European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 1, 1969 the stars and stripes Page around the bases West pointers9 founders9 Day dinner mar. 14 Heidelberg Brig.  a Rogers the com mandant of cadets . Militar Academy West Point , will be the principal speaker at the annual founders Day dinner to be held March 14 in Heidelberg. In addition to Usma graduates former cadets graduates of other National service academies find honorary members of Usma classes Are invited invitations to known individuals in these Cate Gories Are being sent. Anyone i these categories not on Active duty army rosters who wishes to attend should Contact maj. Walter j. Ryan Heidelberg mil.7803 or �329. Heidelberg special . Karl w. Peltz has re placed it. Col. William  As co of the usar eur Engineer Topographic enter and 656th engr in. Peltz was chief of the map Ping and geographic Branch in the office of the Susareu Engineer. Cordova will be Dep Uty chief of the military operations division office of the Engineer Usa eur. Torrejon Spain special . Jack l. Birdsall and airman , Marvin Lam have been named no and airman of the month for the 1989thcommunications so Here. Berlin special sgt. Cal Vin c. Hudson of the 7350th support group s det 3 is the first airman Here to reenlist under the new top three pro Gram initiated by chief . Of the air Force Paul w. Air by Kaiserslautern Germany special More than 100 officers and men from 32nd army air defense come he and the Lith signal in have Don ated blood to the Usa eur blood  655th medical co s tour ing Bloodmobile collected 337pints of blood from seven units stationed at Kapun Barrac Shere. 0 Tripoli Libya special , Richard Otero has been. Named 7272nd flying training Wing no of the Quarter. Airman . Clark Cook is chewing s airman of the Quarter. Stuttgart Germany Spe Cial sgt. Maj. Wayne a finkral of the Baden Wuerttemberg he support District intelligence and operations division has been accepted into the army s command sergeant major program. He is expected to remain at his present duty assign ment until he rotates Back tothe . In five months. At that time he will assume the position and rank of command sergeant major. Hanau Germany special the 507th heavy equipment maintenance co has won the2nd support brigade s Best maintenance unit award. The Winner of the annual award is eligible to compete for the seventh army support come award. Frankfurt special the military Council of Catholic men Europe has scheduled its annual conference april 17 20 at the Berchtesgaden recreation Center. Some 500 Dele Gates from the United King Dom Spain Belgium Italy and West Germany Are expected to attend. T Augsburg Germany is Brig. Gen George h. Young jr., cd 24th inf div for War has been promoted to first sergeant. Young was named to the honorary rank by the signal and research regiment 61 of the German air Force in Cere monies at Luchfeld South of Here. He was also made a honorary member of the unit s no club which was celebrating its fifth anniversary. Moron Spain special the 2186th communications so Here has named its out standing no and airman of the Quarter. They Are  a. Grooms standardization and training no and airman . Kip Linthicum an automatic teletype an electronic switching systems operator Latch Bury England Spe Cial the 30th tactical reconnaissance so Here has received the quarterly Squadron Safe driving trophy awarded by the 10th tactical recon Naissance Wing for the final Quarter of 1968. I Heilbronn Germany Spe Cial spec. 4 Ralph Grapper Haus a company clerk As signed to the 23rd ordnance co struck it Rich when he re enlisted for a verb of $5,000. Arthritis is o costly disease editor s note this is in search of a Tail it s that time again when the hounds and the horns Tell Reynard that even ii he s unbeatable it s Jolly Good sport chasing him and the Lucky one who claims the Brus Hhas a lifetime tale. Col. R. E. Dunlap base commander at upper Scyford looks Over horses and hounds As members of the Bicester and Warden Hill Hunt meet for the Pursuit. Of Tiro to train in Alps rest Ziemen make yearns first save another in a series of outlining the purposes and pro Grams of those associations 22 in All which have combined this year in an America wide Appeal for Public support of the common welfare. The combined Federal Campaign will be conducted Oversea from feb. 15 through March 31. The arthritis foundation in a message to the 13 million victims of arthritis in America the arthritis foundation has these words of encouragement no Case is hopeless. Some thing can be done for arthritis now. Moreover research for the cause and cure of arthritis is moving Forward rapidly. New Ramstein Germany Spe Cial Rescue men of the 57th aerospace Rescue and recovery so at Lajes Field azores re covered their first save of 1969on Jan. 23 when they came to the assistance of a single engine air Craft flying off course across the Atlantic. The aircraft a Cessna 210, Wase route from St. Johns Newfoundland to azores when Santa its Pilot Maria Gerald maj. David Gay  Bogner . James Dotson James Souza Ronal Benne and Michael j. Mahoney and s. Sets. William Brotton and David r. Burkholder. The arthritis foundation therapies and Many promising new drugs Are emerging. Yester Day s discouragement can be re placed by today s  the foundation Points out that although the disease is estimated to Cost the nation approximately$2 billion a year and sufferers from the disease spend More than during 1968, Atlantic aerospace � ? million annually on worthless and misrepresented drugs Ana $15 Mil Rescue and recovery Cente units saved the lives of 110 per sons representing seven nationalities. To further their skills in life eucled communications and navigational difficulties. The Rescue command Post at Lajes received notification from the . Coast guard new York an launched their Alert hc130 her Cules on an immediate intercept route. The plane was intercepted 350 Miles away from Lajes and102 Miles off its intended course. Escorted by the hc130, the Cess a was led to a Sale and Happy lauding at Lajes Field. Crewmen credited with the save include capt. Leo Fitz expert saving two Ramstein Atlantic i i chaplains hold drug symposium Frankfurt special More than 40 army chaplains from the greater Frankfurt area at tended a one Day workshop hers thursday which was designed to give them insight into drugs narcotics and alcohol to help them to assist Menin their units. Chaplain col Thomas a. Harris staff Chap lain of the medical come Europe who is head ing the travelling chaplain contingent pointed out that thursday s medical lectures and panel Dis Cussion on the Ali it user is the second in a series of eight a Hub will be presented to chaplains throughout Germany in toe next two  similar chaplain Worth loops will he held in Kuper Slauter feb. 25 Heidelberg feb. 26stuttgart, feb. 27 Fuerth Meh 18 Munich Mart 10 and Wuerzburg match 7.$he thursday symposium Hotd % to be club Here was sponsored by v corps and toe 3rdarrod div by understanding Why men resort to drugs we can assist them in avoiding a major pitfall in their emotional and personality development Harris said commenting on the  lecture on drug abuse presented by a representative of the Usa eur Provost marshal office was followed by a a in depth look at what drugs do to the human body delivered by it  j. Kumlin chief of internal Medicine at 97th general  gave vivid examples of actual cases and answered always perplexing questions on what happens when one misuses drugs and narcotics. In the afternoon capt Thomas Euld ing of the 97th general Hospital s Neur psychiatric department delved into the reasons a person Doe what he does under the influence of a narcotic or drug closing out the afternoon panel consisting of doctors lawyers and criminal  a round table a Edusio and ser period. Aerospace Rescue and recovery enter Parade Schemen will join 10 of their colleagues from othe Atlantic units this week to begin a grueling 10-Day training ses Sion in the bavarian Alps. The Parade Schemen capt. Joseph a Mangina and m. Sgt. William Daniels will attend Winter Mountain training course with the German Ber wacht Mountain guard at Oberst Dorf Germany near  Parade Schemen says col. Saleem Aswad Arr commander must be prepared to perform Rescue missions under All types of climatic conditions and in any terrain. The training by receive from the Ber wacht is unique and  the course they will learn Mountain Rescue techniques inthe Snow and ice covered  Aswad also stated that the men in addition to working with.  some of the Best Alpine skiers in j Fate of $�20, Rind lion a year is spent directly for research into the causes and potential cures of the disease. Research costly research conducted by out standing scientists in the nation s leading medical centers is the most costly part of the arthritis foundation s  foundation spends More than $500,000 a year on professional education alone. Through its Many american chapters the foundation provides what is practically a person to person service Imd while this service May vary from Community to Community depending upon the available resources it first practical purpose is to give the patient accurate up to Dat information on methods by which his trouble May be  larger cities arthritis Clini Cal research centers Combine direct patient treatment observation and research which Man scientists believe today will Lead the Way to a cure. Germany will be participating in simulated Avalanche rescues. The course will include a night ski Rescue Mission where the Rescue men will ski by Moonlight through the Alps on unbroken trails sleep in Snow caves in the subzero weather and then Rescue and bring to safety a simulated float  airmail of Quarter Naples special sgt. Jame Brady jr., & personnel technician Ai Headquarters is a1rsquthairman of the Quarter. Due decision in court bad Stoelz Germany is the Fate of $20,000 found More than two years a of by two Amer ican and two danish soldiers will be decided in bavarian court feb. 20 in Munich. Two member of the 10th Spe Cial forces group and the two Danes found the Money which was mostly american paper cur Rency in Selbach near the Flint Cavern training area. According to reports Here the origin of thu Money was never determined