European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                October the stars and stripes medicare program mid having Little effect u Usa eur families Germany and curtailed dependents program which went into among the forces he May Bill the govern ment for charges the old medicare program never provided expenses for All medical hour the world on the spokesman not bring any Radical changes for out patient treatment army dependents a j at civilian hospitals never was per Jur spokesman i melted under the old big change in the will mandatory helmet Wear seen for army motorcycle riders by Marty Ger Silex stiff writer Germany american motorcyclists in usar eur May be compelled to Wear crash helmets when they ride their two wheeled a usar eur spokesman the compulsory headgear May come As a result of the High rate of accidents incurred by the two Wheeler motor the Usa eur spokesman in a Survey of military traffic accidents for an 18month period ending last motorcyclists accounted for 14 jut cent of the yet Only 2 per cent of All the privately owned vehicles in Usa eur Are looking at it another the spokesman there were residing inn Meir the Usa eur spokes in with minor army dependents never offered a free Itilia i of army medical facilities were ired wherever they were Avail except for some isolated m Only civilian medical n in 4ta Are army dependents Hen must use army spokesman under emergency conditions dependents in Europe secure medical care on the civilian and within the limits tiny British sub in Navy Man Euver 5th arty i learns Ocean Mai Loci not drifted to England Germany spec Cal a Soldier with the 5th 2d howitzer in Hurt re to tved a letter never expected Jet not no a year ago when he Wim in route to Germany with the 540th a in the transport pvt Donald j i Simone threw into the Alli imn a bottle with a thit m Ftp by would they pm tonuf1 me at 1922 n Del the note adding in 22 years old if this note is Moie than 00 old when ill be St a different and in not where it will i Simone received letter from Ida Mother containing the Alioti forgotten written on the Hack were the words this note was found on Morfa Mower b inside k bottle it  by girl in port South Walcz England 14 Hodgson left and u both of the Brit no stand on the deck of the an experimental miniature the British which carries it Sevenman joined Navy units in Harbor defense exec Lea at Little Navy photo brings weightlifting to Baum older unit exercises easy for oth Ilia pvt Germany Spe the army daily is As easy As falling off a tog for pvt William of the St inf ints mortar the 2inch Hobby us a civilian was weight lifting and body first became Teres Jed in weight lifting no in thu Usa eur band plays in Lebanon Beirut the 33d Ann band from made the musical of us forces in playing twelve during their four a stay the bands musical activities included participation in the Ameri can land military Field Day Beirut port Center and hour Long concert at the bivouac1 areas of the 1st an Battle 187th 24th an 20ut logistical and the 3d medium tank 35th they aug played for the evacuation Hospital and aboard navys pvt William Weathers Muscles of 14 As a result of self con scion Ness for his slight he began working on bar Bells and at 15 entered his first Competition at a Myca Charity Benefit program where he performed a lift of 150 pounds with one Pennsylvania event in 1955 he entered the Pennsyl Vania state weightlifting Cham where he took second place in Tho bantamweight the following year he entered the same championship in Phila Delphia and won first by lifting a 195pound and a clean and before entering the Weathers was a member of the York bar Bell club of which had been invited to a weight lifting contest in this was the first american weightlifting club to be invited to participate against the not ready after discussing the trip with his parents and consider Able thought on his i decided i want ready for such advanced Weathers he is Hurd at work training for his entry in the Pennsylvania contest in which he plans to com Pete when he leaves the the Winner of this contest com petes in the National Amer Ica its going to take a lot of hard six months solid a High protein diet and practice Vaihinger stamp club joins German group Germany special a 380member German american philatelic society has sprung into 8ft mushrooming from a 10 ban stamp club begun at 7th army 84 at Vaihinger less than four months the German american stamp club is a consolidation of the Young 7th army group now made up of 80 the 75year old Wert Lemberg stamp collect composed mainly of business and professional people in this the 7th army club was organized by three members of the american philatelic maj Walter capt Paul Joyce and m sgt Francis the fledgling group came to the attention of the German which invited the americans to attend its a merger soon Graham believes that the local club is the Only such binational group in club officials Hope that by using the local organization As a a net work of German american stamp clubs can be built up within Ger future plans Call for a usar eur wide Spring stamp show for military and German the first major German american attempt in this another envisaged project is the formation of a Junior stamp collectors club for american youngsters at Patch Barracks at every night for sometimes As Long As two he a result of his conscientious Weathers has won 36 trophies and 14 promoting weight lifting and body building among the soldiers in the area and the 8th inf div is one of Weathers in it certainly would help them to keep in Good physical he Stehlin takes Pont As 4th Nataf Deputy Germany special Gen Paul Stehlin of the French air Force has arrived Here to assume his duties As Vic com Mander of the 4th Allied tactical air Stehlin was appointed to that Post last july when the 4th Nataf he was moved from Ger to he was formerly commander of the French 1st fatalities for every registered motorcycle while Only fatalities per thousand other privately owned while these statistics Tell a tragic the big picture la even said the usar eur because there is Little if any Protection available to a motor the cyclists Are More prone to serious injuries than Are occupants of discussing this problem on an International police conference trip at Brig Gen Usa eur Provost Learned that fatal and serious accidents declined radically among British cyclists after crash bars and crash helmets became Manda 3d of program the 3d air Force in the United kingdom reported a 90 per cent reduction in the severity of motorcycle accidents after Mili tary officials there required the use of crash bars and the wearing of crash helmets for All air Force among the preventive measures suggested at the Neucom traffic safety group meeting in London were that motorcyclists be required to Wear crash helmets and that crash bars be made Standard equipment on All privately owned in the group stricter licensing and testing requirements for motorcyclists and restrictions on Riding double and operating motorcycles during bad always second Best warning that a motorcyclist will always come out second Best in a collision with an Penaat noted that a motorcyclist faces death or serious injury even in a minor collision where scraped paint would be the extent of the damage if Only cars were urging motorcyclists drive with Penaat said that the most common errors on the part of the motorcyclists Are going too fast for Over taking losing control and assuming right of Many motorcycle accidents occur when the Driver is positioned on the right or left of autos and Penaat a turn or a swing out by the larger vehicle May sideswipe the motorcycle or Force it off the Road or against an he pointed Slippery pavements and rutted roads also May spell death to the Penaat drive a motor Cycle Only on Well paved in Good weather and at moderate Penaat youngest Soldier in War i leaves army for Vilian life old Soldier who was the youngest american Soldier in France in world War i has taken up life As a civilian at sgt Ernest Sweeney was 14 years and 7 months old armed with a false birth certify he joined the 37th combat before turning he was gassed and wounded during bitter fight ing at chateau the Marne and the War department ruled him the youngest of More than 2 Mil lion members of the american expeditionary Sweeney recalled Here his world War i comrades called him the kid those of world War ii with he shared Okinawa Fox holes referred to him As the old the Reserve officer training corps youngsters at Worchester polytechnic have called him during the past four years Sweeney has served As Roto Supply chief at the and his transit onto civilian life will not be too re will remain As custodian of military Sweeney left the army in 1926 but returned in 1941 for world War ii and he came through unscathed at he has 22 7 months and 24 of Frankfurt to f r k f u r t special meeting of Frankfurt area War rant officers la scheduled monday at 7 pm in the Frankfurt Quino to consider establishing a local chapter of the army warrant officers two president of the associations National executive will sea pc