European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse 0 ii. 7 finesse at the intersection r / a _ a pint violins Bitte. Now Peru Rifon. And now the woodwind Nowag and Motorist pause for Exchange of Leaion Trees by James Gunter is Berlin Bureau Erich Nowag the Prince of policemen stands in the Busy West Berlin inter Section wearing an ear to ear Grin. The very night of him seems to turn traffic demons into courteous Drivers. Nowag is a philosopher and a psychologist. A Motorist who enters his Domain it instantly welded into fait Friendship by that overpowering by big infectious Grin. All around his Candy tits feed stand frowns change Sci smiles and truffle chaos becomes order. Obviously Nowag loves is work. To him the streams of cars trucks bicycle brewery wagons and pedestrians Are llu1 sections or a Orver Salni Imd he is the con , he pirouettes gracefully flicking n switch in hit Finger con trolled signal Light. Now he beckons to the left As Linn with tin first violins. Now he leu Ris for Smi no dramatically Nevi no he Dottl Icil in Host in the Init in Lime As though curing the woodwinds. Always he grins. Now he spies to familiar face and snaps a glorious . His Grout resonant laugh sounding through the neighbourhood. Now he shouts directions to a stranger or leaps to the pavement to guide one truck around another his White coat and cup teaming in the Sun. He is Ever when he wings a reproof at some Way Ward Driver the Grin does not en11 rely disappear. He imposes t look of on top of the Grin and in Brief Lime it crinkles ills face again. When i am tired and irritable. I jus stand at my window said a physician with offices in an adjoining building. Watch him for a while and then i feel Good again is photos by Gene Bane Nowag has been a policeman for 18 in and hordes of berliners Are Hli friends although they do not nil know his name. At Christmas time they pile gifts around Nowog s podium until the big traffic cop is almost hidden by the parcel Nowag is 49 and he a wife and three grown children. He lives Only a two minute walk from the curve in Hohenzollern Damm Neur the Hohenzollern Damm railway Sta Tion where the Brond no onto crosses re do Lstadter Strusser and Siesener was there that Nawab formerly worked. In Snow Sloet fog Slih the same Grin spread across his Ruddy weather Hen 11? n face is on Balmy Days. Noung and his hand Light Wen replaced by an automatic signal and he was trans to red to bundles allure in the wll Mersdorf District. It is very elegant there and Nowalis ii n Oil mini poll Coin an. His Cotten Fuff. If ins Kim Dot. Huml him n bottle of Beer wrapped in n fresh news paper us he Elk veg now in it the lunch hour. The Beer is for tonight he says. No alcohol while on strolls Lowerd homr to have his lunch and rend his paper. Shopkeepers Call ult with Pride of his family. One son is a Painter in Canada and another Lann official of magistrate s court in West Berlin. A daughter is married with a family of her , a Middle aged woman appears at his sides and reaches for his hand. She squeezes it arc my she whispers and then walks . The Prince of policemen honors her with a very one Grin indeed. The ill Nawl Long Arm of la Low in West Berlin. Thursday May 30, 1963 Friend rate a to eclat Malul. The stars and stripes Nowag and colleague Hans t a Feltt Swap place at noon How. Fog. 11
