European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse War s lethal legacy British 500-Pounder was defused in Trench of excavation where it was found. 88 continued from Page 11 called to the Eastern coast this summer they found a 12-Inch world War i Ger Man naval Shell fully armed and read to go off. In Early August a Madrid electrician found two hand grenades from the Spanish civil War in an attic. He was injured when they detonated in his face. Both German and French units report having recently found live ammunition from the Franco prussian War of 1870. Most authorities fear the unexploded bomb problem will get worse rather than better even allowing for technical improvement of detection de of tons of bombs and mines on beaches which were hidden by san during windstorms and High tides in the 1940s Are constantly Italy school teachers in areas of major fighting during the War regularly instruct their students not to play with munitions and to report anything they think might be authorities Are constantly warning Beach goers about the tide which bring in or uncover hidden explosives each Day. The countries which Are most act vein bomb detection suffer the most from Lack of personnel. Experts from the warfare retiring and recruits do not Volun of the four Man West Berlin bomb squad estimate they can stay to Gether for another 10 years. They Haven one new to train. The French have 18 demolition centers manned by a total of 87 men although immediately after the War there were More than 19,000 men working on clean ing up minefields and ammunition dumps. Recruitment of experts the French say has slowed virtually to a halt because of Low pay 7.50 francs or $1.40 Hazard Bonus and Lack of in in Britain where most bomb experts Are engineers age is making itself Felt. The bulk of the 200-Man Brit ish sweeping teams who locate ammunition Are ukrainian displaced persons and Are nearing retirement. The army is at a loss to know How to find re will be living with these deadly War reminders for Yeai s to come. Ann Landers dear Ann. Landers i am 16and getting to hate my older brother who is 18, not because of anything he has done but be cause people keep comparing me to him and throwing him up to is smarter than i am and i know it. He has been on the Honor Roll Ever since i can remember. I am an average student mostly b s and some c s. Whenever report cards come out my dad say to Steve. Honor Roll again. Well i expected then he turns Tome and says if Steve can make the Honor Roll Why can you Steve did t Date until a few months ago. My folks think i m a sex maniac because at16 i like girls. Whenever i say i have a Date i get a Small lecture on How Steve did t Date until he was 18 and maybe that s Why he makes better in t Only my folks it s the teachers too. When i made Don an important exam my math teacher said apparently you brother Steve got All the brains in the i Felt like two cents waiting for change. I Hope you will give me som advice on How to handle this Page. 14 problem. And maybe if you print my letter it might help some other kids. There s got Tobe plenty of Guys in this world besides me who have smarter older Brothers. Inferior son dear son i wish All parents and teachers who do this terrible thing to their children could be rounded up and seated in one Large Arena and be Given a blistering lecture. But Narena could hold them All be cause they run into the kids is cruel and it accomplishes nothing except to increase hostility and take the starch out of the ones who Don t do so Well. Some kids be come completely crushed by comparisons. They give up completely and refuse to do on blamed thing. This insures them against suffering from comparisons. To you i say forgive you parents and teachers for their ignorance. Measure your efforts against your own Stan Dards which of course should be High enough so that you will have to put Forth your bes efforts. Dear Ann Landers i am 26years of age and have been married for three years. My husband is 35. I want a baby so bad i can hardly stand it. My husband says absolutely no i ask him Why he says things like this you Are too dumb to be a Mother. You would probably leave the i think the real reason he does t want a family is be cause he is too immature to accept the responsibility. Also he is quite vain and enjoy thinking of himself As perpetual know i would be a wonder Ful Mother and i m willing Tobet my husband would be a Good father once he had family. He s Fine with other people s children. Please Tel me what you think about this situation. How can i get disapproval . Dear . You Don t need his approval Honey. All you need is his biological cooperation. And by the Way what did you talk about when you were going together a wife who wants a family should not be denied this Ful filament. Stop talking and get Busy 1807, publishers newspaper Syndicate the stars and stripes Berlin travel my parents Are coming for a visit. I am planning on taking the to Berlin and would like to know is it possible Foi them to travel on the military train Are they allowed to ride through East Germany in a Usa eur registered vehicle Are there any special procedures that they must go through to travel to Berlin is it permissible to pull a camping trailer through East Germany into Berlin name withheld by request editor s note he Usa eur replies relatives May be documented by he Usa eur and seventh army for travel on the guarded . Military train or by usar eur registered Pov Only if they Are bonafide dependents of . Military personnel or civilian employees of the . Armed Force Sand they Are of ., British or French nationality. Relatives other than dependents May however travel to Berliney commercial aircraft without military documentation. Camping trailers Are allowed Access to Berlin via the Helmstedt autobahn provided they Are Usa eur registered. Information pertaining to travel to Berlin May be found Hausa eur Reg. 550-182. Aaa agh aaa agh where Pray Tell did an get that trashy Rock a droll program which comes on at 11 . Where Godfrey used to be a. Potter Moe Felden Germany editor s note an replies an is dependent upon the armed forces radio and television service arts los Ange Les for programs such As Arthur Godfrey this program has been deleted from the arts program package for the time being. However we feel this is a temporary situation. The Jim Pewter show scheduled in the 11-11 30 . Monday Friday time period is an arts program and an has no control Over the Content of the show. Pm married to up Why must married men pull up we live off Post Are authorized separate rations and we have to pay for food if we do go to the me shall. I am an e4 and the me shall is not run by my unit. , Germany editor s note he Usa eur replies 1the policy of a is that All personnel below the rank of noncommissioned officers will perform fatigue detail. It does no distinguish Between married and single personnel. 2the Only exemption to the above is that grades specialist 6and specialist 7 will be exempt from guard and fatigue duty except in unusual circumstances when their services Are require for the proper execution of these duties a 600-20. 3the authorization to live off Post and mess separately is privilege for those personnel not authorized government quarters and does not change the requirements of these individuals to perform the necessary fatigue details. Pregnancy and seat belts my wife is four months pregnant. Must she Wear an Auto Seatbelt despite the possible dangers to the unborn child name withheld by request editor s note the Usa eur Provost marshal replies the value of wearing seat belts in an automobile has been recognized As a general measure of safety. The Lap Type seat Belt can create hazards to an unborn child however if an expectant Mother is involved in a rapid deceleration an exception to the general requirement that seat belts be worn in the front seat of an automobile by the Driver and Pas Senger Lap Type seat belts need not be worn by women who Are More than three months pregnant. Because the shoulder typeset Belt does not present the same Hazard the exception does not extend to wearing this Type of seat above is quoted from the Usa eur weekly bulletin no. 32, Para. 2, Section in dated aug. 7, 1967. Completing school term is it possible for a military dependent to remain in Neucom in order that the dependent May Complete one semester of school after the sponsor has rotated to the .? what Are the regulations concerning this matter How does one apply for such action Walter Dickinson Munich editor s note the dependent May remain to Complete the senior year of High school. He Usa eur replies the provisions of Usa eur Reg. 621-325 Are applicable when dependent children elect to remain in Europe for the purpose of completion of the senior year in High school when sponsors Are to e transferred outside Usa eur. Application should be submitted by the sponsor to the principal concerned who will approve or disapprove the request on the basis of the student s conduct and academic record. A reminder to b bag correspondents questions and comments concerning the military and civilian aspects of modern american living Are always Welcome at b bag. In order to expedite answers and relieve the already overworked Sarteur and Safe staff sections it is requested that every Effort be made to obtain answers to questions of a personal nature at company and next higher Levels. Short letters have a better Chance of being printed in their entirety. The editors Reserve the right to edit and condense All letters. All correspondence to b bag is confidential. Letters must be signed by the writer and contain full name and address. Names will be deleted on request. Tuesday october 3f 1967
