European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 11 Russell Baker Welcome ladies and the world you Are i am Happy to is not markedly changed from the world you departed late in As you doubtless the United continuing its irritable quest for political has yet another while the Phila Delphia Phillies have won the world the american ice hockey team has won the olympics and the republicans have won the science has cloned a technology has taken stunning photographs of the rings of nature has blown the top off mount creating a spectacular live Volcano in the american and Japan is now producing More Auto mobiles than the United retail sales were disappointing at Christmas and Muhammad a was disappointing at Las Sci ence has been unable to clone Muhammad so it appears that he will have to give up multimillion Dollar entertainments and Content himself with Small potatoes income from movies and Walter Cronkite has announced that he will retire in Mae West is Billy Carter has quit Frankenstein folded on Broadway after one and Henry Kissinger is still out of Richard Nixon still lives in but he has had All his trousers let out two inches around the Gerald Ford rather thought he might like to be president again but  make up his and then rather thought he might like to be vice pres ident again but changed his mind and went Back to Golf at Palm Spiro Agnew has not been heard from in but Frank Sinatra again has entree to the White which is fortunate for Sinatra because real estate prices in Washington Are so High that Elizabeth Taylor had to Settle Way out in there has been no change in american shooting some americans continue to shoot others continue to shoot people and almost everybody continues to relish entertainments about people who get it was a shooting victim who last no vember Drew the greatest show business audience in he was a television character in a nighttime soap of bullets were not fatal to but millions Here and abroad had Good sport the so Arcand european edition Rose editor chief  Mert Procto managing editor Elmer fran production manager Henry manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for armed forces the stars and stripes is published in Coni unction with the armed forces information program of the department of contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of me me depart ment of defense or the european the appearance of displays in this newspaper concerning commercial publications does not constitute an endorse ment of the department of including the military military address the stars and Apo International mall the stars and Postrach 11 10 d6100 Darmstadt Tel Gale Shell c prefix 06155 811 m Darmstadt Airstrip prefix 2376 telex new York office room 252 seventh new York Teh area code 212 second class postage paid at new news bureaus Rudl building Carl Schuri Bremerhaven military 86s9 or 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with the trademark of a snooty the not Are gasp or As is the on television you will see Little girls announce that they do not even let undies come Between them and their not that moral rot has eroded the Ameri can social not by a Long As in fundamentalist religious passions now strongly influence american government and ayatollahs hound sinners from Public office with fiery among the routed satan whose names you May recognize Are George Frank Church and Birch in the economics there is Little to Surprise the Dollar still de Cliness reliably As a healthy the Stock Market is As quixotic As recently it went into a panic when a seer in Florida telephoned in the but has steadied since he turned his mind to geology and predicted a bad earthquake in califor the Price of heating Oil May tempt you to scuttle your general motors and Ford have responded to japanese capture of the american car Market by raising their and Chrysler survives on Federal sub the Post office is raising the Price of Stamps Peanut butter is pushing to Ward a Pound and the Oil companies make Croesus seem like a welfare Case while proclaiming that their business is the helping of America suffers from severe drought and unnatural temperature it is menaced by the emergence of Cable which threat ens to Divide among 180 channels material already inadequate for 13 on the positive your Long Captivity has slightly mitigated the popular Arifer can displeasure with government employ in your Case this distaste has been sus As a consequence you May expect to be welcomed Back with cheers and joyous the warmth of your greeting should not mislead in you ceased to be thought of As government you be came hostages rather than by pay rollers or parasites on the american your in Impi soned colleagues in enjoyed no such demands for ridding the country of great numbers of them even when the cheers fade and the tears dry you will again slip Back into the class of people under sushi vote bait for every politician in search of surely you didst expect americans would change All that much while you were did you c new York times China issues credit cards but limits their use Hong Kong a China has started issuing credit called Prosper Ity for the first but chinese living in China Are not the cards can be obtained by chinese residents of Hong Kong and the nearby portuguese Colony of Macao and by for a spokesman for the chinese governments Nanyang commercial Bank they Are Good Only in Hong Kong and Swiss Trade deficit rises Bern Dpi Switzerland Trade deficit More than doubled in the govern ment with imports outpacing exports by billion compared to a 1979 deficit of letters to the editor How to be a 10 newspaper to put it As bluntly As i the stars and stripes is a journalistic sort of like the National enquirer without its Many of the mistakes makes would Only be noticed by another journalist As be ing technical errors in style and layout de i doubt if your readers would know that you rarely come within the minimum or maximum count for your and just for the headline kickers should be half the Point size As the main head and should not be longer than half of the headline column headline Point size should be larger near the top of the becoming smaller As the Reader progresses Down the do not use hammerheads and tripods at the top of the especially on Page layout and design again you must break about every Rule in the dont make stories look like a big t or these shapes Only tend to clutter up the Page and confuse the you also have a bad habit of running a headline from one Story Over a picture having nothing to do with the outlines also read better if you make them a Long line under the picture instead of having the thing divided into three it would also help if you would curb your appetite for using hoods and dividing liners around headlines when they Are not instead of advertising to everyone that you Are missing a comic strip due to mail loss or otherwise it would be better to fill that space with another cartoon from your anything would be better than having to look at All that Blank a lot of the mistakes that you make Are just pure As a fellow journalist and i hate to see Well written copy ignored because the design Doest encourage anyone to read Good writing is Only part of what it takes to get the readers Atten packaging news has gotten on the same level As packaging Cereal or panty but if that is what it takes to keep the Public youll find me up on mad Ison profile Germany Why do you print All those Dippy letters to the editor concerning Barking crying babies on air planes and thank you notes from an old lady who had somebody carry her Ive Al ways thought that the letters to the editor and the pages were for discussion of the not to Bitch about the Exchange not having size 13 soccer Good memories of Camp Darby As i sit Here thinking of my upcoming pcs to fort i cant help but feel that the words about to appear Are mine and i Hope they Are written with a few bits of Wisdom for those who read the words theres nothing to do at Camp Darby keep ringing in my since that is All you hear at the Exchange area several programs have been started by different organizations and the Only thing wrong is that these people who say theres nothing to do find an excuse not to its ill be Happy to depart Camp but Only because in going Back to my i will be leaving with both Good and not Osgood but i might mostly Ive seen and said a lot during my but you know its really funny that theres so much that can be offered if Only peo ple would give instead of expecting to re the Community has so Many people who have College degrees but they keep it bottled instead of sharing or coming up with ideas for All to if you Are i have two suggestions to make go to some of the Many activities that morale support has suggest to pen pals sought in 19 years old and i want to correspond with girls and boys from every i speak French and English very Krelll Rue Ghella  Faidherbe alter la in look let for a pen my hobbles Are Rock and Winter stamp collecting and i Only speak tallow 27 cite Chevalier bib9 loot 10 Clemat de France Algeria i am a British in her of Good dispose interested in meeting who desires Contact with pen pals from Europe or my interests Are wide including love of nature and Gerd sperring 6 Erroll Road East Sussex in 3 4 England please include our names in your pen pal age 21 age 21 a 23 Elnora ate 20 ate 23 you May write any or All of us at Paul Dumas Pete City 6501 the Hlll mines the right people what you want More i can think of one place special to me music and when i first went i became part of an eve growing i Felt i  get in front of a let alone but after the director coaxed me and helped she had a finished product someone who had some thing wanted to get it and then Felt better for doing loneliness was replaced by a feeling of Friendship and but most of those who go to the plays will know you for you and not what they to director Willie Alle Faiella and the music and theater i thanks for letting me share a Little with you but most of thanks for sharing All of you with As Coic of acs army Community i feel that there Are no fonder memories which ill have in life than those of working with the these peo ple will always be remembered As what i Call real Ive not Only had the pleasure of seeing people giving of them and expecting nothing in but Ive shared in their ups and As Well As Treyve shared in 1 can find no words of thanks which can really express my True Ive also seen changes that seem but Treyve been Ive seen different commanders and ill be the first to i would not have made All the had i the things look different As the seat of responsibility gets i must congratulate those in responsible posts As they continue to do a Job and put up with All the criticism of the but look the orders Are carried out even As the complaining goes and the jobs get As said in the to love someone is to give them room enough to can you look in the Mirror and Ive Giyen the room and the if then the Community can do nothing but grow and be what you want to live and not what you Are one final thought before How Many of you have gone to Venice or Rome Why not the places Are Here to and there Are people Here to help you see thanks for the Mattera Italy