European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers i have just read your column on crime and the penal you were so right to describe it As a National Dis Why Doest the Public believe us it is a matter of fact that the prison sys tem in this country is All wrong and vastly we keep telling them but they wont men go to prison for a relatively Short period of time and they come out More hostile and far More skilled at breaking the Law than when they went our penal institutions Are training grounds for yet when people find a they Are amazed and they write to they write to but the individuals who could change things go on playing Golf and taking nobody we Are paying a terrible Price for this indifference and the end is not in de int it Karl dear Karl in not giving and i Hope you we have a powerful ally in chief Justice Warren if they wont listen to you or to they just might listen to dear Ann Landers you Are probably sick of the subject by but i Hope youll print just one More letter on Date your advice to dilemma in was in my there is a valuable lesson to be Learned from that a woman who became inebriated left an office party with the office the next Day she charged him with raping i feel that All intelligent females should be conscious of the signals they Send it Doest make sense that the woman believed the office Romeo or local As he was invited her to his apartment for conversation and nothing before you write me off As a i think you should know that i am a reformed having Learned my lesson the hard i honestly cannot blame that Man for behaving in a manner that was natural for when i stopped being a i received very few crude propositions and there were virtually no struggles in the Back of women should not complain when they get what they ask older and Wiser at 26 dear o and w in the interest of i am printing your but in sure it is going to generate some angry responses from the women anyone from Magazine want to respond to older and Wiser dear Ann Landers i have been visiting my husband in a nursing Home five Days a week for the past two Hail and sleet have not deterred i Felt somewhat smug about my faithful last week i mentioned my record to the she pointed to a Man going out the door and see that gentleman with the Gray hair he has been Here to see his wife every Day for 15 1 guess we All need a humbling experience now and then to Cut us Down to i am glad i got a Reader in Cape cod dear Reader thank you for a letter that took real humility to in sure you touched a lot of people c 1985 news America Syndicate reminder 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 personnel office responds to complaint about hiring i am currently employed at the gs4 level As a when i was hired in August 1983 i qualified As a but no jobs were available at that i took the even though i like my Job and work with wonderful i am overqualified and wanted to move to a higher level before we move on a permanent change of station in november after i had been in this Job one 1 submitted my applications to co for Sev eral gs5 Only two jobs were open for me from september 1984 to february i didst qualify for one and on one All applicants were interviewed except i was on temporary duty to a Jobre lated school for two and it was deter mined i was ineligible because i was try and out of the i made an in complaint about my alleged co told me that be cause of this they had Given new guidance to employers on what constitutes Pineli Gibilie this didst help beginning this March there have been numerous jobs open to i have been on three interviews and talked to numerous other people who will have openings in the near i have an excellent Job Good letters of but no one will hire Why because in i was under the impression that your length of time remaining want to be taken into i was asked that ques Tion on every interview and when i have talked to other prospective i questioned co and was told that it is a valid question and reason for not hiring if youre under six i was Over six months considering that we pcs in november and the interviews were in March and i was also told by were sorry there Arent More jobs we certainly would have hoped you could work at a higher but that the Way it in Tough i made one mistake myself and that was caution for Pov shipment plans if you Are planning on shipping a Pov privately owned vehicle in conjunction with a permanent Changi of beware and be prepared for if you Are shipping through a local firm beware that they do not guarantee the de livery and if your Pov Doest arrive on be prepared for some first of my car Wab to arrive on june but it did not arrive until june this causes a Small first of if you arrive on june everything is closed on the weekend so you must wait until monday therefore you must seek out a which is not very you have a three kids and 10 we found a hotel for for one there were probably other hotels around but this was the most reason Early monday morning i picked up the phone to Call the Contact agent at the she was very she gave us All the bad news i didst want to first of All the dates were not the same the agent in Germany had the prices were not the and if the car arrived on Friday during the afternoon and you were unable to process you would have to pay storage there Are no Grace you pick up or pay As you can see it was very impractical to pay for a hotel for one i purchased a bus ticket for me and my which was quite reasonable considering the difference be tween airline and bus whereas i would have to pay for everybody in my family for the on the my 7yearold paid half Price and my 4year old and 11monthold children were on top of it i still have to go Back for my it was extremely hard to keep my if you Are shipping be prepared for Larry Garner Soldier praises duty i would like to say that More and More of the present situations terrorism to Ward the citizens its army make the people stronger due to the fact you have something that most countries dont have Freedom we suffer More than but the Means More to me every time i hear As a Soldier in the army it makes me not Only want to enjoy my but to defend the that where i live and would like to go but my Job is to keep Europe Safe from a terrorist this is based on the thought that at any Given time i step that i or my family might get Hurt due to heavy or Light fighting so if youre a citizen or resident of the stand up youre one of millions when it comes to a if youre not a Patriot for then you Are a Patriot for nonsense All you american citizens love those stars and stripes because that All we when there it will be due to the Lack of sacrifice for those old stars and stripes they aint White and Blue for nothing Michael Boone Germany apologies for caption confusion i feel that a correction is in order in reference to a recent feature on the grand Ole in the picture i saw Boxcar Willie and his the caption said that this was Bill i personally know Bill Monroe and Boxcar Willie Doest look anything like having played at Bill Monroe Blue grass festival in this whole thing has become an i truely Admire Bill and his music Jones Germany you Are we used the identification supplied by associated press with the apparently they realized the error and sent a we failed to receive sorry for the pen pals i am 32 years old and would like to have pen tussle Dumele Maria Rosa Village South cot Abato Philippines i would like to be included in your pen pal i am 20 years old and my hobbles Are going Reading and i also like Mellow music and Good pm null 244 real Dumaguet Philippines i am 22 years old and would like pen i am taking chemical engineering Mph Anas 15o Palma tag Bularan Bohol Philippines staying in Triy Job one year before submit Ting my Ive paid tie Price for liking the Job and the my Bosses wanted to Sec me but there Happy ill be on the Job a while i dont know what will once i get to the but i certainly doubt that it could be any worse there than Katherine Morrow Germany editors note a spokesman for the office of the Deputy chief of he replies thank you for the Opportunity to address a recent change in the army Regula Tion for overseas employment a 690 chapter under the previous edition of this regu lation effective from through receipt of change 14 dated april it was department of army policy that a family member could be non selected for a permanent continuing Posi Tion when it was known that the family members period of availability for employment would be less than six no selection on this basis had to be Well documented and made a part of the placement effective upon receipt of change this policy has been realistic reasons for selecting an employee Are determined by the selecting supervisor who must consider All aspects of an individuals availability for continued employment May be one of the factors considered by a the change in policy will be publicized to All selecting we Hope this adequately responds c the writer and others in the same Situa the please add me to your pen pal i am 22 years Libres University of Bohol tag Bularan Bohol Philippines european edition capt Dale us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell Proctor Mcdermott production manager managing 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 everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for or 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