European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Pool 8 the stars and stripes Friday july 24, 1959 army tightens lid on travel of employees to curtain areas Heidelberg Germany is. Usa eur he has tightened controls on the travel of civilian employees to Iron curtain countries and other restricted areas because of continued violations of travel regulations. All civilian employees have been required to sign a certificate that they understand the provisions of Usa eur circular 550-80 cover ing leave travel to the East zone of Germany soviet or satellite countries and certain nations inthe Middle East. In a command letter usage unsaid that despite current travel regulations there have been continued incidents showing that . Civilian employees or their dependents Are travelling to these restricted areas without the require prior written approval of this new certificate states that disciplinary action will be take against those who fail to obtain cat s eyes for gis even driving in the dark is possible with the set of infrared binoculars demonstrated by Soldier at right during tests at it. Belvoir a. The binoculars developed by the army corps of engineers can also be used for such jobs As building roads and Bridges and fueling missiles in the dark. Topi photo the required travel approval. The signed certificates will be entered in the records of All . And Continental wage scale employee s of both appropriated and Nona prop rated fund agencies. This includes department of the army civilians school teachers and University of Maryland personnel. Usa eur also pointed out that regulations clearly require com Manders who Are delegated author Ity for civilian personnel administration to inform employees concerning restrictions on travel to these restricted areas. These areas require prior travel clearance from Usa eur he so Viet Union Czechoslovakia Poland Romania East zone of Germany Yugoslavia Egypt Syria Israel Lebanon Iraq Jordan Iran saudi Arabia Ethiopia India Pakistan Finland Cyprus and Algeria. Usa eur circular 550-80 specifies that clearance requests for leave travel to soviet or satellite countries must arrive at usage urho at least 45 Days before the pro posed Date of travel. Other countries required clearance requests for other countries must be submitted to Headquarters at least two week before Date of travel. In general terms the circular says Usa eur personnel have unique Opportunity to travel Inex pensively and conveniently to near by soviet and satellite trips however impose cer Tain responsibilities upon the individual which must be carefully considered before this travel is at tempted. Usa eur personnel although Raveling As tourists Are also representatives of the United state army Europe and As such must not become involved in any Situa Tion which would reflect unfavourably on the individual the army or the United states. An extremely High Standard of personal conduct is required at All 19th inf s marksmen Lead s in Leclerc practice firing Grafen Wuehr Germany Spe Cial marksmen of the 19th in tallied 3,178 Points in leading six other teams Here in practice fora Chance to represent the . In the 1959, International prix Leclerc matches. K the. 21st inf. Placed second with3,153 Points in the practice sessions followed by the 6th inf with 3,138.other Overall scores were 48th inf 3,116 38th inf 3,066 7th inf 3,054,.and 2d inf 3,027. Actual firing for record to see which team represents the . Int Fie seven nation Leclerc Champion is hailed ii Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial the yes contributes greatly to the welfare and High morale of . Troops in Europe Gen c. D. Eddleman declared inciting the 64th anniversary of the founding of Post exchanges on july,25. The Usa eur commander in chief said it is a pleasure to extend Best wishes and congratulations to All members of the european Exchange system which strives to give outstanding services to the military forces. The High Standard of service Inthis command is testimony of the unceasing efforts of yes person Nel military and civilian to achieve that Mission Eddleman maintained adding they May take justifiable Pride in being associated with an organization which contributes so greatly to the welfare and High morale of the on behalf of All members of the United states army Europe and their dependent families wish to express our sincere appreciation. I am confident that future anniversaries will Mark continued Success Eddleman said. Wiley rides to Gold cup London a american horseman Hugh Wiley won the. King George v Gold cup top prize for men riders to Garner the fourth trophy for his . Team in the week Long International horse show Here. Wiley of Towson md., walking off with the coveted trophy for the second straight year was presented the cup by Britain s Queen Mother Elizabeth before Princess Margaret and a crowd of 25,000 at London White City stadium. 4 Riding Nautilus Wiley and dismount won out Over Francisco Goya go of Spain after a Tough fight for the George v laurels in which both had three Clear rounds. Go ing around again Goy ago had eight faults and the cup belonged to Wiley. Wofford third Wiley and Goy ago were the Only two riders who went into the third jump off. Warren Wofford formerly of Junction City kan., but now living in Britain shared Ujj third place with Norway s Edward Bull. George Morris of new Canaan Conn. Another member of the Man . Team earlier Jas bested by a fifth of a second in a bid forthe country life and Riding cup by Mary Barnes of England. The american horsemen " however had taken first places in three previous i a competitors for the George v cup had to run a 945-Yard course with 16. Jumps one with a water 15 feet. New clue to ghost bomber uncovered Wiesbaden Germany a five Days of searching in the Sun scorched wastes of Libya have produced a further though Small clue to the Fate of nine american air men missing v from a world War ii ghost bomber found practically intact deep in the North african desert. A message to Safe he said that another piece of Parachute was found in an area where an earlier search last month discovered a Trail of markers apparently left by. The airmen in a joint Trento death. The army mortuary search team said that As yet no Trace of the airmen s remains Taitl been found. They added however that the search will continue until the entire critical area More than 1,000 Square Miles is covered. The ghost bomber a b24 libera Tor had made a pilotless belly Landing on its return from a bomb ing raid of Naples Italy in the moonless night of april 4, 1943 it was found by a team of geologists earlier this year on hard 14 a in Cash prizes at Numberg Post Nurnberg f Germany special fourteen civilian employees of Nurnberg Post including. One american won Cash prizes totalling approximately $665 for suggestions and performance under the Post incentive awards program. The prizes ranging from $25 to $90, were for the month of july packed Sand some 440 Miles South East of the libyan port City of Benghazi. Logbook instruments and equip ment were untouched and the plane was almost undamaged. A second search was ordered after an initial probe led to the markers Trail. The party set up its base Camp some 60 Miles North of the plane after a 400-mile trip under merciless heat. Two motorized search groups operating with the help of the Sim ple but effective Sun Compass sweep Back and Forth in the desert under a pattern designed to re veal almost any object on the Small Fry get Chance to operate of base Devreux France special Devreux air base and the nearby army Aerial s u p p o r to Center were placed into the hands of youth when 120 children of the base dependent schools assumed positions of authority As part of the 2d annual International kids Day program her besides command and staff positions children were assigned such functions As base sergeant major Squadron first sergeants and a comics of v a r Ion s staff agencies and facilities. More than 40 of the youngsters selected from fourth through eighth grades were chosen primarily for their leadership abilities demonstrated As Scholastic Honor students for the year. Surface air Force officials re ported. One group also made an exploratory run into the Sand sea of Alascio forming a huge shifting Barrier of dunes to the North. Sleeping at night by the Trail this group pursued the tracks of five italian vehicles thought Mohave been made during the last stages of the North african Campaign. Trail faded it had been believed that the american fliers had followed these tracks. The mortuary team re ported however that the Trail faded South of the Sand net result of this excursion was the conviction that the missing bomber crewmen could not have survived Over the difficult route leading into the dunes air Force officials said. Planes from the . Air Force base at wheelus Libya suppl the team with water fuel and spare parts. Maj Gen a. R. Spicer commander of the 17th air Force took Partin the opening phase of the resumed search. The army mortuary team is headed by capt Myron. Fuller of Placerville calif., and Wesley a Neep of Seattle Wash. 520th pm go wins award Mannheim special the 520th pm co has won the minute Man award the. Highest recognition in the . Sayings Bond program it was. Announced Here. A ship bout was scheduled for Fri Day. In addition to the ., nations competing in the Leclere finals include Britain. Canada France Belgium the Netherlands and Germany in preliminary team Competition the 2d"and 7th for first place with pistol each scoring 246. The 2d was declared v Winner by virtue of having placed first in the previous Day s shooting he 19lh was third with 243 Points. Other were i Rifle first 21st inf 1,288points second 6th inf 1,270 third 7th inf 1,263. Automatic Rifle first 19th inf 1,681 Points second 48lhinf, 1,634 third 7th inf 1,627. Individual scores pistol first sgt Hassel up Church 7th inf 129 Points second,sp4 Timothy Johnson Goth inf 128 third Sec Nicolas Rossow 2d inf,127. My Rifle first Sec James. L. My Quilen 7th inf 128 second capt Theodore Small 6th inf 127 third pfc Dehard Friederich 21st inf 126. Automatic Rifle first pics Roy Linder and Joe Mcdonald 48th inf 347 second pics Bob Mccomb an Gerald Mcgregor 19th inf 344 third sp4s Helvin Faciane and John dudgeon 48th inf 343. Harper named nurses chief Washington is it col Margaret Harper has been name to become chief of the army nurse corps on sept. 1, Secretary of the army Wilber m. Brucker announced Harper will succeed col Inez Haynes the army s chief nurse since october 1955. Col Haynes will retire aug. 31 to become director of the National league for Nurs ing in new York City. The new chief of army nurses i from Potomac 111. She was graduated from Evanston general hos Pital school of nursing at North Western University and holds graduate degree in nursing from Columbia the army in 1941, col Harper served in Australia an new Guinea during world War ii. She has been assistant chief of the nurse corps since september 1955 and will be promoted to the Grad of colonel upon taking her new Post. Eddleman to visit German Center Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial Gen c. D. Eddleman will visit the German armoured school and tank training Center at Mun Ster lager monday to see the lat est German army armoured develop ments and techniques. A tank Anda Mored infantry attack and weather permitting a full scale night firing problem will be show the Usa eur commander. Eddleman is visiting the school the German army s largest train ing Center at the invitation of Gen Hans Roettiger chief of the German army staff. He will be accompanied by col Herbert Reid Al German army Liaison officer to Usa eur. Hahn no scores High in skill test Hahn Germany special the 496th fighter interceptor so s Coin charge of fire control systems m sgt Jerome f. Savadina of Flatonia tex., scored what is believed to be an air Force record of 166 Points in a proficiency test. His score in the weapons control system technician test was five Points above the highest score published in worldwide listing of. Per is Lii av4.m a
