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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 28, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tim stars and stripes Lebanon Foxholes have world at fingertips Atkinson a radio motion chief with the 24th Sig Juch of the 24th an Brig in Raul Ion in a Van while in Center photo sp4 Frederick brigade switchboard plugs in a in photo at right pee Donald mid pee Jan old Boot string photos by Hunter congressman praises 7th army readiness by Thlma Al staff Knirr improved Teague pointed out thai he had found most of the sol dirty understand better Why they Are hero he applauded the training and education program of eth army and  High morale that i thought the i and fitness to Putness of the be scr and much Teague Visi ird gun Usa eur at Heidelberg on his of army installations in he was briefed by stuff officers both at i Heidelberg and at 7th army he editions for where he met with it Gen a ruins 7th army Germany a Mem Iier of the House veterans affairs committee applauded 7th As a better trained Force than Ftp Teague told a piss conference at army he h men better trained when i was the Fth div which visited earner in we is a he de not ins thai ing arc tji m Mishik r n c Boner than before and that army Teagie to leave Vaihinger with rhe germans have wednesday for and 1 planned to a Heck and Gra Fen Woehr before leaving for Berlin i on monday he was seed j used to Fly to where he Hopes to visit German army he plan also to visit Southern european Tusk Force he in his european Lour began saturday when he arrived at he to leave Europe 20 for Ahe Torrejon air flans Rocco to Aid Spanish i Grilies stif Kiili Tor Rejon air will its full to a irm Tion Spanish  did american Rodeo in the tic 23 in Madrid to for the National commission for it announced in Roni unction with these tics the base is flying the Safe band from to j provide a concert following the j Rodeo and the program is scheduled to with a series of three Bull prior to that the band will play muss As the or Otid the Ivo hulls will be fought on foot while third will be fought on Folio using the bullfight Wil be an american style Rodeo by personnel from closing the 1 activities will be an hour concert t by the Safe proceeds from ticket sales and All concessions will go to the National commission for this Ort animation is the equivalent to a combination of All or Gani Zions for the Liis program is being arranged to activities of interest for both and american Audi officious the Spanish officials feel they would rather have the net proceeds from an exciting program than conduct a regular apr was for it was combat ready signal teams build Cit sized phone network in 10 Days by Henry Kraft staff writer Beirut without much a Soldier in a foxhole in the Hills of Lebanon can Call any where in the this has been made possible by the extraordinary system of communications set up by a group of detachments functioning under the signal division of the american land forces working in Broil ing heat of the lebanese Sun and accomplishing within a few Days what normally would take have developed facilities one might find in a normalized according to it col j combined land forces battalion Sig Nal who supervised a major phase of the but the men who did this said another Dis claim the word Well Settle just by calling it a Good Soldier to series Sparks Giac Tor pay dispute Holly Wood screen actors Guild is up in arms Over reports that gis Are being used As actors in a commercial television series being shot in Sag president Leon Ames wrote Joseph Holt that under no circumstances should army personnel be allowed to per ideally suited for Middle East form without remuneration in commercially sponsored filmed to the series is called citizen sol Dier and uses army personnel As actors without paying them beyond their military in Roland pro Ducer of citizen termed the screen actors Guild charge an i actor is paid and also reimbursed for travel time at the rate of 7 cents per Al com whoever made Sag charge is in the Pali Iswani Gen at 3d Wirf div Germany Brig Gen sheikh Mohammad As Lam of the 3d pakistani aaa observed artillery operations of the fld inf div the first of american land forces stationed at Beirut to Wear the army uniform soldiers of co k of the 24th an brigs 187th show off their now Khaki summer accustomed to the my Felt undressed at but agreed that the Aleorn said every i actor employed in the to series signs a regular screen release regardless i the fact that neither the screen actors Guild nor the screen i j rectors Guild have no jurisdiction 5 in a screen release is an agreement whereby an actor j agrees to play a part for a certain j stipulated Chi Emsee slates Square dance fete Germany Spe Cial More than 500 members of the european association of Square dance clubs will converge on the army Chi Emsee recreation area Over the labor Day it was announced representing clubs from Ger Italy Spain and i from Mannheim and the dancers will follow the leads j of professional callers from Europe and the during the three Day those cooler garb Wius made to order for the torrid climate that greeted phoned to Berchtesgaden Mil 723 planing to attend the Roundup who have not yet made hotel reservations Are urged to do so requests May be them from their Days id photo by Hunter or when the various signal detach ments arrived in they included experts in All Fields of Mun cation who had been drafted from signal outfits in France and inc primary work was started Kcf the 24th Sig whose Job to set up internal chiefly by so the various military elements could communicate with each next step was to tie in adjacent units with if very High fre Quency radio if at a these elements included the 34th an Brig and the 187th inf in Lebanon attached units and Navy ships in the Harbor or deployed further out in med linkup with the latter was assigned to the 585th Sig port with help from the 24th Sig radio just before the external opera Tion was det a of the army communication Agency i headed by capt Jack had arrived with a multiple Channel Long Range radio teletype system that reached into the army command and administrative enabling communications traffic to pass to any part of the Rushing the project to comple Many men were on the Job without a break for 36 shot Well went sleepless Tor Iff in about 10 the All system was ready to when we came said it David Corderman co of the 24th Sig there were no communications of any kind to connect the there were no Polit in the immediate area of the Grove to which my unit was we obtained some from lebanese and together the Olive enables us to Over head All from any position in the Corderman a connection be made within 10 the lebanese Telephone Brucker aide pays Call on Hodes at Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial Brig Gen Tereace cd Fenn special adviser Secretary of the army met wit8 Gen us Arbur at the hem the retired army officer Rived in Germany monday Attiliis scheduled to visit Usa eur quarters in Verona and to legislative Liaison  
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