European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes april 1977 letters to the editor Basket Parade in commissary youre not going to believe one has finally taken the initiative to improve the morale of the patrons at the Furth heres the regulation weve All been waiting it in Layman that All entering the commis sary to make a Purchase will be required to obtain a Basket before paying for their several of us who were waiting at the Quick checkout line were discussing this new regulation when a Friend of who was told by his psychiatrist never to go to the commissary unless it was an absolute suddenly became hysterical with when i asked him Why he was in such Good he could hardly except to say that he haunt laughed so hard since the last regulation and could hardly wait for the next the Man behind him want he had a Mere package of chewing gum in his after waiting in line for 30 the sales clerk spotted him and sorry but youll have to get a Basket for that after hearing the Man threw up his muttered something under his breath and left the store with a most Dis gusted my Friend and i stared at each completely dumbfounded by u perhaps this regulation want simply meant As a morale perhaps it was for at any we had such Good feelings after leaving the commissary that we decided to Send in some followup Sugges Here they youll love lets expand this great idea to the can you Sec the excitement on a sat urday afternoon As More than baskets go racing through the store eventually prizes could be awarded for the Basket that the if that Experiment is a we could extend it to the american where the regulation might read each person making a Money transaction will be required to bring a Basket to the or How about the makes garage As the european dec idiom Billy Larry Wollor inc Nef Hert editor Elmer manager Henry Reneger this newspaper u an author died unofficial publication Tor armed Over Mil to Sun and 14 published in conjunction with the armed Force it information program of Trie Leo Arment o of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the the department o defense or the european the appearance erf displays in this newspaper concerning commercial pull Cerioni Doel not commute an endorsement by the department of de including the military military address the Start end Apo International Melli the and poll an it 19 k Ottoo Darmstadt Tel Gnes Neim cd to pret Hiss tit to Darmstadt Airstrip of preen telex miiu2 York Ohice room Vance new York Tel area code Lull to Vuu second paid at new news bureaus Ron building Reese Augsburg military in or Augsburg Civ 404s7j Floyd building Pulaski vog Elvreth military Mso or Kai test astern Civ tout Dan building William Darby Nuernberg military or no Ember Civ Gary Raf co u k sport Apo mtg Tennally 712s1i 2u1 or civilian Mike Ruul Lutu John the room water Mington 2021 circulation offices Germany civilian Mil Bremer Civ Civ Mui or m1uo Civ Mil vog Elvryn Mun Lcarl Civ m01xu or Mil Civ Mil Esu North German Rhei main Mil 7tn e025 Civ Mil Greece Civ hum and Telec Italy leg Nom rat a trip Darby Spain Madrid Civ or Torresen air base Mil 7ui Turkey Istanbul Civ United kingdom common Civ military customer stands at the Register with car parts in he can hear from an no no theres just no limit to the places where baskets could be required Sagerman editors Charles Ada executive Numberg Mil try replies a member of the commissary advis Ory Council expressed fears that Over crowding might create Ore Hazard in the in the Community fire marshal was asked to assess the Situa he did so and determined that current regulations allow only130 persons inside a room that size at any one this fact was then discussed with the commissary advisory in order to find a Way to enforce it without detracting from the other it was discovered when All carts and hand baskets Are in there Are approximately 130 people in the there making everyone take a Basket or cart is one Way to control the number of patrons while recognizing the drawbacks to this As you have it was decided that this was an effective Way of controlling the number of patrons in the commissary at any Given this solution was developed by the commissary advisory any alter native would be most Welcome and could either be presented in person before one of the monthly Council meetings or through your local Happy without w i just finished Reading the letter on Tele vision in the stars and stripes and am in full agreement with the opinions of the Here at we have been Fortu Nate in that we do not have that will soon change later this year when an aft station is since being stationed i have Learned to do without the vice and am glad to be free from its interference in my i will be rotated Back to the states for separation from the Navy and once be in a culture where to is considered a i do not intend to give in to the pressure by owning a television there Are a lot of tilings i need More than quiz crime i prefer to spend my time furthering my learning about other people and getting involved in constructive television certainly cannot fulfil these not even educational can com pare with sources such As the Library or a nearby College Kenneth Spain Exchange letters this Young Udif Wold in in Tont to Tich not Mlton with Tom tonal Zulic Ltd in Wir wont Wev v0wr would to to so it u Long drown wears go not is Phot text by Trutt High sctt ool in Evtif Iraj Tel her inuits Art Twy include pro Writt Long sur cd writing Kirwin no goof ing off i mite in reference to a recent Arti this and i personally have nothing against the just some of the people in it like the person who wrote the i dont feel that in getting Over at i am a specialist Over my base pay is after taxes i Clear and of that i save a month for my my mos is Power Generator operator and i have 27 pieces of equipment to operate and i have two other gis working with me a private first class under 90 Days Short and a Pri vate on i work five full Days a week just keeping the equipment operational and training the other that not saying any thing about guard up Driver and All the other Little details i have to pull my work has its ups and just any other and i enjoy that Guy who wrote the article most definitely lacks personal Pride and u he worked for a civilian Job under me or anyone he would be fired for going on sick Call every Day and not needing if in not Uncle Sam has a Way to Deal with Flun Ldes who wont stick by their cause that what it is when you sign that piece of paper to join the they gave their i cant speak for the female be cause in not but i know damned Well i earn my Money and As this Char Acter put 4 Benjamin Duncan Germany question of values the following is part of an article that recently appeared in the stars Aiken a South african called the decision by a town coun cil in South Africa to allow the killing of an old lion unreal and said that she would fight tooth and Nail for the life of the old she also said that if there determined to go ahead with this terrible act she will stand in front of the lion so that they shoot her several Johannesburg residents have offered to pay up to Rand to save the old Lions the Johannesburg Star called the plan to kill the lion coldblooded and i can see How those people would want to save the old Lions i can see that they Are behaving in a very humanitarian but i cant see Why those same people didst stand up and try to save the lives of the More than 300 human beings that were killed in Soweto last year Orlando Francis Germany no mail problems i have just read an article on mail Call i dont know How Many person Nel has but it is much easier to simply take the mail out to the individual in the Field or else hang a sign up asking that the soldiers dependents pick it the mail clerks Job is not just getting the mail from one Point to the mail must reach the the mail clerk must deliver the a states what has to be done concerning the Ive had a mail clerk Job for nine months and i do not have any problems Parrel Germany Mai i transit time to Ankara i am stationed in my parents live in new York j assume that a letter mailed to me by my parents would be received at the new York Apo in a Day and placed on a plane to does the mail often re quire ten Days to two weeks to reach me capt Jeffrey Zultner Turkey editors note Ludle 7025th air postal Squadron replies a ten Day to Taro week transit time Tor letter mall from new York to Ankara is admittedly excess the average time for delivery of letter mall from new York City to Ankara is sue As revealed during a february 1977 there a greater likelihood that a Given piece of Mau to Turkey May exceed the average than would one to a location which receives nonstop service from the Continental the routing of letter mall from new York to Ankara is via borne and and involves Airport transfers at both intermediate at the pan american world changes aircraft and what had originated at new York As a 747 be comes a much smaller this has historically caused problems since there is often insufficient time or even room to Load All of the mall on the smaller the readers Assumption that letters postmarked in new York City Are Dis patched in one Day is not the transit Lime Between new York Post offices and the mall facility at Juk Airport averages three approximately the same As for mall postmarked on the West this delay is attributable to the High volume of mall processed in new York lest the Reader feel that the above explanation is submitted in justification of poor mall i wish to assure him that we in the tooth air postal Squadron share us concern and Are also dissatisfied with a two week transit our Dally Job is to identify mall delays throughout Europe and the Mideast and work to eliminate one optimistic bit of news recently received is that la late april pan am ii can intends to discontinue the aircraft change in Rome noted with the same 747 used Between new York and we anticipate greater consistency in letter mall service through out paging Orwell recently you carried several articles about Anita Bryant and save our children the homosexuals of Dade while i am not nor am 1 aware of knowing anyone who i read these items with increasing alarm the flagrant invasion of privacy by the Aruta Bryant group is what a palls me How does save our inc propose prospective renters and buyers of property what is done i 1984 is getting int it name withheld Germany n editor printed name and address of the and must be
