European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the s1ars and stripes thursday March 7, 1968 5 nations slated to take to sky in accent meet Brun sum the Netherlands special beginning March 26, the skies Over Central Europe will come alive As aircraft and Crews from five of the seven nations of Allied forces Central Europe accent take to the air for the accent s 1968 air defense Competition. Accent is the nato military organization responsible for the defense of Central Europe. During this six week Long Competition j some 150 sorties will be flown by Belgium British German the Netherlands and United state screws assisted by ground con trollers from those nations. The danish and French air forces will participate on a guest basis i Washington is the nation s 622,800 servicemen and women on the retired Rolls oct.1, 1967 will receive a 3.94 per cent Cost of living raise april 1, the defense department announced. Earlier Pentagon estimate placed the increase at about 3 per cent but the Consumers Price Index Chi on which re tired pay changes Are based had risen higher than estimated. At the same time the Penta gon also said that those who retired since oct. 1, and before the next pay raise on july 1, 1968, will receive an increase of2 per cent. Tfaye smaller figure will provide this group with the same pay As those who retired Between july 1, i960 and oct. 1,1967. Next month s retired pay adjustments will be the fourth in a decade. Soldier of month named Schwet Zingen Germany is spec. 5 John j. Aguirre a group headquarter s clerk was selected Soldier of the month from among 10 finalists an offi Cial of Lith Engineer group said. Air defense Competition As it i known today is a development i from the air firing Competition that was held from 1958 to 1962. The Competition was discontinue Das a firing Competition because the armament of the interceptors was changed from guns to missiles. In 1965, the Competition was resumed but in a different form. Since one of the primary roles of air defense is to safeguard in the integrity of the Region this was taken As the basis for the new concept of the Competition. This year s Competition under the direction of Brig. Gen. R. A. B. Ellis Canadian air Force chief air operations accent will see teams from air defens sectors i ii and Iii plus teams from the danish and French sectors competing for the Hudle Ston and Burn Aux trophies. Of cent teams will also be eligible to win the Guynemer trophy. The Hudleston trophy i awarded to the fighter interceptor team with the highest num Ber of Points during the com petition. The Burn Aux trophy goes to the ground control intercept team with the highest Points. The winning accent combined fighter interceptor an ground control intercept team will take Home the Guynemer trophy. Air to spare sgt. Martin Mckenna explains the Workings of a set of bagpipes to Fel Low workers of the 320th munitions maintenance Esq Wethersfield a England. Is Gates Wethersfield sgt. Skirls heal mean bag of wind Wethersfield England special contrary to popular notion the nerve tingling skill of the bagpipes is a product of training and timing rather than lung . Martin Mckenna a Ginger headed third generation Irish Man from Philadelphia is the Roa to hear Sutherland Heidelberg special maj. Gen. J. W. Sutherland jr., Deputy chief of staff operations usar eur and seventh army he will be the guest speaker at the department of Europe Reserve officers association 21st annual convention which will be held at Garmisch March 21-23. Authority for this bit of Intelli gence. And Martin ought to know. He been exercising his Larynx on the pipes for More than a  Don t need a lot of wind said Mckenna As he warmed upon the pipes for his buddies in the 320th munitions maintenance Esq at Wethersfield air base. The main thing is to coordinate what you have. And this requires practice and patience. It takes 10 years of steady playing to develop into a top , who still owns his first set of pipes began playing at age 10. For eight years he took lessons from Philadelphia Pip major Peter Kelly. Before enlisting in the air Force Mckenna played with the clan a Gael Irish pipe band i Philadelphia. Since reporting to Wethersfield year ago he s been playing for British audiences whenever Tim and circumstance permit. It s a Good Way to moot the people he s made some 30 appearances to Date. The people Here re ally enjoy the  although modest about his knowledge of the pipes Mckenna did Point out that the pipes we readopted by Scotland and Ireland his grandparents emigrated to the states from Ireland at the same time. He explained the pipes were of Middle East origin and originally were used by sheep herders. From there they spread throughout the Mediterranean and then were adopted by the scots and the  negroes sign up in guard drive by Marc 1iuet, Washington Bureau chief also swinging 1c the 7101st Materiel so a Wiesbaden air base presents a swinging idea for combined Federal Campaign. Cape. Henry t. Shigemura Squadron commander and air Man Dennis k. Schmidt swing at the old hug for a Small Cost of 10 cents of photo Washington is Al though the National guard s Spe Cial drive for negro enlistments is Only a Little More than half Way Over Pentagon officials Are pleased with the Early results. The drive began last August Asa result of the findings of presi Dent Johnson s commission uncivil disorders that negroes were inadequately represented wit Only something like one per cent of the nation s 494,000 guards men. This figure stood out in Sharp contrast to the Active forces where for example 12.5 per Centof the army is made up of negroes where negroes have a High Volunteer rate for elite units like airborne and special forces an also where the negro reenlist ment rate is three times higher than it is for Whites. As a result of the commission findings a special test program was started in new Jersey to find out if More men would enlist when the advantages of guard duty were brought Home through billboards and radio and news paper advertisements. The defense department authorized a five per cent Over strength in the new Jersey National guard because like units elsewhere the guard was neat its membership ceiling and room had to be made for recruits. In numbers this meant that 737negroes would have to enlist in the army National guard for to be a Success so test program to be a 4jofar Pentagon officials report 4jo it 58 or cent have joined or about 58 be of the goal and the campaigns till has another five months to  of the enlistments have been in the 50th army Day new Jersey blues which traditions that go Back u Early Days of the nation. I Lull As who Throe year tour Saigon special s. So Garry l. Oiler is a Rea Viu an of Vietnam. He is sch to leave this May after s three years in the combat Oiler is assigned to the communications so at i"1 Nhut air base. One. Son