European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i just paid for a Calendar i didst i did it to repair the shattered ego of my 9 year old he was supposed to sell 10 and had sold Only to his Mother who already had the neighbors bought from their having no was his final at first when 1 said he burst into Between my nephews and nieces and the neighbourhood i have a pint sized Salesman on my Doorstep twice a if youre a kid in and you want to do anything outside you must become a Candy bar or Calendar the kids Are sent out to make Calls sell ing overpriced junk to a saturated Market with ridiculous its a agonizing experience for a lot of and it never first for then the soccer then the kids hate their parents hate and i hate if band and scout leaders want to raise let the kids make some thing one ill buy let the band give a ill donate at the pass the hat at the ill drop something in at least i can clap for the kids real accomplishments and know All my Money will go but i wont buy any More Gar Bage from kids who have been bullied into Selling it in America dear mad you have a to be even Are parents who allow their children to hit up guests in their Home for raffle tickets for school in glad you wrote and i Hope it dear Ann Landers four years ago i married a 30yearold widower with a 5yearold we live a few blocks from the Childs it is the boys grandmother telephones every morning at 7 she did this to her daughter before she died and accuses me of keeping her grandson from she wants to pick him up at school every if i say no she becomes the woman buys him gifts for every holi Day fourth of Valen tines she repeatedly announces that he is her favorite in front of his i realize the reason she behaves this Way is that she has not come to terms with her daughters i am sorry for her but she is hurting her grandson by being so he can get anything he wants from her and he knows my son and i Are in counsel ing and have asked grandma to come with but she any suggestions in Texas dear Texas since you Are in counselling excellent your Counselor should be instructing you on How to Deal with she must not be permitted to take Over the and its up to you and your husband to protect this child from her aggressive dear Ann Landers a while Back a woman asked Why she was unable to meet any first rate she said she went to the classiest bars in dressed Well and had an educated your reply had something to do with Trout and can you recall it our daughter needs to hear the same dear i remember it Well i if you want to catch dont fish in a herring for famine hell Send a Check and a letter your recent articles on the famine crisis in Ethiopia have stirred up emotions in All of visions of others who Are emaciated and undernourished Are sights that make All of us want to help any Way that we while your articles have helped relieve some suffering by encouraging donations to the red Cross by personnel in there has been very Little printed about the makeup of the hardest hit country sup receive Aid in the government of Haile Selas Sie was overthrown by a group of marxists led by one colonel right after this takeover Well managed farms were seized by the government and dished out to the while this would seem like a fair and just idea to the average practising the result was quite damaging to the Mengistu was pretty Liberal with farm cred its and such but through his own mismanagement he failed to create building projects for things such As dams and canals for anyone from Shamokin to Sac Ramento knows How important water is to growing the Little food that does make it to the table Doest necessarily land on the peasants the government uses some to feed the army it some will control a big slice of Afri a great Deal of it is sold to other famine stricken countries at a profit in order to buy arms for this hungry the leftovers get dished out to a select provinces such As Eritrea and revolting against the government to obtain Basic have been the hardest their quest for Independence has resulted in receiving Little or no being the caring human beings that we it is no Small wonder that the United states will continue to pick up the Tab for those that need it what we All need to understand is that All our Money is not making it to its intended after 1 wrote my Check to the red i wrote a letter to my whether to Addis Ababa or Detroit the Check was written in Hopes of providing Relief to some one in the letter was written in Hopes that the Money will make to help a person in need of As Well As being the richest country on the United states also has the most powerful democratic having received enough letters from concerned Congress leans on the soviet Union regarding items we sell to such As Grain their own socialist induced head then the soviets in lean on these puppet this will ensure slowly but More Money will make it to the really the soviets can and be when it comes to their own food Supply being whether you Are a demo crat or the important thing is that if you do youll do More than open your round out your donation with a letter to out of the thousands raised by the Amer ican Community in Europe Only a Small part will make it to its intended Desti the rest will either be caught up in the bureaucracy or spent on arms to be used against the people were trying to raise Money i am pleased to see the stars and Stripe take up worthwhile causes such As your readers understand that the Means to the end of this terrible situation Are if we can unite to a common cause then there should be no reason Why we cant also unite in lobbying and insisting that cur dollars be spent on helping our fellow Man and not on support yet marxist airman Kenneth Illgen Italy writer encounters problems with dual status id since arriving in Germany in october we have enjoyed the privilege of shop Ping at the Canadian forces Exchange at Baden my husband is Here As a department of the army he is also retired from the air the problem is according to a paragraph family members of retired personnel Are now required to have dual status id indicating both the retired and Dac the Gate guards at Baden Soellinger have been ordered to deny entry to anyone whose card shows retired we Are being denied since my husband is allowed by the same regulation to hold two id he May would you please try to sort this out for and let us know if we Are still entitled to shop at Canadian and French exchanges Ann Nix Heidelberg editors note Mark personnel services he replies the problem encountered by the writer is not unusual considering the number of different multipurpose id cards in use by the various nato country forces person Nel in there is Little doubt that installation guards have a difficult Job trying to sort out the codes and Peculiar abbreviations used for each id card while at the same time attempting to insure that Only authorized personnel Access installations and privilege forces personnel including dual status in Possession of an appropriate id card Are through special purchasing privileges in Ca Nadian and French Usa eur has been informed that the installation guards at Baden Soellinger Are now aware that holders of the dual status id card Are entitled Access to installations and in the unlikely event that problems Are again encountered at Baden the write should Contact the base Security Tel the european edition Usa editor in chief Cdr us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager be All that you can be to the person in Nuernberg who thought officers should also Wake i am married to an officer who was also once and i can guarantee that in both places he has worked hard to make the military a better place to like has also worked Many late nights and week ends and rarely gets to see his baby we All need to Stop categorizing and realize that no matter what rank people some work harder than weve All met those who dont and those who and even those who work harder than lets All Transfer our gripes and say at least one positive thing a Day about our Lead communities or fellow workers and As the saying if you cant say anything dont say anything at the military or any other Job will be exactly what you make Hall Germany How about a hand for adar it was heartening to read the letter where the three sergeants from Munich expressed their gratitude to the two individuals from Patch Barracks in Stuttgart who helped them in their time of need when their truck had a tire Blowout on the but Why did they not include the other person who also played a major role and was an important individual in this Chain of events i am referring to the adar without his help of moving the damaged tire to Patch Barracks and returning with a replacement tire the Rescue Mission never would have been i feel that the adar Man should also have been included in their letter of grat withheld Rhei main Germany thank says Barbarossa As we come to the close of our first Day of we would like to say thank you to All of the Fine people who have contributed to a successful it was a textbook Story of teamwork in its Best the cooperation we received from the american sex and the travel Industry is hereby gratefully was the transition in travel services made with Only minor in the we look Forward to provid ing the most Complete and professional travel service to our Many military and government this is our pledge of Scherer Barbarossa tour travel this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views or endorsed the the department of defense or the european the appearance of advertising in this including inserts or does not constitute endorsement by the department of or the stars and stripes of the products or services 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