European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Tum Foy april 24, set 3 Days or v Heidelberg special the first National sojourner Conven ton in Europe will be held Here 11-13, col Frank x Lawton president of the Heidelberg Chap Ter National sojourner has an nou Zoetl Treibt Ratlan will open at Theca Atno \ Bur acres at pan., Way h. The first offi Cla meeting will begin at of May 12, -.-. A banquet Idress informal Willlie held saturday evening at 7 pan. To Che Casino the principal speaker will be Mai Gen Floyd u mfg land newly assigned usar info to surgeon. Wergeland is first vice president of National so Joi Riners. The banquet will be Fol Lowed by dancing two Tours of Heidelberg will be conducted saturday morning and afternoon a special Chapel service Forir ners and their families will Helo at the 00tti s iat Lont Petal Chapel at .10 am sunday additional details will be Avail Able at the registration desk Lawton said. Col Norman he Gold , has requested that All reservation application forms Al ready sent to sojourner chapters be in his hands prior to the of april Gold May be reached to Heidelberg military 8648 or 7036.this latest announcement corrected convention dates release earlier As stay 11-13, of f on Glens its policy on Natenis s Washington special per Annel slated for assignment Over seas particularly to isolated areas will be subject to stricter medical and dental examinations hereafter the air announced. Isolated areas As defined i chapter & fart x. Afm 33-41, will also Call a a Complete mental Aswell As Phi Sicaja examination. Although All have been examined prior to their departure for Over seas assignment officials have indicated that there Wilt be a close supervision of regulations govern Jug the preparation fair oversee assignments. Not Only will the necessary immunization shots be if Ven each individual before departure but All physical mental and dental requirements will be met. A Cliser interpretation of the regulations in being made so As to assure that personnel assigned to isolated duty stat foils will be sufficiently Well and mentally to Complete the Normal tour of listen in on inspectors i ism England when it Gal Jack a utto comptroller i no Nathl inspection of the Otth Field maintenance set Murawn Here he detected a be sin it thud la one of the revealed that the Doc Newta he set up a Tapen Tennler and microphone to pick to tile Tope Ettna officer re Nix act abort a mho when queried they admitted Settlor up this a inv As they bad Cosla Liibs Taftt the eur Neveri Aure fear their mom fared in is Jui it a f sift we need to word straight f rom Augsburg jump meet made hit with or by a Maxiam Stuttgart Bureau Augsburg Germany is helicopter phots of the 24th Avia Tion co Ere looking Back on a bus week during which they made 72 flights and lost nearly every on of their passengers. The passengers in the 2tth Avia Tion s h34 choppers we re the top american military skydivers i Europe who for the sheer sport of it preferred to find their own Way from the h34s Hack to Terra Fyrma. Newsmen and photographers fora few Hundred reasons of their own were among the few Passen Gers who made round trips with the h34 pilots during the Victory invitational sport Parachute meet held at the Gablinger army air Field near was heavy during the week a about 35 men made More than ?00 jumps in the largest meet Ever held for military Portch Utiss in Europe in addition to a three Day com petition the skydivers capped the week with a two hour demonstration which attracted about 7.000 germans and americans to the Airfield. The skydivers competed in three events during the week. In their chomps give credit to hawaiian big trouble his Luisiii wins Mats meet Scott air forge base Iii up a winning unitary air transport service team credited big trouble caused by hawaiian god with its Victory in Mats first War Law de Aerial delivery twelve Hickam Field Hawaii based fliers said photographer Robert Mizuno s hawaiian Kahu Nas spelled the difference betwee Victory and defeat Over six other Mats teams in the Parachute accuracy and navigation contest. It was those hawaiian gods of Mizuno s that got us first place capt a. M. Faye Chi said. Mizuho convinced us that he had hexed the Competition and that his big is land and Oahu Kahuna would de liver nothing but favourable Windsor us and big trouble for every body of the two Day Eves appeared to Bear out the team from Tachikawa fab Japan lost the Lead weights in it first air drop and was heavily favored Gand troop Carrier Britain s traffic Jungle gets new animal Breed by John a Veger s a London Bureau London is Drivers mus now look out for pandas a Well a Zeal As on English City Aren t fugitives from the zoo but pedestrian Panda is the latest to join the Asphalt Jungle. Before Long motorists used to Frank Buck ing beastly traffic May be Wear ing pith helmets As Well As safety Crossings Are called pandas and zebras because of their distinctive Black and White markings. They re both meant to make Street crossing away from traffic lights safer. Pedestrians have i he right of Way on zebras and motorists Are supposed to Stop to let the people Cross. Warning la Htu blinking Amber lights on each Side of the Street Wurn Drivers where Nevaras Are lurking. The new pandas make their presence known even More emphatically but the first Day of their operation As predicted created much confusion. The pandas provide push Button control for the pedestrians. After the Button is pressed a winking Amber Light conies on and warns Drivers to Stop if they can safely do so. This is followed by a mandatory red Slop Light and the pedestrian gets a five second Cross signal. Drone program tests Matador s reliability fab . Spe cad Keri Unity and durability of the air Force Matador missile has been rested in a 3-year program concluded at this air base in which the missile was used a o target drone. Nol pampered but stored in a Sandy lot a the base while await no use 124 of the missiles were tired. The air Force recorded nine failures and listed 100 As Good targets or. In other words As drones which followed the Correct course in Tesis of other missiles. Atomic reactor working Washington up the atomic Energy commission announced Here that a portable at Omic Power Plant hats generated to first electricity for equipment at the air defense come radar site at Sundance Wyo next comes a flashing As contrasted with the winking or pulsating version which serves As a Grace period for pedestrians but cars can proceed if the crossing is Clear. On that first Day of confusion traffic was lined up at some Points for a half mile. Wailing for Agreen Light. Sac increases watchfulness Offutt fab neb. Special the air born clan mind and control capability of the strategic air come will he increased this year with the it Muon of specially modified kc135 and b47 aircraft As part of the airborne come Post acpt system in operation since feb. 1961. The act aircraft maintain continuous Contact with the Sac underground come Post. Joint War room and air Force . Already flying act missions Are five specially modified Jet so info tankers of the 34th air refuelling so Here. One of these aircraft is nor borne around the clock to assume direction of the Sac bomber mis Sile Force and execution of the command s emergency War orders a the Evi it the underground command Post and its lie rates Are lost. The increase in aircraft will involve a number of other Sac units having the command my control capability the control team aboard the act is headed he a general officer designated Jisi airborne emergency actions officer. His staff includes a control officer communications duty officer an airman controller and two radio operators. Wing from Tacoma wash., made a Bult e Eye in the night drop Competition Only to lose their Illuminat ing Light and be forced out of com petition. The object of the meet War to test the efficiency of Mats units in navigating to specified drop zones and parachuting supplies and simulated troopers into the target area timing navigation and accuracy were emphasized in the judging. The Hickam team was the least experienced had no drop zone to practice on and never had been tested in Competition. Member said the Victory was 60 per cent Luck and 40 per cent skill and those Kahuna brought us All the Luck said m sgt Paul c. Griffin or. The wind blew when we wanted it to and died out when it was supposed to. It was just the Opp let with the other Crews. Blew wrong the ground winds always seemed to change and blow the wrong Way when they made their drops. We sure made Beni fryers out of a lot of citizens around Here this Mizuno an advertising photographer appeared to the Victory in stride. As tiny body in the islands will Tell he explained a Kahuna is real powerful Medicine and when you get two Kahuna work ing for you it s even More potent than the double a announces assignments Washington special new assignments for three army officers and the retirement of a general officer were announced Here by secret wry of the army Elvis a. Stahr Gen George t. Duncan commanding general in corps Birmingham Alabama will be As signed in May to the Continental army come it. Monroe vhf. Brig Gen Elmer j. Gibson ordnance weapons come Rock Island Arsenal iii., has been As signed to , chief of ordnance Washington effective in May. Col Edwin a. Machen jr., assist ant Al a a Pacific come will be assigned in May to he. Usar Pac. Mat Hen s nomination for promo Tion to brigadier general has been confirmed. \ maj Gen George Martin director of officers assignments office of the Deputy chief of staff of personnel Washington will retire on april .10, after 34 years of service. More than 600 jumps they. Timely accounted for 2 minutes of free fall time required that jumpers opening of their chutes front 32 seconds. According to the comi statistician the jumpers distance of 299 Miles free from altitudes ranging 3,400 to 7,300 feet the meet served to find Thoj american jumper in possible entry in National in the United states said Howard i. Lukens Deputy the 2nd Battle up 38th president of the Host 24thvictory sport Parachute. It also served Luken out As demons the safety of the sport w Erly conducted. The 600 Jumpt made with Only a bruised j ported As the most Periou forty eight jumps were the demonstration which color. The skydivers. Some Bright coloured coveralls and multicoloured chutes made jumps with Container of smoke strapped to their trails of color streamed As the skydivers made mass jumps. One of the
