European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Macarthur a Eisenhower turned toward of Malley. A no a he said a what happened a a a he a been relieved of his far East command by president Truman and replaced by Gen. Ridgway a of Malley replied. Ike looked quickly away eyebrows raised and Mouth turned Down in Surprise and Grandy clicked the shutter on his venerable Speed graphic news camera. A a in la be darned a Eisenhower said. Grandy raced Back to stripes developed the film made Contact prints and rushed them Down to Joe Rabinovitch the news editor on duty. Sorry Grandy was told the front Page was already Laid out with a picture of Macarthur leaving his Headquarters in a jeep. Grandys prints were tossed in a filing Basket and the Young photographer left a Tittle downhearted for a ski trip in Bavaria. Luckily the morning news editor found the prints the following Day and the shot was rushed onto the next front Page two columns wide. It was quickly picked up by the news services and published in newspapers around the world. It won news photo of the year honors and the shot eventually wound up in life Magazine and the encyclopaedia Britannica. Thirty years later Grandy even got an apology from Rabinovitch the news editor who Hadnot used the photo. A we were at a reunion in new York a said Grandy who retired As stripes photo chief in 1986, a and Rabinovitch kind of eased up to me Shook my hand and said a by the Way red sorry about that Ike a it was Worth the wait a Grandy said. The stars and stripes printed a three dimensional feature Section one sunday in october 1953 and handed out special 3-d glasses to its readers. The gimmick coordinated by production manager Elmer Frank attracted plenty of publicity in the states but no new readers in Europe. The Section was Back in Black the following week. Newspapers thrive on Competition and the stars and stripes got a Little of its own in 1950 when an air Force major started a 28-Page tabloid called the overseas weekly. The major had intended the paper to provide a a touch of Home a away from Home a but things changed when he sold out to Manon von Hospach a California woman who a been editor of Stanford University a daily newspaper. To boost circulation von Hospach started using sexually oriented features pinups and exposes including the graphic Story of George Jorgensen an sex i who had emerged from a sex change operation in Denmark with the first name of Christine. Another series penned by the teen aged Girlfriend of millionaire Playboy Mickey Jelke Iii boosted sales even further and readers had soon nicknamed the paper the oversexed weekly. It was a godsend for the stripes staff which was suddenly encouraged to publish All kinds of sensitive stories rather than have them appear in the weekly first. And in those rare instances when the weekly a writers weren to aware of a particular Story Well All it took was a discreet phone Call from a Striper to get the Ball rolling. The weekly prospered until von Hospach s death in a Bathtub Accident in 1970. The paper changed hands several times after that and was eventually moved to the United states where it died in the mid-1970s. Pfc. Elvis Aaron Presley tramped off a troop ship in Bremerhaven with 1,359 other draftees in. File sgt. Presley just before his 1960 discharge. Late 1958 and was greeted by a mob of screaming crying Young German women who gestured wildly with autograph books. At the request of Headquarters the stars and stripes stayed Clear of the King of Rock a no Roll during his one year six months and two Days of duty with the 3rd div in Friedberg near Frankfurt Germany. Presley himself kept a Low profile while he served As a Driver and following his promotion to Buck sergeant As squad Leader. Unlike other soldiers in the unit though Presley lived off Post in a Villa and was Worth a Cool $7 million. Not bad for a Guy earning i pay of $99.37 a month. Staff writer Wally Beene interviewed Elvis just before the singers departure in Early 1960, and the photos accompanying the Story immediately raised the sire. A this hair is too Long a an spokesman complained. A you should never have run the file photographer Gus Schuettler on assignment. The Kennedy Khrushchev Summit in Vienna in 1961 proved to be a professional coup for Gus Schuettler a Young photographer who a joined the paper in 1958. Schuettler Hadnot been Able to get a photo pass to cover the event but just to be Safe he decided to hang around outside the Home of the american ambassador where one of the meetings was to take place. Suddenly a russian saturday april 18, 1992 television Crew arrived each wearing the Green identity cards that allowed Access to the meeting. Taking Schuettler for a local austrian they asked in broken German How they could find the conference Hall. Thinking fast Schuettler offered to help grabbed a tripod from one of the russians and herded the group past the guards. Schuettler Hadnot been issued a photo Pool pass so he Wasny to required to share his shots with the rest of the press. Consequently he was Able to give stripes an armful of exclusives. Schuettler had illustrated somewhat less Hustle on his first assignment in july 1958, when he was asked to drive to Bavaria to get shots of the and air Force football clinics. Eager to get that first Job under his Belt Schuettler did no to bother to mention that he had no Drivers License and in fact did not really know How to drive. He managed to steer one of the papers 1955 chevies out of the motor Pool however and arrived at his assignment at 2 a.m., 14 hours later having made the 250-mile trip entirely in second gear. Schuettler still succeeded in getting a couple of Quick shots of the sports clinic and less quickly managed to Cool off the sports editor. Gus by the Way is chief of the stripes photo Section today. Filo jolting Joe has Coffee at the press club 1962. New York Yankees great Joe Dimaggio dropped by the stars and stripes in May 1962 during a pm marketing tour. Jolting Joe joined staffers for Coffee and other refreshments at the papers press club and spent several hours talking about baseball and his marriage to Marilyn Monroe. The press club still in operation today is the last in a line of staff watering holes that stretches Back to the Early Days in London and a pub called the Lark and Lamb. The Lamb As it was commonly called was run by Alf and Gertie Storey a British couple so beloved that the staff gave them and their dog personal mail boxes in the newsroom. They were never actually used but the gesture was a sure sign of the staffs affection. Pung stadts a watering Hole was the chateau Meaux which took its name from the fact that staffers for some reason Long forgotten referred to each other As Moe. The spelling was changed in Honor of a French speaking waitress at the club. The press club in Gries Heini was originally opened on the third floor of the editorial building but was later moved to help staffers avoid temptation during duty hours to a former Barracks near the rear of the stripes compound. In addition to Dimaggio the club was visited by Eddie Fisher Rick Nelson and Bing Crosby among Many others. Jazz Singer Sarah Vaughn who dropped by in 1958, performed a two hour concert in Exchange for a bottle of Gin. The undisputed Backbone of the club for the last 38 years has been Manfred Kuchel drink master confidant and loan officer to the staff and arguably the Best informed bartender in Europe. Continued on i be 49 anniversary special edition a Page 47
