European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 09, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday August 9, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 thanks for kind generous help " about the travelled a lot in Germany and found myself in Many difficult situations due Touni a Tarner always there has been someone German to Volunteer their recently i was driving my Volkswagen bus to Bremerhaven to ship it Back to the surtes. I had travelled about 200 Miles when a valve Stem in my engine broke and left me stranded on the autobahn. An adar vehicle towed me to local garage Friedrich Bias Berg pkg in Werme Skirchen. It was Early in the morning Anda oof the people who worked there had not arrived and no one there spoke English. Finally a Man arrived who did speak English and 1 explained my situation to him. He explained to me that it was Holiday season and due to the shortage of personnel they Mold not be Able to repair my Schb Achmad isome Telephone Calls and found a garage that was Able to work on a bus. Al Schwach towed my bus to the garage and acted As my interpreter to make Al the arrangements to have my bus repaired. After a arranged kits were made Alschbach took me to his Home and introduced Merom wife Heide and explained my situation to her. Or. Fischbach prepared a very Nice lunch for me and later in the afternoon or. Fisch Bitch helped me with my transportation arrangements Back to Kaiserslautern. I would like to thank Rolf and Heide Fischbach for their kind generous Asme in my time of distress. Distance to . Gene nor v. Just keep on smiling she says 1 am writing to the lady who wrote come on please Don t say everyone is so unfriendly. Put your smiles to my Friendly hello. Pho my kids we can make the whole world like a Sunshine cookie. I know How you feel when you give smile or a hello and get a motion in the air to return. It used to bother me but not any More. 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Jackson Mannheim Germany inn pm curation off act a Bolln. Cml Tui ohm my 1�. Fnntr-2chils1m, Mil lilt for Mart. ii Rev Chuni. Mil Vagi i. Ill my Mac. Civ no Ugloi. Mil Usi her Nero. Civ 7u3 Mil fit a Tun Rogi ii. Roxlo Man Mil a or w95 Van a turn. Mil vat. Crook amm. Civ my my ii Vii Miu cd. Offu a Drw Torrono air 6 � Mil 7ml to ruin to mod a loom Cropun comm ii cd. Reminder a utters to the editor most contain fall printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. Unsigned letters will not be considered f or publication. Writers Are encouraged to include Phon number and Economy address especially if they desire a fast reply. Letters to the editor urges voting by Absentee ballot i m writing to urge All military person Nel Here in Europe and those dependents who Are eligible to take advantage of their Absentee balloting privilege to vote in this year s . is still time to participate in about half of the state primary elections As Wellas the general election on nov. 7. . Mili tary personnel their families and civilian government employees presently stationed in Europe have the potential to cast nearly half a million votes in these important elections. A very Small percentage will actually do so. It is important that we keep reminding our representatives and senators Back Home that we Are Over Here and that reconstitute a political Force that must be reckoned with in deciding upon of it either affects our lives while Here or the communities that we will eventually return to to conus. It is extremely difficult to ensure that our views Are prop Erly taken into account when legislation is enacted because no single member of the Congress has a specific interest in us As a geographic entity or primary responsibility our views can Only be properly registered and acted upon by the legislative Branch of government when we assert our selves through the political process in our Home the frequent visits of congressional delegations to Europe and occasion Al hearings by travelling members of con Gress we Are effectively disenfranchised unless we do maintain this link to the established political is nothing automatic about it. The Only effective Way to make our influence Felt and in fact to be adequately repro Nosy neighbors the Nosy neighbor who turned in the parents for possible child abuse should be commended. Just because the woman is childless does t mean she in t qualified to make a judgement in such matters. Maybe she worked for child welfare and saw As Many cases of child abuse As i did when i worked for the Texas department of human resources. Many parents who abuse their children by spanking and other forms of punish ment Don t see it As abuse. Sometime they Don t know when to Stop and there is a Dif Ference Between discipline and punish ment. Seeing abused children has con Vinced me that so called spankings serve no believe that the Man who wrote the let Ter should do some serious thinking about what he is doing. If he and his wife Are not guilty then they have no reason to be embarrassed and feel like fools. In Many cases those Nosy thoughtless inconsiderate neighbors and sometimes even baby Sitters have saved a child s Morrow he Obront Germany three cheers for your neighbor the world needs More neighbors who do not hesitate to pick up the phone and get involved. I would and i think everyone who truly loves children would do the same. The embarrassment of the parents the appearance or the talk is not important when we Are dealing with lives of Small children. You say your neighbor is confusing abuse with punishment. I say you Are confusing punishment with discipline. Every Parent knows a Swift timely smack on the Rump is sometimes the Only Way of get Ting a child s attention or getting your Mes Sage across. But what Type of crime would a Small child commit which could justify the repeated beating children receive at the hands of Loving parents in the name of punishment Mother of four held Leburg seated is to express our opinions and perceptions. We can do this to our respective stat representatives by voting at election time and by periodically communicating wit them during the intervening months. Our views will always gain added credibility if we can identify ourselves As a that Means we have to exercise our civic right and responsibility to vote All this is not just academic interest in voting for the Sake of voting. There Are some very important pieces of legislation under Active consideration which will havea direct Impact on us As am Ifim to eur we Are All aware of revision to tax la Sand matters that affect our pocketbook but there Are other legislative initiatives that can have an equally dramatic Impact on our example one of the most important is Senate of Flam which will create a Sepa rate department of education. If passed. And that now appears probable Dod Doeur schools will be placed under this new administrative is genuine concern that our specific educational repair events particularly the difficult logistical support needs Here in Europe Are properly do that the european pts and other concerned education groups Bave advocated creation of a National of Hook Board with representation from the military fam Ilies who have children in the . Depart ment of defense school system and those Federal agencies that will ultimately pro vide support under inter governmental arrangements. We Are told that the administration do snot want to encumber this new legislation and incur added costs by creating More bureaucratic machinery because of the new pressures generated by proposition 13 another tax cutting efforts. We Hope that we can convince them to take a second european Congress of parents teachers and students through the nation Al Pat organization has a member to member network which can facilitate communication with congressional representatives. Our specific focus is on Educa Tion related issues of course but we will be Happy to help you express your View Sand concerns regardless of what the issues All members of the american Community in Europe gain when we demonstrate that we take our civic responsibilities seriously. Every military Community in Europe has a voting officer who will assist in obtaining an Absents ballot. Seek him out and do your part chairman european Congress of Para teachers and student Brussels Belgium pen pals sought i to by or i i a to in of. Or to Fem Jami Ifim. Romong. It. my intr Mattel him it met. X.e.p.k.t7 Idee unum air Force in i Barry e. or i mad i Miu doth ii to Tom to turn. Win Irth u run Oki. 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