European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 26, 1977 Welcome for air National guard Brig. Gen. Friedric Keener left air Force support command sooth Gay and Gen. Richard h. Euli right Safe commander in chief Greet Brig. Gen. Harry l. Cochran jr., us tactical fighter Wing commander. Upon his arrival at in Olstadt. The guard units Are getting familiar wit flying in Germany. Usan Henri guard pilots get feel1 of Germany Byda Synovec staff writer Manching. Germany is a . Air National guard tighter unit is spending two weeks Here training at this German air base near in Olstadt in Central  18 Chubby thick winged a7d Cor Sair fighters arrived May 13. The pilots of the 121st tactical fighter Wing from Rickenbacker fab Ohio and Pittsburgh air port pa., began training flights the following monday after extensive Brief Ings on flying in Germany by members of the 36th tactical fighter Wing from bit  guard units just Don t usually do this Type of training although the air Force is trying to change this said u. Col. Grove a. Rathbun from Pittsburgh s 146st tactical fighter  expect to Fly 24 to 27 sorties a Day during the training period. The deploy ment itself is Good training. It is one of the Basic ingredients to organize get in the aircraft and Fly from either Columbus Ohio or Pittsburgh. 4,000 Miles to ingols Tadt Germany. We expect to get some real Good  the experience of coming Here and Hying with different types of controls the Buffer zones and other things we Don t have to contend with in the United states is Good experience Rathbun  said that the a7d Corsair pilots will take part in Low level navigation nights and will train with Forward air controllers in combat air support  Are pleased to be Able to Fly and work with the German air controllers. We Haven t had any problems. It s a lot of hard work but everybody is enjoying it. H takes a lot longer to prepare for a Mission Here Golda Meir enters Hospital Tel Aviv a Golda Meir the 79 year old former prime minister has entered a Hospital for routine tests a spokeswoman for Meir said. She was admitted to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and will probably be released in eight to 10 Days the spokeswoman said. Stocks closing . 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Fed Nat  paper am he  Clit Mill Texaco  Lite. Do new Vor wednesday 30 industrials20transpc-n. Is it. Lilies. 6s stocks because everything is new to our  capt. Tom w. Powers 34, a member of the 166th tactical fighter so said that the Light to Germany was Long but the pilots had Good weather All the Way. The aircraft refuelled five times during the nearly eight hour  s Good to have Over water crossing experience and the deployment experience Powers said. And it s Good to get european flying environment experience. The a7 is an outstanding air plane. It was designed to carry bombs to a target. And i m convinced that the systems in the aircraft will get me to a target and get me Home again. That s what it s All about. It s not an air superiority aircraft. It s de signed As an air to ground fighter. In that respect it does a very Good Job said Powers who is a banker in Columbus when not flying a Corsair for the air guard. The pilots sorties Here last about 1 i hours. Officials said that the air guard pilots will also be training in support of . Army ground forces during their stay. Capt. Pete Collins also of the 166th, said that the air environment in Germany is a lot More crowded than in the United states. We have been briefed by members of the 36th tactical fighter Wing from bit Burg and by Safe officials about the air environment and flying restrictions. U is a very congested environment. There Are air planes every  15 most Active new Vork up Trie 11 most Active stocks in new Exchange composite trading Al 4 . Wednes 9,500 ll75,100 17 63.500 46 143.310 i51.700 33h 54.900 33 54.700 64� 30 1sh 410 51v 44,300 25e43.600 35 39,200 tefc11.700 32v Dow Jones averages k a Dow Jane closing averages High Low close change 916 72 901.46 903.14.14440 111 it .312.52 the stars and stripes Poge 27 1 convicted in Kkt style Cross burning Lakenheath. England a an air Force court martial convicted an american airman tuesday of setting ablaze a Kun flux klan style fiery Cross at Raf Lakenheath. The four officers forming the court found airman . Henry h. Hooper. 19, of Milford  guilty of violating air Force regulations forbidding dissent or protest activities on Usan property and of conspiring to violate the  told Hooper who denied the charges that he would be sentenced after hear Ings have been completed against five other Young Security policemen at the base alleged to have been  As prank capt. Kevin Tepas defending Hooper said that there was no indication of Kun flux klan activity at the base and that the incident was intended merely As a prank. Air Force special agent Conrad Norman told the court his investigations showed nothing to indicate activities of the Kun flux klan or any similar group at taken Heath and nothing indicative of racial Over tones. Earlier tuesday sgt. Stanley Landrum a Black american airman told How he Felt an inward sickness when he saw the 12 toot High wooden Cross blazing on the base football Field last feb. 14. I was deeply affected by it Landrum said while giving evidence on the second Day of the court martial. The base commander col. Robert plat Enberg told the court monday he regarded the incident As insurrection or  Sepa Rauly the six defendants Are All being tried separately. The other five Are airman Patrick Ryan 20, of Victor . Senior airman Bernard Popp 21, of Chicago. Airman Gary Ferguson 21, of Glasgow. By. Sgt. Gary Paquette 21, of Manchester n.h., and senior airman Mark Vinson of Ashland  except Vinson face two charges conspiring to violate air Force regulations by burning the wooden Cross and violating regulations by actually burning it. Vinson is charged with violating regulations by making a Telephone Call in connection with the  have pleaded innocent. If convicted by a four Man Board of officers they face a maximum sentence of six months hard  told the court he was driving Home late on the night of feb. U when be saw a  got out of my car walked Over and saw that it was a Cross which was burning. I just stood there looking up at it it stunned me for a while. I could feel an inward sickness. I Felt it just could no exist on this base at this  he said he went Home to his English wife. When he explained what the Kun flux klan was she was scared he said. Conversion rates Brussels up wednesday s Clos ing rates of the . Dollar to european currencies. Figures Are expressed in Dol Lars to the British Pound other local currencies to dollars May 14 .1.1147british Pound. .13590.4.9570 ,1.445 16.11u590 .1.5171 11.07 17.so Etc War 1517im lists4.f470 2459336.0 .1.5134 31.97 17.50 13997110.14 307.54. 340 of 1104330s14 .t6 -1.66 -014 -2.14 German  Iran. Dutch builder. Belgian  lira Swiss franc greek drachma. Turkish  Tseu. 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