European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes May 1977 new building dedicated Safe band in Glenn Miller Hall Story and photo by Floyd Harrington Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Germany the Safe bands new Home is now Glenn Miller in a ceremony the building was dedicated to the memory of Glenn Leader of the army air forces aah band that entertained troops throughout Europe in Miller started out As a trombonist and built his band into americas most popular in he years before and during world War Miller and his band were called the musical sensation of the in the late 1930s and Early but when the became involved in the War in Miller volunteered his talents and was called to Active duty As a Captain in the army air he was Given the task of building an or composed of military to assist in recruiting More than pilots Miller was credited Witti helping meet this and in 1944 he and the band were sent overseas to entertain Miller arrived in in Mon in and his broadcasts Over bbl radio became instant hits with everyone within listening Dis Tance Many were made with such entertainers As Dinah Bing Crosby and bub in the Middle of december in Miller boarded a single engine aircraft and left England to make Advance arrangements for a Christmas performance in Paris ids plane disappeared Over the English and despite numerous has never been Dwight then supreme Allied commander in announced Millers disappearance on Christmas Eisenhower said that next to a letter from Millers music was thels greatest Safe officials Call Glenn Miller mall a fitting tribute to the Man and his the new located close to Kai has been renovated at a Cost of maj Benny com Mander of the 59member said the Hall was designed inside to fit a band divided into smaller these the concert and marching a dance and jazz band and a popu Lar music follow the Miller tradition by entertaining thousands of listeners inside the Hall Are three rehearsal these tie into a Central recording studio used to critique practice sessions and Cut tapes which can be broadcast a Sheet music arranging recreation offices and a dozen soundproof Booths make up the rest of he two Story musical honors for a musician members of the Safe band play at the dedication of the Glenn Miller Hall in near where the band will make its High ranking and German officers Are in the Only 4 apply for upgrading of discharges Washington Uili Only 4 per cent of Vietnam Era gis eligible to get their general or undesirable discharges up graded under a Carter administration pro Gram have applied to do the defense department said we feel the response could be said John special assistant to the director of defense the Low level could be due to Lack of knowledge about the he said As a Foo up to his Pardon if Vietnam draft 1rvsidrni Carter offered an estimated men and women with general or undesirable discharges six months to apply for an the program began april 5 and runs through the first Batch of applications has been processed by discharge review panels in each service but we dont have a figure yet on How Many Dis charges have been Becker said in the first five weeks of the persons but Only 63 per cent of them or 4 per cent of the total eligible met the he Only those who got a general or undesirable discharge be tween through March Are noncombat deserters May surrender to the Becker and Steps will be taken to give them prompt undesirable Dis which then could be on an upgraded the former Serviceman gels a new piece of paper that Means an employer looking at he discharge of a Veteran who served in the 1960s will see a discharge Date of 1977 on an upgraded document hut no other sign of the Job seekers military the most common military discharge is general discharges Are but still granted under honorable Condi temperatures yank frogman Pluck finn from sea v w Idland Ai Ameri can and icelandic air planes and divers Guinid Firce saturday to Rescue a finnish woman Pilut whose plane crashed in the North the flying an amphibious sent a distress Call a 8 a m local time saying she was ditching in the Ocean West of Kef Lavik where Navy and air Force units arc the icelandic aviation Agency search plane found the downed plane at y and saw the woman alive it guided an Ameri can c130 Hercules from of Flavin to the and two frogman parachuted into the sea wit i of Craft and picked up the Pilot the three were picked up by a Rescue helicopter 15 minutes later and landed in Reykjavik a the reported suffering a few was and muted la a Hospital for observation and rest authorities at first identified the woman As swedish but later said she was Kurt i of who was ferrying a Texas built smile engine four seat Lake la4 amphibian to new owners m Sweden a radio distress Call at told icelandic aviation aug homilies that the Pilot was duelling in the Ocean West of ice land m Southwest is a base for Navy and air Force units keeping watch on the air and Ocean sages Between Greenland and the which had last Stop Jed at Goose was to have had two hours fuel and there was no immediate explanation for the ditching emergency procedures were started in and a fan am cruising at feet in route to London from san Francisco quickly picked up the distress signals and pinpointed the plane 110 Miles out at sea an icelandic headed from Kef Lavik to became a communications Center Between Rescue planes and icelandic air 3 on Wom 81 Jackmin Wollt u Ampf Thutt b Paul by 46 Orleans n nov York 84 nor talk Pilot Burgl 33 w i to san Antonio 66 if san fran cite at Syracuse a i roped a a
