European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Flt a tote peace Cor old iced Ife program of Senifa americans to 1. Tow of lowing dispatch traces the corps development a a explain Juno the Volunteer Are Erti a felted. By Edward Cowan 1 Washington turd this a Mari Cable year later is the peace corps a " Road builders in Tanganyika want ads for basketball coaches . & marriage in Ghana and two in Colombia. Mat and Jan be and the ultimate acco the communist world denunciation by premier1 it Etta volunteers in 1c countries some 1,100 3?rp8tnen now working or in training. An -4,000 Koine into training this summer. It was just a ear a $ this month that the corps an Experiment in grass roots people to people assistance accepted its first Volun the. These were 35 Young men Jib now Are on duty in the african nation of Tanganyika in the f 12 months that have passed since that Milestone the Corfis has grown both in size an prestige. Overcoming initial scepticism it has no reached the Point where Khrushchev has de p6unced it As an imperialist organization. already tested the corps african contingent survived the uproar caused by Margery Michel More s ,"3ost" Post its Washington con to figment avoided getting in a tangle with co agrees Over the Case of mrs. -3ahie Fletcher of Panhandle Tex. It was mrs Fletcher who com that As a 65-year-old As a corps recruit because she refused to run a male before breakfast swim fully clothed with her feet tied or cover the full obstacle course. Throughout the world men and women some old. Some Young wave been exposed to primitive living conditions and awkward in Iron Mentz. Two have died Lawrence m. Hadley 22, of Chicago and Davidl. Croz lev 23, of West Plains to. They were killed in a plane crash in the colombian mountains while ear mute Back to their assignments. Villages Ghana wedding been the first marriage in the corps Young history Rifaat of Koger Hamilton c so Yew old from Arlington a and Carol Armstrong 24, of Bala Cynwyd a. Having first met while training for their assign ment they became Man and wife in Ghana where both Are teachers. A list of Cou rules to which to hts to mfr id suet at their training Pakistan Thailand Brazil Els a Vador Venezuela Jamaica and Are soon to be Dis patched to Iran Ecuador Peru the dominican Republic to Jiva Ceylon Tunisia. Somalia Afghani Stan British Honduras Cyprus Ethiopia Nepal niger Senegal Togo Turkey the cameroons and the Ivory next september peace corps. Director Sargent Shriver said the corps Hopes to have 5,000 Volun Teers in training or on the Job overseas. By one year later the total should be about 10,000. According to corps officials the biggest problem is getting enough volunteers with the right kinds of skills. Needed Are 350 combinations of the right skills for the fight country. Examples mechanics and Metal workers for Peru Gymn teachers for Thailand a Cost accountant for Malaya and architects for Peru. The corps Personne selection specialists must take into account such diverse considerations As when the Volunteer will be Avail Able _ visage his specific skills is foreign language ability the country or continent he prefers and other projects for which he qualifies. Now on hand Are 10,000 Applina Lions. Manual sifting would be an endless Uncertain task. To cull the volunteers rapidly and effectively the corps has turned to modern electronics i d help it find someone who might end up working in conditions As primitive As the Ages. To do this the corps is using a High Speed computer which reads a language called Fortran a computer jargon understood by the whirring computer brain and a few experts who instruct it and stud the lines and columns of data it prints. Racing through thousands of yes no questions and answers the computer stacks each application up against the particular Combina Tion of skill is. Country that the corps is trying to fill. Each applicant gets a numerical score for each Job. These scores Are printed on a Large matrix a Sheet of paper which is about a Yard wide. Each vortical column is a Job each horizontal line an applicant. Applicant ratings Reading across a technician such As Petite Gail Switzer can see those jobs for which an applicant is Well qualified those for which his qualifications Are so so and those for which he won t do at All. The computer can score the applicants because it has been Tom some _300 items of information about each. This data has been translated into Fortran for the computer by a group of experts headed by Charles Consolvo a 23 year old airman on loan to the . Surplus stocks cheaper Premier says a hut cutbacks asked a Premier Cim Eglantine karate Anlys is trying to get greek Farmers to grow Jess , it is cheaper to Iob Iii Atner Ioan " surplus stocks under us Aid programs. ,. in a Spee which is Geo Ufi to the ?i3.- Jfe said Greece wheat product ti6n, enough All in if san possible u to Faid. Plos would not Only secure cheap bread but also provide consider Able Gams to the National f White urging the Farmers to Cut wheat production Karamanlis said his government would continue to protect wheat producers by guaranteeing Price of $90 a ton. However there have been hint the government will Stop the Jujj grantees if the Farmers do not shift from wheat pro eduction Toj other crops such As tobacco and Cotton. Piece obtained Large stocks of surplus wheat until two years i when greek production started to fill Domestic needs. Imported wheat and american surplus stocks Cost less than the $90 guarantee. While deciding to continue the guarantee the government announced a 5 per cent increase in bread to 6 cents it Pound. Karamanlis spoke at a ceremony marking the Start of the first pension plan in Greece s agrarian history. The program covered in a Bill approved a year ago provides Anicua pensions of $100 to $160,depending on How much the Faner contributes to the fund. He can give up to 1 per cent of his earn Ings. A the corps selection division. A 56 year old expert on selection proce dures Kelly is on leave from his Post a chairman of the psychology department at the univer sity of Michigan. Although proud of the modern High Speed techniques that hts staff uses Kelly took pains in an inter View to emphasize that the final selection is far from a straight mechanical process. Who is suitable to be a Pence corps Volunteer is a judgment made by human beings who preprofessional qualified people he explained. Kelly keeps a special Eye out for applicants with a Rural background and farm skills. A boy who knows Spanish and crop rotation would Bemore valuable to the corps than might disqualify Ardless of his talents. A few applications have come from people trying to get from creditors a nagging wife or some other personal problem. Automatically rejected Are persons lacking , citizenship those will dependents under is and a Policani themselves under 18, each applicant is required to sub met at least six character references. These references Are sent a confidential questionnaire Whicke asks about the applicant s Job com prep tence emotional maturity Abil Ity to work with others special skills and character. European coition these army Navy at Fotch col Kingway p. Smith Usa. It col John j. Caulfield Usan Deputy Edilm-lm3thf Armoto by Nett. Moog fan tuft or Elmort d. Ank 1ah1. Can Ulatha foot Mahy Doi Todt on tit act Lytt. a. Cob1�, Hnot Jock ei1tsport. Gcorge n. 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