European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday april pm talks9 to deaf mutes Iii hands speak at Good and Asmara Ethiopia special spec. 4 Robert  s hands speak two silent languages one modern efficient sophisticated de personalized the other As old As the human affliction that necessitated  8 . To 5 . Long s fingers translate volumes of military data into the cryptic language of computers at the . Army Security Agency Field station , each night from 6 to 9 . And every sunday morning his hands weave tales of Good and evil of men and god of nature and life Tell ing stories to an audience that cannot hear or speak. The key punch specialist a native of Oklahoma and former divinity student holds sign language classes for deaf mutes in a roofed swimming poo that has been partitioned into rooms. When Long started his classes in the basemen of the Baptist missionary s Home in Asmara a year and a half ago most of the students could communicate in sign language. He taught them and As they Learned More came until the classes outgrew the Small school room and had to be moved to the covered swim Ming Pool. Instruction begins at the level of a Normal 4-year-old. The Normal four year old with unimpaired speech and hearing is educationally equal to an untutored 20-year-old deaf mute said Long. He starts with picture books of the Jack and Jill variety uses old Magazine advertisements and flan Grams Felt backed Cut outs that stick to flannel surface. Lacking Only one year of study to be ordained Baptist minister Long started learning sign language in 1961 after finding an instructional car similar to those handed out by deaf mutes in the United states. He began translating Bible passages into sign language and now has Over 3,000 words at his  s Success Here is in his own words one of the most rewarding experiences of his life. Researched for a deaf mute congregation while study ing the ministry in the . And discovered Bothin Detroit and Springfield  deaf mutes behaved in two extremely divergent ways either they attended Church regularly or were totally afraid to admit their  started looking for a congregation after his arrival at Asmara in november 1965, but had Little Success for More than a year. Eventually a casual mention to an ethiopian waiter in a club led to formation of my first class. After that things just seemed a fall into place he said he is now tutoring 24 to 30 ethiopians italian and americans ranging in age from 6 to 20 Yearsin learning to read and write. Some have attended a special school in Kere Ethiopia and have returned to the american sol Dier s classes for help with special problems or to help others who have been unable to attend the Keren  the instructor gives the More advanced students the responsibility of leading a class ses Sion to contribute to their self Confidence. The specialist who is scheduled to rotate to . In May Hopes he will be Able to extend or to return to Ethiopia within a year of his separation in 1969after he completes his ministry studies and is  usually takes More than a year Long said but i Hope the Church will accept my work her and allow me to return. The ethiopian government says that i must have a school before i can return and i have that i teach lip Reading and sign language. God gave me this class and i still have work to  electronic Page scanner reduces people errors9 by Perry Flippin staff writer Heidelberg is a machine capable of performing a month s work in one Day has been added to the army communications inventory at usar eur he Here. Known As optical Page Reader the electronic device scans printed material character by charac Ter at roughly 4,000 words per minute and delivers a Punche teletype tape instantaneously for transmission to commands served by the Usa eur signal Center. Col. Earl j. Holliman 516thsignal support group co at Karlsruhe Germany assisted i acquiring the sophisticated elec tronic  Are faced with a people shortage he said. Not Only Are there fewer trained operators available but traffic density has continued to increase. Under the former system the additional work Load and Multi ple handling would have produced corresponding increase in err ors he continued. In this Busi Ness it s essential that errors be kept at a minimum and that can Only be accomplished through More efficient handling  became apparent that the Only solution was  concept of the new operation is greatly simplified he said. Typewritten messages Are received from commanders or staff sections already prepared in the acceptable format and Spe Cial Type font and then placed in the Reader s loading  in conjunction with transportation experts to meet in Rotterdam tape Check sgt. John Smith left checks a tape made bythe High Speed Perforator operated by sgt. Charles Amos. Army a computer which directs it Reading program the machine photo electrically reads the Mes Sage stores the information in memory Banks and adds routing data As previously programmed. Then the information readied for transmission goes through a High Speed Perforator which pre pares a paper tape. Holliman explained most four errors Are people errors which occur in preparing the message for transmission Over the High Speed teletype  the Soldier might reach 50 words per minute in typing the text onto the tape the Reader does this 80 times faster wit no errors or Coffee  Rotterdam the Netherlands is Prince Bernhardt of the Netherlands will address the opening session of the annual european conference of the National defense transportation association Here thursday. Theme of the european con Ference which will be attended by transportation specialist from All Over Europe will be transportation evolution key to free world  sharing the platform with the Prince at the opening session of the three Day Nita conference which will run through april 20, will be William r. Tyler Amer ican ambassador to the nether lands and Rotterdam s Burgo Meister Willem Thomassen. Following opening ceremonies Welby m. Frantz Nita presi Dent will launch the business program with a keynote address. Later Frans Posthuma Rotterdam port authority director will discuss the City s extensive development of docks and water ways. Friday morning s session will feature a speech by vice . Lawson p. Ramage military sea transportation service Mats commander. Ramage a world War ii medal of Honor Winner will speak on transportation evolution and defense  also featured at the Friday morning session will be an address by Henry marking chief executive of British european airways. Luncheon speaker willbe Robert Weiss president of the household goods forwarders association. Friday afternoon will see Apanel discussion moderated by rear . Elliott Bloxom Dep Uty commander for operations military traffic management and terminal services. Subject of the discussion willbe through Bills of  panellists will include Thomas m. Goodfellow president of the association of american rail roads Hans Ger Tymisch pres ident of Ger Tymisch Gueter ii Wilson Offutt Eastern airline vice president Michael r. Me Evoy president of sea land service inc. And t. F. Poole of Lloyds of London. Among other top military speakers will be Gen. David a. Burchinal Deputy commander in chief Neucom vice  Artensey director of logistics joint chiefs of staff and Brig.  c. Fuson . Army director of transportation. The conference director is  e. Winn chief of the transportation division Neucom. Supply specialist cited Frankfurt special spec. 4 Roy e. Helms jr., a sup ply specialist assigned to the army Security Agency communications come unit Here has been named Soldier of i he Spring Quarter and Soldier of the  Piedmont . Soldier was awarded a $25 . Savings Bond and a three Day pass. Wii set stage for major s shift in career by Phil Dodson staff writer Worms Germany is from German infantry sergeant to american army officer is a unusual transition but american born maj. Harry c. Mueller son of German american parents survived a russian prisoner of War Camp to do it. Mueller presently Deputy Secretary on the general staff at com z Headquarters Here assent by his parents at the age of 9 to East Prussia to Complete his education. He attended Pri Mary and secondary High school during his stay at ins Tor Burg East Prussia since 1945 apart of Russia. In 1943, at the age of 17, Muel Ler an american citizen was under German Law inducted into the German army. For preliminary training hand his group spent three months in a paramilitary organization designed to condition draftees to the regimentation of army com Munal living. We did t have weapons he recalls and in Drill we used shovels instead of  was sent to Russia for completion of Basic training which he describes As  to make matters worse Only one Field uniform was issued and had to be worn each  it got dirty you washed it that night. It might be wet the next morning but it better have been clean he  Young Soldier then a ser Geant was captured by the rus sians at Glogau Silesia in aug ust 1945."we had been under siege for two months he recalled. Out of an original 35 men in my Pla Toon we had Only 14 the Day to fore capture. I had six men under my command when we were caught Mueller spent three years in Ahard labor Camp near Kiev the 2,000 prisoners lived literally on bread water and potato soup if you could cull it pop. Five buckets of potatoes was Al that went into the daily ration for All of , who now weighs a husky 170 pounds weighed 102when he was finally sent Back to  remembers the Conversa Tion which resulted in his being returned should we Send him Back to Germany one medic questioned. Yes said the  we won t have to make out the death  i heard that i decided not to live up to their expectations Mueller added emphatic  to the United states in october 1948 after a convalescent period in Germany � found out from his draft bar that he was soon to receive draft notice for service in a Shorum hereafter Mueller enlisted and took Basic training Columbia . Upon comple Bijj he applied and was accepted officers candidate school. When he graduated from pcs a Riley kan., he was awarded i commission in the corps of w gingers. .,-.since then he has Wen Fri ice at Many posts Rhrou Thoi a world and has won Hie bronc Star for meritorious san a Vietnam