European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse S 8 the stars and stripes command changes monday August 17, 1959 Ayres appointed to Berlin Post Goff admits he goofed Berlin special col Harold Job. Ayres has assumed command of i Berlin Gomel s 2d Battle up 6th inf it was announced Here. He succeeds col William f. Ker Nan who has been assigned to the office of Usa eur assistant chief of staff g3. Ayres a native of new Orleans. La., was commissioned through the Roth program at Louisiana state University. In world War ii he fought in four campaigns in Italy with the 88th div s 351st inf i in the korean conflict he commanded one of the first two Bat i talons to face the North koreans it was also announced that it col Robert c. Shaw formerly As signed to 7th army he in Stutt Gart has been appointed staff Secretary in the office of the . Commander in Berlin. Vii corps col Donald l. Adams has assumed duties As corps signal officer at this head quarters in Stuttgart succeeding col David t. Griffin who has been appointed signal officer of the 1st logistical come at it. Bragg . Col William j. Mccabe jr., for Merly director of the staff and tac tics department at the adjutant general school at it. Benjamin Harrison ind., is due in Stuttgart late this month to become corps adjutant general succeeding col o. A. Scott who has been appointed Usa eur Deputy adjutant general. Northern area come Conorman p. Barnett has been appointed co of this command Frankfurt Post. In Active service since 1940, Barnett has served As g4 of the far East come g3 of col Norman p. Barnett the army Security Agency s Arlington Hall station and As pro Fessor of military science and tac tics at Providence College col David r. Burford for Merly acting go of it. Riley kan., has been assigned As co of Darm Stadt sub Post which also includes the Muenster and Babenhausen areas. It col James n. Lewis executive officer of Heidelberg Post has left for it. Totten n.y., for duty at 1st Region he of the army Ai defense come. 6th Fleet cmdr Charles has relieved cmdr Malcom w. Cagle As executive officer aboard the aircraft Carrier intrepid now serving with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. Muckenthaler since March of this year was operations officer follow ing a two year assignment on the 2d Fleet staff As special weapons employment officer. Bremerhaven port of embarkation it col John h. Harden formerly assigned to the Public affairs office of the Secre tary of defense in Washington has been appointed comptroller of this army port of embarkation i Germany. Rota Marine Barracks it col William j. Sullivan has taken command of this installation in Spain succeeding it col Roland e. Carey co since its activation in june 1957. During his tour at Rota Carey also served As staff Security officer for the commander of naval activities Rota and chairman of the Community relations committee. 77th engr in it col Charles s. Reed jr., formerly chief of the Roth engineering Branch at new York University has taken Over command of this battalion in Ger Many 66th tactical reconnaissance Wing it col Oliver c. Wood formerly commander of the 3535th Usan Hospital at Mather air Force base calif., has arrived at Laon air base in France to As Naco sgt cops 2 spots at Model air plane meet Karlsruhe Germany Spe cad a Northern area come no. Took a first and a third in opening events of the 1959 Susareu Model air plane meet Here. Sgt James e. Streng of the 73d arty s service Btry captured first place in the class % a free flight with a time of 2 minutes and 59.3seconds. In control line precision acrobatics class b and c he took third with 236 Points. Sgt Paul e. Bricker of com a won the class a free flight with time of 22.4 seconds. Following Streng in the class a free flight were sp4 Thomas Fiedor jr., 84th trans co., Naco with 2 14.6 and sp7 Ralph e Porterfield 36th machine records unit Southern area come with 2 8.6. Navy to train astronauts Willow Grove a. Up the nation s seven astronauts will undergo training at the naval air development Center in nearby Johnsville officials announced. Col John a. Powers Public affairs officer of project Mercury said the first of the group would arrive in a few Daya and would ride a Centrifuge. The Centrifuge simulates Takeoff and re entry conditions and can accelerate from a rest position to about 180 Milesian hour in seven seconds. The machine has a Long Armand a seat or capsule at one end. The seat whirls around a Centra Pivot. The astronauts who will arrive one at a time will be subjected to increased gravitational forces As they might feel when shot space during a two or three sgt Colin j. Campbell of 24th engr up he co Naco took first in control line precision acrobatics class b and c with 322.5 Points. Coming in second ahead of Streng was Sec Richard e. Logan of the 7th army no Academy Saco with 305. S sgt Thomas w Rute of the 2d army Cav s 3d in Saco placed fourth with 140. Sume command of this Wing s hos Pital. Southern area come it co Henry h a r m e 1 i n a jr., formerly Deputy Post commander at it. Macarthur calif., has been appointed assistant chief go for personnel of this command i Munich. Southern european taskforce it col Frank l. Lilly Man co of special troops Headquarters in Verona Italy Haslet for the . For duty with the National guard advisory grouping new York City. Sec Vern p. Goff apologizes to Henrietta for failing to give he credit for being a lady. Array photo sets somewhat rattled Over Skeleton Boner protestant youth speaker South Ruislip England Spe Cial the Rev. Max w. Woodward of London s Wesley Chapel will be the guest during the protestant youth activities week scheduled at Denham Chapel aug.24-27. Leghorn Italy special Henry is really Henrietta m sgt Daniel Evans and Severn p. Goff received a Shock when they discovered that the Friend Henry a Skeleton for Sale at the property disposal office o the Southern european task Force logistical come Here should More properly be called Henrietta. Both of the men work property disposal. They had been on Friendly terms with the medi Cal specimen for about three months since it had become a pan of their Stock. Since that time it germans americans Pray for peace it Iff a item a left Neman of the 818th arty sys mass on tto few of the and place with an enrolment of3,717. The big enrolment in Frankfurt was attributed to the attendance if pupils in the Frankfurt High Hool from outside the command. Dormitories Are set up for Chil Dren who stay Here from such places As Moscow Oslo Norway Bucharest and Afghanistan the Alldren s parents Are either Inge armed forces or they Are with he embassies or attaches in gown Ries that do not have american of their own
