European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letter dear Ann Landers i am a Mother of two teenage we have kept the lines of communication open and never had any serious problems with recently something has come up that re quires the opinion of an unbiased third will you be the one our 19yearold is in his second year of we agreed that Jeff would not take a Job during his College but concentrate instead on his studies and graduate in the shortest possible Jeff gets an allowance of a week for snacks and he has a 19 year old Girlfriend who works when they go to a my son is expected to pay her often it is More than his entire weeks Jeff dislikes asking us for More he explained to her that his parents Are paying for her ticket and suggested that they both pay their own Way until he has an she unwilling to accept this should we increase Jeffs allowance or should the Young woman be told that she must buy her own ticket we Are not americans and maybe we dont know the customs of this country Well enough will you please advise us learning dear still in All fairness i must say the Young woman does not appear to be very on the other a week for a 19 year old College student seems extremely is it possible to give the Young Man enough of an increase to cover the Cost of two tickets if i recommend should this woman end up As your daughter in Law you should not want to be accused of having tried to break up the dear Ann Landers please ask your experts what they think about tickling i am not talking about a Brief i mean pro longed tickling that often ends up in screaming and although i am not sure there is a conscious desire to is there not an element of sadism in this Type of behaviour maybe i am Reading More into the situation than it but Doest it Tell the child it is of to do something to somebody else against his or her will curious in dear a you Are right on the following letter arrived in the same Batch with it should be of interest to dear Ann Landers a few years ago you published a letter about a father who tickled his son until the child i didst pay much Atten Tion to that letter but it has taken on a new meaning since i became aware of the same behaviour in a nextdoor suddenly All the pieces of my own family history fit i dont know How i could have been so our As a was tickled a great Deal by her she used to beg me to make him 1 never went to the Childs Rescue because it appeared to be a game and i saw no harm in i realize now he was torturing her and she hated after All these she still hates please print this letter for whatever it May be late Awakening in Illinois dear late Here it is and its Worth a thanks for the Short news America Syndicate veterinary inspectors respond to shoppers criticism i am a veterinary inspection no in the Stuttgart area and this letter is in response to a recent letter writer and other Consumers who May utilize the commissary and cafes retail the reason Many items Are found out of Date is a combination of Lack of Cus Tomer some items have Short shelf lives and Are near expiration upon arrival in Europe and at times the system becomes overstocked with an item and can not sell the item prior to the expiration or sell by when inspections Are random samples Are drawn to determine if the item is fit for human and then if the item is fit for intended just because a subsistence item has some Quality deter Ora it would not justify destruction of the if everything that showed signs of deterioration were the taxpayers i pay too would be taking a loss of tens of millions of dollars every i be Lieve there is enough waste in this commissary stores have Thrifty buy sections with reduced prices on overstocked or out Date cafes uses a similar policy in its retail and the method used in extreme cases to expedite the use of these items is to Transfer the item to the troop Issue facilities to be used in dining this is used for seriously overstocked or unsaleable items excessive diet products can be used by dining facilities for the weight control the veterinary inspectors to maintain the health of the conserve the fighting strength and protect the Finan Cial interests of the government is a Large but we do take it James Miller Stuttgart in a recent edition a Patron of the Herzo commissary voiced her anger to the veterinary food inspectors about outdated the response was but we Felt More needed to be we work As food inspectors at the Fuerth our unit covers the areas of Schwa and not Only do we inspect at commissaries but also troop Issue Supply As Well As providing support to cafes a Belafonte and ethiopian Graves we were intrigued by the recent picture of Harry Belafonte crouching beside a mass grave in for was very pleased when i read that the no doubt having heard of government interference with food disruptions in had chosen to accompany to Africa the contributions from the group for Africa Are the i will also be interested in hearing what Belafonte has to say about the results of the Relief program in particularly because that gentleman is not renowned for his objective in 1983 he made a guest appearance at a leftist cultural festival in Ger song and dance highlights from Gershwin porgy and presented by artists from the Berlin my daughter among were scheduled on the same program until the festival organizers received a wire from the Black Singer that he would cancel his appearance unless this anti Lack Gershwin number was removed from the the disappointed and irate Berlin directors answer was to Send Bela Fonte a tape of Belafonte singing porgy and our american press does not Tell us what or who killed those who lie in the mass grave the american Folk Singer has behind him in the associated press there we Are to assume the victims died of but there Are other the marxist government of Ethiopia has been responsible for liquidating countless Reward for suitcase on july returned from an italian trip through itt and went to claim my Luggage Only to find it i put in on the somewhere Between Darmstadt and Mannheim Germany it disappeared from the Transfer it is a double Compart Light Brown Canvas two Navy Blue shoulder strap and the initials Tab on the if anyone has any information on the whereabouts of my please Contact me at the address below or Call 09342 there is a Barley Box 43 Usma Apo 09047 press performance i would like to nominate the United states press corps for an Oscar for Best supporting actor in a melodrama the hostage it was refreshing to see How Well the shiite terrorists manipulated the press Schroeder Raf England thousands of these emaciated sufferers through to name Only a few methods burnings and brutal methods of in the latter exercises the has been instrumental at the same demanding High payment from the government for the services of so Viet on March Peter head of the Agency for International devel made an Appeal to ethiopian government officials to cease hindering West Ern Relief efforts in their on april ethiopian government troops burned to the ground the larg est feeding Center in the thirty thousand of the Camps starving refugees Are still unaccounted some mass Graves must hold victims of marxist regime the United states even before the Advent of for Africa has of All nations of the world sent the most to the famine i look Forward to Harry Belafonte re port on his ethiopian after some of the political sentiments i have heard the Singer express in the it will not sur prise Roje if he somehow manages to Point an accusing Finger at the capitalistic West for the failing Relief efforts in Ann Holtz Germany pen pals i am 16 years old and would like to have pen i like basketball and Saycon Trabuc Tubig Dumaguet Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen i am 21 years my hobbles Are  and Dong 340 Merlano Road Dumaguet Negros Oriental 6501 Philippines please add my name to your list of pen i am 23 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entire it is recommended that outdated products be purchased for immediate use and not for the samples selected for inspection Are based on the number of we certainly dont inspect just one and assume the whole Case is we inspect enough samples to have an Ade quate representation of the whole it would not be feasible to inspect 100 or to inspect the product every it would be too Cost and prices would have to be raised to cover the if the Herzo Patron had purchased an outdated product and discovered it was Why didst she return the product to the commissary for a refund instead of throwing it away does she thank us for rejecting bad products or receiving Price adjustments that mean lower prices for the customers does she enjoy being Able to shop in the Thrifty buy Section with discounted prices none of these privileges would be possible without the food we certainly dont expose anyone to the risk of food nor do we risk any family we do our Job to the Best of our but no system is 5 Sandra 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