European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes id a May 31,1968 Page most single car fatalities Are mystery deaths Heidelberg special if there s such a thing As a mys Tery traffic death it s a fatality from a one car Accident. Each year one car accidents cause about one half the total Pov connected traffic deaths of military personnel in Usa eur. Single car accidents also report edly account for More than 40 per cent of the traffic fatalities in the . Why Call them mystery deaths because the one car Accident often defies an accurate reconstruction of events. To add tothe mystery police Point out it s the one Type of Accident for which the Driver is almost Al ways responsible. And in a surprising number of such accidents the Driver i weapon study a tank Crew Bones up on the m73 machine gun before qualification  Spear headers final exam tankers tame Tough to. 42 Friedberg Germany Spe Cial _ tankers have 15 seconds to blast their target25 second sat night. If the tank Crew is on target on the first round it get extra Points. If it misses there is Only one More  3rd army div s 3rd in 32nd Armor faced this pro Lemon the Grafen Deli tank Range during the tank Crew qualification course to Csc. The Tacq tests Tell How Well crewmen have Learned their lessons in theart of battering enemy positions. Spearhead battalion training began Honing Crews a week be fore the Grafe Woehr tests. Tents went up and became , the m60 tank s weapons were probed for what make them work. Targets to be found on Range no. 42 were  Range finder gun sights and Infra red Scopes held the Crews attention. Three Day run after three Days in the tents the Crews clambered into the hulls of their m60s for a three Day run Over the Grafe Woehr course. The week s pre to Csc training ends when tank commanders gunners loaders and Drivers retested at two stations to see if they Are ready to face Grafen Woehr s final examination Range no. 42.the men really enjoy it said 2nd it. Dan Nicholas co c co after his men completed the course. It s an intensive  saving time the purpose of bringing the Canvas classrooms to the Field Nicholas said was to save time wrong theory into practice Lank commanders sgt Ray mond Richey said that the to he Makos each Man Trust in the done 8 ubi Luy a 8et the Iob your Success depends on theother Man s Success said Rich Jacob. C or pfc Eveiett Al it has to be that Way said Annas be and of vials. It s a toughen 4 shows crw response to a i types of targets under vary is intr us Tances this officials it Lam keeps the 3rd army him pm Barea by Fey turning thew Iky steel tanks into rolling  spearhead tank units each Spring make a pilgrimage to Grafe Woehr for the to Csc. Dur ing the year the ordeal is talked about among its Crews. Tank commanders think in terms of Tow. Well his men will stack up against the demands of Range no. 42 it is in the cramped Interior of the tank where the four Man Crew finds out if the hours spent in classrooms on practice run Sand Crew Drill have paid off. When the 52-ton tank is on theline and the signal is Given to begin the course questions asked during the year become  Crews working through their radio sets must engage targets within seconds or lose valuable Points. Each order an response must be in proper sequence. When the test is Over the Crews told of its weak Points. If All has gone Well the total Points will Tell the Story. Tankers experiences on Range no. 42 Are rehashed during the rest of the year and add to  lore. Though the to Csc is Over the spearhead div will keep coming Back each Spring to test its new men along Side the veterans in Armor a final  alone in his  study of Usa eur one car accidents reveals the vehicle struck a tree 44.9 per Centof the time. Struck a fixed object other than a tree 34.7 per cent. Ran off the Road and Over turned 20.4 per cent. Alcohol is thought to be behind much larger number of one car accidents than those involving two or More cars. It is estimated More than 60 per Centof the Drivers in one car Acci dents had been drinking. Fatigue aggravated by alcohol and Carbon monoxide intake is doubtless one of the leading fact ors police say. Higher Speed another Factor is the higher Speed at which vehicles Are no being driven. Speed of course increases the potential Impact with fixed objects. Inattention at the wheel which often causes the Driver to Blunder into an unexpected situation islet another cause. Many single car accidents occur when the Driver dozes off. Trees along the Road and other Roadside objects also increase the possibility of single car accidents. Mystery deaths one car accidents is the june theme in Germany s continuing Accident prevention program. Usa eur motorists Are asked to take Partin reducing these fatalities. Ramstein gets $ 1 million portable photo facility Ramstein Germany Spe Cial one of the latest and most up to Date weapons sys tems devised for tactical recon Naissance Price tagged at $1millionhas now been installed As support equipment for the38th tactical reconnaissance so  yet bearing Only the unwieldy name of photographic processing and interpretation facility ws-430r, the system consists of portable trailer units capable of being air transported for service anywhere in the world. It is also designed to operate in any Type of climate from Arctic cold to Jungle heat hav ing a five ton heating and refrigeration unit As part of it equipment. 82-Mau Crew the unit is operated by 82 trained personnel and can reassembled or dissembled in eight hours. Transporting the Complete system however re quires 16 c130  up the system Are two expandable final edit and inspection laboratories six continuous processing labs two expandable interpretation labs two series i printing labs two series ii printing labs two chemical mixing and distribution labs two storage shelters for sensitized photographic material and two expandable maintenance  Laboratory is 12 feet Long and eight feet High with four of the units being eight feet wide. The remaining units expand to a shoot Width for added work ing space. When assembled the systems occupy a space of 150 by 50  installed the shelters form a completely integrated weatherproof photographic processing and interpretation facility. It has attached maintenance shelters and is joined by enclosed passage ways. The units Are provided with intercommunication electricity water Drain age and air conditioning. The system is capable of processing and interpreting Aerial film records As Well As preparing and releasing Flash and immediate reports. It also can print duplicates of Aerial films for immediate use As local prints or for distribution to other  self sustaining it pro Vides its own maintenance Stor age Supply and other support  is a big demand item in photographic work with this uni being Able to reduce its need to Only seven Gallons per minute. Photo Check a. Duo Demichieli left cant. Jim Witzel center38th tactical recon Naissance so pilots and airman . Fredric Cluggish photo interpreter Check out their film on the new split vertical Light table at Ramstein air base air Force Phot