European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday september 26, 1967 up ii. Sutherland says proved air ground teamwork m Mannheim Germany is seventh army s wartime Headquarters re turned to Garrison tuesday after seven Days of extensive Field training during exorcise Large play. Large play was the first major com Mand Post exercise cpx since seventh army s consolidation with head quarters Usa eur last . Gen. J. W. Sutherland jr., seventh army chief of staff for operations said the objective of cpx was to Check abilities to react immediately to War time conditions and effectively coordinate seventh army subordinate com mands. We overcame the problems of break ing away from a combined Headquarters and gained valuable experience working together As an integrated staff under wartime conditions Sutherland said. Large play also gave us the Opportunity to test army air mobility Suth Erland added. Aviators from the Goth aviation company flew More than 1,000 sorties during the exercise in close support of simulated ground operations. Maintaining constant radio Contact with army pilots were elements of the14th aviation company air traffic control using the flight follow system of air traffic control being used in Viet Nam. Under the flight follow system the ground commander can bring in a faster air response because he is in a sense in constant radio Contact Withall of the aircraft flying in his area military officials explained. This exercise made us All More aware of the importance of air traffic control col. George p. Kelly com Mander of the 15th aviation up said the Usa eur and seventh army to bile forecast Center staffed by ele ments from Safe s 17th air Force provided ground commanders wit Long Range weather data through use of the Essa ii weather satellite. The Mobile weather vans receive three weather pictures a Day covering four million Square Miles of Europe. Large play has contributed greatly toward a stronger better prepared seventh army Headquarters it. Gen. John h. Heintges seventh army cd said at the close of the cpx. 9 salary up Iii school svs tent Washington is the morale of the defense depart ment s 7,100 overseas dependent teachers and administrators is higher than Ever according to assistant defense Secretary education or. Lynn Bartlett. The Pentagon s top school official said the schools which opened their 1967-68 year several weeks ago now report a total enrolment of 152,552 students. Last june the enrolment was 160,535. The Europe enrolment be cause of the . Withdrawal from France Early this year had dropped to about 100,000 by june. Now it is 102,000. Far East figure in the far East the enrolment stands at 45,299, up about 4,000 from what it was in june. In creases of some 2,000 in the Philippines mostly at Clark air base and 1,000 in Okinawa were noted. The rest of the increase is in Japan and Korea. One big reason for the High morale of teachers Bartlett said is that they will be earning an average of $500 More than they did in the last school year. This is largely due to increases authorized by Congress last Spring which ties their pay to the aver age income of teachers in Large cities in the . Unlike previous years the de sense department Only has five teaching vacancies on Midway Island Argentia Japan the yes garages to inspect autos free Nuernberg g e r m a n a special yes garages throughout Germany will offer Afree Auto Check during International motor vehicle lighting equipment week oct. 18-25 and then will extend the free serv ice to nov. 30. The car Check held in Antici pation of the coming Winter weather and Road conditions Isan Exchange contribution to a safety program which has been sponsored for the last 10 year by the Federal Republic of Ger Many. Included in the Cheek will be visual inspection of headlights taillights stoplights turn indicators brakes tires and wind shield wipers. Any repair work done As result of the Check however will lie charged at regular repair rates. Window stickers will be provided for the cars passing the inspection. All Usa eur registered vehicles Are eligible Foi free service. Philippines and the azores and hey Are expected to be filled shortly. The defense department runs291 schools for dependents 222 in Europe 13 in the Atlantic area and 56 in the Pacific. One additional school was opened this year in the Bahamas giving the system schools in 28 countries. This should be a Choice spot for teachers Bartlett said Al though i be also had Good reports from teachers at Guantanamo Bay Cuba and  school set Washington is the defense department is opening two new dependent schools in Belgium As a result of this year s troop withdrawal from France and for the first time will be running an International school for the children of four nato nations. The new Multi National school will be at Casteau near Mons for the dependents of shape servicemen. British Canadian West German and . Students will attend. Another purely National school is also due for about 600 . Military and civilian dependents in the suburbs of Brussels sometime Between oct. 7-16. Most of the students will be children of the . Nato staff. Exchange plan assistant defense Secretary education or. Lynn Bartlett said about 1,000 american Stu dents will attend the shape school and an additional number of English Canadian and Ger Man students in the Pentagon first International dependent school venture. The school to be funded and administered jointly by the four nations is due to Start sometime in october or november according to Bartlett. Students will follow some instruction along National lines and for certain common subjects the will attend classes together regardless of nationality. In principle the school will be much the same As the shape International school at St. Ger main in Laye near Paris when the nato military Headquarters was in France. The school was then run by the French govern ment. Mired Down mud the foot Soldier s old enemy poses problem for spec. 5 w. Scobey 97th signal in during exercise Large play. Wrecker moved in and saved the Day. Army nato test set oct. 2-8 for ., Turkey Washington is More than 3,000 . And Europe based soldiers and airmen will join with 6th Fleet sailors an their turkish allies in a test of nato defences next month. They will be taking part in an annual exercise called deep fur Row 67 due to be held Between oct 2-8 in North Central Turkey. Deep Furrow 67 will involve turkish and american air forces and paratroop units. . Para troopers will come from the 8thinf div in Germany and will jump in the Vicinity of mar Zion. The 6th Fleet in its Nat Orole of strike Force South will carry out an amphibious opera Tion in the Saros Gulf portion of the Aegean sea. Commander during the exercise All participating units will be under the operational command of .admiral Charles d. Griffin commander in chief of nato s Allied forces Southern Europe. . Strike come at Mac Dillab Tampa fla., will com Mand the deployment to Turkey of .-based forces. These will include elements of the 140th tactical fighter group of the Colorado air National guard 64th tactical Airlift Wing of Sewart fab tenn., 19th air Force at Seymour Johnson fab n.c., strategic air come kc135aerial tankers and military air lift come c141 and c133 air transports. President salutes s. Sgt s suggestion Wiesbaden special a seemingly simple suggestion has saved the . Air Force thou Sands of dollars and gained an Aviano air base Weatherman presidential recognition. S. Sgt. Richard l. Wolf of the 2nd weather Wing s detachment 19 of the 31st weather so was with the base weather station at Hurlburt Field fla., when represented his Money saving idea. Also recognized in the achieve ment was 1st it. Howard Gib son a forecaster. The idea netting the suggestive duo joint $805 return the Sugges Tion was to re insert 30-Gram balloons into the . Air Force inventory. The two champions of Economy proved that much Money would be saved by using the 30-Gram balloon for measurement of winds aloft at lower Levels and use the More expensive 100-Gram exclusively for higher level readings. To Date a savings of $30,500has been realized through application of this suggestion and was recently brought to the Atten Tion of president Johnson. I Welcome you to partner ship with me in the imperative task of cutting the costs of government Johnson wrote in a letter addressed to Wolf at Avi Ano a in Italy. That is what you have proved to be the letter continued an Active contributing partner in our constant drive for efficiency and Economy. It is Gratifying when i con template the billions required tomake our government function for the people to know that you share my concern Over the waste of even one Dollar. I know it is equally gratify ing to you to know that every Dollar you have saved will be put to harder work to better use. Your economies help pay forthe Cost of Freedom s struggle in Vietnam. They help to support our vital programs at Home. Your concern has properly earned you recognition As an Economy Champion. As i Salute you i commend your example to every employee at every level of our government. Wolf is now the detachment chief observer. Of Supply experts hold 4-Day Parley Wiesbaden special about 100 air Force Supply experts from around Europe Are meeting Here to discuss financial management within the Overall Supply system. Brig. Gen. George m. John son jr., Safe Deputy chief of staff for Materiel was to open the four Day command suppl conference. Keynote speaker will be col. Ben ii. Roberts from air Force he