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Show Pieces of Destroyed WIND & SAND 15 Oct 65 Pershing Recovered The remnants of a Pershing missile aimed at White Sands; Missile Range but destroyed in I flight last Wednesday near; Blanding, Utah, has been found. I The officials said an aerial! observer, Sergeant Cliff Bruno, I spotted the warhead section of I the missile. The find was made, in what is known in the Bland-ing area as Recapture Canyon, about 5 miles north of Bland-[ ing. A range recovery ground] crew is at the site. ! Calvin Wells, a White Mesa, Utah, cattle herder, found the first portion of the missile Monday afternoon about 7 miles from Blanding. : Range officials said yesterday that Mr. Wells will receive j land,in a predetermined site on, the range. White Sands Missile Range recovery personnel traveled immediately to the impact area. A weekend search with a reinforced crew of approximately 50 persons had failed to turn up any evidence of the Pershing. Athena Launching Termed Success White Sands Missile Range announced the successful launch of an Air Force Athena test missile Monday night from the range's Test Complex at Green River, Utah. The re-entry vehicle impacted on WSMR as planned. a reward for his part in the re- i covery of the Army surface-to-j j surface missile. The amount of] I the reward has not yet been; | determined. I Recovery of the missile parts) will now enable range experts! to try to determine the reason' the missile went awry and had j to be destroyed by a missile! flight safety officer. j Following months of training | and preparation, Ft. Sill's B Battery, 2d Battalion, 44th j Artillery, launched the Persh-i ing last Wednesday. The mis-j sile had been programmed toi Air Force plans San Juan Record HFeb more testing1965 Monticello, Utau Athena missile testing at the Green River launch facility will continue through all of 1965 and most of 1966, according to word received from the Air Force by Sen. Wallace Bennett (R-Utah). The Air Force said the 1965 schedule calls for at least three Athena launchings per month. Atlantic Research of Alexandria, Va. and the Air Force are testing re-entry and solid fuel missiles at Green River where the pencil-like Athena is launched to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Since the first Athena launch a year ago, the Air Force has. launched eight more missiles. The first triggered an exhaustive safety investigation when the missile malfunctioned and impaced near Durango, Colo. Two other missiles have been destructed early in flight. According to the original contract schedule at Green River the Air Force would have completed the final A' thena launch in December of 1964 but unscheduled delays and technical growing pains have left 68 missiles remaining to be launched. WlNir& SAND J$> Aug65 EndHunt\ For Lost Pershing The search for a Pershing missile believed downed in the mountains near Creede, Colo.,' has ended. Seventeen searchers, including 12 that scoured the Creede area on horseback, returned tp| White Sands this week. A helicopter, pilots and mech- j anics aided the ground search) party. The search started Aug-| ust 1. The missile was fired from;jj the Hueco Range at Ft. Bliss, last November.' All recorded data on the missile's flight indicated the Pershing overshot the range and landed near the Creede area. A $500 reward that expires September 30 was posted for recovery of the missile in February. Two searches for the missile last winter were called off because of heavy snow in the area. TIMES INDEPENDENT Moab, Utah 7 January 19&5 Dynafectron Apparent Dynalectron Corp., Land Air Division, is the apparent low bidder on the test complex support contract for the Green River missile base, it was learned yesterday. Dynalectron will take over the logistic support contract when the present contractor, Bendix Field Engineering Division completes their contractual obligation January 31. Bendix was among the nine bidders for the contract that unofficial sources have identified. Dynalectron has already conferred with Utah State Employment Service personnel and will meet again with local employment service personnel to affect the transition of contractors. The new contractor - assuming that the contract signing and award is certified at higher levels - will likely utilize many of the Bendix employed personnel in maintenance and security. They began advertising for applicants in The Times-Independent with this issue asking for plant engineering and maintenance, vehicle maintenance, security, fire prevention, and propellant handling employees. Dynalectron has established a contact office at the Book Cliffs Lodge in Green River, but additional information on employment opportunities can be gained at the Moab employment office, we are informed. |
