European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday january 29, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 7 around the bases t a _ 1 Hospital reports crutches Short. .?.,-. Glenn Mays is Augsburg Bureau chief Munich is the Ortho medic clinic at the 225th station Hospital Here had an unusual problem a Crutch shortage there Are Only 22 sets left atthe Hospital since most of the 115-set Supply has been issued to patients suffering primarily from ski injuries a spokesman officials Are request ing9 that persons who no longer heed the crutches return them to the 225th. "3tn the summertime there Isno problem with the Crutch sup ply the spokesman said. Butin the Winter people seem to hold on to them in case1 the heed a use them Schwet Zingen Germany special wac capt. Karen l. So Ontic has been name Secretary of the general staff at Stra com headquarter Shere replacing -1st it. Ronald v. Mckenzie. Capt Shont Zwas previously the assistant adjutant general at the head quarters. Heilbronn Germany Spe Cial he co has received the 101st ordnance in s quarterly maintenance plaque. The award is presented to the uni with the Best maintenance pro Gram during each Quarter of the fiscal year. Moron Spain specials. Sgt. Thomas m. Hoffman 2186th communications a radio relay equipment repair Man has been named the Spanish communications re Gion s nominee for the distinguished first term reenlisted award. London special Petty officer Robert a. Baird of the communications Center Here has received a certificate designating him Sailor of the Quarter for the London area. Vicenza Italy special the Lith missile det has earned a five Star mess plaque the top award for maintaining a Superior rating for three consecutive inspections by the setae Supply and services division. Moron Spain special to. Sgt. Clarence g. Nowak 2188th communications sync Oil of personnel has been chosen outstanding no of the year by his unit. Vicenza Italy special . Frederick l. Martin has replaced it. Col. David Miller As co of setae � 560th signal in. Miller is now Dep Uty g3 and chief of the communications and electronic division. Oesterberg the nether lands special t. Sgt. Harry Lawson of the 32nd fighter interceptor so has received the Safe educational achievement award for earn ing 38 hours of College crediting off duty studies. Lajes azores special ac133 Crew assigned to the 1st military Airlift so 436th Mili tary Airlift Wing at Dover Delaware has been honoured Ashe january Crew of the month Dover Crew commanded by maj. Rex a. Who Thurit included capt. Franklin j. Breeden Copilot capt. Carlr. Benedict navigator fad it. Michael w. Rea Crew member t. Sets. James e. Daugherty and Charles , flight engineers a sgt. Theodore f. Trainer Load master and sgt. Edward d. Shiflett Crew member. Naples special Seaman Gilbert s. Wright and radio Man . Walter a Krause have been named Seaman and Petty officer of the Quarter Here and Are now in Competition for awards at the second annual . Navy awards night at Allied forces South Ern and Krause will vie with the three previous Quarter winners for annual honors to be announced during the Navy banquet feb. 20. Also to be awarded Are chief Petty officer of the year the educational achievement award and the Community service award. Nominees for these honors will not be announced before awards night. Schweinfurt Germany special it. Col. E. Lloyd Murphy has replaced it. e. Mccleary As com Mander of the 3rd inf div s1st in 30th inf. Attention at Athens it. Col. Robertm. Dean co right and staff physician army capt. Alex g. Chronis of the 7206th Usan dispensary at Athens. Dispensary at Athens adds surgical capability by John Krueger staff writer Athens is the 7206thusaf dispensary Here has added a limited surgical capability tits services under it. Col. Rob Ert m. Dean dispensary co fro Nicholasville by. Other air Force physicians on the staff Are cats. Ernest a. Weymuller or. Daniel Palant Richard j. Barse Victor a. Pole shuck and William h. Vaughanjr. In addition there Are two part time staff members it. Cmdr Arthur p. Lingousky assigned tothe naval communications Sta Tion at Nea Makri and army capt. Alex g. Chronis assigned to the 558th arty up eleusis. There Are also two greek physicians on the staff helping to care for the average 85 to 100daily outpatients and 15 Ina its 40 Beds the dispensary reserves 20 for its big Mission caring for transient aeromedical evacuation patients. The dispensary handles some 400 to 600 of these a month since it s a Reg ular Stop on the Mideast to Ger Many route. The nursing staff is headed balt. Col. Jacqueline j. Landers. Capt. Sharon Reiser is the operating room nurse. Dispensary administrator is capt Gerald Mchugh while capt. Edward b. Hanify is the registrar. Association is battling social ills editor s note this i another in a series of articles outlining the purposes and pro Grams of those associations 22 in All which have combined this year in an Amer Ica wide Appeal for Public sup port of the common welfare. The combined Federal Campaign will be conducted Over seas from feb. 15 through March 3. American social health association fifty years ago people did talk about such things. Discus Sion of subjects such As venera disease prostitution White slavery and other social ill were not fit for pure minds staffers u. Col Jacqueline j. Landers rights the head nurse at the dispensary while capt. Sharon Reiser is operating room nurse. Is photos Feyer Hertz 613th tvs cited for its out program Torrejon a Spain special the 613th tactical fighter so has been cited for having Thebes on the Job training program in the 401st tactical Fighte Wing for 1968. Col. Herndon p. Williams,401st commander presented the trophy honouring the achievement to capt. Paul t. Goldman jr., 613th training officer and Foster unit training no. Second place in the Early outstanding went to the 307th tvs. Or tender ears and had to be conducted in the secrecy of Doc tors offices or scientific Labora tories. The very thought of Edu cation in the prevention of unmentionable diseases was abhorrent to an overwhelming majority of people. With the organization More than 50 years ago of the Ameri can social health association National voluntary Agency founded by representative civic and religious leaders this picture of Public disregard of a vital social condition began slowly to change. The work of the Asha couple with the growing social consciousness of the nation has produced certain major accomplish ments in this half Century. Elimination of organized prostitution in a greater part of America has been completed. International agreements designed to bloc traffic in women and children have been developed. And the cloak of secrecy surrounding the cause and treatment of venera disease has been at least partly torn , furthermore has fostered a new National climate which permits and encourages the education of youth in our pub Lic schools in standards and values essential to their preparation for adult life. In Short sex , in 1961, the american social health association launched a program for the elimination of drug addiction and the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts. How serious this problem had become was shown in that the estimated 60,000narcotic addicts in the United states were responsible for a annual waste of More than $450 million a year most of it Spenton illegal drugs. Asha is one of the 22 societies merged in this year s overseas combined Federal Campaign. Driver of year named Tripoli Libya special sgt. Sterley Palmer a work Leader of the motor Pool s heavy equipment Section has been named Driver of the year by the7272nd transportation so Here
