European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday sept mar 17, 1964 medics View . Disease news by Ben Woods off writer medical spokesmen Tor usar eur and Usak say hit current outbreaks at meningitis and encephalitis in the United Stales present no a urd to military personnel and their dependents in the european col Joseph w. Conch. Us Karkur preventive medical officer and Milij hit hard c. Scabet to assistant chief aerospace Medicine division Safe say Ihei me in rotated rates of the two diseases its fur As . Per Honnel in Europe Are Suys the military Rale of meningitis in inflammation Uthe brain or spinal Cord. Is determined by the number of Casein the civilian Chipi Lalion Tif the Host country. As their rises so dues ours Cooch nays. The colonel says there have been Only one or in cases of encephalitis in the commandant they were of a different Type than the cases in the United stain. Encephalitis is an inf Lumma Liun of the Bruin. One Type of the disease is sometimes called sleeping sickness. Usak s s i-1 b e 11 a says discs of meningitis and encephalitis Are not common Nihls theater. However we have had some cases of spinal Menin kill caused by bacteria he have had one encephalitis fatality but we Art aware of Nince Jan. 1." scibello said. Costs of encephalitis in the United states Are running More than double last year s rate a temp Elroi a gets 1st t29s Berlin special the firs of Twu t2bs sch died for de livery to teen Colhof Central air port from the . Logistics group in Turkey have arrived Here. The t29s will Lake Over thec47� Job of flying key air Force und army personnel an Well a state department officials to and from Berlin. In addition to Handl ing the regular support needs of the pressurized medium Alti tude aircraft is capable of u 200knot erasing he cd and u 1.400 nautical mile Range. Ii i equipped with navigational radar and files at altitudes of up to18,000 feet ii also has Rover Subtle propellers which give it u Short runway capability. At least one of the c47s will remain Here at Tea us an Over Lap until pilots arc qualified inthe new plane. Tea has a nucleus of pilots who have prior t29training, and instructor pilots have been rechecked Laid Muj Edward j. Juru Deputy com Mander for and american maintenance personnel have be entrained in the maintenance of the to i at Wales Budzn the major went on to a. The second Craft of this fur use at Tea will arrive within the month. Cording to the us. Public health service. There have been 2,705 cases so fur this year compare with 1.089 fur the same period last epidemics around the Texas cities of Houston and i a i n v i e w Are contributing heavily to the Rise. There have been is altered outbreaks in Illi Nois Colorado and worst condition appears to be in Houston where 629 suspected cases resulting in 27 deaths have been reported. The cily bus started a Campaign to wipe out mosquitoes which Transfer the encephalitis virus to Hunu . The mosquitoes pick up the virus from infected Birds und rodents. At it. Ord Calif. 80 cases of spinal meningitis resulting in 12 fatalities have been reported since the beginning of the your. Wiesbaden Afa to hear Yeager Harmon trophy astronaut Lroy Gordon Cooper Miller und air Force u col Fitzhugh l. Fulton Admire the Harmon International aviation trophy they won and receive from president Johnson at the while House. Cooper won the award for overcoming mechanical failure during his i Page orbit mrs. Miller for her 7.4m mlle night from Oakland Calif., to Bris Bane Australia and Fulton for flying a Psi Hustler at an Altitude of approximately 17 Miles with a pay Load. A i Wiesbaden Germany Isle rial col Charles e. Iii Force Lesl Pilot Ami .10 students of the aerospace he search pilots school. Edwards aka Calif., will be quests of the Wiesbaden Squadron. Air Force association at a dinner meeting monday evening in the general Laon airman4, Rii Alion . France special the airman s medal highest in Iii Lime Del oration for heroism Lias been awarded a2c William e. Tour of the blah Supply no tour won the do Corallis As a i result of action at the risk of his life at Sculthorpe. Kronlund lust november when he i emt ived burning pump engine from a re fueling unit Wuy irom a fuel storage urea. The medal was presented ii him by col null in j. Adams. I the Obi tactical reconnaissance Wing commander. Adams also presented air Force medals to m a is William a Bishop and Daniel j. Donovan of the 86lh Field maintenance sri. M sol Arthur r. Bishopjr. ,88th combat support of. And t ski William b. Allen Liq. Millu tical reconnaissance Wing. Turk general named to Cento group Ankara Turkey special Gen Resit Paslon has been named the turkish representative to the Cento permanent military deputies group replacing u Ren Kema Lettin Gok Akin. Also air marshal c. been appointed the United kingdom representative to the same group and will succeed air marshal sir Leslie. Bower whose term will end in january 8 Safe units earn safety Aivars Wiesbaden Germany Spe Cial eight Safe organizations have received National safety Council awards for ground safety accomplishments during the award of Honor the Council s highest recognition was presented to the 7322nd air base Wing chateau Roux As France. The presentation was made to v corps Amu sets dutch shoot Frankfurt special the pistol team of the v corps advanced marksmanship unit will compete with dutch military and civilian pistol flyers in n Sutchin the Hague. Netherlands. Oct. 9-10. The american and dutch competitors 1iuve met twice before in matches at the Hague. The october match will feat recenter fire rapid fire und free pistol Competition. Sec Thomas Cagle is the Couch of the v corps pistol team. Col Robert m. Nye. The win commander by Gen a p. Discs Way Safe commander in chief during u commander s con Ference Here. The award winning win achieved an average reduction of 65 per cent in military and civil Ian file platies and injuries molar vehicle1 accidents and damage Cost during 1663 compared to the previous two years. Seven Safe units have then itch with the National safety Council s award of Merit for significant ground Accident reductions. They Are the 48lh Tulli a fighter win ii. Lakenheath. Eng land 49th tactical fighter air bus e. Ger Many and 61th tactical recons Marlu and band plans fete Frankfurt is the 3rdarmd div band and a platoon of troops from the division s 3rdbrigade will travel to Brest. France sept. In to Lake Partin u liberation Day ceremony. Naissance Wing Laon air . The award of Merit also went to the 7030th combat sup port Wing Ramstein air base Germany 7272nd flying training Wing. Wheelus air Bitse. Liliyu7227th combat support up. Avi Ano air base Italy and Tus logs Del 10. Adana air hasp. Turkey. Official at town b1tburg, Germany special base officials and the 3filh trans ii Lallon so have aided the 400residents of Malberg Welch near hear by supplying them wit water for the Vaylle mid drinking water. Due to the drought the were nearly dry. Iron Cully. There was plenty of water just to Miles Wuy at Neiden Bach but there was no guv to transport it to Malberg weigh the Bike responded to the Germa Appeal and sent a water truck to haul Tiv water. European Pat Congress plans fall Parley Karlsruhe Germany ,.-rial the european Congress of american parents und teachers will hold its annual full Confer in at oct. 20-23, officials have announced. Approximately 350 delegates arc expected to attend Harris p. Buros capt president will be held in the american theater in Ber Chace Gaden and delegates will be accommodated at the Berciles Gadener hot und the it Muir Hole. Use of Pat unit funds to to the conference should be Burovi Money for ibis Pur pose is u legitimate use of each Delegate will receive Aletter from capt this month he said regarding the tentative program schedule und instructions fur obtaining accommodations Etc. Schedule for the conference opening Day will be registration and it Gil dinner honouring life members of Congress. The second Day he conferees will hear the keynote a Driess re Wirts on resolutions nominations for new officers 1st and 3rd vice presidents and Secretary and Apanel concerning the us ral anal aspects of american dependent schools in Europe Africa und the Middle East. The third Day s Agenda includes one of the main speeches election of the three new officers and study groups on the Legisla Tive program resolutions Schul urk hips mental health the Nat essay project and teen age prob lems. A banquet will be held dial night. The conference will close of i 23 Wilh a general business meet ing including approval of resolutions and changes in the by Laws and installation of new officers the european Congress also will hold u Spring conference h. Yeager von so Rubin Hole the student group will be making an air Lour of Europe escorted by Yeager who Heads the school and col Donald , Deputy commander of the air Force flight test censer at Edward. Among his Many achievements Yeager was the first Pilot to Fly faster than s o u n d. He flew through the sound Barrier in the Bell is i air Force research plane Al muroc.Calif., on oct. 14. 1947.fin d e c. 12. 11153. He follow Dup this Cal by attaining a Speed of Miles per hour aleut twice the Speed if sound launched from a u36. The Afa program Honorins Yeager. Hall and the party will include a cocktail and social Hourat . Und u dinner meeting at 7 30 . German girl seeks indians Wuerzburg. Germany Spe Cial a 12-year-old girl from tubing in Germany has writ ten a Gen Albert o. Connor 3rd inf div cd. Asking if i i indians could come to her City in give the hop Snake rain Dunco. A lot of people would come und Sec your show Beate Hoff Man promised in her letter. And we would not be disappointed if we had to use umbrellas like thei Tuple in Lucr Churg after the ruin Beate wrote the letter after Reading German newspaper accounts of the division s recent rain dance performed by 13 indians at Tough Lon Barracks. A estimated 12.000 germans attended Wilh umbrellas. And Sun enough it sprinkled during the performance and then rained ill Trot night and the next morning. I am very jealous of the peo ple in Wuerzburg to have seen such a Good show Beate wrote the general while expressing her Ink rest which she shares with he Wuerzburg populace. She has read a lot about the american Indian she said get Ting her books through the Amer Ica House in tubing in. When 1 read those books iwas always for the indians and i can t understand Why the were mistreated so much she said. But i am Only 12 years when i am older 1 will understand those things s desire is to study the Indian culture and their Lan Guage and someday visit Amer Ica. She already has the begin a Lings of an Indian dictionary which includes words she has collected from her readings. Rat Iusti in dancers entertain germans Ham Stein Germany Spe Cial Square dancers from Here and other members of the Boot Sand ruffles Square dunce club have participated in the Community of All Englun. Germany. The club gave u Square dance demonstration us part of the t a s program for the local Resi dents Many of whom had never seen american Folk dancing. Persons interested in Square dancing arc invited to the regu Lar dunce nights held at 7 10p.m. Every Friday in the base Community Center
