European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 10, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                , i. The stars and stripes Friday july 10, 1959 Safe streamlines pm Quality control by Joseph f. Mcbride Sta writer Wiesbaden Germany is Safe personnel officials said that their Quality control program is now administratively streamlined to enable commanders to More efficiently demote or separate sub Standard airmen paving the Way for promotions for deserving airmen. Officials said there is sufficient guidance within All areas of Usa Feto enable commanders to eliminate undesirable airmen. In fact offi 29 in Safe nominated for regular rank Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial Twenty nine Safe officers have been nominated by president Eisenhower for pro motion to the Grade of permanent colonel in the regular air Force personnel officials announced  with dates of rank As permanent lieutenant colonels onor before oct. 19, 1950, May assume the new Grade upon confirmation by the . Senate. The remaining officers will be promoted in Janu Ary 1960. Included in the nominations Are. 24 line officers two in the dental corps one medical corps one medical service corps and one inthe veterinary corps. Line officers line officers nominated were Robert a. Ackerly George g. Byrnes jr., Leo g. Clarke jr.,James l. Cole Leighton f. Down ing John m. Etc Emend Ivan l. Ferguson Edward j. Fletcher Richard j. Franz Ivan m. Fried Man Wilbur j.  Cyrus j. Lemmon Aldro i. Lingard James l. Livingston Joh Mccorkle Edward j. Mccray jr., Francis b. Morgan Douglas Sharp George a. Simeral Raymond d. Swett Francis j. Vetort Peter , John b. Wallace and Robert a.  corps Jack m. Hawkins Norbert c.  corps Charles k. Mor  service corps Elliott p.  Hummer. Corps Robert l. Of Rifle aces sgt Anthony j. Archer of Kearny n.j., holds the trophy he won at the All air Force Rifle and pistol matches at Zacklan Force base Tex Archer who. Won the chanpion ship in the service Rifle phase of Competition is assigned to the 497th Becon Naissance technical so at a land " air station in Wiesbaden air Force photo Bonn activates air reconnaissance unit Wyr i4 4�c-"h r i,1 i x -. S of & "t3sgi." Oil gals said Safe has taken thread from the beginning to see hat its Quality control program Vas As effective As they could make t. The latest Safe action to Puteett into its program was a five Page questionnaire sent to All com Manders and which must be for warded through channels to  he no later than july 27. The questionnaire is of the yes a no Type and when properly filled it will Tell personnel exactly Howe program is working through out the command. Message from Lemay the latest notice to commander followed a m  s a g e from Gen Curtis e. Lemay vice chief Ostaff relative to the program. Lemay s message said that Theair Force inspector general recent y surveyed major commands in . And found that there was a ack of effective Quality control at base level. Commanders were told to review heir program carefully with an Eye to identifying substandard or undesirable airmen who should either be demoted or separated. Commanders were told that us afe can ill afford to maintain a state of complacency. We must Lave a periodic review of our Quality control policies personnel officials said if we Are to have a program to produce positive re sults on a continuing  More exceptions added to pm hike quotas Heidelberg Germany is Usa eur officials Here announced the following additional exceptions to the quarterly enlisted appoint ment allocation for july augustan september no appointments in grades e5and e6 in mos 622,-631, 714, 763 in grades e5 and e7 in mos 635and 768 in e6 and e7 in mos 632 and 952 leg in mos 716 and in e7in mos 717. A Complete listing earlier announced with the exception of the above has been distributed to respective Usa eur commands. Navy revises forms for enlisted ratings Washington special a More meaningful and up to Date efficiency report will result from the newly revised enlisted performance report the Navy announces. Applying to All personnel in pay grades e5 through e9, the expanded new form will contain data on a Man s performance billets As signed and special qualifications. The previously used form was comparatively Brief. The first reconnaissance group of the West Ger Man air Force is activated during a ceremony Ater cling air base near Munich. Reviewing the troops Are defense minister Franz Josef Strauss right and air Force commander it Gen Josef Kam Huber Center. The group is equipped with 26 rf84f aircraft. Strauss said that without the assistance of the . Air Force the activation of the new group would have taken much  left is unit  photo Hartford named to Pentagon Post Washington special Briggen Thomas j. Hartford army medical corps has been appointed Deputy surgeon general of the army medical service succeeding maj Gen James p. Cooney who has been named chief surgeon for us a eur.  " in his new position Hartford will coordinate army medical serv ice programs and assist the surgeon general in supervising medical service activities. Prior to assuming his present duties Hartford was cd of Madl Gan army Hospital Tacoma Wash. Of sergeant saves us lad from canal Bovingdon England is a British youngster was saved from drowning by a . Sergeant from Bovingdon air base. The rescuer was m sgt Gilbert , Coic of Bovingdon s base operations  pulled the boy Ian Humphrey 7, from a canal and revived him after a minute and a half of artificial  officials praised the. 40 year old  was the second time that Cromer of Spokane Wash., has saved a possible drowning victim. As a teenager he saved a boy stricken with cramps while swim Ming in a Bay near san Diego  a result of his leap into the canal at Hemel Hempstead Cromer injured tendons in his right  leg is now in a cast. Cromer has been stationed a Bovingdon since february. 24th div Drivers Lead corps test Augsburg Germany special the contestants in the Vii corp Driver proficiency contest completed the first three classes of vehicle Competition Here with the 24th inf div taking two of the first place awards. The remaining class Winner was the 4th Arm div. It was in the Sedan class that sgt Donald Underwood took first place for the 4th army div with total score of 432,66 out of a pos sible 485 Points second place went to the 24th Day s sp5 Jay d. In Beetsi who piled up 426.33  his jeep and trailer to Victory was sp4 Max a Thomas from the 24th with pvt Leon Shel ton 78th arty taking the runner up position. Their scores were 469.-66 and 454.0 respectively Thomas score of 469,66 was the highe score recorded so far in the four Day  engineers monopolized top honors with the 3-ton trucks. Pfc Linton Holcomb 3d engr in 24th div was first with 453.6 Points followed by the 503d eng go s sp4 qary w. Riemer who had a score of 437.0. 300 Usa eur officers begin Reserve trainingc2 o Heidelberg Germany is approximately 300 officers from second lieutenant to colonel Are participating in this year s usar or Reserve training program according to col Charles , Hief . Army military districts rope and officer in charge of he  15-Day training period for yanks contribute to Holiday fund for Berlin tots Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial nine Berlin children will get a Chance to enjoy a six week Vaca Tion thanks to the generosity of three . Army units. Men from the 2d gun in 38tharty, co d of the 32d signal in and co b of the 32d signal in collected More than $731 which was contributed to the Berlin children summer vacation program it was announced. Commanding officers of the three units gave the contributions Tostad trat Seffrin Darmstadt director of welfare in a ceremony atthe City Hall. The children will be sent to Home near Darmstadt to give Spon sors a Chance to visit with them. Army intelligence began july 5 i Oberammergau. Training is scheduled to begin july 12 for adjutant general and civil affairs military government branches in Heidel Berg. Progi ams will be conducted forthe armoured and infantry branches for the same period in Hanau while training for engineers is scheduled to Start. Aug. 20 in Mur Nau. Personnel attending the Volun tary phases Are assigned to one of four Usa eur schools Frank Furt Heidelberg Madrid and Paris. Training is the same As that offered in the . Civilian reservists on Active duty stint Frankfurt special a class of 59 officers of the . Army re serve All working in Europe a civilians began their second phase of Reserve studies with two weeks Active duty in the 3d army div no Academy. The Active duty summer training program began last year for the group and will continue for four phases. The study course allow them to. Complete army Reserve studies. This summer instructors will cover Basic Ami advanced infantry and advanced Armor courses. Army seeks More applications for filling officer vacancies Heidelberg is the department of the army is encouraging applications to fill officer vacancies in the adjutant general chemical engineers finance Mili tary police ordnance and signal corps Usa eur officials announced. " circular 6148 containing information on assignment details an transfers will shortly be distributed to various Usa eur com mands they said. Applications for Transfer to an of the above branches will be proc Essed under a 614-100. Office snot eligible for Transfer Are regu Lar officers who have not served v a minimum of two years in the ranch in which originally assigned or appointed. Commissioned service in the ranch in which originally assigned or appointed prior to appointment in the regular army May fre count Edin determining eligibility for Transfer. Those eligible include Reserve officers who have been advised of their impending release from Active duty for any reason those who cannot qualify for retirement under paragraph 6a, a 635-130 or officers who have been retained on Active duty beyond retirement eligibility under paragraph 11.ar 135-215., t " r