European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Day the stars and stripes Page regions in yes setup consolidated hidden stinger hidden in a camouflage emplacement a v corps Soldier carefully checks the Field of fire that can be covered by his .50 Caliper machine gun. He is set up on defense perimeter during an army training test to repel an aggressor attack. Army Kaiserslautern Germany is a new acronym Cen Gay took the spotlight at Kle Ber Cavern Here when the old sign Kaiserslautern area Exchange came Down and the new Central Germany area Exchange sign was unveiled it col. I. J. Harris forme Rees Kaiserslautern area Exchange commander Heads Cen Gay a combined operation of the Kaiserslautern and Heidel Berg areas with Headquarters Here. R maj. Danny Booras former Heidelberg a r e a commander will continue at Heidelberg As head of a Field of fice there an will also become assistant com Mander of Cenga. Twenty two others including office and maintenance personnel and Drivers will remain at the Field office. Sales personnel Are unaffected by the reorganization. The Heidelberg area employ approximately 1,400 and Kaiserslautern 2,000, bringing a total of3,400 under one Headquarters. The bulk of employees Are store personnel. Procurement Center does destroy goods to halt cold flow Sandhofer Germany Spe Cial stopping the Gold flow by destroying government property would seem at first to be a preposterous solution. But that s exactly what is happening at the . Army procurement Center s Laboratory facility at Colema Barracks Here. Charles j. Lepone chief of the Laboratory Branch of the procure ment Center s Quality Assurance division explained the Paradox by saying that since Man fac. Tuners know that the army is subjecting their goods to rigorous tests Here they exercise better Quality control at their end which results in better material for the government. The Center backs up its psycho Soldier of Quarter Izmir Turkey special spec. 4 Thomas r. Debrine has been named Soldier of the Quarter of the Landshut Fieast army element. He is assigned to the adjutant general s division. Logical advantage Over the manufacturer with an impressive array of scientific with chemical labs a Ray machines a machine shop Scales and precision measuring appliances the Center is equipped to test almost everything the army buys with a few except ions which include food and Petroleum device resembling a medieval torture rack tests and rec ords the tensile strength of materials by stretching bending tearing and breaking them. A visitor to the Laboratory a torture chamber can witness within an hour a tracked vehicle wheel from the . Army maintenance Plant in to Eslingen be ing tested for rubber to Metal adhesion. To determine the amount of pressure that would be required to separate the rub Ber from the Metal the doomed wheel is torn apart by 20 tons of Bronze Star Stuttgart Germany two we Ham e. Day spec. 4 Charles Darneille he signal support group 106. Munich sat. . Calvin ellorb24th inf div. Erlanger Germany maj. Cecil n Neely Etal 88t. Oscar g. Gilbert 4th army old support come. Augsburg Germany two Kayron p. Fincher he South Bavaria District kor Westheim Germany Mai Bernard w. Mclntosh Vii corp he. Mildenhall England capt. Hrry l. Jones jr., 613th tactical Airlift Wlna a .ue8 al0r 8 by. Curl Matthew 1605th air base Wing. Distinguished flying Cross Suffolk England capt. Dean c. Riu to capt Winston a. Hawley613th tactical Airlift Wing. Vicenza Italy _ maj. Juuall a Park he 6th Allied tactical air results of this test Are sent to the procurement Center maintenance Plant and if there is a defect in the product Are then forwarded to the manufacturer in order to better insure Quality control at the source. Meanwhile across the Hall area thermometer is putting Sam Ples of a Post Engineer pain through an aging process. Inside the weather meter the Sun Rise Sand sets at the operator s will and the paint samples whirl around through endless climatic in the tensile testing Laboratory technicians have hooked to a stretching machine a Sample of rubber from the tire rebuilding facility at the maintenance Plant in steady pressure from the machine the rubber eventually snaps but not before the pres sure required to break it has your guide to Good listening in the dec tuesday american forces network the times listed for an programs Are Central european time news every hour 0605 hymns from Home 0610 request show 0700 world at 0700 0730 request show of Iii pop Maiio 0830 Don Mcneil 0906 Rake ten 0916 Tempo 1005 Jaim St. Jazz 1030 Ira Cook 1910 new1916 for children 1730 Hannover fair color 1800 new 1830 regional pro Gram 8000 new 1109 collector Corner 1130 request show 1205 sports 1215 request show 13o5 Linkletter 1315 Good music 1405 Small world 1505 Date with Chris 1605 1605 to Nashville 1706 reque4t show 1745 sport journal world at 1boo 1825 local new 1839 Jim Pewter 190b Young sound 2005 on the scene 2030 Johnny Dollar 2053 close up 2105 music in air 2200 world at 2200223o to night show 2405 sports 2315 John Oor Emu 0005 Herman Griffith 0030 profile 0035 All that jazz 01o5 Bui Stewart 0200 Art Baker 0205 Paul Compton 0300 Early news 0305 Date with Chris 0400 Point of Law 0405 just music 0500 country Corner German to 2015 a place for animal2100 Many Are called Kan play 2820 new2240 Europe at 11 50 . 232t new second program1927 news 2000 economics 2030 West Jordan report 2100 Solo for Oncel 2150 Karl Marx Trotters color 2220 news u-551750 off duty Magazine 1815 three women in the House series Bibu the Globe Ramstein Wiesbaden Rhein main to i Imp. I Kwh. . . �2sr is san. So of fish is � detective Bottom �230 Mike Douala this Dally radio and to program schedule will to replaced with a weekly program guide starting May 4. Porta Wiliom a a other pages for announcements of special broadcasts been recorded by sensitive instruments. In a room farther Down the Hall two experts a Ray Armor plate from an armoured Personne Carrier searching for possible defects in the woman in a chemical lab sets up a combustion bomb to test the heat value of a piece of Coal. And in a Cork lined Roo where temperature and humidity Are kept constant an employ checks the gauge blocks from a maintenance Plant to insure tha tall measurements Are exact. The Laboratory checks an double checks materials used by the military in Europe to Assur that All equipment will perform As expected under Adverse Aswell As Normal conditions said Phillip Riedel Laboratory director. That s How we save the government Money he concluded. Supply Points Are merged Giessen Germany special the 308th service and Supply in has consolidated two of its Clat Iii Supply Points to provide Bel Ter service to consuming Iii supplies consist of Petroleum Oil and consolidation merged fhe Kassel Supply Point with bad Ersfeld. The reorganization will take advantage of both the strategic location and of bad hers Feld s better distribution an storage facilities. The bad Hersfeldt Supply Point serving some 75 units within an area bounded by Kassel in the North and Darmstadt in the South is headed by staff h. Derrick with the assistance of a six Man staff. Effective july 26, the Stuttgart facilities will come under Cen various consolidations of areas to be completed this Yearby yes Headquarters at Nuernberg Are expected to save approximately $950,000 annually $700, 000 of which affects Gold flow Harris said. Present at the changeover Cere Mony besides Harris and boor As were col. Thomas c. Butsch palatinate District commander and it. Col. John b. White ram Stein yes Liaison officer and chief Supply services division,26th combat support group Sembach Germany Spe Cial the combined Federal Campaign Csc drive her yielded $7,664, an increase of More than $3,000 Over the amount donated in the 1967 drive. It Sembach Germany Spe Cial col. Sumner a. Cheese Man commander of the 603rdusaf dispensary will assume command of Ramstein airbase s 26th tactical Hospital in june. He also will be director of base medical services. Mannheim Germany Spe Cial sgt. Carl w. Lindsey of co a 16th signal in has been selected As the seventh army communications come Soldier of the month. Lindsey who entered the army i september 1966, is a Cable team chief. Frankfurt special the Frankfurt american High school music department will Host a festival concert May 13, at 8 . In the Gold Roo of the Frankfurt officers club. School choruses from Ber Lin Bremerhaven Pitburg Hahn Wiesbaden and Frank Furt and the Frankfurt Ameri can High school concert ban will participate. Darmstadt special program music with a beat and a message will be presented by the Darmstadt Community Chapel May 20 at the army service club in Cambrai Fritsch Cserne. The program sponsored bythe protestant men of the Chapel will feature a combo of protestant monks from Bens Heim. Frankfurt special Thev corps newspaper guard Ian received its second order of the Gold plated paste pot for a two Page project partnership article. The award was presented bythe command information Branch of the office of the chief of Public affairs usar eur and seventh army limn club plans play Izmir Turkey special members of the Izmir High school drama club will present dark of the Moon at the Turk ish american association theater on May 2, 3, and 4. Bomb Linen g e r m a n y special spec. 5 Richard Smith a pay specialist with the 78th finance Section has been named seventh army support come Soldier of the Quarter. He was awarded a $50 savings Bond a three Day pass a letter of commendation and the promotion to specialist five. Pitburg Germany special m. Sgt. Robert 0. Driscoll of the 36th transportation been named the 36th tac tical fighter Wing no of the Quarter. He is Coic of the packing and crating Section of the traffic management of fice
