European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 02, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 joggers thronging our highways by ways like sheep in Ireland by Hugh a. Mulliganr1dgefield, Conn. A i ran into a neighbor the other Day running out Ofa Bookstore with one of those run for your Beall books under his Arm like he had paid for it. He had on those. Zippered Longjohn Bruce Jenner wears when he spoons his breakfast Cereal Heel less sneakers an Little sweat socks with pompous which of course is the ritual gear these Days for the joggers who throng our highways t l by ways like sheep fat the driveway he almost ran Down a woman in Satin shorts jogging in the other direction. Not since Poddi Pildes. The greek who began the rage by running himself to death without Benefit of Satin scan Les on the original run from Athens to Marathon has there been such a cavalry charge of bipeds on our Public thoroughfares both Urban and Ubow who benches the new York City Marathon in which commuters try Trout run the muggers reports he now has five cardboard boxes full of applications each Box containing 3.000 names for the october coronary classic. Almost As Manyas ran for mayor last time when de Koch a Jogger won. Dose on new York s heels the 28.2-Miie mayor Daley jog est in Chicago in septem Ber is expecting 10,000 marathoners to puff through the Windy City. Everyone is expected to finish ahead of the White sox. I can recall less than a decade ago when sports writer Friend of mine named Tom Henshaw was the Only Marathon mania that i knew or Ever even heard of. Not that Tom was a Jogger himself or even a Waddler. He had a physique like Tony Galenic embracing a Keg of Beer but he followed runners their career their diets their breathing spasms the Way other Guy study Amle Palmer s backswing or Bjorn Berg s got married the weekend of the Boston Marathon for a honeymoon Betook his Bride along on the press bus but thes european edition Coc ully e. Up Antler u Edh Dmn chm a an Auto mind Imohl Clat Pum Katlynn Maraat. Tha Mara and strip i. Lion with tha Armad form inform-1tta a apartment of Dat Araa. Contti a i my Hilpman not Macaw rely m of Telal Law Nant tha apart Mon of Dafana or the. T Jim and. Tha Appa Aranca of do play in a an Andana Mant by Tea apart Mamou a mat deluding t w military apart Mam. Ill Leary alb tha Stan and sir Law Apo Arm. Mama on Jujj a Stan and strips. Pax Mack ii 10 u. Turn it ctr Many Tal or Tomm to Pray Lii list for Mindl Alt rep Lrafb new 741, . 100m. Tal Ana Coda to Obi. Sand now Vart . Nkwsiup1eaus being a Gallant bostonian he gave her the window seat. Last sunday i met a woman who live nearby out walking her dog. The dog was Kaban Laudlam. Oar Many pm Aal Art cd Woom ctr out am Tilz a w wort bimts Anwyn i Nti to Mimi a Willt Mamo waa 5s a. Broaca Atham a it Oxon it Obj. Ipak. " Mai i i a Thorn i ," she said. He pulled a muscle jog sing i tried not to imagine what happens when a dog Jogger meets a person Jogger because an airline Pilot Friend who jogs to keep in enough shape to fit in the cockpit carries along with him each morning a Spray can of homemade Doggie Mace com pounded of vinegar hot Pepper and Rose water to squirt at mastiffs who come nip Ping at his Achilles Tendon. Another neighbor claims to have Bee attacked by a Gander while circling our Little Lake but he did t specify whether the other Goose was out jogging too. I tend to disbelieve these stories eve since a Little girl told me a snapping Turtle the size of a pizza tray bit a Hole in he rubber raft which was Only slightly smaller than the ones they used in the a Day in Vasion. Early morning joggers claim they do meet up with Deer skunks and racoons in Between school buses and other joggers. The supermarket every saturday is full of joggers in full Fig dressed like the rus Sian olympic team As they Roll their Catsup the aisle piled High with Yogurt non Cal Orie salad dressings and wheat germ so Asto make the rest of us loading up on Beer and potato chips feel guilty. The Library has a whole display Case full of books on running and jogging under the sign Light summer Reading that the used to Reserve for murders historical romances and spy thrillers. Esperanto proposed for dec dealings Brussels a four italian Mem Bers of the european parliament have made the latest proposal for ending the european economic Community s Babel of languages a shift to esperanto As the sol working language of the nine nation group. The idea comes four years after two dutch members of the parliament suggested unsuccessfully that the Community set Back the linguistic clock and use latin for its new proposal by parliament Mem Bers Ferruccio Pulsoni Mario Zagari Gio Vanni Bersani and Mario floret said that esperanto is the result of a rational syn thesis of the most widely spoken european called for detailed surveys to see if esperanto could replace the six language Snow used in the in 1887 by a russian . Zamenhof is already schools of some dec nations an has been popularized by esperanto dubs out the said that the italians proposal Flor tired june 28, to Likely to be put a parliamentary committee for consideration before being forwarded to the be executive commission for its opinion. Rail Union Leader Dies Chicago a Charles Leslie Den Nis who beaded the brotherhood of rail Way and airline clerks from 1963 to 1976, i dead at the age of 70. Letters to the editors drug abuse in the White House i am an air Force of my jobs is to support the o us abuse program. The program is getting More important As the military drug problem is getting More strides in the drug abuse awareness program have been made recently and i feel confident that drug abuse is on the now along comes the White House expert on drug abuse a physician and Psychia Trist endorsed by the president and respected and trusted by the general Public this minion of recreational drugs has blown the Bottom out of the can of Worms of All the people with entrusted Power in the . Government he above All should have checked his Lack of responsibility and remembered his commitment to the american pub other White House staffers of seemingly High Power and influence have also admitted using and abusing different recreational drugs. The press with their laughable code of ethics has not Only decided to not say a thing about the White House drug problem but have actually participated and haunted the use of drugs in the presence of government officials. Has Peter Bourne uncovered just the tip of an iceberg in Reading newspaper accounts of the Story drug abuse is widespread throughout the White House and possibly other parts of the government. Are these people really above the Law do they have some Spe Cial dispensation j am afraid. When the Law makers of a nation Are themselves above the Laws the write it is time for change. What is going to happen to Public Trust and support what Are we As military supervisors going to do with our Little drug problems have you got a joint colonel -t.sgt. David a. Pickering Lindsey As Germany helping soviet dissidents a recent letter voiced concern Over russian disrespect for the Helsinki agreement an their Basic disregard for human rights in general the writer suggested that we owe it to the Brave dissidents of the user to connect ail our future dealings with Russia both economic and military with the human rights is although this would be a Noble gesture i do not feel it would be in the Best interests of the United states. First we must realize that the internal system of the soviet Union with its repressive and exploitive nature is of Paramount importance in the communist party s Manta Nance of is a direct connection Between the soviet regime s control of their people and their capability to retain control of their government. Therefore it is not Likely that the soviets would negotiate this control away for some military or economic Concession. What they will negotiate away is the appearance of relaxing their reins on the soviet people. So what we will gain in the Long run is nothing. What we owe the soviet dissidents an human rights advocates All Over the world is to tie our future dealings with the soviet Union to such Concrete issues As the Transfer of Western technology or the deployment of third generation military equipment. This Way we can extract Concrete concessions from the soviets. After All they under stand Power As defined in the Concrete sense. Capt. William j. Germany the army s stupid weight Chart strange that Many of today s army commanders would have us believe there is a Defi Nite correlation Between being overweight according to the army s ridiculous one size fits la weight Chart and lacking attributes necessary to Good soldiering they seem to feel the less a person weighs the More intelligence common sense Moti vation and leadership skills he or she will have. If such is the Case May i suggest the army rid itself of All the scrawny buffoons running around impersonating Field Grade offi As a civilian my greatest Hope is never having the misfortune to Trust my life and the a of r Star Puls More Stock in a empty minds Don t discriminate they exist in bodies of All shapes sexes and colors name withheld Karlsruhe Germany
