Pacific Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1959, Tokyo, Japan                                Poge 8 the stars and stripes sunday february 22, 1959 19 in Neucom write winning letters for Freedom foundation Washington special Nineteen servicemen stationed in Europe the Middle East and North Africa were among the award winners inthe sixth annual Freedom foundation letter writing program for the armed forces. Placing among the top 10 was 1st it. Gerald Lorn by of the 1603dsupport s military air transport service n o u a s s e u a Morocco. Wat 6to get British Force of a bombers a mime London up the North Atlantic treaty organization nato is to get a British v bomber Force British Secretary of state for air George Ward said Here. Ward made this disclosure in memorandum on air estimate s. He said that Gen laurels Norstad supreme Allied commander had accepted a British proposal that the Canberra bombers of theato 2d tactical air Force should to replaced by the Vickers valiant the Avro Vulcan and the Mandley Page Victor. These a bombers will make it. Possible for the first time Fornato to deliver atomic weapons beyond fringe areas in Europe. Copter future told aviators  Germany special advances in Gas tur Bine propulsion Promise revolutionary developments in rotary Wing aircraft during the next dec Ade the son of the inventor of the helicopter asserted Here  Sikorsky son of helicopter Pioneer Igor Sikorsky and official of the Sikorsky division of United aircraft corp., made the statement before 150 army aviators attending the two Day conference of the Stuttgart chapter of the army aviation Assn. Also addressing the session was John e. Gyarfas of the Gas tur Bine production Branch of Genera electric co. It col Thomas h. Anderson chief of the plans and operation division of the 7th army aviation Section was elected chapter presi Dent succeeding col Robert , 7th army transportation offer. The conference was sponsored bythe 7th army aviation up commanded by col Arthur w. Ries. 37th Armor it honoured for bravery in fire Frankfurt special firstly Elvin a. Kreilick of the 37th Armor s 3d tank in was honoured at ceremonies for risking Persona injury in extinguishing a tank fire. Kreilick according to the Cita Tion accompanying award of the commendation ribbon with Meta Pendant put out a fire which endangered four other tanks await ing repair in the battalion s maintenance shop. Hornsby s Prie was $100 and a George Washington Honor medal. He was to receive his award from Gen Randolph Mcc. Pate Marine corps commandant at the Freedom foundation Headquarters Valley forge pa., on washing ton s birthday. The presentations to the top 10 were to be followed by meeting with individual service chiefs and secretaries at the Pentagon. Visit was scheduled for feb. 24 j with vice president Richard  at the Capitol. First prize the first place letter was written by it col Thomas n. Greene a senior student officer at Marine corps schools Quantico a. Greene thus earned top prize of$1,000 plus an Honor medal. A breakdown of the top 10 showed air Force and Navy representatives tied at three each the Marine corps with two and the army and coast guard one each. Tied for the second place award of $500 and an Honor medal were Navy it Carl j. Burnett jr., Coro Nado calif., and air Force s sgt Boyd Cutwright Hickam air Force base the hawaiian islands. All others grouped As rounding out the top 10  receive $100und an Honor medal. Third place winners among those receiving $100 an third place medals were Sec Thomas j. Bryant Garmisch Germany pfc Martin Gottfried Frankfurt pfc Charles f. Lowe Nurnberg Germany and journalist 1/c Thomas Naples Italy. J. Mccaghren winners of $50 and fourth place medals included pfc Fred o. Evelor Mannheim Germany a/2c Leonard w. C. Hill tha stars & stripes Darm Stadt Germany capt Robert , Athens Greece 1st it Richard h. Parker Greenham common England it col Alvah e. Perkins Madrid Spain 1st Tpaul r. Smor Augsburg Germany a/3c Earl Stovall jr., Dreux France and sp4 Allan e. Thaler Verona Italy. Other Honor medal recipients included pfc William j. Calderwood Lan Stuhl Germany pvt James , Frankfurt capt Carl e. Johnson Wiesbaden germanysp4 Stephen r. Klein Heidelberg Germany Sec Werner Krenzer Karachi Pakistan and pfc Richard m. Vaccarezza Metz France. Italians to fire honest John Vicenza Italy special ital Ian army artillery officers and men being trained by the South Ern european t ask Force Are scheduled to fire their first honest John rocket in training exercises wednesday setae officials announced. A in Ray Lewis of Chicago gives his impersonation of the famous French Panto animist Marcel Marceau during a Talent show at Devreux France where Lewis is stationed with the 5th Aerial port so. The talented performer also stars As a tap dancer and Monolo Guist. He won second place in the Safe Talent contest last year. I plan Togo All the Way this year Lewis says. I m working very hard on some special  air Force photo All servicemen must file tax return officials warn South Ruislip England is As the april 15 deadline nears for filing 1958 Federal income tax re turns there s no one More harassed than the weary tax collector unless of course it s the taxpayer himself. Take the Busy tax advisers at 3d air Force he in England for example. They re finding that their biggest problem lies in trying to convince servicemen that they Are required by Law to file an income tax return. It s surprising How Many servicemen think they Don t have to file a return simply because their withholding tax has been deducted from their  during the year said 1st it James d. Glann of the 3d of judge advocate Section. A servicemen if we be repeated it once around Here we be repeated it a Hundred times Glann added everyone who earns More than $600 a year must file a return and that includes All  this year for the first time  tax consultants Are entirely on their own since internal Revenue service experts who annually visit . Military installations in Europe at this time have had to concentrate strictly on Over seas civilians this year. All american citizens abroad Road safety expert a princely fellow Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial traffic safety is the Busi Ness of everybody oven sports car driving Royalty. This was demonstrated recently by Prince Richard of Hesson at the air base Here. The Prince who drives a sleek sports coupe., is president of the Hessen traffic safety Council. He was Here to discuss German american safety programs with col James ii. P r i e of commander of the7100th support Wing. Frince u it hard has Long been interested in German american Exchange of ideas on ground safety and traffic Accident prevention. He Lias made numerous visits to military installations particularly fhe 7100th support Wing which has the largest air Force safety responsibility i Central Europe. During his visit to the Wing Prince Richard showed a traffic f i 1 in discussed an extensive safety program with the Wing staff and placed his Organiza Tion s films and assistance at the disposal of military agencies. Have had to file returns on their 1958 income even though their earnings outside the . Might be exempt explained Harry q. Swan son irs representative in London. Because of this tremendous in crease in the civilian program this year our tax team won t be Able to visit military bases Swanson said but military personnel who have problems that can t be an swered by their local judge advocate offices May still Contact Outfield  give advice from the a Side Glann added the main Point we try to get across to the airman is that we re Here to give advice and not tract As accountants we re Here to handle specific problems not to make out tax forms for the servicemen. The introduction of the Short form for persons with income up to $10,000 makes our Job easier this  Europe Roa adds 330 new members Munich special membership in the european department of the Reserve officers Assn. Increased by 330 in the last eight months of s. Pierce announced 1958, it col Bolton department president Here. The present membership he said is now 4,600, with a goal of 5,000 before the next annual convention in late april. The euro Pean department is now third inside exceeded Only by new York and California. At the same time Pierce announced that it col Hugh a. Mozley staff Engineer of base Section at Poitiers France has been appointed department vice president for army affairs. Sacs 7th div to double its housing in us South Ruislip England is housing for families of the strategic air come s 7th air div in the United kingdom will be More than doubled this year with. 176 new units scheduled for completion this summer and an other 612 units in the planning stage it was announced Here. When All 788 scheduled housing projects Are completed the Divi Sion will have 1,225 family units on five bases in the us official said. Of the housing units already built and occupied upper Heyford has 240 Lakenheath 82. Brize Norton 60 High Wycombe 50, an West Drayton five. Construction scattered the 176 new Homes under construction Are scattered Over five of the 7th s bases. Fairford has 67 units going up Chelveston 50 High Wycombe 28 Greenham common 19, and Brize Norton 12. The 612 units still in the plan Ning stage will be scattered Over eight bases. Construction is scheduled to begin on some of these units this Spring. Bruntingthorpe will get 142 of these Homes Brize Norton 123 High Wycombe 82 Chelveston 79 Lakenheath 55 Greenham com Mon 51 Fairford 41, and upper Heyford 39. 3d of to move Hospital unit South Ruislip England is the 7510th . Air Force Hospital at Wompole Park 60 Miles Northeast of London will move to Mildenhall and Lakenheath in the latter half of this year 3d air Force officials announced Here. Extensive modification and Altera Tion projects Are planned at Laken Heath and Mildenhall for the operation of the relocated Hospital which will have a capacity of approximately 300 Beds. The change in station for the Hospital will be phased Over several months. The move will affect about 300 military personnel and 95 British civilians. It is expected that the majority of the civilians will be offered employment at nearby Royal air Force stations although not necessarily in their present grades. Com z holding school on salary wage policy Orleans France special the civilian personnel division of com z is conducting a salary and wage administration school through March 6, officials Here announced. The course includes study of the civil service comm., department of the army and Usa eur police and regulations in Job analysis Job evaluation and  and program administration applicable to al civilian employees. 3d army band featured Frankfurt special the 3d army div s 42-piece band gave a three Day series of performances at a sports festival at Muenster Westphalia. Apo gets its Man capt gets his card Metz France special the army postal service got its Man. The Man capt Ernest , of the Metz general depot who had a Post card from Venezuela addressed to him As "1st it Ernest l. Bennett,France." the postal service quickly tracked him town officials said Here