European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday May 2, the stars and stripes Page 9 Frankfurt in Bloom col. James Hatch Taurus District co takes part in open ing ceremonies of Frankfurt s first Flower mar Ket. He is joined by City councilman or. Hans kampf Meyer. The Market is located on ther Omerberg near the City Hall. To celebrate its new civic venture Frankfurt is donating 65,-000 plants to Taurus District housing areas. Commissary award Given Thein main Rhein main a Germany special Rhein main s commis sary has been presented its Sec Ond consecutive Safe inventory management commissary award. Col. Richard e. Tiede base commander accepted the award for 1967 on behalf of the commissary from maj. Gen. George m. Johnson jr., Safe Deputy chief of staff for Materiel in ceremonies at Lindsey air Sta Tion in Wiesbaden. The award based on forecast of inventory and sales is presented annually to the top commis sary in Safe. The Rhein main facility one of 34 in the com Mand won the title in 1964 and 1966. Sembach Germany special maj. Charles l. Watkins and s. Sgt. John t. Karbash of the7th air commando so Here Are reportedly the first Safe members to receive the Basic advanced arid distinguished d u c a t id n a 1 achievement awards and then Start the program from the beginning. The two through off duty study have earned their Sec that s spirit London is it could Nave been coincidence when Usan col. L. E. An Dersen received an Raf plaque numbered 1776, but the Odds seemed to be against it. Andersen comptroller for Rel air Force ordered the w2.70 plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Raf through the Royal air Force my scam in he received his copy some 5,000 Are being made he number on the Back was 1776, the Yea the american colonies declared their Independence from Britain. An Raf spokesman said the plaques arc being numbered individually. 14 in Safe awarded teaching certificates Sembach Germany is University of Maryland officials have presented vocational Industrial certificates to 13 Safe airmen and one employee Here. The certificates were awarded by or. Henry a. Walker director of the University of Mary land european division. They certified completion of a special18-hour education program that qualifies recipients to teach vocational subjects in Trade and technical High schools in Mary land and Connecticut University of Maryland officials said. A study is being made to de Termine what additional Stales will accept completion of the program As qualification for vocational must possess a High school diploma or the ged equivalent and have at least two years experience in a Trade Tenter the 15-month program which is taught two nights week at Wiesbaden r h e i n main and Ramstein air Safe students receiving the certificates were a sgt. Elton Ben ton he 17th of t. Sgt. Oscar Cuthbert,26th Field maintenance so s. Sgt. Parnell Lovelace 26th sup ply so 26th tactical recon Wing m. Sgt. William Peters,26th Field maintenance so m. Sgt. Walter Rehling 2874thgeeia so. S. Sgt. Richard Stripling 7thair commando so t. Sgt. Theodore Young 2nd Mobil communications group s. Italy based unit adds to medical capacity san Vito Dei Norm Annias Italy special the new addition to the 7208th Usa dispensary Here now officially open increases dispensary Capac Ity from 7 to 12 Beds. It also houses a double size emergency room nurse s Sta Tion Kitchen with built in appliances and a patient s lounge which doubles As a medical con Ference room and research Library. Sgt. Verrion Clifton. 603rdmaintenance set sgt Al Bert de Vivo he so 26th com Bat support group sgt. Clif Ford sur Enofsky 26th so. Joseph Nagi employed at the station of the 102nd Sig Nal in s. Sgt. William Knight 603rd maintenance so so. Sgt. John Krupczak 906-Sfield training det. And sgt. Jack Simon 603rd maintenance so. The value of this training i demonstrated in the Case of one of the airmen who has 18 years of military experience in the electronics communications but lacks a College degree explained Walker. He has a tentative Job teaching in connect Cut schools when he retires next year due in part to this train general costs of the course Are paid under the provisions of the 1966 education Bill. All education centers have additional information on the program said Walker. Student Prince opens in Heidelberg Heidelberg
