European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday june 15, 1980 biker is Winner in race against postal service Irvine Calif. A averaging about 10 Phon his bicycle Clint Worthing inn beat the postman s appointed rounds in a race against five Fetters he mailed 39w hours earlier in Phoenix and Sun City art7. Worthington. A 20-year-old Bank employee dropped the letters in Post boxes and peddled 415 Miles Back to Irvine. Two idlers arrived 25 minutes after he returned. The other three weren t in that Day s mail. Worthington decided to test the Speed of the mails because Bank customers had blamed their late loan and mortgage pay cols on slow mail delivery. I have to charge people past due fees on their loan payments and it s not the customer s fault it s the postal service s  he said. Tie said he was testing a postal service Standard that mail delivery Between Phoenix and Irvine Southeast of los Angeles should Lake about two Days. A postal service spokesman said Worthington gave himself a big head Start inmost of the lest letters by putting them in boxes where he knew mail would t be picked up for almost 24  Worthington has been blackening the postal service in his quest for publicity said Hector Godinez the postal service s District manager in Southern California. Buchwald we always hear about the presidential candidates who made it. But there in t much to say about the ones who did t. What happens to them they get letters like this dear gov. Connally i happen to be the owner of a pizza joint in Green Forest . During your Campaign you came into my pizza parlor and one of your staff said1, governor this is a great ethnic photo Opportunity. Eat a pizza you said it was the Best pizza you Ever ate in your life and slapped me on the Back. That s when we had our picture taken. I did t give you a Bill at the time because i figured if you Ever made president i could put the photo in the window. But since you did t even get close the food comes to $ 10.90 and the Beer Cost $ 15.75. I would appreciate a Check As soon As possible. Pizza does t grow on Trees. Armed Erci Giovanni Valenti dear sen. Baker while you were visiting the Sioux indians our chief presented you with a Henry it Pitelli for Russ uses so this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication Tor us. Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes i published to Conlen Colori with me armed forces informal on program of the department of Detent. Contents of the Slars and stripes Are nol be Csurny the official View of the the . Government. Dep 4030 Greece Elnern. Civ tt2330 Italy Elcenia Civ sw344 Spain Madrid Civ 20s7s44 or Torreon air Bate my 7144. Turkey Istanbul Civ 444372. I i 74174 sans to United kingdom Greenne common Civ never Burn 104311 44jte. Military Newbury 04311 44243 etl 20v headdress and made you an honorary member of the tribe. He told the Council that if you were elected you would re member this gesture of Good Wilt and would look kindly on the Sioux when we came to Washington for redress. Since you dropped out of the race we would like the headdress Back so we can present it either to president Carter or Ronald Reagan. These Indian head dresses Are hard to come by and the chief made a mistake by giving it to you so Early in the primaries. You can Send it United parcel As we Don t Trust the mails. Red Sunset chairman Sioux political action committee dear or. Bush first of All i think you got a raw Deal in new Hampshire when Ronald Reagan grabbed the microphone away from you and said he had paid for it. I wonder if you have cashed my Check for j500 Yel if you Haven to please let me know As i could use the Money for something else. I sent it to you after you picked up All that momentum in Iowa. I m not going to ask you what went wrong because you re probably Jtj try ing to figure it out yourself. If you be already cashed my Check perhaps you could have your treasurer Send me one of his. I Don t care where it comes from As Long As i get my $500 Back. Best regards Arnle Schmidlapp dear congressman Crane we Are planning our american express card commercials for next year the ones that show a person saying Youdon t know me but i carry an american express card everywhere i go etc., Etc we were wondering if you would consider being one of our unknown politicians for next Spring s Campaign. If you Are inter ested we will Send you a contract and Tell you when you Are on the schedule. Yours truly Karl Maiden dear sen. Dole i understand that you have withdrawn your name from nomination at the re publican National convention in  this is True does this mean i have no Chance of becoming Secretary of a presi Dent. I know you told me nol to get my Hopes up but frankly Bob you sounded in january As if you had the whole things wed up. Ezra dear Teddy. You can t keep track of everyone s Campaign schedule in the family but i be been in the Coal mines of West Virginia for the past two months making speeches for you. Someone just sent word Down the Shaft that you re nol going to concede to Carter. Does this mean i la be Here unti August Lote Jackie ice lot Angelel to not  letters a the editor Long separations from family this letter is in response to All of you who have written letters stating your opinion on Why All the Good cos arc getting out of the service. Most of the letters i have read slate the main Factor a the Low pay. I agree partially with you on this Point but Only partially. If you would think about the situation you Are in i assure that Many of you would agree with my Point of View. In my 12 years of service in the Marine corps and army i pc spent a great Deal of time away from my family including two combat Tours in Vietnam and two other unaccompanied Tours overseas. Now i m Back in Germany to spend a Long tour and my family is still stateside while i la sit Here for months waiting for  count the unaccompanied overseas Tours and add in All the Field time away from Home even when your family is in country with you and you have one individual and family who arc tired of the Long separations. I m sure there arc Many other people in the service who arc As tired of this As i am and ready to Chuck it All As i am. The pay is hard to live on but i could manage a lot better if the army allowed me reasonable amount of Lime with my family. Also longer stateside Tours would be a big help. By the Way if anyone could Tell me How 1 can resign and go Back to a Normal everyday Way of life i wish they would let me know. I think 12 years has been Long enough. A sgt. Bill Jabusch Mannheim Germany editor s note col. James m. Krebs chief. Human resources Sarei replies retention of qualified cos is of vital concern to be army and the other services. The army and Ood Are seeking improvements in nay and allowances working and living conditions for be Soldier and his family and providing the incentives necessary to retain the service member. Improvements have been made. However we Are not satisfied and will continue to address Soldier problems. The army s Mission and the requirement for constant preparedness requires training. This training Mission combined with our present world wide missions impacts upon the Soldier and his family. Tour lengths and the associated family separations Are constantly reviewed to distribute them As equitably As possible. However it is recognized that certain critical Moss have greater rotation turbulence and As result some soldiers encounter hard ships which others do not _ these problems Are complicated by Lack of government quarters and congressional limits on dependents. Our training and dispersion Are of critical importance to our readiness and our country s defense. These requirements May cause some hardships on soldiers and their families. The army has a sincere interest la these and similar Quality of life issues and will continue to take action to eliminate or reduce such hardships whenever possible. The decision to remain in the a army is a personal decision where service to one s country can bring personal satisfaction. This must be considered in Light of the require ments of military  on spoon feeding students As a student at Frankfurt american High school i have first hand experience with the feelings of both students and teachers. By working closely with the teach ers and my fellow classmates i have come to realize and grow sincerely concerned with the deteriorating attitude toward Edu cation in the Public school system. Through student apathy and the Lack of foresight or consideration on the part of the teachers most students now expect if not demand to be taught by a method known  spoon feeding describes the method of teaching in which Little or no room is left for individual self inspired and self taught education experience or attempted Progress. A teacher who practices spoon feeding explains each and every detail of his assign ments and leaves no Chance for the student to use his personal ingenuity or creativity. A i pen pals i am a native of the Philippines. I would like to have pen irl ends throughout Europe and would particularly like to know about Snow. We have a not tropical country i am a 44-year-old woman and a ticket seller Al in philippine National railways. For de Jesus 17 p. Baull Sla St. San Francisco do Monie Quezon Chi pm Minn pals Al gel " " Mma. Ulm Iii  12mio Landzberg Well Germany i am a 40-year-old pakistani. I am an Engineer and am interested to maker a friends every Here about Rehman Mian 413 . Boa by Riyadh saudi Arabia you were kind enough to out my Reou esl Tor pen pals k your paper m Aprl i am pleated m say i got a Oeniati response i want to Apo Logue 10 the poop i Nave nol or Joltn to i  1 pots ibid reply to theme. I i jul in a � tvs Lor me As ii not be avg Able to reply 10 everyone nol Ingtam. England spoon feeding teacher also implants his own ideals As fact in student s minds. The worst fact about spoon feeding How Ever is he fact that most students Are will ing to accept this method of teaching not realizing or not caring that later in life there won t be anyone to take them by the hand and Lead them through the problems of the adult responsible world. Many students in order to receive a pass ing Mark accept any idea of his teacher As fact without question or proof. Spoon feed ing brainwashing Ana the fact that few teachers will allot any responsibility to their students is stripping today s youth of their Chance for individual creativity and new ideals. These methods of teaching threaten to mechanize the world s youth and end any Hope of Progress and ingenuity. If these methods persist we will All be come Blank sheets or paper impressionable Only by the thoughts of others and incapable of individual formulation of new Ideal thus ending the Progress of Man. The responsibility of improving today s Quality of education lies in the hands of teachers students and parents. Teachers must Grant their students a moderate Mea sure of individual responsibility Fidelity and the Chance for personal creativity. Students must learn to refuse and revolt against authoritarian educators arid to question and explore the world on their own. Which is truly the original purpose of Public schooling. Finally parents must exhibit More inter est and concern and Grant More motivation toward the educational and social Progress of their children. Parents must earn to guide their children out of the fantasy work of drugs and Back to the reality of this dog cat dog society where education the key to Success. Cooperation is the key to the betterment of education and the key to our future. A. Scott Ottens Darmstadt Germany