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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, July 24, 1959

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 24, 1959 the stars and stripes Page 9 Sas haying through Europe Bruce and Shirley Johnson . Square dance experts will con duct three Square dunce leadership workshops for air Force enthusiasts in August and september. They will Hokl one in the United kingdom aug. 27 to 29 in France sept. 10-12, and in Madrid sept. 17-19. They will appear sept. 5-7 in Wiesbaden Germany at the annual Roundup of the association of american Square dance clubs. Engineer units building new training area Road Wil Flecken Germany Spe Cial a 15-mile perimeter Road around part of this . Military training area is headed toward completion by three battalions of the37th engr up. The Road extends along the  and is designed to pro vide Access to outlying ranges by passing dangerous Impact  has been divided Between the 299th, 317th and 9th engr bus with each battalion working on the project during its stay at wild Flecken for annual training tests. A hew portion of the Road is be ing constructed by the 317th, which took Over from the 299th late last  hampered the project at first. Now construction Crews con tend with the blistering heat which at times nears 100 degrees. Plans Call for deep cuts through Pioneer aviator visits us base Ben Waters England is an aviation Pioneer Robert t. G. Fowler of san Jose calif., was visitor at the . Air Force base Here. The 74-year-old Fowler claims Mohave made the first West to East flight across the . In 1911 an the first flight Over the isthmus of Panama in 1913.the transcontinental flight took 45 Days and the Panama flight with a cameraman As passenger was the first time the canal had been material la photographed. Nurnberg medical Parley Nurnberg a Germany special or. Dietrich Jahn chief of Medicine at the Nurnberg City Hospital was guest speaker at a medical Confer ence  atthe army Hospital Here. Do Jahn spoke on new. Developments in the treatment of Dia betes. Hilly terrain filling in Low areas and Clearing Brush and Trees forthe roadbed. In use for the project Are 16 Bull dozers 25 dump trucks two Grad ers two 8-cubic-Yard scrapers an two sheep a foot rollers. Two Rock crushers Are also being utilized each capable of producing 220 tons of crushed Stone a Day. By the time the Road s finished the hard working engineers will have Cut through 85,000 cubic Yards of underbrush arid Earth fills will take another 65,000 cubic Yards of crushed Stone and dirt. Deadline for the project has Bee set for sept. 30. The 9th engr in soon will take Over from the 317th. Army permanent Stripe quotas / a to hit new High by year s end by Robert j.  writer Washington is a record number of permanent promotions will be awarded to regular army personnel in the grades e4 through e7 Between now and the end of the year the department of the army announced Here. Permanent promotion quotas forthe period july 1-dec. 31 just re leased to major commands barmy officials Here Call for 12,500 enlisted  is the highest since the per manent promotion system was re instituted in july 1958. The. Promotion allocation Issue Don a world wide basis authorizes one appointment during the next six months of 1,000 e7s 1,500 e6s 2,000 e5s and 8,000 e4s. The first permanent e8s will not be created until mid-1960. The new quotas Are the third semiannual list issued since the reactivation of the permanent pro motion system a year ago. The program was suspended in 1950 because of the rapid expansion of the army during the korean conflict. While no pay Grade changes Are affected by the permanent boosts an army spokesman pointed out the appointments offer added pres Tige and Security to noncommissioned officers having achieve permanent status army e5s and above. These May not be reduce Din rank without approval of a three Man Board of officers. Only regular army personnel Are eligible for permanent promotions the spokesman added Point ing out that the system is an out growth of the army enlisted management program aimed at enhancing career attractiveness. Medical rules change for a commissions Heidelberg Germany is applicants for regular army com missions Are now required to undergo a Complete medical Examina Tion before instead of after sub mitting an application. An adjutant general spokesman said the change is contained in a 601-100, which has just been re Vised and will be distributed soon. He said each application for regular appointment under this program must now be accompanied by two copies of Standard form 88 report of medical examination and Standard form 89 report of medical history and reports of any consultations. Air policeman gets old Job Baek As jetliner lands Rhine main Germany Spe Cial when one of president Eisenhower s three vc137 Jet transports landed Here t sgt Wil Liam w. Price 26, no in charge of the air police training Section set up Security measures for the plane. It want his first Contact wit presidential aircraft. Price of Jacksonville Fla., was accepted in february 1954 to guard the Columbine ii becoming the youngest Man Ever assigned such a Job. He was a part of the Whitehouse staff under the direction of the presidential Pilot. The new presidential jetliner special version of the Boeing 707, stopped at Rhine main air base for Crew rest after bringing Secretary of state Christian  to the Geneva foreign ministers conference. Price who entered the air Force in 1950, had been handpicked to Fly As Security guard on distinguished persons aircraft As Early As 1951. New officers elected Frankfurt special co Kelso a. Clow co of division trains and sgt Bruce c. Shank land sgt maj of division trains were elected president and treasurer respectively of the 3d army div chapter of the association of the . Army at its quarterly meeting at Fliege Horst gymnasium. Reed medical Center into new to role Washington is the Wal Ter. Reed army medical Center Here is in the television limelight again but this time in the unusual role of to  switch followed a private piss showing of a Walter Reed of dedicates missile school Orlando Fla. Up the air Force dedicated its first missile school for training personnel in the tactical use of the Mace and Mata Dor  school is located at Orlando air Force base and will be part of the 4504th missile training Wing of the 9th tactical air  Gen David w. Hutchinson air Force commander gave the dedication address. He told the assembled air foremen that they would be the pros of the missile  Are training for a Mission As important As any i can thin of in. The Structure of the armed forces he  Are actually training for a double barrelled Mission to deter any would be aggressor by letting the enemy know you Are ready a individuals for immediate Retalia Tion. The second part of your mis Sion will come Only if you have failed in the first  bulldozers and Road graders operated by men of 37th engr up smooth out surface of part of a new.15-Mue Road around military training area near wild reckon Germany. Three battalions of the 37th engr up Are working on the project As part of their annual training tests. Army photo produced drama depicting the effects of an a bomb attack on the . Originally filmed to be show Only on the medical Center s closed circuit television system the shows now in nationwide demand. Aimed at counteracting complacency Over civilian defense the play is entitled strike and drama Tizes with chilling effect the adventures of a group of survivors of an enemy missile attack on . Dramatic effects strike was produced with the approval of the surgeon general of the army and employs the dra Matic effects of the theater to illustrate the medical and social problems that would beset anyone not immediately killed by a direct bomb hit. The play was written by Johno Toole a professional playwright and produced by or. Paul w. Schafer head of the Walter Reed Tele vision unit which normally con fines its activities to medical educational projects. Employing a cast of professional actors and running 90 minutes i length the show has received such rave reviews in the National pres that the Hospital has been virtually swamped with queries As to Howa print of the film might be obtained. No plans have yet been made fora Public telecast of the drama a Walter Reed spokesman declared Here. Ex-7th army g3 to retire july 31 Washington special retirement of three army general was announced by Secretary of the. Army Wilber m. Brucker. Brig Gen Edgar t. Conley jr.,.camp Irwin calif., cd will re tire july 31, after 30 years Active service. Conley had been assigned to Usa eur he in 1956 and received appointments As 7th army Deputy chief of staff for operation Sand As Vii corps chief of staff be fore he assumed command of amp Irwin. Brig Gen William j. Thompson Deputy cd of the military District of Washington  also re tire july 31, after 30 years Active service. Thompson served As director of the al division at . Neucom he in Paris from 1956until May of this year. Brig Gen Edward j. Mcnally current Deputy chief of staff for administration and assistant chief of staff Gli . Army Pacific Hawaii will retire july 31,.after 31 years service  
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