European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers this morning while cleaning my 15yearold Daugh ters room i ran across this it fell out of a Book she was it is Short and to the i like where it and Why my Daugh Ter had it i do not but i was pleased that she thought it was Worth clip Mother dear Mother it came from my i ran it sever Al years the author is in thanks for sending it a lesson Learned i met i liked i liked i loved i loved i let i let i lost dear Ann Landers you wrote help can be Crip pling if it shifts responsibility from adult children to parents for an extended period of the crutches must be thrown and the patient must learn to walk under his own parents who provide too much help for too Long do their children no please substitute the word govern ment for parents and welfare recipient for children and say it up in Texas dear Texas there is some Validity to your but let us not forget that the majority of those who Are on welfare in this country Are children and the without it they would be in dire dear Ann Landers please come to the Rescue of the hair dressers of America one More my wife has been a Hairdresser for Sev eral she now has her own Little her income helps raise our Vera has always Given her immediate family free perms and colouring the problem is that her Sisters and cousins Are All married now and have teen age children who also expect free color and the relatives Book themselves at prime time saturdays and after i say they Are taking advantage of Vera says there is no Way she can Stop without making enemies right and is there a Way out or is my wife stuck with these freeloaders for the rest of her life of chump dear husband your wife should write a letter to her free customers and explain that supplies Are very expensive and they must now pay x dollars to cover the she should also Tell them they must come on the slow Days tuesdays and mid to expect free service for two generations of Heads is pretty your wife should also suggest the teenagers help clean sweep the floor and run the towels through the c news America Syndicate Amelco explains How it computes Exchange rate pen pals i would like pen pals from All Over the please place my name on your i am 33 years old and work in the computer a Safwan nsc100 Box juball31951 kingdom of saudi Arabia please publish my name in your pen pal i am 29 years hobbles include collecting travelling and listening to slow Sperry Arabia Box Dammart 31481 saudi Arabia this is in reference to the article strange Exchange not at officials i am incensed by the attitude of military banking and american express Corpora Tion Amelco officials As they obfuscate blow smoke Over the method of computation of the monetary Exchange rate of april 25 so what the article did not it seems to was that Back when the rate was Amelco made Money by using the 2pfennig for at an official rate of the mathematical formula results in multiplying three quarters of one percent by two and subtracting the product by rounding up should become a fix of my guess is that Amelco was doing the 2pfennig Cut when it was to their advantage As in this resulting in an Exchange rate of or As its commonly sticking it to the Soldier and when he needed every pfennig he could now they switch to the for Mula when it results in a larger what sleaze who is charged with monitoring these procedures and whose Side Are they on any Way surely such arbitrary applications of the formula in the contract is unethical at what can be done about such practices Arthur Heidelberg editors note Martha Public affairs and product pro consumer american express Community banking re plies we Welcome the Opportunity to clarify the Points associated with the Deutsch Mark computation rate that appeared in the april stars and stripes Arti Cle regarding that we would like to emphasize that the method of computation for the Sale of Marks is not an american express inter National banking corporation policy it is a department of defense contract stipulation which As a must abide 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 Bank ing corporation operates and manages Community Banks under a Dod contract for a cos plus fixed in other income generated and Cost incurred Are part of the Dod con tract and do not represent income or expense to american express International banking for the application of the conver Sion rate formula establishing the Exchange rate for i Dividu As specified by the Dod banking we just wont Call it an umbrella i would like to offer a solution to the army umbrella first of i firmly support the army corporate resistance to soldiers carrying even walking to work last week in the driving rain and getting soaked in the i still support the i admit that my Resolution waivers a bit when i see my air Force colleagues All snug and dry under their but i stand what if the in All its decided that its troops should carry something to keep them dry other than an umbrella something that would not Bear the unmanly stigma of an but would still keep you dry i propose a research and development Effort be launched on an individual rain protective with of Green this device would be easily operated and maintained and would offer Protection against the rain at least for the head and even though the de vice might look a Little like an umbrella when open and in we could Tell every one who asked that it was the army new not an then we could stay Charles Carson Stuttgart an childrens programming i am the Mother of two both girls Ages 3 and and i am awfully sur prised at the Lack of childrens cartoons on of nov saturday i realize that All of their favorite cartoons Are not but some of them surely must when we first arrived in we enjoyed Scrooby Doo and several but they were soon replaced with Jason of Star command and inspector Gadget All three of which Are shown ear Lier in the children do know when shows Are repeats especially when they Are the Only cartoons offered to the final blow was when we Learned Dis Ney was being taken off the air and being replaced by a detective Why anyone would replace Disney is beyond what Ever happened to bugs Bunny and other such cartoons it is just As hard Over Here on the Chil Dren As it is for and some familiar faces on saturday mornings sure might at least in our i find it hard to believe that i am the Only Parent who feels this i have spoken to other mothers like agree that special attention should be Given to the soldiers but the children have needs Schlotterer Germany editors note Paul Van of nov replies an receives about eight hours of Chil Drens programming each we supplement that with cartoons and pro Grams from the an film Library to pro vide approximately 20 hours of childrens programming each without the use of repeat and film Library we would Only Broad cast approximately one hour per Day of childrens rather than accept this an serves the younger audience by using a combination of film and repeat to expand the total number of viewing hours for them each when the Disney program arts replaced it with Abbott and death Valley and Peter these three programs Are now aired on Dif Ferent sunday afternoon family entertainment was improved by adding that incredible to the an has requested that arts make every Effort to acquire better childrens while we do not expect the number of program hours to we have been successful in acquiring better and newer childrens an recently or is scheduled to receive fat Pryor i am Abbott and Belle romper the Bis super and Reading 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 All letters Are subject to resulted in the commonly known 2pfennig spread Between the official rate and the rate for individuals conversions accommodation As the accommodation rate is set at two Decimal the formula also requires a rounding off of the additional Decimal Points associated with the official Exchange in the this rounding aspect of the formula resulted in a spread that could vary anywhere from pfennig to pfennig average 2 with the High value of the Dollar Exchange rate american express in compliance with its requested Dod instruction concerning adjustment of practical application of the formula to fully reflect the spread and the for Mula specified by the contract resulting in a change of the spread band from pfennig to to pfennig to pfennig average the military banking program receives the Benefit of revenues generated through the various transactions and services provided by the Community these revenues include the earnings related to individuals foreign Exchange conversions done at the Community without the Revenue sources with the military banking the total Cost of the program could be considered to be by managing the banking contract with regard to both the Revenue generation and the costs of providing Dod and its american have been Able to make significant improvements in the Overall banking pro thank you for taking the time to write and allowing us to answer your european edition cmdr us acting editor in chief Black Well 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 stripes of the products or services everything advertised in this publication shall be made available 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