European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday Jun Sembach Germany special Gen. Truman a Landon usafe1 commander in c h 1 e of officially opened the first air Force Spon b0,red language Laboratory a Eu-1 rope during ceremonies it the air base Here thursday. ,. Landon opened the lab by flip which activated one of the newest electronic methods of teaching is now being so 3in,Europe. A ,." l Tjie newly opened lab consists of 10, individual " Booths containing tape recording and play Fick equip int instructors master consoler a 38th tact by _ Washington Nana the a i Anny has i one into the la Jno Riih iriakthg1 business f signal corps dentists at to Monmouth . In Long Range research program Are duplicating the intense pressures and temper ures deep 1in the Earth s crust necessary for making the precious stones out of Ordinary Graphite. They Are the second group in the nation to accomplish this. The Flat diamonds made were Small the largest measured one sixteenth 61, an Inch in diameter and were quite impure. That was two years1 ago. Since then How Evser,1, thousands have been created of a High degree of purity. The researchers naturally Are not primarily interested in the tiny diamonds As gems. The s once Promise however to be of a Lue in several signal corps operations diamonds nature s Liard St Materi Al have potential applications says the Sig Nal corps As a int Hal for semiconductors " jewelled circuits says the re port probably will not turn up in Pillitary equipment Lor a Long t Liae. But they will grow in importance. I tests show they can withstand intense temperatures and extreme Power loads. H \ in addition to diamonds the so Al corp Laboratory is producing cubic Apro nitrite a compound not found i nature which is quite similar Lii Structure and properties to the Diamond. " Lical missile Wing commander spoke of the base s Pride in having been seeded to inaugurate the unique method of language train ing within us of. The Laboratory is designed to teach any foreign Tongue. Al Seni Bundi however German French. Spanish. Italian and russian wit All be1 taught. Each course is ton week Long with two Throe hour classes per week a spokesman explained. Each lesson consists of 20 Zytt Book and two tape assignments and to Given in the following sequence one hour of word recognition and imitation using visual aids text books and group response. The second hour is devoted to Jabor Alory instruction emphasizing sound imitation repetition and radiation of words during the third hour the student will exer Cise Independent study of convey a to Lens used in various situations. Throughout the entire lesson the instructor seated it his master control console in Monitor in dial Dan by or collectively the Stu dents Progress. Each student s Booth contains a tape recorder for playback and a Headset with attached Mike for individual listening and recording. The student also has the capability to talk to the instructor via the Headset Mike or he can communicate with other students. 11 office no 3te by 17th w a s?-1 by if in pm a Kraft Al. Cot George a Orr. 17th Alf safety director chaplain col Palmer p. Pic of staff chaplain. .-"".-. I. Col Claude m. Evans. It tic of director of information. -.-, it c Bradley or chief. Conf Rieney plans to vision office of the Deputy re Tel of stall for operations t7th of. The air Force commendation medal was. Bestowed upon the Tot lowing col James k. Trask plans and programs 17th of. Col Edv vant s. E. Newbury of Deputy chief of stuff for operations. It cot Walter e. Poindexter chief of the 17th of personnel affairs division maj Homer e. Fayes office of the 17th of Deputy chief of staff for operations sgt it Irma a Scott 17 it of staff chaplain s office for his work in the religious Field. Ii ii left greets three cadets Wiliom to appointed to the . Ihu itary Academy when to web a senator from Massa Jiu sets. The president spoke at the Academy s a a Dunton ceremonies at West Point . The three loft to right Peter j. Oldfield Dnald g. Binney and Kevin g. Reach in. At right Hope attic ton of Cheverly md., transfers the brigade of midshipmen colors to the Lith co at the naval Academy s Parade at Annapolis my. The Lith commanded by midshipman Janiette h. Barnes left Center was scented Best of 24 at the acad Eniy. photo
