European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers last Friday at i was awakened by a voice outside my Smith its i cant get into my Jay is a Man in his Early i knew he and his Mother had had differences and i Fig ured she had locked him i told Jay to wait a few threw on my Bathrobe and let him his clothes were dishevelled and he was reeking of i i told him he could sleep on the i got out a a Pillow and a quilt and fixed up a place for him to sleep while he was in the when Jay came into the living he took my hand and tried to Lead me to the still not think ing anything was out of i in going Back to get a Good nights he then is your daughter at Home thank goodness she and i if she haunt i might have he mumbled something about being sorry he had awakened i asked if he wanted me to Call his Mother and ask her to let him he i asked if he thought he could get into his he nodded and that fellow went straight into his the Light in his bedroom came on almost he had a key in his pocket when i think of my i never again will i let anyone into my i could have been or this neighbor boy would never have been a sus if my letter will keep just one person from making the same ill be but in Ohio dear Lucky its easy to see Why you fell for his thanks for sharing your its an excellent example of what can happen if a person is too c news America Syndicate sister accused of exam scam Denver a a former City police woman and her sister have been arrested after being accused of trading places to take the police Academy Entrance Examina officials Jeannie Cordova and her Joanne Marie were booked on investigation of second degree criminal impersonation and said chief Deputy Den ver District attorney Chuck Cordova is accused of taking and passing the test on in the name of her who had failed it Shannon worked As a police officer until when she prosecutors said a handwriting expert determined that Cordova wrote her Sisters name on the exam and in the Day the test was Shannon was in the 27yearold women Cordova is 10 months older than Shannon surrendered and were released on personal re cognizance Lepley she has that old dependable Telephone system i think the ets Telephone system i tried Over 15 times unsuccessfully to reach my husband at it was Between 79 each time i tried i was either Cut off by a Busy signal before finishing dealing or was Hung out to dry with silence after i also tried unsuccessfully to reach the engineers and had the same i had a Small what would have happened if i would have had a fatal Emer gency and i  get through Why dont they go Back to the old dependable system Everett Germany editors note Brian Public affairs 5th signal replies we would like to let the writer know that the Telephone system in her area is still the old dependable ets is not scheduled until March the problem pointed out by the writer occurs because of the limited number of lines connecting Wetzlar Deutsche Bun despot def facilities to the military there Are a total of seven connecting the def to the military sex most of which Are in constant use during the time Frame by friends downtown calling soldiers on the military Mission is accomplished by the military not the commercial lines provided by the def which is used by both Economy and on Post if emergencies occur with Home medical the local Ger Man facilities should be quickly and directly Dia Lable from Home More on How to handle terrorists military praised i found a recent writers remarks on How to handle terrorists quite interesting blow Beirut off the face of the Earth make the area one big parking he May have the but a few questions who would Clear away the rubble quite a bit of labor May have trouble assembling a work who would Park there we could build a soccer stadium there to take advantage of the big parking of course there could be another riot or Ira attack and then we would probably want to bomb that off the face of the Earth and make it a parking lot or maybe even a Landing but then some hijackers would probably use it for their purposes and we would have to bomb it interesting eventually we May have a string of Park ing lots All the Way to Heidelberg and solve our parking problem at Campbell now lets How can we solve the Pentagon parking problem Ive got an we could convince some terrorists to Hole up at Arlington cemetery and then we could most of those poor Fellows have been through this Model Heidelberg of nov outages and the poc pen pals i am 21 years old and in interested in meeting both male and female pen please publish my name on your pen pal my hobbles include listening to Good going to cooking and pasague 933 Aguinaldo Bais Negros Oriental Philippines i have heard it is  at my age 34 to still be examining the mysteries of life and seeking the but you have to follow your right if you love Long Long talks and want a sincere lady As a pen please i will try to answer All Marie Crabtree Box 60143 i must agree in part with the recent 5th signal come answer to the letter about the to outages during March in the Wiesbaden there were definitely no outages reported because the Telephone number Given 23555101 to reach the Point of Contact poc for reporting outages is impossible to reach unless one just happens to have a Classa military phone in their dont we All the Wiesbaden transmitter was off the air again june after trying the above listed number from my quarters and getting no answer As i decided to Call Wiesbaden a prefix Extension i reached an individual who told me that everyone was calling but she want the didst know who was the nor How to Contact the the really strange thing about these out Ages mentioned in the previous letter and experienced by All the Wiesbaden military Community and the one on june is that after being off the air not just loss of mod but Complete loss of Carrier for several this Miracle transmitter automatically resets itself without assistance from 5th signal As their records clearly in More than 16 years As an electronics technician working on similar equipment for the air i have yet to encounter a transmitter that would reset itself after a momentary Power must be magic come were not All tank aircraft admin infantry truck with no electronic there Are quite a few techno both in the air Force and the army who can recognize a nontechnical answer being Given to a technical problem just to appease the give us a real How do we reach the poc or Are you afraid that 5th Sig nals trouble Calls will go up and their on Theair record will go Down drastically if you print the proper outage reporting num Richmond Washington 98160 i am 16 years old and would like to correspond with people from other my hobbles include listening to playing sports and Reading Caballo 71 Santa Catalina Dumaguet City 6501 Philippines i am looking for in years old and my hobbles Are sly All about the music from Bruce movies and Many Reuter Ben Strasse 20 3170 go Horn West Germany Ber id like to hear More about this magical automatic self resetting As would almost every electronics technician in the withheld Lindsey Germany editors note Brian Public affairs 5th signal replies i wish i could Tell you of a Miracle breakthrough in signal but the answers to your questions in More with regard to your difficulty in reach ing your Point of Contact we investigated and found that the trouble number for the Wiesbaden area is we contacted the Wiesbaden Deputy Community commanders office after discussing the their decision was to assign two numbers at the same location for reporting to these numbers Are ets or civilian that which is the poc for All to will operate 24 hours a Day and report All outages to the 5th signal 5th signal come is not responsible for establishing to trouble num this is the responsibility of the Community commanders office and if numbers Are found to be incorrect you should notify that you Are Correct about to being off the air on june the outage was necessary so the contractor could work on the trans former at the Tau Tushaus microwave station receives the to signal directly from the Frankfurt studio and either directly or indirectly relays the signal to All transmit ters in Germany and so the 3 hours and 25 minutes it took to Complete work on the transformer affected All of Germany and once the Tau Tushaus trans Mitter was restored to service the signal to other transmitters was automatically re providing they the transmitters were originally functioning you Are transmitters do not reset if there is a problem a technician has to go out and manually reset the in this Case it was merely the signal that was interrupted and not a we Hope we have answered All your we at 5th signal come Are aware of the importance of of nov to All military communities and make every Effort to provide you with the Best service As i just finished 23 years of military service and am enjoying i would like to pass some thoughts sent to me one from a Young at the other from a Coors Engineer both expressing similar i know that there Are Many aspects of our military which Are less than but i think that the function served by our armed forces is absolutely vital to life As we know and life As i know it has been very kind to i would like to express my gratitude to you and All others like you for a Job Well and in doing so i speak for my family and my we All owe you a great Deal and 1 know that we have been very lax in our duty to let that fact be perhaps this will help others remember that our efforts Are appreciated by Beran Colorado european edition capt Dale us editor in chief Cmor 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 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