European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A jail s a Tough life for men like Hoffa and lawyers keep working to Spring him. Continued from Page 11 hotcakes Toast Coffee  dinner this reporter had Spaghetti bean soup salad Blueberry pie Rolland Coffee. It came from the prisoners serving line. And it was As Good As an italian american restaurant this reporter has dined at. It even came with a Large spoon for twirling the Spaghetti the Way you Are supposed to in a fancy restaurant. Prisoners Are not searched not eve those who work in machine shops and could fashion such weapons As  Are Only two ways in and out of the big Wall. And both Are double gated enclosures operated with electric  armed guard is at a Tower Over each of them. Upon instructions fro inside one Gate will be opened. Then a visitor or a Man being released find himself trapped momentarily As one Gate is closed and before the other i opened. The guards said Rauch have or Ders not to open even if the president of the United states is being held hos Tage at knife Point. And the prisoners know this. A few years ago a couple of prisoners tried taking a medical officer hos Tage. A guard opened one Gate and the closed it As soon As All were inside the enclosure. Then he dropped Down a Gre Nade of sleeping Gas and it was All  since it was built in 1932, there has been Only one successful break at Lewis Burg. During a dense fog three me tossed a rope with a Large Hook Over the Wall and scaled it. Two later were killed and the other captured. That was in 1952 and no one has made it since. No outgoing or incoming mail is either read or censored providing it is going to or coming from persons on the approved list like families and Clos friends known to be of Good character. Incoming envelopes Are opened but Only to Check for narcotics and the like. The letters Are not read. For those who Are interested there Are academic courses for High school and even some College credits. And there Are three profit making industries two furniture factories and a clothing factory where some inmates can earn in the neighbourhood of $50 a month. These men Are selected on the basis of need either to help support their fam Ilies on the outside or save Money when the time comes for release. Hoffa whose wife is getting a reported $30,000 a year from the teamsters while her husband is in jail is not Eli Gible. That s Why he s a mattress  he has been Here a while and has proved himself a Good prisoner animate May elect either to remain in a private cell equipped with toilet an hot and cold running water along with a storage area for personal belongings or move to a dormitory arrangement. Almost All of the dormitories Are out fitted with radios televisions and recreation areas for cards checkers another games. Hoffa has elected the privacy of disown cell which is Small but comfortable. There can be no doubt that Lewi Burgis among the most pleasant prisons in the world. But it s still a prison. And As Goodas it is it s a Tough life for men like Jimmy Hoffa who have Little tolerance for confinement of any kind. Dear Ann Landers i have message that can save lives and i want to reach As Man people As possible. Please print my  dear Friend and a Fine Huma being died recently be cause he did something that Many of us would do without giving it a second thought. It seems so harmless. My Friend went Down to his basement after a heavy rain Wade through 12 inches of water tried to disconnect an electric appliance and was electrocuted. Please Tell people who have basements that tend to flood to go Down and disconnect the appliances before the floor gets covered with water. If the basement is already flooded they should Call the electric company and ask them to shut off the Power from the  Friend was a Clergyman a wonderful human being who knew a great Many things but he paid with his life for no knowing this one bit of information. Thank you for printing this. Chicago dear Chicago Here is you letter and i Hope parents will stage 14 discuss this column with their children at dinner tonight. Thank you for writing. Yon have alerted 54 million people. Dear Ann Landers How Lon does it take to recover from a broken heart it s been Over year since i discovered that let Ter in my husband s pocket. He denied being seriously involved said she mistook Friendship for something deeper. According to him the woman was fantasizing and de scribed things she had Hope would happen but never did. I have always been insecure and sensitive especially where my marriage was  husband is handsome and vigorous and women simply flip Over him. I am Plain and quiet and never understood Why he married me. When i found that letter i went to pieces and i can t seem to pull myself together. We have three Beautiful Chil Dren and a Lovely Home. 1 have tried to recover from this blow but i m not making the Grade. My doctor told me to forgive and forget. Is it possible still hurting Dar still you bet it s pos sible. Millions of women Are doing it. And most of the have a lot More evidence than you have lady. If you can forgive him for his Sake for give him for your Sake. Fro the sound of your letter i suspect if your husband did thave a girl Friend you d invent one. Dear Ann Landers How Long should a former governor Call himself governor a certain gentleman who shall be unnamed has not held this office for one Heck of along time yet his wife refers to him As the governor and so do his other relatives. Give them the word will you unimpressed dear in the word is for you. Although former governors and other Public officials As Well do not continue to use the title officially the often retain the title unofficially for the rest of their  does not bother me in the least but obviously it bother the daylights out of you. Why 1901, publishers newspaper Syndicate the stars and stripes Canada s color to on Page 23 of your aug. 26 edition Yon stated that German has joined the ., Japan and great Britain As the fourth Mem Ber of the color to club. In the interest of accuracy May remind you that the Canadian broadcasting corporation began color broadcasting on a regular basis in september 1m6? a. W. . Canada has had color to since september 1986, on two networks from coast to coast. Cpl. A. F. Schmid Baden Soellinger there have been two recent articles in the stars and stripes announcing the introduction of color television in Germany. Ono of them stated that Germany was the fourth after the .,Japan and Britain. I would like to Point out with considerable Pride tha Canada is a member of this club. You have Many Canadian readers throughout Europe. I am cer Tain that they would like to read of our Progress occasionally and perhaps it might be Good to do an article on Canada s Centennia year. John a. Archibald Squadron Leader Craf editor s note we invite you to subscribe to the stripes Home delivery service. On March 9 we ran a Center spread entitled Canada s expo 67" on Jane 11 we carried an eight Page in depth piece Canada the fair and the country and on aug. 2 we devoted a fall Page to Montreal s fabulous Moder Boosing exhibition called habitat 67." negro comic strip it s been observed lately that rioting is about the Only Way for negroes to get noticed and to have their every real social prob lems examined and understood. This appears to be True of the stars and stripes As Well. As i look through the paper i see that most photographs of negroes relate to crime and riot whether before during or after the fact. So the visual image presented to the Reader is one of violence. But More impressive to me is the comic strip. The comics Are i suspect the most widely read part of the newspaper. You can read about animals knights of old air Force pilots Middle class working girls teen agers Hillbillies and Good old Charlie Brown. But they re All Lily White so the image the Reader gets child or adult is that eve this part of the world is White and to be nonwhite is to be wrong. The negro child feels an outsider and this is the Point of the 1954u.s. Supreme court desegregation decision and the White does t know How the rest of the world lives. Unless he forms opinion from Ching Chow or Pogo. Therefore i d like to suggest that if there is such a thing As comic strip which attempts to Deal realistically with what it is like to be negro the prides As Well As the problems that though twill be Given to including it when you next revise your comic pages. I m not sure there is such a comic strip but if there in to there ought to be one maj. Franklin Drucke Wiesbaden editor s note in response to oar query in behalf of the writer the stripes new York Bureau replies that As far As can be determined no major Syndicate distributes a comic strip with negro characters. However if such a comic strip is developed and subsequently syndicated stripes will certainly give it consideration. American express i would like to know exactly what status american express enjoys in ats dealings with the military. In the Amelco office in Kaiserslautern the service is sofar under Par that it would t be tolerated in a stateside Bank. Each Teller at a window it seems cannot make a transaction without Hunting Down the manager wherever he is. The travel counter is so poorly staffed that a Long wait is Standard procedure before getting any service the whole atmosphere of the establishment seems to be if you Don t like it Here where else do you think you can go the american express company has a monopoly in the military banking system of Europe and what they need is a healthy taste of Competition. Why does the government have such a paternal feeling for this company even to the Point of allowing Amelco to use the message Center facilities for delivery of monthly ban statements spec. 5 Michael Adam Kaiserslautern editor s note american express Frankfurt replies the american express company inc. Was designated by the Treasury department to operate banking facilities at various Mili tary locations. Details concerning the procedures governing the establishment and operation of banking facilities can be found in army regulation 210-135. In most instances the expenses incurred by Banks in providing banking facilities exceed the income derived from the operation and the net Cost excess of expenses Over income is offset by the maintenance of  Treasury balances with such Banks. The use of the message Center assists in reducing the expenses. We have always welcomed corrective criticism As it affords us the Opportunity of improving cur service and the managers of our various offices will be glad to answer any specific queries. To. D. Stuart vice president facility offices Europe tuesday september 19, 1967