European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1988 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers my daughter Charlotte is 15 years she will be having a baby we considered abortion but were turned Down because her pregnancy was too far the anguish of a Young girl who finds herself in such a predicament is inde but for a grandmother to give up her first grandchild is i considered raising my daughters child while she finished High school and College but i knew it would be impossible for us to live in the same House and avoid resent i am a single which would have added to the Charlotte and i sought which proved to be enormously friends in a nearby town invited her to live with them so she could avoid the embarrassment of being seen pregnant we looked Over several applications for Charlotte chose a couple from photos and detailed information about their interests and goals of Par they had been childless for 10 a Burden was my daughters mistake became a Mir by visualizing this couple with the we were Able to see something Posi Tive and Beautiful come out of an incident that had been nightmarish and i Hope every Mother who is faced with this dilemma will seek counselling and get in touch with a first rate adoption it certainly changed our lives and i will never Stop being future in team dear future bless you for a letter that is sure to provide Comfort to your advice is thanks for doing my Job so dear Ann Landers 1 am under 20 years old and work 40 hours a my paycheck is less than my apartment costs a this does not include this Means out of every paycheck goes for this leaves me with 1 drive 25 Miles to Gas costs a this leaves me with to buy no matter How careful i am with i end up dipping into my rapidly diminishing dear what should i do please dont Tell me to find an apart ment with someone Mike my Priva or is this the Price i must pay for it being broke dear broke a person who makes a week should spend no More than a month for if you want a better apartment and dont wish to have a get a second dear Ann Landers Here is a question i have never seen in your can a Man who adopted a baby Girj at birth this girl is now 20 legally divorce his wife of 30 years and marry his adopted daughter in Syracuse dears such a marriage would be prohibited by Illinois a lower court in new allowed the issuance of a marriage License to a Man and his adopted in Many f tates such marriage is Lite i under statutes treating an adopted child 4bi same m a natural in official clarifies soldiers question on harassment this is in reference to making an in Spector general the army stresses the importance of the in and making an in complaint if All else they also state that you will receive no harassment if you Well that is not the i did make a formal complaint to the in during their annual inspection be cause of a problem which had not been resolved within the the prob Lem was not resolved by the in and 1 have been constantly harassed since that to quote our previous executive offi he has already been to the in twice since he has been Here he is nothing but a this was stated to my officer in charge and also to the new executive officer be cause the new executive officer has also been on my Back since he arrived i believe it is because of the statement made by the previous executive proof is that i am being harassed for things that the officers in the command get away with but i am being singled out my Oil warned me prior to going to the in that i would suffer the consequences of my going to the in and he was it is hard for me As a staff sergeant in the army to Tell other soldiers to use the in if All else fails if i am being harassed by the command for going to the with few i have lost All respect for the officer corps because it seems they Are Only interested in two things their ores and they could not care less about what is right and at least that is the Way it is in this i have been in other commands where the officers stood up for their soldiers regardless of what would happen to tobacco ration policy questioned i recently purchased two Cartons of cigarettes at the Kitzinger commissary at Harvey at the checkout counter the cashier punched out four Cartons from my supplementary ration when i asked her Why i was being charged double a her answer was that it was Regula the store manager was unavailable to answer my but the head cashier showed me a xeroxed letter stating supplementary cards were Only allowed five additional packs per so therefore she had to punch twice the ration to add up to one if both my wife and i Are authorized five extra packs per week and there is Only one supplementary card issued to the family that seems to me to add up to one extra also i didst notice the regulation number or issuing Headquarters of that regulation on the letter shown to could you please clarify if there is such a Usa eur regulation and if Why int it clearly posted at the cigarette Section of All i have used this same card at the Leighton Marshall Heights Woodland and at the Frankfurt Hospital Exchange with no mention Ever made of it Only being Good for half Richard Falardeau Germany editors note Jarrett army troop support european commissary replies your question regarding the Purchase of cigarettes in the commissaries is one that has been asked by Many the regulation that you requested clarification of is Usa eur Regula Tion this regulation allows one supple mental cigarette ration card for each authorized member of the family who smokes More than 10 packages of cigarettes per this card will be issued upon request Oral or written and subsequent approval by the issuing if both you and your wife Are authorized you Are each entitled to your one supplementary cigarette ration which entitles you to Purchase an additional five packs of cigarettes per week per Usa eur has for Patron the regulation number and  limit in 1985 ration we will request Usa eur to pro vide a poster with this information to be posted at our cigarette sales i want to thank you for your interest and Hope that this letter has answered your disasters with a Happy ending Patricks Day weekend brought disaster to our family that ultimately ended in a positive the first part of my appreciation is extended to the medical team at Grafen my husband was there on Maneu vers when he collapsed with a kidney Stone he was taken to Nurenburg in re Cord for a Job Well we want to thank All those As a military 1 find it reassuring to know that my husband will be promptly attended to even in Remote training my second problem came while return ing from my car broke Down on the Berlin Nurenburg autobahn in a i found along with my 6yearold stuck on the a military Convoy returning to Kitzinger from a Long Field exercise was passing two vehicles stopped and with team Effort got us Back on the it was cold and wet but those men came through for i dont know that unit or the but i Salute and thank the enlisted cos and officers who aided my final thanks goes to two German men who additionally helped me with car prob lems which resulted from the moist Snow one near Nurenburg and one just outside we were treated courteously and consequently never Felt stranded to All those involved thank Germany for our family has been a con Stant source of pleasant the recent problems Only served to reinforce our belief in the Basic goodness of people regardless of Brammer Germany pen pals i am 19 years old and would like to have pen i am taking so 1sd Palma Taa Silaran City Bohol Philippines i would like to write to anyone who Doest receive any Wolf 909 10th 3170 i would like to correspond with people from All around the i am 19 years i am taking Una Ian Serra Bull ones Bohol Philippines 1 20 years old and would like to have my name published in the pen pal Section of stars and Clutterbuck 63 Woodland Green leonards Gloucester Enoland but not name and location withheld editors note Ronald executive inspector Gen he replies if a problem still exists within his this staff sergeant should go Back to the inspector general who took his original complaint and inform him of the current if the Soldier believes that the inspector general has not provided him an adequate he should seek further assistance by contacting the inspector general of the next higher any Soldier who believes he is being harassed for making an in complaint should report the station to an inspector an impartial inquiry will be con ducted to ascertain the truth of the and if referred to the appropriate member of the Chain of command for every Soldier has the right to Register a complaint or in writing with an inspector in exercising this the Soldier will be free from or repro we encourage soldiers to discuss their problems or grievances first with their commanding soldiers desiring to submit a complaint directly to an inspector general at any but who do not wish to discuss the matter with their commander or Chain of will be permitted to do so without any disciplinary or Adverse action taken against a Soldier for registering a legitimate complaint with an inspector general is the 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 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 everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for or patronage without regard to Nel ional marital1 physical political affiliation or any other no Merit Factor of the or military address the stars and Apo International mail the stars and Postrach 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