European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 and stripes August 1w7 Vintage tank rides again first Frank Kitias and two James Mccoy stand atop the 1941 m24 Chaffee Lank they helped ii was once a Monument in front of the lit Fin army if in rebuilt tank has Cadillac engines by Rick Maze Stair writer Gormany stories about army units rebuilding old tanks usually Start they saved it from being a target at some training Bui rut the one about the men of the 8th inf they saved a tank from being u Monu ment in runt of their unit the tank had been is Tiina there As lung As anyone could said 1st it Frank the a Nealion my or officer my Tine of about five people wlm worked on he m24 chaff vehicle two James the Balti Liun maintenance said about an year ago their last commander decided Tuda something with the which was rusting away on a Cement pad Here at we Lei we started scrounging far bul immediately found it want going to be of the problems of rebuilding a stripped old tank which once belonged in the italian army were of Oxon we  find we didst have any books to go by and the controls left in the tank were identified in Mccoy Mccoy said he thinks uie tank was brought to Europe about and at some Point turned Over to the italian the tank was later resumed to and rather than being placed on a firing Range somewhere in be filled with dirt and used As a the m24 become a Monu they searched through junk piles Here looking for and were surprised to find a the tank is powered by twin and a some Mccoy said a few of the replacement parts were found in other training areas in where Mccoy and Kutlas crawled in and around tanks being used As there Are probably Many tanks of this kind sitting in a Supply Bam at the training bul we  get permission to look at them for Mccoy the parts they  find were made from scratch the tank now and will be used at ceremonies and parades in the Kullas said a Soldier from the 8th inf dive or Lgth Maint in recently  in the once the tank is completely rebuilt and 11 will become a Monument at the Headquarters but we wont let it fall to pieces this Well have someone perform maintenance on it Mccoy crop damage Doreen brings destruction to los Angeles api a tropical storm fizzled thursday after Tatu Fini Draugh stricken Southern California for two washing out flooding Homes and causing an estimated s20 Mil lion in crop at least five deaths in Southern califor Nia were attributed to the and Sci nato music festival set in Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Stis u you like to see and hear marching bands and watch the precise movements of a Drill Kaiserslautern is the place to be on the biannual nato music festival co sponsored Fay the 4th Allied Tae air Korce and the City of Kaiserslautern will feature six military bands and one Drill team Tram five1 nato the festival will begin at 11 with a Parade through the the units Wilt Anarch from  to lilt  Way of the bands will be Girt a concert at 8 in be Tzinberg the concert is scheduled to last 2 i tickets for the concert Cost 2 to 10 Marks and Are on Sale at the Junker travel agcy in kaisers ausems Sifis Praiz they fan be reserved by calling qs316909i or purchased at the stadium on the Day of the concert net proceeds from the festival will be used for a special welfare project near Thi t extradited Bonn italian Kov look thursday to get Back die former Nad chief in Wibroe despite West German not extradite a courier with the demand for the extra Dilon of Herbert who escaped from italian detention monday arrived in Bonn an italian embassy spokesman the action showed Italy will not accept the Bonn governments stand that the West German Constitution bars the extradition of germans to foreign it foreshadowed a Wrangle that could damage still More the relations tween the two Italy was shaken by the flight of Kaplor from a Rome Hospital where he Wax being treated for in West Germany the opinion was widespread that italians should forget the past and Grant Freedom to a 79 year old sick Man Kappler and his 53yearold who smuggled him put of the Rome Hospital in a wardrobe were hiding but in West abhor titles refusal to disclose their lot their but they were believed to be in Kappler we take the Security threat very Seri Public prosecutor Gerhard Rel Fen Berg is a real danger of an act of it was Reitenberg who on Kappler return to Gormany ruled he would not be he said theoretically charges could be preferred against Kappler but he West German authorities say Kappler and his wife Are presently in Northern Ger Many and that under the country Law he cannot be extradited Back to the couple was married in 1972 while Kappler was in the Gaela military toe reception some gave the Kappler increased the indignation of ital Era other persons including three Riverside children and a fireman narrowly escaped death in swirling flood a but the storms fury took its heaviest toll in Etc mexican Border town of where More than persons were left homeless after their houses Many of them cardboard shanties were reduced to pulp by uie heavy the the capital of Baja was declared a disaster area by the mexi can government wednesday after the entire downtown Section Wai police and army teams rescued 400 stranded motorists after the Highway be tween Tijuana and my Wicall was washed the storm had dumped a record inches of rain on downtown los Angeles by wednesday nigh the previous record for August was indies in the water came too hard and Loo fast to really help break the we have water four to six inches deep in several places along interstate an Inyo county sheriffs spokeswoman several highways in death Valley and Inyo county were and slate route i27 Between san Bernardino county end Nevada was closed due to officials discourage motorists from travelling on other look Jug Imperial county agricultural commissioner Claude Hinnell estimated damage to crops of seed and harvested Alfalfa would run As High ass 10 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