European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars and 1r he Imi vim by Susan Stuerke Juergen and Amalia Lopez Sulf write 0 military wives really present a distorted image of american women because of Luck of attention to their appearance Many people overseas agree with american Model j Udith a dependent wife in Modo said american women in military communities should make themselves As attractive As possible instead of silting at Homo and but a sampling of opinions disclosed a variety of views on the Way americans overseas dress and whether they should be required to adhere to dress there should be a dress code on an army at they come with shorts up to Here and blouses Down to said Margaret a Bagger at the Babenhausen gesturing to emphasize her Moutton told Sis Numberg Bureau chief Dan Synovec it looks bad for us to have european women see Ameri can women dress the Way they do Many of my German friends Tell me the american women they see in the Mili tary communities spoil the Imago of american women soon after Moul Loas Utah rent but apparently unrelated to it military officials in Darmstadt issued guideline restricting the manner of dress of shop pers in the Conan Horary the ruling says shoppers cant enter the Darmstadt commissary wearing Halter lops which expose a certain portion of the Short Sun uncovered hair bar Midriff men arc also forbidden from wearing shirts without sleeves Long enough to cover the shirts not designed for cutoff sweat suits or stained its for the Vera also of a Benham said of the Darmstadt commissary dress l was turned away once for wearing hair rollers Al Aschaffenbur and t admit that it was my own i take the Lime to make myself look but so Many of the ladies Here dont care How they if people need a Rule to make them dress right Thor should he Shower Tennis shoes without and mixed military clothing Are some other Nonos for commissary attire the Darmstadt Community weekly bulletin said the guidelines were designed to insure Good sanitary conditions and maintain a Standard of dress in keeping with the military i handle commissary complaints Al said Caol Greg of and i have never received a claim for unreason me sanitary or health Rea sons i Sec nothing obscene or unsanitary in wearing shorts for most of the food in the commissaries is packaged so i dont see How what you Wear can affect its strictly Tor sanitary reasons then its Good but a Eomme Stacy no place of worship so you dont have to be super clean to go into just to Atonic have no effect on after it incr dress i pm just running out for a errand we re Martin from a lot of male and Wilt be turned away ii the rules Are said Gloria a sergeant from Are Many who Wear things thai Are Why should i dress special or a commissary a since the rules were published in the Community weve turned away about three said Alphonz a Armstad commissary a week after the guidelines were one person was wearing Raggedy while others wore sweat the Basic reason for the code is so people Are properly dressed Lor the activities available in military comm it does not tie in directly to any sanitation reasons Hunley added same men dont shave under Utler this could become a sanitation problem As some of the to Wen us a entry seeing tack ily Hal naked women strutting around when he goes then were irate dependents who Felt the dress code was this is More than a bit Lerager Mary Walden said Al i used to work ii ithe icon mls Sarles in she would refuse o shop at us Walden but ii just Maku my Mother get what ought to be comfortable when they shop and i dont think this dross code is but dependents have to go along with the rules because the parents Are said Tommy a i think people should be Able to Wear what they can afford to pay if Thuiy want us to Wear decent they ought to give our husbands a raise we can Aucott Toby said Debora we feet a 4 Many people male and were called by hair rollers roving around rollers carry i think its belter they Arent Janice Peters of Babenhausen women should Lake out hair rollers before Corning to commissaries or set Thor hair at night Tike i Zajd Meriea Laibly of Ascham f Vera Moore so Many just dress sloppily and when you look Sloppy people think you Are Sloppy about utter top All Alussi Racutt to us interview has Model Molioo told Sis reporter Synovec in a i never said that american women Are not Spretty or attractive As German the problem is that american women just let themselves and most of the women who have commented about the to me have said that they Are glad that someone finally came out and said in Moulton said that her an army Hai also received fan mall and Moughan said that she has Tec Davod letters and Tele phone Calls from people who live As far away As Lesba Den and they came primarily from career minded women with children and a household to main Tain they Are still interested in learning More about social and How to emphasize All of their Good 1 want us to look Good Over we Are a minority and we have to present ourselves Well so that All Ameri cans can be proud and 1 mean the by Irmo Bombick at Tsend i am absolutely paranoid about the commercial where the interviewer does a housewife in a supermarket and asks if her husband would prefer potatoes or dressing with his you know the one 1 its where the wife smiles and my Hus band would definitely prefer they place a Call to her husband and this Turfey i would prefer when the interviewer presses for an answer on Why they never have he spits out the so never asks i dont know of woman alive who has not begged her husband for of go tons for 1 dont know if Man alive wifi Hant w i dont would you like beef Stew this week 1 dont we Haven had stroganoff in a How about that i dont on second thought t think ill have Yak breasts with Goose Over j dont it seems Inciong Nisaib to me that my Hus band wants in on ail the big decisions you paid How much for a gallon Mcgast to were not upping the milk until those lids drink what s left in the Vernl bowls to if we saved All those rubber bands from wed never have to buy anther rubber band in our when were buying for meats a year and spending just under of lie Doest the other night he came to the table and surveyed what is All this Muff he its what you order for j dont heres the menu appetizer Apa thetic celery Fin Trie Pue Kless Chicken vegetables indifferent sluggish uncommitted beets Rolls served cold and uncommon la live salad lethargic lettuce with disinter ested dressing dessert phlegmatic prunes not he said i had been waiting to use this line for 20 i Don t Al Idt finn