European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By 7-- of / a Vyvy " a. To utilities firm new York a Gen Max Well d. Taylor who recently re tired As army chief of staff is the new chairman of t h e mexican Light and Power co.  will succeed William a. Draper jr., who will retire As chair Man on sept. 30. Draper will continue As a director. The appointment of edouard Suarez As chairman of a newly formed finance committee also was announced. Suarez was formerly minister of finance of Mexico. Canadian corporation  g. Legorreta chairman of the Banco Nacional de Mexico and John w. Snyder former Secretary of the . Treasury were named members of the committee. Mexican Light and Power is a _ Canadian corporation with head offices in Toronto. It provides electricity for some 5.3 million people in 423 towns and villages in Mexico. Nato commanders me of for talks nato officials representing six commands of the Allied forces Southern Europe organization meet at the six nation Headquarters in Naples for the first of a series of annual conferences with their hew commander in chief adm Charlesr Brown us Center the officials from left Are it Gen Luigi Bianchi italian air Force 5th Allied tactical of commander Vicen a Italy it Gen Richard c. Lindsay Usa Allied air forces South Ern Europe commander Naples Gen  Arney Allied land forces Southern Europe comm Naery Rona Italy adm Brown it Gen  land forces so u the Eastern Europe commander / Isi Nir Tii key vice adm Clarence e. Ekstrom us naval striking and support forces South Orn Europe Naples and 6th Fleet commander am maj Gen Edward w. Suarez Usan 6th Nataf commander Ismir Turkey. Arse photo License applicants urged to study Driver s manual by Robert m. Fleming staff write Heidelberg Germany is Don t apply for a Usa eur Driver s License in Germany unless you have boned up on the new manual or have a Good Crystal Ball. That s the word from army transportation officials. They said most of the applicants who failed the examination had not studied yank rider wins in us London up .. Team Captain Bill Steinkraus notched the third american Victory in two Days at the Royal International horse show at White City stadium. A Steinkraus Riding his earlier winning mount first boy took the Nize Fela stakes second International event to be decided for the Day. " the Competition was named for a famous British jumping horse Nize Fela and the riders went Over the same course with the same. Obstacles As for the earlier Prince Hal stakes. From an original Field of 27, 13 horsemen secured the maximum a of 28 Points and jumped off against the clock. The Westport -conn., equestrian who Heads the four Man american team again 1 1 made the maximum and  time of 44.8 seconds. \ Morris third. Runner up in the Nize Fela was Edward Bull of Norway and third Winner was George Morrison a horse named night owl the norwegian was the Only e rider to score 28 Points but much slower in 57.8 seconds had the fastest round of Aji,-43.8 seconds but failing at one � t obstacle gained onlyx24 Points. Third Day of the show with the Nursery trial.,first of the week s events ofor members  10 teams com ft3?tta� in the european Junior  championships to Devji Ted later in the  -. Al 5 Riton it co Cecil Blacker Prit the Imperial cup in the s Day s Competition. Of the foreign contestant the american Warren of competing ,0s an individual " he Driver s manual for Germany Usa eur manual 55-1. It s a waste of time to apply if you Haven t studied the manual a spokesman said. The Day when a new Soldier in Germany could just Stop by and pick up a Driver s License is gone. Study pays off on the other hand the spokes Man said Early results indicate hat very few persons who studied the Booklet failed the examination. The new manual went into effect last month along with tougher test requirements. Applicants Are required to answer 80 of the 85 questions correctly on the written exam arid identify 44 of the 50 Road signs including i7 signs that Are mandatory. In another Field transportation officials advised personnel plan Ning to ship their cars to the . To Check their policies to be sure they will be covered in the states. Automobile insurance written for coverage in foreign countries is not necessarily Good in the . And vice versa they pointed out. 7.s. Revises Rule on visa petitions Heidelberg Germany j is the . Immigration and naturalization service has revised regulations governing visa petitions for status it was announced Here. An army spokesman said a $10 fee is naw required for each Peti Tion submitted by . Citizens and lawfully resident Aljens to Accord no quota and preference quota Sta Tus to their spouses children and other relatives a. Petition for each beneficiary is now required. Before the Rule was changed this month a single petition could cover a spouse Anc a number of children. The form also has been changed do form 1-130 has replaced the old do forms 1-133 and i-133a. The spokesman said petitions will be accepted on the old forms until european defense is key to world Freedom Slessor Woodbridge England is the defense of Western Europe s the key to the whole of the free world according to Royal air orce marshal sir John c. Slessor. Slessor one of the world s fore most military strategists and chief of the air staff from 1950-52, was he first speaker in a series of six monthly lectures by British officials conducted under the auspices of the base education Center. Here. Slessor told his Anglo american audience. Asia Africa too if Western e u r of e goes we won t need to worry about what Lappens to Asia or Africa because they will go  " " he said if the  deterrent were abandoned and the Freer world chose to defend itself with traditional weapons the present stand Ard of living would have to be reduced and the"1 real sinews of the Gold War economic Aid and Pri vate capital. Investment in under developed countries would have to be curtailed Slessor warned against thinking exclusively in the r in s of nato which is Only one Section. Of the global front in the cold War. Moscow objectives unchanged tactics May change he said strategy May change but the objectives of communism remain unchanged domination of the whole world by Moscow the communists he said have Long term plan for world domination and the _ free world has to match it with a better plan. We May have to submit to some slowing Down of National economic expansion to achieve this by As sisting More readily the under developed countries n Only the original of the petition is now required he explained. 10,000, hours in air Frankfurt special to 36�h transportation helicopter co has flown flip re than Lopoo " Safe slates Aulmon for variety by Paul Kackley staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is a variety show featuring some of the winning acts in the just completed ,1959 Safe Talent contest will visit isolated air Force instal lations officials of the recreation division Here have announced. To avoid expensive travel the troupe will include Only persons stationed in Germany a spokes Man said  of performers have been invited to audition for the entertainment unit on aug. 27. Those invited finished first second and third in their category of the tape recorded Safe Talent finals held at Spang Alieni airbase. No itinerary has been planned for the troupe but it is expected to have its tour Start by yet goo Heys get Britain preening Molesworth England is the gooney Bird is getting plumed Here. A major modernization program on . Air Force c47s has been underway at this base since june. When the final stages Are completed the project will have modernized 56 aircraft. Passing through the shops have been gooney from bases in 16 countries in Europe and the Middle East the work is mainly installation of radio and navigation equip ment. Approximately 1,500 pounds of new gear goes into each plane Al though by tie time old equipment has been replaced the net weight gain is Only 300 pounds., the land air -inc., of Chi Imago is handling the conversion  air Force. A acting stripes Over e59 Usa eur tells commands Heidelberg germ airy is Usa eur he has reminded sub ordinate commands that they Are not authorized to give enlisted men acting appointments above the Grade of sergeant je5the command Sald the title act ing sergeant i  interpreted erroneously to include Meirin the several videos above e5 who areaddressed1 As sergeant. E4 six to wih fats sister of the insignia of higher Grade Sis not authorized. Assignment of personnel to duty positions of first sergeant and sergeant major does not constitute an acting Appo moment to those grades the directive said under no circumstances will the insignia prescribed for first d to those grades appoint late August or Early september of spokesman said. The auditions will be held at the German american neighbors club at the Hessen House 52 Bohnhof str., in Wiesbaden. They  8 30 pm. Personnel services division officials said that this was the first year the Safe Talent contest finals were recorded instead of live performances. Live shows costly a spokesman printed out that the Cost of travel plus the amount of time each performer had to speride away from his Home base to compete in District and then final. Competition made the live performances too costly. In addition few bases have the facilities to House and feed the great number of performers in the Competition he said so the tape recorded contest seemed to be the next Best  although the air Force Talent contests in the . Were live performances this year the spokesman said that Usan he officials were greatly interested in Safe s taped contest and had asked for Complete report on its operation. R recordings of the winning acts in the contest will be circulated through All Safe service clubs in order that everyone in the com Mand will have the Opportunity to hear the winners the spokesman said. Fall from moving car cures Arm paralysis Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial a Soldier s wife fell out of a moving car and cured the paralysis which had made her left Arm useless since april. Mrs. Mary ran Kirc was driving near Kitzinger with her husband sp4 Thomas Rankin when the door of the car flew open and she was thrown onto the grass beside the Road the car was rounding a curve at about 20 Mph. Her Lisband rushed her to the 10th Field Hospital in Wurz Burg where she was treated for  bruises and Shock. The next Day she found she could move her left Arm for the first time in three months. Doc tors  had been paralysed by pressure Orph two slipped spinal discs. A Rankin is asst Erie a to he co