European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Be u re go i cos it col Glenn a. Pebles col Jocobo Pedrosa. By Wallace Beene 5&s Madrid Bureau l i below Sis photo by Guenter Schuettler eni dorm i 4j 4 f a. Monday a june 25, 1962 Iii a i a for local pro tic. Ajr fore Olio maintains a Small commissary. The stars and stripes somehow or another the Story go around that the 876th aircraft control8t warning Sydn 1 located at Ben dorm one of the most popular resort on Spain Scosta Blanca and a Good part of the year crowded with bikinis from All Over Europe. This said one Happy airman on Bikini watch is the Mother but no matter what Ben dorm Tony Bea lode of it is not sadly the Horn of the 876th.look up up to a Small scar chiselled in the Side of 5,200-foot it Altana. And there it get from one to the other the a Flint enthusiast must negotiate a tortuous Teeth rattling dirt Road that Twete Iti way18 Miles through the Mountain fan of narrow hairpin curves and precipice. The condition of the Road pin the Lac of cars among unattached Youngf airmen makes for rather Light traffic. A chopper Pilot could do a helluva taxi business Here said no complaints. Explains Squadron co it col Glenn a. Pebles the married men go Home to Alcoy and the single men still make it Down Toben dorm so it balances out rather nicely act site personnel probably la clo Certo the Spanish people than any other air Force types in Spain and like it we staged variety Iho that raised 90d for a Span feb explained or. Paul Al Smith. I go my husband to do the .4 1 most of us have our of Avertt fruit an vegetable dealers at the Market another housewife added. ,. % to supplement the food item at local markets the air Force a � a commissary at the Alcoy Houin along with a Community Center Vised adj Church and theater. And there is aim school covering the first eight grades. We Only Havo quarters foe 30 families so Many of the families live in Spanby Homes Pebles the housing project 1 a Sim Ilar group of quarters for Spanish air Force families. We have quite a lot of social activity Between the two . Pebles said. As for the bachelors living at the Mai site 3,800 feet up on the Mountain they Are not exactly camping out. There is swimming Pool handball court Hobby shop gym and clubs for both airmen and officers. The drive on up to the mile High pea where the antennas and control room Are located is strictly a Low gear proposition but the View is terrific on a Clear Day. Our most embarrassing experience came when the men on top got snowed in for nine Days we had to Call on Navy bulldozers to come to the Rescue Pebles so most of the men seem to pre Fer life with the Small unit180 airmen and 20 officers to duty at the larger food and supplies Are trucked in from Madrid and the dentist chaplain and other men in need make regular visits to the while the men most of them work three Days and three nth to on a shift get a Little More than their share of Winter weather on the Mountain they also escape the scorching heat of summer. Education programs prove de Spanish language training and University of Mary land courses. Pc of
