European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1977 stars and stripes Page letters to the editor that prenatal movie drinking and on to defending local hire teachers recently 1 went to Heilbronn for an obstetrics blood test i was informed that 1 have to see a movie and attend a talk session with other pregnant women and a doctor before i can get prenatal morning sickness a blood test or a i thought that a doctor patient relation ship was i can see giving a movie on How to take care of yourself and a doctor being there to answer questions that new mothers but to make a Mother who has two or three at Home see a movie is if i dont go this two hour i wont get any prenatal care at How can that a new Mother Germany editors William Public affairs he replies the policy of the 9tb medical is to serve its Community As effectively and efficiently since this Community has a Large pre Natal with an addition of Ems new pregnancies each an of registration clinic has been established to pro vide pertinent information necessary for a Safe and meaningful the clinic is operated cooperatively by the clinic personnel and attached Public health when a patient is identified to be she is Given an appoint ment to attend the of registration presently conducted on wednesday morn at this time she has the option to re quest morning sickness tablets until her appointment during the registration clinic the patient is asked to View a on hour which helps her to better understand her physical changes and provides information on How to have a successful pregnant upon completion of the film an open  period is available to the u they patients May remain after that period to Dis cuss questions of a personal nature with the nurse or the remainder of the time is devoted to completing necessary dispensing prenatal vitamins and Iron visiting the and making appointments to see a physician at a special obstetrical the first part of the clinic is optional though highly the last concerning administration and Laboratory is mandatory for All obstetrical prior to patients Are told that they will spend approximately two hours in the registration a great Deal of vital information is provided during this including information which is relative to the european this information is beneficial not Only to first pregnancies but women who have had previous pregnancies As Hus bands Are encouraged to attend the session with their the Ilell Bronn health like All treatment facilities of the army medi Cal has an open door policy to All patients if at any time they have questions or our staffs Are ready and willing to listen and assist in every Way seeks go pen pal i read with a great Deal of interest the letter to the editor club Man agers the writer stated that the army drug and alcohol abuse program and the army club system Are pitied against each this is far from the the Mission of the drug and alcohol abuse program is to assist unit command ers in the rehabilitation of those service members who abuse alcohol or any other Tor joking Antrum co cult r the program to be pitted against the dub the club system would have to be in the business of creating alcohol this is of what the writer overlooked was that the commercial he saw was designed to make people it should make the service member think before he goes into a bar after whether that bar b an no an offi cers or a local Economy it should make persons of authority in the dub system think about whether or not they Are backing up their bartenders and dub managers when they Are forced to make those hard decisions not to serve an other the writer May have been offended by the television but if it forced one person to face up to their responsibility concerning the consumption or serving of then it served its int that a Small Price to pay for a life cant James u Allen Germany Why disc markup recently t returned from leave in new York while i was there i had a Chance to Purchase some record albums unavailable As yet in the the prices for most of the albums i bought were and those on Sale were i am referring to current re i have been wondering Why cafes charges for the same a department store buys albums in bulk and therefore buys at Dis but cafes is also like a depart ment store with branches surely they must Purchase As Many or More copies of a record As any Large department so Why the Large Mark up Why do we have to wait for an Exchange to unload an Overstock to have a Sale under Yanoff bad Germany editors note Thomas merchandising replies no doubt about it got a Good buy on your a store Selling recordings at the prices you quoted at Only breaking even on recording cafes also gives you a Good buy on cafes has established standardized worldwide Selling prices on re for we sell albums having a manufacturers suggested retail Price of for or an album with a suggested retail Price of is sold for or this Selling Price must cover the Cost of the air freight transportation to and a portion of our operating expenses and contribution to army and air Force welfare recordings received in Europe via air freight Are available in most of our stores an average of two weeks after their stateside release we think the rapid service is Well Worth the approximately 28 cents per album it our expense does not allow us to on a regular recordings in the or Price a recent letter left some false impressions about teachers who happen to be de Pendents or local id like to clarify the total picture if local hires or dependents May be Here As a matter of convenience or to be with their but in they too wish to follow their chosen profession for which they were equally the stringent hiring procedures a stateside hired teacher faces Are the same for those hired local and dependent hires must meet the same Basic qualifications of educational minimum of two years teaching highest references unlike local hires Are not interviewed by a team of school but by the adminis Trator for whom will work directly and who is sensitive to that particular com munits preference or local hires also had to forgo secure and desirable positions at higher salary schedules to teach but unlike stateside they did not Exchange for the Opportunity to but to sock the Opportunity to Leach where their spouses arc these local hires not Only work at the lower pay but Are not eligible for the stateside hired compensations household automobile paid Home educational or reemployment housing or housing dependent hires have spouse but not compensation for lost local hires get nothing certainly not equal pay for equal work in most these local hires not Only work under the same but also serve on the inane work committees servicing the school As a and the faculty in our excellent sea rep is a local living in different states due to a spouses or having studied Many local hires have taught in night to remember it was a Long time coming but we finally got a latino night at Camp new am after Many phone Calls Between Gus Bovera at Ramstein a in Germany and Lupe Hamas arrange ments were made to bring the singing Manuel and his con Junto to the no members of our newly formed pan american latin club would like to thank Manuel Guerrero and his group for the wonderful we would also like to thank the other people who made it it was truly a night to Richardson Camp new Holland Praise f or amex we read so Little Good about our military banking system that 1 would like to make a comment before i leave the and All the people at the american express military Bank in Worms have been very courteous and helpful to my wife and maybe its because were a Small Community they manage to give the same Friendly Venice we would expect in the 1 Only Hope the Bank in our next location will be As Hunt Germany several varied areas and both stateside and thereby adding an other dimension to their professional per i would like to believe that each teacher serving anywhere in overseas schools is the Best and most qualified for that place and no matter where each teacher was and that fellow teachers Are viewed As professional David Wilson Germany the following commentary is made in reference to the letter hire of teach ers the letter implies that no service Mem Bers dependent could possibly possess a masters degree or the experience require ments which Are so important to Good i see no reason Why the spouse of a serv ice member assigned to duty in Germany should give up her chosen if stateside hired teachers must forgo secure desirable positions to teach in Why not spare some of them that agony by hiring from the resources at hand left that represents a Ter Rible waste of regardless of All the sparkling credentials flaunted by the letter writers con children in service families do not seem to Benefit to any larger though teachers hired for european positions Are their de parture from secure and desirable positions indicates that they Are insecure unsatisfied with their former positions or that they Are in Europe for a vacation rather than a this is not to suggest that stateside hiring should be banished or that service families can provide All the necessary teachers for overseas dependent i am certain a balance could be struck that would provide Many improvements to the present Germany european edition of Billy Usa eur Tor i chief Larry Usa Deputy  Mert managing editor Elmer Frank production manager Henry Epstein manager thai newspaper it an Authan ced Enol Lucial publication Tor armed forces the surs and is published in conjunction with the armed forces to Norma lion program of the department of contents of the Hart and Are not Nec Ettalily the official View of Tea the department of diff or the european the appearance o display in tit newspaper concerning commercial publications not constitute an vendors Trneny by the department Otoe including the military department military and Drew the Start and Apo International mail the Start and Postiach it 10 x 0 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