European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters to the editor teacher praised during the recent school we have seen articles in the stars and stripes where the Dodd eur schools and teach ers have come under we know you very rarely print than you letters or let ters of but we Hope you will make an exception in this we eel this teacher deserves special especially in lieu of the negative reports we have seen on our teachers and to Elizabeth Kori Tolg our has been a student in your first Grade class at the Udomo elementary school in Camp for the school year upon our departure from we would at this to convey to you our Heartfelt appreciation and commend you for the outstanding manner in which you have performed your teaching we feel you have opened the door of Educa Tion for our son by instilling in him a most positive attitude towards the wonderful world of under your influence and expert Jason has Learned that school can be and is a wonderful sex we feel that no greater Praise can be forthcoming than that of a six year old child who has repeatedly stated during the school gee Koritnik sure is i love thank for your sin expertise and guidance which you have so freely Given to your students and especially to our we feel you serve As a truly outstanding exam ple for All we wish you the Best and would like you to know that the Jack son family miss William Jackson Camp Italy concorde opponent i understand the necessity of maintain ing harmonious relations with our euro Pean England and i cannot accept the thought that the should have to stoop in appeasement to their demands to allow their supersonic environmental con to land in new England and France seem to think americans oppose concorde Landing be cause we Are jealous of their or that we want to dominate the Commer Cial Airliner i would be very pleased to see the con Corde land at All of our airports if the plane were not such an environmental i think supersonic flight is a great Way to travel As Long As it does not pose a danger to the environment i sincerely Hope our English and French friends can be set for All and everyone concorde must be Brown Raf England full time problem affecting everybody this letter is to any commander that has any sense of responsibility and concern for his troops and human what Are you doing to prevent drug and alcohol abuse in your unit the army drug and alcohol prevention and control program and App is not just another Agi it is a year round problem that affects the biggest problem with and App is the apathy on the part of commanders and cos who tolerate drug and alcohol Trio Many times i have its Okay if you use As Long As you do it on your own time and not in the Chelemedos Germany questions asked some answers i have been Reading your publication for the past years and have never missed your letters to the my i have never read so Many menial com plaints in All my life my heart really bleeds for the poor individuals in Germany who Only get to see four or five live sportscast from the a i feel that replies from arts concern ing complaints of this nature have been quite please note that i am in any affiliated with now we come to the replies i do not come anywhere close to being Ade quate such As two replies printed in the aprils in Curtis satisfactorily an Swers part of Volskis letter concern ing i souled he Doest say what is or will be done to preclude the problem of open packages and lost or stolen what is actually being done to rectify this sir in a second a Cir gave the Standard cafes the sure we raised the but youre getting More for your Money How Many times have we heard that one from cafes he never did explain what would happen to that extra million profit cafes would make from this whats the real sir in sure these questions will never be answered but i just had to get them off of my Doris Iraklion Greece impossible goal Secretary Browns recent statement make military compensation More Equi table without increasing manpower costs is an impossible Given our present costo living increases and inflationary military personnel costs must the Only Way to maintain manpower costs at the present level is to decrease the manpower of the armed in Congress and Dod want to maintain our current military strength but avoid the to have More or the impossibility of this will Only be realized in a Volunteer army when personnel leave the and then Congress will reimpose the using the excuse that people Are not volunteering for the serv the government is creating the Means to achieve its ends at our sex Jeffrey Leitner Turkey czech Breaks chess records Iceland a Czechoslovakia grand master Vlas Timil Hort set new world records for Marathon and simultaneous chess he took on 550 people in the 25minule Marathon and played simultaneously against Hort won 477 lost 10 and played 63 to a the old world record was set by swedish grand master Gideon Strahlberg in Buenos Aires in he played against 400 179 is and the Marathon lasted 36 he won 379 some alternatives to sports the american school of Milan recently completed the Model Senate program for the High school the Milan us dents were outstanding in their support and organization of the Model the four outstanding senators chosen among the almost 100 students were form the Milan school and the Ger these Days spent in Milan brought each student closer to the reality and the prob lems of communication in the real governing bodies of the the time and unjustified i just cannot understand How the people who Are stationed in Germany can find so Many faults with they Gripe about shows not being shown on time delayed football and about shows not being listed in the to plus just about everything being stationed Here in As in Many other we do not get an it is a real treat for us to to get to see an american show in English More than three times a week delayed or much less be Able to watch them every Day As an viewers Why dont some of these people who like to Gripe so much come to one of the areas that dont get an and let them see what we have in the Way of i am sure they would go Back with a much different the few limes i have been in Germany and seen Ive really enjoyed it and i think the people of an do an out standing and useful James Truett Belgium Happy with any to i have been Reading a lot of complaints concerning arts and of nov in the stars and stripes this is not a letter of i would be More than Happy to see the Cut and dry commentaries and i  even Gripe about Starsky and Hutch being Discon you at we have no unless we watch to on the Economy and listen to it in perhaps some of your More highly irritated people should come to or one of our and ill be More than Happy to Swap places with even if they think the programming leaves much to be in Ciurlik does have Allison Smith Turkey no to to Gripe about in reference to the letter changes in to she complains that of nov does not follow the program schedule they put she complains about football on saturday afternoons and Mission impossible in Stead of saturday or sunday night at the what would she say if she had no to to watch like some armed forces personnel at Remote Sites in Turkey we have no to and Are very Lucky to pick up an arts station on the we have to occupy our time by playing Pool or Ping instead of sitting Down to the luxury of to or listening to the Rahn Toomsen Ronald Hoover Turkey funds were donated by the families of each student and by the advisers and schools yet this time and education will be retained far longer than even the loss of a basketball it is not my intention to downgrade with Sis of my own children involved in sports in All that is fool there Are alternatives to sports and supplements to these programs now present in the Dodd eur school it is my intention to encourage by Pri vate if or individual family if these humanities and expand these programs to a Festi Val of arts within Italy for the coming Why not have the same festival of sorts within each Small area to encourage alter natives and supplements for the Young Stu Dent for the past three years i have heard it stated at each meeting of the pts or at Community councils How Little we Are get Ting in financial support from the con it is it is also True that in the the Public schools Are in most even less these schools Are using Bonds Many have been rejected by the local private funds or Volunteer donations to encourage alternatives in other and to supplement sports with Many worthwhile study groups or festivals for the stimulation of both students and teach perhaps it is time in Europe to give a grassroots push for the ideals so ably stated by Wetzel it is time for the parents and teachers to work closely with the students for their own local schools de sires and we can Only improve our local schools by local work while the bureaucracy is also attacked from the local pts and adminis once these alternatives Are Given support by the local Community As was done in the bureaucracy cannot help but respond in a positive Jane Hadly Italy thes european coition Billy Ltd Larrv editor Nachlel Mert managing editor Elmer manager Henry manager this newspaper is an aulm relied Enol Lucial publication for armed forces the stars and stripes it pubic tend in conjunction with him armed forces inform lion program of tin oops Mem of a the Start and stripes Are not my Marily the of la Cal View of the the department of defense or int european Tom App Arant of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications Don not constitute an endorsement by the department of including military military address the Start and Apo International mail the Start and Postrech 11 10 d4100 Dar must Ort Shell 1c Obus til my Darmstadt Airstrip 31w tolf Nix York Olfat room 101 Varlock new Yore Tol Ana Coda Shi second class Pottage paid at new news bureaus Ron building Roteta Augsburg military am or Augsburg 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