European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Poga 3 making first tour of european bases a. .j,.-,.-Jjlu- Bubo Hoyett is a . Bureau chief tendons a "th6 morale and discipline of the american sting Man in vie Tiitto Are 1t sine the air Force Safe Ali tend Man said tuesday sing a visit to 3rd at Force h ? the men serving in Spur least Asia Are working i to 14 hours Day and they re not bothered by draft card burners chief master sergeant of the air Force Paulw a asserted during s first Stop on a tour of air Force facilities in Europe he is scheduled to arrive ats Baden air bas6 thursday for a swing of Safe bases i Germany. Jive served in two wars world War h and korean War and As far As i am concerned we now have the finest and Molt dedicated enlisted men and the sharpest corps of cos we be Ever native of new Bedford mass., with 25j4 years service Airey has made two trips to Southeast Asia in his capacity Astop air Force enlisted Man. This is his first tour of european bases. He put in a special word of Praise for the Security police who patrol . Bases in Viet Nam and who have suffered casualties and for the civil engineers who have been constantly harassed by the enemy. These people Seldom get credit and i d like to see them mentioned in print Airey top enlisted Man Airey represents 750,000 men on Active duty and an additional several Hundred thousand in the Reserve Sand air National guard. He said he personally answer Sall mail that crosses his desk 100 letters a Mont but retold sergeants at the South Ruislip no club that 98 percent of the problems arising at installations around the world can be handled at base level. During his Stop at sout Ruislip Airey paid a Courtesy Call on 3rd air Force com Mander Brig. Gen. William d. Dunham. A two Day Stop in Germany willbe followed by a tour of air Force facilities in Spain will then wild % his european visit with a return to Germany and More bases. In the talk at South Ruislip Airey said the promotion sched ule for the air Force this Yea will show a marked improve ment Over recent cited the following increases in promotions from 1067 to1968 e9, 1,420 to 1,769 e8, 3,618 to 4,788 master sergeant 11,107to 13,388 tech sergeant 18,729 to 26,086 and staff sergeant,35,256 to 49,990 Airey said the air Force War rant officer program As it has existed in the past is dead with less than 2,000 warrants inactive duty. He said an officer program for these older men who have the qualifications and wish to serve As officers is understudy. He reported a new was uni form has been authorized and promised it will be a big improvement Over present dress. Chosen As the first chief master sergeant of the air Force Airey has completed one year of his two year assignment. His oldest son Dale has just embarked on an air Force career and is attending Load master school in the United states. His daughter Ellen is an airline stewardess. Another son Shawn is at Home in Panama City Fla. Khe Sanh May have High water Mark Washington a .military experts say the siege of . Forces at Khe Sanh May represent the High water Mark of the North Vietnam and Vietcong military Effort in the Viet Nam was the picture the painted for editors and Broad casters attending a National for eign policy conference at the state department. These experts said also that he Sanh May be the first major ground action in the history of warfare to be won by air Power alone. Some 4,000 bomb were dropped daily for /4 months on the estimates said there will be More North Vietnam Mil itary action in the South care fully planned and carefully advertised in order to convince americans and other allies As Well As the South vietnamese that North Vietnam has lots of capability left to score a spectacular military it is Elt Here that the North Vietnam leaders Are not fooling themselves that a communist offensive could no press on to any kind of total Mil itary Victory in South Vietnam. Some Yugo Hopes Spring a Leah Belgrade a the Bottom fell out of klan Dan s Little Goldmine monday. Spring water it hoped to sell was Back on the Public utilities list and dist rib if you Are not u subscriber try this look below an find the circulation office nearest to your Home Lake a trial subscription and prove to yourself How convenient it is to have stripes delivered used sunday the Council of the bosnian Mountain town started Selling water from the Spring claimed by locals to increase Aman s sexual Potency at one Dinar eight cents for a on Eliter bottle. Officials said the decision to sell the water was aimed at squeezing out Black marketeers who have been Selling the water or up to 80 cents a liter. The opposite apparently we achieved the opposite effect Budimir Miletic director of a newly formed com any for the exploitation of minerals and Mineral water announced in klan Dan. The town authorities had erected a six foot High barbed wire Fence around the amazing Spring and two officials were posted to sell liter sized bottles of the elixir for eight cents each. Black Market but hundreds of men from allover Europe preferred to Dodge the queues and pay the Black Market prices. We have now decided to sus Pend its Sale and it will be distributed free of charge Miletic said. But distribution will be limited to one liter per person per Day. And tests Are still going on to prove whether or not the water does what it s advertised to do. Circulation office phone numbers _ Norma Nybelin Civ 739368 Athena Civ 865189 Rumour liven Civ 46341. Mil 7664 Italy Frankfurt Civ 08108-2047, Mil Osenbach t58. , Civ 57617, Mil Vogel Weh 7050 leghorn Civ Mool Mannheim Civ 871403, Mil he ulnar 018 a i Stuttgart. Civ 864225. Mil w30 Wiesbaden Civ 420779, Mil 2420779, l 28505 Nulud kingdom London Civ Hiu ulip 32264, ext 127 subscribe now government housing Only hotshots Gilbert c. Lewis and his daughter Marcia 15, of Elsmere n.y., present this worm s Eye View of their hot air balloon Golden Bear As they prepare to take off. Lewis Bough the Craft from Jacques Piccard the famous Swiss explorer. A Core Leader s son shot to death new York a the 13-year-old son of Roy Innis the associate National director of the Congress of racial Equality Coreas shot to death her monday night police said. Police said the boy Roy innisjr., was playing with two other youngsters outside an apartment House when the shot was fired. The shooting apparently Fol Lowed some noise made by the youngsters in front of the apart ment House. Police took David Newborn,49, to a police station for questioning in connection with the boy was shot in the Back by a negro Man with a pistol police said. Police said it was a War night and the youngsters were shouting and wrestling and Rac ing in and out of the apartment House repeated warnings a negro Man appeared on the stoop holding a pistol and As the youngsters started to run fire done shot police said. Rocket launch planned Tonopah Nev. A two scientific research rockets de signed to measure faint Radia Tion from the stars will be launched from the Tonopah estrange april 23-24. The 240-Pound rockets Are expected to reach an Altitude of 110 Miles and re turn to Earth by parachutes. Bugs believed out of fill i i. A i Washington up the air Force has re enacted the circumstances which led to the crash of a controversial fill fighter bomber in Thailand last month and believes it has eliminated the trouble informed sources said supersonic swing Wing plane formerly called the tfx was one of six sent to the Vietnam War zone March 17 for combat it crashed on its Way to bomb a target i North Vietnam March 30, but its two Man Crew parachuted to safety and was rescued. Sources said monday that test flight re enactment of the Mission indicated the trouble was in the flight control system not in the plane s revolutionary terrain following radar As first the re enactment pilots produced a similar loss of control and As a result changes were made in the flight control mechanism. Still unexplained however was the loss of another fill which was reported overdue on a Mission against North Vietnam in the first three Days of combat. North Vietnam claimed it shutdown the plane in a Tinh province but . Sources said it was unlikely that the aircraft Ever reached North Vietnam air space
