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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, September 3, 1968

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes p09 7 Avant Garde theater captures Cis critical Day Frankfurt special four air Force sergeants assigned to the Mooth support Taim we redoing around last Friday sing Ini what a difference a Day the four airmen. Peter Ama bile. John Greco Richard Hodge. And Larry Larson enlisted hat Day and split nearly $12,000. Had they waited until last sup Day that total Wood have Tav $8 000 less. The four arc adj Wresl term Era and communications  As such they 0u us for the variable  it p n to s verb program. This was initiated by the air Force in an attempt to have the first termer Reen Ujiki those airmen in a critical manned career  in such a Field at least a last week when the Ajr announced that the Pecten of along with 47 other r wow be removed from verb let. The effective Date was sept. 1.to take advantage of the Bonus the airmen were permitted to separate from the air Force prior to completion of their initial commitment and sign up for another four year hitch. Marne ends special fax Schweinfurt Germany special the Marne do Laior s 2nd in 30th inf concluded its atts at wind Flucken with opera Tion pilgrimage a three Day air Mobile fax. The exercise was basically Road Clearing operation designed to Clear Convoy routes from wild Flet Ken to Schweinfurt. An ene my Force consisting of a regular company size aggressor Force and a band of guerillas was stationed along the routes to Block the Friendly  pilgrimage was a re construction of similar Clearing operations conducted every Day in Vietnam. Us purpose was to familiarize 2nd in 30th inf troopers with the Type of warfare being waged in Vietnam and to rive them a practical example of How dint War is being conducted. By Marion Lee staff writer lands Tutti Germany is with their production the same door0 the borderline players Here added something new to army entertainment experimental theater representing collage of literature from t. S. Eliot to the  s unusual the r h e i n Pfalz subdistrict Field entertain ment office said most army Little theater groups stick strictly to the traditional. Experimental theater is More for the actors and people who follow theater More closely than the casual audience director Bob Campbell said before t h opening show. After the presentation he was 4 a m t m. I f i 11 met. Saying thinks like the most tense moment from left Doris and Martin Wurst and sue Havlina dramatize liter Ary selections during borderline players production the same door is photo Lee repair is too big huge army depot Worms Germany special More than 4,300 pieces of Ger Man and american army equip ment ranging from 40-ton cranes to the smallest maintenance generators will be re rebuilt in t h e Engineer maintenance division of the Kaiserslautern army depot during the coming year the division just one of the worn out equipment is shuttle to the repair shops 12 in num Ber where the rebuild proc Ess begins. Included Are the division s instrument Section. It s equipment includes the unique Xeron Searchlight tester. Some instruments repaired Here must be kept i cold storage such As the Theodo Lite a Survey instrument used4 ii uivi3iuii, j w j i will. We. .-._-._---_-. Operations in this huge de Jet j for measuring vertical and Hori Complex handles More than 130jzontal lines in Engineer work different line items with most of j aiming circles for Survey of fir the work taking place in a Long ing distances mine detectors Structure stretching the length of air conditioners and some Gene _ football  inspection reveals what needs to be done the faulty or Rotor  the Crane and tractor re pair Section heavy and medium tractors and All types of Crane 20 to 40 tons Are repaired and rebuilt. The operation includes Complete overhauls from ground up if  minor repair Section is the catch All for the left overwork from other sections such As the rebuilding of tractor Crane and Lubricator assemblies. The machine shop Section fabricates parts which cannot be obtained through requisition Chan Nels or which Are made More exciting part was the audience response Campbell a private first class and a medic at the . Army general Hospital Here is co Edl Tor creater of the same  the show was compiled last Yea while he was a senior drama major at the University of mis Souri. We be taken selections meant to be read and digested and have Given them our interpretation through lighting movement dance Campbell said. The same door consists of selections from Carl Sandburg Dylan Thomas Henry Miller to. S. Eliot and other contemporary and original works combined with verses from the Rubaiyat and the Bible. All selections Are entered around Crea Tion life and  purpose of the program is to show that there Are Man truths or answers to questions concerning birth life and death Campbell said. But the search for these answers is what is important not necessarily the an Swers  the experimental aspect was the Only progressive element in the players Bill. Campbell asked members of the audience after the last curtain Call what did you think you be taken a wide smattering of pieces and through your interpretation Given the presen tation continuity specs 4 Tom Kellog  Are so diverse and everything is so constantly changing one moment the actors would be playing a conventional role the next moment they Are sitting on the Edge of stage talk ing to the audience or bounding among the onlookers offering cof fee and punch that you Don t have anywhere to stand. You know How the character inno Cence feels said spec a Randy Rook. Innocence who has seen the world at the end of the presenta Tion slams out the Side Entrance of the auditorium saying. My self when Young did eagerly fre quent doctor and Saint and heard great arguments about  about. But Ever More came out by the same door where Ini  i would have been a lot . 1 wuu1u i to tul ill la i nil cheaply Here it also prefaces comfortable if she d been a lit equipment and tools. Some parts Are chromed for extra durability after fabrication. The special Assembly shop re pairs Complex parts also for nato and the German army. Included Are differential axles components pumps component testers and other pieces of com plex  another Section repairs All German and american inter service pieces. One example is a decontaminate or unit mount Don a truck. The truck Chassis is ordnance and the Decon Tamina r tank is chemical equipment. A separate Section replaces engines in trucks and repairs trailer parts  of the largest operations is the Amphia Section which re pairs All amphibious River Cross ing vehicles their motors an components. The Section works on some of the largest pieces of equipment including the amphibious Bridge and ramp vehicle. These huge machines Cost us wore than $150,000, have re tractable wheels and ramps to make the crossing of a River possible. Also in this Section is a Large tank for testing 27-Footsteel Canoe pontoons. All parts ultimately Pas through the cleaning and pre serving Section whore steam cleaning and final painting is done  welding Section does the the More genteel about her  lady said. Which is what it is a  added pleased with an audience that stayed and buzzed full 30 minutes after the performance. Characters include spec. 5wayne Cook. Doris and spec. 5 Martin Wurst and spec. 6 Steve Endsley All of the 2nd general Hospital and sue Havlina. A de pendent. 11 "mmmmhpwmhlvbhvvl"111"1 -. Checkout spec. 4 Richard to two u Ammori the search Light Cottral tester. Army straightening and All bending cutting Blacksmith work 4f Aid society helped by 6910th units Darmstadt Germany Spe Cial the 1968 air Force Aid society Campaign for he 6910thsecurity Wing and the 6910th support group netted $548 an chaplain maj Wayne s. Mad Den contributed $50 to become Alife member reported capt. Nor Man g. Lavigne. Project  s a worthwhile organization that helps air Force personnel and their dependents said mad Den assistant group chaplain i giving his reason for purchasing a life membership. New Post for Turner Washington is . Carl c. Turner who completed a four year tour on july 1as the army s Provost marshal general will report to the hold ing detachment of the chief of staffs office oct. 1  
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