European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i have carried my favorite column in my Wallet for several As you can it has become so tattered i can barely read will you please run it again so i can clip in once this time i will be smarter and put it in you in Oklahoma dear love the essay you requested was written by Dathan Moore of i am Happy to run it thanks for footprints one night a Man had a he dreamed he was walking along the Beach with the across the sky flashed scenes from his in each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the Sand one belonging to him and the other to the when the last scene flashed before him he looked Back at the foot prints and noticed that Many times along the path there was Only one set of foot he also noted happened during the lowest and Saddest times in his this bothered him and he questioned the lord you said once i decided to follow you would walk beside me All the but i noticed that during the most troublesome times of my there was Only one set of i dont understand when i needed you most you deserted the lord my precious i love you and would never leave Dur ing your times of trial and suffering when you saw Only one set of it was then that i carried dear Ann Landers can you stand one More letter about the woman whose nose was out of joint be cause the physician who had attended her elderly Mother for 15 years did not attend the funeral it would never occur to me to expect a doctor to come to a patients in of they had a social relation ship outside the a doctor is a professional who performs a while it is More intimate in nature than most services it does not mean he or she i your personal to As sume so seems 1 wonder if that woman was mad at the pharmacist because he didst i relate to her feelings about the doctor sending the Bill seven Days after the Fune doctors sure dont waste any time when it comes to asking for their i think the medical like any other should not be paid when they dont do the Job or fix what is Louis philosopher dear Phil your letter made a lot of sense until you got to the part about not paying doctors who fail to fix what h surely you know that some patients Are not going to get Well no matter what the doctor especially this is True of elderly who deserve Good care even though the prognosis is when they get the physician is entitled to be compensated for his time and Effort no matter what the dear Ann i have been a heavy smoker for 20 is there still time to quit or is the damage already done in Tex As dear mid Stop smoking rays have shown that Harblack lungs can return to Normal in less than a c Newt America Syndicate american express currency Exchange policy clarified i would like to complain about the Way the american express Bank limits the amount of Deutsche Marks one can buy when the Dollar has taken a 1 get paid in Marks and it seems very unfair to me that i cannot take advantage of the lower rate to Exchange my Marks to everyone else with dollars takes advantage of the higher Exchange but when it drops a and i feel it is a Good time to convert my Marks to there is always a limit of i realize the Bank does not want a run on its Money but if they dont limit the amount of Marks one can buy when the rate is Why do they limit the amount of dollars one can buy when the rate is Low this seems like a very unfair and questionable i Haven seen the German Banks acting in this what does american express have to say on this matter Breffeilh Heidelberg editors note Martha Public affairs product pro american express Community banking replies we Welcome the Opportunity to clarify the question regarding the reconversion limit imposed when there is a five pfennig drop in the Deutsche Mark we would like to emphasize that this is not an american express International banking corporation policy it is a directive from the department of de sense Dod to the Community the reconversion policy is not new and has been in effect for a number of what is new is the time Factor of three successive when there is a five Fen nig drop in the Deutsche Mark clients desiring to sell Deutsche Marks to the Community Bank at the new rate will be restricted to a transaction of not More than on three successive As of june a new Dod policy also went into effect establishing a limit on the Purchase of Deutsche Marks through the close of business Days when the rate drops five pfennig or to fully understand the it May be helpful to know some of the facts sur rounding the operation of Community the Banks were established to pro vide convenient banking services to the military Community american express International banking Corpora remembering the military spouse May 22 was designated National Mili tary spouse on that i reflected on what this Day really stood for and whom it i have been a military spouse for almost 18 years and have shared the Best and the worst of military life not Only with my Hus but with hundreds of military wives the predominant military no other Job demands so much and gives so Little we Are expected to move across the country or across the often while husbands Are on Tempo Rary we Are alone for months and sometimes during that we must raise manage buy and sell Homes and create a stable Environ ment for our we share the excitement of a career that introduces us to various the anticipation of entertaining five or 50 people sometimes at the drop of a the Chal Lenge of making a less than desirable set of quarters a Home and the Pride in his uni form and what it we prepare often for the very real possibility that this Man May have to give his life for his Kayrn Nicholson is the consummate Mil itary she has shown the world what we have known All along the military spouse is a very special person in a time of great personal we did not give her strength she gave it to her courage and Pride in her husband and his career makes us All proud to be labelled military Leedy Berlin Reader comments on spy Case i would like to comment on the alleged espionage of the Navy officer and his son and any no Patriot to our in presently on tour in Europe with my husband and i work with differ ent nationalities who i feel do not under stand my Freedom of speech and to be As i to express myself As i please and to respect the right for me to have my opinion even if they disagree with it this and much More make me realize How much i love America even though we americans need a lot of in i feel that if a person does anything to jeopardize the Security of our that person should be exiled and Given to the country they want to they should lose their citizenship because it is obvious that they dont love the privileges that we As americans withheld Germany need tighten up Cuttle Tion operates and manages Community Banks under a Dod contract for a Cost plus fixed in other Dod absorbs All profits or losses associated with the operation of the we regret that the policy May create frustration for you and other clients paid in Deutsche when the recon version policy was put into place by it was assumed that the majority of our clients were paid in the rationale was to restrict first the Purchase of Deutsche Marks one Day and the Sale of the same Marks the next Day to gain a rate since the Community Bank is supported by the government in the it is understandable that Dod would want to ensure that the Cost of the banking program goes toward meet ing Normal needs As opposed to providing speculative opportunities which could re sult in a financial loss to the worldwide banking the conversion and re conversion limits were implemented by Dod to restrict the use of Community Banks for such speculative purposes and at the same time continue serving the needs of authorized an article concerning policy on his matter As Well As Large Deutsc lie Mark Pur chases appeared in a May 1985 Issue of the stars and this article 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