European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letter dear readers to those who have flirted with the idea of suicide and fantasized How it would be when your body is i Call attention to a piece in the june 1 Issue of readers digest be fore you kill your a psychiatric nurse tells what can happen if you dont Complete the Job and a great Many the article is a powerful i highly recommend it for All who consider themselves possible candidates for Here Are some excerpts suicide is usually not you think you know a Way to guarantee it ask a 25yearold who tried to electrocute he but both his arms Are what about jumping ask he used to be with an engaging sense of that was before he leaped from a now he is brain dam staggers and has he lives in a but worst of he knows he was once no method is what about a gun ask 24yearold he shot himself in the now he drags one has a useless Arm and no vision or hearing on one he lived through his you might dear Ann Landers i am sure that Over the years you have read just about every excuse imaginable to avoid the most common i have a last so help i heard some thing Brand 1 swear i am not making this Here it is not i have a to make matters it was my birthday 1 cant sign this letter or even give you my initials because we Are a Well known couple on Long just say there is something new under the birthday boy dear disappointed even the worst Hangnail heals in 24 thanks for my laugh for the dear Ann Landers Mother is in her a highly Success Ful career woman and a Community Lead she is Well groomed and drives a the problem her she cannot throw away a gift piece of ribbon or she has stockpiled surplus food and dozens of boxes of shoes and handbags she bought at bargain prices but has never in some the junk is stacked three feet there is a foot wide path that leads to her bedroom and the Kitch she eats out every night at a civic or social affair or in a i am the Only person she allows to come to her her grandchildren have never seen the inside of the i have offered to help her clean House but she flatly 1 am concerned that she May become ill and the paramedics or the police May have to go in and get they will be stunned by what they the press would have a Field is this an illness or what How can 1 help and bewildered in dear b and b its an illness the pack rat these folks rarely seek professional help because they dont think they Are if you believe the place is a fire Hazard Tell your Mother you Are going to Call the fire marshal unless she lets you help clean up the for her make Good your America Syndicate Bayonne and picking up cars As army Community service acs is an information i wish to share the following information with As they May encounter the same problems As i have while getting ready for a pcs i received orders for at my redeployment i was informed that Mac flights no longer went into Mcguire the Mac flight would land at for those of us being assigned on the East is where your privately owned vehicle Pov would be Here is what one must do to go from Philadelphia to Bayonne to pick up the As you would probably have your family with the greyhound bus will take you to for per adult and per at a shuttle bus will take you to to pick up your should your Mac flight arrive at Phil Adelphia late Friday or Good you cant pick up your Pov on the i forgot to say that its Only 106 Miles from Philadelphia to of course everyone knows How cheap it is to get a hotel in new York or new Jersey for the we  want military families to run into any financial i would like to know Why the air Force cannot open up Mcguire fab for Mac it sure would save us a lot of hard it would also be great if the port Call people didst Book Mac flights to Philadelphia to arrive on the who has the Money or wants to waste two Days to pick up their Pov when they want to visit their families after three years the next problem is my own i should have checked into it More careful but at least others May learn from my when i arrived Here in March i brought Over a 1978 Mercury i knew after three years it would not be fit to return to the states when i so in got a used 1980 Dat Sun with specifications from another Soldier to take Back As a replacement for my i found out today that i would have to ship the Dat Sun Back at my own expense Over even with the specific it was still a foreign car and had never been in the so i would have to pay to ship it which i cant afford to i was told that if my Zephyr was totalled by the weather or an i could then take the Dat Sun Back As a replacement i lost my head for a moment and thought about taking the Zephyr out on the Vilseck tank Trail and hitting it with an my but with my i would probably total the i and Only Dent my so Here i am taking a Mac flight to Philadelphia to go to Bayonne to pick up a car that wont be i Hope the problems i have encountered will keep others from making the same mis for those army Community service centers which have Welcome programs for new it would be a great idea to add your local transportation representative to the guest speaker after what Ive gone i know i Gary Quackenbush Vilseck acs Germany we have two replies to this the first is from a spokesman from the of fice of the Deputy chief of Logis conversion rate error an error was made in conversion rates when we printed a letter and answer about furniture prices at an cafes the answer should have for exam his outlet in Stuttgart sold one unit of the Schrank at 479 Marks about compared with our sell Price of 520 Marks about we regret the he Usa eur when the military Airlift come moved its passenger operation from Mcguire fab to Philadelphia International air it was done to provide greater Access to Domestic it was recognized at the time that Many passengers could pick up or deliver their cars to the Ocean terminal in Bayonne in conjunction with their overseas to accommodate these free bus service was established Between Phila Delphia and the Pov processing Center at Bayonne is open from and 14 monday through the bus serv ice departs Philadelphia at 7 and departs Bayonne at 2 based on per diem rates contained in the it appears that Philadelphia is More expensive than this would be a consideration when deciding where to stay we regret that you were not notified concerning these items and we appreciate your bringing this problem to our attention so that we May advise our personal property Counselor to include this valuable information in their individual counselling sessions throughout information on shipping pos is readily during a members Perma nent change of station pcs personal property counselling session by installation transportation office personnel prior to coming the Counselor reviews the members str entitlements to ship including How to request shipment of a foreign Pov under a the rules on government paid shipping of foreign pos Are very the Counselor provides each member a copy of its your move a Pam which describes in general terms Page 23 what is involved in the shipment of he Usa eur publishes a special Section once each year in the Usa eur bulletin on personal property included in this Section Are articles on shipment of ship ment of foreign made and department of transportation safety Stan Dards for importing the june Usa eur bulletin should have been available at your organizations administrative office and orderly the 1985 with Only minor will be published in late May or Early for those army Community services with Welcome programs for new the Community transportation office is available for information concerning Pas Senger movement and personal property including Pov please accept our appreciation for the information you have made Avail by the concern you have you will save fellow service Mem ers and their dependents from experienc ing similar inconvenience and the second reply is from director of passenger and traffic office of the Deputy chief of air he military Airlift come initiatives to use civilian passenger terminals for Mac charter flights Date Back to the mid1970s when limited Dod con tract flights were initiated at these flights supported military Passen Gers staying at the nearby Philadelphia naval in the defense audit service recommended shifting All Mac passenger charter operations from major conus Mac bases to nearby civilian in Congress mandated the defense audit service recommendation and there Are Mac commercial gateways in los Charles ton and Philadelphia International air there Are Many benefits by operating from these commercial they Are Cost effective to the department of defense in terms of travel and operating and they simplify travel for the since Many service members use com Mercial flights to connect with military shifting charter operations to commercial gateways eliminates the lost time and added expense travelling to a military often More than 40 Miles commercial gateways can reduce out of pocket lodging expenses since travellers can now reach their destination on the same Day of commercial Gate ways provide comfortable facilities and spacious boarding that cannot be duplicated by military commercial gateways serve to improve the Quality of life for our service members and their in october Mac shifted All of Mcguire passenger commercial charter operations to the decision to move to Philadelphia was made by the Secretary of the air Force and was based upon a comprehensive study comparing the merits of Philadelphia and Newark air a portion of this study addressed Mem Bers who ship for these the City of Philadelphia offered to provide free ground transportation Between the Philadelphia Airport and the Pov proc Essing Center at the military Ocean Ter Minal in no to i this free bus service departs from Phil Adelphia Airport at 7 and from Mot by at 2 except the Mot by processing Center is open 8 and 14 monday through saturday except Christmas and new years 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