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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, June 20, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Defused on display in the detachments Headquarters ticklish task for ordnance by Jack staff writer  the lounging but excl pee Taat atmosphere of firehouse in Stltt of the 2mb ordnance when the phone rings and a Call u the 13 pm making up the unit earn their monthly extra there Are four such units in Germany their business is Ord Nance on an average of once a phone Call summons the 20th to Check the report of a potential last year there were at least 250 numbered proven cases of expo reported and rendered harmless by men of the in addition to this 34hour the strictly a Volunteer disposes of unexploded Materiel on army ranges As the one at moot of the daily emergency Calk come who might find a land mine on an autobahn Center strip or an unexploded la a German civilian Calls Are usually referred to German counter part outfit in an Calls taken by the 20th Are first cleared through the 7th army ordnance officer in the types of explosive found Are usually either world War in Vintage or weapons subsequently developed and handled by stationed in the types vary from Laad mines to 500pound the older explosives have Iain dormant and buried for until exposed by excavation storms and similar Dis despite the deadlines of their the 20th has suffered no casualties in the past 2v4 that How Long t sgt Kenton has been Wilh the out before he there at least three including the loss of a leg by one Man and the death of most of the incidents turn out to be unexploded artillery the unit is especially wary of the m28 Rifle which they regard As their biggest Hazard and a highly dangerous with a tight fuse and premature firing who gets to be an Eod expert weve All taken the Standard three month course on ordnance Materiel Beck in the Kohr there is also a special weapons course lasting six some of the men Are qualified to handle atomic weapons and have already done so under no simulated Kohr says a background in electrical and mechanical training volunteers must have an of 110 or Kohr if it does any thing for a teaches him to be out on the if a Man is assigned to Rig an explosion and it Doest go Hes the one that has to go Back and see what the trouble its amazing How thorough and detailed a Job you learn to by my Bridge being a partnership it is my possible Tot a pair to obtain food bidding re there is Complete Asp element to the meaning of rations below seven fairly common bidding when the question Mark appears la each bidding Down whether you think partners last bid should be treat by you for jag bid com Pelling you 100 to bid or a no forcing bid permitting you to you can the letter f for and of for by a forcing bid is meant one which cannot be passed regard lets of what your hand if last bid merely urges you to bid but does not compel treat such a bid As Tai Ridge was and to pass with minimum a jump bid by re answers to the questions Are Stven at the end of the North South 14 int t North South int North North South 2nt South North South pus if f North South 19 int t not bid it Iii three Spade a wonder to we no Trump North Bast South West if 1a 2 pass 3f pass r spender forces to responder has an opening bid 1315 two opening bids make a when responder names a new the opening bidder is required to bid this principle applies not Only to the first but also to succeeding Onea n6t after passing if responder names a new the bid is not this exception to the principle stated in 4 has a sound the opening bidder frequently knows there cannot be a game opposite a passed this situation Dif fers from 1 because the jump is combined with the naming of a new since South bid two diamonds thus guaranteeing he cannot be inconsistent and pass the openers jump of King the stars and stripes conducted by John Neumyer travellers looking for a change from the classical round of ing cathedrals and Art exhibits should take a new tack in and journey through France from one gastronomic French government tourist in suggesting the out that the great gourmet delights of France Are at their Home and Many of them have their origins in bearing the same French for is made in a Region of called which is Between Burgundy famous for of that name and Lorraine where the Best fare includes with quiche Lorraine and Jam named for the town of next has the famous Gran and other the As Well As the cheese of Munster journeys to other French will put one in Tofelt with pork Sal prunes at Tours in the Loire Valley wish Rifee and Beun remit White Batter sauce at angers in and Partridge with style Rice in Latour de Carol in Normandy has Camembert in and atm Fate form Taitt most everywhere Brittany coast presents a succession of Perigord yields dishes with truffles Cherry soap and Gingerbread were created i Dijon chartreuse from the chartreuse or you can find at noted candied an excellent addition to a Riviera chaplains of the Lith Abu div win sponsor two 12day air to the near East and the holy land with departures from Munich the first tour will depart 18 the both Tours will visit Baal Beck and the Isle of interested persons should Contact chaplain capt Williamqq an support Apo in the Paris metro subway has an added link which runt eat to the suburb called a Section with one of the oust Beautiful Parks in and in it a magnificent chateau of tact houses a dubbed museum among it to vary the usual ritual of heavy museum May make an afternoon trip to the chateau to Unruh As tit mask of the 18thcentury and the Fahe used by the actor of the 19th in his greatest nil of Cyrano de the tunic of Saint which pm it aeon is one of the oldest religious in Tien Are also Persona of Victor sat Napoleon a town in the Vosges mountains in it Erato from june to july 6 its renowned festival of imagery a Sci differs from any other festivals throughout the summer season if that it hails not an esoteric Art but the of which began in the late 18th Century and evolved into the conic strips and cartoons we know the images were coloured Wood and those that survive Are most of them Are still preserved in ept Nal in the local Musee it 1imagerie Populaire the town was built in the Lith of 12th Century and bears Many other historical mementos such if Renaissance houses and medieval a Fine or trip insight to France May be found in the of the Atlantic appearing nationwide on the first at the the 100yearold publication offers a full in me on with such practical tourist guides As a Calendar of a Chart of wine vintages and a treatise on French fashion by Alice the associate of the late Gertrude Jean Cocteau his appreciation of the character of the French nation Kay Matt Rogniat Speaks of French Chateaux Samuel Chamberlain and Imke go into the realm of French food and there Are also stories and some of the latter printed both French English for the Benefit of readers who want a taste of modern Ute Rary efforts in the a total of tourists visited Israel during the first four months of the Peak figure for any equivalent period in 1955 when tourists entered the during 1957 the number of tourists in Israel totalled tue spent nights in of this total 61 per cent were spent to Tel Aviv and 20 per cent in Jerusalem and 14 per cent Haifa and during March and april of this year rooms in private were made available to the average length of stay in private Homes was 8 american travellers spent 6h per cent More on abroad in 1957 than in says a pan american world ways the 1957 total was million As against Western Europe netted 5477 million million Atli latin million of the grand the expenditure travellers to amounted to million in compared off a million in other pan am travel observations tourists who like their dining underwater will find the idol restaurant on the italian Island of built below Aea restaurant offers a Fine glimpse of Marine diners need my bring fins and since the View of the aquatic world to through a doublethink plate Huw there is a Sty beneath the City of the subterranean City it made up of a thousand Miles of constructed in 1860 by the great French boat Tours of the sewers twice a week from the place de la the excursion Foo kit the main and signs indicate under which streets the is june fast  
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