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Show Moab, Utah 84532 10. 1974 Volume 79 Number 41 WEATHEC H L Pr Oct. 2, 88 87 ,00 Oct. 3, 73 54, .08 Oct. 4, 75 50 .03 Oct. 5, 77 $4 .00 Oct. 6, 72 43 .02 Oct. 7, 79 42 .00 Oct. 8, 82 46 .00 Missile Base Cutbacks Announced at Green River Effective Sept. 30 support activities provided by Dynalectron Corp. at White Sands Missiles Range's Utah Launch Complex at Green River have been reduced. Staff of Dynalectron is" expected to be reduced by 25 during the next 2 weeks. Army officials say this is a temporary measure pending an upswing of activities at the Utah base next spring. Activities have .been curtailed as a result of moving a previously scheduled fall series of Army Pershing missile firings from Gr. R. to McGregor Range, north of El Paso Texas. White Sands officials anticipate a spring and fall series of Pershing firings at Green River, during 1975. Currently the Army operated Utah Launch Complex has 3 primary projects to. -support; >• inelu- -ding the Pershing prog- ram, Air Force Bomb Scoring program, and a Navy project involving study of navigation systems. Two other programs -- the national Aeronautics and Space Administration, LACATE, and HIREWIMP projects are temporarily inactive. In addition the complex has facilities for building up Athena Research Missiles, most recently fired from Wallops Island, Va. and- Wake Island in the Pacific. |