European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 15, 1969 the stars and stripes Page 7 Lemnitzer lauds scouting top ten turn in report shape Belgium special Gen. Lyman l. Lemnitzer supreme Almed commander Europe told 10 of the top boy scouts in Europe that with such Fin examples As you Young men we can look Forward to the future with Confidence As opposed to Many of our noisy Young peo ple Bent on obstruction and , speaking at the re cent annual report ceremony of the transatlantic Council of the boy scouts of America pointed out however that while the actions of Small groups of protest ers gain prominence in the press Large numbers of youth get Little credit for their accomplishments. The general who started Bis Days in scouting As a scout master on Corregidor. A few years after the boy scouts of America was founded and who is now on the Council s executive Board said that of thelast West Point class 58 per cent had been scouts and 14per cent had been Eagle scouts and that of the 11 astronaut who had been scouts three Wear the Eagle cited scouting As a background that instills Leader ship and courage and Dedica Tion in boys and quoted the Duke of Wellington s phrase that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing Fields of Eton As an analogy to scout report ceremony is Paral Lel to the annual report to the president made in the states by 12 top scouts there and later submitted to Congress. In Europe the outstanding scouts from each of the 10 districts of the trans Atlantic Council submit the first report to scouts reported that within the Council 19.309 boys were registered in 462 cub packs scout troops and explorer posts As of december 31. The Council the report continued operated on an annual budget of $216,573.30the scouts on the three Day visit Here were Steven t. Ittis representing Belgium the Netherlands France Norway and Poland Roger Sorensen. Hei Delberg Mannheim and Kaiserslautern in Germany and Michael c. Grainger Stuttgart and Bavaria areas in scouts were John m. Kamensky Wuerzburg an Nuernberg area in Germany Robert r. Brown Frankfurt Bremerhaven and Berlin areas in Germany and Floyd , Wiesbaden area in Ger Many and Luxembourg. Presentation Eagle scout Jeffry Brinkley presents l. Lemnitzer supreme Allied commander Europe with a scout Statuette As a memento from the transatlantic Council boy scouts of America at ceremony at shape. Shape photo flight safety Parley held at Wiesbaden Wiesbaden special flight safety experts from 11 North at lactic treaty organization nations met Here this week to Dis cuss Mutual problems. The conference 56th since establishment of the air Force s flight safety committee Europe in 1956, was hosted by Safe. It. Gen. Robert , Safe vice Caramander in chief addressed the 27 Dele Gates tuesday morning to open the conference. During the four Days they herein session the delegates discus sed flying safety problems in a Effort to find solutions that will promote greater safety within the air forces of Western Europe. In addition to . Air Force representatives other countries sending delegates were Germany England France Denmark Canada Belgium Greece ital the Netherlands and Norway. England furnished the Confer ence chairman. The conferences Are held three times 8 year with Host responsibilities rotating among member nations. S. Sgt. Selected for officer school High Wycombe England is s. Sgt. Ronald a Gavette training no of the2180th comm. So has been accepted for officer training school on his fourth native of Phoenix aria and a graduate of Arizona state in Rived on the scene and established radio Contact with the meteor. The Rescue Crew commander capt. Douglas w. Einhorst informed the ship he was going to make alow pass and drop the Medicine. Copilot Mai. Robert a. Delor Eow added the touch to the Mission by doing just that the bundles hit the water right along Side the ship and were quickly retrieved by an anxious and thankful Tierman accomplished the Hercules turned and headed towards Lajes some six and a half hours away. Summing up the Mission col. Saleen Aswad 4ttth Arr we commander said the Safe execution of this difficult mis Sion vividly illustrates the determination and effectiveness of our professional dedicated Rescue men. In responding to an emergency involving 17 German seamen the 57th Arr so has Given real evidence of aerospace Rescue and recovery serv ice International cooperation and the German Navy was Quick to add it congratulations. Messages of thanks were received at the 4th Arr we eve before the Rescue aircraft returned to its Home base
