European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 18, Thi of am and stripes . Airmen in donate record $281,000 in three fund campaigns Wiesbaden gel Many special a record $281,320 was donated Blair Force personnel in Europe in three Federal fund raising campaigns conducted by Safe Dur ing fiscal Xeo 1959.personnel services officials Here revealed the three drives topped 58 contributions by $16,767, for the largest sum donated by Europe based air Force personnel and their dependents since the combined fund raising program started in 1956. A breakdown shows Safe 4,000 pupils slated in adv Spain schools Madrid special depend ent schools of the 16th air Force throughout Spain will be bulging at the seams this year when approximately 4,000 pupils answer the first Bell on sept. 8, officials indicated  is a big Lump for depend ent schools considering that fou years ago there were Only 280 de pendent pupils in All Spain said Garland s. Wollard superintend ent of  Madrid alone this year he added the elementary Kichool is expect ing 1,760 students while the Junior senior High school will have a  850  a recent superintendent of schools. Report. Wollard said that this fall schools in Spain will re quire 770 teachers. 14 administrators and librarians. Pie went on to say that the school system of this size is com parable to a school system in a City of 60,000. The educational sys tem has grown to a big operation  rapid growth the rapid growth of the 16th air Force in Spain has necessitated the building of a new school in the Royal Oaks government housing area located five Miles from Madrid. The target Date for the school s completion is  then the Junior senior High school will occupy a converted airmen s dormitory on Torrejon air base. Saumur depot aids troubled Farmer Saumur France special Saumur general depot Lent a help ing hand to a Farmer whose tractor went out of control and plunged into the Thouret  there was no equipment in the Community Large enough to pull the tractor out a request for help was made to col Paul a. Feyereisen Saumur  motor Pool was notified an d truck master sp5 Thomas g. Fris Bee dispatched a wrecker to the scone. Of cadets to take up Chuting at it. Benning Washington is a group of air Force Academy upper class men has volunteered to participate in a parachutist course at it. Ben Ning ga., during their summer , the cadets Are successful in passing the three week training which includes rugged physical conditioning familiarization with equipment Tower jumps and five qualifying leaps from c119s, they will be awarded their Parachute wings. Units contributed $182,672.63 strategic air come $73,131.25 air1 Materiel forces ,$14,119.25, and 6900th Security Wing units donated $11,-397.40, the first in the annual series of fund campaigns was for eight Wel fare organizations. The second was for Benefit of 10 health agencies and the third drive was for the american red Cross. Of the total contributed in by 59, the Federal service overseas fund Campaign netted $67,292.31the National health agencies received $103,098.40, and the Redcross $110,929.82, officials said Naco gives $10,459 in Are arts drive Frankfurt special North Ern area come personnel contributed $10,459.25 in the Naco Marmy emergency Relief army re Lief society fund Campaign Accord ing to figures released Jere. A breakdown by posts indicate the following contributions. Bad Kreuz Nach $159.50 Bamberg $63.00 Baum older $583.35 Frank Furt $2,338.99 Fulda $90 Giessen $472.55 Hanau $157.10.heidelberg, $776.63 Kaiserslautern $2,275.12 Karlsruhe $260.56 Pir Masens $2,118.00 wuerzburg$613.95., Naco he contributed $550.50. The Campaign ended aug l. 4th army div tops Are fund goal Goeppinger Germany Spe Cial the 4th army div went Over the top in the army Emer gency  Campaign with a to Tao $14,812.94 compared to a Goa of $11,750, it was announced her division trains and troops Hac the highest per capita contributions with an average of $1.33 per Man and a total of $3,892.96. Div arty was in second place with $1.21 per Capua and a total of $2,738. Lemnitzer to unveil new medals for army s marksmen at Perry Washington is Gen Lyman l. Lemnitzer army chief of staff was scheduled to attend the National trophy Rifle team matches at Camp Perry Ohio to unveil the army s. New distinguished marksmanship medals in ceremonies marking the introduction of the medals Lemnitzer was to present the first models of the army s distinguished pistol shot badges to Irvine c. Porter president of the National Rifle assn., for display in the association s museum in Washington identical to the civilian medal Wiesbaden native stars at shoot pistol Packin mom wins National title Frankfurt special pistol Packin mama has nothing on unattractive 26 year old Mother a former resident of Wiesbaden who has just shot her Way to the top inthe women s National pistol com petition at Camp Perry Ohio. Mrs. Norbert Tes Cli wife of two mrs. Norbert Tesch. Began two years ago Tesch now stationed at. It. Sill okla fired a 12-match aggregate score of 2,478 out of a possible2,700 to win the women s National pistol championship according to information received by the North Ern area come information office Here. The new . Champion was born in Erbach am Rhein a Small town near Wiesbaden. She went to the states three years ago with he husband and their two children Monika 7, and Charles 2. Mrs. Tesch or Irma As she i known to friends in Wiesbaden said she began shooting a couple of years ago because  husband shoots on the 4th army pistol team and is very often away from Home at shooting  did t like the separation so i thought i d learn to shoot and maybe then i could travel wit him she said. In one Short year she jumped from Marksman to expert and a year later she won the 1959 National women s pistol  Tesch gives wholehearted approval to his wife s pistol firing activity. In fact the couple bought a Small House trailer so the entire family could travel to various pistol  pistol honors in the Tesch household Are still in army  Norbert who hails from be Suer minn., fired 2,528 in the National pistol championships to out shoot his better half. Of to review flight status of 3,500 Washington special the air Force soon will begin screening the records of some 3,500 rated officers to determine if they should be removed from flying  commands have been Noti fied by Usan he which officers will be considered by the Central flight status selection Board for possible suspension from flying status. The panel will meet toward the end of november to hand Down its  the first time in recent years Headquarters Here compile the list of officers considered marginal As far As rated Poten tial is  the past two screening cycles the major commands Drew up their own rosters of officers for Board consideration the Pentagon review of the air Force s 73,000 rated officers was based on a detailed and selective set of standards Basic information was culled from the office master personnel records the air Force said and the final list of rated officers whose cases will be reviewed was drawn up after along series of statistical runs. Major commands May exercise waiver authority on any officer listed provided certain standards prevail officials said. On the other hand a major command May re port an officer to the Board if he is considered to be lacking unrated potential for assignment to a position requiring current rate knowledge and experience. In a letter to the air commands it Gen Truman a Landon Deputy chief of staff personnel said each officer should be advised that retention of flying status i based primarily on ability qualification and  officials also pointed out that the Board s review of the records does not mean automatic Genii tank slated for Post in . Washington special a new assignment for one brigadier Gen eral and the retirement of two others were announced by Secre tary of the army Wilber m.  Gen Charles f. Tank assistant chief of staff g4 logistics ,8th army and cd of the 7th Logis tical Gomel Korea has been As signed to head the Atlantic trans terminal come at new York City in  Gen Elmer w. Young chief of veterinary service in the office of the surgeon general in washing ton will retire aug. 31 with 34 years  Gen Harold Walmsley com Mander of the army chemical Cen Ter and chemical corps Materiel come at Edgewood md., will re tire sept. 30 after almost 28 years service. Should deliver Pitburg Germany up air Force doctor capt Vernon Stork of Galveston tex., has arrived Here to head the children s Ward at the local air Force base Hospital. Suspension of flying  year s Board reviewed 1,525 cases and suspended 390 officers from flying status officials said Bill cautioned against using these figures As any basis for compari son with this year. The Central Board passes on Lyon an officer s rated potential according to a spokesman and its rulings do not reflect on his Mil itary or officer potential. The official added that an officer s flying status will be sus Pended Only if he lacks sufficient rated potential to be effectively used in a command staff or operational position which would re quire a flying  from the major com mands Are expected to reach head quarters no later than nov. 2, the air Force said. Awarded winners in top level marksmanship tests the new army badge has a top bar attached which identifies the wearer a member of the ". Army previously both civilians and sol Diers received identical badges with "." emblazoned on theban. The highest awards for shooting in the ., the medals Are presented by the National  promotion of Rifle practice to civilians for Superior Marksman ship and by the services to Mem Bers for Superior firing with the service Rifle or pistol. To win a medal a competitor must place in the top 10 per Centof All  competitors in High level service matches on no less than three different occasions. Less than 5 per cent of All who have tried have been a Leto win a badge the army said. First awarded in 1884 the first . Army distinguished Rifle badges were awarded in 1884 to 21 officers and enlisted men and the first .army distinguished pistol shot medal was awarded in 1903 Over the years he army said 1,452 soldiers have won the distinguished Marksman badge for the Rifle and 333 have Bee awarded the distinguished pistol shot badge. Since the badges were first1awarded in 1884, Only 165 army competitors have won both Rifle and pistol awards. Lemnitzer won the distinguished Marksman badge with the Rifle As a second lieutenant in 1924 army Rifle teams win 2 Perry trophies Camp Perry Ohio a the army won two trophy team matches in a single Day s com petition at the 1959 National Rifle matches Here. In the Nevada match for a trophy donated by the citizens of Nevada in 1875, army teams swept the first three places. The to four Man team fired the service Rifle Over the 200-Yard Range for a score of 596 of a possible 600.m sgt Floyd m. Frazier of free Union va., set. The Pace for the1 winners As he cleaned the targe for 150 Points. Sec Antonio Miranda of Hart Ford conn., and sgt Charles , of fort Lauderdale fla., scored 149, while Cut John e. Cox of Elpaso tex., i had 148. The army shooters shifted to Thebolt gun to win the romanian trophy team match. The Roma Nian trophy was presented by Queen Marie of that country in1919 to the winning american expeditionary forces in an International shoot i  10 shots each at 600 and 1,000 Yards the High scoring army team had 397 of a possible 400.sgt Ronald Turner of Bigelow ark., and m sgt Alfred o Neil Osgood Spring tenn., led the four Man team with 100 Points each. Reports on Neptune wreck misinterpreted Craf says Campbell River . A reports that the wreckage of . Neptune bomber and 11 skeletons had been found by a search parly Early in the week were in Correct the Royal Canadian air Force has  misinterpretation of a Brief radio message from the searcher was blamed. Wreckage was sighted but not  fact the Craf said the Mes Sage was meant to be a request for information on a crash in the area in 1951. The misunderstand ing was blamed on poor radio reception. A twin engined Neptune with 11 aboard crashed High on mount me Creight in 1950. It was found a year later and the bodies removed. A search official in Vancouver said it is possible the wreckage i that of the same plane. The search group was sent in after a airman stationed at Comox Craf base sighted the wreckage at the 4,000-foot level of the Vancouver Island Peak