European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Finandal Friend. Army emergency Relief will beam i Vii Nirav fund raising Campaign june 30, Are officials have-announced., sponsored jointly by army emergency he Lief and the society the Campaign be 30 through aug. I Foith army wide Campaign ans through Are Are Given whenever army members or their families Are faced with acute financial emergencies. Outright Grants Are also Given in cages where loan repayment would constitute an obvious hard ship. Most of the Loans and Grants Are Given to cover loss of pay non receipt of pay acute tuesday june 26, 196 illness t facilities Are unavailable dependent funeral expenses Emer gency travel expenses initial rent or payment to prevent eviction and dependent privation due to any cause. The army Relief society the Are s fund raising partner provides financial help to needy widows and orphans of regular army personnel. According to an Are spokesman the us a eur Campaign objective is to achieve Dollar goal in excess of 1961 s $226,438. Electronic system costs $375 million ,. I. Mil service of the four nation cum eni a off i i excl sunday in the Cathedral Square at Wim in Fiji a military and civilian officials in the Are attended the service which concluded the three Day conclave. Is defense Complex. Near . " f North Bay ont. A underground construction Crews near the North Bay Bomarc mis Sile base Are putting the finishing touches on a $375-million electronic system designed to become one of the keys of North american air defense 1 _ -. Deep. Inside North Bay s Rocky Reservoir Hill contractors Are aim ing at a fall deadline to Complete general construction of the Sage set automatic ground Environ ment system to control Bomar flights and interceptors. It is expected to become operational in 1963 following installation of equipment building Cost share the North Bay Complex will also control the Bomarc base being built at la Macaza que. Canada and the United states Are sharing in building this combat cent Erwe Are pioneering in the Field of protective construction said air Commodore r. A. Whiting chief of construction the Royal Canadian air Force. More than 750 tons of explosive carved out Cathedral sized caverns and subterranean passageways. The finished Sage project will have a three Story underground building. It also will include diesel Genera tors capable of providing enough electricity to Light a town of 3,000 rce s third lieutenants to make debuts at Safe bases Wiesbaden i Spe Cial military tra Dii Ibn Tias Ding Hada a warm spot for the Cortro Yendall second lieutenant thus with the announcement that 1 operation third lieutenant is scheduled Ifor Yusaf a has summer much interest has been expressed in the iv-1.r"i-r. La or Enci of i Jet emphasizes Safe 4th off july i. Military inmander4n-Cliief Gen Paul l. Lbs . Nen caution and common sense no min4th of july in ran Effort to reduce All Type i of accidents and1� wive i Sassy period Freeman said Sll we Cie accidents were and one d four local nationals were Weie summer a few requires add Talb daring the pleasant by personnel on the 4th x f jul program for selected cadets fro the air Force Academy. Making their debut at 19 to Safe installations next month third lieutenants have been used to considerable extent at stateside bases for the past number of years. Specific purpose of the program is to give the cadets opportunities to personally see How the air Force lives in order that be will have a close up View of his chosen Ca reer. Virgain Job knowledge third lieutenants also gain knowledge of a typical Job held by Junior Grade officers and experience in human relations and leadership problems. In most All cases their duties Are those nor Mally performed by a second lieu tenant chosen for these unique duty assignments Are,322 cadets of the 1964, graduating class currently among 360i Adele touring Safe and nato installations through out the european area. The first of the three groups arrived her saturday and monday toured facilities at bit Burg air base Ger Many. While in Wiesbaden the future air Force officers were greeted by maj Gen John k. Cullen us afe surgeon and briefed on the command s organization Force Structure and combat capability. The chose third lieutenant officers begin their varied duties next week at the following installations Pitburg Hahn Ramstein Rhine main s e m b a c a Spang Dahlem and Wiesbaden Germany. In England at Alconbury Bent Waters Lakenheath Wethersfield and Woodbridge. Other bases include. Devreux and Laon in France Torrejon Zara Goza Villalobas and. I n o g e s in Spain and Camp new Amsterdam in the Netherlands. People and to pump in tens of thousands of cubic feet of fresh air every hour. Another chamber is a Reservoir holding 5 million Gallons of water for Tab Olin Thi installation. Using radar radio and digital computers As their ears and eyes air Force personnel will be Able to control not Only the Bomarc missiles but also manned interceptors which would be called into action against enemy attack. Heth Chicago up Oliver k. Less surgeon of . Air Force said her International cooperation in Cine has made american men Oversea healthier than Medicine Speaks a Universal language Kiess told the Ameri can medical association s Confer ence on International health our air Force physicians wherever they Are stationed around the world work with the local health authorities he said. Because of a realistic approach to International Medicine the health of j or airmen is cont Nunally lab proving. Pur airmen lose on an average of three Days a year from theft highly important and specialized jobs Niess said. Trev Ethlye Medicine and professional supervision in regions considered unhealthy have demonstrated that these areas no matter where in the world they Are located can become healthy place sin which to Hawaii air Rescue t sgt chosen tops by Mats Scott fab Iii. Special t sgt denote m. Vigare of the 76th air Rescue so Hickam fab Hawaii has been named the Mili tary air transport service s out standing airman of the Yea Hewill represent Mats at the air Force association convention at Las vegas in september. Vigare s selection made Here by a committee of officers followed a review of 24 nominees submitted from Mats worldwide units. I announcing the Winner the com Mittee noted that the Competition was a close one and that All the nominees were truly Vigare As an honoured guest of the Afa will receive round trip transportation for himself and his wife to Las vegas hotel accommodations and tickets to All offi Cial functions of the convention a highlight of the six Day affair will be a special luncheon attended by key civilian and air Force officials in Honor of the outstanding airmen from All the major air commands. Vigare of North Hollywood Calif. Was a member of the Para Rescue team that was instrumental in three successful open sea recon eries of discoverer satellite Cap Sules. Vigare and his teammates jumped from an sc54 wearing approximately 175 pounds of equipment and without outside assistance retrieved the re entry vehicle secured them in a 20-m an raft. Length of eligibility for Loans explained Washington special Veter ans Are eligible for i Loans for 10 years after discharge from Active wartime service plus one year additional for each 90 Days of that service the veterans adm Nistra Ion has pointed out. However in no Case May a world War ii Veteran s eligibility expire before july 25, 1962 nor continue after july 25, 1967. firms get $11 million in of contracts Washington up new york1 state companies have been awarded eight air Force contracts Triteline More than in Republic aviation corp a Farmingdale for mod if Ica Tiem of 26 tt05d aircraft ,r-$l,7s5, 0- to Republic elec sonics industries Hurij Kington for radio receiver transmitters for air --$1,610,000 to general electric go., Syracuse for analysis of electronic interference Detector or .$1,704,500 to general electricco., Johnson City for components of automatic flight control sys tems. $1,347.000 to general electric co., Syracuse for modification of airborne guidance equipment. This work will be done in Syracuse an Santa Barbara Calif " u54,187tto Western electric co. New York for design development and fabrication of a radio inertia guidance system for Titan missiles. -$2,194,487 to olympic radio and television division of Legler corp., Long Island production of radar equipment. T-$662,259 to Grumman aircraft corp. Of Bethpage . For re habilitation and modification of sa16 aircraft. The contract awards were announced by sen. Jacob k. Javits. . Activates Pershing unit Washington special the army will activate its first Persh ing missile battalion at. It Sill okla it was announced Here. The new unit will be designated1the 2nd missile in pershing44th arty and will have an authorized strength of 615 officers and enlisted personnel. A Pershing battalion has a head quarters and Headquarters Battery a service Battery and four firing batteries. Each firing Battery has one launcher and other equipment necessary to deliver a nuclear War head at ranges in excess of 200miles. Selected personnel of the new battalion have been receiving training with the new equipment Al the Martin company Plant in Orlando fla., and at it Sill. Pershing is an inertial by guided solid prope Hant missile system in tended to replace the Redstone. All equipment to transport pre pare to fire and fire the Pershing can be carried on four lightweight fully tracked vehicles. The system is also transportable by helicopter or assault Type aircraft. The Martin company is the prime contractor for the Pershing system. Array promotion sequence numbers Heid Lberg is the latest department of army Spe Cial order covering of cer promotions received by Usarek he is Daso 148 dated june 2l promotions of the army ,11st have been made through the Fol lowing numbers. To colonel 594 to lieutenant colonel 1,319 to major 8341 tocwo4 36 to cwo3 107
