European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers my husband is a very Fine and his father and Grandfather were physicians before our Only son is in his second year at Harvard and taking courses to prepare him for medical when Bob was born my husband we Are going to be a four generation doctor family today he is try ing to talk his son out of becoming a phys i am having a hard time writing this letter because there Are tears in my physicians do not enjoy the respect they once my husband has mine is the last generation of doctors that will be Able to practice decent he notes that several of the men and women who graduated in his class at Johns Hopkins have taken Early retirement to get out of the rat he complains about the horrendous paperwork and the physicians who have muddied the Waters by charging outrageous fees because Blue Blue shield and medicare will take care of then there is the malpractice if my husband practice in new York City he is a his annual Premium would be does this sound crazy Check it when one considers the Cost of medical education these How can a doctor who is just starting out afford such coverage it is dangerous not to be my husband says malpractice suits have destroyed american today there Are thousands of lawyers who will gladly take any Case for a percentage of the dam Ages if the Case is there is no Small wonder so Many people go for contingency i wonder How Many thousands of Fine physicians have been driven from the Field and How Many other Young women and men like our Bob will be discouraged from going into Medicine because of this i dont know Why i am writing to you except perhaps to ventilate my i have read your column for so you Are like an old we desperately need caring doctors but it appears As if we Are doing our Best to steer them away from the proves How can we help the Public to under stand and hopefully do something about this tragic situation in dear sad yours is a thoughtful and provocative you have not overstated the it has been estimated that half the doctors in Illinois have already been i am recommending a Book that should be read by every would be physician and person who cares about the practice of Quality it wont Hurt lawyers to read the Book is de by a psychiatrist who was sued for malpractice when a patient jumped from a window and became a defendant tells what it is like to be charged with criminal negligence and have your Honor and professional life on the the author is the psychiatrist Sara Charles with Eugene Kenne the Price is the free this Case lasted five its a real Cliffhanger and an education about both Law and youll want to buy a second copy for that doctor or lawyer in your ways of transferring funds from states explained pen pals i would like to correspond with people fro mall Over the i am 22 years my hobbles include strumming guitar and Sameon 1058 compound Negros Oriental Philippines i would like to correspond with people from All Over the i am 18 years my hobbles include penal writing and Entera Catalina Negros Philippines i have a major banking problem that i have been unable to i thought that if i informed the stars and you might have better Luck in obtaining a i recently inherited a great Deal of Money and wanted it transferred to my local american express the local american express office has tried to be but in still being ripped off and cant seem to find out by i was informed that i could not have a Check Over sent from the states to my account the Only Way was to wire my stateside Bank charges me and at the end of january wired me my first american express informed me that had been credited to my a nobody has been Able to Tell me what happened to the missing several weeks my sister had wired to her account and All arrived on March my Bank wired me for two the Money was costing me a great Deal of Money As i needed to buy do and the rate was dropping american express finally informed me that on March my account was credited with this time was since my Sisters Money arrived it must be possible to get 100 percent of wired Money i have several More payments that must be wired to How can i get them Here without losing Money every time and How can i recover the that was taken from my first two wires and location withheld editors note Peter Krikli assistant vice consumer american express Community banking replies we Welcome this Opportunity to clarify procedures for both Community Bank account holders and no account holders who wish to Transfer funds from the clients who have an account with american express Community Bank have two options request their stateside financial institution to Transfer funds via either the Federal wire Transfer system or via chips Clearing House Interbank pay ments clients utilizing this method should specify that the funds be transferred to american express new York for the account of clients full social Security City in which their Community Bank is country and their Community Bank account the charges for this service Are a Transfer fee plus Federal state Side Bank and telex ask their stateside financial institution to Forward a Cashiers Check via registered mail to the this procedure can take up to two or three and upon the client can bring the Check to the Community if the funds Are left on Deposit for at least five Busi Ness there is no if the Check is cashed there is a nominal maximum charge depending on the amount and nature of the clients who do not have an american express Community Bank account also have two options same procedures As in 1 above if the proceeds of the Transfer Are to be utilized for the opening of an the charge for this service is plus Federal stateside Bank and telex same procedure As in 2 there is a charge plus any out of pocket the Community Bank May also accept the Check with a five business Day hold if deposited to a new account with no regarding the specific questions our client his stateside Bank wired the funds to the Deutsche we have no explanation Why the senders Bank Wells Fargo did not wire the funds to american but to a local Commer Cial the procedures described below represent the Normal procedures applied by a local Bank in Deutsche after wire receipt of the funds from Wells deducted their service charges and and transferred the balance to american express a Mph a commercial Bank in Frankfurt for value dated 25 the Date funds were made available to Ameri can the commercial Bank a Mph then transferred the funds to our Community Bank Headquarters in Frankfurt where the clients account was Given someday credit on neither our commercial nor Community Banks assessed any charge for this exactly the same procedure was Fol Reader questions photo selection As a member of the armed forces read which you primarily serve i found your photo of former hostage Jimmy Dell Palmer joking with a shiite militiaman in a recent Issue in bad there was nothing humorous about the photo and i certainly feel few others Wear ing our country uniform chuckled i really question your news right above the photo was a Story on the tense hostage negotiations and that is complemented by a photo of one of the Ameri cans kidnappers laughing with a who was that Guy laughing at Palmer or the and because of the manner you and the rest of the Media Are putting them in the they look like the Good How quickly you seem to forget that a militiaman or one of his Brothers violently beat and then shot a member of the armed forces at the beginning of the in certain that the family of the slain Navy diver  find any humor in the there was not a lot most of us could do but lend moral support and Hope everyone was returned Home Safe and it is the press that has some leverage to keep the rest of us informed that this is really a dilemma not a joking is that the Type of coverage the terrorists deserved it made them out to be human and this is the same group with no regard about killing anyone to get whatever their Point is across the same group that was holding 46 americans against their there was nothing funny about Michale Bowers Rhei main Germany this newspaper tries to present the world As it happens to its we try to give As accurate and balanced a picture of events As is humanly without injecting our own it is then up to the readers to draw their own conclusions from the information i would like pen pals from All Over the i am 24 years i am a i enjoy Reading watching movies and Veronica Baas nor eco ii real Dumaguet City 6501 Negros Philippines i would like pen pals from All Over the i am 20 years i enjoy penal writing and Badon Catalina Negros Philippines could you please place my names in your pen pal column i enjoy Reading and updates on current Black music and Green 25 Almond Liverpool l8 7rs England i want to have some friends in Many at 22 years of age i am working for the my hobbles extend from Reading to collections of Stamps and postcards to melodious i look Forward to hearing from other pen pals who share these Theresa Sorongon land tax division City treasurers office Bacolod City 6001 Negros Philippines including deduction of service charges by Deutsche on our clients March funds the Only notable As he pointed was the delay in crediting his unlike the first there was a weekend in the additional elapsed time prior to crediting american express Community Bank was still longer than we received credit after Bank closing on March 20 and the clients local account was credited on March please note that in each your Community Bank took immediate action to credit the clients account As soon As the funds were made available to regarding the question of Why his sister received face value on her funds we can Only assume that her Bank transferred the funds As we recommended via Federal wire Transfer to american express for Deposit to her in reference to the question of recovering the on Bank we can Only advise that this is Standard International banking procedure when transfers of funds other than local currency Are the client should ask his stateside Bank Why they chose to Transfer the funds via a foreign Bank rather than use chips or the Federal wire system for direct credit to his we regret the inconvenience and expenses which our client incurred and urge your readers to review the recommended procedures for wire transfers As outlined should they have need of this serv ice in the european edition capt us editor in chief cmdr us Deputy 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 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