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BS The Sacrarrfento Bee Sunday February 13 1983 No Detail Is Too Small Museum Will race History Of McClellan much more interesting than a wrench a man-hole cover It is said to be signficant because it is from old Rockwell Air Depot at North Island San Diego Rockwell was the Army Air West Coast depot until 1938-39 when McClellan opened and took over functions The Rockwell location is now the North Island Naval Air Station The Navy recently presented the artifact to Gen James Mullins Air Force Logistics commander and Maj Gen Dewey Lowe Sacramento Air Logistics Center commander when the four-star general visited Sacramento There are other items however coming to McClellan guaranteed to be of interest to aviation-minded folks One hopefully will be flown here soon from the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base storage depot It is an EC 121 the type of aircraft which flew out of McClellan for 20 years on Cold War missions and also participated in the hot war in Vietnam The crew will be ex-members of the 552nd Airborne Warning and Control Wing which flew the Connies They are now with the 60th Military Airlift Wing at Travis Air Force Base They are Lt Col Garry Hoff pilot Capt Dave Spradling co-pilot and two master sergeants John Holland and Bill Murray both of whom are flight engineers An F-86L another one-time McClellan airplane is now undergoing restoration work by reservist volunteers at the base and will be one of the featured aircraft Three other aircraft from past an F-84 F-100 and T-33 are to be shipped from Davis-Monthan for display The museum also hopes to obtain a P-80 Shooting Star being restored by Carl La-deck of Auburn in a trade for something the museum has that might interest him Oliver said however that he know what that could be But they are checking out an ancient B- By Bill Lawrence Bee Staff Writer DOES THE TITLE Air Force Logistics Museum of the West sound like a place where a of should be kept? Brig Gen Lee Greer vice commander of the Sacramento Air Logistics Center thought so So now the museum being set up at McClellan Air Force Base has been renamed McClellan Aviation Museum This Military Beat By Bill Lawrence base historian Ray Oliver says will reflect the of telling the McClellan story from the pre-World War II days when the base was established to the present time The first item contributed sound 10 in mudflats near San Rafael a B-29 on the bottom of Lake Tahoe and two P-38s in Roseville The B-lO visible at low-tide was flown by a young officer named George Stratemyer at the time of the crash nearly 50 years ago The B-29 according to a diver is in a wheels-down position at the bottom of the lake The P-38s are said to be crated bargains someone picked up at the end of World War II The museum needs volunteers for a variety of jobs including aircraft restoration and donations of signficant military aviation items INCIDENTALLY AFTER printing an item about the museum some months ago this column heard from a McClellan civilian employee He protested saying a museum mania is sweeping the service with junked airplanes being indiscriminately plunked down in base museums across the country He acknowledged much work is done by volunteers as in the McClellan project But he maintained that shipping aircraft to a museum from Davis-Monthan involves labor and money that could be spent on military missions I Retirement Age Is Still Debated the age for retirement under current we are deadly serious about getting reforms that will shore up the federal retirement and make the government as an employer like the private Should be an interesting hearing ON ALL BRAND NEW 1982 AUDIS IN STOCK PRICES START FROM $1 0750 (097417) AND ON THE NEW 1983 5000S TURBO DIESELS 392-1400 PORSCHEAUDIFIAT 5830 FLORIN ROAD SOUTH SACRAMENTO All cars subject to prior sale tax he doc fee VERTICALS WOOD BLINDS ANDwm Value Line INTRODUCTORY TRIAL only $37 (about half the regular rate) If no member of jour household has had a subscription to Value Line In the last two years you can now receive full-page analyses of about 130 stocks each week for the next 1 0 weeks for $37 As a double bonus at no additional charge you will also receive the 2000-page Investors Reference Service (covering 1700 stocks) and the 72-page booklet "A Subscriber's Guide Send check or money order along with name address and zip code together with this ad to: Dept 28LK02 The Value Line 711 Third Avenue New York NY 10017 This subscription will not be assigned (N residents add sales tax Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery CALL TOLL-FREE: tf you have Master Card American Expreea or Visa phone 1-S0O-S91-1750 (operator 13) 24 hr 7 days a week 9 9 It I Washington Post WASHINGTON Legislation that would raise the retirement age for federal government employees from 55 to 65 is bogged down on the drawing board Reason: A dispute between the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget over grandfathering rights for current government workers Under the proposal federal workers (who can now retire at 55 with 30 years service) would have to work until age 65 to get their Federal Diary By Mike Causey full annuity regardless of how much time they have in government At present those people can retire with an annuity equal to just over 56 percent of the average of their highest three years of salary If the plan is approved by Congress a annuity would be reduced by 5 percent a year for each year the employee is under age 65 when he retires The OPM wants to grandfather-in anybody who is 55 or older at the time of enactment of the legislation regardless of how much time they have in government That would mean anyone 55 or older (when the bill became law) could continue to work and retire before 65 without penalty as long as they satisfied the requirements now in effect But some OMB officials are pushing a harder line They would grandfather only those workers who are 55 with 30 years service at the time of enactment In other words people who are 55 with less than 30 years service would be subject to the new retirement age and penalties for retiring before age 65 The bill which includes other changes in the retirement system it will not be introduced until the OPM vs OMB squabble is settled If President Reagan gets his way and manages to freeze federal salaries make employees pay more for their pensions and work longer to get them the question is who is going to want to work for the government? Right now the answer is simple: A lot of people Unemployment is high Some industries (steel) may never fully recover all seen pictures of 10000 people lining up for a handful of job openings But suppose that changes? Suppose things get better? Suppose we come out of this recession and unemployment drops dramatically as the administration says (as it said correctly about inflation) it will? Rep Mary Rose Oakar D-Ohio Is going to ask questions like that Wednesday when she confronts Donald Devine Oakar heads the House subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits It has jurisdiction over much legislation affecting government workers and retirees Devine heads the Office of Personnel Management and is the chief architect for changes (they say reforms) in the federal personnel system Oakar wants Devine to explain in detail just what the administration is proposing and why and to spell out how it would affect people who work for Uncle Sam She also plans to ask Devine if he (and the president) have thought about the impact their proposals may have on the future quality of the government which like most outfits is only as good as its employees Administration officials feel that federal pay and fringe benefits especially the retirement system are much more generous than those offered in the private sector workers are absolutely positively obsessed with security and early an administration official said last week He said the proposals which are being translated into legislative language would protect the rights of employees who are at or Start with an introductory workshop study one computer language or attend a six-course program in several languages Take programs alone or as part of a degree program Courses are conducted day or evening Next classes begin Feb 28 Enroll now Call (916) 921-3100 Changing the course of educatioa tiationd University Sncrcmento SIZES rxrxzo' Dalivarad from Oakland A lot Angola Accept rules fund more DECORATOR SHADES ALSO AVAILABLE CALL FOR APPOINTMENT M0N-SAT 722-8550 or 920-4443 Oj 12417 Fair Oaks Blvd (Corner of Fair Oaks Greenback) Schedule OOpm Santa Barbara 5 37am Los Angeles 50am TO BAY ABBASACBAMBtITO Los Angeles 8 45pm 5 anta Barbara 1 1 05pm San Jose 5 55 am 5 an Francisco 7 50am Sacramento 9 5 0am Bus Leurn how to survive the computer revolution Computer Literacy Programs begin Feb 28 Computers could be your best ally in both your personal and business life Enroll in the Computer Literacy Program at National University Sacramento to assure be on the winnning side of the computer revolution have experience with IBM personal computers and learn from professors who practice what they teach VIRTUALLY VANDAL PROOF! 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