European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday August 21, 1959 no july fatalities in Saco safety Campaign pays Oft Munich special the South Ern area come safety Campaign paid off in july with a perfect no Accident record chalked up by one unit and a month unmarred by a single fatality. The 142d my co commanded by capt James d. Smith had the command s Best july record with members of the Garmisch unit per forming duties some hazardous for the entire month without an injury or an Accident. Following closely on the heels of the 142d were Saco signal Section and the command s department of the army civilian ele ment both of which boasted no personnel injuries in july. Saco s military motor vehicle Accident rate for the month How Ever stood fast with 21 accidents reported for june and the same number in july. A breakdown of unsafe driving practices officials said still placed misjudging clearance following too closely and excessive Speed As the chief causes for Highway Acci dents in the command. The Saco group having the greatest number of accidents Dur ing the month was the local wage employees. Injuries incurred by this group jumped from 34 in june to 40 in july for an increase of 17.65 per cent. In past years warned Vernon Cross Saco safety officer the Accident rate has surged upward As much As 171 per cent during the Harvest festivals held in the command area in August septem Ber and october. This periodic increase he said has been due primarily to Over spirited participation in the Festi Vals drink Reg while driving and inattention due to while american personnel Are encouraged to engage in these festivals with their German friends Cross said it is important that they exercise extreme caution in the a a Exchange discussed at school Parley by Ernie weather my staff writer Berchtesgaden Germany is some third and fourth graders in Usa eur s dependent school system May find themselves sitting next to German school boys in a Pupil Exchange program to begin in january according to plans discussed at the eighth an Nual conference of Usa eur school administrators Here. Or. Alfred Beerbaum foreign language specialist of the usar eur school system said the Exchange program already was tried out successfully at Metz France last term. Fourteen French third graders and their teacher sat in with the same number of american Young sters for four afternoons Beer Baum said. During one combined class the american children received French lessons from the local teacher. On another afternoon the French pupils attended an English lesson Given by an american teacher. During these Exchange visits not Only did the children get to know each other but the language Barrier melted Beerbaum noted. The Exchange classes were such a Success that the French minis try of education was eager to continue the program for the. Coming term. Another Exchange class will be added by the Metz school this fall. It took almost a year of planning before the Exchange class began at Metz. Transportation difficulties schedules and other problems had to be solved first. Beerbaum said that in Germany american elementary schools at Karlsruhe and Wuerzburg Are exploring possibilities of starting similar Exchange programs for third graders. We let our elementary school principals ask local German school officials if they would like to arrange an Exchange plan Beer Baum said. If they Are agreeable then we work out the details with the German state education de he pointed out that All first graders in the Usa eur school system spend at least 20 minutes a Day studying German. They learn simple words and phrases this instruction continuing All the Way through elementary school. This coming term which opens sept. 9 a German american teacher Exchange will begin. A teacher at the Nurnberg High school Joseph Crawford will teach in a German High school. In re turn a German teacher will come to Nurnberg for the entire term. Outstanding signal student Munich special sgt Charles w. Allen of 10th special Force sep he co has been named out standing signal student of the year by the quartermaster signal school. Ace trucker pfc Charles g. Dunning finalists set in Usa eur Drivers test Kaiserslautern Germany special pfc Charles g. Dun Ning of the 4th army div s 126th Orel in representing Vii corps took first place in the 5-ton truck tractor with 12-ton trailer event As preliminary rounds of the 1959 Usa eur Driver proficiency con test were completed Here. Dunning had a score of 421 out of a possible 485 Points. Only a half Point behind was pfc Floyd t. Wilson of the 8th inf div s 544th truck co representing v corps. Pfc j. D. Daw of com z s 89th trans co and last year s Champion finished third with 419, followed by sp4 William f. Iden of com z s 574th trans co with 411.5. Nine others competed in the event. All four preliminary winners qualified for the finals scheduled for Friday in which 16 Drivers were to compete in four categories. Finalists the other 12 finalists scheduled to compete on Friday Sedan sgt Elmer Boulet 83d trans co com a sp4 Kemp w. Lynn 24th inf div trains he Dot Vii corps pfc Ismael l. Carrasco 519th trans co Northern area come sp4 Leo w. Moody 77th trans co com z. Jeep with trailer pfc Paul e. Bauer co a 1st in 18th inf v corps sp4 Myron d. Frost 501st trans co com a sgt Lionel a. Lewis 519th trans co Naco sp4 Paul a. Maug 15th chemical up he det 7th army support come. Two and a halt ton truck with out trailer pfc Leonard h. Dil lion 82d trans co com a sp4 Gerald j. Skahen 544th truck co 8th inf div v corps pfc Thomas m. Lawlor 1st missile in Southern european task Force pfc Carl e. Powers co a 35th trans in 3d inf div v corps. Leclerc shooters take Day of rest before big event by Howard Colby staff writer Rammelburg Germany is thursday was a Day off for the seven teams of military marksmen etting ready to open fire Friday for the 1959 nato prix Leclerc Small arms championship. The teams concluded their prac Tice firing wednesday and spent thursday making last minute preparations for the big contest scheduled to get under Way at 7 15 am Friday. The 21st inf team representing the ., is the defending Cham Pion. The -. Army won the Leclerc trophy last year and is out to retain it at this year s Day Long three weapon shooting matches. Friday s schedule called for a Welcome address from it Gen Ger hard Matzky cd of the German 1 corps at 7 15 am Friday with a Parade of the flags of the participating nations. Besides the ., British belgian Canadian French Germany and dutch teams were to compete. Rifle matches were scheduled from 7 45 am to noon and from 2 pm to 3 30 pm. The pistol matches were scheduled from 8 to 9 30 am and the Light machine gun Competition from 3 30 until 5 pm. At 7 30 pm a supper for special guests was scheduled at the Ger Many infantry school Host to this year s Leclerc matches. Darmstadt cites Gen Frederick Darmstadt Germany special the City of Darmstadt has presented an official commendation to Brig Gen William r. Frederick for his work in Community relations while serving As v corps arty cd Here. John a. Daly jr., executive director of the German american Institute Here made the presenta Tion for lord mayor Luck wig Engel in Stuttgart where Frederick is now 7th army arty cd. The citation was in the form of a diploma bound by a leather folder. It included a Gold Seal of the City of Darmstadt. At ease on the Eidsee Elayne. Baker former Water ski Champion takes a breather after demonstrating her skills at Eidsee in the Garmisch recreation area. From it. Worth tex., Elayne is the wife of sp4 Kenneth n. Baker who is assigned to the army medical Center lamp Stu Germany. Elayne won the Title in 1956. Army photo Zaragoza will be first with pm radio in Spain by the Torston Macauley staff writer Zaragoza Spain is the 16th air Force base Here will be the first of lie three bases in Spain to get its new pm armed forces radio service afro stations on the air. Broadcasting via the 1,000-Watt station with a 110-foot Tower will Start at 8 pm sept. 4 from the stage of the base service club As part of four fiesta Days that will be a feature of the labor Day weekend. The fiesta Days Are to include a Beauty contest Street dancing Bowling tournaments Field and track meets softball Little league games boxing fashion shows Model air plane meet a water Ballet and fireworks winding up each Day. Starling at 6 am on sept. 5, radio Zaragoza will be on the air 18 hours daily including sunday with music news special events stateside sports and popular Amer ican radio programs available via frs. S sgt Robert Mccartney of Ith Aca n.y., is the Zaragoza station manager and will have a staff of six including four announcers and two engineers. Mccartney recently and ran the afro radio station at Ana Turkey. The station Hopes to be heard Over a 30-mile radius from the transmitter and studios which Are across from the service club. All the radio equipment is new the latest available. Like the 5,000-Watt base stations also scheduled for Early operation at Torrejon 16th of he near Madrid and at Moron near Seville Zaragoza comes under the 7122d support so afro to at wies Baden Germany. It Charles d. Fellow of Evans Ville ind., Torrejon station Man Ager is Liaison officer for 16th of radio activities in Spain and Morocco. Eight cited at port Lyautey ken1tra, Morocco special eight Allied employees of the Naval air station at port. Lyautey received diplomas from the University of Michigan in recognition of their proficiency in the English language. The were awarded on the basis of an examination Given last Spring to for eign employees working on the base. Yank Cricket 11 to defend Tea party5 trophy by Paul Spiers staff writer Bushy Park England is yanks will be defending their ashes Here sunday when the american Amateur Cricket club meets the lords Taverner club in a return game. The British Cricket team com posed of some of the top names in the entertainment world was Defeated by one wicket last year. The teams Are fighting for the ashes of Tea leaves donated by the City of Boston mixed with leave presented by the company which had its Tea thrown into Boston Harbor during the famous Tea party. American team members include James Symington son of the democratic senator from Missouri and Herman b. Cummings a sergeant from Greetham common air base who was top Bowler forthe Side last year. Among the British team is comedian Richard Hearne known As or. he has appeared numerous times on Television programs. The game continues an Anglo american tradition that began when a touring British Side lost to the Philadelphia gentlemen in 1887. Expected to be on hand the americans Are Jayne mans Field and her husband Mickey Hargitay. Jayne is making a film in to the game which begins at 2 . Is free but proceeds of a Barbecue will go to the National playing Fields Assn. The association whose Patron is the Duke of Edinburgh provides play ing Fields and recreation facilities in communities throughout the United kingdom
