European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Art Buchwald Friday August 11, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 Art Buchwald is on assignment for a to weeks trying to find out if there Are by cuban troops on Cape cod. He left be Aid his All time favorite columns new York recently. New York City by a blackout which caused All nine Tele vision stations in the area to go out for Sev ral hours. This caused tremendous crisis n families All Over the new York area and roved that to plays a much greater role n people s lives than anyone can imagine. For example when the to went off in he Bufkins House in Forest Hills panic set in. First Bufkins thought it was just his set b the living room so he rushed into his bedroom and turned in that set. Nothing. The phone rang and mrs. Bufkins heard her sister in Manhattan Tell her that there was a blackout she Hung up and said to her husband. It in t your set. 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You d know who we  boy they be really  Bufkins said looking at his son and daughter How old Are icy now thirteen and  mrs. Bufkins replied. Ill be darned. I. Kids who s he Bufkins son. Henry asked. It s your  mrs. Bufkins said. I m pleased to  Bufkins daughter. Mary said shyly. There was an embarrassed silence All around. Look said Bufkins finally i know 1 Haven t been much of a father but now that the to s out. I d like to make it up to  How asked Henry. Well let s just  Bufkins said. That s the Best Way to get to know each  what Flo you want to talk about Mary asked. Well for starters what school do you Goto we go to Forest Hills  Henry  do you know. Lufkins said. You re both in High  there was dead silence. What do you do Mary asked i Man  Bufkins said. I thought you were a car  mrs. Bufkins said in Surprise. That was two years ago. Did t i Tell you i changed jobs Bufkins said. No you did t. You Haven t told mi1 anything for two  yup i m doing quite Well  Bufkins said then Why am i working in a depart ment store mrs. Bufkins demanded. Of Are you still working in a depart ment store if i had known that i would have told you you could quit last year. You should have mentioned  Bufkins said there was More dead silence. Finally Henry said. Hey. You want to hear me play the guitar ill be darned. You know How to play the guitar say. Did t i have a daughter who played the guitar that was  mrs. Bufkins said. Where is she she got married a year ago just Aboul the time you were watching the world so  1c to not to Masyra Lett Pulaski Day is oct. 11 Washington a president car Ter issued a proclamation proclaiming  As general Pulaski s memorial Day in commemoration of polish exile Casinir Pulumu who died of wounds received fighting the British during the american revolutionary War. Letters to the editor Praise for helpful Kitzinger rec i have a few words of Praise to direct pub locally toward the rec located at har vey Barracks in Kitzinger. Through their organization and helpful attitude i have just completed my i processing to the 3rd bit div in two and a half hours. This processing included finance com plete and exact to the last detail personnel records review health records turn in. I also got a dental appointment on the spot. Army Community service information. Ausa and Coa change of address cards assistance and information on getting my household goods Here without delay were also handled. The civilian banking and credit Union representatives were on hand to help out with their services. All of the above As found from past experience would normally take two or More Days and most people being new Don t have their own transportation and also Don t know their Way around. My thanks to you Harvey Barracks rec for saving my time and the army s Money getting these things done so i can get to my new Job fas Ter and for putting the word personal Back into personnel. While i m at it i would like to extend a Little of the same Praise toward the 3rd 0 replacement Center. Most replacement depots that i have Ever had the misfortune to encounter were Little More than dumps stuck off in a Comer somewhere and staffed with personnel that just did t give a Hoot. The 3rd id is just the opposite of All that and More. The Barracks Are clean and Well cared for and pleasant to be i. The orientations Given Are the Best and most com plete i be Ever seen and the operating personnel take a personal interest in the individual rather than just herding toe new people around like sheep hoping that they la be gone As soon As possible. I would like to suggest that other pcs and replacement detachments in Germany come on Over to the 3rd id and take took at the Fine example of efficiency going on Over Here in Wurzburg and a Atzingen. I think they la learn something. . Edward a. Deming Kitzinger Germany Best qualified should get job1 i would like to comment on the article entitled "84 who failed fireman test or dered  this is insane. Why hire a Bunch of peo ple who can t even pass a test u makes you wonder what kind of dummies Are working for the people. And what kind of Dummy is it that hires other dummies. My opinion is who Ever is Best qualified for a Job should get it. No matter what col or they Are. Just As in the Bankc trial about the admissions into the medical school. I for one would feel More secure going to a doctor who passes tests and not one who fails but is a doctor anyway. This is just Plain stupidity on the Law makers part. Pretty soon qualified people Are no longer going to be Able to get jobs anymore. Then they will be a minority. Maybe then they will be hired. But this is not just happening in civilian life the armed forces Are doing it too. I think the standards should be higher for new recruits. All new recruits should Haw at least a High school diploma. This is Only fair. The people who went to school and got a High school diploma should have priority Over the people who were too Laty to finish school. The ones with  deserve it. Does the civilian population know that they Are being protected by a Bunch of High school dropouts maybe 1 should have dropped out of school and joined the serv ice. Of yeah i m a women in the air Force and women have to have a High school Edu cation to get in. Senior airman Sandy March Pitburg Germany doubts crowd size at flu tag it would appear that there was a wee bit of exaggeration As to the size of the crowd at Ramstein for the flu tag. Let s say that half of the crowd arrived in private automobiles that would be 290,000. If every car had five occupants and entered at the rate of one per second that would be 18,000 per hour with two Gates 36,000 per hour. So if they entered that fast it would take slightly Over s.9 hours just to get on the base. Then there is the Small problem of where on and around the base there is parking space for 5,000 automobiles that is within a minimum of one hour walk. If they were All Small cars Ait took up 10 Square meters this would take up a space of one Kilometre by one half Kilometre with no space Between. Fifty thousand Automo Biles at an average length of five meters would come out to 250,000 meters or 250 Kilometres. Put them to two Lane and you have us Kilometres of car without a Centi meter Between cars. As they say to the old country there Ain t no  Kain Cantera Germany keep up wit the news with Home delivery a Tel my Utah motion to Slora 1 so Ripe Nawi Pau it nil a f1soc no i Phot no 1 ecu Pat 1h1 Homi ouivi8i c8i8him i Comis 10 Cottet. 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