Transfer Of ACS To USAF
Will Add 70 New Civilians
The Air Force has announced that an additional 70 civilian
positions with the Alaska Communications System will be filled
during the Fiscal year starting July 1.
The proposed enlarging of the staff will cnindde with the
transfer of the ACS from the Department of the Armv to the
-
Air Force on July 1. 1062. 4
In a recent meeting with Defenso
Department officials, the Alaska
congressional delegation was in
formed of the target date and was
assured that there would be no
downgrading of civilian service
during the transfer.
The request for the transfer was
initiated by the Armv last Decem
ber and has been under study since
Army officials pointed out that the
“long lines" of the ACS have been
duplicated by the Air Force White
Alice communications network and
the Ballistic Missile Early Warn
ing System at Clear. A large portion
of ACS ooeration.c hav« been rou+ed
over these facilities since they be
came operational.
Tie-In Planned
The remaining ACS operations, re
taining its name, functions and fa
cilities, will be tied in with present
Air Force communications systems.
Spokesman stated that it was still
the Defense Department policy that
the ACS should ultimately be sold,
but they pointed out that authority
to divorce ACS from Federal juris
diction must be done by legislation,
not by administrative action.
The delegation was informed that
the transfer will be complete. Civil
ian employees will continue in their
jobs under* Air Force jurisdiction.
Special arrangements are contem
plated to provide for the 40-odd uni-'
formed Army personnel who have
been with the system for many years
and whose loss, officials stated,
would work a hardship for the sys
tem.
The Air Force will continue a
system initiated five years ago by
the ACS to replace uniformed per
sonnel with civilians. An additional
» 70 civiliaft positions will be filled
during the fiscal year starting in
July.
Army personnel will continue to
operate the facilities for about one
year after the transfer, then they
will be replaced by Air Force per-;
sonnel.
New Geological
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Jurassic (Bathonian nr Eariy Cal
lovian>Ammonites from Alaska and
Montana, by Ralph W. Imlay, is the
latest of Geological Survey profes
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locally.
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descriptions and illustrations of
cephalopods of possible late middle
Jurassic (Bathovian) age.
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