European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes in i Iii Iii College grads in at Given Chance for commissions under new school plan tuesday november 11, 1959 Wiesbaden Germany Spee Ial a now officers training school Foi airmen find civilian roller Graell ales has Boon approved by the do Partmon of the air Force Musafi officials announced. Classes arc tentatively school Yule mail lags below Normal Invar eur Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial Christmas mail pickup at army Post offices throughout Usa k eur is far below last year s figures Usa eur postal official  Here. According to the Usarek pos Tal officer Only 1 million pounds of mail has been shipper to the . By surface me ans since nov. 1. This Means that with half of the 20-da.\ Christmas mailing por exl Over total tonnage shipped to the . So far has not equalled Thea Mil lion Pounsel Ligure exp crime by authorities. Army postal service personnel throughout Usa Keur Are expected to handle More than j4 million pounds of mail during the Christ Mas season his figure is approximately the same As in the last two years. Military personal were re minded to print their return Adel Resse clearly Ami e or really on each card and package they mail. In author ize a military abbreviations in army addresses and wrong addresses a count for the biggest he a laches be r Pesla officials. Us Keuk sail. First class Louie Bee Ause of improver methods of Roe Essling mail Howe Vor less than 1 per cent of the total mail Proe ceased in Usa eur Nee Els extra handling to insure its re aching it proper destination. Using first class postage. O 4ce-nts an ounce will insure that mis addressed Christmas cards get re routed authorities emphasized. Unsealed cards mailed under third class rates will not be rerouted. They will be destroyed by. Local postal authorities. Shoppers Are urged to mail their parcels and letters before the dead line nov. 20 for surface Mai to reach the states. Extra personnel have been added to All Apos to Speed the flow of mail and pack Ages. Used to begin next  of the in Eom Mission course will be three months. The school will be located at Lackland air Force base Tex. The school was established to supplement the. Air Force s other officer procurement sources. It will provide a additional Means of obtaining officers on Short notice i the need should Exour Safe sail. Ai Kotc program officials sure steel that the major j source of officer procurement will continue u to the air Force re serve officers training corps. When and How Safe airmen can apply for the now school is not known yet at Safe he but Dolalie Al instructions Are expected to come soon from Washington. To qualify for the school applicants must be .  between20 anal 27 years of age. They must be Colle go graduates of Good moral character and must possess other qualities desired in an of Fie or. Other Cei Viire me its applicants cannot have been eliminated from any other course of i raining loading to a commis Sion unless they were recommended for further officer training. In addition they must meet physical ree Iii regents for this Type of training Ami must pass the air Force offie ers qualification tests. E Ali go seniors May make application six months before graduation. If selected they will been Listel in the air Force for two years. Graduates of i he officers school will to commissioned second lieutenants in the air Force re serve. Then they will be assigned to Elul or to further specialize training depending on air Force needs. And individual qualifications Ami Profe Broncos. Navy plotting wars by electronics a Navy task Force commander and his staff watch results of their War strategy on a 15-foot plot screen. The screen is in the master room of the new warfare simulator at the naval War col lege in Newport r.i., on which paths of ships and planes can be plotted. A photo v corps to open 7th army artillery Parley wednesday f r a n k f u r t special corps he will be Host to a three Day 7th army artillery conference which opens Here wednesday. It Gen c. D. Eddleman 7tharmy cd was scheduled to open the conference and to Welcome the conferees including the 32 general officers expected to attend. Speakers from the . Include maj Gen Thomas a Dos Chazo cd of the artillery and missile school at it. Sill okla., and Brig Gen John t. Snodgrass of the air de sense Center at it. Bliss Tex.,along with staff officers from the office of the chief of army Ord Nance. Other presentations at the con Ference designed to keep Field commanders abreast of the latest developments in artillery will include those by Usa eur 7tharmy and 4th army div officers. Problems of Small schools studied at Safe meeting Ferstenfeld Bruck Germany special the first Usall command wide conference for teachers at Small schools opened Here monday with teachers from Nin countries participating in the today meeting. Purpose of the conference is to share ideas and procedures on problems unique to Small schoo operations Safe said. Schools represented Range inside from two teacher schools o 35 students to nine teacher school of approximately 225  the meeting Clarence b Kennedy superintendent of Are ii schools in Germany Welcome More than 75 delegates who collectively had travelled More than 25,000 Miles to attend the con Ference. The schools represented Are to Maag chief wins belgian parachutist badge 1 Brussels special a 51 year old american general was ii warded the parachutist Budge of he belgian airborne forces after completing Basic airborne training it the belgian army Parachute school at Schaffen. He is maj Gen Alva r. Fitch Hief of the military assistance advisory group to Belgium and Lux Bourg. Jumping career at 51 together with his aide capt John a. Albrae and maj Peter e Kelley operations and training officer of the group s army Section he made seven jumps. The officer were the first americans to com plete the jumping course at the belgian school since its founding in 1947. The americans were awarded parachutist badges at a Parade cer maj Gen Alva b. Fitch Cente chief of the military assistance advisory group to Belgium and Luxembourg await signal to jump 1,100 foot from 0119 Over the belgian army Parachute school at Schaffen. At he left if capt Jeff Heylen. Of the school onion by maj Gen c. M. Verbruggen acting chief of staff of the belgian army. Speaking in French to assembled troops of the school and senior belgian airborne officers Fitch said i desired to take my Basic air borne training Here in the Ecol de paunch stage Parachute school As a demonstration of my respect Woithe High standards of training of the belgian army and for the excellent military school system that supports this army. My Confidence has been full justified and i consider the train ing i have received Here to be the qual of airborne training in any  the americans Marie three jump from a barrage balloon at 1,000 feet and four from a belgian air Force c119 plane at 1,200 feet. They received their training under supervision of capt Jeff Heylen commandant of the school 1st it Leon Huybrechts training officer 1st sgt maj Jean Herck senior instructor 1st sgt Guy Reniers demonstrator and 1st sgt maj Andre Houet  has been chief of Maag Here since july 1957. Previously As division artillery commander he helped organize and train the 3d army div at it. Knox ky., accompanying the division to German Yin May 1956. During the world War ii siege of the Philippines Fitch was co of the 91st a s 2d in. He was taken prisoner by the japanese after the surrender of Bataan april 28, 1942 and remained in Captivity until the end of the War. Catch in Aviano and Turin Italy Chumbley and Chize France Copenhagen Oslo Shepherd Grove England Oesterberg the Netherlands Yalova Turkey Crete and Ferstenfeld Bruck Erding Prem Trier and Pforzheim Ger Many. Kennedy later presented sustained Superior performance awards to mrs. Emilie e. Durkee and Eugene Wagner both teachers at  school. Outstanding instruction both were cited for outstanding classroom instruction in their school last year. The conference program con ducted under the theme How to do it emphasized the role of the multiple Grade teacher and How he can perform his dual role better. An outstanding feature of tues Day s program will be a presenta Tion by Robert Mcafee principal teacher it the Prem dependent school on handling two or More grades in a single room using the ungraded approach. Based on his experience in . Mcafee has been using this method in his Goth 7th and 8thgrade combination at Prem. 3d army wins in a a shoot Wetzlar Germany special a team from the 3d army div s combat come a made a near sweep of prizes at a German american shooting match. The match was conducted by combat omd b of the 5th German Panzer div at the Finster Loh Range. Scoring a combined total of 448 Points out of a possible 500, the army shooters from Kirch Goens earned six of seven award plaque Sand certificates. Weapons used in the firing were the .45-Cal pistol .22-Cal Rifle and the belgian in Rifle. The . Team did not compete in the .22-Cal Competition. Top marksmen honors for top Marksman of the Day went to m sgt Charles Damp or of the 46th inf. He fired for a score of 44 with the pistol and 48 Vith the in Rifle for a combined92 Points of a possible 100. M sgt Benny Johnson of the13th Cav scored a perfect 50 out of 50 possible Points to win the in file category. Other members of the . Team he Only one entered were m sgt Avery Squires sgt Vernon leis Cher sgt Samuel Jackson and an alternate Sec Haskell Poole. Team attain and coach was 2d a Charles e. Lea