European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fidfl it the stars and stripes Friday August 7, 1959 18 finalists will vie in 7th army Rodeo fio Eslingen Germany special eighteen men from support come v and Vii corps will Battle it out for top honors in the 7tharmy Drivers proficiency contest finals Here. Support come leads the Field with seven Drivers v corps is i second spot with six men while Vii corps has qualified five represent i Tives. In thursday s two preliminary events for Sedan and five ton truck v corps and Vii corp Drivers captured first place honors. Sgt Donald Underwood he co,4th army div representing Vii corps took first place in the Sedan class with 463 Points. In second place with 449 Points was sp4gerald l. Taylor of the 3rd army div representing v corps whilesp4 Jame w. Miller co a 4th army div representing Vii corps was third. First place in the 5-ton, tractor trailer category was taken by sp5 Lonnie b. Woody 8th inf div rep resenting v corps with 400 Points. Second place honors went to sp5durwood c. Graffam 10th trans co representing support come. Who garnered 397 Points. Sp5 Gal Vin p. Russell of 12th engr in representing v corps had 394  total of six men were eliminated in the preliminary contests. The top three winners in each category will now vie for honors in the 7th army finals and a Hance to compete in the fourth annual Usa eur Drivers proficiency contest scheduled for Kaiserslautern Post aug. 17-21. School Heads discuss policy Berchtesgaden Germany special the Safe depend ent school administrators Confer ence opened Here setting self evaluation As its theme for the new school  for developing the new theme will be outlined Dur ing the conference which lasts through aug. 12-in a newly published professional reference guide. The new Safe professional reference guide is intended to Aid administrators in vital areas of educational procedures and to serve As an authoritative source on mat ters of professional policy for the school system. The 450-Page publication list sin alphabetical order policy and procedural guides from absences to yearbook. Held at Berchtesgaden s general Walker hotel the conference will feature two prominent educators Askey speakers. They Are or. Lowell b. Fisher past president of the North Central Assn. Of colleges and secondary schools who will speak on democracy in school administration and or. Spencer Myers superintendent of schools in Flint,mich., who will talk on techniques of group  the first three Days of the Berchtesgaden meeting for an orientation conference Are 17administrators who will serve in the Safe school system for the first time. They arrived in the command from air Force depend ent schools in Japan and state Side Public schools. An exhibit of latest textbook Sand teaching tools is another Fea Ture of the conference. Conference chairman is Charles Ross Deputy superintendent of Safe schools. Sergeant wins award for paint scheme Miessau Germany special an incentive award for a simplified ammunition paint spraying process that is expected to save the government Over $175,000 and 207, 000 Man hours has been Given Tosic Hiliary Delforge Here. It col Charles l. Ogden . Army ammo depot co made the presentation to Delforge Berlin officer helps army to Perry win Camp Perry Ohio special two National match records were smashed Here As the army marines and air Force won team championships. Army teams dominated the Cen Ter fire team matches taking All three places and setting a new match record of 1,164 of a possible 1,200. The old record was 1,156 set by the air Force last year. The winning army team was comprised of Sec Aubrey e. Smith who scored 295 1st it Winston Dahl 295 Sec John Lingle 283,and pfc Robert Stoecker 291. Dahl is a Usa eur Champion from the Berlin come. Record takes beating the second place army team also broke the old record with1,158. The third place army team fired 1,154. The Marine team won the .45-Cal championship with a National match record total of 1,155. Army teams placed second and third wit scores of 1,152 and 1,145. The winning Marine team was made up of capt William w. Mcmillan 289 1st sgt Robert o. Jones 285 s sgt Larry l. Haus Man 293, and s sgt Edmond , 285. The air Force team won the .22-caliber team match with 1,162of a possible 1,200. Two army teams placed second and third wit scores of 1,158 and 1,157. New air Force models reported two reported new super Speed planes Streak through the skies in this drawing by los Angel Stimes artist James Franca Villa. The times said the b70 Valkyrie top and f108 rapier Are be ing developed by North american aviation for Theair Force. Both planes will be powered with Jet engines and Are designed to Fly More than 2,000mph at 70,000 feet the times said. A photo jewish service to Honor victims of persecution Heidelberg Germany is a jewish service honouring the memory of All victims of religious persecution will be conducted Here for the first time toe Ore a interdenominational gathering chaplain maj George Pida has announced. The Observance of the ninth Day of the hebrew month will be held at 8 pm aug. 12 in the Mark Twain Village Chapel. Highlighting the service will Bea Reading of the Story of the ninth Day of the hebrew month. Chap lain it col w. K. Anderson Heidelberg Post will speak. Rambling techs service of communications setup Ramstein Germany special Trail Dusty technical nomads Are operating from Here for the sixth year servicing Safe s 2 million Square mile communication network. Travelling by every Means of modern land sea and air transportation the 2nd communications up s 13th communications construction so technicians Are in route to or from Ramstein airbase Day and night. The 13th airmen build and main Tain radio towers underground and Aerial Telephone systems Auto the High and the mighty tuba player a/1c Mike Diaz of Tampa fla.,and Piccolo player a/8c Lawrence t. Dom of Oklahoma City stage a David and Goliath act a Wiesbaden Germany As they warm up for a per of the Safe band la and Lite tub reportedly packed too much oomph pah pah for Odom who when last seen was tool Long off Tokhli hat in a Bass mood was photo by Randy Matic detection monitors and virtually anything that keeps Safe talking to  Headquarters for the squadrons rambling techs is Ramstein but Home is actually wherever the Park their tools Western Europe Africa England Greece Turkey or the near East in tent or luxury hotel. Safe has. Hundreds of base Sand isolated Sites All serviced by the unit s 10 officers and 193 air men. Actually More locations must be maintained than there Are me assigned to the 13th. While tremendous distance make control of communications projects difficult the situation is eased by the fact that the squad Ron commander maj Williard l. Roper of grand Junction colo., Isa Jet Pilot and thus is Only a few Jet hours away from any spot his airmen Are working. To expedite Job assignments the 13th has two permanent detach ments no. 1, a warrant officer and 15 airmen at Athens and no.2, 16 airmen with a warrant officer in charge at no masseur airbase Morocco. Det. 1 takes care of Telephone communications in Greece Turkey and Libya while det. 2 maintain facilities in the microwave towers of the moroccan Complex. Where work is beyond local capabilities special technical teams Are sent from Ramstein. Nerve Center where All project begin and end is the 13th operations Section headed by capt How Ard e. Ryan of Laramie wyo., which assigns jobs received fro the 2nd up to one of the six flights of technicians army praised for Aid in fighting farm fire Nancy France special Mem Bers of the fire department at Nancy general depot Here won Praise for their help in fighting a farmhouse fire in the nearby Village of  depot fire fighters were summoned when Village firemen became stymied by Low water pressure and a Lack of an adequate water source two water tankers and a fire truck from the depot were sent to the scene to help douse the flames and Stop the spread of the fire that threatened adjacent Timbey areas