European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse In the eyes of fire buffs the tech Nical Tam Perers have finally made the ultimate unpardonable encroach ment. They want fire engines painted Yel Low. But not for the time being at least in the armed forces. The army and the air Force Are sticking to the Good old traditional red even though some towns. In the states Are switching to yellow. Safety experts say yellow fire engines Are safer than red ones because they Are More visible especially a night according to up writer David Jensen. He quotes or. Arthur c. Hein sen an optometrist from san Jose calit., who claims that More people run into fire engines than fire engines run into Heinsen recently told the South Western Congress of optometry in it. Worth tex., that the Best color Foxfire trucks is Golden yellow. Several California communities have already taken the tip and gotten away from the traditional red color. Buen Park fire dept. Has converted All its trucks to yellow and West Covina is inthe process of doing so. Los Angeles As an Experiment recently purchased a snorkel truck and wrecker painted yellow. They expect to reach a decision soon whether to go Al the Way for Mellow yellow. For an entirely different reason the town of Incio calif., has White fire trucks. Indio being on the desert Isone of the hottest places in the nation. Its officials claim that because White reflects sunlight better its fire engine remain cooler while fighting fires under the desert it not everybody not even fire men themselves go along with yellow fire equipment. In los Angeles firemen Are split about 50-50 on the propose change to yellow. And As far As could be determined military fire engines in Europe will stay the Brilliant red prescribed i regulations. Back in Buena Park a Motorist cite for failing to yield the right of Way to a fire truck a yellow one asked the traffic court judge plaintively whoever heard of a yellow fire engine the judge however was unmoved and fined the Man. From press dispatches dear Ann Landers the Junior class at our High school has a problem we think can est be solved by you. There is this yearly dance Atour school called the Spring Rorr the Queen is selected by popular vote. Each year the new Queen is crowned blast year s Queen. The prob lems that last year s Queens unmarried and five months pregnant. There was a big Flap about allowing this girl to stay in school. The authorities decide they would be Broad minded and Overlook her condition be cause she is so close to Grade action. None of us objects Toher presence but we Don t know if it would be right to Jet her Crown the new Queen. She will be in her seventh month when the Coronation takes pm flip what Rio Vou Sav waiting for word dear word it s awfully hard like impossible for me to believe thai the girl would want to participate in the Coronation under the Circum stances Why Don t you ask Ner. If she says yes write gait she s got problems Page 14 More serious than her preg Nancy. Dear Ann Landers this will probably seem like a silly problem to you but it is giving me ulcers. I be been married Only 18 months and it seems like 18 years. Why because Ever since we came Home from our honeymoon Frank has been sitting around every night watching to in his underwear. When the Doorbell rings herons and hides and yells you get realize tie s tired from go ing to school All Day but i tired from working in an of fice. And when i come Home there is dinner to get laundry housework the whole i have the strength to change from Day clothes to Ahouse dress or a neat Little Smock. Frank insists a Man s Homes his Castle and he wants to be comfortable. Since we Getto see each other Only a few hours a Day Don t you think he should pay some attention to How he looks in my eyes thanks for your help. Fannie from Morris town dear Fannie Slacks and sports shirt Are comfortable. And so is a Robe. Maybe i you buy him a new Turtleneck sweater or a japanese Kimono he la Wear them. Give it a try. Dear Ann Landers i am 18years of age and am joining the ranks of those who wis to air a pet Peeve. Will you listen and advise a relative of mine has a habit that drives me nuts an ruins my appetite. Whenever food is served she cuts every thing up into Small pieces. It looks like garbage. I have see some ill mannered people Dice up meat but banana Cream pie should i Tell her than you. I feel better already. Green around the Gills dear Green if the relative i your age or younger Tell her. If she is older look some where else and keep quiet confidential to testing you memory i remember it Well. It went like this when you mind makes a commitment your body can t fill you recover the Hill brother Over the copyright 1968, Syndicate the stars and stripes editor an controversy the stories of the proposed automation and lion of the american forces network an by f departments a May 9 is distressing news which vehemently opposed by every american it euro is Holm it is nothing More than pure inevitability that news or would be managed controlled censored Call it wet and cast we would be told what they want us to hear ant Welthis whether by col. Robert Cranston or anyone else is Iasi meaningless. And the an source quoted by up ?.". It appears the Pentagon intends to ram it Down our the 1 regardless of the outcome of the feasibility stud Kew right. That Man knows the army pretty Well Robab y i m also concerned that local programming i.e., in the Earl morning around noon and Early evening would suffer in that s is where the service rendered by an shines most Bright Milf Finly place we can get area news. S it is imperative that All americans who remember Uip Iii rights Back Usa eur commander in chief James h w opposition to this takeover with All the support they can must in Short it seems that the Pentagon should have enough to a without trying to police the news broadcasts of an leave i network in Frankfurt where it belongs it sounds As though you in very capable hands. 6 " b spec. 4 Burt ii. Rast Herzog Naurath Germany As a longtime listener to the armed forces radio an television service arts shortwave which broadcasts the news coverage of the armed forces news Bureau Annb i Washington i am heartily in favor of automating an to carry Annb news directly from stateside. The news and snorts fro Mafb Are truly outstanding making use of virtually All state Side news services and networks. The claim that censorship might result from this arrangement does not seem logical censorship is much More easily imposed within the relative privacy of a regional command than under the worldwide scrutiny directed at Annb. The sporadic accusations of censorship being made against an and the report in themay 9 stars and stripes that senior . Officers oppose the move to centralized news coverage because it would interfere wit local commanders control Over their troop information policy make a Strong Case for insulating news coverage from local control. Automation would also provide a direct Cable transmission of stateside on the scene news coverage and sports events without the present uncertainties of Short wave Short use of Annb news from stateside instead of local resources would greatly upgrade news coverage and reduce no increase the threat of censorship. It. Cmdr Harold w. Cornelius us Ankara Turkey Yugo write to Dali Borka i am a regular Reader of your us about her and Well bet you Fine newspaper and i m with the seventh army Here in West Germany. I gets a delivered to the Barracks and All the Menin my platoon appreciate your news coverage you Are doing an outstanding Job getting the news to our troops overseas. I could not help but notice the picture in your april 22 edition of Dali Borka Stojsic who i Yugoslavia s entry in the miss universe Beauty contest to beheld in Miami Beach. Inasmuch As i have yugoslavian ancestry i was delighted to Check out this Cutie. Makes me wonder i More exposure of this Type would t go a Long Way to solv ing cold War differences of opinion. What i m wondering is if you might have an extra photo of Dali Borka lying around the of fice that you could fire off to me i d certainly appreciate it and so would the rest of your readers stationed in this unit. Thank you for the expected cooperation and i do Hope that you run More photos of mis Stojsic sgt. Pete Kutschera Stuttgart Germany editor s note the Man aging editor replies sorry Pete. We Only have that one print and we need it for our files. You might drop note of request to United press International 220 East 42mlstreet, new York the wire photo was transmitted fro there. Better still write directly to miss Stojsic care of the miss universe Beauty pageant Miami flu Tell her what you told get a Nice personal reply along with an autographed photo. Dali Borka tuesday May 21,
