European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers a great Many peo ple these including Are scared to death of we now hear that it has spread to the general Popula Tion and there is at this time no known from what i have this deadly virus is transmitted through saliva and i was uneasy last sunday when i sipped from the common communion a Friend told me that the alcohol Content in the wine would kill any bacteria or is it possible to get aids or any other infectious disease from the communion cup Reader in Chicago dear Chicago i checked with the most knowledgeable and responsible source in the the Public health service Center for disease control in James epidemiologist and chief of the aids Laboratory studies have shown that bacteria and viruses can contaminate a Silver Chal ice and despite the alcohol Content of the in the four years we have been studying aids there has been no evidence of the transmission of the virus by sharing meals and which certainly would include the communion if any disease is transmitted by this it would most Likely be the com Mon it is True that now More than cases of aids have been reported in the United states and there As no known please Tell your readers that aids is contracted by sexual sharing of Needles by infected drug mothers who have aids May give birth to a child who will have transfusions of blood from an aids recently a blood test to screen out aids has been implemented in All blood Banks and plasma centers in the United the above statement should alleviate a great Deal of dear Ann Landers this question May sound trivial and Stu but i Hope you will is there a Law in or any that prohibits driving Barefoot if is there any reason for such a Law i have always Felt that without foot one can feel the pedals better and in this Way have More control Over the Lehi what Are the facts first in san Jose dear feet we checked with Fred manager of traffic safety at the National safety he said so far As we except for a few local it is not illegal in the to drive As a matter of driving nude does not constitute a moving violation but you might have trouble with an indecent expo sure driving Barefoot is not a Motorist never knows when it might be Nec Essary to Brake hard or take evasive action to avoid an most of us Wear footwear for daily an Unsod foot on a pedal May not react As naturally in an c news America Syndicate plea for continuation of name withheld policy pen pals please add my name to your pen pal i am 25 years my hobbles Are cooking and working with Reyes North Poblacion Larena slug Tor so quillor province Philippines this is in response to the writer who requested that stars and stripes Institute a policy of not printing letters signed name withheld As having Little or no value to the Reader because of Lack of please continue your policy of withholding the name of a letters author when requested in order to protect the writers in some letters criticizing a Mili tary policy or reflecting Dis gust for a disappointment of military or letters written just so the writer can blow off steam and feel that his or her voice is being heard especially in the Case of Low ranking can adversely affect a soldiers career or personal life when taken the wrong Way by an Overly sensitive person charge or Chain of in i was stationed at a Public affairs office Pao in Alaska with a specialist four who was about to have a permanent change of station she was engaged to marry a sergeant who had already left and had submitted a stack of paperwork in order to be assigned to the same duty Sta Tion As they were to be married at a big ceremony less than one week after her this alaskan tour was our first military assignment after wed both arrived on the same Day and were due to pcs at the same the Public affairs officer and Coic promised to help her with her to use their contacts to land her the assignment with her Fiance and to Bend Over backward to help in any Way they Promise her she was a on a command information not Only highly Visi ble in the local but also regularly recognized and lauded in the office of chief of Public which is sent to pass worldwide on a monthly basis at that the especially the liked the favourable much of which was for her she was also heavily involved in army Community Sun Day school and other social As a she was not Only Well known to the military Community but highly respected As this was Good for the image of the so those in charge continued to keep her morale High with a snowballing number of promises of new to the she was naive to the ways of office politics and Mili tary so she believed that they actually help i months dragged she submitted More As her pcs Date Drew the office staff did nothing to help but continued to make vague she grew More i had extended in that As because id put in paperwork for a particular duty station and a three month Extension would allow More time for the hell Nikon my wife and i would like to extend a Heartfelt thanks to the very Friendly and helpful people at the hell Nikon recreation Center and while vacationing in these kind folks provided us with helpful information that made our stay very enjoyable and for those of you planning a vacation where there May be a military base in the we strongly urge you to Check with the Volunteer they can Tell you where to find the Best buys As Well As focal customs and services that you should know once Many thanks to you wonderful a special note to the base commander hell Nikon is one of the most Well kept military communities weve seen in Europe you should be proud of those who live and work and Francis Pitaro Germany paperwork to go our pcs orders arrived a few weeks both on the same i received the duty station shed she was to be stationed about Miles i suggested to the Public affairs officer that since we both had exactly the same qualifications to include the attendance at the same Ait the same time in Grade and time at our present duty that he Call the assignments Branch and simply get her name put on my my Extension had gone through and i would not be leaving on those orders she would have been my gaining Pao would have been Happy to have this highly qualified and her then i now would have been the officer refused to put in this re we never found out one month i walked into the of fice and was asked if id seen the latest army i did not know but my frustrated Friend had written a letter to the in she expressed her disgust with her and the disappointment for having had to work through the system with no support from her Chain of com despite As i read the letter which id not seen or known All that came through was one soldiers frustration and disappointment for the Way things she said nothing negative about a particular she was just a lowly specialist four trying to be the let Ter to the army times was a like opening a pressure nothing but that was not what caused the prob in Blacka Edwhite at the end of the was her rank and duty How bitter the Coic and editor were about that letter How angry they were because she had the nerve to write to the army times about an incident they Felt made the office look bad they treated her poorly during her last few weeks at the the on the before she left she was to leave on two Days after putting her off for almost two they gave her an this award winning civic minded and Community oriented never late for no Ucma was Given a score of since her formal wedding was to take place less than a week after she she could not linger to fight the she signed and during my remaining three months at that it came out that the main reason she was Given such a Low Eer was because of her signed letter to army there Are other reasons As mainly due to prejudice a woman doing a Good Job in a mans and other human character the main Rea son Why her unblemished career was tarnished was because she shared the same feelings As the recent inter did not sign the letter to you with a full she As she told that one must have the courage to stand behind ones especially when those beliefs Are made this is an isolated and very unique like countless incidents that take place in human lives every is unique in the sense that the very drama of life involves not but human As Long As the military and civilian chains of command Are made up of imperfect human beings who possess varying backgrounds and different human weaknesses and character it is sometimes necessary for an individual to protect personal military and civilian career and family life from abuse or destruction from High ranking people who arc sometimes Overly sensitive or in secure human beings despite being in even children have the right to be but even from their parents when they feel that such Protection would prevent damage to their physical and mental As far As an unsigned letter having Little or no 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