European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday february 5, 1969 Rescue men had no Calls in exercise Blue forces put the squeeze on Orange in ice by James Gunter staff writer with Blue Force in exercise Carbide ices a dual based de fenders of Northern Bavaria put the final squeeze on an Orange invasion Force tuesday in a fast moving finale to exercise Carbide ice the vast a never which attracted worldwide at Tention. The exercise involving 12,000 sol Diers 3,500 airmen and 96 phantom jets brought Over from stateside bases under reformer i crested Cap i was remarkably free of  did t think the army could have a big exercise like this without crash ing one or two aircraft said maj. David e. Allen an air Force Rescue officer who waited out the Man Euver by in Case of downed aircraft or other mishaps. Members of the 67th Aero space Rescue and recovery so a Moron they kept one chopper at Vil without any  s getting too Safe said the Riveter site calif., major with laugh. He was kidding of course. Allen capt. Charles l. Rice and 18men brought two h43b helicopters from Moron air base Spain to Stan seek army Airfield and another on the Grafe Woehr Range. They were assisted by two pilots from Ramstein air base. We had absolutely no Calls and most of the time sat around trying to keep our feet warm said Allen. It was quite a contrast to Moron where the temperature was Between 50 and 60 degrees when we  major said the Rescue teams used army communications which Are very Good Here because it is close to the czechoslovakian Border an there is bad visibility so there is High risk of getting off  Rescue men disassembled one helicopter tuesday and were to take Down the other wednesday and put them aboard an air plane to return to Moron. Of 57 accidents of All types occurred from the time the dual based troops = began moving into Grafe Woehr Jan. 6 until the end of the Man Euver. = cold wet weather took its toll and the army hospitals at Nuernberg and � Grafe Woehr As Well As dispensaries 5at Hohenfels and v 11 s e c k treated 5 scores of soldiers for colds. The mint Eber hospitalized dropped to 39 on tues e Day. A Blue Force with help of simulated = nuclear fire from artillery and rockets pushed the invaders Back into an area a Between the towns of Neumarkt a n d Hohenfels tuesday morning. And there e the invading Force was blasted asunder and ceased to be an effective Force. Elt. Col. Edward j. Nix chief Brief ing officer of the exercise said a total _  Pentagon has invited senior Stu dents in overseas dependent schools to participate in an unusual study program Here a presidential classroom for Youn americans. A spokesman in the Dod de pendent education office said letters had been sent to All High school principals and superintendents encouraging them to investigate the possibility of Send ing qualified seniors to washing ton to participate. If accepted the five seven Day classes to meet successively from feb. 22 to april 5, will bring together selected students from military dependent High school around the world and . And foreign High school seniors will study american government at close  a. Toomey the 30-year old death on Champion in Las year s olympics has been named Dean of men for the program. The Board of directors includes . Senators representatives and nationally known personalities in aiming to help helicopters bring in artillery for firepower demonstration. Is Cole education research and enter asked to off study project by Perry Flippins a Washington Bureau Washington is the Tain ment. Parade of american music musical groups should take note Munich special army sponsored musical groups in Europe including bands chorus Sand High schools Are invited to participate in the traditional Parade of american music be ing held this month throughout the United states it was announced by the army special services Agency Europe. The department of the army in cooperation with the National federation of music clubs in vites army wide participation in the Parade which supported Bya Grant from the american society of composers authors an publishers represents a nation wide movement in the promotion of american music and in the up dating of musical program plan Ning. Purposes of the Parade of american music As outlined by the National federation of music clubs is to give worthy encouragement and support pro Gram extensive hearings of their works and Widen the scope of american performance repertoires while rewarding participation and audiences As Well . Composers. The program is open to Al military musical groups and or organizations desiring to prepare appropriate programming for the Parade. To be eligible to compete for Gold certificates awards of Merit from the National federa Tion of music clubs each usar eur musical group must present during february 1969 at least one program of either of the follow ing an entire program of music by qualified . Composers Quali fied composers being native born naturalized or those who have done the major portion of their composing in the United states a program of authentic indigenous United states Folk music which May include some Folk lore and an entire program by an army composer and or Arranger. Program suggestions for participants in this Parade of Amer ican music Are As follows Seri Ous contemporary works by regions state or local compos ers works by army personnel music of the Church american opera in English period or historic music of the United states music of ethnic groups Folk music music of the american musical theatre popular music of High Quality music from radio television and or motion pictures jazz and miscellaneous music in appropriate  Large number of award winning army entries in the 19 Wand 1968 parades of american music resulted in the . Army being awarded a special award of Merit for its promotion of american music. Interested musical groups Are urged to Contact their local Spe Cial services officer or entertain ment director for additional in formation. Approximately 350 students will comprise each class. They will live at the washing ton Hilton hotel and participate in seminars and classes there during each week Long study. Arrangements have been made for students to meet with leaders in each governmental Branch plus Tours of the City and speeches by foreign ambassadors. Sen. William b. Spong jr., d-va., applauded the presidential classroom program on the sen ate floor in october saying at a time when a number of the nation s Young people Are Dis posed to be intolerant of our institutions of government it is a pleasure to take note of any Effort to buttress Faith in and knowledge of our government processes i therefore wish to take this Opportunity to com mend an organization named a presidential classroom for Young americans  the nonprofit nonpartisan organization gives As its goal the accomplishment of the follow ing to give american High school seniors an Opportunity Forin depth study of the intricacies of the United states governmental Washington . To enlighten these seniors through personal involvement by showing them what the government is doing i various Fields to encourage Dedi cation to and understanding of the american system which All too often seems Remote Bureau cratic and inaccessible to to Day s Young , travel costs and other incidental information pertaining to the presidential classroom program has been seat Accord ing to Pentagon officials to High school principals and superintendents to distribute among interested students. Bachelors facing longer Tours Washington