European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ann Landers april 1085 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear readers for years i have been warning lonely peo ple not to become involved with strangers via lonely hearts clubs or advertisements in newspapers or mag the follow ing letter was hand a diverted to my fice by the Chicago postal i want to share it with dear Ann Landers there is a criminal scheme circulating the United states perpetrated by in mates inside the Mississippi state Penitentiary at this scheme relates to altering of postal Money orders by the victims Are those who subscribe to lonely religious and homosexual the inmates answer the ads seeking they claim they made a mistake and Are serving a Short jail sentence because of they also Indi Cate they Are financially the inmate will usually ask the victim for a phone number so he can Call is made collect and there is a talk of relocating to the victims area for a sincere relationship and sometimes mar shortly after the correspondence be the victim will receive altered postal Money usually in the amount of the Money orders have been legitimately purchased for and smuggled to the who alters and mails them to the a request follows soon asking the victim to Deposit the Money order in the victims Bank account until the inmate makes further the inmate will Call collect shortly after the Money order has re questing the victim to Send Money to help pay a Fine or retain an this Money will be sent to another per son outside the who will take the Money to the the Bank eventually will charge the victims account for the amount of the altered Money once the inmate feels that he has bilked the victim to the the relationship is by that Many victims have lost their lifes reports indicate that a woman in Texas lost another woman in Illinois lost As part of our postal crime prevention we Are writing with the Hope that you will publish this information so that it May reach your vast regional chief postal dear Ann Landers i believe the new Jersey Law that holds the Host responsible for guests who get drunk in his Home and then drive is a Good but what can be done about guests who arrive feeling they Arent exactly intoxicated but they have had several drinks elsewhere Ana the one or two served by the hosts puts them Over the please reply in this is dear whether the guest had a head Start elsewhere is the condition of the guest when he leaves is the no Host or hostess should permit a Drunken guest to drive himself i believe the new Jersey Law is bound to provide party givers with an incentive to keep an Eye on the door come departure questions about television reception answered there Are about 50 families military living Here in Obernburg part of the As Schaffenburg military 1 wanted to ask an if they would please put a beam out we think you Are Good and we miss some american Ohare Germany editors note Lorraine broadcast command information i Usa eur Public he replies a television expansion has been approved in the Aschaffenbur area for when the Usa eur television expansion plan was it was based on Ameri cans living in leased this was done because Cost reviewer criteria had to be established in order to get Ameri cans living in Economy housing May Benefit depending on How close they live to leased housing and the strength of the to when the to expansion in the Schaffen Burg area is it May be possible to get to in Obernburg with an Antenna or there Are professionals who will come to your House and test the signal to see if an reception is possible i was recently stationed in to my we dont get could you please assist me in finding out Why when i was stationed in Germany people who lived in the outlying areas did not receive of nov because of a conflict of interest with German is this the Case Here can some arrangements be made to allow of nov to be broadcast in Brus Sels if so How soon will this take place sgt Trudzinski Brussels Brussels has a reasonably Large number of personnel assigned to the several embassies and missions As Well As to nato Headquarters and the supporting usar eur most of these persons Are subscribers to commercial Cablevision serv except through use of expensive Antenna signal multiplier the of nov Broad casts from the shape transmitter cannot be received in the an radio signal is captured and inserted into at least one Cable service in f do not know if this is done with an the problems inherent in increasing broadcast Power from shape in establishing a second transmitter site in Brussels Are recognized and the very Well developed Cable sys tem in Brussels May offer a Means whereby of nov signals could be made available to government personnel without Reliance on increased transmission Power or additional it could be that the Cable companies would be willing to carry the signal for a As a Bonefo profit Deal with the United states in either it would seem possible to insert the an signal into the in we have a situation in which there is a reasonable Community of persons eligible for an support there is a transmission medium Avail Able which would not demand National approvals or Money for to present shape television broadcasting there is an open and often repeated commitment on the parts of use com and an to extend of nov where the population of personnel warrants it and when resources permit and there exists evidence that at least one Brussels area Cable service is willing to carry an an signal albeit an could we not put All of these Circum stances together in a reasonably hopefully Low Cost system which would de liver of nov to americans assigned duties in Brussels there May be Good reasons Why the pieces cant be put it May be that no one has noticed that All the parts seem to be on the it would appear that we with some initiative out Little Cash take advantage of an existing infrastructure and bring of nov to Davis Belgium editors replies armed forces radio and television service arts was established to provide entertain ment and information to military and Dod personnel and their families serving arts programming is bought from com Mercial broadcasting companies in packages at Little or no Cost to the there Are certain restrictions put on this arrangement and one is that All programming be aired on afr authorized this is done to protect this material from violating copyright at this the closest outlet to Brussels is in at this information is being gathered to do a feasibility study to see if it would not be too costly to expand of nov service to this plan involves authorized of nov outlets and Dod contracted but not this will take some time to there has been much discussion about Cable to in All of there is no department of defense policy that allows an to be put on in All Dod directives state that an cannot be aired by the of nov signal is designated to go to government owned and government leased this is determined because of stability of population and hos country poli people living in Economy housing sur rounding these areas May hos coun try policies dictate that an broadcast on Low Power transmitters to protect the Host country commercial we just moved from Wiesbaden to wild and we Are very discouraged be cause we cant watch we dont live in we live in bad i dont understand Why they of nov wont try to Hook up to for us american families living in this area you cant even get of nov with an outdoor its about a 20minute drive from we had to go to a friends House just to watch the super we american families living in the bad Bruecke Nau area would really appreciate it if of nov would give us a Hookup or explanation on Why we cant get Parker bad Germany editors note Clements replies television expansion is planned for the areas that surround bad licenses and approval from the German government Are pending and no firm Date has been set for the plan to expand an was developed to target government owned and govern ment leased housing and facilities for sever Al Host country restrictions allow an to broadcast Over Low Power transmit ters in order not to interfere with German there Are copyright Laws that also pre clude to expansion in All parts of Ger since population problems in econ omy housing Are a Cost per viewer is difficult to determine and in most cases too Economy housing surrounding govern ment facilities May Benefit from this targeted bad Bruecke Nau is a bit too far from the expansion areas and it is not Likely that an reception win be in reference to a few recent articles about an expanded coverage and also to some individuals complaining about an show ing reruns and tap delayed football first of All be thankful that you have the privilege of receiving those of us less fortunate than yourself would gladly Trade you these dutch and British stations that we have up Here for your for us stationed in accent we must be Content with what we have or continue to Hope for if an can expand its coverage to 24 hours surely it can accommodate the americans in Holland who would gladly Welcome reruns and tap delayed football games and even those an commercials withheld Netherlands editors note Clements replies expanded television service for the of cent area is under consideration As part of a plan for new to service to Northwest approval and licenses from the dutch government Are necessary but have not been received yet and could take some funding has been approved and when licenses Are expansion can the focus of the accent television expansion will be in the Schinnen but some outlying areas will i would like to know Why the of nov signal is not broadcast All Over the or at least in a wider i live close to but just outside the an even with my american its just no Decota Germany editors note Clements replies the reasons of nov is not aired All Over Germany Are a bit complicated but there Are three that Are key ones the Federal Republic of Germany has limited the Power of the transmitter that the armed forces network can use to this policy protects German commercial broadcast interests but limits our coverage and protects copyright of nov is targeted to govern men owned or government leased facilities because of stability of population and a Cost reviewer basis is Ameri cans living on the Economy who live near government facilities May the population living on the Economy is too unstable to be seriously considered financially feasible for targeted an there is a television expansion plan throughout Germany and the Benelux area in Progress Over the next three years that will increase of nov coverage to some significant european edition Usa editor in chief Cdr us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor Mcdermott circulation manager 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 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