European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ,, Moy 11 the stars and stripes Page 3 Mcconnell outlines drive to encourage of careers by Mark Hiuet is Washington Bureau chief Washington Side tails of a major three pronged drive to solve the grow prob Lem of the future airman career orce were Given to Congress this pm by air Force chief of staff Gen. John p.  programs All related Are increased promotions an expansion of proficiency pay and Lump s payments for the variable reenlistment Bonus verb Mcconnell said in testimony be fore the Senate appropriations committee this week that Theair Force is also concerned with officer retentions. A recent sur vey of 1,780 Young sex military pilots found that 75 per. Cent were now employed by Commer Cial airlines at higher salaries and in More favourable working conditions than the air Force could  Are continuing our efforts to improve promotion opportunities for All airmen with emphasis on increasing the level of Grade ceilings in the top six grades Mcconnell said. We have established a requirement for 72 per cent of our airmen in the top six grades. Inthe past three fiscal years we have obtained increases. So that the approved ceilings for by 1968 Are approximately eight per cent below our  by 1969 starting july 1we requested and received approval of a Grade program which will further increase the ceilings to approximately two per cent below our requirements. The by 1969 program will partially close the Gap Between subscribers requirements and approved Ceil Ings. Promotions under this pro Gram will also permit us to and Vance Many deserving airmen who Are qualified and actually occupying jobs calling for higher grades. This program will establish a More favourable promotion Outlook for our younger airmen As they consider reenlistment beyond the first  in the Case of proficiency pay a differential to compensate those with critical skills Mccon Nell said the air Force is not seeking higher pay but rather the addition of certain specialities to the list of eligible for such pay particularly in the aircraft maintenance  this Way we Hope to Bol Ster reenlistment rates by extending additional compensation for Complex skills most critical to the air Force Mission he said. Working Well both pro pay and the verb to gain additional first term Reen i stents vital skills Are work ing Well the general explained. In by 1967, the first term reenlistment rate in verb skills was 19 per cent As contrasted to 15 per cent in non verb skills he said. Consequently we Are Well satisfied with the Impact of this program for by 1969. We Hope to increase materially the retention effective Ness of the Bonus by respond ing to airman preferences for Lump sum Bonus payments As opposed to payments in annual increments Over the Norma four year reenlistment  Mcconnell said the air Force is also deeply concerned wit the Lack of decent troop and family housing. Surveys show that at least140,000 eligible families do not have adequate housing he said and the air Force quota of fam ily housing construction Over the last five years has stood at less than 3,000 units a  level is far below the requirement Mcconnell declared. Our analysis show that the construction of at least 10,-000 units a year for the next five years or a total of 50,000units during that period will be needed to make any significant reduction in the housing deficit. 1 believe that a sizable expansion of the family housing pro Gram is urgently  construction he also said at least $400 Mil lion to $500 million a year should be spent in military construction for the next five to seven years to replace the most inefficient outmoded deteriorated and uneconomical  Force retention rates have been declining for officers an enlisted men Over the past few years he pointed out because of numerous and extended family separations inadequate housing and living conditions higher pay in comparable civilian Job Sand insufficient promotion of  the Case of officers promotions play a smaller Factor As result of the increase in the statutory ceilings on Field Grade authorizations granted by con Gress. Officers now have a More predictable promotion pattern. 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Goldwater s testimony came inthe fourth Day of his civil action against the Magazine its pub Lisher Ralph Ginzburg and its managing editor Warren Boro  to the announcement that he would visit German after the Campaign Goldwater said on the witness stand the press made such a to do i thought it would be Wise to Call the trip  cemeteries in the sky Sao Paulo Brazil up Alderman Oswardo Giraldes pro posed construction of skyscraper cemeteries after studying Statis tics and concluding that present cemetery space in this City of5,750,000 persons would be used up within 10 years. American wife charged pairs torture trial Owens Frankfurt up a .army civilian employee and his turkish born wife went on trial in Frankfurt thursday on charges of mistreating and assaulting teen aged housemaid. Raymond Birch 44, and his wife Birsen Nesime 30, we rearrested Jan. 26, 1967, when police were told by neighbors that the couple was mistreating their turkish servant Naide Erce Lebi aged 17. Police later released photo graphs of the bruised and battered girl who they said accused the couple especially mrs. Birch of beating and kick ing her savagely Over a period of , a native of Brooklyn n.y., was employed at the times the Frankfurt area retail manager for the european Exchange service which operates the military Post exchanges. Heis still employed but As a Spe Cial  turkish girl s face still bore the scars she alleged the couple inflicted on her when she appeared in court  observers in the court room were a . Army Lega officer maj. Frank r. Stone and Consul Walter h. Hummel Protection and welfare officer at the american consulate i Frankfurt. Naide and her Mother met the Birches in London in 1964, the prosecution statement said an they engaged the girl As a nursemaid for their four Chil  1965 the Birches moved to Ober Ursel near Frankfurt and aide s Mother returned to tur  afterwards Naide fell ill. This she told police angered mrs. Birch and the beating started. The prosecution said the girl got neither breakfast nor lunch and was forced to keep herself alive by eating scraps and Rem Nants from the family  1965 until Early 1967 her weight fell from 145 to 79 pounds. In addition to striking her Wither hands mrs. Birch also clawed the girl s face with he Finger nails tortured her with a heated poker a chair leg and so where9his Kilt Glasgow Scotland a president Charles de Gaulle of France May not know it but lie is prob ably of scottish descent Glasgow schoolteacher said  Gaulle is a French form of Wallace which is very famous in Scotland s history schoolteacher Oliver Brown said. He made the comment at a dinner Here marking the birthday of St. Joan of  dinner also celebrated the 800th anniversary of the old Alliance be tween Scotland and France dating from 1168.the 230 scotsmen attend ing sent a greetings Tele Gram to de Gaulle expressing he loyalty of the scots toward France and their determination to strengthen the links be tween the two nations. Pc knives Cut off her hair mad her go Barefoot doused her with cold water in the cellar during the Winter and paid her no wages the prosecution  the time of mrs. Birch s arrest Naide Erce Lebi was covered from head to foot with scars and wounds the prosecution said. Bir h also ill treated the girl but hardly to the degree that the wife did and Only when mrs. Birch was present and urged him to do so according to testimony the girl gave the police  court proceedings were held up after the charges we reread because Naide s Mother wanted As a witness by Bot defense and prosecution sent a letter to the court wednesday saying she was unable to attend the trial because of ill health. The court adjourned while the judge asked the West German embassy in Ankara to Contact the Mother. Mrs. Musz Zes Kut tas and ask her whether she could testify in an affidavit with in four weeks. Zoe Caldwell weds producer Whitehead new York a Zoe Cald Well 34, Star of the prime of miss Jean Brodie on Broadway and Robert Whitehead 52, pro Ducer of the show were married thursday at Mechanicsville a. The Bride who won the ton award for her portrayal of a schoolteacher who does not marry was to appear in the show thursday evening. It is the first marriage for miss Caldwell and the second for Whitehead whose i first wife died in 1965