European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse I96 the stars and stripes Page 9 feed a lift don9t mind earn infantry badges air service a damaged in ton ch34helicopter is lifted in a belly slag by a ch37 chopper in Kaiserslautern a route to Colema Barracks Mannheim for repairs. The helicopter was damaged in a Landing attempt and could not be moved by ground transport be cause of Low Road overpasses. The. Damaged chopper s transmission was removed for thelow level flight which required 25 minutes of flying time. Army photo Weston bad Kreuz Nach Germany special Twenty four pathfinders from the 1st in 87th inf have completed expert infantry Man badge Eib tests at Baumholzer. The Eib is the peacetime sol Dier s equivalent of the combat infantryman s badge awarded to soldiers who have been in combat. The Eib designates proficiency in All infantry areas. In both practical and written examinations the 8th inf div sol Diers pitted their skills against standards set by the department i of the army.1 top Man in the battalion was 2nd it. Frank h. Knight co a with a score of 2,016. He scored highest among All 17 phases without i a retest. However the men with the battalion s highest scores after retests in As Many As three phases were 2nd it. Dwight g. Longaker co a with 2,050 2ndlt. Larry w. Hensel cob 2,034 arid 1st it. Steven r. Edwards cd a 2,033. The three highest scoring en-1listed men were pfc. Anthony Wilson cob 2,025 s. Santiago cob 1,964 and pfc. David Taylor co a 1,958. Bad Kreuz Nach Germany special maj. Fredrick c. Rice has taken command of the 8th inf div s 7th in 16th arty in , who has been executive officer of the unit since october 1967, replaces it. Col. Robert n. Herrington who has been reassigned to the 8th inf div Headquarters g3. Baum older Ger Many special maj. Fred Erick c. Rice has assume command of the 8th inf div s 7th in 16th arty replacing it. Col. Robert n. Harrington who is now division g3. Rice had been battalion executive officer. Heidelberg special the signal Spring formal wine and roses will beheld May 29 at the Heidel Berg officers open mess i Patrick Henry Village. All european signal officers Are invited. They should Contact their unit representatives for ticket reservations and Billet ing space. Hanau Germany special it. Col. Harry e. Evans is the new commander of Vogelsberg District replacing col. C. B. Smith who has been reassigned to usar eur he in had been serving As the District s Deputy com Mander for the past 18 months. Gigli air base Turkey special airman . Aus tin w. Brown a wire maintenance Man has been named airman of the Mont for det 11 Here. Bad Godesberg troupe to put on 4st. Joan bad Godesberg Germany special students of the Amer ican school Here will stage George Bernard Shaw s Saint Joan Friday at 8 . At the american Community theater on Kennedy Alice in second performance will be Given saturday at 8 . Pinewood Derby is typical in Safe 1 fathers slowly taking Over mothers role in cub scouts Wiesbaden special the activity May have been differ ent but the camaraderie and the excitement at Hindenburg Ca sern during pack 16 s Pinewood Derby was typical of cub scout groups in cub master explained the ground rules and the youngsters tried hard to stay with him but their hearts weren t in it. Their eyes kept straying to the table where their Pinewood Derby racers stood ready to zip Dow the inclined track stretched out across the of the 34 blocks of carved painted and polished Wood represented almost a month of work for each important it represented father son teamwork. There was t a car on the table that did t show at least one fatherly guiding stroke witha chisel or Daub with a paint Brush and this was All right wit the officials. That s the Way it was , cub scouting has been a part of the mothers world. A boy was 11 and in the boy scouts before dad became getting the wheels Oue Dand making the five ounce weight limit Are serious at Pinewood Derby the principal mover. Of late fathers have been getting with the younger set a Little always have been cub masters but now there Are afew Den fathers As Well. The car designs were As Varieda the boys themselves. Some father son teams had placed Al their excess allowable weight across the front axles. Others took a Leaf from the drag strip and weighted their racers rain by in the rear. One snazzy Job was completely equipped with gear shift control panel pedals wheel and shortened wheel was painted in traditional cub scout Blue and Gold with a Bunny and the name Jack s Rabbit painted on the Side. With fathers acting As judges starters and scorers the affair was reeled off in less than 75minutes. One by one the cars dropped out. The one with the shortened wheel base became a victim of its own design when it Hung upon a raised guide rail. Jack s Rabbit hopped out of Contenti nearly. It took 65 races before the Las two cars made it to the final heat which turned out to be Ai family affair As the Woika Broth i ers Brian and Steve went to thei starting line. While the former i had a conventional looking Blue racer Steve s Model was a weird Black Job huge in the Back and almost nonexistent in the front. 1 he got to the Hacksaw before i got Home said his cars belonged to the weight in the rear school. At the finish line it was the conventional Blue Over the Radi Cal Black and the 1968 Pinewood Derby for pack 16 was history. Chutis meet on Schweinfurt g e a Many special the an Nual sport Parachute meet of the european Parachute league will take place Fri Day and saturday at Conn Barracks top . Cd Utiss in Europe Are expected at the meet sponsored by the 3rd inf div s acrobats and the8th inf div Pathfinder club. Competition will be held under the auspices of the United states Parachute association. Five of the highest scoring parachutists will become eligible to compete in the . National parachuting championship july 6-12 at Tuc son Ariz. Members of the 7tharmy sport Parachute team will judge the con test. Each parachutist will be judged in two events style and accuracy
