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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, October 24, 1967

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Tum Day october 24, 1967 teachers receive pay hike by Herb Scott staff writer Wiesbaden is an unofficial schedule of new salaries for More than 3,700 dependent school teachers in Europe Dur ing the 1967-68 term was released Here monday by the overseas education association sea. The new pay scale for teachers and counsellors throughout the defense department s joint Over seas system and . Dependent schools european area use sea was fixed by the army air Force wage Board and approved by the Pentagon earlier this month said Cecil Driver of executive Secretary and a wies Baden teacher. Salary increases As indicate Din the schedule will be Retro Active to Start of the school yearn aug. 28, he added. A us Desea spokesman a Karlsruhe however said Mon Day that the official salary sched ule for overseas teachers has not yet been received at usage urho in Heidelberg from the de sense department. Consequently the schools official said no Date can be projected As to the pay period in which retroactive salary in creases will be reflected in teachers pay  pay scale for Dod schools he explained is being revised Tofall in line with average salaries paid teachers in Public school systems during the 1966-67 term in . Cities of 100,000 or More population. Annual increases will aver age about $300 for us Desea teachers but the maximum Sal Ary is some $500 a year higher compared to the scale at the close of school last june Driver  scale step Bachelor s teachers and specialists master s masters 30 doctor1 1. $5.340 $5.810 6. $6.390 6.065 3. 6.650 5.800 6.320 6.s90 6.910 6.030 6.575 5. 6.84 6.260 6.830 ,7.100 6.490 7,085 7.690 7.340 7.610 7.950 9. 10. 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All it takes is a free phone Call. 8.105 8.37g 8.360 8.630 7.870 13 6.615 8.88? 9.250 8.100 8.870 ?t140 9.125 9.395 9-770 9.650 10.030 Counselor bachelors $5,835-$8,595, in 1� step intervals of $230 each mastar�.-$6t305-$9,620, in 13 step intervals of $255 each lfcsters30-$6 ,575-410,145, in 14 step intervals of $255 each doctor s $6,885-$10�25in 14 step intervals of $260 each i supervising Counselor owner gets Bible after 25 1 bachelors $6, 380-$9, 140, in 12 step intervals of $230 each master s $6,850-410,165, in 13 step intervals of $255 each master s30-$7,120-$10,690f in in 14 step intervals of $255 each doctor s $7, 4304h, 070, in 14 step intervals of $260 each Berlin special a pocket size copy of the new Testa ment printed in new York an delivered in 1942 to a British prisoner of War in Berlin through the International red Cross in Geneva was brought across the infamous Berlin Wall not Long ago and soon will be on its Wayto Belfast Northern Ireland Back to its original owner. The Story began 22 years ago last april when Walter Schim neck now of Ober Schoene Werdein the soviet sector of Berlin Anc his wife were walking through the Woods in Koenigs Wuster Hausen just South of the  a group of 20 Al lied prisoners guarded by a German sergeant they stopped to talk with the guard. One of the prisoners gave Schimmeck the new testament which had written in it theman s name and number c. E. Holmes pow no. 10027where he was shot Down Berlin Starken 29-11-42 and the following inscriptions to his wife i am with Jesus he s with you. And so in deep reality tis still to Gether i with thee. To my dear wife. Teltow Berlin. 28th May 1943."bad c Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial prevention of incidents is every Soldier s business . Frank t. Mildren has con tended in encouraging his Vii corps troopers to employ the army s famous buddy system to avoid downtown  when you see another Soldier on the verge of getting into trouble and you can help pre vent it then it is each of our responsibilities As a citizen Anda Soldier to try to head it off the Jay Hawks corps commander said. An no or officer who sit sin a crowded Hall and witnesses the up building of a potential incident and does nothing about it simply in t doing his Job Mildren Felt. The same holds True for the Soldier who recognizes that his buddy is about to step Over the Brink and let Shim pursue his Folly he said. The corps commander also encouraged unit commanders to try to identify soldiers who repeatedly return to Post severely under the influence of  Are our biggest trouble makers the men who drink but can t handle it he said Here Are the individuals who will frequently Start fights Over trivialities or who feel they Are outstanding vehicle Drivers when they can t see the Road the general noted. These can be people who Are terribly danger Ous to themselves and danger Ous to those about  called on unit leaders to help cull these bad apples fro the barrel before they spread their  general said that when a unit has a great number of Inci dents the problem can generally be traced Back to a Lack of leadership and concern on the part of the officers and  is because these leaders Haven t looked ahead locate their problem areas and their problem makers and gotten zeroed in on them. If a Man in t going to sol Dier in the respectable and responsible Way we expect him to Soldier let s get him out of the army. Let s not wait for him to make the newspapers through an incident downtown which could have been prevented by his leaders on Post he  units Are required to have an Accident incident prevention program and most units have established Good Progress the general noted. Uncertain As to what to Dewith the Book Schimmeck kept it All these years until recently when by virtue of his age he was allowed to make a trip from his Home to West Berlin Here he went to the . Mission to Tel them the Story assuming be cause most of the group of prisoners had been americans that Holmes was one As Well. After receiving the new Testa ment and taking Down Schim neck s Story the Mission referred the matter to the Berli brigade s go division where sgt. Maj. J. P. Ponish began Contact ing the american military rec ords services. However neither the army air Force or general services administration could identify a. E. Holmes As being the one in question and referred Ponis to the Central research Agency of the International red Cross i Geneva. Here at last he met with Suc Cess. The inc had records of a British pow named c.  with the number 10027. Mrs. Holmes was listed As the next of Kin with an address in Belfast As of 1944. A letter to that address revealed that c. E. Holmes was still living there and in his response he expressed his gratitude for trouble that had been gone to and his happiness at the possibility of having the bib Leback. So now with the Book on it Sway Back to Holmes there Are free Happy people Schimmeck who figured Holmes would want his new testament Back Holmes who very much does want it Back and Ponish who can noway Mission  nurse receives dam Washington is  i. Clark chief of the army nurse corps from septem Ber x963 through August 1967, re lived the distinguished service medal at her retirement Cere Nony Here  
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