European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 16 1966 Stroedel loader the stars and stripes Page f Jet engines Given a lift Laken Ileath England special a device led Stroedel loader named after us inventor sat Douglas m. Stroedel of the 48th trans so is now being used to Load Jet a docs onto flatbed truck at warehouses an hangars on the Lake Heath air base flight line. Previously the engines were lifted onto dollies by manpower alone. When the height of a maintenance Dock was lower than the height of a Flat bed truck a ramp was used to Roll the Dolly and engine onto the  Stroedel loader combines a pallet with the column and Lintel principle vertical column support the engine to prevent Side movement and the engine is horizontally suspended above an opening. The device looks like an upside Down table which has slots for a forklift the table legs support the engine Frame and two fold Downe enable in loader to slip under the engine which is then placed on a Dolly intended to prevent Jet engines from accidentally falling off a flatbed the Stroedel loader is expected to avoid costly engine damage and unnecessary risk to human life and limb. Following a costly Accident last year Stroedel  a work after a weekend of thinking and building during routine standby duty he presented capt. Richard f. Bryner traffic manage ment officer with a four foot wooden Model of what was to become the Stroedel loader. At Bryner s direction the Model was converted to the real thing made of solid steel. Last week it ran its first successful test. The idea is no being submitted for use wherever cranes unavailable for loading Jet engines. Are gimmick sgt. Douglas Stroedel folds Down one of the legs of the loader. Of photo 3rd div Chutis tops standings in Europe meet by Jerry Drane staff writer Schweinfurt Germany is Luverne Peck of the 3rd inf div acrobats sport Parachute club May have placed first Overall in the european Parachute championships Here but the old timers were up inthe air Over the feat of a Rookie. Twice in a Row Brent Brown Junior member of the seventh army Parachute team placed his. Feet on a four Inch disc on the ground after jumping from3,300 feet in the air. One grizzled skydiver who claims to have made More than 800 jumps said it s a might Good feeling when these few jumps of a lifetime Are , with Only 80 or so jumps to his credit won the advanced accuracy event hands Down. Two consecutive perfect jumps has not occurred in Competition in 21/2 years said George gut shall meet sponsor. For three Days competitor from six sport Parachute teams in Germany and England dodged High winds and Low Clouds and waited out rainstorms to get inthe required accuracy and style  five finishers in each category Are eligible to attend the National Competition in Tuscon ariz., june 30-july 9.weather is expected to be some what nicer  Tucson a . Team will be Spear headers Rake mock enemy Hohenfels Germany special artillery shells scoured the slopes behind the ruins of pie Len Hofen while tanks mortars and infantry opened fire on close targets As the 3rd army div s Ranger battalion put on a live fire demonstration at a training Range Here. U col. Charles h. Long com Mander of the 2nd in 36th inf Hanger said the purpose of the display was to illustrate the combined firepower of All the weapons of a mechanized infantry battalion and supporting units. $�?.vip�./.-. W.%. A a\%w9gws9wtii. To i joining in the fray against simulated enemy attack were units of the Ranger battalion2nd in 3rd arty 23rd engr in and the 1st in 33rd  Hundred troops observing the demonstration were kept informed of the Progress of the Battle via a Loudspeaker hooked up to command radio system. From the moment a scout reconnaissance platoon reported the enemy approaching the action was Swift mounting in an ear splitting Crescendo when All of the weapons were engaged. A Battery of 155mm self propelled howitzers was the first to engage the enemy sending i High explosive rounds from about five Miles away. A simulated atomic explosion showing the atomic potential of an Artiller Battery sent a mushrooming White Cloud skyward. As the enemy threw in re serves to keep the Advance mov ing the Friendly forces called in tank fire and the jeep mounted recoilless Rifle. Mortars machine guns automatic rifles and the my Rifle spewed out a withering a also Kalian capital Gigli copter picks up stricken child of sgt. Izmir Turkey special a Gigli based helicopter Crew recently flew an emergency Mission in Early morning darkness to Aidah american girl stricken with appendicitis at a turkish resort hotel Carla Gunter daughter of t. Sgt. Walker Gunter of the Izmir air police took sick Early on a sunday morning while on Holiday at Pamuk kale sponsored by the american youth association. A Doc Tor diagnosed the ailment As appendicitis. Army maj. Frank Turman a Chaperon for the Holiday trip  Headquarters and arranged for a helicopter flight from Gigli air base where land Southeast aircraft Are based. Just before Daybreak the helicopter Pilot it. Col. Fred Clapp spotted his Landing Field by the blinking lights of three buses that had brought the youngsters to Pamuk kale. Clapp flew Over once then landed the helicopter on a stretch of Road illuminated by the headlights. Clapp and his Crew maj. Nickolas Leone or. And spec. 6 James Faulkner quickly refuelled the aircraft with extra gasoline carried in the copter. Meanwhile the ailing girl was brought to the Landing pad from the hotel. Twenty minutes after Landing Clapp had the helicopter speeding Back to Gigli where an anxious father and a doctor waited. After a Quick Check the doctor rushed Carla in an ambulance to Izmir Susan Hospital and out of danger. Wall of Lead which checked the assault and sent the enemy reeling  our infantrymen with courage and firepower to Stan their ground together with sup porting units Long said behave a formidable Force that can Well fulfil its Mission in  play judge is on tour Munich Germany special prize winning graphics designer Kenneth b. Dresser of washing ton d. C. Currently in Europe As a judge for the Susareu tournament of plays along with Agnes Moorehead and Edward Shaw is on a tour of command entertainment centers it was announced by the army special services Agency Here. Dresser is a graduate of the Rhode Island school of design and studied in Rome and Milan inthe school s european honors program. He is surveying some Sarteur entertainment centers to prepare plans for redesigning and improving the use of the entertainment facilities. Dresser s remaining stops Areto be at Kaiserslautern and we Bruecken May 16, and Munich May 17. Supply activity cited Kaiserslautern Germany special the technical Supply activity of cob 66th maintenance in 1st support brigade has been named As the out standing repair parts Supply activity of the Quarter selected to compete in the world championships at Graz Austria in August. First in the style event was Kenneth Rorheim of the Milden Hall England team. This even consists of a series of intricate turns and Rolls from 6,600 feet to be executed in a 30-second free fall with the ground Rush ing up at you at 120 Miles per hour. Rorheim Overall Winner in the meet last year was second to Peck this year. Ankara Turkey special col. Chester h. Bohart has replaced col. A. C. Trapol Das commander of the  logistics group det 30. Bohart had been assigned a commander of the 3636th com Bat Crew training group a Fairchild air Force base Washington. Trapold will be reassigned to the Pentagon. Mannheim Germany Spe Cial a Mannheim youth has received an appointment tothe . Military Academy according to his sponsor  Brotzman a Colo. The appointee is Michael , 17, son of or. And mrs. Alfred h. Fankell. A Stu Dent at Heidelberg american High school Michael spent the past two years in Tripoli be fore his father was transferred to the . Army rail Way maintenance activity in rheingau Germany. Michael will report to West Point july1 to begin training for the fall semester. Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial col. Fred m. Barrick Low will assume command of the 6910th Security Wing Fri Day succeeding col. John , who is retiring bar wicklow has served As win vice commander since August 1966. Moving in As vice com Mander will be col. Robert e. Gautney who is now Deputy commander of the 6915th Security group at Hof air Sta Tion. Usa eur medical Parley opens May 22 Garmisch Germany is the 1968 Usa eur medical surgical training conference will be held Here May 22-24. Maj. Gen. Laurence a. Potter will open the sessions in the Al Pine theater at 9 . He will introduce it. Gen. Leonard d. Heaton army surgeon  reception will be held that evening in the general Patton hotel dining room. During the three Day Confer ence a series of specially ses Sions will be held at Sherida Barracks. Professional films will will be  the closing Day Heaton will address the conference inthe Alpine theater. The office of the Susareu surgeons expects nearly 400 medical officers to attend. Pro Grams will be conducted for wives and children of the conferees