European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday september 19, 1967 of ports to Speed cargoes Washington is the air Force is planning to expand its air cargo system to Speed the flow of supplies to army Navy and air Force units All Over the world from new Aerial ports to be set up at tinker fab okla. Hill fab Utah and Wright Pat Terson fab Ohio in the near future. No Date was Given for the establishment of these new ports but air Force officials expect them to be operational within the next year or ports the air Force now has Aerial ports at Norton Travis and my chord on the West coast an Mcguire Charleston and Dover on the East coast and the first Inland port at Kelly fab Tex. Gen. Thomas p. Gerrity com Mander of the air Force Logis. Tics command believes the longer ranges and the greater capabilities of c141 transport Sand the new super cargo air plane the c5 now being built will in the near future permit the air Force to move freighting Many cases directly from the factory to the overseas tactical organizations worldwide. We Are on the verge of revolution in air it is being brought about primarily by the greatly in creased Airlift capability an efficiency represented in such aircraft As the c141, c5 and the Boeing 747." As a result of their Range an capacity it will not Only be More advantageous to ship supplies Blair because or urgent need but also because of a lower Cost headed. Jivco a Cademy graduates 113 members of the musical show on stage tonight bad Stoelz Germany Spe Cial oct applicant David c. White topped the 113 graduates of class 68-4 at the seventh army no Academy to become the distinguished graduate of this year s 16th class. Sex pfc. White promoted on stage to specialist four by 34th trans co co 1st it. Ronald j. Easier also received the Gen. George s. Patton award for excellence an engraved swagger stick and the Macarthur award for distinguished leadership an electric Shaver. Honor graduates for the class were staff sgt. Clifford e. Lucas 8th evacuation Hospital who was converted to the non commissioned rank from specialist sixth class spec. 4 Jimmy w. Nowell Btry a 5th missile ,1st arty and staff sgt. Pedro herring b co 1st in 48th their academic excellence while at school each received cigarette lighter engraved with their respective names an bearing the seventh army and no Academy insignia. Herring from the 3rd Arm div received in addition to his award and diploma a special congratulatory handshake from the spearhead division s assist ant division commander for a never Brig. Gen. Charles , who was guest speaker for the ceremonies. The other two winners of Thegen. Macarthur leadership award were staff sgt. John s. Dodge Iii he movement control Center trans co and spec. 4 Robert f. Buckley cob 7th signal support in. They likewise received electric shavers. Spec. 5 Theodore l. Epperson cob 19th maintenance in was designated Winner of the Ausa award and As such received a special inscribed citation and a one year s subscription to army Magazine. The Ausa award is presented to the student who accumulates the fewest demerits during the four week course. Coming out on top in the final inspection conducted by the new Academy commandant maj. Lin ton c. Beasley was spec. 4 Gary j. Michael co a 83rd engr .the Young Engineer received the Gen. Bruce c. Clarke award cigarette lighter engraved with his name and bearing the seventh army and Academy crests. With the graduation of class68-4, the soon-to-be-18-year-old no Academy returned its2,000th graduate of the year to the Home unit and the 65,000thof its history. Gen. Birdsong to Transfer Washington is . William h. Birdsong jr., chief of staff of Allied land forces Southeastern Europe in Turkey is being transferred tothe defense department s joint staff. Lusty musical appears in Hasa eur Munich special a lust musical revue on stage to night will be presented to us a eur audiences in Italy Bel Gium and Germany by students of the University of Wisconsin beginning this month it was announced by the . Army Spe Cial services Agency by the National music Council in association with Nsofor an eight week tour of usar eur Heaters the troupe Fea Tures a delightful revue Replete with comedy Capers Broadways How tunes running gags and in november 1966 by student performers from the Madison Campus on stage to "yanks9 in spaceship voids the Toothache by Dan Dean staff write Wiesbaden is what happens aboard a spacecraft when an astronaut gets a severe Toothache a fellow astronaut simply reaches into his buddy kit pulls out an assortment of treat ment paraphernalia and if Neces sary pulls the tooth. This might never be Neces sary said Brig. Gen. Lee m. Lightner air Force assistant surgeon general for dental serv ices but astronauts Are trained to meet such emergencies Dur ing a the space traveler s buddy kit and a five week special dentistry course for astronauts was devel oped by the school of aerospace Medicine at Brooks fab Texas. Lightner talked with newsmen Here during the first Day of a two week swing through Europe to visit Safe dental troubles Are accelerated in a space environment he said while explaining dental care outside Earth s asked if any major breakthrough had been made recently in general dentistry he pointed to the new filling material called firm polychromatic intermediate restorative material this new material was developed primarily for fast effective treatment under advers conditions in Southeast Asia he said and added it shows prom ise for managing dental caries in Large scale civilian dental health programs As Well As for every Day use by the family studies show that firm will hold up for a Yea Rand possible remain serviceable for two easily can be used by paramedical Crews in a Fielden Viron ment he noted. While on the subject of Viet Nam Lightner said military dental teams have made great strides in people to people Den Tal programs which Are intended to improve Oral health and re Lieve health of the South vietnamese can Best be de scribed As poor he revealed. Night includes 17 fully staged and choreographed numbers with musical trios duets and solos. Appearing in the University of Wisconsin cast Are Lynn Seibel show manager Paul Breske Susie Anderson Lori Edland Klespie Kelly Jim Winker Wilbur Denson and Jack Barnett. The show s Usa eur itinerary includes Rhineland District sept. 18-21 palatinate District sept. 22-26north Baden District sept. 27 oct. 1 North Wuerttemberg District oct. 2-6 South Bavaria District oct. 7-8 and oct. 14-15setaf, oct. 9-13 North Bavaria District oct. 16-20 Franconia District oct. 21-23 Vogelsberg District oct. 24-27 Hesse District oct. 28-31 and nov. 1 Ber Lin come nov. 2-5 Bremer Haven nov. 6-7 shape Bel Gium nov. 8-10. 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