European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers he is a College Sophomore and she is a High school a wedding has been scheduled in a hurry to put it there is a Bun in the whether the child was inadvertently conceived in the heat of passion or whether they did this on Pur pose to Force parental permission to i dont either there Are two sets of distressed parents and two immature teenagers who most assuredly did not weigh the consequences of what they were is he Man enough not to feel trapped will he end up blaming the girl for what was essentially Mutual consent is she capable of caring for an infant without being envious of her friends who will be going to the prom and enjoying the activities of which she can no longer be a part of there is no medical insurance to cover prenatal and birth so there is bound to be some resentment Over this Drain on parental such de Pendency leads to humiliation and ill it is not easy to accept the generosity of especially under such circumstance i was an unwed Mother who relinquished a child for in my opinion there int an Iota of difference Between the Burden of forced marriage and unwed the glory of the free Dom that can be gained from the word no my message is but i Pray you will print it because it is Wisdom born of expert hoping for at least one less statistic in Harrisburg dear hoping nearly 10 percent of the females from 15 to 19 years of age in the United states get pregnant every id like to think your letter might reduce that number by More than thanks for dear Ann Landers May i respond to the letter from a male nurse who complained bitterly about the state of the Art i have been a male nurse for 10 years and can Back up every word of his you bet there is blatant discrimination against male nurse by their female col its worse than he Al though it is True that there has been an in crease in the number of males who have entered the nursing profession in the last 10 Many have those who do stay usually work in intensive care operating rooms and emergency rooms where it is considered Safe to be As a male nurse assigned to a i know what kind of patients i will be Given to care they Are critically difficult or com elderly nursing is a profession that requires an expensive unqualified commit and nerves of the rewards May be great but they dont translate into a nurse makes less than the clerk at the local like Many others who Are am also looking for a Way Bell Ful in dear Bell Ful i Hope you find it i dont see How anyone who feels so exploited can do a Good thanks for former prime minister facing trial in Belgium Brussels a Paul Vanden a former prime minister who also held several other Cabinet posts in the past 27 must stand trial on 48 charges of forgery and tax Belgium highest appeals court has the court rejected Vanden Boey Nants claim although he lost his political immunity from prosecution in he cant be tried on criminal charges for of lenses allegedly committed while he still had that Amelco official explains policies on cashing checks i write to inquire about the difference in standards among the banking facilities within i have cashed checks at american express corporation Amelco Banks in Span Dahlem and bad and each time different poli cies were in i have never seen any written policies posted on any bulletin boards at the above and after having inquired on seeing or receiving a copy of these All attempts were in in i had no trouble at All cashing checks from my stateside in the Teller asked me if my account was at that particular and if not she had to see some temporary duty As i was on temporary duty i had to return to my car to get the orders so she could make a in bad Over a year ago i cashed my first Check at that particular Branch of i was charged for Cash ing the All times thereafter i was never charged until last i went in to Cash a Check for Ger Man i had the necessary funds to cover the the Teller first asked if i had an account there or with i said to which she said a charge would i told her no Only to be turned Down after she saw the amount of the Check and Confer ring with her id like to know Why such policies Are if at sporadically fur i wonder if a newspaper supple ment could be printed of the current amex co As they seem to be unavailable at the name withheld Germany editors note Martha Public affairs american express Community banking replies your letter raises a number of questions regarding the Community Banks Check cashing the incidents you describe Are in line with accepted banking except for the fee charged in bad prior to the department of defense Dod contract modification of october a no account Holder would have been charged for cashing a Check Over since you did not provide specific amounts and dates for All the we can Only speculate on what the Check cashing charges should have been at the under the revised Dod contract of october no account holders Are subject to the following charges and poli cies checks for More than will nor commissary prices questioned Over a period of i have been con fronted with what appears to be extremely arbitrary pricing policies in both our local commissary and local Post because it is sometimes and Al ways very to try to get answers to specific questions from the Man i address myself to your i know that in at least one Case someone else had the same question and might now also be interested in the on one occasion in the i inadvertently picked up an item that had been incorrectly the Price marked on this item was higher than that printed by the when i pointed this out to the she stated that she could ring up Only the Price marked and that if i did not wish to pay that i should not Purchase the on another occasion i had chosen six items that the checker claimed had been when i refused to pay a Price higher than that she called the who agreed that i must in deed pay More than double the Price marked if i wanted the on both occasions i chose not to Purchase the on one occasion the Post Exchange offered a special so percent reduction on a particular Brand of paper i tried to Purchase Only to find that they had been sold i then asked for and was Given a rain several weeks having in the meantime heard nothing about my rain i found that Brand of Towel on the shelf now marked eight cents higher than the earlier Price before the so percent when i asked whether i could redeem my rain Check i was told that i because the current Stock was regular merchandise at a higher those customers hold ing rain checks were to wait until a special shipment ordered for the rain Check hold ers the pricing policy in the commissary seems to be totally at the whim of the checker and that of the Post Exchange seems totally is there an explanation Long Heidelberg editors note we have two replies to this the first is from Jarret european commissary army troop support Agency i sincerely regret the pricing problems you encountered in the the regulations and policies regarding the pricing of commissary merchandise Are clearly defined to ensure that the commis sary customer buys groceries at the prices for which we purchased the since commissaries operate on a nonprofit it is mandatory that when a pric ing error is discovered the Price must be changed prior to the Sale of the erroneous prices must be corrected to prevent Over or under charging customers and to protect the army Stock in an Effort to reduce pricing commissary management personnel Are required to perform a daily Price Check on a specified number of even with All the controls and checks on prices in the it is always possible to have a mis priced item on the custom ers that believe an item is mis priced should ask commissary personnel to verify the Price with the current Price i wish to thank you for giving me the Opportunity to explain our pricing proce our efforts to improve customer service in this area will thank you for bringing this problem to my Atten the second reply is from Pete customer relations Public affairs he cafes eur rope you should have received the paper towels at the Sale it makes no Dif Ference if the merchandise was part of a regular shipment or a special the cafes rain Check program is our customers guarantee that they will get the advertised item at the advertised you should have been contacted that the paper towels for which youd been Given a rain Check were in were sorry for the misunderstanding and and have reemphasized proper rain Check procedures to our pen pals i am 23 years old and would kindly appreciate if you would added my name to your pen pal Kate Edral sell Man University do Moguete Philippines hell pm i am 20 years love a Good and a cold count me in for motor racing and British Woodworth 32 Aad com fat arc Lauda Apo by 01982 my name is Michael Schroeder and i am 17 i would like to correspond with an american boy or girl who is about my my hobbles Are Litera pop and my address is Schroeder in Kurcher 17 d1000 Berlin 28 West Germany Mally be accepted for there is a charge of plus any out pocket expense for As an exception to a Check that exceeds May be cashed with the approval of the if the charge is if unqualified paper Cashiers or Bank Check exceeds but does not exceed it May As an exception to policy be cashed with the approval of the manager for or sent for collection at a charge of plus any out pocket expense or deposited with a five Day hold to a new at no any whether deposited or which is returned unpaid will re sult in a charge in addition to the amount of the unpaid the Community Bank terms and conditions Are established through an annual contract modification review process where the military commands and Bank contractor submit recommendations to the Dod for changes to the terms and conditions specified in the contract modifications Are made Only on the basis of Dod the desire to provide professional banking services is the foun Dation for the banking contract terms and every Community Bank has a services and business conditions outlining the terms and policies of services authorized by displayed for client in the Branch manager can Clar Ify any questions an individual May have regarding these i apologize that a copy of the conditions was not provided to Yon when thank you for we Hope this explanation clarifies the Community Banks Check cashing policies associated with fees incurred by no account european edition Cmor us acting 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 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