European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday september 25, 1967 the stars and stripes by John Kruege staff writer Heidelberg is a estimated $2 million a month is being diverted from the usar eur Gold flow by the 10-per cent interest uniformed service savings Deposit program army officials Here disclosed thurs Day. The figure was arrived at fro statistics including those on the Ussop compiled in Susareu through last june which marked the end of the program s first fiscal year of operation. The charts show that from Las september 32,538 Usa eur troops invested a total of $16, m Usa eur to frugal Page 9 saved 902,203 in the super savings investors numbered 27 562 officers 4,976. Their respective investment totals were $9,063,682 and $7,838,521. Meanwhile the special usar eur task Force formed to study ways and Means of damming the Gold flow has reported an excellent response on the part of each command in not Only emphasizing the Drain on dollars but also doing something about this has consisted mainly factually being Able to keep the dollars within the family in Stead of spending Thorn on local help or commodities. Instead decorated Gen. James h. Polk Usa eur and seventh fttnc8, cent Lal my drop Cen Talpins legion of Merit medal on it. Gen. Leo Hepp at the Hammonds Barracks Parade f eld at Meckenheim Germany. The occasion was the retirement of Hoepp As commander of the ii German corps a component of Central army group. Is photo by Gates dual base concept Turk team sees Marne in a Ion Schweinfurt Germany special the Day to Day work Ings of a . Army brigade from the squad level up were examined Here by a five Man team of turkish officers. The officers spent a week inthe 3rd inf div s 1st brigade area scrutinizing the operations of infantry artillery and Armor units As part of the military advisory group program to Turkey. Their Host unit was the 2ndbn, 30th inf and throughout their stay they were escorted bythe battalion s 2nd it. Alvin Woods. The visitors included two lieu tenant colonels and two majors and a Captain who acted As interpreter. All five were infantry officers and the tour s emphasis was placed on the operations of a mechanized infantry battalion. First it. John t. Bryant 2ndbn s3, said the officers were Able to see the typical mechanized infantry battalion in its Many facets of training. We showed them As much of our equipment and training As pos sible in order to acquaint them civil Engineer chief to tour Safe Sites " Wiesbaden special . Robert h. Curtin . Air Force director of civil Engineer ing was scheduled to arrive Here monday primarily to Check the status and review the problems of Safe s military construe Tion program. Scheduled to arrive with him is. R. Gibbons the associate director of civil engineering. Join ing them on their tour of com Mand installations will be t. Greigg Safe s civil Engineer. With the fighting potential of on of our on the first Day of their Sta the officers were Given an Orien tation on battalion and brigade operations then they were Given a tour of the brigade. After acquainting his guest with Headquarters and staff functions Woods took the officers into the Field where they witnessed the battalion in saw the infantrymen pre paring for squad army training tests and were Given demonstrations of Long Range patrolling Aerial resupply and Daylight at tack procedures. The officers also spent sometime in training with Armor and artillery units and were briefed on the Power of the combined arms team in coordinated operations. Us. Sets to Sembach a Sembach Germany special a 185-Man .-based Squadron of modified b57 jets with tons of sensitive electronic gear arrived at this Central european . Airbase Friday night on a Short notice overseas deployment. The unit the 4713th defens systems evaluation sq., flew from its Home base Stewa Tafb n.y., in 14 eb57 twin engine two place reconnaissance jets three c141 Star lifters a c133 cargo master and a c130hercules. Friday s deployment is the third time in 11 months the 4713th has come to Sembach. The Squadron operates under a dual base concept it made similar trips to Sembach in october 1966 and last june. The vast flying unit s Job in . Is to operate flying targets capable of simulating a strike Force to test . Defense sys tems. In Europe the Squadron will retraining in support of the . Commitment to nato. It is no determined How Long the 4713th monday american forces network the times listed for an programs Are Central european time news every hour will remain Here. The first deployment lasted two weeks the second nearly a month. Commander officer of the unit it. Col. Lyle Palmer was greeted on the Sembach flight line by col. Arval j. Roberson vice commander of the base Shost 603d air base Wing and col. Winston p. Anderson Vic commander of the 26th tactical reconnaissance Wing at nearby Ramstein air base. The other eb57s zoomed to Landing at 15-minute intervals. Col. Palmer said his Squadron encountered no problems in route. The 603d, commanded by . Y. Smith receives and gives administrative and logistical sup port to various tenant units of . Forces in Europe. Mannheim Germany Spe Cial it. Col. William Purk Hiser executive officer of the22nd signal group Here has received his diploma from Theair War College. Col. Kenneth e. Shiflet group commander presented the diploma in special ceremony. Manpower Deputy picked Washington is presi Dent Johnson Lias announced plans to nominate army general counsel Alfred b. 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And Collette was t through this time he captured the seventh army support conical Soldier of the Quarter award and a pro motion to specialist five. All this happened in a Span of 0 Days. Besides the promotions col Lette has three Day passes and $25 a Bonds for each of the three Soldier of the Quarter awards. Wherever possible the Money ingoing to american individuals including Many dependent work ers and to american firms. Officials Here said that the knew of no plans of the european Exchange system or the Mili tary clubs to ban again Sale of foreign products As was done in 1961. Returns on commissions despite some current press accusations of irregularities Stem Ming out of the foreign concessionaire system it was said Here that it had been found that americans were going to spend their Money for these items regard less of base bans. Therefore it was considered advantageous Toat least provide yes and club facilities so there is some re turn in commissions to . Sources. It was also explained that an plans to expand american to coverage to keep servicemen and their families at Home in Stead of spending Money on the Economy for entertainment Are running into National opposition on strengthening of , it was emphasized every staff study is being explored for Gold flow i also feel it s my Persona duty to keep the Dollar going Back opined a staff officer. $441 million outflow individual yearly expenditure on the Economy by Usa eur personnel has been averaging$1,400 to �2,400. The Overall us a eur outflow has been $441million, with about half of that sum going to local nationals for salaries. The biggest private outlay continues to be for foreign made cars about 40,000 registrations year for new vehicles. The term Gold flow come from that fact that since 1949 the . Has had to pay out $10billion to meet foreign claims on its Bullion Reserve at , by. The Drain has de creased the Knox Supply from$25 to $15 billion. Foreign Banks can redeem .paper currency at any time at a rate of $35 for an ounce of Gold. The International monetary fund recently reported that last year France alone claimed .Gold amounting to More than $600 million or 10 times the total amount produced by american mines in 1966. Help of sold1 planning a vacation Why no it and Al at your aimed Force least Center
