European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday May 15, 1977 will they buy new weapons some nato nations letters to the editor due on Sidof by coffer Legal advice draws criticism. I. i Mai by Drew Middleton London i telex 041v 232. New York office room w. 201 Verick st., hew York 10014, Tel. Second class postage paid at new York . News bureaus Augsburg. Germany Ron Ken needy. Building 4, Reese Cavern Augsburg military Itje or Augsburg Civ ms7s Kaiserslautern Germany. Floyd Harrington building 2k7. Pul Ashl Barracks Vogelien military who or Kaiserslautern Civ iew1 sj154 Nuernberg Germany Dan Synovec building ii William o Darby Cavern. Nuernberg military 7254 or Nuernberg Civ 7720h u a. Gary Harris. Raf Mir Tennant c-0 . Sports twice Apo w127. Mildenhall 7tls1l eat. 3231 or civilian Mildenhall 711tt3. Lefe Altott wasiin0lon, do John Hart. Oast a. Tea Pentagon. Room 2e7&6. Vul Gatun 20301. Lei. U321 m7 my circulation offices Germany Berlin. Civilian b111su, Mil fts7 Bremer Haven. I Siw w 9 ,murt.clv&716ior m1mo Civ s7tl7, Mil Munich Civ m01&33 or 4wli 14. Mil tis4 Nuernberg Civ 706m. Mil 4113 North German Region. Rhein Mem Mil 7103 or w7s Stuttgart. Civ aus. Mil b030 Greige Athens. Civ w233w Anu to Jiw 2i 2 Italy. Mil Camp dub a 7 . Madrid Civ 2017s46 or Torreon air base Mil 7m. Tuey. Stun jul i 6w3n. In old kingdom. Given Zwirn commit in a willlar/4fcj4jet. In. Boundary of the Tropic of cancer. The Hope is that Allied navies will now be Able to plan Protection of tankers from the persian Gulf moving into the South Atlan tic to Europe and the . Agreement by nato to prepare for the defense needs of the next decade was regarded by . Sources As a Basic acceptance of three specific Points made by Carter tuesday. He asked a higher priority for the Readi Ness of nato forces. This will involve two major military efforts. American dutch and belgian troops now based Well West of the potential Battle area will have to move closer to the fron tier Between West and East Germany where planners Hope the main Battle against soviet aggressors would be fought. This will involve additional expenditure for Barracks communications and High ways. Increased readiness also Means the storage of More shells antitank and anti aircraft missiles and fuel in Forward areas. Storage depots will have to be built in mos cases. But this pre positioning of stocks will re dress the present imbalance. The . Seventh army the Best armed of nato forces at present has Only enough missiles Forward to sustain a two Day Battle according to responsible commanders. New technology preparing for the changed defense requirements of the 1980s also Means the introduction of the new technology sought by Carter. This in turn Means a wider deployment of the second generation of Procci Sion guided weapons. American officers conceded that the acquisition by some of the less Well armed nato armies of one hit. One kill weapons systems will be expensive. But they emphasize that by present intelligence estimates the soviet armies in East Germany and Czechoslovakia have enough fuel ammunition spare parts an replacement vehicles Forward to Start an offensive without major and detectable reinforcement from the soviet Union. The new program is expected to emphasize wider distribution of antitank weapons including Cannon launched guided projectiles which have a High priority among american military planners. The Alliance acknowledged the presi Dent s Call to Combine coordinate and concert defense programs similar acknowledgements appear in every nato communique since the mid sixties. While american emphasis on this Point is understood Many europeans argue that the president and other . Leaders Dis count present Progress toward standardization. 6 deploy Leopard tank six nato members West Germany Norway Italy the Netherlands Denmark and Belgium now deploy the German Leopard As their main Battle tank. The Netherlands and Germany Are building 18 Standard frigates for their navies and seven nato members have adopted a common design for a mine Progress As Luns commented does not match the standardization in the Warsaw pact All of whose equipment with the exception of some czechoslovak and hungarian vehicles is built in the soviet Union. What the Alliance needs a British general said is greater standardization on essential weapons not joint purchases of esoteric equipment. The Way to lose Battles he continued is to run out of ammunition and find that the flanking units of another nato partner cannot help 5 of because they have a differ ent kind of gun. That s where standardization would what grounds for such statements by Aman of influential position via a very influential Media the Man John Simmons. The position chief Usa eur s staff judge advocate s Legal assistance source of statements column con Sumers watch Mary Neth March 4. Arti Cle providing service to the Good Guys March 1c the Media is also head Start statements. For military personnel the servicemen s group life insurance Sou should be quite i. If a Man leaves the service he has 90 Days in which to convert to a civilian 3. Don t see a lawyer about buying a car."4. Professional salesmen s sole purpose is to separate the Soldier from his Money. Don t buy from hucksters and my thoughts 1. Sigli adequate How Many widows. Has Simmons talked to lately How Many retirees 2. Ninety Days to convert. Is this typical of the information Given on insurance and other matters by Legal assistance 3. Don t see a lawyer about a car Pur Chase Why 4. Hucksters paddlers at what Point do such Strong implications become slander Here Are some facts Sigli cannot repeal cannot be converted to commercial insurance in 90 Days from discharge. Within 120 Days. Sulimay be converted Only to Veteran s group life insurance Price. $3.40 to age 35 and 18.80 thereafter. Vogli after five years expires then and Only then can a conver Sion without a physical be made to com Mercial life insurance. Simmons said the Cost is a bit it is much higher our salesmen recommend in appropriate circumstances the Purchase of com Mercial permanent insurance at the earliest age possible in anticipation of the loss of Sigli to avoid the higher Cost later plus there will be Cash reserves on which to rely at discharge a time of financial uncertainty. We do not try to compete with in vestments. Sigli is not adequate in most family situations and in Many single situations. The need for insurance continues beyond the temporary time sgt is allowed and the need is often greater than the amount Sigli allows. Every situation differs. A size 40 suit at to is not adequate for All military personnel. The same for insurance needs. Simmons asks that service members see him about an encyclopedia Purchase but not for a car. How do you explain that to Aman who gave up buying world books for his 12 and 14 year old children but found his 14,000 used Mercedes was impounded in new Jersey because it was importable As the dealer suggested Simmons says Don t buy from Huck sters or How do you know one when you see one just because i m a Salesman am 1 one maybe i m naive and old fashioned but i be been working for 13 years in Usa eur with the idea that if i work in the Best interest of my client my income will take care of itself. I m also naive enough to think that most of my 2,400 clients would agree that their Best interest was my Mission. Our company has the Al noted 30 agents allowed by Usa eur. They Are taught in the same manner. I know other general agents with the Sam philosophy. It concerns me greatly that inaccurate and or extreme statements attributed to Simmons Are Given credibility through the fewer of is and the head Start classes. As a professional Salesman. I am not Al Lowed to practice Law and i respect that. Know Simmons is not attempting to prac Tice insurance. I also believe we As life insurance men have a nionj".c�m"j2? with Simmons to work in the Best interest of the service member. On that common ground and Mutual interest we should Beable to complement one another. A. A. Coop Coopride legislative chairman european association of life under writers that an Survey recently i read with some interest a letter written by a Lover of classical and jazz music. The response to his letter from an official at an indicated that a Survey had been taken and that an a program Ming was a direct result of the Survey. I have been stationed in Germany since 1974, and i can still remember the announcement of that Survey being made Many times Over the radio. However no one of my acquaintance Ever saw the Survey. One might wonder Bow valid and representative the Survey really was. At the present time an Frankfurt is broadcasting nine hours a week of Classi Cal music out of a possible 336 hours from the am and pm broadcasts. This works out to be an approximate .027 per cent of the programming devoted to classical music. From my quarters i am Able to pick up both the Frankfurt and Stuttgart of broadcasts. If i could do so i would to be Able to listen to an additional five hours a week of classical music from the Stuttgart pm station. However this is aired at 9 . Daily and my Job does t allow me to listen to it. Figuring the additional 168 hours a week that Stuttgart broadcasts plus the five hours of classical program Ming would make the percentage .028, which is insignificant. Since there Are obviously More than one or two people stationed in Germany who like to listen to classical music How does an propose to find this out the an official indicated that More classical music would be programmed if enough response indicated a need. How do we make our de sires known to an the German radio stations offer Many hours of classical music. I too turn to those stations for my entertainment. How Ever i would much prefer to be Able to listen to a description of the music or the artist in English. The five hours a week of Cameo concert is far too Little. Perhaps an could air three to four hours a night in the Early evening that would be strictly classical. This could easily be done on the pm stations. The am stations could continue to Cater to the majority As they do now. Eric h. Read Sandhofer Germany editor s note an an spokesman replies an does indeed have an Audi ence Survey. The Survey was mailed to approximately 4,0 randomly selected army and air Force personnel. Although it re fleets the listening and viewing habits of our audience u is used As a general guide Only since other factors also influence our programming procedure. A comprehensive examination of the findings cannot be done in this format but the Survey showed that fewer than 17 per cent of our listeners want More classical music the other 83 per cent either want less or Are satisfied with the current sched ule. Therefore a dramatic increase in be amount of classical music does not appear to be indicated. However the writer should be pleased to know that we Are working on a concept that will feature classical Ameri can composers on a special once a Weck program. If an acceptable format can be worked out an will offer this program i addition to the classical music now on the
