European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 07, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 7, 1980 the stars and stripes Poge 11 letters to the editor dependent wants week Sef aside of Honor military wives i would like to Sec a National week set aside for All the wives married to service men who Are married to their country. Somehow i feel we got lost or stuffed in a closet there is a week Tor secretaries a Black history month memorial Day and armed forces Day. Who is it that suffers when a husband is killed while fighting Tor his country it s the wife who also in turn has to Comfort her children. Who is it who has to take on the responsibility of being both Mother and father while the husband is gone for Days weeks months and years As a wife to a husband in the service it is not easy to constantly move from state to state or country to country. How do you Tell your children to say Good Bye to their friends they Only just met and make new friends where they re Goir Good Bye again by r going Only to say put a Price on person or stolen Rich and not so Rich have something in common Money they do n t make new York a starting wages Tor Bank tellers average $6.600. In a Good year a Busy loan shark can Clear $175,000. A starting Sale clerk at Bloomingdale s makes around $6,350 a year. The average shoplifter can earn $53,000. The head nurse in an average american Hospital was paid $15,700 in 1979. Directors of Public relations at hospitals averaged More than $23,000. These and other salary oddities and out rages Are included in America s pay checks for which author David Harrop and that s still Way beyond the $200,000 salary paid president Carter. In his Book Harrop details salaries in such professions As Law Medicine Educa Tion government sports entertainment banking publishing Industry and crime. And of such notables As former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger More than $500, 000 a year from lectures consulting and How do you pay or put Al property that has been broken while moving How can we save Money when we keep having to put out More each time we move to get settled who is it that stays behind for months at a time when the husband goes overseas to try and find a decent place to live of i forgot we Are not known As a wife we Are known As a dependent we dependents have no say in anything. If we have a complaint suggestion or anything we have to go through our husband who in turn gives us the response for we Are Only dependents and Are not competent enough to think or say anything on our own. Why Are service people paid so Little when they Are willing to fight and die for their country we Are paid so Little we have just barely enough to live on. The american dream is to have your own Home. We can t even afford a dream if our children want to go to College when000.a r frown lectures a hey Groi up How can we Tell them the writing Singer Diana Ross $2.52 million the have a work five years to for 72 singing performances at Atlantic afford two years of College maybe. Why is it the service is spending so much Money to rehabilitate alcoholics when they around and have mandatory parties City casinos in 1980-82 Bank chairman David Rockefeller p w 1 the up fijian cd. Sec of $373,000 and Wambo Magazine publish T Yon Efrom doctors plumber co Hajj a hear a Wmk and serve Only Beer if a Man were to ask for a Coke he would not be considered a Man but a Sissy. You re not a Man unless you  what s the matter can t you hang when a husband does a great Job and is awarded a medal or a Stripe what does the wife get she is Lucky if she even gets to attend or see him receive it. I am proud of my husband and i know Many service wives Are so Why can t they share this Lime with us wives too when it Means More to us than some of the other Guys i m proud of my husband because he is totally dedicated to his country and its peo ple. He is married to it his country comes first then his family. Somehow i still feel lost where does the wife and family fit in Why is it that a Man so dedicated to the life of his country is paid so Little what will he have when he retires he will have peace in his own mind that he did his Job and it was Well done it s not a House but peace. You ask Why we put up with All this Why we just Don t get out it s because we love our husbands and our country. I could put a lot More in Here but i la leave it at that. Besides it s another Day and another be ginning. Is. I m just a it. St. Helens letting off steam Susan Schroder Kaiserslautern Germany pirate executives to Call girls. In the Summers of 30 and 31, the new York Yankees paid babe Ruth $80,000 to play Ball. That was More than president Herbert Hoover earned either year. U Ruth were playing in the summer of 80, taking into account 50 years of inflation he would Likely be paid $800,000. Not much less than the $1 million Nolan Ryan is earning to Pilch with the Houston astros. Most people Are secretive about their salaries Harrop said. Salaries Are per Sonal and very much tied up in the Ameri can concept about what you re Worth. I expected to be resented for doing this Book but i was t. Most people Are very curious about what other people r a word from Worms about Bur a eur of can Momoh col. Rose stauber Usa it. Col . Taylor Usan . Merit Muff Tiff a aim Henry s. Epstein Tel Rene or it in unwind unofficial what Lonford . Armm for in of trim. The. Sim and strict it pub Ltd m con unction ii in. Amid forc a Foullon pro rom d in. Cow Tom of � be null of the Sutt and so  in no my inv of Ktal vhf of m in. . 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An associate editor in publishing earns $15,500 a year. A teacher in Montgomery ala., earns $13,038 a year. An electrician averages $21,400 a plumber $ 19.100. The thing that surprised me the most in researching this Book was that because of this age of inflation in certain Fields principally entertainment people arc making just As much now As they did in Lac old Days Harrop said. Entertainment is the Best paid Field decade to  in 1916, he said Charlie Chaplin received $670,000 for making comedies for one year. A year later he received $1 Mil lion for directing and starring in eight two reel comedies plus $15,000 for each reel Over two and 50 percent of the profits in All Over five reels. Today with the Dollar Worth barely one sixth As much movie actor Burl Reynolds receives $3 million per film plus 10 percent of the Gross profits. One area where salaries have increased if substantially Over the decades is Medicine. �. Doctors incomes have gone up two or " four times More than lawyers or educators Harrop said. At one time during our history the three professions were fairly equal radiologists internists and pathologist Are the highest paid specialists averaging $105,000, �102,600 and $98,700 respectively. Elsewhere in the Hospital a licensed practical nurse earns $9,800 the laundry manager about $16,700. The average income for Alt lawyers in the nation in 1950 was $8,500. Last year it was $32,500, but starting salaries this year at some Wall Street firms hit a record $37.000. This letter is directed to or. Chuck Freadhoff and his article about the Pigeon that ate  i would like to Point out that any Addi Tion to the Worms Public affairs office is welcomed no matter How experienced he or she. Or it might  be often heard our Mcshall referred Loas for the Birds so your Friend Lei s Call it Bur a would enjoy the culinary delights Worms has to offer. Perhaps Bur a would enjoy covering Lac Worms beat because of the Many statues in the downtown area. Bur a could have a Birds Eye View of the Community from the statue of its Choice if you la Pardon the expression killing two Birds with one Stone. There is a Beautiful water Garden in Al Bert Schulte Park where other feathered friends flock together to discuss the latest in Bird bathing and who throws the Best crumbs men or women. And last but certainly not least Worms has the thousand year old Church which has aged droppings in and around its Tower that would make any Pigeon proud of its heritage. So Don t laugh i be heard my Boss on numerous occasions shout somebody get me a replacement for that Birdbrain because of your article you May have found a new reporter for the Worms beat and solved the aerating problem for our Parade Field. Tom Mac lean Worms Germany sorry our Bird re cooperated. De. This e-5 can live with inflation the articles you publish on the economic plight of our country and its citizens paints a Bleak picture indeed. I would like the people to know that it is possible to succeed even during this time of turmoil. I am a married Li-5 living off Post and we have a Bady due in mid August. I have a thank you note i would like to say thanks to Lac manage ment and staff at lie Wiesbaden a pick up Point for their prompt courteous and Friendly service. I have noticed that in a number of Exchange facilities the personnel lend to treat the Soldier or Cias if he or she is a second class citizen or As if Thuy were doing the Soldier a favor while serving him when it is their Job anyway. Again i would like to via thanks for the professionals that you arc. Sgt. Jerr la t. Nellie Wiesbaden Germany Toyota 78 Vintage and two motorcycles. Recently i paid off the loan for my car one year ahead of Lime. I Felt i Ould easily live with one motorcycle so i sold the other. The equity and very modest profit was enough to pay off Lac loan on the second Cycle. Also last year i paid off my furniture loan. Well As you can Sec i have been very diligent in reducing my outstanding debts. As of now i owe no one any Money for major Loans. My wife left about two weeks ago for the slates and i leave shortly on a pcs move. I plan on living in government quarters Al my new Post As i be been on the list there for approximately five months. It s not easy and it takes a Little time but i am proof that it ends somewhere. That Long sought situation of being debt free has been reached by me. Take heart it does end eventually. Name withheld Stuttgart Germany