European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 29, 1978 the stars and stripes Page Art Buchwald new York City the new York City newspaper strike is starting to take its toll on the big Apple. You can see it in people a Blank expressions and hear it in their Des Perate voices. When someone hears you re from out of town the first question he or she asks is what s going on Nixon resigned and is no longer presi Dent i told one poor soul. No he said and he seemed to be do ing so Well with  Howard Hughes passed away in his  it s hard to believe my Friend said. He seemed like such a Young vital per  Taylor and Richard Burton split  now that s one i did t hear. How Are Sonny and Cher doing they split  what Are people Reading these Days books about  what happened to gone with the wind it s off the Best seller lists and so is forever Amber " i guess that Means they la be coming out in paperback he said. Tell me How Are the Brooklyn dodgers doing the and filpes to european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa. Editor in chief it. Col. . Taylor Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor. Managing editor Elmer d. Frank. Production manager henrys. Epstein. Circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorsement by the department of de sense including the military departments. Military address the stars and stripes Apo 09175. International mail the stars and stripes Postrach 11 10 34, d-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany. 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He was Pope , you really get out of touch in this City. Did John Glenn Ever get to the Moon no but three other Guys did. John Glenn is now a senator from  i guess i have a lot of catching up to do he said. How s Jimmy Hoffa i did t have the heart to Tell him. Not everyone in new York is without a newspaper. Many desperate souls Are buy ing out of town papers from As far away As Washington d.c., Philadelphia and bos ton. You would think this would fill the news Gap but these people Are More con fused than those who have no papers at All. One lady who gets the Philadelphia bul Letin every Day said to me if someone does t fill these potholes on 63rd st., i m going to March Down to City Hall and give. Mayor Rizzo a piece of my  Rizzo in t your mayor i told her. Koch  t kid me she replied. I read the papers every  pal who gets the Boston Globe every morning said if we Don t get some tax Relief in this City soon i m going to write to my senator Teddy Kennedy and Tell him he better not ask for my vote in 1982.""teddy s not your  i told him. Javits and Moynihan represent new  How come you never read about them he wanted to know. A sports fanatic who has been Reading the Washington Post for More than a month has suddenly become a redskins football  t you reel disloyal to the new York giants team i asked  should i when they moved to san Francisco c los Angeles times Honor among thieves heres France a two burglars whose night Long efforts to open a super Market Safe Here with a powerful blow Torch were unsuccessful left a note on the Safe addressed to the makers congratulations. With our warmest re Gards and no hard  letters to the editor abuse of Grafen Wuhr cemetery while on my first tank gunnery recently i encountered something which disturbed me very  think i should state that i am Catholic and would not consider myself very Reli  incident i encountered took place in the Grafe Nib or training area known As hop Enohe Church. I was told by a fellow Soldier who had been there once before that there were some Graves around the  went to take a look and was disappointed to see that All of the headstones had been dug up and moved. Someone had even painted his name on one Headstone and if that s not enough one of the Graves looked As if someone had started to dig it  we returned to that site a week later there were two military trailers which belonged to higher officers parked right in the Middle of the graveyard. I would think that the military would have respect for the deceased. But after witnessing this for myself i m forced to think otherwise. Amelco defended i am writing in response to the recent letter warning people about a costly Little trick american express plays on unsuspecting  was blaming american express for charging him $7.50 each for several Over drawn bad k checks he had written. He claimed american express made 5. 300 percent profit from his overdrawn checks. The majority of Banks today charge a penalty for returned overdrafts. Why should american express be exempt if one cannot handle his finances he is better off without a checking account. If a checking account is reconciled properly there should never be any doubt As to How much one has in the Bank. Spec. 4 Wallace d. Bailey Rhein main a Germany Cavalier attitude Beau Geste recent letter writer. It is refreshing to hear that someone whose base pay is Over $1,700 per month twice what most enlisted personnel receive thinks he can get by with a Small raise. Perhaps you Are too far removed to appreciate the plight of the lower ranks in Europe. It is bad sir and your Cavalier attitude is laughable and pitiful to those of us who live hand to Mouth despite the most responsible budgeting and sacrifices. Sgt. James m. Welker Berlin i was later told that the area around the Church is supposed to be off limits yet All of the Graves in it Are destroyed. I would just like to say that i would t be too Happy if an army from another country were to destroy one of my parents or rela Tives Graves. Who would it happens. I saw it. Pvt. Alexander Rodriguez or. Erlanger Germany editor s note col. Frederick h. Borneman commander of the 7th army training command military Community at Grafe Nib or replies i share the writer s concern Over the defacement of the Church area because it is a landmark at or Afenko or. The area is designated off limits on the training map and signs Are posted to that effect. However it is obvious Many soldiers Are not adhering to this policy and have not since the . Assumed control of the train ing area in 1945."hopfenohe Church is particularly vulnerable because of its proximity to the administrative area of a tank Range consequently the unthinking have gradually taken their toll Over the years. I was alerted on sept. 7 of recent Fla Grant abuse of the cemetery area and personally visited the area on sept. 12. I did see where gravestones had been scattered and slogans painted on them evidence of the disrespect and ill discipline voiced by the  Light of these incidents and As an interim measure i have asked the local Ger Man Forest officials to erect a wooden Fence around the Church area clearly marked off limits i will also propose to the a a advisory Council a group which assists in the administration of major training areas that the German government assist us in main Taining this landmark by funding the construction of a permanent Fence. 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