European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes my 400 More housing units for air Force families at France posts by Don writer Paris construction of 400 More housing units for Ameri can military France has been approved sur commodity housing com z officials announced at approval of the new construction follows authorization of f6 million in surplus commodity funds to pay for building the new of the 400 units to he built in 298 will be earmarked for army families with the remainder going to the air bids have not yet town and no Nehe Dule has been net up for construction of the new housing officials the 400 winits Are in addition to now under construction in France with completion dates for the end of the the million allocation in sur plus commodity funds in the second allotment under commod Ity housing an earlier program to build Homes for american military families in France was begun under the guaranteed rental program in which Homes were built by French contractors and rental by american military author facing communist captors in last Germany copter yanks cited Lor conduct Washington special both military and civilian observers have hailed the Nii if american soldiers held in Kast Ornum As living examples of i he High stand Ards of conduct the expects of its under be Mili tary code of a Pentagon spokesman pointed out that their conduct during the press conference in East when they faced Down their communist captors is the first instance in which Amer ican soldiers been called upon to live up to our country since code was the nine americans fell into Enst German Handu june 7 when Tho helicopter in Wilh they were Riding strayed Over the Iron cur Tain in n storm and ran out of the nine met one Western and several communist newsmen at a Dresden press conference in which they culled the communists kid Napers said they were being held by East organs As political these Mon acted in an exem Plary manner exactly As the nation n right to expect from new supersonic interceptor on display i s slates nit at orly Ila so Germany special to Safe has announced that the 745th support up at orly air will inactivated by the unit is the main air Force organisation it officials explained the in activation will resulting in monetary and manpower they pointed out that of the 7415th Down not spell the of air Force operations at military air transport serv ice flight schedules in and out of the base will remain turnaround How will be discontinued and shifted flight senile it ill also along with weather and the orly nabs Down will take about 90 the Safe Central civilian personnel office in which administers employment on All american air buses North of the Loire Tolver in is arranging to find Plo Yrael for French pm by the army Reserve officers training Al Paris Paris the first phase an Active duty training period opened Here this week for 31 army Reserve officers from Ger Paris the summer program console dates training of the reservists in classes they took last Winter Dur ing the inactive period with practical courses work during the school col George Stipp in a second phase of the will begin july a Nick tip of the new nor Ibrus Elf Leif interceptor is at Beverly powered by two Jet it will twice the Speed of More than i photo old timer says of 7th army streamlined setup More Tia in Ever Jack Waltkins staff writer Germany in the old Days we never except in As combat ready that what m sgt John has to say about 7th army on us i5lh and he should know is been a str dlr for 20 Boyd and m sgt Wel who has been in for 19 with 7th army he and bal when Treyve neck years of Active duty Boyd is chief clerk of Tho 7th army quartermaster Wei shuns is chief clerk in 7th army g4 naturally with All this time i intend to be a 30year Boyd Points but gone Aro the Days when army life waft set in a traditional pattern which changes Little Over Tho in the 13 months Ive been with 7th Ive drastic changes take which would have taken years to wooo Teplish in Tho taking quartermaster supplies an an that with the Boyd Points out Pon Tomic weve done away with by Fig handled by Subarea now 7th army hts handles All sup plies and this makes our operations much More Boyd scrod with antiaircraft outfits in the aleutians during world War put in two years with the korean military govern ment and served three years in maps and As in instructor in Austria before Bing assigned to his Job first served in 7th army from 1951 through and again from to the changes Ive Are to now everything is from weapons and tactics to com Mand supplies and train i would say the biggest changes affecting the most men in training programs them More training this involves but also Means a big increase in hours of and in All kinds of weath theres much More Field duty than much More cold weather training tougher ail around instead of slacking off us you might expect in Welshans says that he Doest know if hell stay in for i have 501st Wing Mark third a anniversary special 501st tac Fiftal control Wing a to celebrate the third an of on Fri approximately officers and men from All of the units of the Wing will take part in a forma Usan drum and Bugle currently on tour of a in was to Wing pm looked three years ago with the combining of the 801st and 526th control groups into one this put total of Nino two tac tical control and six aircraft Trudl and warning under one the Wing has 45 operational ranging in size from five airmen id More than there is More than 983 million Worth of equipment As signed to the including More than 100 radar 900 rawer and boo radio the history of the 501st can be traced Back to july of 1942 when the army founded Tho 555th signal aircraft warning from 1044 until the end of the the unit fought through France and Ger it was inactivated in 3947 at Wiesbaden and then reorganized m the 801st assigned to in present 601st Wing la commanded by col Carl former director of electronic at a says another year to think it j have a son now serving in the air Force at England air Force in Hes married and is expecting a child any now his wife is expecting one that that make me an expectant grand Fath time pastes jul rely these it Foels funny at i dont know i could get used to a slower one thing i do know the 7th army is a fast moving outfit these it has to be to keep Pace with All the new techniques and and while that makes our Job harder and More it makes it Mare interesting soldiers in either War or the Pentagon spokesman writing in the new York Arthur Krock pointed out As a demonstration to All Tho if who believe the character am lean youth Ham generally american statements were made under Trust canoes that required Bolett courage and the captive soldiers know the will not to Force and soldiers understand the grave he j invited know they to netted thir uhf of soviet of who re run add to the mss of Kroek j he the Amer Spok out i they did in the of their a Frame and their i i Krook also that the incident inflicts Twivey damage to the proposition that propaganda in an Art which the soviet it have mastered in the contest for 1 the Washl Kirton Post Tir Nesher old noted editorial in that the nine americans displayed courage in Dino undoing their of Torii before one Western and several communist More Viilu Iohp the new York Irald Tribune Ilc cleared their countrymen i an Pride in the in nor in Sun lifts bore then their the code of conduct was it Issod in 1055 and mils upon american servicemen never to forget that they Are american fighting responsible for their and dedicated to the principles which made the in issuing the president Eisenhower declared that every member of the armed is expected to measure up to the standards embodied in the code of conduct while he is in combat of in Hunain Vico sweeps Naco air plane meet special m sgt Billy voyles took top honors in the Northern area come Model air plane meet by winning first place n six of 10 by virtue of his voyles qualified to participate in the Usa eur Model air plane scheduled to take la Kaiserslautern from 23 took giving assists in Brussels anal Tang armed Ami their Fomil Tat Darlng butt Tell world pair lire handle owl military Pam Eemma who will m duty till the Elohim in the Pavilion from it com z sgt Richard o atw4 Dudley 8th Law
