European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                / the ruins of Nan Stein Castle loom Over the Lan Stuhl Mark Platz. Castle was badly damaged in a religious siege in april May 1523. By Ray Wrights a Ramstein Bureau chief an ironic Story is told of a Youngman who saved his Money to take the fart ins Blaue excursion to a unannounced destination advertised in the City 10 Miles from his Home  the big Day he hiked to the City boarded the curtained train and waited eagerly for the big Surprise when the shades would be raised at the end of the journey. The ironic twist is that the excursion was to his own Village where he had lived for 20 years completely oblivious to its historic sights. Lan Stuhl Germany is in the Cate gory of that Village for the thousands of americans and canadians stationed inthe palatinate. To Many of them it is is photos by Guenter Schuettler and Vic Damon nothing More than a narrow Streeter traffic congested jaywalking harass ment. A tour of Lan Stuhl should Start witha walk around beginning at the old mar Ket Square now a gardened Beauty spot surrounded by shops cafes a Bank and parking spaces. In the direction toward the Hill topped by the ruins of Nan Stein Castle is a sea of old half timbered building with rumpled slate roofs. The building housing restaurant romantic was first mentioned in 1740 and probably was built in the 1400s, several other buildings Are equally ancient. The Castle itself was started in 1160by emperor Barbarossa and the knights of Sickinger acquired it through marriage some 300 years later. Franz von Sickinger fortified Trecastle in 1518. A supporter of Martin Luther he attempted in cooperation pc Joe 12 c Moor bad was once a famed health resort. Fountain in Castle has statue of Franz von Sickinger the stars and stripes die alte Kopelle still used Wai constructed in 1370 monday Inch von Hutten to Reform thei politically with the help of Vari rights in 1522.ian Catholic princes of the Palati Trier and Hesse attacked Vongenk s forces in the Castle april von Sickinger was  during an inspection of dam ind on May 7 he surrendered theland died. An inscription Over the pee identifies the room where he memorial sculpture to pro protes Franz von Sickinger was erected sons in the old Catholic Church Andreas. It still stands in the i on Kirche Gasse one Block up beside from the marketplace. His same area is the 70-year-old bad a health resort famous All Europe at the turn of the Cen Mutl for the Baths was dug from oors North of Lan Stuhl and some Pat is now Ramstein air  on Kirche Gasse stands the Ren fomer Treasury for the knights often. Further Down the Street is a red Stone Arch which originally the Zehnter Scheuer the great Csc where Farmers brought their1 m Grain and other produce. Part b original Wall surrounding land we exists Here. Sickinger Wuerfel Dice is the nickname for cubes of no roman times now on a Cor the Mark Platz had marked Theof one Titus a who died in a ii amp ring the period Liat a occupied Germany. Is i greater interest but More Dif i to reach Are the Heidenfeld Hei Pagan Fels Stone two red rocks ii carved by the romans in thekan Era archaeology students gel for years for positive proof of Man settlement believed to caveat Lan Stuhl for 300 years the to 1968 proof was established when a student named Scherer discovered these stones about 60 years ago. The roman Carv Ings were face Down in Earth. Lan Stuhl now displays the stones under a Small roofed Pavilion. The Heidenfeld lie along a Forest Trail which can most easily be reached by taking the walk that lies above and behind the cemetery heading toward kind sbach.,.at the Well known Corner leading from the main Street to the . Army Hospital stands die alte Kapelle. This gothic remnant is All that is left of the new Church built outside the Castle Walls in 1370. The Chapel is opened for services on certain holidays. Tucked into the surrounding Wall lie old gravestones some marking the burial of soldiers in the 1500s.not far from the american Hospital Topping the Kirchberg stands Bismarck Turin a Square dark red Tower erected 70 years ago in memory of Germany Chancellor Otto von Bismarck who died in 1898. A from the lip of the Hill near the Tower stand buildings of a German army Cavern built in 1936. Otner buildings begun in 1938 were unfinished until the americans completed them after we ii. Both sets of Bui d Ings Are used by various medical Agen cies and Lan Stuhl american Junior h vhf Eshi Ules from the Hospital on the Road to we Bruecken comes a sur prise seven Majestic Redwood Trees Tower above infant  Lan Stuhl forester who migrated to America brought the seedlings As a fief when he returned for a visit about 70 Vears ago. They Are the Only known red Woods growing in a Forest in Germany although there Are specimen Trees in a number of Parks Neucom s new acc is due to become operational on july 1 by George Eberl staff writer it s an unpretentious building that has something of a cyclopean look its Lone window peering out unblinking by at the surrounding world of Patch Barracks in Stuttgart Vaihinger Ger Many. ,.but the . European command s new command and control Center called the a cubed acc around Patch was not erected for architectural  purpose is More mundane but at the same time considerably More critical for it houses the nerve Center for the Neucom command and control system. A. Whether or not the Structure tickles the curiosity of passersby one Man who has a great Deal More than curiosity is photos by Wayne Dixon involved in the acc project is . David i. Liebman Deputy director of Neucom command and con  to the subject Over a cup of Coffee Liebman said that the Center represents a modernized facility from the ground up designed from it inception to fulfil a specific set of functions. Liebman said the Ney Center will give us everything we could ask for it s a first class facility for doing the  construction of the Center started May 12, 1967. Normally according to resident Engineer maj. William , such an edifice would take 18 months to two years to build. Liebman who termed this one of the fastest projects in Europe said that contractors operated on very tight dead lines. Workers put in up to 10-hour Days and six Days a week. A system of pneumatic tubes weaves and twists a serially through the build ing and a synchronous clock system keeps everyone posted on the hour anywhere in the world. To accommodate the vast but Deli Cate electronic demands a no break Power device detects fluctuation in the commercial Power and reacts in split seconds when Power Falls below a cer Tain level kicking into action two stand by diesel generators for emergency juice. While much of the focus is on the computer the communications function offers an enthral ment of its  Liebman we have virtually instantaneous communication today to Many areas of the  it he added we can improve we re still not  can sleep More easily be cause the a cubed is a no Sleeper monitoring everything going on within Neucom s unified command 24 hours a Day. Three Story edifice with its 54 370 Square feet of floor area Willburn up As much electricity As a Community of 2,000 people. The air conditioning Load for the Center is approximately 170 tons per hour roughly equivalent to 1,000 House hold  of wire lace the Structure. At the heart of the building is the data processing equipment. Once the automatic data processing machinery add has been programmed i.e., stuffed with great masses of information the valuable knowledge essential to european Security is for practical purposes committed to memory Al beit an electronic  to be operational july 1, the Center s first floor houses the com Puter the second and third floors the operational area Complete with a bal Cony that turns this segment of the Complex into a two Story theater  screens panel the East Wall. The Start and stripes Brig. Gen. David i. Liebman. First class facility1 Page 13