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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 13, 1959

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Auffett 13, the stars and striw5 pal Marine shooter captures Perry Small bore title Camp Perry Ohio a a All National titleholder fro military Man for the first time in 40 years won the National Small bore Rifle championship of the u.3. Marine sgt Walter Kamila 22,of West los Angeles calif., took the title Over a Field of 650 with a score of 6,383 out of a possible6,400. An 18-year-old Detroit Model miss Lenore Jensen a Central Michigan College Sophomore won the women s championship with a Poirot total of 6,373. She is fro Mallen Park Mich. The titlist Are the youngest Ever to Shar Shodt their Way to the two major crowns. Kamila s score was Good for a one Point Victory Over the three closest challengers in the four Day event in which each competitor fired 640 rounds. Army 1st it Presley Kendell of Myers by. Serve m. Federoff of Denville n.j., and de Ingleright of Buchanan Mich., All finished with 6,382. A ring coun Kendell was placed second be cause of his a ring count base Don the Small Circle within the bulls Eye used in breaking tie scores. Of his 640 rounds he placed 485 in the smaller  had 483 to take third and Ingleright 467, d to Riggs the 1941 title Holder from Madison n.j.,. Finished fifth with 6,381. Miss Jensen s score of 6,373 was Good for a two Point Victory Over mrs. Viola Pollum the 1955 Over red Cross sets unit opening Stuttgart Germany the american red Cross will open it seventh Center in Europe on Sun Day. The Center is at 21 Avenue Dou Aumont Verdun France. Cere monies opening the new Centerwall be held at 4 pm Robert s. Wilson director of operations forthe red. Cross in Europe has announced. The new Center will provide off base recreational facilities for . Servicemen their dependents and guests. Professional staff three professional red Cross staff members will be helped by volunteers from the military an civilian Community around Verdun. Center director will be  Fairbanks. Assistant director will be Jeanne Luttrell and pro Gram assistant will be Marion la  Cross centers Are set up at the request of the . Armed forces in areas where it is found Necessia y to supplement existing recreational facilities. Other Penters Are operated a Nancy Chaumont Devreux and chateau Roux France and Rabat and Kenitra Morocco. Bonn army gets new uniforms Bonn Germany up Gray Green uniforms will soon replace the camouflage suits Fin which West German soldiers have been clothed for the last three years the. Defense ministry has an  camouflage suits had been found impractical because the material did not breathe properly defense spokesmen explained. The steel Pelmet styled on that used by the , army is unchanged. \ the West German Soldier when wearing full Field uniform an4 weapon100 rounds of ammunition will be carrying Between 66 Ami 70 pounds Brookville a. Mrs. Pollum who also held the women s title in 1953, 1955 and1956, started the final Day seven Points behind miss Jensen but could not quite make up the deficit although she fired a perfect 1,600.miss Kristin Stal of. Costa Mesa calif., finished third with 6,366,and miss Janet Fri Del of Toledo Ohio the 1958 women s Champion was fourth with 6,364. Vesaf proficiency tests halted in 2 Fields for 1960 revisions Washington is thou Sands of airmen will be affected by an air Force announcement that proficiency tests for administrative clerks and supervisors have been withdrawn from the Field for revision officials Here declared the two tests part 212 and part 213, cover ing air Force specially  70250 and 70270two" of the largest airman career Fields Are out of Date and Are being  a message to major com mands the air Force said that scores for these tests administered after july 1, have been invalidated at the personnel Labora tory Lackland air Force base tex., and no results would be announced. Airmen scheduled to take the tests As part of the Quality control program will have until april Navy Bdl then win Naples trophies 1, i960, to Brush up for the examination before the revised tests willbe ready the air Force said. Meanwhile officials added air men who took the tests in july will not have to meet classification boards while awaiting the new editions of the quiz. Suspension of the testing however will not hinder upgrading action for those otherwise eligible the air Force pointed out. The Victory of Navy boats in Naples water sports brought smiles from it cmdr John p. Gart land second from left and it Jug Richard c. Eichacker second from rights who were give trophies by italian Admiral Francesco Ruta left. Capt Charles m. Keyes right is. Commander . Naval activities in Italy. The Navy won its trophies for a Naples to ischia to Naples run. The Competition was organized by an italian news paper. Navy photo school workshops map new courses Karlsruhe Germany Spe Cial eight summer workshops were conducted by army depend ent school specialists during the six weeks summer workshop period it was disclosed Here. The curriculum subject areas in  and courses of study were developed in the work port assignment k Richard k. Hutson has been appointed Deputy port com Mander and director of port operations at the army port of embarkation b r e in e r h a v e a Germany. Huloa was previously assigned to the 3d logistical omd it. Folk la he served As  a r e v r comptroller from april 1950 to june 1053. Army shops Are in elementary science health. And physical education music Art and crafts foreign languages and intelligence testing and guidance. In the High school areas teach ers guides were developed for trigonometry and calculus High school physical education and safety including Driver training. A science guide for primary Grade children was constructed under the direction of Richard m. Harbeck dependents education group mathematics and science specialist. Moreland fort Deg health an physical education specialist con ducted a workshop for the teach ing of High school physical Educa Tion and safety including drive training a course required Fornall High school students. The music workshop was directed by Max t. Krone Deg music specialist with a workshop group of 17 music and classroom teach ers. The Art and crafts workshop was conducted at Frankfurt by  Mcgrath Deg Art and crafts specialist. The eight Art teachers in this workshop completed an Art and. Crafts teacher s guide for elementary  list of films and filmstrips on the teaching of Art and crafts were reviewed by the Art teachers under the direction of Don a. Sic i Slimane sgt honoured Sidi Slimane Morocco Spe Cial a sgt John n. Webber Iii Coic of dining Hall no. 2 at the air base Here was the recipient of the 4310th air div food service award for outstanding contributions for the morale Andreu being of the command. Nolder audio visual aids director of the american dependent schools. A workshop for training teach ers in the administration of the Binet and Wechsler tests was con ducted for elementary schoolteachers at Heidelberg under the direction of Kenneth Wright psychologist and John Radasch instructional services supervisor of Deg schools. Two foreign language teachers workshops French and German were held in Karlsruhe. These workshops under the direction of Alfred w. Beer aunt Deg foreign language specialist developed two foreign language teachers guides and children s workbooks f o teaching the French and German languages in the primary and mid dle grades. Air Force acts on retirement of indefinite Wiesbaden Germany is the air Force has taken action to place All airmen under the provi Sions of the regulation which de Nies reenlistment rights to those who have completed 30 years serv ice or who have completed 20 years and Are More than 55 Yea Gold. Instructions have been issued affecting the Only two groups of air men not covered by the original directive according to Safe personnel officials. These categories Are airmen on indefinite enlist ments  who had retired and then were recalled to Active duty for an indefinite period. Only a few persons Are involve Din Safe officials say. For example the air Force has listed Only 126 airmen of wide now on Active duty who were recalled from retired status. According to instructions sent All Safe units airmen who have reached the mandatory separation Point or will reach it by dec. 31, will be discharged on dec. 31 or 30 Days after he reaches the separa Tion Point which Ever is later. Six month notice beginning Jan. 1, 1960, these air men will be separated 30 Days after reaching the mandatory separation Point. Each Man affected will be notified six months in Advance of his pending separation. Airmen serving overseas How Ever will Complete foreign Tours before being separated. Waivers can be granted to jeep some  duty after they reach the mandatory separation Point in unusual cases but Only if approved by both Safe and Usan. Safe he will receive periodic reports from subordinate units and will Monitor the program seeing that each person gets six Mon Hadvance notice of his separation. It was explained that the new directive was necessary since air men serving on indefinite Tours did not come up for discharge and reenlistment and so were not affected by the regulation forbidding reenlistment after the mandatory separation Point. Surgeon meet in capital to be led by Twitchell Washington is some 2,000 doctors dentists and medical specialists from 75 nations will meet Here nov. 9-11 for the 6gth annual convention of the Assn. Of military surgeons headed by Muj Gen h. H. Twitchell Safe. Sur Geon , who is serving As the ams president for 1959, will Fly from Wiesbaden Germany for the three Day conclave which will have the theme the practice of Mili tary Medicine broadening con  one highlight of the convention will be a closed circuit telecast in color from nearby Andresws air Force base md., which reportedly will bring into the meeting Hall at Washington s Mayflower hotel actual scenes from Texe operating room. The ams is an organization de voted to the Advance of All phases of military Medicine and Medicine in general. Formed in 1891, the association represents All the Federal medical services in the . Including the armed forces the veterans administration and Public health of the 75 nations invited to sen delegates to the 1959 convention none lies behind the Iron curtain  
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