European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Ltd Al in i the stars and stripes. A, with Grain storage Page 7 stuff writer Darmstadt Germany a tractors pulling Trail irs loaded with Golden Grain Niu waited in a column for 5 turns at the drying machines. It was a sunny Day and faces brought their Grain through the Gate of a . Mili tary compound to be stored for he air in the warehouse was thick with the Sweet pungent odor of drying Grain. Outside on the loading Dock Farmers Dis cussed the past growing season gesturing with their thick Brown such a wet summer Farmers across Germany Are salvaging what Grain they can forsake this Winter. Hundreds of Grain growers from the communities surrounding Darmstadt will flock Here this month to the1 Grain warehouse located at the i . Army s Nathan Hale depot t to put their Harvest away. The warehouse has an 8,000-ton storage capacity but the weather has been so wet this summer All the Grain must be have room to store All the Grain but it must be dried first. Our machine can process Only so much of it per Day said one of the loading dockworkers. He was raking the Grain into Hopper. Some of these Farmers will have to wait for Many hours. Many of them were Here at 3a.m. This morning and won t be finished until tonight he Darmstadt sub District he is located at Nathan Hale depot along with quartermaster a n d transportation two of the tall aged build Ings Are set aside for the Ger Man Farmers for storage space. Later this Winter the Grain will be taken from the bins and sold to companies or to the government. There should be a shortage of Grain this Winter because the season was so wet said on of the Farmers. The Grain sifts into the Hopper through the drying machine and is shot up to the top floor of the five Story building. The proc Essed Grain is then poured into bins four stories High. Bos Tepe mayor us t T a w we a no Grain Drain three american soldiers Isrom the Isth general Supply det Darmstadt watch German Farmers unload Grain at Nathan ale depot. Is photo by Hunter Trabzon. Turkey special i the base commander no longer rules supreme at this tiny re-1mote site on the russian Border base commander it. Col Henry f. Wittneben is still the military Leader and continues to exert his commander s military authority and prerogative. I however there is now a new civilian Leader at this site. It is the mayor of bos Tepe being the 900-foot Hill on which this site is located. A group of senior cos Attis station decided that there i must be one Man regardless of rank who should Rule mighty Over All the base. The senior cos of the City Council selected from among their rank the first mayor. The distinction went to s. Sgt. Ervin s. Headman of the base equip ment management office. In mayor headman s accept Ance speech broadcast Over the local arts station he decree that during his term in office a was going to increase Mili tary Courtesy and dress on Sta Tion any violators caught by t h e mayor will be brought before the City Council for prosecution and punishment. The mayor also decreed that in the future elections will in conducted on a Nide Lily basis to determine who future mayors will be. Mayor headman assured All personnel that elections will be conducted on a lawful basis. With the title of mayor of bus Tepe goes a 10-gallon White hat. And the base commander has Authon de this hat As part of the official uniform for the mayor during his month of ten ure. Further compensation willbe Gien the mayors in the form of a reserved seat at the base theatre and dining Hall and a Crow chief of month torre.1ox, Spain special. Sgt. George l. Gibney has Cap tured top honors in the Crew chief of the month Competition for the 401st tactical fighter Wing. Reserved table for him and his Council in the no club. A Hall of Honor has been established which will House a Pic Ture of All mayors and contain correspondence that they initiated during their term of office. Big wheel bos Tepe Cit Council members wheel mayor Krvin headman to the no club for first meeting. Bae thanks Rome i Rome special _ personnel ii Kam Stem air base. Germany Inave expressed their a Precia Teto he Here for its is,�.air a a members wreckage of Wii 1t.s. Plane found coi. Which Vaite or. Present inn k Iphil Qiu t the Uso staff " if of Ramstein person i i n Ard lne Koine Uso Sun a Pia Oeth " " to twin Tours " " " a i in with Uso staff rep "7lu�k them at the rpm Iony to or Nging p a news i s,11 ,0"T8 s dec actions a hew Vivoda a soil slim also includes Angona Sis Lance with shop Lail Nin-,.muv ant formation. � ii i l 111 v ii. A in amount of u ii d i Mia Wii for you./1155.1511 particularly sit att Vuu 11 who might Unerv u to a tank us unknown we an i it Hurvins made i . By de Freakley staff writer Frankfurt is Adolf Richer was 12 years old in 1944 and War was part of his Young life. He watched the sky that year and one morning he saw a piano crash into a Mountainside near his Home in Erndt Bruck near g Lessen. As he watched he also saw a Parachute. This summer 24 years later. Sgt. Adolf Richer of the German air Force led an american search party to the site. Richer had contacted i a. Army officials and told them about the plane. He said he did not report it sooner because no one seemed interested in Richer added that in 19-15 american troops wont through the area and picked up some debris but did not press the search because they feared a bomb might still to attached tothe piano. Richer and a team from Tho seventh army mortuary hero be Gan a search for be plane and any possible bodies. Two Heli copters from the 3rd so. 12thcav, 3rd Arnul div in Hood Ingen aided in the search the first Day. L because the wreckage was in a dense swamp area nothing could be seen from the air. The next Day Richer and sgt. . Thomas Seese of the mortuary went into the area on foot and found the crash site they found the plane in a Crater in a Small Stream. An explosive ordnance team and the hash sit1- Gorman air Force sgt. Adolf Richer at far right in background. Wuu is seventh army Mort at team dig at the t f world Vur u i a. Plane. Ami men from the mortuary Bosan exc at Metal was fairly Well in tact according to capt. t Dickson. Chief of operation sat the mortuary. The fir to items founder two ii Dalibor machine Uit ammunition still loaded in them. The team due six feet Down until they uncut Eivis th-1 Iok pit. No a Fuiyin remains were in the aircraft ail to identify them if possible. We belie it in plane is a nay Lack in to be a Emit i a i Les in Busick Aad maj .1 i. K i. Gru r e Taku a summand of Tao be Juisti Loiis Vilh the _ ii l in Lar so Here Luis k replay Cal col. Hobort i. 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