European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes medic to i discuss no Lear effects thursday october 12, 1967 Lan Stuhl Germany is the . Army nuclear medical research detachment Europe no Dehas scheduled its by annual training conference nonmedical unit operations in nuclear warfare oct. 16-20 at it Headquarters Here. Emphasis will be on increasing Independent unit response capability during nuclear situations according to it. Col. Roger e. Linnemann detachment com Mander. Thirty five medical corps an medical service officers will listen to lectures and round table discussions on such subjects As origin and development of nuclear weapons Thermal and blast effects and characteristics of nuclear weapon radiation. They will also learn of the Progress already made in Mili tary nuclear medical research and its importance to the Field Soldier the psychological aspects of nuclear warfare Bio logical effects of radiation an treatment of radiation sickness. By Ray Wright staff writer Mackay trophy for 66 awarded to of colonel Washington is air Force it. Col. Albert r. Howarth was presented with the Mackay trophy for 1966 by air Force chief of staff Gen. Johnp. Mcconnell at the Pentagon. The trophy awarded annually for the most meritorious flight or flights of the year went Thowarth for his courage and air Manship As Pilot of a disableda26 aircraft on a combat mis Sion in Southeast Asia. Among the 15 speakers scheduled Are maj. Gen. Laurence a. Potter Usa eur and seventh army surgeon Brig. Gen. Charles Cantrell assistant Dep Uty chief of staff for operations artillery and special weapons Usa eur and seventh army and Brig. Gen. Colin f. Vorderbrugge 9th Hospital Center cd. Unveiled at Ausa by Marc hurts a Washington Bureau Washington is the army and the defense Industry took Over a Large part of a plus hotel in the nation s capital and unveiled some of the tanks guns helicopters and military hard Ware of the future. Some items like the main Bat the tank of the 1970s will not be ready for a few years but those that Are needed in Vietnam Are now in production. I., Cool Man the 10,000th vacationer to Visi Garmisch through the group travel program this year spec. 4 Bob Cromer of co a 68th Armor in Mannheim Germany gets the help of three hostesses identified As Betty Lois and Jane in celebrating his leave. Highlights of the annual Mili tary show of the association of the . Army which opened monday and closed wednesday besides the tank were the new Vulcan Chaparral air defense system for the Battlefield an two new helicopters for the air Mobile army the cheyenneah1g advanced Aerial fire sup port system and the smaller1huey cobra ah1g. The Chey Enne is the first helicopter de signed specifically As a gunship for ground combat for attention in the shadows of the bigger tanks guns an helicopters was a tiny memory of world War ii the l4 pipe cub first used in the North Afri can invasion just 25 years . And the West German governments took the wraps of prototypes of their new 51-ton medium tank both Here and i Augsburg recently at a time when several other1 european nations were also showing their new Model tanks. The French amx-30 and the swedish s were among those in the 30-ton Cate gory while the West germans also have a 40-ton tank called the Leopard and the British have the 60-ton chieftain. Nato nation that Are not producing new tanks were watching All these developments with interest tank experts main Battle tank or met 70 will outperform All of these according to one of the army s top tank experts maj h. Burba of the Materiel omd. Another new and stripes Bookstore mss Tju
