European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Log 8 Vii corps sp4 leads Sedan class Drivers Kaiserslautern Germany special amassing 319.5 Points out of a possible 325, sp4 Kemp w. Lynn representing Vii corps topped be clan Drivers in the preliminary rounds of the 1959 usar eur Driver proficiency contest Here. He was closely followed by sp4 Elmer Boulet of com a with 317.5points. In third place was pfc Jer Ald d. Bangle of v corps with 3f2 while pfc Ismael l. Carrasco of Northern area come placed fourth with 301. All four Drivers thus qualified for the Sedan finals scheduled for Friday. 61 in contest each of the men have a Chanceton pick up possible extra 160 Points in the remaining written exam and Oral quiz for equipment defects. A total of 61 top Drivers from Usa eur Are taking part in the contest. Preliminary driving events in the jeep with trailer class were to get under Way wednesday. Finals Friday finals in All four categories Sedan jeep with trailer 21/i-Tontruck and 5-ton truck tractor with Semi trailer Are scheduled for Fri Day. Maj Gen Hobart Hewett Usa eur Deputy commander in chief will present the awards. Drivers Are competing under the colors of 7th army com a South Ern european task Force v corps Vii corps Naco Southern area come and Berlin come. The stars and stripes wednesday August 19, 1959 Queens for a Day Munich tries repair teams Munich special Munich Post engineers have inaugurated anew maintenance and preventive maintenance program in South Munich which if proven Success Ful will be adopted throughout Southern area come officials said Here. Sec Paul e. Roeder Coic of the Post engineers is now sending preventive maintenance teams int each housing unit every 45 Days. They operate on a routine basis throughout housing areas which include Terlacher Forst Harlach ing Lammersdorf and Chi Emsee Platz. Six separate teams totalling 35craftsmen, Are capable of perform ing on the spot maintenance Suchias replacing burned out Light bulbs repairing Leaky faucets and minor deficiencies in Gas ranges. The team also checks for potential major discrepancies which require a work order said Are automatically forwarded to the Post Engineer workshop in Terlacher Forst. Hembrus work men Are on hand to handle car Pentry roofing May Spry electrical repairs and supplementing the operation Isan emergency Crew on Call 24 hours a Day for serious disturb ances. Acting As dependents members of the 24thengr in 4th army div leap ashore to Complete a demonstration at Grafe Woehr Germany involving a new use of Pontoon floats. Army photo 3d of operates Neil program for out patient care South Ruislip England Spe Cial a six Point program de signed to give air Force personnel the Best in Hospital out patient care has been put into effect bythe 3d air Force throughout Britain. The program in line with the Safe objective of improving out patient treatment Comfort an facilities has been put into opera Tion at All major medical cent Ersin the United kingdom. Efforts Are now being made to extend it to the smallest six Point plan has been adopted As the goal of All 3d air Force operated medical facilities. Included in the program Are personalized medical care experienced supervision a Complete appoint ment system centralized clinics and files Well furnished waiting and treatment rooms and Educa Tion of personnel on medical mat medical care Means that patients have the Opportunity to select a doctor themselves and to see the same doctor on return visits. Experienced supervision of the out patient activity requires the function to be staffed with the most experienced and capable per sons available including officers airmen and civilian employees. 48th inf s 42d birthday Frankfurt special the 48th inf celebrated its 42d organization Day with a Day Long open House Celebration. Two new novels make Usa eur top 24th engr in displays skills in Field show Grafen Wuehr Germany special the 4th army div s ."24th engr in went through its paces Here in an All out demonstration of Engineer capabilities rang ing from building Bridges to blow ing up tanks. While a crowd of More than 300military leaders braved threaten ing skies the engineers put on full Day program. Taking to the water for the first half of the program the men demonstrated bridging and transportation. Pontoon transport they demonstrated a new use for Pontoon floats in transporting personnel. And they put on exhibition the new French invention a be inc self propelled ferry. The sleek amphibian can be rapidly change from a truck into a ferry boat by use of its self inflating Side pontoons. The afternoon s land phase included the destruction of a tank and the demolition of a trestle. Firepower displayed to conclude the events a full company displayed its firepower. Witnessing the activity were it Gen Francis w. Farrell 7th army cult Gen Gordon b. Rogers Vii corps cd maj Gen Ralph c. Coop or 24th inf div cd maj Gen Frederic j. Brown 3d army i veg and maj Gen James b. Quill 4th army div cd. The program was directed Mycol John j. Pearse battalion co. Nurnberg German special while doctor Zhivago and in Side Russia today remain the leading favourites of Usa eur Library patrons for the fourth consecutive month two new novels have moved into the top 10 spot Light according to the latest Library poll compiled by fhe usar eur special activities division they Are dear and glorious physician by Taylor Caldwell and Fandango Rock by John masters fourth and fifth place fiction favourites respectively. Miss Caldwell s epic length novel about Lucanus or Luke physician and author of one of the gospels depicts him a s an individual apart plainly marked for the service of god. Antioch scene of his boyhood Rome where he visited his family in the intervals Between his rest less travels Alexandria where he was educated and Judea where he Learned the Story of Jesus and acknowledged him As Christ Al provide a background mosaic for the Story which attempts to draw parallel Between ancient Mediterranean civilization and the pres ent. Fandango Rock is set in. Spanish City that plays reluctant Host to a Large . Air base. I dramatizing the relationship be tween transplanted americans an the native population masters mixes Romance bullfighting an political intrigue. Usa eur s current literary modern army defined As dedicated9 Washington is the september Issue of the army in formation digest defines a modern army As a dedicated Organiza Tion maintaining troops on worldwide dispersal the official Magazine devotes Al most 30 pages of this latest Issue now on the Way to the Field to answering the question what is a modern army and describing the . Army s present posture plans and aspirations. The report described by the editors in the foreword As at once heartening and sobering Points to the modern army As an accurate Index of a High order of National is the army of a nation that puts Security before budget Balanc ing it is the Mark of a nation that has swept aside the Silken Robes of complacency and has taken a stand confident in its Abil Ity to meet All challenges Success modern army is one whose doctrine organization personnel and logistical support systems Aswell As it ability to shoot move and communicate Are constantly being raised to higher level of effectiveness the report continued adding in one sense the goal of be coming a truly modern army is never fully obtainable for the Swift March of technology renders weapons and equipment obsolescent often before they can be produced in the report also discusses in de Tail army doctrinal developments organization personnel weapon Sand firepower air defense Mobil Ity communications and logistics. Choices at special services libraries Are listed below in order of preference fiction i doctor Zhivago Boris Pasternak 2"the ugly american William Lederer Eugene Burdick. 3"around the world with auntie mame Patrick Dennis a dear and glorious physician Taylor Caldwell 5"fandango Rock John masters nonfiction i inside Russia today John Gunther 2aku-Aku"Thor Heyerdahl 3"diary of a Young girl Anne Frank 4"masters of deceit a. Edgar Hoover 5"war and peace in the space age James m. Gavin. Square dancers to rally sept. 5-6 at Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial More than 500 Square dancers from All Over Europe will stage their .1959 Roundup at the Kuxhaus Here sept. 5 and 6.the International spectacular for German and american audiences will be called by the team of Bruce and Shirley Johnson. Produced by the european Assn. Of american Square dance clubs the show held both Days from 2 to 5 30 pm and 8 to 11 pm will be coloured by costumes of provincial americana. Maj Fred Sahl of East Aurora n.y., is president of the 30-Clubassociation. The International influence of this american Brand of entertain ment will be demonstrated by guest dancers from virtually Ever Western european country Sahl said. Rochefort to open 7 new facilities Rochefort France special a gymnasium and a 300-seat Thea Ter Are among seven new facilities scheduled to open at Rochefor installation this month. Also nearing completion Accord ing to capt Thomas Betrus Post Engineer Are a 216-Man troop Bil let a dining Hall capable of serv ing 500 men a new 34-Man. Boy and officers open mess. Us to shutter evil Airport Blackbushe England is the Airport Here will be closed according to an announcement by Harold Watkinson minister of transport and civil aviation. Among the Airport s users is . Navy. No announcement has been made by the Navy concerning its plan when Blackbushe closes. Emergency Powers most of the Airport land was requisitioned under emergency Powers expiring at the end of1960, and Watkinson considers that he would not be justified i acquiring it by compulsory Pur Airport reportedly has been losing $560,000 a year and it would Cost More than $5.6 million to modernize and passenger move ments have been Low and in recent months the three largest operators have left or announced plans to Transfer to other is expected to end there about the Middle of 1960. Arkansas Soldier never left Home Stuttgart special sp5 Winfred l. Wood has travelled half Way around the world wit the army but he s had a whale of a time getting out of Stutt 24-year-old radio teletype team chief was a resident of Stuttgart ark., when he entered the army nearly nine years ago receiving his first european assignment he was sent to bomb Lingen a suburb of Stuttgart. Comparing the Southeastern Arkansas Community with us German namesake Wood re ported there s not much similar Ity Between the two. Stuttgart ark., is a Rice farming Center of about 8,500 residents while the bustling booming German Industrial stronghold claims a population of More than 680,000
