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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, October 23, 1958

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If stars and stripes october Moss Airlift flying troops Back from Beirut by by nth Wrath Baiju staff writer Ger Many Sas More than troops of the 34th inf div arrived Here wednesday after three months of duty la they Are re turning via an around Hemlock Airlift that through Fri from the time an air Force c130 Hercules from the 322d air div 111 returnees no cause for alarm medics Ger Many of the 24th lot div arriving Here by Airlift from Lebanon Are being examined of some of thaw Are believed to have picked up the sickness from eating in lebanese the allament was first noticed members of an Advance party Back from the Middle but a Mth div medical spokes Man said he wanted it understood that there is no cause for alarm while on the medical spokesman said that a men who had eaten in Leba Rita Grants while in Beirut on have been found to have the makes a touchdown at this German base until the troops Are lifted by helicopter to their respective Home stations is less than an As soon As the men leave the they relax for a few moments with Coffee and sandwiches served by service club hostesses from the Augsburg and Munich then they Are Given a medical briefing and after an equipment Check they Board buses to the heliport and Are whisked away almost to their front the processing Center has been set up in a hangar at this German air base by units of the 24th inf the 158th trans co supplies the buses and the copters from the 8th trans support Force named for Brig Gen Albert Watson giving an Angel a lift he said that soldiers coming frets Lebanon had developed some immunity to the ailment but that to roof and their families in Ger Many probably have no resistance to the disease is particularly Whf re whet children Are he med flu Testa medical tests of the first from Lebanon revealed that some were carriers of the dysentery in order to find which of the returning soldiers u unknowingly harbouring the Are being made on each Man the medical spokesman said it will take about a week to identify the organisms and an additional week to treat those found while waiting for the Laboratory he the Way to make cure that the is not spread to for each Man to take care in personal Chat fam and had the spokesman said that return Teg should stay out of the Kitchen and should not prepare any mixed drinks or Back from the Middle East will be allowed to return to company kitchens until they have been Given a medical because Lebanon lies in a malaria troops also have been Grywa a Supply of per Aulne pills with Tauru colons to them for weeks after their return to medical spokesman also had Good news for Wpm and sweethearts of the returning sol its of to my them when thay he s a piloted by it Chester from Zaragoza air Baiming Hefu a Ventu resold statue of Angel from the of the Church of san Salvador in Village of Bendrell near the the statue we lifted to a nearby football Field for Force photo 24th div arty cd who commands the was set up four Days before the troops began their air lift from the operation continues around the clock As troop carrying planes arrive every two most of the Sun tanned troops Are too tired after the Long plane ride to show any enthusiasm about their return to there will be an inspection at the troops Home stations to make sure that they have All their equip after that will come passes and a training Holiday for two division officials the troops Are bringing Back souvenirs of their three month tour of duty in the Middle and there seemed to be enough Camel saddles coming into Germany to equip every Camel the Sahara to saudi pawed to Beirut a month after the american troops arrived in Lebanon they were Given their first passes to visit armed with Green they descended on cites eager 1 and came Saddle trading was bargaining with the Ven Dors changed prices Here and but the returning troops said a Plain Saddle with no fancy trim mings could be had for for a genuine embossed leather Saddle with Silver the Price was about solve problem the army solved the problem of How to get the Bulky but Decora Tive footstools Back to the troops were allowed to their Lebanon merchandise in hold included among other Bazaar bar gains were a Type of Arab head beaded silk scarves and assorted other an intriguing Gadget the troops picked up is a Puzzle ring made of Between four and 24 interlock ing pieces that will not fit on the wearers Finger unless he has been shown How to fit the pieces to it often takes two or three Days to work it out even after careful developed taste for Caribou steaks wac recalls life in Alaska wilds by Howard staff writer Frankfurt the life of a native in the Remote Vil Lages of Alaska is an experience sp5 Ere Eli of the wac detachment at Northern area come will never she 12 years tutoring Young indians and eskimos while serving a school teacher with the office of Indian affairs from 1929 to she feels she helped prepare Many alaskans to take their places As citizens of the state they were intelligent and Quick to said the former now a personnel specialist in a streamlined testing program developed for new aircraft Washington special new flight testing techniques reducing development time of air Force aircraft and weapon systems have initiated by the air research and development come the streamlined category replaces the former phase system of checking out of equipment the new approach begins testing operations from the time a weapon system or an aircraft leave s the drawing Board and follows through until the using command takes new equipment was tested after being delivered to the when related items such As component support equip armament and other hard Ware were All these factors now Are merged at the birth of the weapon system or aircraft and result in package with development and testing com the supersonic b58 Hustler bomber is bring tested by Ardc under this and Ardc also is using the Tim saving techniques in the development of the new of f108 Long Range fighter and the b70 Valkyrie these three Are the first to be included in arcs new program to quicken the development of weapon systems from drawing Board to prototype to com he military personnel during the 12 she returned to the Only during summer her first teaching station in the vast territory was at the Village of in Southeastern among the tlingit she and two other women taught eight grades of elementary school and did their own House including cooking and bread the next year she travelled alone to the Aleutian Peninsular Village of Belkofski the native the winds were so Strong we had to hold onto guide ropes when walking Between buildings the Only other Cau Casian in the settlement was a russian ran dispensary As an added duty in specialist Greenlee operated a Small dispensary for first Aid and simple including cod liver antiseptics and the natives used cod liver Oil for cooking she re Mem because it was plentiful and the red Fox and Marten trappers soon Learned some English and be came acquainted with the mall order among the most popular items army fliers to meet Germany special the Stuttgart chapter of the army aviation of America will have a three Day meeting Here starting ordered were b r i g h 11 Yco lored used by the natives for both cooking and heating in their pre fabricated dwellings of one main pantry and Small bedroom with Builtin the teachers Winter which she brought on her return from the states after summer was supplemented with Caribou fresh Ptarmigan and vegetables grown under a cold the natives regarded canned meats As a delicacy and nerved them at weddings and other social Greenlee Italy receive Nike Hercules Ajax in a ii forces chief of staff get git Mancinelli formally took of two types of american m for his nlke1 and the the North Atlantic organization grew at Teeth by the climaxing the training of than 650 italian officers and at the army air defense i the Nike including e plete support equip Merit Loir mighty As Well older were formally i Over to the italian chief of representing making the formal the was Brig Gen Deputy con general of the the ceremonial audience More than students tons Allied with the nations and missiles launched by training soared up at the cd the but it was show for an time missile it was Hempfl by precious for cultural ties Snodgrass in Maki that a West was one to which t much in cultural and that it was fitting nation be West to receive we Are anxious to preserve i heritage As a Way of grass Safe revamps upgrading syst Enir for civilian Germany Speda Fli Safe is expanding Opportunity for qualified civilian f to reach High level positions Safe under the Federal Merit i Tion program scheduled to go effect All civil service personnel less of their location in the be eligible for pram Tion to fill gs13 and gym i j the two classifications adult High level administrative fess ional positions such As personnel and notify offices civilian personnel officials notify All civilian personnel in the command when a individual personnel will Check on eligible can and Forward applications qualified and recommended ploys to the office which a Register of All applicants int will be made and the list at fit top five candidates will be i t Ted for final selection to supervisor having the highly qualified applicants twp outside the command also considered for the sub Greenlee Veteran teacher u Niess to replace of As air Force surgeoil1 Washington special Gen Oliver Niess has named to succeed maj Ogle As surgeon general of Thoj Force on officials Ogle will retire 30 after almost 30 years of Niess has been serving As Mand surgeon for the forces in Hawaii since Sej of during this tour credited with being inst in establishing medical Caff nationals throughout East  
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