European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the stars and stripes  first in night fire added to 8th div Battery atts Grafe Woehr Germany special the 8th inf div s 5th in 83rd arty for the first time in Usa eur added a night fir ing phase to its Battery level army training tests which concluded Here last week. It is a Good test which better prepares the men and i m very pleased with the results so far said it. Col. David r. Lambert co of the 5th in. Moving into position after dark Means for the first time that Bat Tery level spearhead division artillery units will have the Opportunity to practice time on tar get Tot firings at night. They will also be Able to use Illuminat ing shells designed for night firing observations and to use High burst shells for registration firing. Previously Battery units did not have a Chance to practice night fire Maneu vers until the final Bat Talion level testing. According to col. Maurice e. Jes sup who was 8th inf div arty co during the tests and is no chief of staff the division adopted the new test so the men could train with All types of firing required for testing at battalion level later in the summer. The old att for artillery involved three firing position changes in a Given time period. With the new test the original three Are retained and a fourth the night fire is added. All of these must to completed in approximately 12  position is set up by a Battery after an initial briefing by the chief of umpires. Here the Bat Tery must fire an Aerial Mission a reconnaissance Mission com plete Low Angle and High Angle area adjustments and prepare to move to the next firing position within two  this time the Battery must also be prepared to perform on Call at the request of the Umpire a 6,400-millimeter simulated fire Mission and direct fire mis  second position is referred to As operation hip shot. For a Convoy formation a Battery must pull 1 off the Road assume to 10 minutes. � Wisun 6 after recovering from the second position a Battery moves to the final Daylight site where it must fire a required sequence Here the unit must also be Are pared to perform several on Call Maneu vers at the discretion of Tho umpires. As soon As it is dark the Bat Tery moves to the fourth and final testing position. Here emphasis is placed on the night firing operations. The fourth position makes a lot of difference in the Over All performance said 1st sgt. Is guard e. Reuter. N 9s Hobby makes time go fast by Charles Graham staff writer Kitzinger Germany is the life of an antique clock re Storer can have its Clandestine moments. There is no secret closer to this craftsman s hear than his sources for old clocks. And there is no More serious bus iness than finding new places to get these Folk Art relics. I know a couple of gypsies who give me a Call whenever they get some old clocks smile sgt. Maj. C. D. Phillip 2nd Bri Gade 3rd inf div Here. But the wily sergeant would t elaborate further. Phillip who has formed a sort of clock co operative with two friends took up the restoration of old clocks As a Hobby about 18 months ago and now has "13to 15" which he values Between $600 and $700. The trim Crew Cut sergeant major explained that there Are also dealers who handle the aging timepieces. Sometimes i will buy the clocks in batches Roget a better Deal he explained. Of course then i have to take the bitter with the  usually the clocks have Donea lot of sitting around some where before Phillip gets  says they come from barns attics just about everywhere imaginable. I bought one with a Batch of others one time and when i got it Home to take the Back off found it was full of Pine Needles. I la never know How those Needle got in there but sometimes the clocks Are really in ungodly  ugly As they May be the clocks can still bring a pretty Price. And in the marketplace of Antiques it s strictly a Case of let the buyer  now Wiser i have one Grandfather clock that Cost me $100. I paid too much for it because i did t know anything about grand fathers at the time. I was just starting out Phillip admitted. Much Wiser now the sergeant says it is just a matter of shop Ping around to compare the bargaining to get the Best Price. Phillip whose father was a real estate Salesman says he Learned to bargain from the ground up. Once you get into it you kind of know what each Type of clock is Worth depending on its condition of course he said. But you have to bargain All the time j around . Military communities though it seems like the prices Are always a  i found one the other Day he recalled with a twinkle in his Eye that was All Pewter. Twas supposed to have been made originally for a Bishop or some thing. I discussed the Price with the owner for awhile but whence would t go below 2,000 Marks i just walked out. He still Hasit i  describing himself As sort Ofa Handyman Phillip says he just picked up the clock restoring Hobby one Day and has been getting in deeper and deeper eve since. One time my wife threatened to move the bed up Here in the workroom he chuckled. Buti la be going Back to the states in september and that will probably be the end of this Hobby. They just Don t have the clocks Woods or finish Back there to do the  what will he take up when begets Back to America civilian life said Phillip. Ill have 27years and three wars in septem Ber. That s an awful lot of reveil Les and  time restorer sgt maj. C. D. Phillip goes to work on an antique Dock secs photo Druie Cool Chick with dollies like Dolly featured in the Casa Curioca ice revue at the Jannisch Germany recreation area it s hard to figure out Why the ice does t melt. Defense Agency head discusses in supplies Columbus Ohio is Al though the Supply of food cloth ing and other necessities for the526,000 . Servicemen in and around Vietnam has been out standing Gen. Earl c. Hedlund director of the defense suppl Agency recently told the Cham Ber of Commerce Here of som of the shortages due to the wet tropical climate in the War zone. Clothing has been affected by High Wear out rates the air Force general said in an armed forces Day speech with the re sult that some size problems an individual shortages in certain sizes have  combat boots Wear out at the rate of six pairs per manner year fatigue trousers at the rate of 19 a year and shirts 16 a year he said. The boots Cost food the said support has been quite and 90 per cent of the have at least one hot meal a people in the Field Ere amazed that , Bei do Container zing  the movement a u t Container Zin e item Many things of Academy Dean named is _ col. William t. Woodyard wanted by president brigadier general .1 Woodyard s selection Jet to Senate confirmation