European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes aim Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i am in agreement with the students at Brown suicide pills should be available to who feel the world is no longer fit for habitat in my we Are moving rapidly in that i am alarmed at the threat of a nuclear holocaust that would destroy years of the notion that anyone could survive a nuclear War or would wish to is beyond we already know that millions of people would be the air would be filled with the water Supply would be poisoned and no living thing would be spared for i look around and see people having a i cannot understand Why they do the Only reason i am still alive is because i feel obligated to see my children safely through their adolescence into i would never dream of bringing another child into this i feel guilty for having Given birth to the ones i now i worry every Day about their i realize this letter is very depressing but i am being the Only comforting aspect in All this is that the corporate Heads of the multinational companies who Are promoting War because it Means profits will be burned up with the rest of us my cyanide pills in Greenwich dear Greenwich 1 enlisted the help of the Theodore president of the University of notre to respond to your two years ago father Ted resigned from All boards and committees on which he served in order to work for world Here is father he Burghs response the world May indeed blow itself up but i am not about to sit around and wait for it to the answer is not cyanide it is Long Days spent doing whatever one wherever one to reconstruct a world that is full of violence and the indescribable potential for human there is a great Deal of despair such As the letter you sent to Ann and this is but despair does not change what is needed is if we didst have Hope everyone would be jumping off Bridges and out of As Albert Einstein we have to begin to think and herein lies the we must not lose a single Opportunity to meet with the Heads of Friendly and unfriendly nations and find a solution to the problems that Divide dear Ann Landers 1 am engaged to marry a wonderful Guy who just happens to be very Good every Day someone says to me often while he is standing you Are Lucky to be marrying such a 1 have even had women Rick is so gorgeous youre going to have a hard time hanging on to him no one Ever tells Rick How Lucky he is to have me and i am getting a Complex Over whats the solution Jane in Wyoming dear Jane you cant control Peoples so get used to the mindless tune the clods out and Tell yourself anyone with an ounce of sense would not be making such dumb America Syndicate Reader comments about admin leave and civilians i am not a but i sympathize with their growing frustration concerning the elusive term admin info Stu i am the person in my Organiza Tion who has to Tell them civil ians Are i believe there Are two specific instances when commanders should be authorized to Grant administrative leave to training which should be awarded to All members of an organization who participate or support a training exercise or other the major Ity of civilians dont go to the but they play a major role in planning and support ing we watched several commanders on an television praising All the soldiers and civilians who contributed to the Success of exercise Central the result was a training Holiday for while civil ians were encouraged to take a Day of an Nual the second area is a family member who must wait at their government quarters for the fire inspection i already know that it is the responsibility of the but what if he or she is not available when the Community sends out a disposition we Are not Given an it usually states the Date and time normally Between 8 and 5 we must be at our so what happens the sponsor cant get the working family member must take annual or sick and he or she Hopes it will Only be one there could be a delay for any number of that a real morale Booster for someone who usually accumulates 13 Days annual leave per i Hope that someone will read this and say that commanders have authority Over All their by the i have to be honest and Tell you my wife works for the those 13 Days of annual leave Are very important to she really Doest want to use one of them watching people put up Fly lets Call it what it really should be admin Pierson Frankfurt editors note a spokesman from the civilian personnel of fice of the Deputy chief of per he replies thank you for your comments on the use of administrative leave for civil the kind of absence you refer to is normally excused and supervisors Are responsible for seeing that employee absences Are charged to the proper leave category such As sick or leave without excused absences on the other hand Are not charged to one of the leave but rather Are considered As duty maintenance of the Home is one area where annual leave must be used instead of excused excused absence May be authorized for things such As time for blood Dona attendance at a conference related to the employees work with the govern and employment interviews within the department of an employee May be excused for a reasonable time to make preventing loss of mailed film a few weeks i mailed two Rolls of film to the for i used a film i got the film Mailer Back but not the it was stamped received without there was a big Hole in the the Money order was still it seems that somebody stamped first class on the Mailer extra hard and put a Hole in the Mailer and mailed it the pictures Are lost i thought i could file a claim for the lost film but i was told that i  because it want in was i Given the Correct information whenever i mail my i always tape my name and address to the film can Nister As Well As inside the film cannister so when the Apo busts a Hole in my film Mailer at least i Hope there decent enough to return the film to for the most the Apo is Good but occasionally they make in just glad that it Doest happen withheld Germany editors note William postal services army postal replies the staff of the army postal Europe extends a sincere thank you to the writer of this the actions taken to preclude future loss of film Are worthwhile advice for All postal All mailers Are highly encouraged to attach a slip to articles enclosed in parcels showing the name and address of the sender and though not a common Arti cles do become separated from the wrap if Loose articles do not have any Mark Ings to identify the sender or they Are sent to the dead parcel Branch in new since your film was not an indemnity claim cannot be How your local postal officer can assist you in completing a form to be forwarded to the Post office of addressee and the dead parcel Branch in an attempt to find your Rolls of personal arrangements and to transact personal business directly related to a permanent change of provided that such business cannot be taken care of outside the employees regular work ing this includes such things As making arrangements for packing House hold obtaining Auto tags and with regard to citizen Federal employees arc entitled to nine Reg ular holidays each in 1986 the birth Day of Martin Luther King be comes a Holiday the third monday of every january bringing the total to 10 authorized unit training to be taken by civilian employees must be charged to an appropriate leave an option you May wish to consider instead of charging employees annual leave is to encourage employees to utilize compensatory time for previously worked and officially documented Over judicious documentation of overtime work performed May provide employees the Opportunity to take training holidays in the form of compensatory time if they wish to do if you Are interested in pursuing this please consult with your civilian personnel office for a full exploration of the requirements and procedures governing proper use of overtime worked and compensatory time As you can Sec the military and civilian personnel systems Are based on different authorities and these circumstances create Day today challenges for managers and super i your interest in understanding these differences is the Andi stripes european edition Cmor us act no editor in chief Blackwell production manager Proctor managing editor i Mcdermott circulation manager question about Columbia House All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be we do not read unsigned but we will withhold your name on request and protect your on Reading your letters Section recently on the Columbia House hotel in i get the impression that its going to be turned Over to the West German govern ment or closed in afraid in not informed on the latest i stayed at the Columbia about a year and a half one of Many and i heard it was going to be we wanted to go on this year in Munich and were told renovation was is that True when will it be completed what kind of rates can we expect to pay i always enjoyed staying at the old hotel because it was clean and close to id much rather have an adequate room at a Low rate than a luxurious one with no Money left to buy Wurst and baked goods i dont think i can go past a bakery and not go could you provide a list of recommended since we cant use the Columbia hotel officer Gunther Jaster Navy Mobile units editors note Garold recreation management office of the Deputy chief of he replies thank you for your interest in the co Lumbia hotel and the Munich the decision to close the Columbia hotel was made Only after careful evaluation of the condition and location of the High renovation Cost operating costs and projected the Columbia will soon be returned to the German your local itt office can assist with vacation planning and help you choose from the Many hotels and pensions in they can provide All types of information about plus make lodging reservations for the Munich itt office can provide the same 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