS
No. 23 U. S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, WASHINGTON , D.C. June 10, 1966
USRL Joins RL
Effective July 1 the Navy Underwater Sound Ref
erence Laboratory (USRL) in Or land o, Florida,
will be disestablished and become a di v i s i o n of
NRL. It will be designated as the Underwater Sound
Reference Division (USRD). As a division of NRL,
USRD, in its program of standards and instrumen
tation development for imderwater sound measure
ment, will be re-enforced by the spec i a 1i zed
capabilities of related elements of the NRL research
staff. The f i n an c i a 1, management, and support
services requirements will be backed up by the
service organizations of NRL.
The new division will continue under the imme
diate supervision of the Chief Scientist, Mr. O. M.
Ows ley. Mr. Owsley will report directly to Capt
T. B. Owen, Director of NRL, for the management
of the operations and the effective prosecution of
the program. He will be guided as appropriate and
in their resp ective areas, by NRL's Director of
Research, Director of Support S e r vi c e s, and
Comptroller.
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NRL Signs Labor Contract
for Guard Unit
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Colum
bia Lodge No. 174 of the International Association
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have nego
tiated a comprehensive agreement covering all non
supervisory security guards in the Laboratory's
Security and Administrative Services Division.
Following a grant of exclusive recognition to the
Union on January 19, 1966, negotiations began on
March 31, 1966, and were concluded on May 26.
The Laboratory's negotiating team was beaded by
Capt J. C. Matheson, Director of Support Services,
and inc luded LCdr J . H. DalPian, Se c u r i t y and
Administrative Ser vices Officer, and Mr. T. F.
Garnett, Jr., of the Personnel Division . The chief
negotiator for the Union was Mr. R. W. Fauntleroy,
Business Representative of Columbia Lodge No .
174. Mr. Fauntleroy was assisted by Mr. R. E.
Bunner and Mr. H. B. Brooks, both members of the
Laboratory's guard force.
The completed agreement was signed at 3:00
p. m. on Wednesday, June 1, in the Office of the
Director of Support Services. The effective date
of the agreement is June 2, 1966. It is anticipated
that the agreement will remain in effect for one
year with the possibility of its subsequent extension
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Chair of Cosmic Ray Physics Established
Effective May 11 the Laboratory established a
Chair of Cosmic Ray Physics for Dr. Maurice M.
Shapiro, who recently r esigne d from the Superin
tendency of the Nucleonics Division after 12 years
in the latter position. The post of Chair of Science
was c r eat e d by the Laboratory to confer special
recognition on the incumbent as a distinguished
scientist of exceptional accomplishment.
The staf.f of the former Cosmic Ray Branch,
which Dr. Shapiro organized and led since 1949,
will constitute the L ab oratory for Cosmic Ray
Physics , with Dr. Shapiro as Chief Scientist.
The Laboratory for Cosmic Ray Physics is en
gaged in studies of the primary cosmic radiation
its composition, energy spectra, and other proper
ties. This group of physicists composing the Lab
oratory has become especially well-known for its
significant contributions to our knowledge of the
helium component and the heavier primary nuclei
of the cosmic radiation, as well as for its earlier
work on elementary particles. Dr. Shapiro is also
Principal Investigator for the Gemini Cosmic Ray
Experiment S-9, a collaborative enterprise of the
Laboratory and the Goddard Space Flight Center.
The emulsion stack designed for this experiment
was lost on the ill-fated Gemini VIIl but, the ex
periment is re-scheduled to be flown on Gemini
Flight XI.
Savings Bond Campaign Extended
The Federal Savings Bonds Chairman, Postmas
ter General Lawrence F. O'Brien, has announced
that he is extending the 25th Anniversary Savings
Bonds Campaign for F ederal Employees through
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