European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Tut Day october 31, 1967 thanksgiving Day will see Turkey galore for gis Kaiserslautern Ger Many is with thanks giving on the Way the com z cold storage depot Here is bulging with the regal Bird yes offers dinner on nov. 23 Nuernberg Germany Spe Cial a thanksgiving dinner with All the trimmings highlights the yes cafeteria and for november. An Ideal Way to let Momen Joy thanksgiving Day with a Holiday from the Kitchen cafeterias and snack bars will feature a big delicious roast torn Turkey Complete with Fluffy whipped potatoes Savory dressing Rich Gib let Gravy Cranberry sauce peas Roll pumpkin pie and a Bever age. Price for this is 50 cents. New co at Zaragoza Torre Jon Spain special col. John d. Pace has assumed command of american forces at Zaragoza air base. Pace a Viet Nam Veteran replaces col. Francis j. Coleman who is being reassigned to Wiesbaden. Had pro Ball offers sergeant pitches9 for of by Ray Wrigh staff writer Oesterberg the nether lands is one of the men who works in the ground control approach Goa unit Here guiding aircraft in from an of fice in a Green Box on wheel about 200 feet from the Center of the air base runway could very Well have been out in the Field with the Boston red sox in the world series instead of in Holland. More than 2 million pounds of Turkey for american holi Day appetites in Europe. Come nov. 23, every american Serviceman and woman no matter where stationed will partake of the usual thanksgiving Day feast with a traditional menu that includes every a thing. Com z says 2.3 million pounds of Turkey 100,000 pounds of shrimp 160,000 pounds of mixed nuts and 16 tons of fruit cake will be consumed through mess Halls clubs and commissary sales j during the thanksgiving Christmas holidays. This year s thanksgiving Day Celebration is somewhat unusual. The Law sets thanksgiving for the fourth thursday in november which is usually the last thursday of the month. But not in 1967. This is one of those years when november has five thursdays. So it s nov. 23. Under surveillance m. Sgt. James r. Head fore ground and sgt. Maj. Henk Altena Royal Netherlands air Force Goa team chief observe and report an unidentified air Craft. The sergeant is still an avid baseball fan. Of Torres fit was touch and go whether i d go for professional baseballs a career or air Force said m. Sgt. James r. Head 2137-8communications det Camp new Amsterdam. I played semipro baseball with the Clarksville Moose club in Tennessee for two year before i joined the air Force in 1952 and while i worked in Theca unit at Laon a France i played More Ball with the la on rangers and i made the All France returned to the states for discharge in March 1956 an for two months studied the of fers he had from the Detroit tigers the Philadelphia a s an the Boston red sox. After those two months of considering the pros and cons i went Back into the air Force head said and i Haven t regretted it one head has covered All phases Ofair traffic control including control Tower approach control and air route traffic control. Besides his work in Goa he performs Liaison duties Between the 32ndfighter interceptor so and the Royal Netherlands air Force air traffic controllers. He considers his Berlin tour his most historic. Head was the watch supervisor in the Berlin Center the night the Wall went up. He was also the Man at the microphone and at the radar scope when air Force one wit president Kennedy aboard came up the corridor. Head was with the 3rd Mobile group in Oklahoma when it won the outstanding unit award and at by Rex receive the of communication service award for meritorious service. Another new Stefl Riand Bookstore
