European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 aim Landers dear Ann Landers where have All the ethical physicians gone in this Small Community in the Midwest there is a prominent surgeon who is performing operations while under the influence of he has treated patients in his office with Alco hol on his i know because i was one of and it was a 10 my question How can his who must surely be aware of the mans allow him to continue practising Medicine you can be certain his fellow physicians would not permit this Man to operate on or treat them or their this seems grossly unfair to the which is at the mercy of in sure this is not an isolated there must be thousands of doctors who Are practising Medicine under similar Circum Why what can be done about this problem x in Iowa dear Iowa the life of a physician is often tension producing and extremely add to this the easy availability of alcohol and drugs and its not hard to figure out How doctors become for a Long time Many impaired physicians were protected by the buddy sys nobody but this began to change in 1979 when states enacted sick doctor Florida was the with malpractice suits reaching astronomical the profession decided something must be done and they Are doing physicians Are policing their setting up treatment centers and self help although increasing numbers of physicians Are finding the courage to speak out and protect patients against the impaired among there is still much to be done in this in my any physician who knows of a colleague who is treating or heaven help performing surgical procedures while in an impaired state should share the responsibility and the guilt of botched operations and dear Ann Landers i am a 14yearold girl Sagittarius who is crazy about this 19yearold College student his Mother Pisces does not like me because she thinks i am too Young for we Are perfect for each in about two years ahead of my self mentally and he is about two years slower than most Guys his i dont mean he is stupid or anything like i mean he is just not very the girl who has been chasing him is a and you know Libras cant be i am sure she is cheating on him and if he knew it he would dump her should i Tell him or would it look As if i were knifing her to get her put of the Way his Mother is pushing him toward the Libra because her dad owns a Cadillac what do you think child dear child a 19yearold Guy who fools around with a 14yearold girl could be arrested in some i suggest you Cool c news America Syndicate letters Light Reading while in Israel this Spring we took the time to kick Back and read the stars and we thought youd enjoy a photo of us on the dead sea with our Hometown its really that and Andrine de la Rocha Germany threat to mar from eager beavers7 gets reply i was extremely Happy to read about the 7th annual Usa eur conference of mar fund in i laughed my Way through the whole while these marvellously naive people have been up in a tree scouting the some local eager beavers have been Busy gnawing at the How can this be Peter Isaacs said it our soldiers Are far More sophisticated than Ever he should have stopped there and consid ered what that Mcdonalds and Burger King do not have table Linen candles on the or gourmet the implication that fast food restaurants indicate the sophistication level of service members is it was noted that the conference was held at the general Walker hotel in Berch Tesla arc hotels the Chi Emsee Lake and the general Walker hotels in partic ular seem to be favorite spots for Confer perhaps i was mistaken in thinking that they were provided As Low Cost Billet ing for vacationing As a result of various i have found some Lovely Gas Hauses in Garmisch and i take my own soap and Washcloth because they Are not i am Al ways courteously welcomed As a i have even been Given the key to the Kitchen at one in Case you Are hungry and in not soap with buffing will not dismay the those eager beavers will be chewing big chunks out of the mar tree trunk with Accomma Friendly Quality food Timber Susie Hammar Germany editors note Peter european regional of army Community and family support replies i am pleased that our recent mar workshop provided your Reader such unbridled i am still naively sitting in my tree awaiting the onslaught of the eager one of the purposes of our recent workshop was to instill in our mar Man agers the need to provide hospitable service such As that your Reader de scribes being offered in certain i certainly adhere to my statement that soldiers Are More sophisticated today than Ever does not automatically equate to minuscule portions of haute preferred by aloof waiters in a dimly candlelit room at inflated my perception of sophistication is that soldiers and their families expect and de Mand Quality courteous service and reasonable prices for goods and serv ices provided in aesthetically pleas ing in the area of food service this is whether the product is fast cafeteria a la carte dining or table i recognize that Logoi Zed amenities such warning issued to Italy visitors this is a warning to All travellers to take a Good lesson from a Guy who was silly enough to leave his car in a Public lot for two Days in that of itself is not terribly but couple the extended location stay with a Usa sticker in the window and american and a stereo system in Plain View and watch i provided the perfect menu to be ripped during the second persons unknown punched the Drivers Side door lock and forcibly removed my and the Only advice i can provide is be even the most unsuspecting resort can be loaded with folks who would love to ruin someones if you must leave your car in a Public storage cover every thing of dont let thieves have any idea what you would hate to such experiences Are not especially if you find yourself More than Miles from Nichols Germany pen pals dripping with sarcastic humor i am a pakistani Man working in saudi Arabia and am a regular Reader of your which set through my american i would like my name published in your pen Par Abdul Rahman Frank Box 880 Dhahran Airport saudi Arabia 31932 Bravo to the writers recent recommendation that the army adopt irps rather than the Only problem i foresee with such a move would be a reasonably serviceable umbrella can be had for under i imagine an Irod would run near on a Mendenhall Germany i agree with the letter concerning the individual rain protective device he misnamed the proper name should be anyone who called it the drip should be to beet Germany As soap will not dismay the Competition it will hopefully Foster the desire to upgrade goods and services in our mar so those eager beavers dont Chew an irreparable Hole in our while the primary purpose of arc is to provide Low Cost accommodations and recreation to their they do routinely permit conferences to use facilities during Low occupancy periods of the this obviously allows arc to generate revenues during off thereby allow ing prices to be stabilized during Peak this strikes me As a prudent Busi Ness practice that should be not the an european edition capt Dale us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey us Deputy editor in chief Blackwell my 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 patronage without regard to National marital physical political affiliation or any other no Merit Factor of the or military address the stars and Apo International mail the stars and Postrach 11 10 d6100 Darmstadt Tel 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