European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 28, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 Art Buchwald Washington every Day you hear More and More stories about credit companies and computers invading people s privacy. The last one i heard has to do Withy friends the Sheldon. Mrs. Sheldon went into a store to Pur Chase some towels. She gave her credit card to the clerk after what seemed like quite a Long wait mrs. Sheldon was called to the cashier s office. The clerk gave her the phone. The Man on the other end of the line said he was from the credit card company and asked mrs. Sheldon Are you having any trouble with your husband mrs. Sheldon thought for a moment and then said not any More than  Well said the Man your husband made out a card and signed it saying he was no longer responsible for any of your debts. We be had to cancel your  mrs. Sheldon was very shaken by the news. Are you sure the Man became insulted. We never make a  mrs. Sheldon forgot the towels and waited at Home for or. Sheldon to arrive. He seemed in a Good humor and could t understand Why mrs. Sheldon was so frosty. Is there something you want to Tell tripes european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it col. J. C. Taylor Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer d. Frank. Production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorsement by the department of de sense including the military departments. 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Circulation offices Germany Berlin civilian 8331846, Mil 6187 Bremer Haven. Civ 85168, Mil 8119 Frankfurt Civ 691665 or 691660 Kaiserslautern Civ 57617, Mil Vogel Weh 6050 Munich Civ 6901503 or 6901504, Mil 6556 Nuernberg Civ 706666, Mil 7256 North German Region Rhein main Mil 7103 or 6025 Stuttgart Civ 814596, Mil 6030. Greece Athens Civ 9923390 and telex 216892. Italy Vicenza civ559346. Spain Madrid Civ 2057546 or Torrejon air base Mil 7546. Turkey Istanbul Civ 664372. United kingdom Greenham common Civ 44768, military 46263 ext. 209. Me mrs. Sheldon asked. Nothing i can think of or. Sheldon said. Then is there something you Don twant to Tell me or. Sheldon suddenly realized mrs. Sheldon was on to something. But he did t know exactly what he did t want to Teil her that she had obviously found out about. So he decided to play for time. Of course not. What Are you driving at we re grown up people. At least you could have had the decency to Tell me  or. Sheldon not Only did t know what Ballpark they were in he did t even know the name of the game. Tell you what let s not make a soap opera out of this. I always thought when the time came you would be  different from what?"1 is she prettier than Lam now or. Sheldon knew the name of the game. Of for god s Sake what brought this on Don t pretend you Don t know every one knows even the credit card company mrs. Sheldon said. The credit card company How did they get into this discussion they re the ones who told me. They said you had signed a card that you were no longer responsible for my  i never signed such a card or. Shel Don screamed. They re out of their  credit card companies never make mistakes mrs. Sheldon replied. Who told you that they did mrs. Sheldon said. And you believed them you believed them before you even asked me they have a lot More facts about you than i  i m calling them in the morning or. Sheldon said. They can t go around breaking up  it comes to credit mrs. Sheldon retorted they can do anything they  the next Day or. Sheldon called the credit card company and blew his stack. How dare you Tell my wife i am no longer responsible for her debts and we Are split Ting up that s what our computer told us the Man said. Here is the card. I Harold Sheldon am no longer responsible for my wife s  my name is Hackney. Hackney Shel Don not Harold. You got the wrong Shel  of dear the Man replied. You re not Harold i am  then you have no problem. Well rectify it. But while i be got you on the phone How is your marriage going Why do you want to know it would be most helpful for updating our  c los Angeles times tetters to the editor driving age question clarified i being 14 years old would like to be Able to ride any Type of motorized trans port particularly a moped. However i can t seem to get a Clear answer As to the Legal age one has to be in order to ride one. First i tried at the Vogel Weh Driver s testing station and was informed that i could ride a moped under 40 cd s. To double Check i went to Ramstein where i was told that i could not ride any Type of motorized transport until i was 16.then, i went Back to Vogel Weh and was told that once i turned 15, i could ride a sofa or moped. Why do the answers differ also i have seen kids whom i know to be Only 14 years of age Riding mopeds. Please set me straight on this matter. Robert Angelilli Ramstein a Germany editor s note Karl e. Nestler re plies for the Usa eur Provost marshal a person 14 years of age is not entitled to operate any Type of vehicle in Europe. When a person attains his or her 15th birthday then he or she May operate an what is known As an exempt  this is often referred to As a sofa has an engine capacity of less that Soccy will not exceed a Speed of 25 Kilometres per hour and does not require a Usa eur Pov operator s License. Upon attaining the age of 16, a person is entitled to operate a class five motor vehicle which has an engine capacity of less that 50 com and will not exceed a Speed of 40 Kilometres per hour. For this a Usa eur Pov operator s License is  stamping out misinformation i m sorry to report that the sergeant who wrote the recent letter concerning a new stamp subscription service is mis informed. Although Many countries including Germany offer a standing order Deposit account service the United states is not one of them. The Only service of this Type is operated by the uses for commemorative panels and souvenir pages with first Day cancellations which Cost several dollars each. The Only Way to get the Stamps them selves unused is to order them after they have been issued. One must pay an additional 50c hand Ling charge for each order in addition to the face value of the Stamps and order a full Sheet to get a plate Block. Delivery time in my experience has been anywhere up to three months. But maybe there is Hope yet for us american stranded in Europe. I Don t know if the publicity the problem has received in the paper has had anything to do with it but the Alta California stamp issued in the states on september 9. Reached the Augsburg Apo on september 16 the quickest of any new Issue in the year i be been Here. Now if Only they would Send us some of those skilled hands for Independence Stamps that were issued on the fourth of july. Ray Compton Augsburg Germany the three Aims of youth sports this is an open letter to All coaches of youth football in Germany. Having coached youth sports for several years i remember that we were told of three priorities. The first was to teach the basics of the particular sport. The second was to teach them sportsmanship and teamwork. The third was to teach them Good health habits. It appears that the football coaches have forgotten these Aims and replaced them with one idea win win win it does t matter if the child s parents Don t see him or her until after 7 at night. And unimportant things like Homework can be done later. The Only thing that matters is winning. Trie coaches use such threats and punish ment As miss one practice and you Don t play in the next two  i know of a Case where a Young boy was told by his coach you have All your life Togo on trips with your family to see Europe but now football is More  i realize that. I m attacking a sacred cow but let s get ourselves Back on the right track. If you remember the three Aims of youth sports you la win the games and More. You la also win the satisfaction of know ing that you be helped Young men and women to learn values important to the future of our society. 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