European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 6, 1959 Mobile units 42 1 it1 Speed firing of missiles Washington a so the to bile tactical Ajr defense system of display by the army Here is Capa ble of spelling instant destruction for hostile aircraft by coordinating anti aircraft missile firings at split second speeds. Designated the an/msq-18, the system was demonstrated at open ing sessions of the annual meeting of the association of the . The system was developed forthe army signal corps by the Hughes aircraft co. In its Fuller ton calif., Plant and combines Nike Hercules Nike Ajax or Hawk missile batteries in an anti air Craft umbrella with batteries Dis Persed Over a wide area. Housed in five army 2%-ton trucks the equipment consists of an operations Center from which a battalion co May observe the air Battle and four Coder decoder trucks which track the approach ing aircraft and relay the data to air defense units ready to launch their missiles. Use of the system eliminates time consuming telephonic report ing and manual plotting of enemy aircraft the army said and reduces the process of locating tar gets and launching the missiles from minutes to split seconds. The stars and St types unc Rossing wires at Tajes Navy ends Lake cruise Washington is the Navy s operation Inland sea closed with the 28-warship Armada on the summer training cruise of the great lakes returning to the Atlantic through the new St. Law rence Seaway. Among the ships was the heavy Cruiser Macon the largest Navy vessel Ever to sail the great lakes. Capt j. C. Wylie jr., Macon commander eased the ship through the St. Lambert lock near Montreal with Only four feet to spare on each Side of the lock. An estimated 10 million spectators reportedly viewed the Ocean going ships during the cruise the first conducted by the Navy on the lakes since the War of 1812, rear adm e. B. Taylor com Mander of destroyer Force at lactic Fleet was in command of the task Force which visited 33 in land cities in eight states. The ships entered the lakes jjane27, following dedication of the Seaway by Queen Elizabeth ii and president Eisenhower. Aboard the two cruisers 15 destroyers seven amphibious ship Sand 4 submarines participating in the operation were More than11,000 men. Army depot in France supplies water to help drought stricken farms Bracone France special a disastrous crop loss is being averted in this area through Emer gency action taken by he . Army general depot Here. An average of 12,000 Gallons of water per Day is being supplied to neighbouring villagers and Farmers s sgt Thadd t. O Neil a/20 Ifrael Reyes and a a Edward a. Gray left to right examine the electronic Workings of the permanent tactical Aid to air navigation at the 1936th airways and air communications service so at Lajes in the. Azores. Air Force photo Tacan Beacon network rational in Safe open University sets new study dates Heidelberg Germany Spe Cial Syracuse University has announced the new schedule for its Syracuse semester in Italy pro Gram. Under this new setup sophomores and juniors in accredited american colleges and universities May take a semester or a year of their regular College work in Italy. The fall semester will begin sept. 7 and the Spring semester is scheduled to commence March 7 further information May be obtained by writing to the University College of Syracuse 610 e. Fayette St.,. Syracuse 3, . Eck Stuie at pm club Frankfurt special Ameri can Singer Billy Ekstine will give 8 pm and 10 pm performances at the Baumhower enlisted men s club on aug. 13, it has been an no Weed Wiesbaden Germany special a network of More than 40 tag an air navigation beacons is now fully operational throughout the Safe Are a according to the air ways and air communication service Headquarters Here. The Tacan tactical Aid to air navigation network is designed to relieve pilots of modern High Speed aircraft from navigational chores. With Tacan the Pilot follows a radio beam directly to the Beacon while an instrument in the plane shows him exactly the distance to that Beacon. The beacons Are installed at . Air Force bases throughout Europe North Africa and the Middle East. They were constructed and will be operated and maintained by macs personnel. Construction of the network has been in Progress for More than year. Cites importance in describing the importance of Tacan to pilots in pm Ope Gen f. F. Everest Safe commander in chief said the trans sonic Speed of our operational fighter and bomber aircraft make daily navigational problems extremely critical. An error of half a degree can be multiplied into Many Miles of error at the end of a Long Range High Speed Mission Tacan solves the navigation problem for the Pilot by providing positive course and distance information in a sin Gle  according to col j. Francis Tay Lor jr., commander of the euro Pean african Middle Eastern macs area the Safe Tacan system is in some ways More advanced than similar systems in the . Taylor commanded the Continental macs area before coming to Wiesbaden lust april. For example he pointed out that All of the Safe permanent tac an installations have a dual Moni Tor safety device. Each Beacon has two transmitters and if one fails the Monitor automatically switches to the second keeping the Beacon on the air. Units of the Safe network which have been in operation for some time have set excellent operational records according to the name macs he Here. For exam ple the Beacon at Lajes air base in the azores installed last de Cember has been off the air less than one per cent of the time officials say. Sculthorpe sgt wins 2d place in of contest Washington is a us afe staff sergeant walked off with $1,000 As runner up to a major at George air Force base calif., in the first air Force wide Sugges Tion awards contest. Taking the top prize of $1,500 in the Competition was maj Omerlin j. Reichman of the 479th tactical fighter Wing at George. Europe s second place Winner was sgt William a. Carlisle of the 420th air refuelling so at j Sculthorpe England. I Pacific air Force had the third and fourth place winners with $500 going to s sgt h. Canady 679th Field maintenance so at Yokota air base and $350 to sgt Harold a. Busby 8th tactical bomber so at Johnson air base both in Japan. The ideas Are expected to save almost $1 million in the first year of application the air Force said. First prize in. The contest which covered the 12 months ending last june 30, went to Reichman for suggesting a modification in Jet engine maintenance to improve after Burner performance. The idea is expected to save $337,000 the first year. Carlisle s second place entry was an idea for modifying a Para Drogue canopy used in air refuel ing operations. The plan will make for greater durability and ease in the air to air refuelling process the air Force said and estimated first year Sav Ings at close to $100,000. Who Are suffering from one of the worst droughts in years. Bracone installation s water sup ply comes from a deep under ground River. Delivery of emergency water was started july 10 by col e. N. Kir Sten co in response to the plea of a Farmer from nearby leg of Pottard who came to the installation seek ing water for his Sun parched crops adequate Supply Kirsten contacted capt James r. Row Post Engineer who informed him that Bracone a water Supply was More than adequate and could easily provide extra water for the Farmers. Arrangements were made for Dis Patch of a water tank truck to the Farmer who spread the word to his friends. Soon the army installation was crowded by French Farmers and villagers asking for water. Sgt maj John m. Regan took on the extra chore of arranging a de livery schedule for the Drivers using a priority system for those with the most urgent need. Truck Drivers sp4 Arnold Barker pfc John c. Harrison and French employee Serge to Swistak Are As signed to make the deliveries. Occasionally while stopping at farms. They report that the French pedal invite them to lunch. Regular shipments eight villages and dozens of Small farms Are presently receiving regular water shipments. This area of southwestern Franceis suffering one of its longest droughts in years. A Light rainfall a week ago failed to help the situation. Kirsten said his installation would continue supplying water As Long As it is needed. Maintenance contracts Washington is the Navy announced that its Bureau of aeronautics has awarded two contracts amounting to $13.1 Mil lion for Airliner maintenance to Lockheed aircraft service inc., in Honolulu Hawaii and Jamaica,. . Teenagers harmonize in Bavaria five visiting1 . Teenagers take time out for music in the Shadow of the bavarian Alps at Cherakee Germany. They Are attending the fifth annual american Junior bed Cross training Cen Ter which ends Friday Uon Allen plays the accordion and is joined in vocalizing by Luther Butch at water Iii of Columbia . Left 8etty Ann Jant Taon of Waverly  Mike Kagay of Columbus Ohio and Diane Hansen of Omaha neb. Arc photo