European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 16, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Pilot gets Cheney award for Landing burning Jet saving crewman s life general Franco pays first visit to . Installation in Spain Washington is the1958 Cheney award was presented to air Force 1st it James. E. Oben auf tuesday the third top Avia Tion trophy he has received for dramatically Landing a crippled b47 last , of Grayslake 111., received the award from Gen Curtise. Lemay air Force vice chief of staff in ceremonies  the lieutenant had been awarded the flight safety Korea trophy Kolligian and the . Destroyer turned Over to German Navy Charleston . A . Destroyer Ringgold has been transferred to the Federal Republic of Germany marking another step in a gradual buildup of the German sea  Krapf minister and charge d affaires at the West German embassy in Washington accepted the destroyer on behalf of his country in simple ceremonies  a Short address prior to the commissioning Transfer Krapf called attention to the wonderful spirit of cooperation and Friend ship our officers and men have constantly experienced in Charles ton and it will be unforgettable  fifteen officers and 248 enlisted men of the West German Navy have been training Here for weeks preparatory to Manning the de Stroyer. Rear adm John c. Daniel com mandant of the 6th naval District replied to Krapf saying the ring Gold is a Lucky  glorious history she fought her Way from tiny Marcus Island to the Home Waters of Japan served 34 months in the combat zone receiving stars for 10major engagements and closed this record without the loss of single Man. She was and still is a most formidable fighting a  will do Well in your capable hands he added to the German Crew massed on her deck. Dominik will be. Commander of West Germany s first destroyer Squadron composed of ships his country receives from the . Aviators valor award for the same feat the dramatic incident in which Obenauf landed the burning Jet and saved the life of a fellow Crew member occurred in april 1958, during a High Altitude training Mission out of Dyess air Force base Tex. While cruising at 34,000 feet the b47 developed a fire in the right outboard engine and the Crew was Given the order to abandon the  the aircraft commander and navigator bailed out co Pilot Oben auf noticed. Maj Joseph b. Maxwell an instructor navigator of ports Mouth va., lying unconscious on the plane s floor. Deciding to Sta with the aircraft Obenauf returned to the co Pilot s seat and regained control of the  frigid temperatures in the cockpit caused by the open escape Hatch and missing canopy Obenauf managed to bring the air Craft into Dyess for a Safe Landing two hours later saving Maxwell s life the award presented to the lieutenant was donated by the family of the late it William a Cheney who As a member of . Air service was killed in an air collision Over Foggia Italy in by Thurston Macauley staff writer Villalobas Spain is history was made at the 16th . Air Force s 871st aircraft control and warning so site near Here when it became the first american installation in All Spain to be visited by Gen Francisco Franco the nation s chief of  s visit to the jointly oper ated .-Spanish site was arranged and on the Spur of the moment earlier in the Day when the Generalissimo was witnessing the Maneu vers of his Lith div at Dulcinea about 30 Miles from theace site. Squadron co it col Richard  of los Angeles was on his Way to 16th of he at Torrejon on the other Side of Madrid when word reached the site that franc would Honor it with a visit late in real Hunt Peck typists new duty Post Cap cadets visit Europe Wiesbaden Germany special ninety civil air patrol cadets rep resenting 52 Cap wings in the . And puerto Rico arrived at Rhine main air base on the first leg of a scheduled 14-country euro Pean  30-Day tour is part of an International air Cadet Exchange program. European members of Aero clubs or associations similar to the Cap will visit the . Dur ing july and August As guests of various state Cap wings. The reciprocal Exchange will consist of 25 air cadets for extended visits in great Britain and five each to France Spain Portugal Norway Sweden Denmark Bel Gium the Netherlands Switzer land Italy Greece Turkey an Israel. The primary purpose of the Exchange program is to provide an Opportunity for the cadets an similar International organizations to visit other countries to observe aviation activities and to gain a Mutual understanding of the Prog Ress and problems connected wit the air age. Even though they Haven t mastered the touch system this pair from the Berlin come s service co special troops has no difficult with the typewriter. They have their own system one that seems to he used by Many called hint and  pfc Williard l. Hunt left works with the ordnance division while pfc Kenneth i. Peck jr., is a Supply clerk. Army photo afternoon. He was recalled along with his Deputy maj Ralph Towne of san Francisco who had also left Villalobas. Most of the Squadron itself com prised of 210 americans and 110spaniards were having a Squadron party featuring a softball game that was called in. , in White uniform arrived in a Black  hand to Greet Franco were maj gen1 Stanley j. Donovan chief of the joint . Military group in Spain Brig Gen Royal Reynolds of Maag Spain Ariano and a group of High ranking Spanish  Spanish Leader spent an hour and a half at  Franco visit came shortly. After the first anniversary of the site which entered full operation june 30, 1958. Spanish army holds atomic War games puerto Lapice Spain a the enemy forces attacked with atomic artillery shells during army War games in this Homeland of Don  Francisco Franco and High american and Spanish officers the watched the Spanish Blue forces launch Parachute troops under a cover of Jet fighters to capture the red atomic artillery Points. The parachutes came from Spain s streamlined experimental division which is modelled after the Amer ican pen Tomic division. _ the atomic shells were charged with int napalm and acid to give remarkably realistic imitation of. An atomic explosion even to the mushroom smoke Cloud. 3d army div sp4 leads corps Drivers in tests Brig Gen Henry c. Newcomer former commander of the 50th fighter bomber Wing at Toul France has taken command of Pliest Turkey us logistic Force sat Ankara Turkey replacing col James . He will be re placed at tout by col Jack Jenkins now at tjsa1? has to Washington of photo Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial a 3d army div Driver paced eleven other Sedan Drivers and bested the entire competing Field in another phase of testing to take two firsts in the v corps drive proficiency contests which opened Here tuesday. Sp4 Gerald l. Taylor of the 3d army s Goth arty totalled 453 Points out of a possible 485 inthe Sedan phase of the Driver test to gain a spot in the coming us a eur Driver Competition. He also took a top 149 in the maintenance and appearance Section of the meet. Second place Driver was pfc Jerall b. Bangle 3d inf div who change in registration dates listed by Maryland University Munich special or. Paul Dickson resident Dean of the Unk varsity. Of Maryland Munich Branch announced a revision in the academic Calendar for the com ing year. The dormitories in Mcgraw Cavern Munich will open to receive students on saturday sept. 12. Registration begins tuesday sept. 15 at 9 am. This is a postponement of two weeks from the Date previously announced. The Dean also stated that applications already received from new students indicate an enrolment Over 400 this september and that applications received after aug. 1may not be accepted due to Lack of space. Courses offered in the. Program for the fall semester include Gen eral chemistry economics English composition and american Litera Ture european literature French German italian russian Spanish and american history european history and history of German  offered will be College al Gebra trigonometry mathematical analysis calculus music history and appreciation philosophy experimental p h y s i c a engineering physics psychology sociology and  at the Munich Branch is open Only to dependents of american personnel stationed in the Neucom area and entitled to Exchange ration cards. Piled up 426 Points while third spot was taken by pfc Emerson m. Cooper of v corps arty with 421. The three Day meet was opened with a welcoming speech by it col James l. Platz commander of the 35th trans in Host unit. The top Throe Drivers will be entered in7th army and Usa eur driving finals scheduled later this year. All 72 entrants completed the first phase of testing which Cov ered personal appearance and written examination plus maintenance checks of vehicles. Runners up to top scorer Taylor in this phase of testing were pfc Kennethe. Whetstone of the 3d inf div and sp4 Ronald e. Eroh 8th inf div both with 147 Points and sp4 Douglas e. Haksluoto v corps arty with 145. With Only one of the six sections of the contest completed the 3d inf div led All other units with combined total of 1,215 out of a possible 1,445 Points. The 8th div holds Clown second with 1,194, Madrid Usis gets new chief Madrid is Frank , or former . Information Agency assistant director for Latina Erica arrived Here to replace Joseph Mcevoy As information counsellor of the . Embassy and . Information service director for Spain. Mcevoy press attache from 1954to 1957 and information counsellor since 1957, is leaving shortly for the . In another Usis change Jay Castillo for three years assigned to Bilbao replaced John r. Hig gins information attache for three years who is transferring to Washington. Germans loaned army bunks Frankfurt special forty displaced German factory workers from Giessen vill bed Down comfortably in a Gellhausen school Courtesy of the local mayor an the 3d army div. Mayor Hans George Kloz found the workers shelter in the unoccupied school and it col Alex Ander Fraser combat come b co answered a request with a loan of40 army bunks. Marines trudge in scorching heat during rugged endurance March death Valley Calif. Up two Hundred and fifty weary marines trudged into Camp at Trai Canyon Springs to end the first night of marching through scorch ing temperatures in operation to  marchers covered an Esti mated 16 Miles in Iso degree heat during the night going from 252 feet below sea level to about 2,000 feet above. They made Camp at Trail Canyon Springs and were to resume their 14-Day March to the top of 14,496 foot it. Whitney after a Short rest. The marines members of the 1st reconnaissance in of the 1st Marine. Div from Camp Pendleton culif., started the 14-Day hike i Devil s Golf course about 10 Miles South of the death Valley Monu ment