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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                9 Athi $  .j3 the Devil you say by James Gunter is Munich Bureau chief it is said that the Devil angrily stamped his foot in the lobby of  tone double towered Cathe dral dominating the Munich  sure enough there is the print of his right shoe for All to see. Matter of fact unless someone told you it was the Devil s footprint you d never guess. Sunken in a Cement bloc just inside the main door is what looks very much like the imprint of an Ordi nary shoe. A popular legend has it that the builder of the big Church had committed a mortal sin and made a bargain with satan that in Exchange for his soul he would Complete the building without an windows. When the Structure was finished the builder led the evil one through the door of the Cathedral and showed him there was not a window in the place. Whereupon satan always a bit miffed to lose a soul stomped his foot on the floor and left. Visitors to the Frauen Kirche like Tofit their own right feet into the imprint and look from that Vantage Point into the Nave of the Church. It is an architectural oddity that from this one spot not a window can be seen. From any other part of the building one can Admire some of the finest stained Glass windows in All Christen Dom. Whether Joerg Langhofer the builder of the Frauen Kirche really outwitted the Prince of darkness is a matter for speculation. Long a Symbol of Munich the Cathe dral built Between 1468 and 1488, holds one of the world s largest Church Ells a giant presented by count Albrecht in. It also is notable for the tombs of the bavarian rulers of the past. A splendid memorial to King Ludwig is in the Nave. The late gothic Cathedral was bombed into rubble during world War ii but was painstakingly reconstructed. It offers a spectacular View from the southernmost of its two 99-meter towers for a Small fee. The Tower is open daily from 9 . To 6 . Is Damon stomped his foot and left. I m getting pretty sick of your Pat answers. They Are be ginning to sound As if you Crank them out of a machine i refer specifically to your re plies to husbands who com Plain about iceberg wives. My wife has been a station Ary Snowdrift from the Day we married. For 14 years i have put up with her excuses and duty expressions of  1 first started to kid her about finding satisfaction elsewhere if she did t warm up. Later 1 stopped kidding handmade the threat in Earnest. Her answer was "1 Don t care what you do so song As you Don t bother  1 am 35. My wife is 33. Thesis too Young to dry up and blow away. She is an excellent Mother a Fine housekeeper a gracious hostess and Active inthe league of women voters but she is More than cold she Frozen. Lie practical and give me a answer that does More than take up two inches of news paper space starvation diet wears Amany Are col but few Are Frozen your wife Page 14 is probably the product of guilt Ridden inhibited Mother who believed All men were beasts because that s what her Mother told her. You say your wife is an ice Berg. This is an Apt description in More ways than  of an iceberg is be Low the surface. Your Job isto get acquainted with the whole woman. Your iceberg i mean you wife should talk to her doctor. She is not living up to her responsibilities to you. Further More she is cheating  should see a doctor too. A French philosopher once said. There Are no cold women Only Clumsy  1 have a Large Home and have taken in six working girls to room and Board with me. They Are All Fine women and i would thoroughly enjoy our evening meal if it weren t Formy husband. Henry is the first one at the table the minute he sits Down he starts to shove the breading his Louth. If there s a relish tray on the table he eats All the olives immediately. The pickles he inhales. I bring the vegetable dish i first and Henry helps himself. By the time i bring in the Meathe is on his second helping of vegetables. I be told him it is rude tract like he is starving to death. He insists the House is As much his As it is mine and i have no right to Tell him How to eat. Naturally i would never Cor rect him in front of the women but i am embarrassed by his behaviour. What can i do about it married to a hog dear married the solutions so simple i m surprised you Haven t thought of it. Don t put food on the table until everyone is seated not even bread and certainly no olives or pickles. Buy a larger Platter and serve the meat an vegetables together. It s easy to outbox a hog if you use your head. Confidential to dying to know Don t die. It won t help. I never divulge the identity of those who write to me. Copyright 1968. Publisher Hall Syndicate the stars and stripes editor and Eis scream the return of real ice Cream to the stores in june even though temporary is the servicemen and their families will this and not our German hosts. In summer very often great quantities of our croat the German american Field Days. Germans come with and cart away huge quantities of this Fine american t?1 restaurant owners have been known to Stock up s eat i Only Hope that it will be the imitation Eis a Kino that is made available to the germans the Fol thl month Supply of the real item will go fas enough help from our hosts. Us doable behind the scene at an an newscasters Are on duty 24 hours a Day is Tho they Are what do they do if you listen to the 7  new have heard it for the Day. The announcers May change Butof the news is read word for word Over and Over again sports Are even worse. It is not unusual to get the sameness two Days in a Row. Also they keep giving Complete i time. After the 17 45 sports news they announce Sai s18 30, yet they have already used up to one third of the 17 45 Merciall. When i hear the Bond programs Matez Wedsell my Bonds. V a. P. Del editor s note an Frankfurt replies Heselberg indeed an news writers Are on the Job 24 hours a Day they stay quite Busy. Overnight editor Bill Shaw prepare world at 0700 during the overnight shift. His popular  does offer much fresh material which has reached i on the a and up1 wires from the . During the night in Europe. Remember when it is 0700 Over Here the Day just ended in America and news is pouring in. During themander of the Day Here an receives Little news from u. States because it is night there. However an receives a heavy flow of news from Europe and the East during the Day and this is included in five minute newscasts and the major casts all1800 and 2200. Each cast is freshly prepared and features the latest breaking stories. News happens 24 hours a Day and Aniis covering it for its military audience in Europe throughout " period every Day. The writers have something to do. There Are indeed occasions when the same sports stories Are i used two Days in a Row on an sports programs. Because of tit time difference Between Here and the states stories begin Iii Clear our wires at approximately 22 hours. These stories Are use Don the sports Nightcap at 23 hours. These stories Are also used i on the sports shows the next Day. This is especially True Oil afternoon major league baseball games. These games Are i sometimes finished in time to be included in the sports night Cap. They Are then included in the Normal baseball summaries the following Day. There Are also occasions when there Are net developments of a Story. We sometimes review earlier develop ments to provide the background for the new  fans consider a review of games to be played on i particular Day important. It provides an Opportunity to see what challenges face the Pennant contenders on that Day especially i when the teams Start a new series. In reviewing the sports journal scripts for the month of May the average time taken to relic the schedule was 20 seconds and this was done in each Case without excluding any important sports news. Huh a ciiij1 1aijvi caul of i fc5 Ul-w.5 to Pothe major requirement for use of a Usa eur or us woj Story on the sports journal is that it be of command wide in Terest. This would include the results of a Usa eur or Usab championship interview with the instructor of a sports clinic Etc. The review of the sports journal scripts for May snowed four command stories were used during the entire Nioni nand not one third of each cast. Local Sporte May cover the same event but from the standpoint of participants from the area. Bingo front and Center please let me know if there is a regulation stating that machine must be in full View of the players for the game 10 in pro 1 a Torrejon Bingo fad editor s note neither the army nor the air Force regulations concerning the operation of Bingo games. J 8each club makes its own rules concerning operation games. ,., Ike however it is certainly almost Universal practice to Nan selection and posting of numbers done in full View 01 an a if there is any doubt about the running of the game in a Heit is suggested that you file a complaint at the next meeting Board of governors. A finn to in if the Board of governors fails to take appropriate Auto a asure operation of the Bingo in full View of All As is we us complaint through channels to the base commander Wom out of order. A reminder to correspondents of All letters to the editor must contain full name of Dedi Walthe writer and must be signed. All correspondence is the writer s name will be deleted upon  the right to edit and condense letters. _. U  11. 1wtuesday,  
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