The White Falcon - 30.04.1960, Side 1

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volume X, Mumber 15 Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland Saturday, April 30, 19oU |
RC Drive 100%
Keflavik Airport Residents
came through in grand style
during the recent American
Red Cross Drive to collect
funds as they fulfilled the quota
100 per cent. It was the most
successful RC Drive in recent
History.
Guided by Major Ed Becker,
the collections had totalled
little more than half of the
goal, going into the final week
of the drive.
Major Becker said the final
goal was exceeded thanks to the
generous donations from base
organizations and military and
civilian personnel, including a
sizable sum donated by Ice-
landic citizens employed here
on the base.
In announcing General Tunner’s
retirement, General White said
that General Tunner had done an
outstanding job for the Air Force
and the country and that he great-
ly regreted the MATS Command-
er would be retiring in
future.
Immediately prior to becoming
commander of the Military Air
Transport Service in July of
1958, General Tunner was Deputy
Chief of Staff, Operations, Head-
quarters USAF. Before that he
was Commander-in-Chief of Uni-
ted States Air Forces in Europe.
In 1948 and 1949 he commanded
the combined USAF-RAF Task
Force which broke the Soviet
Blockade of Berlin. In both
World War II and the Korean
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Gen. Tunner to Retire
Sometime This Spring
General Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff of the Air
Force, announced this month that Lt. Gen. William H.
Tunner, Commander of the Military Air Transport Service
(MATS), will retire late this spring at his own request
after 32 years of commissioned^-
Gray Lady Party
Keflavik Airport’s Gray Ladies
sponsored an Easter Party April
17 for the patients of the Base
Hospital. Refreshments were
served and entertainment was
furnished by the Red Foster
Combo. This group is composed of
SMSgt. Red Foster, SSgt. Julius
Ebert, SSgt. Raymond Mitchell
and A/1C Michael Sievers.
Aldridge Twins Arrive;
Join “Elite” Fraternity
“So what!” .... these could well be the sentiments of week-old Karl
Aldridge, II and twin brother Charles. The twins, born April 16, are
only the second set of twins ever born here at Keflavik Airport. The
parents are A/1C and Mrs. Carl Aldridge. He is assigned to the Ice-
land Defense Force, here at Keflavik International Airport. Airman
Aldridge, a native of Seattle, Washington, has been in Iceland since
October of last year. Mrs. Aldridge, the former Judy Weymouth of
Stonington, Maine, has been here since last February.
Explorer Patch
Circles Earth
The handsome patches seen on
the uniforms and jackets of Kefla-
vik’s Troop 64 Explorer scouts
have a most interesting story be-
hind them.
The design for the patch was
selected from many drawn up by
members of the Troop. Designer
of the winning patch was Jerry
Kreidler, 17-year-old son of Col-
onel Howard E. Kreidler. His de-
sign featured the explorer Scout
emblem imposed on an Outline of
Iceland.
Once the design of the patch
was selected, an order was sent
out by airmail via New York and
points west, bound for Tokyo,
Japan.
After being manufactured in
Japan the patches started their
trip to Iceland—still going west.
This time relayed by friends of
Colonel Kreidler.
Starting with Col Herman Rum-
sey, Commander of the 1503rd
Air Transport Wing at Tachi-
kawa, the small package was re-
Contest Deadline
The Air Force’s second annual
Military Suggestion Contest is ap-
proaching deadline — commands
have until June 30 to get their
top ideas to Headquarters if they
want a shot at the $5,000-plus
prize money in the FY-1960 pot.
layed to Dharhan, Saudi Arabia,
Chatteroux, France, and then to
Prestwick, Scotland and finally
to Keflavik on the 1-10 flight.
Any way you look at it, the
Explorer’s shoulder patch has
more than lived up to its name.
Moving west all the time, the
patches proved once again the
earth is round as they finally
ended up here at this important
NATO Installation.
Mr. Adenauer
Lands Here,
Meets Friend
West German Chancellor Conrad
Adenauer, stopping here briefly
enroute back to Bonn, Germany
■from Tokyo, renewed an old
friendship with a U.S. Air Force
Pilot who had flown him on his
first official visit to the United
States back in 1955.
Major Ed Becker, a native of
Cleveland, Ohio, who speaks flu-
ent German, was the Chancellor’s
special host during his brief stop-
over here in Iceland. He repres-
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Former Olympic Star
Presents Sermon Here
By MSgt. Dick McHarg
Dr. Robert Jackson Robinson, minister of the historic
First Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia, and former All
American basketball player and Olympic star, from Baylor
University, will be the featured speaker at the Protestant
S’ Preaching Mission that will be
DiSalvo-Koury
Married Here
StaffSergeant Alphonse DiSalvo
and Martha Koury, both members
of the U.S. Air Force, were marri-
ed April 20 in a civil ceremony
performed here at this NATO
Installation.
Sergeant DiSalvo is NCOIC of
the “In-Flight” Kitchen here at
Keflavik Airport and Mrs. Di-
Salvo, also a Staff Sergeant, is
currently assigned to Lindsay
Air Force Station in Wiesbaden,
Germany.
The civil ceremony was per-
formed in Icelandic by Judge
Bjorn Ingvarsson and later trans-
lated into English. Airman Second
Class and Mrs. Ronald Bartlett
were attendants for the couple
while two Icelanders, Jon Thor
and Thorgeir Thorsteinsson, wit-
nessed the rites as required by
Icelandic Law. A religious cere-
mony was scheduled to be per-
formed in the Catholic Chapel
April 25.
Sergeant DiSalvo is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Caesar DiSalvo of
North Providence, Rhode Island
and Mrs. DiSalvo is the daughter
of Mrs. Marian Koury of Frack-
ville, Pennsylvania.
Commander’s
Easter Speech
On Radio-TV
Icelanders and Americans alike
received the Easter Message pre-
sented by Colonel Benjamin G.
Willis, Iceland Defense Force
Commander, via a simulcast over
Keflavik Airport’s Armed Forces
Radio and Television at 7 pm.
April 16th. Colonel Willis’ mess-
age was featured in a 15-minute
Easter Program which included
members of the Chapel Choir and
the Invocation by Chaplain (Colo-
nel) Joseph C. Sides.
In his message, Colonel Willis
held at the Base Chapel May 1st
to May 4th.
Doctor Robinson has preached
in 1000 churches in the United
States in the past 15 years and
has studied and preached three
times in Europe and the Holy
Land. He also conducted a crus-
ade in the Hawaiian Islands and
has delivered his great sermons
at various points in South Amer-
ica. He is probably best known
for his address to 18,000 people
at the Baptist World Alliance in
Cleveland, Ohio, and his outstand-
ing sermon at the 1948 Olympic
games that was aired over every
major netwoi'k in the United
States, and the B.B.C.
The Doctor’s tremendous suc-
cess in the ministeidal field is due
to his unbounding faith in his
fellow man and his tii-eless energy
as a ci-usader for the chui-ch. He
has numerous degrees from Bay-
lor, Southwestern Seminai-y in Ft.
Woi-th, Temple University, Phila-
delphia, Pennsylvania, additional
graduate study from the Univers-
ity of Edinburgh, Scotland, South-
western Seminary, and Howard
Payne College in Brownwood, Tex.
He holds many citizen’s awards.
Some of the honors that have been
bestowed upon Dr. Robinson are:
the Jack Dempsey Outstanding
Athlete award of 1947, the Delta
Airlines Flying Colonel award,
Vice Chaii'man of the Radio and
Televison Commission of the
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stressed the “togetherness” and
close cooperation necessary for
Americans and Icelanders to attain
a “common goal.”
“As we sei-ve the purpose of
the United States, Iceland and
NATO here,” he said, “Our de-
veloping friendships will enhance
the integrity, stature and posture
of our respective countries and
ourselves in a manner which
makes us worthy of our responsi-
bilities.”
NATO — UNIFIED POWER FOR PEACE