European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday August 30, 1959 army sweeps National Rifle team match Camp Perry Ohio up army re Flemen swept the National trophy Rifle team match at the National Rifle matches Here. The soldiers took the first font places Over 149 of the nation s finest civilian and military Rifle teams. The six Man army Gray team made it three years in a Row i taking Back the trophy to it. Ben iring a. The team fired 1,472 out of a possible 1,500. The score in just three Points Short of the National match record of 1,475 which the Gray team set last year. The victors were led by 1st Ladonald r. Schlesser Laurel mont., who scored 248 out of a possible250. Other team members were cps Phillip t. Toloczko Alpha 247 capt Thomas w. Atwood Cape Elizabeth. Me., 246 Sec Cecil l. Stevens West Union w.va., 244sp5 Robert l. Meeks r e n t o n. Wash., 246 and 1st it Frank Loh Mann Burlington Iowa 241. Marines fifth the second place army Blue team shot 1,469 followed by the5th army team with 1,464 the. 2d army team completed the Outwith 1,461. The Marine corps Western Tea came in fifth with 1,460. The victories brought to 13 the number of matches won by the army out of 23 during the week Long Rifle firing. Beside the National trophy army shooters Cap tured the National trophy individual match the president s match the Marine corps cup the National service Rifle Champion ship the coast guard trophy the enlisted men s trophy and the Rumbold trophy. Marine shooters won five of the23 matches civilian riflemen four and the Navy Chester f. Hamilton of Elk Ridge md., won the Pershing trophy As top Rifleman of the National trophy match. He Fireda 249 out of a possible 250 with the 2d army team. Casino jumps to hotting rhythms of beat gone gathering " Book on welding Madrid special Rafael Deheredia Spanish Engineer employed by the engineering Brancho 16th air Force he s directorate of installations has had a 600-Pagebook published on the subject of welding and welded construction officials announced Here. Third Arnid div Mellow tones Percy Owens sax and George Yates guitar give a beat to the Rock n Roll of Rama. Is Schuettler Kaiserslautern cats Mary Gideon 16, and Frederick Lomboy .17,"Rock" their Way to Victory at the Frankfurt Casino. Is Schuetzler tales in command when it comes to bases in Vuk Lakenheath England is the air Force in this Section of England has its own version of the name s the the name of the base commander Here is Tate. The name of the base commander at Mildenhall air base five Miles away is Tate. The two tates Are not David a. Tate is base com Mander Here. A native of Ashe Ville n.c., his previous assign ment was Deputy commander of the 90th strategic recon Wing Forbes air Force base Clark a. Tate is base com Mander at Mildenhall. A native of Fulton mo., his previous assign ment was chief of Mission Branch operations and plans division strategic air come he Offutt fab neb. Last summer vacation fling 600 teen agers Rock at Frankfurt by Ralph Kennan staff writer Frankfurt is More than600 american teen agers rocked and rolled their Way through final summer vacation fling at the Frankfurt Casino Friday night an they kept the place but strictly in motion. It was that Active. The program was billed As the first annual Rock n Roll of ram sponsored by the bad nauheim Friedberg american youth activities and attended by teen Ager from As far away As Munich. Except for a German combo Freddie shul and his musicians from Frankfurt who got the pro Gram rolling the entertainment was All american military with at least three performers who have made a number of records in their civilian Days including one whose Gold record for Selling l million me Sals go a Birt the Ruy in the if did keep Cool during Rook Oug so platters was on display at the gathering Here. From the dance contest which was the first scheduled item on the evening s bumpy itinerary the entertainment progressed spontaneously with performances by pfc Joey Rogers of the 10th a in who claims two Rock n Roll rec ords from his civilian Days and hype kinetic renditions by a/2c Gus Backus whose Golden record of come with me was on Dis play. The Mellow tones a combo made up of 3d army div members most of them stationed in Friedberg backed up the individual perform ances which touched off Waves of wildly enthusiastic response fro the teen age audience. Frederick Lomboy 17, and Mary Gideon 16, both of Kaiserslautern won the dance contest sponsored by the overseas family. Kay Jones 15, and Alex Hottell 16, both of Hanau placed second anneal gelt and Billie Jean Wells both. 15-year-old Frankfurt Resi dents rolled in third. Each couple won Rock n Roll records for their calorie consuming stomp and thump dancing. Judges were Lee Clark an Nancy Cooper of the overseas family and pfc Ted Bowman of the american forces network an s Mullen my spec John Kayo Mullen also of an was master of ceremonies forthe noisy evening organized and promoted by pfc George Young himself a Rock n Roll recording artist now with the 52d inf an director of the bad nauheim Aya. Young s latest recorded workfare included in the teen age hit Parade As one two three Youcan t Stop me and others. He plans to record another during september to Send Back to the . And Hope for a hit. Originally from Detroit Young is the Man responsible for the Friday night shindig. Backus who spends his duty time As an electrocardiograph technician 160th wins trophy Stuttgart special the379th Sig in has won the 160th Sig up commander s trophy for the second consecutive year. Maj Raymond h. Smith jr., is co of the 379th. At the Wiesbaden Usan Hospital and his own time working toward a coronary is a 21-year-old now yorker who takes his work but. Not himself seriously. He says he wrote and Sang Leadin the Golden record made As a member of the Del Vikings an air Force group which reorganize when he was sent to Germany. I m just starting recording Ingerman. I go to Vienna and make Rock n Roll records he has two sides out now in German and plans to make another couple of sides soon. Served up along with Gallons of soda pop and a Small Mountain of hamburgers were ample Servings of combo music by the Mellow tones including some musicians who were sitting in just for the Friday night shindig. From All Point the six Man outfit was represented Here by Al tinsely piano Bill Byers Drums Percy Owens sax and George Yates guitar. Absent Mellow tones were Eddie Roberts Vjio plays trumpet and Leroy Walters who thumps thebans. Teen age clubs represented at Friday night s Rock n1 Roll Athlon included Munich Heidelberg wies Baden Frankfurt bad nauheim Friedberg bad or Cugnach Geln Hausen Babenhausen Rhine main Giessen Kaiserslautern main a Butzbach and Points in bad nauheim Friedberg group Hopes to have another Rock n Roll of Rama again next year but Young won t be around to promote it. He is due to get out of the army in february Backus won t be around for another fare Well to summer vacations either. He is due out of the air Force next july. Navy Goa unit in us Marks anniversary Blackbushe England is a Small . Navy unit Here Cele Brates the seventh anniversary of its demonstration of sir Arthu Conan Doyle s axiom that Little things Are infinitely the most ground control approach unit39, stationed on the civil Airport has directed More than 10,550 air Craft landings without an Accident
