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... XXI ACTIVITIES OF THE U S NATIONAL COMMITTEES AND ITS SUBCOMMITTEES GY 0 lonosphencs
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE b. Finance Working Group.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE In view of the c a r e f u l planning t h a t was possible before commencement of the program i n July 1957, the Committee recognized that a unique opportunity was on hand to o b t a in h i g h l y useful new geophysical data and agreed on f u l l p a r t i c i p a t i o n of the United States i n the IGY program w i t h two basic o b j e c t i v e s , a.) the establishment of a sound g l o b a l geophysical program based on the assumption that there would be f u l l i n t e r n a t i o n a l cooperation from a l l nations, and b.)
From page 872...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE B Organization of U
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE obtained by the amount of correspondence t h a t was received and the number of long distance telephone c a l l s that were made by the committee and s t a f f members. During the 1955-1960 period, the s t a f f received 44,942 pieces of m a i l and placed 9,522 long distance telephone c a l l s .
From page 874...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE groups; review, coordination and presentation of p r o j e c t proposals m the informa t i o n and science education f i e l d s , maintenance of p i c t u r e f i l e s , s l i d e s , r e p r i n t s , b i b l i o g r a p h i c a l data of IGY s c i e n t i s t s and a tec h n i c a l l i b r a r y f o r reference purposes.
From page 875...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE d. Ad Hoc and Special Committees.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE C Program and Budget 1.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE IGY s t a f f , the U
From page 878...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE Hearings on the FY 55 supplemental budget were i n i t i a t e d on July 1, 1954 by the Independent Offices Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, The Senate hearings were held on July 10, 1954 On July 16, the House approved $1.5 m i l l i o n and on August 2 the Senate approved $2.5 m i l l i o n . Following a conference of representatives from the House and Senate, an app r o p r i a t i o n of $2 m i l l i o n was approved on August 16, 1954.
From page 879...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE operational s t a t u s . To achieve t h i s o b j e c t i v e , i n s t i t u t i o n s required funds t o order equipment and instruments, time to t e s t procedures, i n s t a l l and t e s t instruments and prepare f o r t h e i r packing and shipping, employ and t r a i n appropriate personnel, etc.
From page 881...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE The l a r g e s t s i n g l e category i n the FY 1956 IGY supplemental budget, the e s t i mates f o r the U S, Earth S a t e l l i t e Program, was developed a f t e r discussions w i t h the Department of Defense concerning i t s o b l i g a t i o n s , which included the i n i t i a l development and co n s t r u c t i o n costs f o r the launching and propulsion vehicles as w e l l as the costs of the launch f a c i l i t i e s .
From page 882...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE physics, a u r o r a l physics, geomagnetism, gl a c i o l o g y , and seismology would be f e a s i b l e . Accordingly, CSAGI c a l l e d upon the nations of the world t o consider the e s t a b l i s h ment of s t a t i o n s a t these s i t e s .
From page 883...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE exploring the p o s s i b i l i t y of an extension of IGY a c t i v i t i e s i n A n t a r c t i c a and at i t s meeting on October 30, 1957, approved the submission of appropriate recommendations t o the government on t h i s matter. At the suggestion of the U
From page 884...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE f . Other Technical Programs.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE ( i i ) Timetable f o r Flow of Data.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE at i t s 22nd meeting, the Committee i n v i t e d the Technical Panels t o submit proposals f o r i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y research studies. At the outset, the Committee f e l t t h a t these studies could be undertaken w i t h i n the planned programs f o r data reduction.
From page 887...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE D Education and Information 1.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE During the IGY period, the Academy issued 73 public statements on IGY subjects and held ten press conferences. Published material came t o the a t t e n t i o n of students and teachers not only through the general media of newspapers and popular magazines but through specialized p u b l i c a t i o n s going t o schools (such as Science News L e t t e r .
From page 889...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE I n May 1957, representatives of the National Science Foundation and members of the U
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE I n a r r i v i n g at c r i t e r i a f o r planning t h i s p r o j e c t , advice was sought from many educators and s c i e n t i s t s i n several public and p r i v a t e i n s t i t u t i o n s . To administer t h i s p r o j e c t .
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE ( i ) Production.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE These f i l m s were also shown on the Armed Forces TV network at the f o l l o w i n g l o c a t i o n s : C i r c u i t 1- Lajes F i e l d , Azores; Wheelus F i e l d , T r i p o l i ; Ramstein A i r Force Base, Germany; Spangdahlem A i r Force Base, Germany; Teheran, I r a n ; I r a k l i o n , Crete. C i r c u i t 2: Thule A i r Force Base, Greenland; Sondrestrom A i r Force Base, Greenland; Goose Bay A i r Force Base, Labrador; Harmon A i r Force Base, Newfoundland, K e f l a v i k A i r p o r t , Iceland.
From page 893...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE I n the post-IGY/IGC period. B u l l e t i n coverage emphasized i n P^^^^icular such i n t e r n a t i o n a l endeavors as the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Years of the Quiet Sun (IQSY 1964-65)
From page 894...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE E D i r e c t i o n and Coordination 1.
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... NATIONAL COMMITTEE for the IGY and the Academy's IGY s t a f f and ( i i ) $285,000 f o r the National Science Foundation a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s t a f f t h a t had been established f o r the purpose.
From page 896...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE The procedure f i n a l l y evolved was based on the funding needs of each p r o j e c t i n the U, S program and plans were developed that provided f o r innnediate funding of a l l the preparatory and operational aspects of the U
From page 897...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE since the Inception of the program. At the same time, panels were i n v i t e d t o submit ideas and proposals f o r data analyses p r o j e c t s .
From page 898...
... NATIONAL COMMITTEE t h i s a c t i v i t y was made possible. A t o t a l amount of $1,513,587 was disbursed m support of WDC-A a c t i v i t i e s , and the d i s t r i b u t i o n of these funds i s shown below: A c t i v i t y Amount S t a f f Study of Data Center $ 23,313 Coordination O f f i c e 127,580 Aurora (Instrumental)

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