European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes seventh army cited for safety honoured Gen. James h. Polk Sec-p1 from Leftus eur and seventh army commander in chief presents the. Heidelberg special seventh a imy has received the department of the Larmy award of Merit for safety for the effectiveness of its safety program in fiscal. U u it is the army s second highest safety  of this award recognizes a efforts and the accomplishments of seventh army personnel in substantially reducing Accident experience in by 1967las compared to the previous fiscal year la Usa eur spokesman said. Army s second highest award to his Dep Uty for seventh army it. Gen. John a. Heintges. Looking on Are Usa eur sgt. There were 47 less lives lost More than500 less disabling injuries and approximately dollars $2 million less in Accident costs in by 1967 compared to by 1966. The individual and collective efforts of seventh army commanders other officers noncommissioned officers. And enlisted personnel in preventing accidents accounted for reductions the safety official said. The award was presented to it. Gen. John a. Heintges Usa eur Deputy com Mander in chief for seventh army by Gen. Maj b. V. Woods far left and seventh army sgt. Maj. G. R. Lewis right. The safety award was for by 67. Army James h. Polk Usa eur and seventh army commander in chief. Army units in the far East came of with most of the top safety awards in Fis Cal year 1967.the . Army Pacific won the Merit award among major commands while the8th army in South Korea received the award of Honor and its two infantry divisions the 2nd and the 7th, won awards o Honor and Merit respectively. The 25th India in South Vietnam also won the Honor award. Planned Heidelberg special Usa eur and seventh army chaplains will sponsor a religion and arts workshop june 10 through 14 for military person ice and dependents at the . Forces religious Retreat housein Berchtesgaden. Designed to be of practical value the workshop will to divided into two segments Fin arts and drama. The drama ses Sions will feature productions bythe Berlin Chapel and the Karls Ruhe Chancel players and play Mary s quest which will be produced by conferees during the workshop. Modern problems Church drama is no reproducing of the medieval plays. They Are written by contemporary authors dealing with modern problems said mrs. Birgitt Hellerstedt Thorin a liturgical drama specialist from Sweden who will conduct the workshop drama sessions. She has worked under Ingma Bergman the director for seven years and attended the Stock Holm theater school with Ingrid Timlin and Max von Sydow. Mrs. Hellerstedt Thorin who will also direct the conferee cast play counts these experiences As very useful in my present work As a Church dram director within the diocese of Lund Church of Sweden Icord sets. Maj. Will get mos tests in aug. Washington special i tie first annual military occupational specially mos evaluation testing for the . Army s command sergeants major willbe conducted during August and i september. Awards of proficiency  for Superior performance based up on this initial evaluation of the top noncommissioned officers who hold the mos of ooh willbe effective nov. 1, 1968. All command sergeants Maior stg ooh As a primary Moswin be tested except those serv ing in Southeast Asia where evaluation testing is sus. Regular tests will be schedule Dow Een aug. 26 and sept. 7.early tests will be Given aug. Ivan and makeup tests will Bee sep 8 21 evaluation in quent years is optional for e h Nymand sergeants majors?5? a ready been evaluated and veried their primary mos. E men who will serve a officially in in their new offices byte outgoing Board. Dih co1, c. Phifer will act As m Nur of the organization be comp on As first soap resident maj j bas55 is n second vice president cd Waller As treas and sgt. . L. Mannas Secretary a. Germany special and Ai Aniell Nierenhausen Fini Tan la David a so t?,1 were named As Thel fighter win 8 noncommissioned airman r. Asen is the no in of he enforcement he 36th be and All that jazz. Berlin Volk Fesi to go big for music Berlin special Trade ional and progressive jazz Dixie Broadway variety shows popular music traditional army choral selections German songs american Folk music negro spirituals All of this and More will be presented during the German american Volk fest Iberlin. While jazz will keynote  which will be held from july 26 through August 11, he Overall plan is so varied that it will cover just about Al phases of american entertain ment. Headlining the festival willbe the Olympia brass band from new Orleans. Led by their original organizer Harold Dejan the eight olympian make up one of the last old style marching bands playing its a in the traditional new Orleans fashion mixing weekly club dates with parades and funerals. The music that those men make has virtually the same sound that was played inthe fabled Stormville Era fore runner of the jazz age of the1920 a which was dominated by such greats As King Oliver Jelly Roll Morton Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong. Supplementing Berlin brigade s own 298th army band under the direction of two Owen o. Kirby will be military German an american groups. One of these is the seven Larmy soldiers chorus. Organized in 1963, the chorus a travelled thousands of Miles Foi More than 700 performances before some 700,000 people. Led by 1st it. Robert e. Antonian the chorus is composed of 40 enlisted men who Are stationed Patton Barracks in Heidelberg from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh pa., will come a group of eleven men and six oeds All theater music  Are part of the Uso and american educational theater association and currently Are curing Europe. They will pre sent the musical Guys and dolls and a Broadway variety show. From the 3rd inf div Willcome the Marne glee club. The 25-Man club will sin traditional army choral num Bers Broadway selections an popular music. A live piece combo which is part of the group is known for its pop sound. Another Uso show will be"13 x 13," a variety program. It will be presented by the Clark ettes 15 girls from Clark College in Dubuque Iowa. Pure Dixie sound will come from the Safe Dixieland band. The group eight men from the17th air Force in Wiesbaden is the Only military group which plays nothing but Dixie. The Rhein main a Germany special this base s 1945th communications so is one of three units to receive a Europe an african Middle Eastern communications area name pro Gram for people award. Brig. Gen. Albert r. Shiely jr., commander presented the award in the form of atrophy to it. Col. George b. Han son 1945th commander. The award is Given annually to units within name who stress the people aspect of operations. Itis based on morale welfare and Community relations of its per  of the 1945th s achieve ments last year was its outstand ing contribution to the 1 fiscal year 1967 Usan Cost reduction program. A total savings of $239,000 was submitted and validated for the fiscal year with a recurring Sav Ings of $229 thousand for by 68 and 69.t sgt. John f. Knudson of the material control Section was cited by the former name com Mander Brig. Gen. R. W. Paul son for his efforts in the cos reduction program. During aug. 1, 196, and july1 1967, the sergeant submitted ideas that saved $158,300 in tin area of telecommunications management and $252,500 in equip ment maintenance management. The 1945th is one of the Centra european communications re Gion s largest with respect omission and manpower. In strength headquartered Here the unit comprises More than 10 per cent of the Region s strength. Operating and maintaining communications facilities and navigational aids principally Ove vast portions of the Federal re Public of Germany and providing depot level maintenance for radio and microwave equipment assigned communications units within name the 1945th has on of the greatest and most challenging communications mis Sions. Group was in Berlin earlier this year when they played during the Green week agricultural exhibition. The 17th air Force dance band from Ramstein has a More varied repertoire. Its 25 me play Dixie pop traditional and progressive jazz and Broadway musical selections. During the Volk Fesl they will give concert Sand play in the jazz club. From san Diego calif.,which is preparing celebrations for that state s 200th anniversary next year come the sing ing san deegans. The group i known for its patriotic songs negro spirituals and american Folk music. The 76lh army band which also has a jazz quiz let a dunce bund a Dixie combo and a con Cert band is made up of 40men. Coming from Worms it will play jazz and dance  movements dances and a variety of entertainment will be shown by the  a mixed group from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. The three of us is a group known for its mod sound an progressive jazz. Pfc. Frederick j. Grimm spec. 4 Donald r Salmon and pfc. Larry a. Bol ton from the 32nd signal det in leghorn Italy Combine their talents on Bass Drums Ana  from leghorn will come 1st it. Jack Cohen. He is with the 8th logistical come and will sing pop numbers. He will be backed up by the three of us As is another vocalist from leghorn diet. John c.  the divided City will come a variety of enter Lum ment. The Felix Kne Noeller Hias quiz show a perennial favo rite with berliners will again be at the Volk fest