European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse R a " i 8 the stars and stripes Friday july 17, 1959 uni vac to keep tabs on 1st army s Active Reserve manpower Pool new Yorks a the 1st army has its men taped and As a result can come up with data on them faster than they can say "201 a uni vac electronic computer that could speedily Call More than400,000 reservists in the new York new Jersey and new England area to Active duty in the event of mobilization has started blinking in the new adjutant general Auto Matic data processing Center Adoc at 1st army he on governors Island Here. The Center unveiled at a press school chiefs discuss plans for new term Frankfurt special superintendents of Northern area come dependent schools met Here to Dis cuss plans for the coming school year following the reorganization of Usa eur s school area system. The six superintendence areas for the schools in Germany France and Italy were reorganized int seven districts As of july 1. Three of the seven Are in Naco. Among the items discussed bythe three Naco superintendents Herman d. Search Walter l. In Gram and Ralph h. Stutzman were the enlarged counselling program for All High schools assignment of teachers within the command andean increase in such specialized Fields As Reading and introduction of an advanced mathematics course to replace solid and analytical geometry for High schools was cited As an important addition to the school s curricula. The workshop program for teachers was also discussed by the superintendents As an important Aid to maintaining the High stand Ards required of Usa eur teach ers. Joint unit Day activities showing was described As the first installation of its kind for maintaining personnel records at the Field army the army said it is a forerunner for similar Adoc installations to be established at the five other Field army he in the . The uni vac file computer re places combined mechanical and manual procedures. Previously employed by a machine record units. Electronically it controls statistical and qualification data on More than 60,000 men and women on Active service and 405,-000 reservists in the eight state 1st army area. Prior to its installation More than a million status punch cards the size of a Dollar Bill on which perforations give the sold Dier s rank Date in Grade military occupation specially language skills and other information were required to maintain the necessary personnel data for 1st army now with the new computer system All of the information on one of the old status cards listing about 20 bits of information culled from the Soldier s 201 file can be crammed into magnetic impulses on half Inch wide plastic tape. An117-Inch reel of tape contains the information on 18.500 the near future the army said it is planned that the status of equipment in the hands of troops will be processed on the computer. At the press preview it Gene. M. Bryan 1st army cd pressed a Button that sent the uni vac into action and in six seconds the com Puter s High Speed Printer produced Page of data giving the 1st army s monthly consolidated enlisted personnel report on All grades in seven different special estimated computer time to prepare the output for the inventory and projection report of All enlisted personnel assigned to the 1st army area is two hours and15 minutes. Trooping Queen s colors maj Gen John s. Upham jr., cd 3d inf div right and col Carle ton e. Fisher co 38th inf discuss highlights of ssh s history during joint unit Day activities at Schweinfurt Germany. The 38th, 10th arty and 30th inf celebrated unit birthdays together with Day of activities including joint review dedication of 38th s new trophy room sporting events and social functions. Is photo by Coley 50 View Homes turned Over to . In France Fontenet Frances san additional 50 Homos were turned Over to . Armed forces person Nel Here by the . Army construction Agency which is direct ing the building of 2,400 such houses in France. Ceremonies marking the comple Tion of the Homes which will serve families of the 83d Engineer in took place at the site of the Homos with . Army and French officials one Story ranch style units Are of masonry and stucco each with outdoor Terrace and private Lawn. They Range in size from two to four bedrooms have fully equipped kitchens and separate laundry and storage rooms. The Fontenet housing area is one of 19 projects presently under construction throughout France through the $50 million surplus commodity housing program. A spokesman explained that the 2,400 new units will ease a major problem for both French and americans by making More houses and apartments available to French families As the americans move into the newly constructed Homes. Tvo both Wing pilots get Well done a wards Toul France special two pilots of the 50th tactical fighter Wing Here received Safe Well done awards for their alertness and courage during in flight emergencies. The pilots Are it col Thomas , commander of the 417th tactical fighter so and capt Henry Dahlen jr., officer in charge of the Wing s instrument school. The awards were presented by col Frank l. Wood jr., Wing com Mander. Stewart was cited for his extreme professional a b i 1 i t a. In Landing his crippled Jet without mishap. The incident occurred while on a routine flight from Toul to wheelus a in Libya. His f100 began to Loose Oil pres sure and. Started vibrating Stew Art reported. He landed the Craft at chateau Roux a without Power and in Adverse weather conditions. Radar scheme designed to shield foot Soldier Syracuse . Up a Mobile radar system capable of pinpointing the location of enemy mortars More than six Miles away has been developed by the general electric go. The trailer mounted device the an/mpq-4a, is designed to p r o t e c t the foot Soldier from mortar fire considered his most deadly enemy. It detects the Shell in flight and electronically com Putes the exact spot from Wlinich twas fired. The emergency situation that earned the award for Dahlen too place while he was checking out a student Pilot in one of the Wing s t33 s. When the Jet began to vibrate severely at 500 feet Dahlen swung the to Bird into a 270 degree turn Cut the engine and guided the plane into a Down wind Landing. In order to Stop the Craft before it passed the end of the runway Dahlen had to retract the Landing gear. The Craft scraped to a Hall inches away from disaster. 68 reservists at Usa eur Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial sixty eight Reserve officer from Spain the United kingdom France and Germany Are at usar eur he for two weeks Active Ulyas students in advanced training courses offered by the Paris usar school 3748th Reserve. Teaching the civil affairs Mili tary government and adjutant general courses Are instructors from the Madrid Frankfurt an Stuttgart schools As Well As those from London Paris and Orleans France. Graduation exercises will be hold at the Heidelberg dependent school auditorium saturday july 25. Speak ers will be Brig Gen h. K. Johnson Usa eur g3 col Charles p. Bab cock chief of the . Army Mili tary District Europe and col Walter e. Monagan jr., Paris usar school commandant. Pfc sp4 capture titles in support come contest to Eslingen Germany Spe Cial two pfc s summoned Al their driving skill into play Here to break a deadlock for first place in the three Quarter ton category of the 7th army support come Driver proficiency tests. Pfc James c. Melvin of the 15thevac Hospital captured the honors when he edged out runner up pfc Llowd Benford of 5th transportation co by coming an Inch closer to the final Stop line representing pedestrian walk. The pair had tied for first place with 271 Points each after the first Day. Of Competition in their Cate gory. Other results of the tests so Harare first place in the Quarter ton class sp4 Paul a. Maag of he det 15th chemical up who garnered 471 Points out of a possible total of 485, and sp4 Harry w. Anders who scored 464 Points for second in the same event. Men participating in the contest come from sup com units through out Germany and have fought their Way up to this meet after company battalion and group level tests. Winners will compete in the 7th army meet in August. 66th Ord in e9 be Mannheim Germany special Robert f. Farr the recently promoted sergeant major of the 66lh Ord in is believed to be the first e9 to re enlist in 7th army sup port come. He is a Veteran of More than 22 years military serv ice. 11 ii at of command change set Queen s colors and new regimental colors of the 3d. In Royal Canadian 22d regt Are presented to u Francois Richard by regi mental sgt major Joseph Arsenault daring a special ceremony at Oest Germany marking the first time the French Canadian unit a Pope the colors to Honor allegiance to the Queen and to Canada. C3pbm5 two standards were Given to j4 col Armand letelier in co in Una Elizabeth u in Canada. Canadian army photo Ramstein Germany special air Force troops of four nations will participate in a change of com Mand ceremony at Ramstein airbase on aug. 10, when it Gen Frederick h. Smith jr., assumes command of nato s 4th Allied tactical air Force from Gen f. F. Everest. A ceremonial r e t r e a t at the Allied he will highlight the com Mouid change. Bands from the Canadian French German and . Units of 4th Nataf Are expected to perform. Everest will turn his Safe command Over to Smith in Cere monies aug. 12 at Wiesbaden air base the 7100th support win announced. �. Smith who will be promoted to four Star rank on taking Over his new commands is leaving the Post of commander of the air Force s air training come. Everest will become the . Tactical air the ceremony a recep Tion will be held to Welcome Gen and mrs. Smith and a Farewell dinner party will be held in the evening to Honor Gen and mrs Everest. " if if. I.1? to
