European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 10, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters to the editor luxury items at the exchanges respecting rights of neighbors several months ago cafes announced with great fanfare that it was gearing up to bring More Middle priced merchandise especially clothing to its retail outlets. This so stated an cafes spokesman was being done As an Effort to ease the financial Pinch on our lower ranking enlisted personnel and their families Hurt by the drop in the value of the Dollar and the High Cost of living on the Economy. Having watched the trend Over the past several years toward the blockage of More and More expensive foreign made goods in our exchanges. I applauded the decision and though to myself that finally some one in the Munich Headquarters of cafes had gotten their head and heart in the right , to and behold comes an announce ment in a recent Issue of stars and stripes that cafes doubles luxury item sales from 12 million in 1975 to $24  How Nice of cafes. Here is our government at wits end try ing to reduce our balance of payments Defi Cit to Shore up the Dollar yet the gentle men in Munich Are doing All they can to see that does not happen. If i read the stripes article correctly most of the new luxury items that will now be stocked in cafes exchanges will be foreign made. What s wrong Aren t there any american luxury items available of course everyone wants to Squire a souvenir or memento of their foreign tour and granted there Are some things Here in Europe that can t be bought for a Compa Rable Price Back Home but somebody in the cafes purchasing Branch has slipped a gear if they think this is the appropriate time to Start flooding our exchanges with High priced foreign made luxury items. What we need Are More Low and Middle priced basics not shelves full of items Only a privileged few can afford. Rest assured that a copy of the stars and stripes article is going to my Congress Man with a request that he do something to reverse the trend. Romanus Shukis Furth Germany thes editor s note col. Oran t. Hondr director. Services do Olson he cafes replies rest assured cafes has not loaded its stores with luxuries and omitted the necessities and merchandise of moderate Price. What we have done is complement our regular merchandise assortment by arranging for concessionaires to provide various commodities for customers who want to take advantage of the Many crafts and specialities available Here in Europe., the concessionaires Are responsible for maintaining the inventory paying their employees and providing the Exchange service with a percentage of sales for the Opportunity of offering their products to our customers. Since cafes has no inventory investment in these so called luxury items concessions it is accomplished with out impacting on our Normal array of Mer Chandise. There is clearly a need for this service since Many of our customers want to Pur Chase souvenir items Fine Crystal and Chi a available on the Economy but at lower prices and also have the cafes Guaran tee. It is unfortunate that the article was misinterpreted but the demand is there and the program s earnings have produced a substantial contribution to the army and air Force morale welfare and recreation   . To Lett novo port m Murm a Mcm Publ Mon a u Vamp storm Over i. Tin Sun of a spot a mum Hwy in conjunction Wlton int Armod forum i Pragna of in Muo imm my. Ctm Ortt Elm Iun m Elln ram Man Wlla do he w vhf Oltha . Ovorn mint. The met Mil of Otom or Tho u4. Emmi command the put co of of tour i my Mem per nor Nola commit Raul publication ton m am Tuto i Toaono Manl by in oops Smtih o4 do. Tackling m Mali urn . Military nut the Sun ant Sukel. Apo.  a to Sun o u " thu min. A York Ovici room w. My Vokk St. Do Tun Toon. The atm cod Iii a from. Soot Pom mow York. . This letter is in regards to All of you who live in military housing and just can t seem to let one weekend go by without blasting everybody out of the housing area. At the present time. I am so thoroughly disgusted and fed up that 1 wish i lived on the Economy just so i could have one week end of peace and quiet. For the life of me 1 can t figure out Why people think that you can t have a party and keep the music in the room with you instead of letting in All hang out All Over Butzbach. This is just part of my gripes a selected few of the others Are As follows stumbling up and Down the stairs because you Are too drunk to walk using your four letter words of so casually not to be forgotten is the fact that you us ithe Yards for Public  sincerely Hope that next time you de cide to throw one of your shindigs thai you will take in consideration the following facts there Are people living under these so called party rooms some people Are required to work on the weekends and us de cent Folk go to Church on  withheld Butzbach German editor s note u. Col. John ii. 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Italy a Lucania pm Soma. Spain Madam 0� a Dot or torrian air Baia Mii a. Tyr Kay Man out unload kingdom Granham Cammon i Art Buchwald is on assignment for a few weeks trying to find out u there Are any cuban troops on Cape cod. He left be Hind his All time favorite columns Washington the question came up at dinner the other night when people were discussing the tory Victory in great Bri  is it that the English were Able to Rule the world for almost 200 years while the United states has been unable to hold on for less than 25 years an englishman at the table replied. It s quite simple my dear Chap. There was no  of course someone else said television had t been invented  on the contrary the englishman said it had been invented but we were Wise enough not to let the secret  we All looked at him in amazement. Lord Cashmere of Rutland invented television in the year 1775." he said. You can look it up in the secret archives of the British museum. He was actually trying to invent the radio but rather than sound he got a picture on his Box  what kind of picture a sceptical guest  picture of a Redcoat in Boston flog Ging an old colonial Man " it is hard to believe someone said. Quite. In any Case. Lord Cashmere knew he was onto something big so he took the Box to King George i and demonstrated it to the court which at the time was meeting on the television moors in  that s where the name came from someone said. _. It s All in the secret  ten Slishman said. The court was aghast at what they were seeing. There were Large Burly redcoats beating on the poor Coloni als kicking women and children setting Ore to their Homes and committing unbelievable atrocities in the villages. Lord Cashmere the archbishop of Canterbury said what in god s name have you wrought " lord Cashmere said. I m not sure but it s possible that this invention could change All of Mankind. Just think my no ble friends that with this Box our people would Bear witness to the great news events of our time. No longer would we be dependent on ships for our news. We could actually see our victories As they were happening. What a boost for the morale of the Empire a cheer rent the air Over television moors. But then sir Ronald Paley the King s adviser on military affairs spoke up i do not wish to dash cold water on this Box but May i Point out to you gentlemen that this invention could be the end of the Empire do you believe our Young people would remain silent after watching what we were doing in the colonies or. For that matter anywhere else the country would be split asunder. The strength of England is that her people have no idea of what we re up to abroad King George Iii spoke up. Sir Ronald is right. If we re to wage War in the Colo Nies we Don t want the people at Home to know what we re doing. Besides if we have to pull out. 1 want to do it without the whole world watching us. Lord Cashmere you have done your country an ill deed by this Damnable contraption. 1 order you at the pain of losing your head never to reveal your secret. We shall Bury the Box Here on the moors and Britania will Rule the Waves the englishman paused. Then you kept the secret All these years someone said. That s Correct the englishman said. Thirty years ago an american Anthropol Ogist digging around the moors discovered the Box. He turned it Over to Ria which without thinking of the consequences started to manufacture them on a Large scale. What a great Star i said. Do you mind if 1 write it go right  the englishman said. It can t do Britain any harm any  u  limited living space resulting in congested stairwell living americans Are accustomed to living in single family dwellings with generous separation Between family units and dwell Ings. Stateside we can afford a Little less concern for our neighbors privacy and peace of mind because we Are Able to pro vide a certain amount of separation. Here we Are living in stairwells in congested communities and we must modify our Liv ing habits so that we protect the rights of Hose living around us to privacy and peace of of and. The sub Community of which Butzbach housing is a part has a very detailed operating procedure posted on every stairwell bulletin Board along with the Chain of command with names addresses and Telephone numbers of stairwell building and area coordinators. If a problem arises which can t be solved by the individuals involved it should be brought to the attention of the housing Chain of command and carried to whatever level necessary for Resolution. The sub Community also has a Community affairs officer and staff and walking vehicular my patrols in the housing area to in sure a harmonious secure place to live. In the final analysis however operating procedures commanders staffs Aoa my patrols Are Only partially effective. The whole solution to the problem boils Down to one thing respect by All individuals for the rights of others. No matter what we do it will never be enough until every one respects the rights of All people living in the housing areas to privacy and peace of  Bull fight fan the writer who believes Bull fights Are cruel must never have seen a Good fight. I recently went to my first Bull fight in i puerto de Santa Maria. Spain. After the first Bull was killed. I cried. You see the i poor Bull had not Hurt anyone. What did i he do then came the second Bull. This one i proceeded to toss the Matador around. I this happened at least three times besides taking the Cape out of his hands. After s ing the Man Fly through the air. I no to wanted the Bull to win. U does take a Brave person to get there. Those bulls Are big and More mean than gentle. 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