European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Log it the stars and stripes tuesday May 8, of suggestions still paying army says Heidelberg special suggestions pay off improvements for the army extra Cash for you thai to the theme of project pay off the 1962 Campaign to stimulate participation in the Usa eur suggestion awards program. Usa eur personnel military As Well a us. And local civilians Are making suggestions really pay off. More than $56,000 was awarded and the equivalent of 621 extra three Day passes handed out for fug Geatons adopted from july 1961 through March 1963. As a result of the same suggestions the army Laved nearly $2 million. The aim of the suggestion awards program is to get the Job done in the most efficient economical and effective manner through work improvement ideas applying the skill and resourceful Cess of the average employee heartily endorse president Kennedy s support of the program is shown in a new poster distributed throughout Usa eur last month. The presi Dent said i heartily endorse the incentive awards program in the Federal government. It provides an important Opportunity for every of Deral employee to demonstrate personal initiative ingenuity and . Kennedy also said full use was being made of the skill and ideas of every individual working in the Federal government. During the remainder of the Campaign emphasis is being placed on local Type problems which can be resolved at the activity level and on assistance which super visors can furnish employees i developing useful ideas. New personnel briefed the role of the supervisor in the suggestion awards program is receiving special attention. Newly assigned personnel Are being briefed upon their assignment by supervisors to encourage them to participate actively in the local civilians French Ger Man and italian translations have been prepared for All material per Taining to the awards program. In compiling the figures for the first three quarters of the Fiscale of a Usa eur spokesman said about one out of every four suggestions submitted is adopted. Suggestion awards May be in the form of Cash to civilians and enlisted men and extra passes and honorary awards to All military personnel Usa eur explained. Schneider fires s26-39x on opening Day at Camp Fieri Lakenheath Cape paces Safe pistol shoot Wiesbaden Germany is capt Max Schneider of Laken Esith England shot his Way to first Day honors in the u3afe pistol matches at the Camp Pieri ranges her monday. The shooter from the 48th tac tical fighter Wing registered a score of 826-39x in the ,45-caliber service pistol course. Perfect for the event is 850.behind Schneider there was a dogfight for runner up honors and the ensuing places. Second spot finally went to a2c James Tabor of Wiesbaden with a score of 820-3lx, while capt Richard Johnson of Alconbury England s 10th tac recon Wing placed third with 820 and 28 bulls eyes to the 31 of Tabor. In fourth place right behind Tabor an Johnson was Pitburg sgt Jose Lopez with 819-23x. Fifth and sixth were also decided by the number of bulls eyes with t sgt John Keyser of Wiesbaden shooting 818-31 and s sgt Herbert in go of Alconbury coming up with 818-23 for sixth place. I a Little air finally appeared in the stand Ings when s sgt Walter Brown of Seul Thorp shot 813-26x for seventh place five ? Pointis behind the sixth place Man. The .22-Ealiber matches were scheduled tuesday with the Center fire shooting on tap for wednesday and More ,45-caliber shooting set for thursday. The final event and the most important one of the command wide matches will the National match course schedule Friday. Nations throughout world celebrating red Cross Day Washington special Aid for starving congolese repatriation of 300,000 algerian refugees an continuing help to other trouble plagued people reflect the world wide Impact of the red Cross today Afi 87 nations observed world red Cross Day. Government leaders United nations Secretary general u than and Heads of other agencies and organizations marked the occasion with statements praising the work of the humanitarian society which Bridges ideological and geographic boundaries to help All in need. The various National red Cross red Crescent arid red lion and Sun societies observed the occasion with tributes to Henri Dunant the Swiss founder of the Redcross who was born on this Date in 1828. American red Cross Headquarters Here said that International red three Gens get transfers Washington special new assignments for three army general officers one of them in Europe were announced her monday by Secretary of the army Elvis a Stahr or. Brig Gen Horace g. Davisson he . Neucom has been assigned to he Usa eur. Maj Gen Lawrence j. Lincoln office of the Deputy chief of staff for logistics Washington has been named commanding general . Army Engineer Center it. Be voir va., effective later this month. Brig Gen Robert e. Blount chief professional services Walter Reed general Hospital Washington has been named commanding general army medical research and development come Washington effective tuesday. Cross teams currently Are provid ing Relief in More countries thanin any other peacetime period. It listed Togo the Congo indo Nesia Tanganyika Viet Nam Morocco Tunisia and Algeria As coun tries where red Cross missions now Are at work to ease the effects of famine disease and hardship. In reviewing its own International activities of the past year the american society said it provided disaster Relief to victims in 18 nations on five of the six continents. Included was More than $10.2 million in Aid Over st million of which was channelled through red Cross by the . Government for distribution. The american society worked with the league of red Cross societies in Geneva Switzerland in dispensing this Relief. The league coordinates disaster Relief among the 87 National red Cross red Crescent and red lion and Sun societies the world Over. This month the league in co operation with the United nations High commissioner for refugees will begin assisting some 300,000 algerian refugees living in Morocco and Tunisia to return to their Homeland. Since 1959, the league has been providing food medicines and other assistance to the exiles. The american red Cross said its help last year went to Morocco Tunisia Indonesia the Congo Jordan Nepal Turkey South Korea Laos. Burma Viet Nam British Honduras Greece somali Republic Tanganyika Liberia Okinawa and Brazil. It ranged from funds and medi Cines and food to making american red Cross available for overseas assignments in Liberia Indonesia the Congo Ceylon Togo somali Republic Tanganyika Morocco and Tunisia in addition to technical assist Ance and refugee and disaster Relief the ame Dunn red Cross said it also is engaged in continuing programs of locating missing persons and reuniting families separated by wars or political events. An average o 600 to 800 persons Are located each year thanks in Large part to the net work of red Cross chapter throughout the . The chapters also engage in International activities within their own communities providing opportunities for service to foreign students and residents and extend ing hospitality to visitors fro Mother lands. One of the biggest projects in the american society s program of technical assistance is assisting new and emerging sister societies get a healthy Start through the loan of specialists technical publications study visits and conferences. Fuzio exhibition tour slated for air Force s Europe bases by John , London is two of Amer Ica s newest and fastest All weather Jet fighters will make a flight demonstration tour of Europe for the air Force it has been Learned Here. The plane is the phantom ii or Eftem Oil the air forces phantom &. Newest fastest All weather Jet fighters a London Bureau Navy f4h, which holds the world s closed course Speed record of 1, 606.342 . It is being adopted by the air Force As the Flo. The Europe tour will Start May 27 at Laon air babe France Fol Lowed by Oslo May 30 Rhine main air base Germany june 4 Ben Waters air base England june 11, and Laon again on june 18. The two jets will depart for the states july 3, it was disclosed. They will be ferr leed to Laon non Stop from Myrtle Beach . Sorties scheduled for air Force personnel at the various stops will be Oslo two Rhine main 23bentwaters, 22, and Laon 27, the phantom if is a twin engine two place lighter with the capability of operation from carriers or Short runways. It has attained an Altitude of 98,557 feet and is capable of All Wenther air to air intercept and air to surface attack. Equipped with Long Range radar the Craft is armed with Sparrow Iii and sidewinder air to air mis Siles and a variety of convention land nuclear air to surface weapons. Contract for shelters let Seattle special a $90,000 contract for Mobile shelter units for use during Assembly and Check out of the air Force minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile Sites in Montana has been awarded Northland Camps inc., of Seattle. Max 8ehnidr. Lafe Naath 1,a2c it met Tabor we Haijun. 3.capt Richard a Hun Alea Bury 4-9t Jii up Phi. A Lyburt st st John Devur. Wet buddy. 8.s set mbr1 let. Alconbury a Sot a Ltd a twi Stul Tharon. To maj Ray a. Seu Thomi. 3-t set Milld ii Briner bit Kurg. To air Jan a enl 3omch to tilt Gorit Ruitt. By Lauri 12-sgt Mack Eudy. Scult Durga. 13-9 bit Dalm Lii or. Stoml Man ,. 14-s st or a Star. Sen Bach. Ujj at Edwin Hafalla Hahn 18-c Start Cir if win Iudin. Donald ail by gym thu. In John Blauvelt Rhina main i st 9ft Leutina Carmn tar Bill Bitof 2q-s sit Girs lil Sinclair Raou Tomii. 21-t sit Al Froit Marian. Bit Dur 22.c��1 Richard Rutlan by tour 11-a Gillian Roberts us Pihil i 24-s3 William Valint. Biltl Dunald for rec 29-sgt Wiki an slim 30-Ltcol Edina Funk 3l-Tst Jam i can. Ramstein 32.s sgt Antony Kundig. Hahn 33.t sgt Lam i Anu s-33�. 40s-m -28 i Bow 711-14789-24k is9-nk Sita 780. 3fi 771 Ita 770 it 7s9. A 73c.� 34-Sbit William a Nunn Nahn. 94. 7 curves adding to death toll Heidelberg is a judgment and fast driving on curves have taken the lives of 39 . Forces motorists on european highways during the past sue months a Usa eur he safety official revealed Here. Since last toll 16 per Cenit of the fatal accidents in the command have occurred on curves primarily because of excessive Speed sat t. H. Ayers. Usa eur gaiety officer. The total Usa eur death tit from traffic accidents qua 229 of the same period. Failure to negotiate turns and curves at High Speed killed 39 private Auto of ners and eight Mil itary vehicle Drivers Ayers said of these 27 deaths came through single vehicles running off the poor driving judgement in taking curves on unfamiliar roads has been the main cause of an incr a ing number of fatalities in private motor vehicle accidents he main talked. Hospital dedication head at it. Mcclean i it. Eccl Lijin Ala. Special maj Gen Howard w. Doan the army s Deputy surgeon Genera was the princ fial speaker at the dedication of the 100-bed not army Hospital Here. The Hospital is named Lor the late Mai Gen Robert Ernest Noble of the Marine corps who to ered. Item with Many valuable contributions to medical science studies of the causes of pit and yellow fever. A army promotion sequence numbers Heidelberg safes the fete to department of Arney a Cal order covering Offtor pro motions received by of Tab vib he it Daso lot dated May s. Promotion on the army if Efi have been made through the following sequence number i to eol Knelt 44 to Ite tenant colonel 810to major 3,438 to Captain to cwo4 to cos 48 e t p to it to p a title to w w gifts Bufi Hui d.1 1 i a 10 m.,
