European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 08, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday february 8, 1969 Polk lauds project partnership s by James Gunter staff writer Heidelberg is project partnership proves the . Army. Oes not Lack imagination said Gen. James h. Polk com Mander in chief Usa eur an seventh army in passing out awards Friday to those who promoted better relations with America s nato allies during1968. Polk presented dozens of plaques savings Bonds and trophies in a ceremony in the ballroom of the Patrick Henry Village officers club to Honor units and individuals in usar eur and seventh army for their work in project partnership. He also gave certificates to Man German officers and enlisted men for their contribution to the cooperative movement. M. Sgt. Luigi Mannolini an in formation specialist who helped organize the German american noncommissioned officers club at Augsburg and col. Adrian , commanding officer of the 14th army Cav regt who work closely with German units in patrolling the Iron curtain along the czechoslovakian Border took the top individual . John also accepted a huge trophy for his regiment the organization judged to have done most in the partnership  of his subordinate units troop i 3rd so took the firs place award at the troop level. No imagination i Hope that next year some body gives the 14th Cav a run for their Money said Polk. Some one said that the greatest Lackin the . Army is that of imagination and i think today prove that is not  a plaque went to it. Col. F. , editor in chief and Mert Proctor managing editor of the stars and stripes for the news canadians take Winter training in Berchtesgaden by Glenn Mayss a Augsburg Bureau chief Berchtesgaden Germany is members of the Royal Canadian army Are undergoing one week of adventure train ing Here and if it is successful it could become Universal throughout the Canadian army according to a group spokesman. The training consists of skiing use of maps first Aid sledding and physical training along wit cultural development. About 70 members of Lor Strathcona s armoured regiment b so stationed in Iserloh Ger Many Are the first to take part in this Type of training on this Large a scale said to Donald Beattie of the group. Small groups have previously under gone similar training. This is the first group at this level and we Hope Many More will follow Beattie said. It Good to get away from the Mili tary routine and into a different atmosphere for  for Many of the members the adventure training is the first time for them on skis. Som members of the group Are instructing the beginning  the final Day the group commanded by maj. Mark Ege Ner will participate in Cross Competition which will include Al phases of the week of training. Everything has gone very smoothly Beattie said. We Hope it will be considered successful enough to become uni Versal in the Canadian  paper s coverage of project partnership. It. Col. Arthur Jones officer in charge of the Ameri can forces network Europe received a similar award an Trent Christman station Mana Ger of an Nuernberg was Given a special award for the Sta Tion s wide project partnership coverage. It. Col. Frank Brunosky he.,36th arty up was picked Winner of an award for writing the bes letter on the subject partner ship and  awards went to s. Sgt. David Wesley editor of the v corps newspaper. Guar Dian which was picked from 110unit newspapers As the one which most effectively supported project partnership 1st it. John d. Flanagan he troop 14th Arm Cav regt for the Best project partnership article in the army in Europe Magazine. Spec. 4 Steven h. York information office 3rd inf div for the Best partnership photographs. Sgt. Stewart j. Stout of the 19th maintenance in for the bes partnership cartoon spec. 5 Roger e. Petterson information of fice 3rd inf div for the Best published project partnership article. This program is to Weld to Gether our nato allies in a bet Ter understanding said , b. F. Taylor Usa eur chief of staff in introducing Polk. A luncheon for the award win ners which followed the Cere Mony Taylor proposed a Toast to the 20th anniversary of nato. The principle thing is to bring together Young officers and sol our Friendship nature of our Diers Polk said. I Hope to elude the British and French in this program too. For a longtime i have had the deep conviction that we must convince Young people of and the  Mannolini 39, a member of the South bavarian District s Public relations staff said the German american military club grew out of a visit from cos of the Ger Man army District defense com Mand in the fall of 1967."we had a luncheon for the senior cos and afterwards Bun Des Wehr sgt. Josef Marz and i decided to form a club to bring about More Contact he said. We have done a lot of work touring German and american units together in All kinds of   who has 20 years army service formerly helped organize operation Goodwill Iberlin a program in which Ger Man British and american unit exchanged military bands. St. John who holds a master s degree in International relations was in the Advance party which went into Berlin immediately after world War ii. The 47-year old officer is a 1943 graduate of the military Academy. His head quarters Are at Fulda. We have arranged joint a Nevers with the germans he said. We get together for critiques and also Exchange men five at a time so we can get to know each other better. We have shooting matches and sports without German allies. Our wives also get  presentation Gen James h. Polk Leftus eur commander in chief presents first place project partnership award for organizational program to col. Adrian St. John co 14th army Cav regt at Patrick Henry Village ceremony. At right photo of German and american sol Dier looking Over Wuerzburg won award for Best partnership photo for spec. 4steven h. York. 3rd inf div information office. Polk praised the army s imagination in the program. Is Rohde group travel plan hits new High in rec areas by Glenn Mayss a Augsburg Bureau chief Garmisch Germany is the armed forces recreation Center group travel program i january set an All time High for  the 10 years the pro Gram has been in operation there had never been More than 10,000 persons participating during anyone month according to Manuel Blanco arc information director. But in january 10,526 per sons participated in the  previous High was 9,189 set in february last  program has grown continually through the years Blan co said acid we expect it to continue growing. Each year the program becomes More Success  travel is designed for enlisted men and dependents to come to the arc facilities Here Berchtesgaden or Chi Emsee for Athree Day period. Travel time is not included in the three  is supplied to the travellers free of charge. A group must have at least 25 persons. The program has increased rapidly for some time Blanc added because Many sergeants major have pushed the  feel group travel has contributed a lot toward building morale of the  Wiley see slow Down a night watch 1 or pedestrians. Usa eur fatal accidents sine july 1 army motor vehicle non army motor vehicle weapon and explosive. Liphy Sutlon drowning Thor. Totals ,176 air Force it. Col. Victor Clark jr., Berchtesgaden recreation area director terms the group travel program As the Best bar gain going for the enlisted  As the program continued to grow More innovations were added at the recreation areas to help the visitors enjoy their vacations. One of the additions waste hostess program to plan Tours and activities for the  program was added in july 1966. Blanco said group travel this year is already far ahead of the same time last year. This Isth Best program set up for enlisted personnel that would help Stop Gold flow Blanco said. It provides an Ideal vacation. The people can get away from the military and  the information director make occasional spot checks with group travel participants to find what they like most about the pro Gram. Said one Soldier in reply to Blanco a query what i like nest is the fact that can get Upin the morning and not have to make my bed 1 Ca reports 4-fold Auto Din traffic increase Washington is Over seas traffic of the new Auto Din automatic digital network grew last year from an aver age of 64, to 260,000 Mes sages a Day according to a re port by the defense communications Agency. Auto Din is a High Speed com Puter controlled communications system that is being used to Exchange information for com Mand control logistics and personnel matters by the army Navy and air Force worldwide. More station during 1968 six switching stations were opened by Ca to handle this traffic at Camp Buckner Okinawa Phu Lam Saigon Al Ngayan Guam Niia Trang Vietnam Camp Drake Japan and Wildwood Alaska. These Are in addition to the fou which had been in use earlier at Clark a the Philippines Croughton England Pfirman Sens West Germany and Skorut Thailand another station i be ing tested at Caltano. Italy an should be in use in the near future a deaf Oke sewn said