European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and strikes 5pfmbr 1,1968 no restrictions West of Wall but. If you re going to East Berlin Wear class a s editor s note this is the seconding a two part series dealing with the ins and outs of travelling to and in Ber Lin. The following article explains regu lations concerning East Berlin Tours. Berlins a there s probably no better Way to give this City a Quick once Over after your arrival than by taking bus Tours of both West and East Berlin. Such Tours Are sponsored by the Spe Cial services Branch of Usa eur s adjutant general the Tours on the Western Side of the Wall entail no restrictions whatsoever special attention should be Given to regulations governing visits to Easterlin. The no. 1 Rule military personnel May enter East Berlin Only in class a uniform. Civilian clothes Are strictly prohibited. Also military personnel in non duty status must be in Possession of a valid request and authorization for absence a form 31. Its remarks Section say the a must specifically indicate that permission is granted by the individual commander to visit East Berlin As Well As the purpose of the use of a form 31 is not applicable to members of the air Force who use of form 1710-3 As leave authority or to Navy and Marine corp personnel and department of the Navy civilians with written permission fro the commander in chief . Naval forces personnel May go into East Berlin As pedestrians or in an Type of . Government licensed be hides but they May use a German tour bus Only if accompanying their Detjen vehicles by the a s definition include special services buses and . Military licensed cars Usa plates issued in Germany for in stance or c plates issued in Italy military personnel May not enter or leave East Berlin via the a Bahn sub Waya Bahn elevated Trainin Ger Man licensed cars in cars with state Side plates or in any other foreign licensed , civilians cannot accompany you if you travel in a government vehicle or your Pov. Holders of regular passports who Are civilian employees of the government dependents of . Civilian employees or dependents of armed forces personnel May visit East Berlin in commercial tour buses says the a. Era of special or official passport authorized to go to East Berlin in the course of official duties led by the . Commander holders of regular passports Are encouraged to travel to East Berlin Only in commercial tour buses provided by West Berlin. Travel by any other Means is strongly in civilian clothing May not enter the soviet sector in . Govern ment vehicles or in pos licensed by the . compassionate or exceptional cases travel by Means normally prohibited must be thoroughly justified and must have the Advance written approval of the . Commander the regulations Are very specific Only valid passports for identification in East Berlin by civilian capital Graves historic by Marc hurts hrs Washington Bureau chief Washington is contrasted to the vast Arlington National cemetery which sprawls Long the rolling Hills West of the Potomac River two other Mili tary cemeteries one Here and one in Virginia Are scarcely Large enough to fill one Corner. Their claim to greatness i that they Are the smallest nation Al military cemeteries in the country. North of Leesburg Ball s Bluff cemetery lies two Miles North of Leesburg a. At the Entrance to the tract which measures one twentieth of an acre stands a plaque that bears the names of 54 Union soldiers buried there. Since there Are only25 gravestones it is presumed that several soldiers were buried in common Graves. The second cemetery Battle ground National cemetery is located in downtown Washington near the site where the historic Battle of it. Stevens was fought july 11-12, 1864, against the con federate forces led by it. a. Early. Forty of the Graves contain the bodies of Union soldiers who fell during the Battle. In 1936, a 41st Soldier who fought in the Battle was buried there. It was Here that a Little know footnote to history occurred when president Abraham Lincoln Cameto the front to inspect the defense of Washington. An aide capt later chief Justice of the supreme court Oliver Wendell Holmes was selected to Brief the commander in chief on the enemy positions. Open fire when the lanky president St Odin his tall hat to look Over the embankment Confederate muskets opened fire. Unhesitatingly the Young Captain grabbed Lin Coln s Arm and yanked him under cover shouting get Down later when the president de parted it. Stevens he said Good Bye Captain Holmes i glad to see you know Bow to talk to a although the Battle of it. Ste Vens is commemorated each july with ceremonies that attract hundreds of spectators few visitors Ever notice the Small one acre cemetery half a mile Northeast of it or the Grassy Knoll at Bull Bluff. Dependents an offic Aloe Complete detail refer to map and dependent for Cor Aplet prop Riate regulations usareur50480 Cincu Saveur inst 1050.7. And Safe Reg 30-28 dated Jan. 20,ims. Helping hand Navy he 2 Robert of Sac City Iowa treats facial injuries of a montagnard youngster at Phu Loung Vietnam. Navy corps men work with Viet namese villagers As Well As serving with Navy and Marine corps unit in the War zone. Wiesbaden airmen go to Belgium Wiesbaden special air traffic control and communications responsibility at chevres air base Belgium is being taken Over by a 27-Man detach ment from the 2063rd communications so Here. Brig. Gen. Albert r. Shiely jr., commander of the european communications area arcs who made the announcement said the detachment will work directly in support of future air Craft flights into the area near supreme he Allied Powers Europe shape. Tacan facility specific responsibility include the operation and maintenance of a tactical air navigation Tacan facility a ground control approach Goa facility an operation of the Airfield control Tower. Radios in support of fire crash service will also be provided. The Tacan is a High Power transmitting facility which continually provides bearing Dis Tance and station identification information. This information i displayed on the cockpit instruments of the aircraft enabling the Pilot to quickly determine his position and distance in relation to the facility and is used As a terminal or Enro Ute Aid. The Goa is a radar facility which provides for the separa Tion of aircraft operating under instrument conditions while arriving at departing from or operating in the Vicinity of Chiev res air base. Mac pays airlines $691 million Washington up the United states air Force s Mili tary Airlift come Mac paid More than $691 million to 23 american commercial airlines Tolly cargo and military Passen Gers under contract during fiscal1968, the defense department has announced. The military Airlift corny negotiates Airlift contracts with the commercial airlines for the de sense department. Mac also manages the combined military civilian Airlift system. The defense department did not reveal How much of the $691million was spent for airlifting american soldiers to Vietnam but reliable sources said the bulk of the funds were spent for that purpose. The department said the Fig ure represents less than a one per cent increase Over the amount paid for commercial air lift operations in fiscal 1967. It said that Twenty . Air lines were awarded contracts on Muy 31 valued at $285.7 million for International Airlift operations for fiscal 1969. It Guve no explanation for the decrease nor any indication if other contracts would be awarded As the Busi Ness year progresses. According to the department announcement pan american world airways was paid $99.783million, the largest amount paid to a commercial airlines received $65 million world overseas air ways received $51.827 million flying Tiger lines $48 million Braniff airways $47 million Northwest Orient $46 million air lift internal Onul $31 million trans world airlines $37 million Seaboard world airlines $28,689, 900, and american airlines $26,-765 million. The remainder was Divide among Small contracts with numerous airlines. Mobile radar contract let new York special Cahas been awarded a $4.9-million contract by the army for the first phase of a program to develop and build Mobile tracking radar for the White Sands missile Range in now Mexico. E
