Location: L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass. Cost: $100 per month including utilities. Occupied by: Lieutenant ,wife, one child. Problem: 645 families in substandard housing. The lieutenant, age 26, is a graduate aeronautical engineer, doing airborne He and his family have been assigned to Hanscom Field since August 1960. This family occupies an apartment in which the central heating plant for the MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS, 1964 Location: Fort Ord, Calif. ; four children (6 to 15 years). Family: Sergeant Problem: After 25 months unaccompanied tour in Germany, this family had 3 months together in unsuitable housing, but have now been separated again for last 10 months. This 14-year veteran is a truckmaster in a tank company. In 10 years of marriage and eligibility, this family has had 1 month in Gov- Scarcity of housing, high prices, prevalence of leases, and other restrictions This soldier separated for almost 3 years during critical years of his children's growing up. |