European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1 ii n Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday november 1, 1958 voucher plan for army pay starts Jan. 1 , Germany a voucher pay plan is going into effect throughout Usa eur on Jiin. 1, i spokesman in i lie office of the comp toilet has Ieve i Wilh the first 1950 pay whether by or in Cash the Soldier will re Reive a copy of n voucher which Breaks Down All of his entitlements find which will list nil deductions made in his pay. These include allotments social Security and Federal taxes. The allotments will he broken Down to sums set aside for insurance dependents and savings Bonds. In Short the voucher will Tell the recipient what he is entitled to and what happens to the Money deducted. There is a pay table on the re verse of the voucher for officers warrant officers and pm by which each can compute his own pay. The spokesman said that staffs of the finance and personnel offices Are now being trained to As sume the new change. This mile voucher system has been Well tested in the . In the just few years and has been Enen t h  i a s i i e a 1 i y received by the people being paid the spokes Man said. It was tested at installations in the Stales before the army adopted if to be applied through out the  for i m Nihil Al Halm iia in Germany special approximately 170 children from grades four through seven in the dependent school Here turned their annual trick or treat halloween Man Euver to the Benefit of the United nations children fund. Probably the first time that an american military installation in Europe has staged a halloween drive for this purpose the Young sters collected $140. To. The lop col Lector was Karin Buihner a sixth grader who turned in $ .5, l. The program was sponsored by the International women of Theu Hine Mosel a member of the federation of German american women s clubs with mrs. James Hurst As chairman. Mrs. Robert w. Lager Man american co president of the club will turn Over the Check to the German Unicof committee i Cologne. Col William ,1. Wuest Lef Tusar Kuk inspector general since june of 11 57, receives the legion of Merit from Gen h. I. Holes us a it Kun it to Nimmler Iii chief during a Farewell review held in Honor of Wuest at Heidelberg. Wuest is retiring from the army after 30 years Reserve and Active duty service. Is by Schnettler Usa eur honors in at Farewell ceremony Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial col William j. Wuest Usa eur inspector general since june 1957, was awarded the legion of Merit at ceremonies marking his retirement Here following 30 years of Active and Reserve military serv ice. Presentation was made by Gen eral h. I. Modes Usa eur com  in review were the usar eur Honor guard Usa eur Wiesbaden football reunion Wiesbaden Germany special alumni of Stanford University and the University of California will hold their annual big game re Union at the Amelia Earhart hotel Here nov. 22. During the dinner dance i Here will be a broadcast or Telephone summary of the Cali fornia Stanford football game. He special troops and the 33darmy band. Col and mrs. Wuest departed Friday night for Bremerhaven an the . They will make their future Home in Elpaso Tex. Wuest s military career dates Back to 1929 when he was commissioned in the Reserve. He entered Active duty in 1940 at the coast artillery school it. Monroe a. Prior to coming to Usa eur in mid-1957 he served approximately two years in the inspector general s office at department of the  March 1953 to May 1955 he was chief of staff of the Ryukyu come Okinawa. Other assignments since world War ii include duty As command ing officer of the Goth aaa up an Deputy Post commander at it. Bliss Tex., and duty in Berlin wit War crimes office. 36th fighter Wing cited As outstanding of unit eight presented awards Pitburg Germany special the 36th tactical fighter Wing has won Tho . Air Force outstand ing unit award col Walter b. Putnam Wing commander has announced Here. Putnam made the announcement of the award at n meeting where congratulatory messages concern ing two other Wing achievements were read and eight members of the Wing received decorations. The 3f the was recommended for the award by Gen f. F. Everest Safe commander in chief. Ever est s recommendation was approved Britain Battle vets observe missile test Coates England a the men who flew spitfires and hurricanes in the Battle of Britai saw the Royal air Force Here try out a new weapon designed tomake sure it never happens again. They saw a White Pencil thin rocket swivel toward the sky and lock onto an enemy plane approaching the coast. The rocket dubbed bloodhound is Britain s first operational sur face to air missile. Radar operated it is capable of blasting bombers flying at altitudes of 60,000 feet and More. Dozens of the 2,000-Mph rockets have been installed in a highly secret push Button defense Center barely 100 Yards behind the gently rolling surf of the North sea near Here. The rockets Are operated from completely automatic tracking Board capable of plotting All flight sin the area. Said 44-year-old group Captai James Leathart a Veteran of the Battle of Britain if the political temperature rises we can bring a lot of fire Power to Bear on any enemy approaching England in n matter of seconds not  Heidelberg Roa speaker Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial rear adm Leon Jacobi re serve officers association National president will be guest speaker at the dinner meeting of the Heidel Berg Roa nov. 6. Scouting More vital than Ever Gavan tells Parley by Jack Walter staff writer Berchtesgaden g e r m a n y is scouting today is More important than Ever before said maj Gen Paul a. Gavan Usa eur assistant chief of staff go in a keynote address Friday before 50 delegates attending the a n n u a 1 commissioners conference of the transatlantic Council of boy scouts of America Here. Following a formal opening of the session by col Donald d. Bode Usa eur chemical officer and Council commissioner Gavan said we need leadership More than Ever before and the boy scout pro Gram is one of the Best Means for providing our country with men possessing necessary qualifications for  explorer program any Man he continued who has had Good scout training fits right into the military picture. Thesis because scouting coincides with the Aims of our military leaders with emphasis on helping to pre serve peace in the world and be coming better  the Keynoter praised the explorer program to he launched Early next year and which is de signed to meet the needs of boys Between the Ages of 14 and 18. Stating that the program would help to fill gaps in youths Leisure time Gavan added in 1962, the High school population within Usa eur will almost treble and such activities As the explorer pro Gram will be even More vital As time goes  the general pointed out that Sarteur spends $15 million annually for its dependent activities and an equivalent sum for handling of delinquency problems Amo Gyoung soldiers. Commissioners work the overseas scouting program he said contributes vastly in of Fering constructive programs for the thousands of boys and Young men who Are sons of american dependents. Ray r. Malay scout executive for the Council later spoke on the part commissioners play in the overseas scout program. Mutony described the commission ers voluntary workers acting a Liaison Between the Council and scout units comprising nearly 14,000 registered members from Ages 8 to 18 in 13 countries in Western Europe North Africa and the mid dle East As the Keystone on which our programs Are  they serve in much the Sam capacity As does a coach in athletics said Matoy. Without them our overseas program would not have achieved the remarkable Suc Cess it  diplomatic aspect Matoy explained that scout units Are in the various countries by Courtesy of the governments concerned. As such our Job is some times a diplomatic consideration one which i am proud to say has created Little or no obstacles i carrying out our Aims. As you All know these Are nothing More or less than to create and Foster a sense of Good citizen ship among our growing youth while they Jive far from  also addressing the Council were Johannes Figl International Secre tary for the austrian boy scouts and Franz Pospisil chief scout of Austria and social welfare counsel Lor for the Vienna City government. Figl son of Austria s foreign min ister or. Leopold Figl said that even a country As Small As his face juvenile delinquency problems. In America he said you refer to the beat generation. In England they Are called Teddy boys. In Austria we Call them Hal Starken. I would hesitate to say they Are simply the result of certain eco nomic conditions. In Austria we have at present very few unemployed. Practically anyone who wishes to work can get a Job. There Are about 14,000 registered scouts in Austria and the number is growing. I am certain that As in other countries our scout programs help curb juvenile delinquency As Well As encourage self Reliance and Good  another International guest atthe conference was Max Schneider of Switzerland Secretary for the International scout Center at Kan Dwersteg where several thousand scouts from 25 countries gather every year. By the department of the air  an award ceremony now being planned the red White and and Blue Streamer of the award will join the six Battle streamers now on the Wing s Flag. All personnel of the Wing will be eligible to Wear the unit award ribbon. The award is made to units which have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious achieve ment or service of great National or International  the regulation which establishes the award continues in All in stances the achievement or service must be of such a nature As to clearly set the unit above an apart from similar  message read announcement of the Seth s Selec Tion for the award came after put Nam read the following message from maj Gen Edward j. Timber Lake Safe vice commander. A Hearty Well done to the pilots and maintenance personnel of the 36th tactical fighter Wing for their first rate performance in Theair Force wide William Tell com petition held at Nellis air Force base in october. In placing second with a score of 7,007 in the conventional weapons phase of the Competition chewing reflected great credit upon itself and the Alert combat capability of the United states air Force sin  lauds sky blazers from maj Gen g. Up. Disosway Deputy commander Safe and von came a message lauding the 36th Wing s famous  demonstration team As it begins its tenth year of perform ances which have brought millions of people a better understanding of modern air Power As a Force  the general said that the sky blazers have made a tremendous contribution to Safe s Community relations program and that he is confident no other single military unit has done More in support of this program than this team of five pilots and their maintenance  following the Reading of these messages Putnam presented an air medal to it Eugene e. Malish of the 32d tactical fighter so and air Force commendation medals Tocol Walter Kerbel Wing director of Materiel maj George Kaden Wing Materiel maj William b. Yancey Wing operations maj Rob Ert h. Rood 22d tactical fighter so. Capt William e. Thomas jr.,Wing Materiel capt Arthur n. Till jr., 22d so and it Charles Al. Schultes jr., 36th Field maintenance so. Col Walter b. Putnam. 36th commander