European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday june a p r i no Scolo special to three cadets  with the u. S., forces in Stirop or residents of Europe win be among a class of 298 to graduate from the air Force Assad-1 by wednesday. A vice president Lyndon 13. Jphn son i Iziu give the commencement address and will present Bachelor of science degrees to the class the l three Are Frederick Allen Fiedler -23, son of Theodore  is Rotterdam the Netherlands Haigen 22, son Ofsiak 3enand mrs. V. It Maugeri j of the military assistance advisory group., to Germany a Bonn and Richard Clark Wheeler 23, son of or. An d my William , go Zee Belgium. Of the graduates 291 will decommissioned As second lieutenants in the1 air Force and seven will t go " l i i r of 4 for t y of Dice Academy Colo Peter d. Robinson. 21. Of Ann Arbor my coh will head the air Force Academy Clas of 297 graduating wednesday. Bowl non Ivhon Vair be " a lined a second lieutenant in the air for acc scheduled to join 254 a flier members Pruthe class of if Fly Sojit pilottraining.,he will i report to Webb air Force base Tex. This i Inan in the class Boblin son win receive four of 35 major awards. Boat non has Ben on.,the�uperintendwi1 � Merit list for four ,he. Held the rank of Cadet major. _ \ to other services a total of 255wia enter air Force Pilot training two have been named Rhodes schol arid Vili study at Oxford Ojni vent Fly. I will attend graduate5cib"ols,? Mone will enter navigator " to Inibig and be will attend med " a Cal school. Of graduation " ceremony will a conclude the Academy s traditional of unto Welc which will 1 n c 1 u d e Aerial demonstrations parades and a reviews Fri i Bond drive Washington of t lie overseas. Expenditure reduction program Wilh a twinset of transcribed spot announcements promoting the Purchase of unused states savings Bonds. Pne dozen prominent persons from the afield of _ sports comedy Rii sick arid Gover Merit will urge listener to buy Bonds ,. T in ducted among of e 12sare Secretary  Dean Rusk Secre Fer of \the,.treasury- c. Douglas i Lori Bob Hope Kay Starr Jerry Grith Stan Kenton try Ian Ruhp by Eorge shearing and i these spot announce merits Are expected to continue to stimulate the e Sale of Bonds overseas will hold graduation Ceredo Benton Toj 790 men Al Annapolis Felt Mari Bondshu Mccrorey Browning Armstrong unites West Point class includes sons of Europe officers West Point . Special six cad ets whose parents Are with the . Forces in Europe will re Eye their diplomas from president Kennedy in graduation ceremonies wednesday at the . Military  cadets among 601 members of the i64\f\ class to be graduate from West Point will be commis Sac senior officers., get new posts Omaha neb. Special the re assignment of eight senior officers seven of hem members of the strategic air come will take place this summer. Col Norton h. Van stickler presently commanding the 42d air div n will become Deputy com Mander of Sac s 7th air div in  Gen Lewis e. Lyle presently chief of Sfax Al for the command s 2nd air Force will become com Mander of the 818th strategic aerospace Piv Lincoln fab.  effective july x col William. A Garland no attending the National War col lege has been named to succeed Lyle As 2ndl air Force chief of staff Brig Gen Murray a. Bywater presently commanding the site activation task Force for the bal Listic systems div air Force sys tems. Come at Mcconnell ,kan., will become the commander of the 42d, air div there also effective july 1. P t h e r reassignment to Lake place in july involve cols Daniel v. Macdonald commander of the4128th strategic Wing Amarilio fab Tex. Ernest c. Eddy  of the 6th strategic aerospace Wing Walker fab Njal Francis w. Nye commander of the 28th bomb Wing Ellsworth fab s.d., and Leo c. Lewis chief array lets $4 million stipple services jobs Washington special the army has awarded three contracts Otaling $4 million for services and equipment1 Marine terminal corp., Long each calif., received a $1.8 million contract for Steve doring services inthe los Angeles Long Beach area Inspru Mehto for Industry Hicks Vale ., received a ?1 minion Cassie cd contract and Avo corp., Ulah Rotond ind was awarded a $1million contract for ammunition. Of the operations division Directo rate of operations he Sac. Macdonald will assume command of the 92d strategic aerospace Wing Fairchild fab wash., succeeding col Lester f. Miller who is being reassigned to he Sac As Deputy director of personnel. Eddy will replace Macdonald a commander of the 4128th, and Lewis will take command of the28th bomb Wing replacing Nye who becomes director of operations 15th air Force he. Sion cd second lieutenants and will receive Bachelor of science degrees. The six cadets Are Philip y.,Browning, 22 Paul a. Baltes. Jr., 21 Chalmers h. Armstrong Iii 21arthur f. Bondshu 21 James k. Mccrorey 21, and David a. Feld Man 22, Browning is the son of cot an mrs. Philip  Browning he r . Annapolis my. Ley h. Bentonjr. Of St vt., will graduate at the a 790-Man class at the  thursday the has announced. Benton 21, the son of or mrs. Stanley h. Benton of Points out of a possible 1,200 in the Academy scoring system. His scare i equivalent to about a .9218 per cent average forts four years. Gen David  West Point . A Citret John h. In inn 21, of North Ampton itfasft., has been named the no. 1 Man in general order of Merit in the . Military Academy 1963 graduating Colusa. He will be the first Cadet to receive his diploma from president Kennedy it graduation exercise wednesday. A an has held the no. I positioning general order of Merit in three of his four years at wet  stood second at the end of his third Sophomore year. Usan awards six contracts Washington special the air Force has awarded six supple mental contracts More than $29 million to six companies. General electric co., new York was awarded a $12.9 million supplemental contract for production of Turbojet engines and equipment for fun aircraft North american aviation inc., los Angeles received a $5.1 million supplemental contract for production of minute Man guidance and control systems and the Massachusetts Institute of technology Cambridge. Mass., was awarded a supplemental contract sponsored by the a a Force army Navy Arpa for $4.9 million for re search on re entry physics acquisition of specialized equipment and research on Range measure ments. Philcocorp., Palo Alto. Calif.,received a$4.1 million supplement Al contract for work on satellite control subsystems Ralph m. Par sons co., Pasadena Calil. Was awarded a is million supplemental contract to conduct a study pro Gram for the minuteman Security subsystem and general dynamicscorp., san Diego calif., received a $1 million supplemental contract for installation and checkout of alias operational Sites. Fife Eirian salutes veterinary corps ----1 special a the army veterinary corp Lias received anniversary greetings. From Gen Paul i Freeman of Usa Musur commander in chief. In v a congratulatory letter to maj Gen Floyd i Liana Usa eur surgeon Freeman praised for its efforts in main Tan chg troop health and welfare Freeman s lettera&idv-5? " " 4 j v i t Rolves .1 great pleasure to extend greetings  Ion Eibers of the army vfer1 Navy i corps on the occasion of the 46t.h Andrii . Tilt. Of 4-c. F. 1versary ots organza ton. \ to. ,.the Vete Flanary service per Ornis Many important functions Ivsich me a direct Euett on the health of it t Bijj and welfare of All personnel serving with Pic unite states army. Primarily inter espied in food production facilities and food products they have mad certain that Iho highest standards arc main timed for pure and wholesome food consumed by the troops. Here in the United states army Europe the excellence of their work is attested to by the fact that illness caused by food poisoning is almost unknown in the  behalf of All members of Usa eur please convey to each member of the army veterinary corps my appreciation for their loyalty and support along with my Best wishes for continued  european come. He is a Cadet first sergeant a member of the debate Council and forum and was a run Pelsher. Baltes son of it col and  a. Baltes is a Cadet lieu tenant was vice president of the a kindling dub and a member of triathlon club. His father i assigned to the operations Section of Vii corps he at Stuttgart Germany Armstrong son of col. And mrs. Chalmers h. Armstrong jr., . European come Paris is a Cadet lieutenant. He served As a Chapel sunday school teacher and was manager of the hop and social com Mittee. His father is chief of the army Section Neucom. Bondshu son of col and  t. Bondshu Nuernberg Germany is a Cadet sergeant. His father a Deputy commander of the european Exchange system. Mccrorey son of it col and . K. Mccrorey is a Cadet Lieuten ant and was a member of the Span ish language club and handball and weight lifting clubs. His father a 1939 graduate of West Point is assigned to the 8th logistical come. Feldman son of it col and mrs. Arnold h. Feldman of Schaffen Burg. Germany is a Cadet first ser Geant and was a member of the class ring and Crest committee de Bate Council and forum and the chess ski camera weight lifting and German language clubs. His father is chief of dental service at Aschaffenbur. Browning will t Ike his commis Sion in infantry Baltes Armstrong and Mccrorey in Armor and Bond Shu and Feldman in artillery Dant of the a Fine corps will present the Diplo Mas to the 790 men o the class a be graduated from the standing second was train Cut 22, son of  w. Trapnell. Trapnell earned -si1about a 92.7 per cent average in pfc .65 Points Tess than Benton Robert a. Majeski 21, 1,109.93 Points or an average offer cent finished third. Re son of or. K. M. . Benton will be commissioned second lieutenant in the air fonts upon graduation Trapnell & Sec Ond lieutenant in the army and Majeski an Ensign in the armed fore 0i total declines Washington special pit numerical strength of the. If forces on april 30, based of us Leary reports was this represents a decn10,532 from the March 31 come strength of 2,840,410.army strength on april 1,080,847. At Che end of March was 1,092,174. The Navy son april 30 was 670,412 com with 672,094 on March 31. Mico rps strength was 189,983. March 31 it was 188,5121 air for & up air Force strength totalled 737. On March 31 it was these figures represent military personnel comprising regulars and reserves on. Con army awards % contracts Washington special the army hits awarded two contracts totalling More than $4.8 , j. Mcqueston and Soni of dear born mtch., was awarded a $2,058. 780 contract for construction Workon the Millwood dam Ashdown Ark. Atlantic Gulf Ond Pacific  new York was awarded a $2, 870,560 contract for dredging of the Houston Tex., ship Channel. 1 Kun he  t to Ous Active duty and officer cans dates. Including cadets of tary and air academies Shipmen at the naval a _ strength figures for each m april with month ago ago comparisons follow april 1961 . Total 000 1sz9.s87 army .080.w7 Wavy 7mtt Marine. Corps 189,89 air Force sm.t37 ijm2 f.09174 72,094   Drivers get warn ii about heavy traffic Heidelberg themely heavy and traffic can be expected on wet Ern Europe Highway Durta the Long week and Iron 0l it to Usa eur he Hoft Cilto. Honed Motorist. Since monday thine a Bellg tour Holiday in England France and Germany Whit Mont Day Many people will of a the roads for Spring  drive carefully and Conw Home safely a Sabuk s Fly safety spokesman warned