Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1968 Page: 4 of 10
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Published iu the interest of the military and civilian personnel at Ft. Hood
Texas every Friday by the Community Enterprises Inc. Temple Texas.
Policies and statements reflected in the news and editorial columns represent
news of the individual writers and under no circumstances are to be considered
those of the Department of the Army. Advertisements in this publication do not
constitute an endorsement by the Department ot Defense of the products or serv
ices advertised. All news natter for publication should be sent to the Public In
formation Office. Armored Sentinel. Fort Hood Texas. 76544. Telephone OV5-34H).
This is not an official army newspaper. However
^is publication
Forces News Bureau material and papers ore authorized to reprint non-copy
riehtedAFNB material without written permission from AFNB.
Advertising copy should be sent to:Business Office P. O. 868 Temple. Texas
or Business Office 204 West Ave. B. Killeen. Texas. Subscription off post 53.00
per vear $1.00 for three months. Distribution on post free.
All pictures are United States Army Signal Corps photographs. Unless otherwise
noted the publication of these is not restricted except in cases involving republica
tion for advertising purpose at which time permission of the Department of the
Army be obtained.
NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE
W. B. Bradbury Company
105 Lexington Ave. New York 17 N. Y. 10017
Don't Bug Out
How many times in our lives have we backed away
from a good fight—not just a passing fracas but one that
directly affects us by its outcome? It doesn sound logical
.does it? When we've got something at stake we're go
ing to fight for it tooth and nail.
Well if past statistics hold true half of us are going
to turn our back on one of these fights this year. We're
going to pass it by without a second glance and then
when it's all over we're going to sit around and cry about
the outcome. We're going to howl like a stuck pig because
the guys we let do our fighting lost and we don like the
way the winners are doing things.
We're not talking about the shooting war in Vietnam
or a shooting war anywhere else for that matter. We re
talking about the battle that's going on right here at home
this year the 1968 elections.
This is our chance to fight with something other
than bullets our ballot. It's one of the most powerful
weapons we own in the battle to maintain freedom. But its
like any other weapon we have to use it for it to do
any good.
Now don't start mouthing all the worn-out reasons
why our vote isn't important or we can't vote. Ninety-nine
per cent of the reasons just don't hold water.
Our vote is important and strange as it might seem
could be the deciding vote in our state's election. Another
worn-out excuse for not voting is "I'm so far away from
home I can't get back there to vote."
What about an absentee ballot? Have we taken the
time to learn how to get one so we can vote no matter
where we are when election time rolls around?
There is a little card called the Federal Post Card Ap
plication for Absentee Ballot (FPCA) available to all
commands. It's the key to absentee voting. Once we fill it
out and send it to our home state we've started the ball
rolling.
Sometimes just the FPCA is enough to get us re
gistered and get our ballot. In other cases it gets us the
particular state forms we must fill out and return to be
eligible to vote. This varies from state to state but the
FPCA is the first step.
The Department of Defense and the individual ser-
bices provide more ammunition for the battle of the bal
lots. They publish page after page of voting information
which can tell us all we need to know about voting in our
states. All it takes to get it is a few minutes of our time.
Our absentee ballot is our weapon and knowldge
is our ammunition. Use them and use them effectively in
the battle of the 1968 elections. (AFPS)
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By MARY FELLER
Command Information
Chain of Command photos of
the new Secretary of Defense
Clark Clifford are not yet
available. It normally takes
several weeks for an official
portrait to be made duplicated
and distributed. When the of
ficial photo is received an
nouncement will be made in this
column and after that time they
will be available in the Com-
an Information Division
6 0 on a a
Avenue.
Homing pigeons are being us
ed experimentally by the 501st
Sig. Bn. of the 101st Abn. Div.
at Bien Hoa. The unit brought 30
birds from the Army Signal
School at Ft. Monmouth to test
as messengers for recon
naissance elements.
Many applications for
retirement or separation are
being held up because personnel
are failing to include their
Social Security account number
with their requests. A DA
message says "many requests
for separation retirement or
physical evaluation board pro-
receives Armed
Advertising Manager
Killeen Representative
ceedlngs continue to be received
which do not contain SSAN."
It is said most of the
omissions are coming from of
ficers. Personnel must include
Social Security account number
to insure prompt action.
Michigan Civil Service
Department is testing a unique
job "hotline" or "dial-a-job."
The telephone recorder device
will deliver a one-and-one half
minute resume of jobs where
state agencies report current
vacancies. After hearing the
resume on the "hotline" number
in Lansing the caller will then
be given a chance to give his
name and address to receive
applications by return mail for
exams in which he is interested.
The system has been placed tin
a day or night basis.
Units a&rted for movement
to Southeast Asia may obtain
orientation materials from the
I or at on O
packets are for issue to unit
commanders not to individ
uals.
The highest peak of the Can-
tabrian mountains along
northern Spanish coast is Torre
de Cerredo at 8787 feet.
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By Lt. Col. W. H. NEINAST
Deputy SJA
A favorite but widely
misunderstood legal subject
among non-lawyers is that of
double jeopardy. Simply put the
doctrine of double jeopardy is
that no person may be tried
twice for the same offense. The
key words in this restatement
of this doctrine or principle are
tried" and "same offense."
The legal interpretation or
meaning of these words is fre
quently ignored or not un
derstood. It is the purpose of
this article therefore to set
the record straight on double
jeopardy.
Double jeopardy applies to
criminal trials only. Thus an
individual may be tried and
either convicted or acquitted of
an act ("offense") in a criminal
court and also be sued in a
civil court for damages which
result from that act. Or in ap
propriate cases administrative
action such as revoking or
suspending driving privileges
may also be taken against him.
For members of the military
services administrative action
includes among others ad
ministrative reduction in grade
under AR 600-200 reprimand
pecuniary liability by report of
survey or board action etc.
Explaining the legal meaning
of "same offense" under the
double jeopardy doctrine is
more difficult than the foregoing
separation of criminal trials
from civil trials and ad
ministrative actions. It is essen
tial to such an explanation to
remember that the words under
discussion are "same offense"
and not "same act." This
distinction is critical because
one "act" can constitute more
than one offense that is the
act may violate several laws.
For example an individual
who robs a Federally insured
bank violates the state law on
robbery and the Federal law
protecting such banks. He can
be tried in the state courts for
violation of the state law against
Mon. & Thurs. 8-9
Sat. & Weekdays 8-6
Several years ago the
Supreme Court of the United
States had two such cases
presented to it. In one case
the individual had been tried
and acquitted in the state courts
but convicted of the robbery
in the Federal courts. In the
other case just the opposite
prevailed an acquittal at the
Federal level but conviction in
the State courts.
The Supreme Court upheld
both convictions and rejected
the defendants' pleas that they
had been put in double jeopardy
by the two trials. Similarly a
serviceman by one act may
violate both a state law and
an article of the Uniform Code
of Military Justice. When this
happens he may legally be tried
in the state courts and also
punished under Article 15 or
tried under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice as by his
one act he has committed two
offenses.
As a matter of practice
however. Army Regulation 22-12
establishes the following policy:
"A person subject to the
if or of it a
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robbing banks as well as in
the Federal courts for the
Federal offense.
I'NSJDB
Justice who has been tried in
a civil court normally will
not be tried by a court-martial
or punished under the Uniform
Code of Military Justice Article
15 for the same act or acts
over which the civil court has
exercised jurisdiction... (unless
authority therefor is granted by
the officer exercising general
court-martial jurisdiction)."
is re at on re
that administrative action as
discussed above may be taken
in such cases and that in ap
propriate cases where the possi
ble administrative actions are
considered inadequate the of
ficer exercising general court-
martial authority over the in
dividual may authorize ad
ditional disciplinary or court-
martial action.
RESORT TO OPEN
MOSCOW (AP) A new
Black Sea resort Apitsunda
and about 100 Soviet cities and
towns will be open this year to
foreign tourists Vladimir Anku-
dinov head of the Soviet tourist
agency told a Tass interviewer.
FLY HOOD AIRLINES
Non Stop to Dallas
Several Scheduled Flights
Per Day. For Information
Call LA6-3048
Charter Service Available
or
On Post
Main Airline Ticket Office
685-7249
Guildhall by Drexel personifies legendary loveliness combined
with storage space a princess would envy comfort a castle never
knew all at amazingly modest prices.
(WFFTMM
I I I I I I
McGregor Texas
Army
Command
Saves Money
U.S. Army Weapons Com
mand engineers have cut the
cost of training with the M-67
90mm recoilless rifle from $45
around to ten cents.
The recoilless rifle which is
used by a two-man team fires
a os iv a a
(HEAT) round capable of
defeating any known tank.
Each firing costs about $45
dollars. Engineers at Watervliet
Arsenal have developed an in
expensive training device to
replace the HEAT round.
The practice round consists
of a cylinder which is the same
size and shape as the regular
round. It fires a standard
7.62mm rifle round which has
been adjusted to travel at about
the same speed and trajectory
as the regular 90mm projectiles.
Soldiers now can get the same
functional training on both sta
tionary and moving targets that
they would normally get with
the regular round for a cost
of ten cents.
COOK TURNS
CARTOONIST
Pfc. Wesley Cook is a cook
turned cartoonist.
Actually Cook is a cook in
Hqs Hqs. Col of the 553rd
S&S Bn. 13th Spt. Bde.
Pfc. Cook is the guest car
toonist in this week's Armored
Sentinel.
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Retail Sale
Retail sales at Ft. Hood
are held daily 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Monday through Friday in Bldg.
4274. The sales will be con
ducted for military personnel
their dependents and civilian
personnel on a first come first
serve basis. All sales are final
and items must be removed at
the time of purchase. Army
Regulations prohibit the ac
ceptance of personal checks.
Only the
Armored Sentinel
Gives
Complete Coverage
to this huge
TRADE AREA!
Mrs. J. E. Davis—Killeen
701 Kern Rd.—
ME4-5924
CH2-5121
MR. MERCHANT..:
CASH or CREDIT
Salesladies
YOU are invited to patronize the
merchants who advertise in the Sentinel!
These merchants appreciate your business!
Friday March 81968
RENT-A-CAR
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$5°°
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WEEKLY RATES
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VI HOG Cut and Cured to Suit
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1305 So. 23rd—K17-3433
We will be glad for you to come by our
plant in Lampasas and pick your meat.
& FROZEN FOOD
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YOU'VE GOT TO
TELL EM
TO
SELL EM!
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