European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday jul the stars and stripes Page 9army unveils it Weiert Amphia boat i j. Washington special the army has announced the first tests of a new Light weight highly Mobil amphibious boat specially engineered for Modren As the Marc 5" lighter amphibious resupply cargo the5-ton, All aluminium amphibian was demonstrated before defense department officials at it. Custer Mich. The army said the Marc 5 is de signed to replace old world War ii Dukes most of which Are now considered by the Ingersoll Kalamazoo division of Borg Warner corp., the boat features greater Speed and the ability to land in rough surf. The Marc is equally at Home onland with Large Low pressure tires providing exceptional mobility in Sand and off Road terrain. Highway speeds Range from 30 to 35-Mph, the army for delivery in August the Marc has a 15-ton capacity. Loading and unloading is made easier by Side Gates which permit Quick Access to cargo. Marines to try 1-Man copters Washington special future leathernecks May have ver Satile one Man helicopters to Aid them in combat chores As the result of tests to be conducted at Quantico va., aug 1. The Marine corps said three Rodyne rot cycles will undergo rigid evaluation to determine their suitability for reconnaissance Cour Ier service wire laying artillery observation and similar combat powered by a four Cylinder 62 he porsche engine manufacture Din Stuttgart Germany the one Man copter weighs Only 425, Pound empty. With a Range of 60 Miles thereto cycles cruise at 50 Mph and has a top Speed of 72 Mph. The machine is capable of climbing 600 feet per minute and has a ceiling of 5,500 feet. The versatile copter was evolved following a naval Bureau of aeronautics design Competition started ii 1954.developed for the Marine corps by the gyr Odyne corp. Of America the Craft now , evaluate Dat the naval air Tes Center at a Tuxen River my. Youngsters win Cash in Toul Derby meet Toul France special first place prize of $50 in the senior division of the annual "rosieres500" soap Box Derby held Here went to 13-year-old James in the Junior division 8-10-year-Olds was Howard Kro Nen who also was Given a $50 award. All the participants had a Handin building their own race carts. Models of Progress this display of Model aircraft coital a Well serve As a history of Progress in Aerial reconnaissance during the past 25 years. Located inthe lobby of the 10th tactical reconnaissance Wing s Headquarters building at Span Dahlem air base Germany the display includes a miniature of every plane the Wing has used ranging from the 047,052 and 056 through the a p38, p51 and f80 to the rb6g now used by the Force photo Naco sp4 wins citizenship race sp4 Senato Retteghieri Bible school ends Wiesbaden Germany special More than 1,000 Wiesbaden Are youngsters recently completed the 10-Day Haine Berg vacation Bibl school Here. 3d army div unit helps give new look to German shrine Frankfurt special men and machines from an ordnance battalion of the 3d army div an swered a Call from residents of Wertheim Germany to help Ren Ovate a memorial to their Patron Saint. For the last 50 years the lady of Wertheim Grotto had been becom ing More and More secluded be Hind three Pine Trees at the Small Village near Sal Munster. Then Rev. Arsenius crass a Jesuit priest from Sal Munster asked the american army for help. The assistance came in the for of an immense wrecker and men from the 122d Ord in who whittled the Pines to stump height and then yanked them Outwith the powerful wrecker. The Grotto and statue of the Saint were chipped and slightly damaged during artillery shelling of world War ii but neither the Grotto nor the nearby Village were , said father crass made the Grotto a Symbol of Good for tune in addition to a religious , for the first time in 50 years passersby have an unobstructed View o f the Grotto. Frankfurt is a North Ern area come Soldier who had a harrowing race with time to acquire his citizenship papers inner York has returned feeling very proud and very Happy that he won the race. I just made it by a shoe string said sp4 Renato Retteghieri mess supervisor assigned to the Garrison Naco. Born in Zurich of italian parents Retteghieri 28, applied for . Citizenship last March. June 26 deadline in june he took a Short leave to visit relatives in Italy. When he returned june 10, there was a let Ter waiting for him requesting him to be in new York on june 26. I asked for another leave right away Renato said and on june 20 i was at Rhine main air base waiting for transportation on a space available had to sweat it out for a while but on june 24.1 was final Lyon my Way to new everyone helped working into the Small hours of the morning Renato. Was Able to Contact witnesses arrange his papers and appear at the immigration office at the prescribed Lime. All the time i was hoping an praying that i would make said Retteghieri. Everyone was very helpful. And now Here i am Back again feeling very proud and very Happy that i am a citizen of the United Mcgowan nominated to guard chief Post Washington up maj Gen Donald Wilson Mcgowan has been nominated by president Eisenhower to a four year term Schief of the National guard Bureau. Mcgowan a Reserve officer inactive duty has been serving As chief of the Bureau s army Divi Sion. He will succeed maj Gen Edgar a Erickson who retired may31. Naco hits $18,624 in 4 welfare drives Frankfurt special contributions by Northern area come personnel in fiscal year 1959 Tot aled $18,624 in four drives con ducted throughout the command according to figures just released. In the drives which do not in clude the current army emergency Relief army Relief society Cam army to retest men proficient in languages Frankfurt special Al personnel in Northern area come who claim foreign language proficiency will have to undergo re testing of their proficiency according to instructions issued by Naco he. In a. Letter addressed to Al posts All military personnel below the Grade of general officer wore directed to undergo a retesting prior to . 20. The introduction of a new Tea materials by the army necessitated the retelling said Naco officials. The Naco letter states that a new language fluency questionnaire will be submitted on All linguists identified under this program whether they Are evaluated by written tests or by interview procedures As prescribed in a 611-6. To screen records individuals on temporary duty for 30 Days or More will be tested at their temporary duty will screen the rec ords of All newly assigned person Nel to ascertain whether evaluation and reporting under the cited army regulation has been accomplished. When necessary commanders will evaluate the individual s language proficiency and submit language fluency questionnaire with the morning report to the machine records unit servicing their command. Naco he will maintain language test materials and testing facilities to include the dispatch of language testing teams to units or areas having 20 or More individuals to be tested for the administration of the new language proficiency tests. The new testing requirements will also affect All personnel who Are eligible to compete for proficiency pay in mos 965 and 967. Individuals who Are eligible to compete for proficiency pay in these mos will be tested with the appropriate language proficiency lest at the earliest practicable Date after receipt of the new test materials. Photo contest held by Frankfurt zoo Frankfurt is american military and civilian personnel and their dependents Are invited Tenter the Frankfurt zoo s photo contest entitled my Best deadline for entries is sept. 30,and Only Amateur photographers May submit entries. Prizes will in clude cameras and accessories radios and refrigerators. Full details May be obtained fro the zoo Box office or from Frank Furt photo shops and pictures will be exhibited in the zoo Gesellschaft aus orphans treated Mannheim Germany special the children of the Caritas Kin Derheim orphanage rheingau Ger Many were taken to the american youth association carnival Here bythe enlisted men of the 51st trans co. Pain a total of $4,319.64 went tithe Federal services overseas fund Campaign for welfare agencies $4,010, 04 went to the Federal service Campaign for National health agencies and $4,532. 42 was donated to the 1958 Are ars Campaign. The red Cross received $5,762.85. The figures which were released by capt John f. Mccoin Secretary for the Are ars Campaign which began june 30, included donations by Naco assigned and attached units. They do not include drive totals of lodger units located with in Naco. While releasing the figures of past campaigns Mccoin appealed to personnel to contribute to the current Are ars drive in the same manner As in the past. Theater ars drive ends july 31. Stork Market flourishes Frankfurt special babies were booming business in North Ern area come during fiscal 1959,according to figures released Here. A baby was born every hour and five minutes of every Day for a grand total of 7,968 for the hospitals in Baumholzer bad Kreuz Nach Frankfurt Heidelberg Lan Stuhl Munchweiler and Wurzburg recorded the Fig ures which topped the previous fiscal year s total by 2,841. The average zoomed up to 22 births a Day for an increase of eight a Layover fiscal 1958. Frankfurt s 97th general hos Pital led the Way with 2,629, As compared with last year s 2,619.the 130th station Hospital in Heid Elberg was second with 1,557 Whillean Stuhl s Hospital almost matched that figure with 1,552.wurzburg s 10th Field Hospital delivered 1,106 babies while Baum holler reported 670 births. Munch Wailer s Hospital was next with 445and the army Hospital in bad Kreuz Nach listed 379. An Heidelberg alters schedule Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial radio listeners in the Heidel Berg area Are reminded that it Isno longer possible to receive cer Tain armed forces network pro Grams on the pm band broadcast ing from Heidelberg. However an Frankfurt Pecan be heard daily on 94.9 Mega cycles from 6 am until 1 05 am. The an Heidelberg am trans Mitter operating on 1304 kilo cycles now carries All the an Frankfurt programs beginning daily at 3 pm effective july 15, a new operating schedule for an am Heidel Berg will be in operation. At that time the hours of broadcast will begin at 6 am and end at 1 05 am daily on the am band at 1304kilocycles. Pfc Webster is always on Job Frankfurt special mayor night weekends and holidays one message Driver in the 3darmd div continually amazes his Bosses with his , what appears to be an Iron Man stunt is the perform Ance of identical twins pics Dick and Doug Webster of Okemos Mich. Clerk sp4 Clifford Call is the first to admit that he was fooled by their appearance. For a Long time i thought that the 12th cavalry message Driver was being terribly time i turned around there was web v
