Finished the document with the AMR test data. It has the #PA-631; gave it to Joanne for a cover & title sheet. JLV has taken my advice & gone into hiding to finish his report. I’d like to see it. Left on the 10 AM shuttle for Dr. Thoma’s office, where he put on the traction bars on my upper and lower jaws. It took 75 minutes. Left his office at 1 PM and walked up to Brooks Hospital at 227 Summit Avenue in Brookline, where I checked in at 1:40 PM and went to bed. As I didn’t have any lunch, I was given a glass of milk and a dish of custard. Blood and urine samples were taken, and a capsule of medication. Visited by a Dr. Kaufman who asked routine questions of medical history.

Rode in with HS. Left the Lab on the 10 AM shuttle for Dr. Thoma’s office & Brooks Hospital for the operation on my jaw. See other diary for details.

At JLV’s request, I went through the 7000 L+L-note cards to update the Site 12 TTR bibliography.

Abstracted and put in one volume, seven sets of Site 12-16 Performance Data, obtained a Pen Aids file number for it so it can be used as a reference document.

Decided at 0600 today to write to the FAA Admin & Brad Morse, our Congressman from the district we live in.

When I stopped for HS this morning he said he had decided to attend the Shockley lecture at MIT tonight, so would drive in himself.

Rewrote Bob Davis’ paper on Simulation, making it shorted and more precise. He has a good outline.

Clear, cold

Drove in; HS is going to the Shockley lecture tonight.

Went over to Lexington to Dr. & Mrs. [??] home to the Park Street area mtg. Dr. Ockenga answered questions, the discussion turning to Catholicism and related topics — including a few comments on Determinism by John Ossepchuck.

Harry’s and my offices were moved over the weekend to L275-77. They are quite pleasant — but have no windows!

JLV & JU worked thru the weekend to generate a draft of the Committee Report to Walt. I wrote a draft of the objectives and then proofread part of the writeup on system description. After some discussion with JLV & JU late in the afternoon, JLV started to rewrite the objectives.

40°F clear

Rode in with HS.

Put the side panels and 2 seats back in the jeep with LCH’s help. It is beginning to look quite good.

Wrote up my contribution to JLV’s paper; it turned into 5 pp. of longhand, describing the data collection and reduced data output for Site 12. I took most of it from 3 BTL references, citing them.

This Koh-i-noor pen works quite well.

Clear, -5°F

Went home in PM, I still don’t feel good.

Cleaned my electric razor; after soldering a wire on and lubricating the bearings, it ran like new. I can now get a shave in about 8 minutes.

Had a conversation with JLV — in which he gave me this Koh-i-noor Rapidograph pen — in which he asked me to provide him the list of data to be recorded at Site 12, and the list of processed information with supporting comments. He is writing a report for WW on what to do at Site 12. He was asked for his opinions of the PA Project, and he said he didn’t think well of it. The “oldtimers’ here, those who stayed rather than going with MITRE, are getting the supervisory positions. The organization chart shows no staff at all; Wells & Nolan became line supervisors; Nedzel & Ward the “middle management.” It is odd that they don’t have any staff.

Had two tables typed up in draft form to show the data & processed information.

Clear, Cold

Went to work in PM.

Went to Abbott Spray to pick up the Toro Short block, going on into Elbery Mtrs for Ford parts & to Mantague-Brown at 124 Harvard avenue, Allston, for enamel for the Jeep. They were able to match it.

Put the Toro together and found that it runs.

LCH went in to Park Street to a SS dinner; Jim Peterson brought her home.

reported the $15 to Mr. Huntington so he can authorize a payroll deduction.

Clear +5°F

Went in to the Lab in the AM.

Went home after lunch.

Worked on 1961 accounts; I’ll try to start on income taxes tomorrow.

Started NJH on trying to learn to write decently.

Rec’d a check for $15 from Liberty Mutual for the ambulance fee that I paid recently.

Clear – Cold

Stayed in bed all day — read part of the IRE proc. on plasmas. It’s quite instructive.

Call from a Mr. Don Hastings at Park Street — Shirley B. took call — Call Elbery Motors re: w.washer parts.

Home in bed.

It occurred to me that a MOE would be useful wherein, for example, the range given by the in-flight msg. would be the basis of comparison with that given by the TTR as follows:

[ed. small hand-drawn graph perhaps included at a later date!]

This would immediately show violent excursions from the in-flight by the primary tracking & acquisitions gate. It might be useful to compute “R” and the differences in the rates of change of the angles also; perhaps consideration should be given to display of these quantities for use by the operator.

Clear, cold

Stayed home in bed most of the day.

LCH took JAH in to the Cadets at Park Street, leaving on the 5:08 PM train.

I cleaned and put up the 2-lamp fluorescent fixture, and for the first time have adequate illumination over my work bench.

Read the IBM General Systems Simulator program; I don’t know whether the Army’s CCIS could be simulated or not; I suppose it could.

It occurred to me last night that the best, or at least one of the most appropriate ways to estimate the pay-off from automation in the Army CCIS is to see what it does to the reaction time compared to the same situation without automation. This has the added advantage of being immediately intelligible to the senior Army officials. I mentioned this to JFN.

Rec’d my permanent loan copy of “Modern Physics for the Engineer.” It is amazing what is now the province of the engineer.

Reported the $132.86 to Mr. Huntington at Div. 2 office; he will authorize a payroll deduction.

Discussed the Site 12 job with JLV & JV. BTL has asked for help out of the 1206 at Site 12. I suggested that their desire for help should be viewed in relation to an overall ops&trp procedure at Site 12. They now need a lower level of flow diagrams than I made originally. I suggested that he proceed now on the basis of comparison of RAE from -16 & TTR.

Overcast, cold +10°F

I told DCH that his staying on the school rifle team would be contingent on his getting on & staying on the honor roll; a few minutes later he brought in a time schedule. Perhaps he means business this time; I hope so.

Ordered a short block for the Toro from the Abbott Spray Company — it should be available Friday. Went home early & to bed.

Went to BSA Committee mtg. — raised the question of holding badges until the Court of Review comes. The Scout Master needs to ride herd on the boys for the cold weather activities.

Went into office for half a day. JLV gave me the map they brought back from Patrick. JV is going ahead with the coord. comb., he has found a program, several years old, that converts x-y-z to spherical polar. It is new at MITRE.

Reported to First Aid Room for some cold pills, and that I expect to undergo corrective surgery on my jaw. Also mentioned this to WLZ.

Larry Globus in to say that Dr. Wells spoke yesterday of a reorg. of the PA work into 8 areas.

Rec’d another check from Liberty Mutual/Industrial Accident Department, this for $132.86.

Clear +20°F

Called Dr. Thoma’s office to report my cold (LO6-3324). He was busy with surgery at 11:30 AM. His secretary called later at home to say that I am not to go to the hospital under any circumstances with a cold.

Went home at 1:30 PM. Tried to get a Toro engine short block at Mill Dam, but he didn’t have one. Bought a two-tube used fluorescent fixture @ $5; will put it in the shop.

LCH took DCH to a high school rifle team meet at the Concord Armory.

Some discussion with JLV re: the correlation of TTR & in-flight msgs with -16 data.

Called a Mr. Mike Saliba at PAFB (UL7-6826) re: the availability of a large scale map showing the site in MILS NET; he has it, it is unclassified and he will give us a copy. He also has a program or process for converting MILS data to -16 data. The need is for the NIP to be expressed in terms of FPS-16 coordinates & vice-versa.

Also talked to Mr. Ashcroft @ MTLPS at Patrick re: a large scale chart of Site 12 with both UTM & LL. He will look into it, and if one is available, will have it for JLV tomorrow.

Bob Mills at PAFB (UL7-6826) said they use 6076.1033 = one nautical mile.

The map from Mr. Saliba is entitled MILS Area 12 Target Array.

Called Lt. Col. Kenneth Young FAA/BRD (ST3-2100/3604) for the name of the set of books on civil a/c characteristics.

Clearing

Rode in with HS.

Veteran Statistics
– There are approximately 25 million veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces alive today (7.5 % are women).
– Some 7.2 million of those veterans are enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system; approximately 5.5 million receive health care and 3.4 million receive benefits.
– Since October 2001, approximately 1.6 million members of the Armed Forces have served in Iraq or Afghanistan. As of December 31, 2007, more than 800,000 veterans of these conflicts were eligible for VA health care.
– There are about 37 million dependents (spouses and dependent children) of living veterans and survivors of deceased veterans. Together they represent 20% of the U.S. population.
– Most veterans living today served during times of war. The Vietnam Era veteran, about 7.9 million, is the largest segment of the veteran population.
– There are approximately (as of October 2007) 2,911,900 WWII veterans alive, but they are passing away at a rate of 1,000 per day (approx. total today 2,583,400)
– In 2007, the median age of all living veterans was 60 years old, 61 for men and 47 for women.
– Median ages by period of service: Gulf War, 37 years old; Vietnam War, 60; Korean War, 76; and WW II 84.
– The percentage of the veteran population over 65 is 39.1%.
– Sixty percent (60%) of the nation’s veterans live in urban areas and six states account for about 36% of the total vet population. They are California, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio, respectively.
– Veteran Population by Race: White 80.0%; Black 10.9%; Asian/Pacific Islander 1.4%; Hispanic 5.6%; American Indian/Alaska Natives 0.8%; Other 1.3%
– Approximately 150,000 of our nation’s veterans are homeless.

Suicide Rates
– Veterans are more than twice as likely as non-veterans to commit suicide and the “Katz Suicide Study,” dated February 21, 2008, found that suicide rates among veterans are approximately 3 times higher than in the general population.
– The VA’s own data indicate that an average of four to five veterans commit suicide each day.
– A document from the VA Inspector General’s Office, dated May 10, 2007, indicates that the suicide rate among individuals in the VA’s care may be as high as 7.5 times the national average.
– According to internal VA emails, there are approximately 1,000 suicide attempts per month among veterans seen in VA medical facilities.
– The VA has hired suicide prevention counselors at each of its 153 medical centers to help support the national suicide prevention hotline.

PTSD
– Approximately 300,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – nearly 20% of the returning forces – are likely to suffer from either PTSD or major depression, and these numbers continue to climb.
– An additional 320,000 of the returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan may have experienced traumatic brain injuries during deployment.
– By fiscal year 2005, the VA’s own statistics indicated that PTSD was the fourth most common service-related disability for service members receiving benefits.
– While there is no cure for PTSD, early identification and treatment of PTSD symptoms may lessen the severity of the condition and improve the overall quality of life for veterans suffering from this condition.

Worked out distance but not TTR & FPS-16 at 15,280′.

Some discussion with Mike Bavaro re: the UTM to Lat/Long conversion. He suggests a map with both kinds of coordinates on it. This would be fine if I had it. I’ll call Patrick AFB, Mr. Ashcroft tomorrow.

Overcast

Took HS to Waltham to get his auto registration application , and to Watertown to the Registry of MV to get his registration.

Went to Scout Court of Honor. It was combined with a so-called Father & Sons Dinner, served by the Girl Scouts; the food was delicious. The rest of the evening was devoted to awarding badges, with Ian Miller getting his Eagle Award.

Called Mr. Yingling at Warick Rhode Island at 0825. He was out for the day, but his assistant, a Mr. McCue (?) took the msg. His phone is VAlley 1-2500 Warick, RI. He will call back today.

Clear 29.60″ Hg

Maybe the storm in by-passing us; no clouds in the AM.

Went over to Douglas Ins’t in East Boston after the radio; it had a few burned parts in the output section I wired in a shorting jack in the output so removal of the output plug will short the output transformer. Did some other errands, arriving home about 5:45 PM.

DCH to an Explorer tobogganing party at Mr. Driscoll’s.

Laid out the TTR trajectory triangle. I need the distance between the TTR & minimal impact point. Tried to get it from the Corps of Engineer, but they had the tables for NE only. Those are the tables to convert UTM to Lat-Long. They referred me to a Mr. Yingling at Warick, Rhode Island, Chief of the AMS there.

Overcast, 29.69″ Hg

Left Toro gas tank at AMS on way to work so they can soak it in carburetor cleaner. They said the Central Garage in Stowe has Briggs & Stratton parts. I tried it later in the day, but they didn’t have the shaft. The points & condensers came, so I put them in, setting the gap at 0.020″.

I also timed the Ford; it was out a lot.

Dick Norris in — told him about the TTR problem; perhaps he will generate an idea.

Am working on problem of trying to get some of the data from Patrick AFB in form for machine processing.

Have UTM coord of TTR, but couldn’t find out today how to put this into Lat-Long.

Overcast, 29.90″ Hg

Eight inches of snow or 3/4″ of rain forecast for late today.

Left DCH at 0830 at the Sussman residence so he could shovel their driveway.

The Toro connecting rod was not at Milldam Supply, so I found a Briggs & Stratton dealer at Waltham Rd. & Concord Avenue, The Abbott Farm Eq. Co. I should have dug this firm up earlier. It is a B&S 294367 connecting rod & cost $2.05. In putting the rod in, I found the wrist pin worn and the crankshaft journals worn; I’ll have to get these parts also.

Requested two RCA Service reports and 4 Human Sciences Research papers via the documents room.

Had a lengthy discussion with Joe Halberstein, who brought over the IBM report on a program for a general purpose system simulator — cf. note re: JFN on 18 December. It looks good and I think it should be applied to the Army’s problem. Joe thinks that JFN wants him to apply it to the Army’s problem. I pointed out the correspondence between this and the control problems of large- & middle-sized businesses at some length.

Clear

Rec’d 2 dividend checks from American Security & Trust Co, 80¢/ & 20¢/share.

Talked to Joe Halberstein at length re: the Great Books. He is reading a paper by Whitehead on the great ideas.

Worked in the morning on the data — will use the haversine formula to ascertain the distance between the impact point and the -16 site. Will use this to set up a right triangle and correct for parallax.

The Laboratory closed at noon.

Clear! +10°F

HS went to Montreal yesterday, so I drove today; got there early! There wasn’t much done, as the Lab closed at noon. I went over to Waltham & got a can of green anti-rust paint for the Jeep. I put it on the floor of the Jeep after sanding and cleaning first.

Ordered a set of points & instructions for the Toro.

DCH had 2 D’s on his report card! He doesn’t seem to care about anything!

LCH obtained a good Christmas tree — JAH got a smaller one. They were both put up and decorated to JCH’s enjoyment.

Finished the index of the classified data that we brought from Patrick AFB.

Overcast

Picked up some merchandise at Sears at noon.

Tried to buff Howard’s pewter plate. After working on it for 2-1/2 hours, it still has some marks on it. I’ll take it to the shop in the morning.

Read some in Aristotle re: Wisdom; he says the same things as Plato — that Wisdom is the knowledge of being.

Ordered set of points for the Toro via COD from Boston, also an instruction book. It has a Briggs & Stratton Engine 8B Type 905032 serial 3515.

Sat in a mtg. to hear Fred Schweppe tell about his program for Max Likelihood Linearization of Trajectory Parameters.

Worked out a basis of procedures in the Ascension Island case:

1) Regard the -16 & TTR in combination as a single system.
2 a) Assumptions:

-16 objectives (To produce traffic data by missile contractor.)

TTR objectives (Expressed by list of items of processed data.)

X) Defensive
Y) Offensive
Z) Scientific

2 b) Objects non-conflicting & non-complimentary due to different radar characteristics

2 c) The -16/TTR combination should assist each to attain their respective objectives.

3) Device O&T procedures that will provide routine overall system checking daily and prior to live test.

4) From DOD level publish a set of common objectives to those at Site 12.

Sat in mtg to hear John Williams report on his conversations with BTL on Monday last re; the RDPV logic. It was inconclusive.

Overcast, ice

Rode with HS today.

Worked on Jeep in PM — removed left front seat and fixed it so it will slide. Also took some rust off the right side of the floor in front.

Sat in mtg. called by JLV to hear the verbal report of JLV, Bob Davis, & JV of their trip to BTL/Whippany to gather info on the TTR.

Spent some time on indexing the test data that we brought back from Canaveral. The origin of coordinates is not always in the same place.

Went in to see Dr. Thoma at 11:30. He took 4 more x-rays; the condyle is apparently moving further out of place. He thought he might have to remove it if the socket is full of tissue. I’ll go ahead with this after returning from Ascension.

Started to correlate the in-flight and pre-flight msgs. with the corresponding test data. Couldn’t make sense of the initial try, as different units origins are involved.

Jack Nolan in to talk about generalized simulation. It seems that he has gotten hold of a EJCC paper that shows a generalized framework for systems simulation. He saw my last progress report citing “data flow” and thought his newly-formed method of attack (?) on the Army problem is unique! I proposed that this be done a year ago in 22L0078. JN thought this scheme was applicable to the Ascension problem.

Overcast, ice fall

Stopped at Mill Dam Supply to show the mechanics the inside of the Toro power handle. It needs a new crankshaft. He gave me another old engine to dismantle. He said he would order a new connecting rod.

Went into Boston to see Dr. Thoma re: my jaw — will have him operate when I return from Ascension — see other diary.

Started to read the references on the Syntopicon — on Wisdom — there are some gems in Plato’s Republic, Book VII.

Had a discussion with the Travel Office Supervisor regarding the problem of payment for air travel insurance: he pointed out that MIT has a blanket policy on all travelers — by whatever means — of $50,000. This is in addition to the group insurance double indemnity for a total of $90,000 available from MIT sources; this has a vital bearing on the total amount of additional life insurance I should take out.

Sat in a disc. with JW, RD, & JLV re: what to do next. It turned into a disc. of organizational structure & where we fit in.

Had prior disc. with Bob Davis relative to what we should do; my opinion is in my trip notes as an item under “Afterthoughts” where I point out that what is needed is a systems operation and training test procedure that is carried out perhaps twice a day.

At JLV’s request, started to look at the ‘pounds” of data he brought from Patrick AFB.

Windy, cold

LCH has sore throat.

Took JAH to a party of her SS class that started at church at 7:35 PM. I attended prayer mtg.

DCH still in bed with a cold that is quite sticky.

Discussed the problem of corrective surgery on my jaw with Dr. Thoma. He said that Dr. Romanow was not able to see much opportunity of correcting the occlusion, so I either put up with it as is, or undergo corrective surgery. I’m to go in for an appointment on Monday at 1130 AM.

Sat in a meeting from 10 to 12 noon to talk about what to do next. Bob Davis put a diagram on the board to show what they had done on Project Mercury, and then another diagram to show the injection of signals into the -16 sub-system and the TTR. His presentation was devoted to hardware discussion with little attention to the broader aspects of systems analysis & check-out procedure design.

Tried to correlate -16 & TTR data on 3211, but it wasn’t possible as there was no -16 data.

Clear, cold

Rode with HS.

Took LCH & JAH to the annual Yuletide Banquet at the church. It was fine.

DCH’s temperature normal in morning.

The Baldwin Insurance Co. in Wayland has lost a check of ours for $83 that was for auto and house insurance. LCH stopped payment on it at the bank.

Rec’d letter from Howard Schuck. He turned down DR’s offer of a job in the Pentagon; asked if I would be interested in trying to return when he leaves.

Worked on trip notes all day. I put in a section on a proposed systems check-out procedure for VAN’s benefit, but I doubt that it reaches his attention.

Clear, cold

Went to Scout mtg; had to send a boy back for further study on 2nd class tests; he didn’t know how to use a compass.

DCH still in bed with fever.

JCH cold some better.

Mailed pen base & piece of polished orbicular diorite to Parker Pen Service Co. in Springfield; also sent samples of plastic screens to Dr. Wood in Washington.

Worked on trip notes all day.

Rode with HS.

Picked up another brake shoe of the proper size at AMS on the way to work. I was able to fix the brake in about 5 minutes with this correct shoe. Took off interior panels & put undercoating on the metal surfaces to cut noise and water damage. I’ll get at the floor boards soon.

DCH still has a fever and JCH’s cold has settled in his throat; the vaporizer was used again.

Sat in a mtg. from 9-3:30 PM to discuss our activities last week. No clear pattern of trouble was apparent.

It was the consensus of opinion to a) document our notes by Wednesday PM, b) work out a simulation schema for routine use for the Ascension complex in trouble-shooting. We plan to have another meeting on Thursday morning.

I proposed the use of a print-out, produced by both simulation and live runs, to show RAE as a function of time at various places through the -16 & TTR systems in combination.

Sat in mtg. to pool our information; Bill Holst & John Williams ret’d. at 2 AM this morning from Minneapolis where they discussed the Ascension 1206 at length. One recommendation that occurs to me is that it is desirable to put the TTR under range management or to provide a site manager with the -16 & TTR both responsible to him. We broke up at 5 PM to meet Monday at 0900.

We ret’d. to Lexington, arriving at 5:30 PM, going through Atlanta and Idlewild.

Rode home with HS.

Finished the undercoating on Jeep.

My suit from Filene’s was at home on my arrival. One pair pants & the coat fit good, the other pair is slightly tight in the waist. It is good to have a new suit again. First winter one since 1955.

Bob D., Larry G., and I met until 11:30 AM to go over yesterday’s activity in 2072 (Conference Room). We formulated several questions for both Brinkwater & Hoffman-Hayden. We have found them most helpful. JLV advised by Bill Holst at L2 to meet him at Minneapolis tomorrow morning.

Larry & I pursued our questions with Brinkwater and HH while Bob went to see Western Electric & get another car so JV could drive to Orlando.

This seems to have been a most profitable day.

We stopped at WECo to talk to Mr. Dancy but didn’t get much. He put an organizational chart on the board, showing that his is a field operating office. We should talk to Mr. Hutchinson in New jersey.

Evening – JV picked 85 pounds of classified data.

Met with Mr. Dilliard of RCA, Mr. Kahn, Mr. Brinkwater on Ascension data flow until noon. After lunch, we split up: I met with Brinkwater to get block diagrams of Ascension, this lasted until 4 PM. Larry G. & Bob D. met with Hoffman-Hayden to talk about data analysis.

Went for a walk on the beach just before dark.

Entered a few more elements onto the data flow diagram.

Left Lab at 3 PM for airport — arrived at Satellite Inn, Cocoa Beach, Florida at 1130 PM.

Rode with HS.

Left for airport at 3 PM for trip to Patrick AFB. Arrived at Satellite Inn at 11:30 PM.

Started to make a block diagram of the flow of data to indicate WH position as a function of time. Made an overlay to show recording points. We had an afternoon discussion to bring both up to date.

We are scheduled to go to Canaveral on Monday, returning Thursday.

Jim Uskavitch is a member of the party.

Bill Holst advised by Hutchinson at BTL that they would rather not talk to him.

Clear +15°F

Picked up the rear drum & 2 oil seals at Lincoln; also brake linings and spring end bushings at AMS.

Morning mtg on the production of block diagrams to locate points at which to take data. Mtg cont’d into afternoon (I was absent on personnel business) with result to reduce it to paper tomorrow, first making a gross diagram.

Clear, cold

Took radio to Douglas Instrument in East Boston (NJH turned it on with the output disconnected). They want it for a week. Stopped for some bread; only two rye loaves were available. Stopped at Sears for an order — at 201 Brookline Ave. Went to Lincoln Auto but they had not put the stud in the brake drum.

Call from Joe Hale relative to getting a special Brd. of Review together for Ian Miller so he can get his Eagle award at the next C. of H. Messrs. Driscoll, Cornwall, & Charbineaux were suggested. It will be held at Mr. Anthony’s home on 7 December.

Had another mtg with Bob Davis, Larry, and JLV to go over the problem. I proposed the arrangement of data as a function of time — as I suggested to JLV on 04 October (qv) — to show the pointing of -16 & TTR. Did some homework on the MILGO Receiver, trying to find its recording point.

Clear

Had a number of schematics duplicated.

Went to Scout mtg. Art Hirsch had canceled the Court of Honor for this evening on his own initiative. This was sufficient to prompt the Sponsors to discuss this and the planning of mtgs & hikes on a specific basis. I even wrote off a typical meeting schedule for him. The points of discussion are 1) His disregard of the Sponsors desires & policies, & 2) Lack of elementary organization in mtgs & hikes. The C. of H. is now scheduled for 13 Dec.

Had further discussion with JLV on radar.

Walter Wells called me in to see if I would go on this Ascension job. He wants me to function as a team member. I agreed after he outlined the strong admin position of the Laboratory. JLV & Bill Holst are supposed to finalize recommendations as of the middle or end of January. The Team had a meeting afterward. It included JLV, Bill Holst, Bob Davis of GP 28, Larry Globus, & John Williams. There is some doubt that Davis and Williams will participate at length. The work is split into the computer and the radar sections.

Had some discussion with JLV re: radar; his program at Ascension he claims is bogging down due to lack of support from Div. 4.

Walter Wells called me in to see if I would work on the Ascension Island job as a team member. I agreed to after he had outlined the strong admin support the Laboratory has from ANAFA.

The team consists of JLV — who is to formulate the final recommendations as of the middle of January — Holst, Larry Globus, John Williams, Bob Davis of Group 28.

Had some disc with JLV re: his Ascension Project. It seems to be bogging down due to lack of support from Div. 4, which was to furnish a man.

Rode with HS.

Called Douglas Instrument re: SX-62; I’ll take it over on pay-day & go to Sears on the way back.

DCH was given a condition card today in English because he did not turn in 2 papers. This, in spite of his protestations over last weekend that all his work was done. He seems to be just floating along.

Read most of Vol. 1 of the GB; it is an Intro. by Robert M. Hutchins and in my opinion a powerful statement on modern, or rather contemporary education and that the young do not comprehend the things important to understand.

Updated my copy of 22L-7095 in red pencil from BTL-SPR 1-1-61/1-July-61 27495-WH-6474. There is a good section on the OR.

Overcast

Picked up parcel at the Concord B&M station; it was the bookcase, which we are to turn back in for the Bible.

Obtained another kickdown switch at Lincoln Auto Store; I’ll return the other next week. The new one went in with only moderate difficulty. I’ll have to wait until I get the Jeep on the road to test it.

Rec’d a call from Mr. Bradford at Liberty-Mutual Industrial Claims Agent, in which he said that he would pay a $15 ambulance fee, so I’ll go ahead and pay it to the Ellicott City Fire Department. I will then be reimbursed by Liberty Mutual and INA.

Rec’d a copy of Rand document S-72, which is most excellent. I’ll have to get a copy for my cont’d use.

Overcast, cold, drizzle – windy

The street in front of our house wasn’t plowed by the town.

Rode with HS today. Nearly all the roads were cleared.

Went in to town — Filene’s — with HS, Mrs. Sussman & Judy. Bought 2 pants/suit in the Basement Sale for $43 — all wool — on the light side — made for Foley’s in Dallas. Also picked up 2 books — “Embarcadero” & a book on gardening.

On the way back from town we stopped at MIT Bldg 26-168 to hear a lecture on Industrial Dynamics by Dr. Roberts. It was most well done, reinforcing my point of view that ID is applicable to the Army’s problem.

Put in the new kickdown switch on the Jeep, but it isn’t the correct one.

Rec’d the Great Books two-volume dictionary, also word from Concord REA that the books are there.

Cont’d to abstract documents — a BTL SPR came in — their usual good report.

Rec’d copy of Space Flight Volume I by Ehricke. It is very well done.

I started again to abstract documents for a Probability Model where Prob. of kill is a function of Target Determination, Target Threat Evaluation, Tactical Control, Intercept, and Kill.

Clear, 40°F

Sent letter to L. M. Coyne, Dir. of Finance — Fairfax County, Virginia, re: statements for Personal Property Taxes due.

Took LCH to the reception & dinner for the Ockenga‘s at the Statler Hotel. About 1000 were there to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his ministry at Park Street. Charles E. Fuller and Clyde Taylor were there to speak. Mrs. Ockenga’s response to the presentation of a fine bouquet and a gift was the most gracious talk of the evening. We arrived home at 12:05 AM after a 35 minute ride from Park Square.

Returned the broken storm sash to Wilson Lumber Company who said they would provide another.

Went in to MIT on the 10 AM shuttle, going on out to Dr. Romanow at 1136 Beacon Street. He took an impression of my teeth and noted carefully how the jaws meet at the tooth surfaces. He will go over his findings with Dr. Thoma, who will get in touch with me.

Rain

Rode in with HS.

Went in to Dr. Romanow’s office at 1136 Beacon Street. He made an impression of my teeth and will communicate the results to Dr. Thoma.

Took cylinder pressures of the Jeep — they are about 150 psi except one which is about 90 psi. The spark plugs had a lot of hard carbon on them; perhaps a piece is under a valve. Since it is an F-head engine. I could get the valves ground easily.

One of the storm sashes has a crack in it — LCH found it as she started to put it up.

Beyond Bin Laden – America and the Strategic Principles of Irregular Warfare

The special forces raid against Osama bin Laden in Abottabad will clearly become the textbook example of how to perfectly execute high-risk military operations in the post-9/11 world. In locating and killing Osama bin Laden on foreign soil America has again demonstrated its peerless capacity at the tactical and operational level. Nevertheless, as the supreme military thinker Sun Tsu taught, “tactics without strategy is simply the noise before defeat,” and it is my firm conviction that the last ten years of this conflict have lacked the strategic guidance that a threat of the magnitude of transnational and transcendentally-informed terrorism demands. — Sebastian L. v. Gorka (more)

Sent the Penetration Panel Doc (from Bob Weiser) on to Jim Parnell.

Overcast, rain

Took the children to school at 0800. NJH so shy she wouldn’t stay in the school building until the other children came on her bus. I wonder how she will ever grow out of it.

Phoned Mr. Resnick to ask him to send us the Bible instead of the bookcase with the Great Books.

Picked up 2 more storm sashes for the Anderson windows in the Tunnel Room.

Worked on astronautics all day.

Clear, some frost

Rode with HS.

Phoned the Great Books Sales office RE4-3550 to see if I could get in touch with the chap who called on us on 17 September. His name is Resnick, and the office will have him call.

Worked on papers at desk in PM.

Worked on astronautics all day. Started to read the section on radiation pressure, which is quite instructive.

Clear, colder

Had BSA Board of Review, giving Mark Fowler a preliminary exam for Star Scout, as well as several Tenderfeet.

Rode with HS.

LCH met with JAH & NJH teachers at school. Nancy would get good grades if she would hand in what she does. She is apparently apprehensive of criticism. She read the Bible at dinner tonight very well. We will have to encourage her at every opportunity.

DCH went to the Charlineaux residence for an Explorer meeting — he was elected Secretary.

Found some ARPAT Docs in the SDS file.

Discussed with WLZ the Probability Model shown in 4237-111, page 89. He did not know the symbols any more than I do. He seemed to think the probability model ok, suggesting that I do for ARPAT what I did for N-Z in 22L-7095. It is my impression that he seemed surprised at the content of this paper. He said C. S. Weiser is a member of a “high-level penetration panel.” I should study this paper thoroughly, and then try to find the authors for a discussion.

Rain

Have appointment with Dr. Romanow at 1132 Beacon Street on 14 November at 1130 AM.

Rode in with HS.

Went into see Dr. Thoma at 1146 Beacon Street re: my jaw — he would carry out corrective surgery.

Rec’d 2 documents from library.

Rain

Spent nearly all day in Boston, mainly at Dr. Thoma’s office. He took 2 x-rays, finding that the condyle was not relocated correctly. It certainly gives me a lot of discomfort. I don’t see how it can do anything but give trouble if it isn’t corrected. Trouble could arise from tooth root atrophy if pressures are not applied where they have been. Dr. Thoma wants me to see Dr. Romanow at 1132 Beacon Street so the occlusion can be evaluated.

Picked up polished specimen of diorite, jack at Sears, bread, cereal, took hat to be cleaned & blocked, and got screws at Hdwr shop.