European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse L,.mi of Var the stars and stripes if vow not smile by John Krueger T staff writers a ass Why the 53rd tactical i filter so Here wants to Pumphe record straight about its Emblem full confusion began when 10 Vietnam Veteran f4 pilots Winf 1 so phantom flying hours tamed their own Tiger Catt a within the Tiger . They had a slap Happy strtoeo1 cat with flapping Paw drawn up As their status Symbol. When this far from ferocious looking feline flew into th6 pages of the stars and stripes late last month it was erroneously identified As the Squadron Emblem that prompted the. Com Mariner it. Col. William i Brown to Forward a copy of thereal Mccoy a deadly Seri Ous aggressive Tiger who is ready to fight where and when he is e it their share of Merit awards by John Krueger staff writer tis the season for scholarship announcements and american dependent High schools Here i Europe Are coming in for their share of honors As National Merit scholarship Winders have been reported from Heidelberg Frankfurt arid Wiesbaden. K1? of the seven plan to at tend military academies. The Yare Wiesbaden senior Stephen c. Hoyle who will Ren Ter the jul class at the air Force Academy and Carl m. Kruger from Hei Delberg who has been accepted at West Point. Hoyle is the son of air Force it. Col. B. W. Hoyle of a Meh Wiesbaden and mrs. Hoyle. Kruger s parents Are army w. Kruger now serving in Vietnam and mrs. receiving Grants at Hei Delberg All in conjunction with Shi inf s 3rd brigade hosts British Cadet unit -. " r1 1" a " i Sandhofer Germany special a contingent of United kingdom army cadets were hosted by a unit of the 3rd inf brigade Here when a group made a 10-Day Sojo Zirri to see . Army operations infantry style. Twelve members of the Albans troop 4thcadet regt Royal arty England lived in Barracks of the 2nd in 3rd brigade 8th inf dive during their stay where they com pared notes on the British and . was the first timer members of a British Cadet unit have been hosted by unit of the . group. Consisted of 10 cadets Between the Ages of 14 arid 16, under the command of maj. ,. Pettifer and sgt. Maj. Iri Struc Tor Victor Neaves � British army cadets Are Young men who Volunteer to undergo training for the Mil itary. While attending school. They enter " the program at age 14 and May continue in the cadets until age 18. Then they Are eligible to enter the regular army. Sponsored by the British army the cadets Are supplied with uniforms equipment and Are Given military an citizenship training. While at Coleman Barracks the British lads were Given the Opportunity to fire the m60 machine gun m14 Rifle and .45 Cali Ber pistol. They were shown certain phases of helicopter training tank gunnery an tactical air demonstrations. What did the Young troopers think of their american hosts one was heard to say in typical cock Ney they Are a great Bunch of army air Force an Merit provisions Are National William h. Naylor Iii Davidson . Ollege son of maj. William h. Naylor jr., Usa eur seventh army he and mrs. Naylor bar t Ara Shimei Michigan stat University daughter of m. Sgt. David y. Shimei also of Sarteur seventh army he and mrs. Shimei and Thomas , Massachusetts Institute of technology son of air Force maj. Robert j. Bissell 7th weather so and mrs. Frankfurt seniors have been named to receive National Merit scholarships. Joining the select group of2,000 worldwide winners out of 14,000 semifinalists Are Debra Dukes and Mary Herndon recipients of army and air Force sponsored Grants respectively. Debra has chosen to Atten Doane College Crete neb. She is the daughter of army sgt maj. And mrs. Herbert m. Dukes Frankfurt. Mary s choices capital University in Colum bus Ohio. She is the daughter Ofair Force maj. And mrs. Ken Neth l. Herndon Brun sum the Netherlands. The students will receive allot ments from service welfare funds ranging from $100 to $1,500for each of their four College years. Such provisions Are Parton an agreement with the National Merit scholarship corp.,of Evanston i. In addition to their scores on National Merit tests the Young sters Are selected on the basis of their College Entrance Board tests school averages extra curricular activities leadership citizenship and school oks. To achieve the rank of Semi finalists announced last fall it was necessary for the seniors to rank in the top one per cent of the original 800,000 contestant from 17,500 High schools. There were 4,202 students eligible forthe tests from overseas schools including dependent and International institutions. There were 98 american semifinalists from overseas schools. O Heidelberg special the local chapter of the re serve officers association Roa will hold its annual boat ride and Castle illumination excursion on saturday evening july 6. Tickets at$2.50 per person Are available from Roa members of the Heidelberg chapter. A sex see life is too Short to take Long Chance unit to the 8th info so brigade wm�?m0down Range on an m60 tank left at right . James Sexton of the 8th div instructs the cadets of use of the m14. Usa eur accidents since july 1 army motor vehicles. Non army Mot. Vehicles vye Apons and explosives a Phy Fiat in drowning As of May 10 1967 1963 6390 94 &7 s 29 97 3 1 11 42 totals 230 24$
