European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page i the stars and stripes thursday shatters Marks established by t38 Talon Navy fighter Breaks records the Navy s f4h phantom ii supersonic fighter. Establishes live new climb Altitude standards Washington up the Navy has claimed five new climb and Altitude world records for its fast stepping f4h phantom ii Jet fighter. It was announced Here tuesday. The Navy interceptor piloted by Marine it col w. C. Mcgraw and three Navy pilots whose names were not announced set the rec ords Between feb. 21 and March 3 in flights from the Brunswick me., naval air station. The data has been sent to the International aeronautical federation the rec Ord certifying body. The phantom ii thus shattered several Marks established recently by the air Force s t38 Talon Trainer at Edwards air Force base Calif. Although Al details were not Given the phantom ii climbed to 12,000 meters More than seven Miles in approximately 77 seconds almost 20 seconds better than the Talon. Mcgraw was the Pilot when this record was established. The phantom ii was timed at 1,606.3 Miles an hour during rec Ord runs last fall and was also timed at 1,390 . Over a close course. Soldier s Job Clarke tells address at he Delbel by Herb Scott staff writer Heidelberg is any Point at which a military Man feels the government owes him More than he owes the nation is the time to retire Gen Bruce c. Clarke told More than 700 officer and enlisted members of the association of the . Army Here tuesday. Being a Soldier never is an easy Job the Usa eur commander in Clef declared. Addressing a record turnout of the Heidelberg chapter Ausa at Patrick Henry Village officers club Clarke said a recruiting ser Geant promised him Over 40 years ago that every Day in the army is like sunday on the farm.". Sunday being Only a 10-hour Day on his father s Dairy farm in new York state the general said the Recruiter s Assurance sounded Good so i signed  i m now amazed said Clarke to read that some workers in one locality in the United states have just acquired a 25-hour work week. Most of the troops in Usa eur put this much time in by tuesday tour slated by advisor to of surgeon Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial or. James j. Callahan National consultant in orthopaedic sur Gery to the air Force surgeon Gen eral in scheduled to arrive Here next tuesday for a four week visit to Safe and strategic air come medical facilities in Europe North Africa and the Middle East while in Wiesbaden he will meet with maj Gen John k. Cul Len the Safe surgeon and key medical staff officers at command Headquarters and visit the Usan Hospital Callahan will visit Safe medi Cal facilities at Lakenheath Burde Rop Park and South Ruislip eng land March 19-23. Other tour Stop during the next week the National consultant will Stop at the Sac hospitals at no masseur Morocco and Torrejon Spain and the Safe Hospital at wheelus Libya. Following a visit to the Safe Hospital at Ankara Turkey april 4, Callahan will tour Safe Tacti Cal hospitals at Devreux France and Pitburg Germany april 6-8. During his tour Callahan will discuss orthopaedic surgery. Medi Cal officers of the us. Military services and Allied nations have been invited to attend the pro trams. A graduate of Loyola University 111.Callahan is senior staff Mem Ber of Cook county Hospital and professor and chairman of the Bone and joint department of Loyola University both in Chicago. Information Parley held Scott air Force base 111. Special information officers from military air transport serv ice Mats bases around the world met Here for the first an Nual Mats information conference designed to acquaint officers with new Usan information policies. 1st associate War College course opens at South Ruislip two others planned South Ruislip England Spe Cial the first War College associate course in Europe has been launched Here. Paralleling the resident course at Maxwell air Force base ala., similar classes Are scheduled at Ramstein and Wiesbaden air bases in Germany. Sixteen London area officers and civilians comprising the first student body heard 3rd air Force commander maj Gen John h. Ives commend them on their undertaking and wish them Good Luck in their 18-month course. Col g. G. Evans or. 3rd of Deputy chief of staff for Materiel is chairman of the class and or. R. F. Arney 3rd of operations icebreaker finds another Island off Antarctica coast Washington special the Navy s icebreaker Glacier has re ported the discovery of a new Island in Antarctica. The Island located 35 Miles off Hobbs coast of Marie Byrd land was distinguished from a huge grounded iceberg in the area by Rocky edges nearly two Miles Square. Its perpendicular sides thrust 1,000 feet upward from the surrounding sea of ice. Closer observation of the Black Coal like Rock indicated its possible volcanic origin. On the Island was a rookery of Adelie penguins and an estimated population of 400 sea Birds. Aerial photographs were taken for detailed study and future identification of the Island which is located at latitude 72 degrees 42 minutes South Longitude 140 degrees 6 minutes West. Serves As its administration offi cer. Discussion leaders and re corders will be rotated at each meeting. Or. K. William Leffland 3rd of director of education who is act ing As program advisor to the course credits the course with being one which combines the advantages of guided self study with those of group discussion. Its four semesters of 20 sessions each end with individual thesis efforts. The first semester ending june 11, covers International relations and the current world conflict. Future semesters will concern formulation of National Security policy the influence of science and technology weapons systems and sino soviet bloc capabilities on National Security policy and finally military and National strategy. Leffland indicated that guest lecturers would be drawn from British universities and from american experts available in Lon Don. The associate course is open to officers in the rank of lieutenant colonel and above and key department of air Force employees in gs13 grades and above. Heidelberg Casino site of proc rally Heidelberg special the annual North German area protes Tant men of the Chapel Spring rally will take place at the Camp Bell Barracks Casino Here at 7 . March 20. Or. Cary Weisinger prominent american Clergyman presently minister of the Menlo Park presbyterian Church Menlo Park Calif., will be the key speaker. All proc members from the Mannheim Worms Karlsruhe Heidelberg area Are urged to at tend. Constellation souvenir coins offered for Sale Washington special interested in collecting historical items if so for Loo you can obtain a commemorative Coin struck from old solid Copper spikes recovered from the historic frigate Constellation. The Constellation one of the Navy s first ships was built in Baltimore in 1797. It has been re turned to that City and now rests in a permanent berth at it. My Henry better known As the Home of the Star spangled Banner. In addition to being a historical relic the Constellation Coin also serves As a lifetime pass for hold ers to visit the Constellation free of charge. The commemorative coins May be obtained by sending $1.00 for each to Constellation Flag House Baltimore my. The Constellation restoration committee is headed by Fleet adm cd Ster w. Nimitz. The 16 students in the first class were selected on a criteria determined by rank Date. Of rank previous educational Levels cur rent educational pursuits time remaining in the command and in Active duty arid career Fields. In addition to Evans and Arney the class consists of the following it col r. R. Savage it col a. A Kuehl it col w. M. Norton h. L. Elss col j. A. Barnett r. E. Jones v. N. Meleyc6, m. A. Crovitz it col h. B. Grisman it col e. E. Pierson it col a. A Taylor it col c. R. Carlsen it col g. M. Wheeler and p. J. Kaya fas. Mats Story deadline Scott air Force base 111. Special entries for the seventh annual Mats flying safety Story contest must be postmarked by Midnight March 31. Stories should be mailed to the Mats flyer Story contest he Mats Scott fab 111. Night he pointed out wonder what our people 1 the rest of the week this . There s no one More devoted country than the americ Dier he said. Clarke who was. Attend last Ausa meeting Here tiring on april 30, shared honors of the evening wit Mai William g. Newbolt 7th army no Academy Oelz. This was the second sue Ausa dinner at Heidelberg an enlisted Man held the is along with a ranking Genf Fleer " running Back Over his of army service Clarke seen Many changes t to Cellenti others of Small i Don t want to convey i think changes Are bad tinted but they make lift Ference if you Lack the right sonnet to do the Job. The fact remains that y a better led better trained motivated army today  this is due in a Large Deg closer of Fleer enlisted Man re ship improved no leadership better informed troops maintained. Tough course Newbold a cadre member i Academy Clarke organized 12 ago labelled As utterly false"1 ments that the no school spit and  to the Academy is not a bust gang nation where men Are lose their stripes he told Ausa members. The entire week course is devoted to Deve ing in cos the self confide essential to All  the standards Are High course is hard fast and de great Effort the sergeant Majo cleared. Proof of this he pointed Oil the record of 55,000 soldiers have taken the course with being graduated. Following Newbold s talk Geri w. C. Baker jr., us chief of staff and Heidelberg or president presented with b certificate of apr from Ausa National head i and a plaque Froin the local member group for his efforts behalf of the organization. Featured Usa eur Coin Mander in chief Gen Brace c. Right and sgt maj William g. Newbold of the 7th army no. Emy at bad Tola Germany were the featured speakers the ing of the Heidelberg chapter of the association of the United army tuesday night