European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                7-5 a ? Vii a s St i t. " i l i. " the stars and St webs monday july 20, j 959 Usa eur Leclerc open Friday at Stuttgart Germany special seven teams of marksmen will due lat Grafe Moehr Germany starting Friday for the Usa eur Leclerc  teams from 7th army and one from the Berlin come will be gun Ning for the right to represent . In the International prix Leclerc scheduled for aug. 21 at Ham Melburg  army s v and Vii corps will each Send three teams to  eliminations with the 24th inf div carrying the entire Vii corps Challenge. The 24th div s 2d inf 19th inf and 21st inf will carry the Vii corps banners. One returning team corps will be represented by the 3d inf div s 7th inf and 38thinf, and the .3d army div s 48th  Only team returning from the 1958 Usa eur Leclerc will be the6th inf of. The Berlin come. Highest score recorded in corp eliminations was the 9,431 rung up by the 19th inf in the Vii corps matches. Highest possible score was 11,160. The 21st inf s 1st Battle up was second in the Vii corp championships with 9,236. Things were considerably tight Erin the v corps race with the 48th inf snatching the championship with 9,273 Points. The 7th inf finished just six Points lower with9,267. In corps matches each team shot the Leclerc course three times. At Grafe Woehr they la go through Only once for record with the High nato units in Exchange Ramstein Germany special tactical operations took on an International look at Ramstein airbase this month. Working and operating together were personnel from Denmark Italy and the  Hub of the activity was Cen tired around the 86th fighter interceptor Wing 501st tactical control Wing and det 2, of the 1235th airways and air communication Seq. It was part of a nato Cross training and Exchange program. The program got underway wit the deployment from the 526th fighter interceptor so a unit of the 86th Wing of three f86ds, Crews and maintenance men to the tactical air come Aalborg air Sta Tion Denmark. The Danes reciprocated with a delegation that worked with det -2 1235th macs so. Demison inspects 6th Fleet units with the 6th Fleet in pos Mediterranean up adm Robert l. Dennison com Unander in chief of . Naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean reviewed key units of the 6th Fleet in  flew from Naples to. The aircraft Carrier Franklin d.1 Roosevelt. He was joined there by vice adm Clarence e. Ekstrom,6th Fleet commander. After an afternoon of briefing and discussions the Admiral patched while the air striking v Power of the 6th Fleet was put through its paces in both Day and night operation s by rear adm  Sutherland commander of car division 2.k Toennison transferred to the guided missile Cruiser Canberra a la ship pc rear adm j. Mcnay Taylor commander of Cruiser Force Atlantic while aboard ther he observed the practice , a terrier surface to air missile est possible 3,720  team will have 29 men Al though Only 24 will actually participate in the Small arms Competition. Four stand by As alternate and Oneman serves As a non firing team  shooters on each squad will compete in Rifle matches 10 in five two Man teams in Light machine gun matches and two i pistol matches. Tougher assignment slight machine gunners will Dis cover their assignments have Tough ened considerably since the 1958 Leclerc shoot. This year they la have More rounds to fire and less time in which to fire them. Because of the increased number of machine gun rounds this year s possible score of 3,720 is the High est Ever. From 1953 through 1957, 2,472 Points equated perfection an last year the maximum was 3,120. Marksmanship officials Here estimate that the Usa eur Leclerc championship Wili Home at a Price of about 3,125 Points. That s about 84 percent of the possible score percentage which has won the last three International Leclercq. The Winner. Of the Susareu Leclerc matches will represent the . Army at the International prix Leclerc in Hamm Elbirg  the Germa n infantry school. Teams entered in the 1959 International prix Leclerc Are ., Britain Canada France. Bel Gium the Netherlands and West Germany v wheelus base so titres tons wheelus Libya special four f102 fighter interceptors arrived at wheelus air base to Opena new chapter in the Story of the Safe weapons Center. The planes were the Vanguard of Safe components of the new Delta daggers which will come towhee us for rotational training. Their arrival from Pitburg airbase Germany coincided with the following significant development for this base 1approval by Safe of a re organization of the 7272d"air base Wing which will streamline control and operation of the weapons Center. 2resumption of the rotational training program after recent completion of the runway resurfacing project. " 3opening of a new. Phrase inthe fighter interceptor portion of the training program geared to the supersonic capabilities of the f102. All of these development brought the weapons Center pro Gram into new focus As Wheelu reached the Halfway Mark in its Lith year of operation. Pilots identified arrival of the f102s, assigned to the -525th fighter interceptor sat Pitburg gave accent to the resumed and reshaped program a wheelus. The planes were led by maj Bernard a Barton 525thoperations officer. The three pilots accompanying Barton in the f102swere capt Ray. Girard capt Don Leonard and it Alan l. Lomax. Personnel of the 525th were Al ready at the fighter interceptor rotational area adjacent to the air defense Alert hangars. It i from this area that the new phase of the fighter interceptor training will be conducted. From the base wide viewpoint the reorganization marked a hew chapter in the history of  Well As the Safe weapons Center. Effective july 20 its implementation had the major result of Dis continuing the three existing groups and realigning control under a Tri Deputy system. This combined with a recent change in 3920th support group cited of r generosity Brize Norton England Spe Cial five men assigned to the 3920th combat support up strategic air come were awarded the american red Cross certificate of Honor. The men Are t sgt Donald , m sgt James j. Halpin jr., maj Albert v. Toney it Collonus p. Miller jr., and col Orie o. Schurter 3920th combat sup port up commander. The base Parton the 7th air div gave an aver age of $3.18 per Man in the recent Cross drive the designation of the Wing made the base and the Safe weapons Center synonymous the new wih title already unofficial use is. 7272d air base Wing  Center. Indian summer Warrior boy Walton accept the peace pipe from Medicine Man Robert Funk to signal the Start of an Indian dance As per formed by explorer scouts Attoul Rosier a air base France. The scouts Are now making Atour of Mediterranean lands. Of Canadian gunner John a. Goodwill a Sioux Indian has receive Tongue in Cheek credit from the German Federal Republic for help ing bring some drought Relief by performing a rain dance. Good Willis serving with the 1st beat of the Royal Canadian horse artillery near Hemer Germany. " Canadian army photo airman s spare time always booked up Wethersfield England Spe Cial a/1c Joseph l. Chevalier in Jeh arge of the motor Pool machine shop Here is a Man of deter Miriam Ion and will Power. Proof of that statement lies inthe fact that he completed 15 Cor Respondence courses and 20 adult evening High school courses in the past 30 months. The 31-year-old former Canadian has made up three years of High school work and earned a High school completion certificate. Heis now taking a purses in physics earns Best mess title bad Kursu Zach Germany to the 2d evacuation hos Pital coh s o  a a t e d mess was selected the bests mesh in 7th army support come for the 2d Quarter of fiscal year 1959. And chemistry and eventually plans to take College courses. A fellow worker at the motor Pool a/1c Oliver j. Henry said that Chevalier gets a snack Dur ing lunch and 13 minutes later is Back at the books. There were Many times when he used the morning and afternoon Tea break for  Chevalier admits that the Cor Respondence courses Are harder than on base kind because you re strictly on your  his studies in mechanical drawing and Mathe Matics have helped him in his machine shop work but he say that s not the Only reason for his intensive education program. Education is something Perma nent. It makes you see things you would t otherwise  Hesami d. Sac base wins Praise upper Heyford England special air vice marshal Mac Neese Foster chairman of the Oxfordshire Community relation Council congratulated col Ken Neth w. Schultz upper Heyford air base commander and members of this strategic air come. Instal lation for their generosity an Good will to surrounding communities. Foster made these comments Ata special luncheon in the officer s open mess Here after Schultz presented a Check for $1,545 to Rev. C. F. P. Corrall Rector of the Church in Ardley a Small Village located near the base. The Money will be used to Pur Chase a new altar for the Ardley Church which was constructed inthe 14th Century. Reservists to hear top army officials Washington is top army officials will address a hand picked class of 50 army Reserve and Arney National guard officers from the Fields of business Educa Tion Law Medicine and religion att. Leavenworth kan., from aug. 2-14, it was announced Here. A special information course for Reserve officers the sessions will be conducted at the army com Mand and general staff College under the auspices of the army chief of information. Among those who will take the speaker s stand Are. Under Secretary of the army Hugh m. Milton ii it Gen her Bert b. Powell Deputy commander . Continental army come an maj Gen Harry p. Storke army chief of information. The purpose of the course is to stimulate thinking and to develop solutions to problems pertain Ingato National defense. The1 student Bod will be composed of 42 army re serve and eight National guard officers. From Captain to colonel