European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday october 19, 1967 Walker set to direct by John Reese staff write Heidelberg is or. Henry a. Walker retired air Force colonel is replacing or. Mason g. Daly director of the european division of the univer sity of will leave for Nigeria nov. 1 to serve As adviser for University development at a or. Henry a. Walker Madu Bello University the Only University in Northern Nigeria. Walker a native of Worcester,mass., retired from the air Force in 1961, but had been a assistant professor of air science at Maryland since 1957. Since1964 he had served As assistant Dean of University his Bachelor s de Gree at the University of Massachusetts Walker took his Mas Ter s at Harvard graduate school of education and his doctor s at the University of Maryland in1964. Daly has been with University College for 16 years beginning As a lecturer with the european division in 1951. After serving As director of the far East division he was appointed director of the european division in 1961. Setae spot Check plan Vicenza Italy special the Southern european task Force setae material Readi Ness division is initiating a pro Gram for continual Roadside spot checks of army vehicles in Ca Serma Ederle in an Effort Tocheck on maintenance problems. Pulpit companion snoopy helps of chaplain by Bob hover staff writer Mildenhall England is when the chaplain takes snoopy in the pulpit the famous peanuts cartoon charac Ter never fails to arouse the curiosity of parishioners. But few people sleep through Sermon with snoopy up there watching it. Col Charles h. Marler came up with the idea fusing peanuts while serving with air defense come at Colorado Springs Colo. When he was assigned to Mildenhall air station As senior protestant chaplain this year he brought the idea with him. Indeed the chaplain carries likeness of snoopy son Phil sent it to him around As Mascot. I think Charlie Schulz Cre Ator of peanuts is one of the most important philosophers of modern Day life. I think the popularity of peanuts proves his timeliness the chaplain a 23 year Veteran of the military said. If you read peanuts you Deal with the basics of life. The idea is to use peanuts to dramatize our message. What does a Man worship what Are his values you can Tell what he worships by looking at his Bank Book an admirer of peanuts Formant years Marler visited Schulz in his California Home Roget permission to use peanuts to illustrate lectures. His military superiors went along with the plan. Lectures using slides from peanuts characters were pre pared for monthly presentation sat lonely radar Sites. Marler Hopes to make up Sim Ilar lectures for use in Milden Hall. In the meantime he has taken snoopy to the pulpit and keeps him around the office when extra Aid with snoopy famous Peanut cartoon character on watch for the red Baron and any other malcontent chaplain it. Col Charles h. Marler prepares his Sermon. Is he s preparing chaplain who has just received the Oak Leaf Cluster tothe air Force commendation medal entered the service As an army chaplain during the War. He was with the 14th army divin Southern France and after the War served As an army trans port chaplain aboard ships sail ing the chaplain was a Little bit of everything on these ships he said with a smile. We used to run Bridge tournaments do babysitting and conduct religious services in All 1949 Marler traded his army uniform for air Force blues an since then has served overseas in Japan and Alaska before re porting to Mildenhall. A minister s son he was reared in North Carolina went to High school in Texas took undergrad uate studies at Butler univer sity Indianapolis and completed his ministerial training at. Texas Christian University it. Worth Tex. Sons Charles d. And Phillip studying business administration and daughter Connie is Secretary in the office of the base Engineer at the air f7 rce acad Emy in Colorado Springs. On . Day stamp to Honor Marshall Lexington a. Is the work of Gen. George c. Marshall for the Good of the . An Western Europe will be marked Here tuesday United nation Day by belgian and . Officials when they commemorate the 20th anniversary of the mar shall plan. Highlights will see the release of a new 20-cent postage stamp honouring the general and unveil ing a Library devoted to the his tory of Marshall s plan that gave the european Economy a rebirth and led to a postwar Boom. In addition a mural depicting his career As a Soldier and a states Man will be unveiled. Demands for the first Day covers of the new stamp have been pouring into the local Post office from philatelists All Over the world for the past several weeks the Post office reports. It is estimated that As Manyas 400,000 will be received be fore oct. 24. As a result a num Ber of additional clerks Are be ing hired to handle the Rush. The stamp will be the latest in the new prominent Ameri cans series of regular Post office department chose the Library As the site forthe first Day Issue because it is the principal memorial to the famous american Soldier who died in 1959. Idea savings mount Washington is military and civilian personnel saved the air Force More than $120 million in tangible first year benefits in the 12 months ending in Jun through its incentive awards pro Gram the air Force reports. Jewish Retreat set for oct. 30 Heidelberg special jewish Retreat torah convocation for laymen will be held atthe Usa eur religious Retreat House the Alpine inn at Berchtesgaden oct. 30-nov. 3. Courses will emphasize the vitality and significance of Juda ism within contemporary faculty will consist of Usa eur jewish application form a form 1988 requesting Permis Sion to attend May be obtained from unit chaplains or from the convocation coordinator Chap lain it. Col Jack Ostrovsky Heidelberg military 8927. Army aviators talk Over Weir times9 by Marc hurts a Washington Bureau Washington is army aviators All Over the free world Are pretty much the same eve though they Fly different types of Light aircraft and helicopters Wear different uniforms and in some cases such As the unified canadians no longer even belong to the share one big thing in common and that is their enthusiasm for the future of their relatively new calling and whatsit can do to revolutionize Mobil Ity on the the first time since army aviation As it is now known went into combat in North Africa a Quarter of a Century ago group got together Here to Dis cuss their problems and take Alook at the future. While their recent discussion As part of the annual army aviation meeting did t produce anything startling it did show they Al share a characteristic spirit in a growing Force whether they flying Australia or West Germany. Present at the free world army aviation discussion with hundreds of army aviator were British brigadier d. W. Coyle m.b.e., . Italian col. Fabio Moizo West German col. Gerhard Granz Australia col. Maxwell b. Simkin and Ca Nadian group capt. George , All directors of their respective ground Force aviation organizations. While most of the Allied efforts overshadowed by the . Army s 13,000 aviators and 10,000helicopters and fixed Wing air Craft they reported growth an said they Are watching american airmobile operations in Vietnam to see what can be Learned an adapted to meet their own particular defense West Germany for exam ple Granz said he believes the most important use for armed helicopters would be As anti tank army expands list of d for shortcut Washington is Allamy captains lieutenants and warrant officers we throughcwo3 will go directly to Aerial ports of embarkation instead of taking the slower route through the overseas replacement system starting dec. 1, the army an the past this system for individuals going overseas was limited to Field Grade officers cw04s and e9s. Weapons. This is due to the Nee for a defense against the masses of soviet tanks that might reused in a Central european land Battle. Although each of the nation represented told of variations in their aviation organization. Mur Ray reported being in the most unusual position As a former air Force officer who is now fight ing for the support of aviation for ground forces. The unification act which consolidated the army Navy and air Force along functional lines eased some prob lems and created some others but the same old Basic trouble remains he said the fight for the . Army which has seen Many changes in the Organiza Tion of aviation support for the ground combat Soldier has no intention of creating a separate Branch for . Gen. George p. Seneff or. Who until recently commanded the bulk of army aviation in Vietnam and now commands the3rd inf div said there was no responsible talk urging the establishment of a separate Avia Tion did that once before he commented wryly referring tothe world War ii army air corps and its eventual separa Tion and formation As a separate service. New of surgeon general Washington up presi Dent Johnson has nominated maj Gen. Kenneth e. Fletcher com Mand surgeon of the strategic air come to be surgeon Gen eral of the air Force succeed ing retired it. Gen. Richard
