European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                How to keep Tali on the to mrs by Herb Scott assistant assignments editor a stands for deutschland Usa Torii you know what. But Haven t you of ten id travelling the autobahn and High ways of Europe come upon an Auto Mobile with strange License plates Andt dered where the car was from that unfamiliar International identification sticker carried on the rear deck of motorcars travelling in foreign coun tries did t give any hint As to the who the stranger might be either. Below perhaps for the first time in the stars and stripes is the worldwide list of 132 so called nationality markers which indicate by lettered decals where motorists have registered their automobiles. May we suggest that you keep this list in the Glove compartment of your car for future reference. There Are to Many countries to remember and some of the markers Are pretty far out of Fering Little clue to the actual identity of the car. Incidentally German customs official sat Border Crossings Are cracking Down on motorists who do not have a nationality Marker for americans a Usa decal on their  system of letters or initials never More than three was established in 19116 by an International panel on motorcar traffic meeting in  addition to vehicles sporting the identity decals Many trucks Bear a Tir decal or marking. This stands for transport International route in trans lation and allows such trucks to pass through Borders without customs inspection. In a changing world Many new nations having won Independence during the last decade have lengthened theist which follows a adn Al and aus b ads b6 by by Bru is Bur c con go cd a cd co or Csc by 0 do Austria Aden Albania Andorra Australia Belgium Barbados Bulgaria British Honduras Brazil Brunei Bahamas Burma Cuba Canada democratic Republic of Congo Switzerland confederation of Helvetia Ivory coast Ceylon Colombia Costa Rica Czechoslovakia Curacao Cyprus Germany deutschland Denmark Dom by do e eak eat eau dec it eth new f flab Goa gig Obj gym ghz dominican Republic Republic of Dahomey Algeria Al Dja Zair in arabic Spain Spagne Kenya East Africa Tanzania East Africa Uganda East Africa Ecuador United Arab Republic Egypt Ethiopia Estonia now part of soviet Union France and its colonies Liechtenstein United kingdom great Britain Alderney British Channel islands Guernsey same Jersey same Isle of Man same Gibraltar Goa go or h he 1 in ind in irl Iraq is j Jajor k kit lao or is it l m Mac mex is my Guatemala Ghana Greece Hungary Hong Kong Italy Israel India Iran Ireland Iraq Iceland Japan Jamaica Jordan Cambodia Kuwait Laos Lapland Lesotho Lithuania part of soviet Union Luxembourg Malta Morocco Monaco Mexico Republic of Mauritania Malawi n Nanic nig p Papak Pepi pm pm by r rare re Ria Rob Sas Hunter the owner of this car must be a citizen of the world. Norway Rich Netherlands re Antilles re Nicaragua Republic of niger re Portugal and its overseas provinces pm Panama rom Pakistan raw Peru rsm Philippines Poland Rosr federation of Malaysia parse Jutuan s Tanas Melau so Paraguay of Romania sep Reo Colic of sme Argentina Republic of in Botswana up Republic of Chine us Central african by Republic syr Republic of t Congo Brazzaville to Republic of Chile to Republic of Haiti to Republic of to Indonesia to Republic of Lebanon u malagasy Republic Usa Republic of Mali Rwanda v Republic of in san Marino wag Republic of Southern Wal Rhodesia Sweden wan Swaziland Finland Suomi we Singapore surname also we dutch Guiana we Senegal is Somalia you soviet Union Yvo Seychelles islands 2 Syria a Thailand Cameroon Togo Tunisia Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay United states of America Vatican City Vietnam Gambia West Africa Sierra Leone West Africa Nigeria West Africa Grenada Windward islands St. Lucia same St. Vincent same Western Samoa Yugoslavia Venezuela Zambia South Africa Zueda Frique Humes travellers play by Mary Ann Reese staff writer most people believe that International stickers Are used on cars forthe purpose of identification. But 1 have it from a Good authority that that s not so. The real reason confided my Friend director of the Bureau for International travel games people play a Little known department of the International highways and byways commission isto keep people entertained while on the roads. We must keep them Alert you know. On a Long trip our statistics show conversations tend to drag shortly after the second service station Stop. Little kids get crabby and Start fighting in the Back seat. Dad numb at the wheel is endanger of catching a Quick 40 winks and mom has exhausted her Supply of fresh gossip. So out come the License plat games thanks to our  very Clever 1 said. "1 had no  these games my informant continued come in various forms. The simplest of course is Mere  see if you can recognize countries by their abbreviations. But that pall Safter the first morning. If there Are older children in Theca the game gets More complicated with a Point and tally system no Point for licenses of the country you re in five Points Foj cars of bordering countries10 Points for More Distant cars and 25 Points for vehicles from places like Kenya Tanzania or Cuba. You la be amazed at the immense sense of Pride at the end of a Day when your tally includes Points for one to Bago two Guernsey and half an Ivory  How s that 1  Only count  for word lovers the game is to make words from sounds of letters on License plates or fill in missing letters tomake a word. More imaginative types August 16, 1961 the stars and stapes go on from there making up a  one person finishes his chapter the next must Start his part of the Story with the word inspired by the next pass ing License plate. The most cosmopolitan game is to guess which country the Driver is from by his method of driving. If he tailgate sat High speeds and keeps blinking his lights you suspect he s from Germany. If the Driver s stubborn and refuses to move Over when you re Tail atm at High speeds and blinking your lights you know he s danish dutch French italian or a woman Driver. Women Don t count. They re equally bad from All countries. If the car weaves in and out of traffic at Breakneck speeds and refuses to let anybody else in Odds Are it s a Dis placed californian. And if you suddenly meet a car head on it s obviously Driver strayed from England or perhaps a forgetful  s All very fascinating 1 said. What s your favorite game of 1 Don t play them he said. I always  Poge u