European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday october 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters to the editor loss of Sherlock bemoaned there comes a time in each person s life when it becomes necessary for that person to voice his opinion of certain social events. It was with mild amusement that i viewed the editorial skirmishes of television addicts begging for purer sound and picture the smoker is. Nonsmoker Campaign of rights and finally the Over weight service members vigorously resisting All the benefits of . I choose not to comment or become involved in these Sociol Domestic squabbles As their outcome would have Little bearing on my present situation. However a particularly singular occur ence has reared its ugly perhaps Crimi Nal head into my tranquil domicile. An radio has disrupted my household and in cited me to a near riotous state with its arbitrary cancelling of Sherlock Holmes perhaps it is a fiendish kidnapping thus my reference to criminal plots something singularly suspicious had of cured. The demonic Programmer whom i suspect is in arrears with Moriarity preempted. Nay. Obliterated the most exciting Man in the free world that Para gon of Justice or. Sherlock Holmes. Not Only that but Watson dear Watson Good fellow gone with nary a Trace. Is nothing sacred to you fiends myself Well now i am sure a fiendish plot is in the working. Untold hours of enjoyment. Lost so the Case before me is elementary find Moriarity for he must process the tapes and liberate the master mind of criminology from his clutches. Come quickly Watson and take precautions for the game is afoot Steven a. Czarniecki Schwet Zingen Germany editor s note an an spokesman replies you be obviously been smoking too much shag from your persian slip your Welcome at 221 Baker Street is hereby revoked. You have committed a most non Holm Siam error As the master so often Points out True deductive reason ing must look for the simple solution and avoid blame not Moriarity who in this Case is blameless. Blame not a fiendish plot blame not an s demonic Programmer May the hound of the Baskerville bite us on the ankle and be foul our Footpath if the truth is not this there Are 22 episodes of Sherlock Holmes in the an Library. An ran All 22 of them. They re All gone. No More Are being made. A True dilemma. Where Are you Sher lock now that we need you Washington the business lunch As we americans have known it for so Many years May be a thing of the past. President Carter who does t drink has always railed against people being Able to deduct a three Martini lunch on their taxes. Congressmen and senators Many of whom have been recipients of the three Martini lunch have offered a Compro Mise proposal in the new tax Bill which is that Only 50 per cent of a business meal can be considered deductible. The other 50 per cent will have to come out of the person s own pocket. The fight against the expense account business lunch has always been a popular Issue with the masses. But let me for the moment be the Devil s advocate and Point out that the business lunch is essential to a healthy american Economy. Most big deals Are made at a business lunch involving not Only Money but orders for goods which mean jobs for millions of people. Let us say or. Jay wants to sell is. Zee 3,000 dresses for her department store. Or. Jay takes is. Zee to a Beautiful French restaurant in new York and buys her a de Licious meal with the finest wines. Is. Zee feels very very Good and orders or. Jay s whole new line. Or. Jay goes Back to his office and tells the factories to Start humming. He deducts the paltry $80 lunch but the. Government gets hundreds of thousands of dollars in return in the form of taxes from or. Jay s employees. Under the new tax plan or. Jay May take is. Zee to an inferior chinese restau rant order half a of Tea and insist on splitting his Sweet and sour pork with . Zee thinks to herself if this Guy is so cheap at lunch his clothes must be cheap too. I m not going to buy any of or. Jay Calls the factory and Tell them to shut Down. For the Lousy ,$40 that or. Jay could t deduct for a decent ,500 Good people Are out of work. All right if you Don t like that example what about this one Parsons is trying to sell the Pentagon anew ant hand grenade. His firm has strict orders that he cannot spend More than $20 for lunch. He takes Gen. Cain the Penta gon procurement officer to a five Star ital Ian restaurant. They order three martinis each. Parsons has blown the entire $20. Gen. Cain says let s Parsons says i did t invite you for lunch. I invited you for Gen. Cain says Well if that s the Way you feel about it the army does t want any of your ant hand then Parsons says angrily you can pay for your own dry for a Lousy filet mignon the tax Reform ers could drive a breach Between the Mili tary Industrial Complex that could never be repaired. Maybe you Don t like that example either. Let me try one More. Hurt Arrow the head of one of the larg est Banks in Atlanta is trying to get the account of one of the biggest paper Mills in the state. He Calls the chairman of the Board Billy Joe Sherman and invites him to lunch. Where shall we eat Billy Joe says. How about at the University of Georgia football game at halftime i la Fly up in the Bank s private plane Burt says. The two men meet at the hot dog stand during the halftime show. They order two hotdogs and two bottles of cola. Burt talks to Billy Joe about moving his company s account Over to Burt s Bank. Billy Joe says hell think about it Burt pays for the food and then writes them off his income tax together with the plane ride. The irs claims Burt can Only write off Billy Joe s hot dog hires Clark Clifford to defend him. The ensuing publicity drives Burt s ban Stock Down three Points and Billy Joe decides to keep his Money where it is. It s obvious from just these three exam Ples that doing away with 50 per cent of the tax deductible lunch is counterproductive. Having a meal on the expense account is what the american dream is All about. Everybody should be for it and say even if i can t have a Complete tax deductible lunch some Day god willing my c los Angeles times alerts evaluated violence in films the other evening while my husband and i were preparing to rearrange the furniture an Alert was called. I thought to myself of what a bother now As usual i have to do this by shortly after my husband left i looked out my window. I saw reflected in the Street lights a solitary Soldier leading his armoured vehicle in a Long procession of military apparatus. In that fleeting moment All the lonely hours All the Burnt dinners and All the bothersome alerts took on a new meaning. If this indeed were the real thing then thank god my husband is ready. Thank god for Grafe Wohr and reformer. Thank god for alerts. Thank god he is capable of performing his duties in a professional manner. For because of these bothersome duties the chances of my husband return ing Home alive Are greatly increased. Thank god. Judith c. Winter Erlanger Germany in response to a recent letter i would like to know what purpose is served by having a Parent accompany a child to a violent movie. It seems to me that by the time the Vio Lence occurs it s too late to Tell the child not to look. Besides that what purpose would it serve to cover the child s eyes the Parent would also have to cover the child s ears and take away his imagination. If this is the Case Why even take the child to the movie to shield a child from violence is to shield him or her from truth because there always has been and always will be Vio Lence. As for the child who killed his brother dirty Harry style i agree that it was the parents fault but Only because they had a gun in the House. I myself have a starter s pistol. It looks real and sounds real but Only uses Blanks. In conclusion i must say that it in t the movies that Are to blame but the parents that leave guns lying around the House. Stephen g. Zmuda Wiesbaden Germany � harm a praised � pen Pas it a o Piir Voi in or i Tii Tiv to a tatty a Fol i. Sin 1 As supervisor with an Agency that deals directly with military personnel i wish to express my pleasure with the appearance of Hahn air base. My experiences with the people there have been most congenial and it is Delight Ful to see the grounds being so Well kept. I always look Forward to an enjoyable Day when business takes me to Hahn. A special note of recognition is made for the Eye catching new shopping mall just constructed and so cheerfully decorated with Flowers and plants at All entrances. Hannelore c. Jones Kaiserslautern Germany $ some called honest in the 1950 a it began with America s fear of communists in . Politics and spread so much that nearly every citizen wondered who would be the next to in the 1970 a it began with watergate and unfortunately will not end with the resignation of Burt Lance. A few More Good politicians will Proba Bly be ruined before someone figures out that contrary to what people May think there Are some honest politicians left. Larry Jensen upper Heyford England i. It s very difficult to write an introduction pen pal letter. To make it sound interesting without being Boring is Tough. So prepare. Twenty years ago i was born Diana Jean. For the past 10 years i be lived on a 35-acre farm in Northern Illinois. It Rocky and Hilly but i love it. I live with my father in a huge old farm House. We have three horses and a barn full of other animals. My Mam in Terest is horses which i have been showing and Riding for15 years. The outdoors and i have an affair going on but lately my Job gets in the Way. For kicks i like dancing and late night spots. Although i prefer country and Western music soft Rock and oldies Are Okay too. I would like to have some pen pals and look Forward to hearing from someone. Diana Roberts 7302 Meyer re. Spring Grove Iii. 60081 reminder All letters to the editor must contain full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. Unsigned let ters will not be considered for publication. Writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy address especially if they desire a fast reply. The european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it of. J. C. Taylor Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor. Managing editor Elmer d. Frank. Production manager Henry s. Epstein. 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