European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                9 the stars and stripes monday August 10, 1959 command changes col Murray named to Berlin come Post Berlin special col Roy a. Murray has assumed duties As Hief 4 f staff of Berlin come succeeding col Nathaniel r. Hoskot who has left for Washington for assignment to the department of the army it was announced , a graduate of the University of California and resident of san Diego calif., previously was operations officer of the army in Fantry Center at it Benning a. He is also a graduate of the army War College and armed forces staff College. 7th army col Calvin s. Hannum former co of the 3d army div s combat comic is the new chief of the g3 operations division at this Headquarters at Stuttgart Germany. He replaces col Kenneth c. To b e r t s o a recently appointed 7th army Deputy g3. 24th engr up col Thomas e. Cuttino has arrived in usar eur from the army War College at Carlisle Barracks pa., to take command of this group in Ger Many succeeding col c. B. Rynearson who has been appointed professor of military science and tactics at Rensselaer polytechnic Institute in Troy . Naval support activity cmdr f. T. Hansen jr., us has succeeded cmdr Harold l. Gordon As commanding officer of the Ala Meda county the Navy s first advanced base aviation ship operating out of Naples Italy. Garmisch sub Post a retirement ceremony was held at this sub Post in Germany for col Carl b. Herndon co who had served continuously in the regu Lar army since his graduation from the . Military Academy in1929. Bad Krecz Nach Post col John m. Barnum formerly co of the 92d arty a 2d howitzer in has been appointed co of North Ern area come s bad Kreuza Chrost. 3d air Force it col Thad Deus d. Harris formerly Provost marshal for the Western air de sense Force at Hamilton air Force base calif., for the last six years has been appointed  Shal for this command at sout Ruislip England. 8th inf div it col William c. Curry formerly with the pro Vost marshal Section at Continental army come he at it. Monroe va., has been appointed Provost marshal of this division at bad Kreuz Nach Germany. He succeeds it col George a. Bieri who has been transferred to the pm sectional Usa eur he. Chaplain it col Henry l. Purana formerly Deputy chaplain at Continental army come he has been named assistant division chaplain. 4th army div it col Robert l. Huffaker has been appointed Provost marshal of this division i Germany succeeding it col Edward r. Lewitz who will now command the 385th my co. Huffaker was formerly Provost marshal at the army aviation Center at it. Eucker Ala. It col Thomas h. Evans jr., formerly with the 32d arty s 1st missile in has assumed duties a division aviation officer. Army bulldozers to Aid fish spawning on main wt7erzburg, Germany a . Army bulldozers Are going to fill in three inlets along Ger Many s main River to increase the Supply of fish. The 10 bulldozers of the 10thengr in will move about 26,000 cubic Yards of Earth to provide shallow spawning grounds. The project was worked out Between the 3d inf div and local German authorities. A division spokesman estimated the coat at . Usan colonel new head of medic Institute Washington special col Frank m. Townsend of the air Force medical corps has been appointed director of the armed forces Institute of pathology it was announced Here. Townsend the first air Force officer to assume directorship of the Institute succeeds capt Wil Liam m. Sih Phant of the Nav medical corps. The Institute is the Centra Laboratory of pathology for the department of defense. In addition to serving the armed services the Institute meets the needs of the Public health serv ice the atomic Energy commis Sion veterans administration other Federal agencies and Civ Ilian pathologists in the form of consultative service. Townsend senior pathologist of the air Force also serves As consultant in pathology to the sur Geon general of the department of the air Force. Pioneer in Field a Pioneer in the Field of aviation pathology Townsend has published numerous articles on subjects relative to aviation Medicine and has presented Many lectures on the subject of aviation pathology throughout the . And abroad. He was also chairman of the joint committee on aviation pathology. An assistant professor of path ology and chief surgical Pathol Ogist at the University of Texas medical school Townsend worked in tissue culture research on Ovar Ian tutors. After graduating from the school of aviation Medicine at Randolph air Force base tex., he established the first air Force Histo pathology Center at Lackland ,tex., in 1951. In 1954 he became consultant to the surgeon general of the air Force and in 1955 was named re search adviser to the surgeon Gen eral. Kidding around sgt Thomas Young 24th inf div military policeman writes traffic ticket for pfc Walter Galson div he co for reckless driving at the american youth Assn. Carnival car bumper ride in Augsburg Germany. Army photo Naco libraries report thriving Book circulation Frankfurt special if personnel stationed in the Northern area come Ever care to answer the old question about Reading any Good books lately they should havea pretty Good answer. Well Over 2 million visits we remade to the 76 Naco libraries each month the last fiscal year according to the Naco special services division. Circulation of the libraries 411,653 volumes was approximately 1,765,000 monthly. An equivalent of 96 per cent of the total . Personnel stationed in Northern area come visited the libraries each month and 69 percent of the Naco population checked out a Book each month. The 10 most popular books were Snake in the grass9 is Hose from of Tanker Sculthorpe England Spe Cial British school children thought they saw an 80-foot Snake lying in a Field not far from their Rockland county primary school. But it proved to be a length of aircraft refuelling Hose that fell from a kb50j Tanker plane. The plane was one of the Aerial tankers of the 420th air refuelling so a tenant organization of the47th bomb Wing Here. After learning what the thing was the school children became intrigued with Aerial refuelling and wanted to know More about the actual operation. So the 420th invited the school s headmaster and his students to the base. The invitation was eagerly accepted by14 seniors. The students were Given a full tour of the base. The entire operation of in flight refuelling was explained by the men who Fly the airborne fuel stations a ground Hookup of a kb5qj re fueling a b66 was demonstrate for the group. A walk through one of the big aircraft tankers came next. The youngsters explored it from end to end. They were even allowed to play the part of Pilot Copilot navigator and Engineer. Or. Zhivago the ugly Amer ican around the world with auntie mame dear and glorious physician Fandango rocks in every War but one inside rus Sia War and peace in the space age please Don t eat the Dai sies and diary of a Young  Safe lauded for Quality of study program Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial visiting members of the defense department advisory committee on education in the armed forces said they were impressed by the extent and Quality of the education program provided for Safe  Cecil Munden executive Secre tary of the defense department committee said the general Public is not aware of the academic opportunities the airmen enjoy. Munden accompanied two new committee members Howard sey Mour superintendent of school sin Rochester ., and h. Grant Best Colorado state commissioner of education on an orientation tour at Safe he. Army shooter leads Rifle match Camp Perry Ohio a army it Presley cd Kendall of Myers ky., took the Lead in the first Day s firing for the National Small bore Rifle championship Here with a score at 1,596 Points out Ofa possible 1,600. The 650 contestants fired four of the 12 matches used to decide the championship. Four shooters were bunched two Points behind the Leader and it was necessary to go to the a ring to break the ties. The a ring is a smaller Circle within the Bull Seye. 118 ringers Ransford Triggs of Madison . The 1941 National Champion was placed second As he pumped 110 of the 160 rounds he fired in to the Small Circle. He was Fol Lowed by John Unger of South Euclid Ohio 106 Marine Cpl Walter Kamica of san Diego 104, and John n. Rausch of Butler pa.,100. Kendall incidentally in compiling his leading score placed 118 of his shots in the a ring. Robert k. Moore of Claysville pa., 1958 Champion had a score of 1,593, with 112 shots in the a ring. Quonset hut v a gets new use Brize Norton England is the uses of quonset huts Are limitless. And the air base Here has come up with another innovation. Under the guidance of it col Samuel r. Mcdaniell jr., a hut was changed into an All weather Small arms Range. Every other steel girder was re moved despite pessimists saying the hut would t stand. An overhang was built Over the firing position area and personnel can shoot comfortably even during the frequent drizzle. Canvas replaced the corrugated Metal on the other Side. It is rolled up to enable Long Range shooting through the building. Rubber tubing around remaining girders and stanchions supporting the overhang reduce the danger of  comedy slated by Heidelberg group Heidelberg Germany Spe Ial the Heidelberg Little theater this month will present seven performances of Light up he sky a three act comedy by Moss Hart the dates and places of performances Are lamplighter serv be club Hammond Barracks aug. 13 Castle service club Thompkins Barracks aug. 14patrick Henry officers club aug. 16 flaming sword Patton bar Racks aug. 17 Funari Haven Funari Barracks aug. 19 Ca sino Campbell Barracks aug. 20, and Neureul Cavern aug. 21. Movie reunites pork chop Hill buddies Frankfurt special two top kicks from the 3d army div went to see the film pork chop  at the movie m sgt Charlie theriac recognized m sgt Robert Steele with whom he fought Side by Side in Korea in 1953 at the scene of the Battle dramatized inthe film. Both first sergeants in the 27tharty who had recently joined the unit from different stateside posts they had t seen each other Fornix years theriac and Steele each served As chiefs of firing batteries forthe 7th inf div s 48th a one of nine battalions which gave Artil Lery support to infantry troops on pork chop Hill comparing the movie s action tothe actual situation the men re called that there were several Bat Les for the disputed Hill. They remembered How a five Day five night struggle for pork chop kept the howitzers of the48th shooting almost constantly in support of american infantry on the Mountain. Theriac awarded the Bronze Star medal for his action during the fight said he and his men went with Little or no sleep for periods up to 48 hours. Steele related How the guns were shooting so fast one round per gun every 15 seconds that the computer used a Stopwatch to count the expended rounds More than 35,000 rounds were tossed on to the slopes of pork chop by the 48th alone during the five Day Bat Tje he Gald