European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes april 1977 new York it was just going to be for a i was walking along Queens walking along and thinking of when my Friend Mel Lebetkin called he was standing outside the courthouse in the he had one hand on top of his to keep his hair from blowing in the go someplace for a drink he in just waiting for an arraignment Mel my client should be brought Down in a couple of sit with me and then Well go Over for a he led the Way to a ground floor he walked Down to the a Short Man in an expensive Brown amused eyes looking through thick we took seats on a Bench with Graffiti carved onto who the client i asked his name is whats the charge they claim he killed he handed me a police the typing on it said that Lewis Dorian Kahan was under arrest for violation of penal Law and penal Law Homi the victim was me Hanh the typing said that Dorian had made a state ment to the the Sheet said nothing the important the end of your the end of somebody require very few who is the Guy i asked 1 dont know somebody just called me and asked me to be Here Tor Lebet Kin he tapped tire police Shes they told me that some kind of refugee from the from a clerk came into the courtroom with a Mound of the clerk nodded to Lebet they have him Down Here Lebetkin let me go talk to him fur a couple of a guard held the door for him and he walked Back into the pen where they hold prisoners before they Are brought before the judge fifteen minutes when Lebetkin came he sat Forward and looked at the he had made on a Small this fellow was in Vietnam As a he look at a says he was in a Rifle what did he say happened i dont know what 1 dont even know if he knows what he tells me Hes i asked him How Long he has been he told me five he said he was in California and joined the peace for Freedom he realized How bad the War that made him he says he called places for help and All he Ever got was the what does he do for a living i he lives with his she goes to he says she Doest even know he has been in the front of the the clerk called out Kahans Lebetkin stepped for he was waiting for Kahan when the guards brought him Kahan placed two thick Finger of each hand on a table in front of him and leaned he was a barrel of a 240 pounds with a massive he eyes blinked a Black Mustache grew Down both sides of him Mouth until it touched the i was standing at the Side of the room and a clerk at a desk said to a cop Hes a Marine from supposed to have killed a girl come from int that something still fighting the Lebetkin spoke to the bail is not in my clients interest at this he he requested that Kahan be sent to Kings county Hospital for mental the Bernard ordered Kahans four thick fingers came off the table and he calmly walked Back through the door to the Lebetkin and i went to the bar across the Street to the Mel picked up the owners phone and dialled a he Lis then put the phone Shes not Home who i the he asked me to Call she works As a this thing happened after she left the House this 1 Hope the police came around and told we ordered a took a lit a got up and walked around and then came stared at the the part of the bar we were at was he lit a match so he could see the phone As he this Lime there was an this is Melvin an at he said in soft in calling about your do you have any idea where in calling you no i Lebetkin closed his whats that you just stepped in the door from work and the dogs i thought i could hear your son Lewis has a problem and Ive been trying to help you there was an assault on a girl whats that All you do that go take your ill hold he put a hand Over the receiver and looked at she says she has a heart what do i do do i Tell her she could drop dead on the what do you think before i could give a useless the woman was Back on the Lebetkin closed his now Are you All right i want you to remain com posed because your son needs your there was an assault on a and the girl Lewis was a i just saw him in he is going to Kings county Hospital for a while he Shook his Bead As she interrupted you have no Lebetkin repeated you bring Home a in not calling about i just want you to be its better you should Bear it this Way rather than from a he talked some More and gave her his number and then Hung Lebetkin finished his drink and held out the Glass for fifteen minutes the phone be bet los answering service put the Call through to the he said they  do you forget about that and get some ill see you to you forget about Lebetkin Hung up and stared out the window at the traffic moving along the she says Shes All alone and she just looked at All his medals from Vietnam and now Shes afraid that the vietnamese girls family will come around and kill her today crossword 15 29 428 across i switch angrily s kind of tart 9 Tennis stroke 12 Exchange Premium ii bait 14 nigerian native 15 Swiss take 17 stocking part 18 to cheat Slang is discourage 21 bordered 24 nautical term 25 word with Man or Back 26 radio Alert system 39 mans name 31 Robes for Indira 32 express disapproval 33 radio cabinets 35 bet against the banker 36 obtuse 37 the of sin 38 drummer Gene 40 River into the Moselle 42 Zero 43 enforceable agreements 48 give whirl 49 Pennsylva Nia port 50 old cloth measure 51 beginning for Tan or tar 52 bribes 53 for one Down 1 ending for Spiel or 11 2 past 3 for one 4 inn 5 antiaircraft fire s Leash for a Hawk 7 part of a curved line 8 partners of pins 9 Sloppy pedestrian 10 Hau boy 11 dutchman in Africa solution time 23 42s answer to yesterdays 47 Crafty u Little child 20 Lamprey 21 Homeric poem 22 Spanish Silver Dollar 23 kind of fever 24 cuckoo relatives 26 phone 27 Western state 28 outstanding 29 polka 31 consoles 34 beginning for ply or pose 35 River in Brazil 37 armed conflict 38 contract in wrinkles 39 girls name 40 make Quick cuts 41 Sweet sop 44 Spanish Gold 45 automobile 46 mans nickname Onn Landers dear Ann what is the matter with some women dont they re Alize the Way their husbands look is a reflection on them we just came Home from a party it want a but it was a 1 was appalled at the Way some of the men snowed their suits needed and buttons were missing from both shirts and one mans cuffs were held together with safety pins and he had a Hole in his the wives All looked Ter they must have spent the whole Day getting ready such indifference on the part of a wife has got to be a Combina Tion of laziness and please print this letter and some of them will quit j at themselves Long i to look at their husbands make sure the poor Guys Are presentable when they go out for an Utica dear u i May get my neck wrung for saying Bat show me a married Man who like a refugee from a Rommage Sale and ill show you a wife woo Doest care about dear Ann another birthday gone without a phone a card or a Small gift from a Niece or a we have we were never blessed with youngsters of our but weve never failed to remember our Sis ters and Brothers children at christmastime and on their those children Are now in their teens and Early although they always respectfully acknowledge the gifts we not one of them has Ever remembered us in any Are we wrong to feel put out relatives dear rellies any child who gets an allowance or earns pocket Money should be Able to buy a card or a Small gift for an aunt and Uncle woo remember them on birthdays and Christ a handmade gift a tin of cookies or something made at school has a sentimental children in their teem and 20s should oot need to be told about since yours i suggest mail them ibis column and sign your name to if your birthday or Christmas whichever comes first Doest produce a card or remembrance from these Stop remembering this advice goes for As dear Ann i was the eldest girl and devoted my life to helping my widowed Mother raise a big in 43 now and All the others Are married but i Twink As a dietician in a Hospital and have fallen in the Man has been a patient Here for sever Al Vince is a diabetic who had a leg Hes a retired Fanner with grown his wife died two years ago and he treats me like a Vince will be discharged to May and wants me to marry him in a Friend says id be Craw to marry a diabetic with one Teg All he wants is a she s been divorced three times and says she knows men a lot better than i i need n love him dear Friend your signature it go ahead an marry u with the big Mouth who Doest have a leg to stand c fun eur Palm