European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers your column is probably the greatest single educational tool in the i Hope that on behalf of the Public you will rap the Knuckles of a great Many physicians and pharma As a senior Nurs ing i have heard time and time my doctor didst Tell me the Side effects of my not Only do peo ple not know the Side they dont know what other drugs and foods to avoid while taking a and other Rele vant they should ask their physician or but most people Are too inti too sick or unaware that they should please remind physicians and pharmacists of the importance of taking the time to educate Consumers when giving them pre thank dear soon Tobe thank you for a letter that i Hope will be read carefully by one and entirely too Many people Are taking too much about which they know very or nothing at since Many patients and drugstore customers Are reluctant to ask questions for fear of appearing it is the responsibility of the physician and the pharmacist to explain what the Medicine is supposed to Side that May and encourage them to phone if they suspect they Are in people should be warned against drink ing alcohol Beer is smoking pot or using recreational drugs while taking they should inquire whether it is Safe to drive a car or operate ones sense of timing and depth perception Are often impaired by be aware dear Ann Landers i am 20 and my is divorced and has two last week i heard from three people that Bob might be the father of another Little i am sick about it because Bob never mentioned when i told him what i had heard he admitted it was pos Bob has never seen the child nor does he want i found this surprising because he is very Sweet and generous to his Little Ive heard several people say there is a definite question As to whether the two girls Are bobs a wife was the Type who slept with the kids dont look like him at when i asked him to get some blood he i am so confused because i love Bob and he loves if someday we marry and have i dont think it is fair that he should pay child support for the next 10 years for children that May not be he says in selfish and maybe i but i am Only trying to look into the and what i see ahead is a lot of i told him i didst want to have anything More to do with but i know he wont stay away from i love him so much but i dont know what to dear get some counselling before you make any definite decisions about if you ignore reason and follow your heart youre sure to regret you need toe emotional support that conies with know ing you have die ability to separate fantasy from at the moment you sound extremely red Cross answers criticism of its Ethiopia program i am writing to express my pleasure about the Campaign to help the people in there is Only one thing that both ers me and that is what i would like to bring out in your it is actually a tale of two related and at the same time very far the happening took place in 1981 on a German television a Ger Man actor by the name of Karl Heinz Boehm made a bet that no one in Germany would Send him one Deutsche Mark to help the people of the result of that bet was that in a few Days Over million do was forwarded to him for use in this moved him to the Point that he gave up his acting career and devoted his entire energies to this he has helped build moved people from completely arid areas into areas where they could possibly grow some food and help and generally improved some of the living conditions of this unfortunate in doing this he accepted no remuneration and kept his expenses Down to the Point where 95 pfennings out of every do go to helping these people that Cor 95 percent of the donations provided to this program go to where they Are supposed to now we get to the second first you must remember that the people in Ethiopia have been starving for at least four senator Kennedy took a trip to Ethiopia that was very Well publicized As Well it should have one of the results of this trip was that a lot of people woke up to the fact that there was a desperate problem in enter the second your Friendly Friend in the american red noticed that people were ready and willing to contribute to such a worthy cause and decided to jump on the Bandwa naturally they figured that no one would be More ready and willing than the Friendly and helpful folks in the european so they decided at least four years late to Start a Campaign to help the starving people in the necessary press accounts were provided in your newspaper and the various communities told that this was something really great and that they should organize As quickly As possible to meet this newly devel oped As evidenced by your report recently the people have turned As i knew they to give what they now you Are probably what is the Point i am trying to just one simple in the first a private individual is making sure that Money gets to where it is in the second happen an organization has decided to jump in and grab some More the majority of which will not end up in Ethiopia but in the overhead coffers of the american red Cross i realize that this is quite an accusation to make but i am prepared to do As Karl Heinz Boehm did a few years ago and make a bet that i am i offer the following if someone from the red Cross can without to myself and one of the stars and stripes investigative reporters that More than 80 percent of the Money collected in the european command will end up being directly used in then i will spend one entire saturday at an Exchange of their Choice in the  area collecting Money for this if they cannot prove then i Chal pen pals i would like to write to people All Over the world so please list me in your penal i am 26 years Dino Ault Negros Oriental Philippines j am 33 years old and would Ike to have some pen Pali my hobbles include swimming and my ambition is to travel to foreign Nicolaw Chiu ministry of agrarian Reform Negros Oriental Philippines Lenge the red Cross to turn Over All of their donations to the menschen fuck menschen program being run by Herr at least that Way we will know that our Money is Well i know that some of you will be what can this German do that the red Cross cant believe me he can and has been doing he has been doing it so Well that he has received official recognition from countless political leaders and in the City of Darm Stadt has adopted his program and runs several different Benefit programs to Aid for those of you who Are interested in making a contribution that you definitely know will be used for the purpose for which it was go to the German Post office and ask them to help you con tribute to menschen fuer Konto As for the red i am sorry to be so hard on you but one of these if and when you get your act maybe i will i would certainly love to do so in this but i doubt it very Causey Germany editors note Narce european american red replies i appreciate this Opportunity to respond to the letters concerning the african fam Ine Relief Campaign because we Are very proud of the work of the red Cross in this situation and Welcome the Chance to share the the league of red Cross and red Crescent which has been Strug gling with famine in Africa for More than five estimates that 185 million women and men face starvation in 27 of that continents the american red Cross has joined with its 135 sister societies throughout the world in the Effort to provide the league with the million required to carry on medical and transportation pro Grams in the 14 most severely ravaged not just this monetary figure is for 1985 curing Africa famine crisis will take time because of complexities in econom politics and right the main focus is on solving widespread the red Cross concern is saving the lives of those in greatest Leopar particularly the pregnant nursing mothers and the All of the dollars collected by the american red Cross Are going directly to the league and Are restricted for african the american red Cross is not withholding any percentage of the Campaign receipts for administrative but is actually absorbing administrative expenses itself in order to respect 100 per cent the donors the red Cross is Able to serve victims of Many who Are under the Aegis of their own the league guarantees that its Aid goes Only through red Cross they have sent 200 red Cross delegates Many of them working 18 hours per 7 Days per week to see that the children Are eating the food they get right on the in the interest of historical the american red Cross first announced nationally about one year ago its intentions to including plans to dispatch fac finding teams to Africa so that objective no narc connected Ameri cans could Bear witness on behalf of the giving during december two groups visited including with such individuals As Charlton Hes ton and athlete Mel Blount commenting they were fully satisfied with what they had having tracked the entire pro Cess from a donation stateside to watching african children eat the these visits were made Courtesy of pan american world though the red Cross is famous for obtaining Seldom has such scrutiny from All i personally i am convinced every arc contribution is used in a worthwhile Way in in so Many people respond when the situation is news headlines or on to and then interest but african Relief cannot be a Short term we must gird ourselves in red Cross for quite a Long we cannot concentrate now and then some feel powerless because of the magnitude of the but any Money an individual gives can be trans lated almost immediately into a meal or Medicine for the malnourished and red Cross estimates that a contribution feeds a famine victim for one a donation keeps that same person from starving for a whole the Bottom line is that the situation has improved lives Are being saved because red Cross is there people will still die regardless of what you and i but Many will be saved if we keep on doing what we Are doing if the writer of the most recent letter decides to solicit Money to help feed Afri cans in we will recruit uniformed volunteers to be we do Wel come such obvious interest and the american military communities in Europe awoke to this Specter of hunger with an generous outpouring of assistance and caring that has Seldon been May i take this Opportunity to say thank you you have made a As of april you had contributed almost in Neucom alone to help feed coming primarily from individual especially from that is truly remarkable and arc is genuinely the european edition Usa editor in chief us Proctor Deputy editor in chief managing editor Blackwell Mcdermott production manager 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 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