European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 06, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday june 6, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 running like hell a if i smoking drive making headway by Charles s. Taylo Atlanta up every month an average of 5,000 americans Appeal to the Federal government for help in quitting Garette . Daniel Horn director of the National Clearing House for smoking and health says the appeals come from adult Ameri cans teen agers and teachers who want to help others kick the habit. There Are 54 million americans who smoke cigarettes says Horn and we be found that about 75 to 80 per cent of the want to they get help in the form of information kits costing taxpayers 15-20 cents. That s less than half the Cost of a pack of cigarettes Horn said. There Are separate information packet for adults and teen agers but both contain a smoker s self testing kit designed to help smokers assess their own problem Anil How they feel about said the National Clearing House an Agency of the National Center for Dis ease control is not trying to persuade anyone to quit smoking through its information kits. The people we hear from usually write in because they want to quit. They Are Good people to work with because they have Strong desire to quit. What we re trying to do is provide them with some guidelines on How to quit. They can t get this help any where message in the information packets that go out daily is that there Are a lot of ways to quit Horn said. There is no one technique that works for smoker s self testing kit put together by Horn who is a psychologist and Anex smoker himself contains four Short tests to help you find out what you know about cigarette smoking and How you feel about says the tests can Tell a smoker whether her she really wants to quit smoking what he knows about the effects of smoking on health what kind of smoker he is Why he smoke Sand whether the world he lives in will help or hinder him if he tries to Stop. At the end of the tests is this message by 1973, Over 30 million adults in the United states had succeeded thes Wiand Fries european edition Tel a twp u m unto Rand Uno Hucul Puu Hul news bureaus in breaking their Garette smoking s a Good group to join. Do it also included in the adult information kit is a wrap Sheet a piece of paper which smokers Are urged to wrap around their cigarette pack holding it in place with a rubber band. Each time the smoker lights up he is urged to record the time of Day on the wrap Sheet what he was doing How he was feeling and How important that Garette was to him on a scale of 1 to5. There also is a smoker s scorecard on which the smoker can Check off each Day he did not smoke and How much Money heaved by not buying cigarettes. The last Page says eight weeks that s two whole months of not smoking. You be proved you can live without it. Now live without for cigarette smokers who cannot quit the information packet suggests that cigarettes with less tar and nicotine be chosen Don t smoke your Garette All the Way Down take fewer draws on each cigarette reduce your inhaling smoke fewer cigarettes each Chart showing the tar and nicotine Content of cigarettes is included along with facts and figures illustrating the link Between Garette smoking and diseases such As lung cancer and heart ailments. There also is a brochure titled the sur prising news about women and smok the Surprise is that at one time the ratio of male to female deaths from lung cancer was nearly 7 to 1. It is now 4 to 1 an not because male deaths have declined too Many women Are smoking too few the teen agers information kit contain illustrated drawings listing eight reasons Young people smoke and scientific rebut tals for each reason. Horn says quitting cigarettes today snot the same problem it was in the 1950s. About 80 to 85 per cent of smokers can quit for two to three weeks quite successfully he said whereas 20 years ago less than half could quit for that Long More i suspect that the cigarette he said citing the higher Nico Tine and tar Content of cigarettes in the1960s. The big problem today Horn said is quitting and going the anti smoking Campaign of the Feder Al government is making headway Horn said. There s no question about it. But it slow we re running like hell to stay in the same he said that with Normal population growth there should now be 7540 million Garette smokers in the . The number actually is about 54 we be got about 30 million who Are sex smokers compared to six million sex smokers in the 1950s." Horn said the information packets to help quit the cigarette habit May be obtained by writing the Center for disease control National Clearing House for smoking and health Bureau of health education building 14, Atlanta a. Tetters to the editor thoughts on social Security Cousteau and Scott share Pahlavi prize circulation offices United nations a Comman Dant Jacques Yves Cousteau of France undersea explorer and sir Peter Scott of Britain nature conservationist have been named co winners of the second annual International Pahlavi prize. . Secretary general Kurt Waldheim presented the award at a ceremony in which the two jointly received the 50 007award. Donated by Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran it is Given annually for the outstanding contribution in the Field of the environment. I heard Many comments about social Security in regards to non-. Citizens i m writing to you in order to get advice on photo see for Correct information on some of the following questions 1. I die and my children Are in the age bracket stated in the social Security Laws and my wife is not a . Citizen what if anything will my wife and children receive from my paid in Sodal Security 2. What if wife non citizen and no Chil Dren from marriage. Is unable to work after my death due to ill health age oretc., what can she draw from my paid in pension?3. Again the same Type of question As number two except no ill health age or Etc. Involved what can she draw 4. If my wife non citizen worked where she paid in social Security and is unable to tips Bouttis this is to All you Cheapo out there incest Germany who have forgotten that waitresses depend upon your s not so uncommon for us to get 30 cents for a $30 meal which is Only one percent. In Case you be forgotten or been away for too Long 15 per cent is the mini mum. Actually 10 per cent would do. We knowhow expensive Europe is for those of you who eat out several times a week. A Dafter All. All she does is serve the but what you Don t see is she s also an accountant psychologist track Star Comedi an Model and besides All that a sex object too. And she s still expected to keep smiling with a one per cent tip perhaps you can rationalize your failure to tip because of poor service. Probably few of you have worked in a restaurant so you Don t understand what really goes on behind the scenes. Some of you Are patient and understand ing and we would certainly like to thank you. But for those of you who sit there an do nothing but complain or get up and walk out without paying your Bill leaving to for us to Payne like to emphasize that without the proper help in the Kitchen this u the Best service we can provide Yon with and if you d like to change the poor conditions complaining to us in t the right Way to go about it and it certainly does t make our Day any better. We do the Best we in t always bad in fact it s usually quite Good. However a three percent tip in t much incentive to continue Good service. Especially with a smile. The waitresses Heidelberg Germany take a close look Over the past few months there have been several letters in the paper regarding complaints about Hospital services an charges. I am a civilian and i do not like paying the $20 any More than anyone Els does but i feel that the poor Guy who sits behind the desk collecting the Money is notto blame so give him a break. As for the services rendered during the past year both my wife and i have been in the Pitburg a Hospital for surgery and have nothing but the highest Praise for the doctors and nursing staff. We both received the very Best of care and attention. We have been in Germany for four Yea Sand have moved three times but we have always been very Well served by Hospital Sand dental clinics we Nave attended. I know once in a while errors Are made it has happened to us. Jut if the complainers take a close took themselves i guarantee few of them will find they Are perfect and beyond error. Malek Cutter Pitburg a Germany work after my death due to ill health age or Etc. Can she draw a pension from her paid insecurity i could go on with these thoughts but i just want to know who is the Correct person or persons to see for this Type of inform tion.-spec.6. David Mckinney Hanao Germany editor s note Arthur j. Brett re global Federal benefits manager at the . Consulate la Frankfurt Germany replies social Security information pamphlets forms and Aurit Lanco can be obtained free of charge at any foreign service Post. In toe Federal Republic and West Berlin these posts arc looted but . Mission Clay Alle 170, 1000 Berlin 33 . Embassy Mehlmer Aue 5300 Bonn bad Godesberg 1american consulate general Pratesi Dent Kennedy Platz 2800 Breme american consulate general Cecilie nallee5,4000dusseldorfamerican consulate general sies Mayerat Rasse 21, 6000 consulate general Alste Rufer 27, 2000 Hamburg 36american consulate general Koenig Gin Strasse 5, 8000 Munche american consulate general urbans Tasse 7, 7000 Stuttgart most of our personnel handling this wort received training at the Sodal Secu Rity administration Headquarters la Balti More and All Are quite capable of assisting with social Security for social Security account numbers May also be obtained and filed at those posts. Persons visiting the offices for that purpose should bring their passports with them since to takes six weeks to three months to receive a social Security number. 1 urge All americans esp ally ugh school students who will need a number la the foreseeable future to apply now for the , Many people think of Sodal Security Only in terms of retirement or old age. There Are also important survivors and disability provisions. These Are explained in one of our pamphlets Sodal Security info Naton for Young families which can be obtained in person or by mall from any of the above stripes in error. I wish to bring to your attention that around april 13 a dangerous and embarrassing article was published about myself in the stars and stripes. The part of the article that i must protest against i where the paper stated the rape slaying was no rape and no one was found guilty of rape. The verdict from the court that i have will support this argument. The charges i faced were for murder not rape and i was found guilty of Man Slaughter not rape. The trial verdict itself shows this. Royal Mattl creditor s note or. Royal Mattice writes to the Star and stripes from his cell in a German Jall or. Mature complains that stripes published a false report when his conviction was described As rape he asserts that there was no rape. He 1s Correct he asserts that the court reduced the offence from murder to is not quite Correct. Hie court reduced the crime to one of lessened mental capacity became the associate weaned and his re under the in fluence of intoxicants at the Lime they killed the female by slashing her with a broken Beer bottle. We regret the embarrassment caused to or. Mattke when stripes Masr Haraste sized this brutality As a rape
