European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters dear Ann Landers in recent years you printed a poem on the dangers of gossip and the dam age it can could you run it please i am at this very moment the victim of some malicious rumours that have absolutely no basis in these stories Are ruining my health and hurting my thank you so in dear Anonymous Here it is a masterpiece of i Hope it remember me my name is i have no respect for i maim without i break hearts and ruin i am cunning and malicious and gather strength with the More i am quoted the More i am i flourish at every level of my victims Are they cannot protect themselves against me because i have no name and no to track me Down is the harder you the More elusive i i am nobody once 1 tarnish a it is never quite the i topple governments and wreck mar i ruin cause sleepless hear tache and i spawn suspicion and generate i make innocent people cry in their Pil even my name i am called office shop party i make headlines and before you repeat a Story ask is it True is it fair is it necessary if not shut dear Ann Landers in sure youre fed up with letters about whether the male should put the toilet seat Down after using the please print one it is a terrific solution to the my wife thought it up and several of her friends have taken the cover the lid of the commode with a thick Rug Type fasten an artificial Rose to the the thickness of the fabric and Rose makes it impossible to push the lid or the seat Back far enough to stay sign me of a smart lady in Montana dear Montana great idea with which to end the Dis thanks for a practical Way to put the lid on the lid dear Ann Landers my Best Friend works at a Mote restau rant a few Miles from where i she told me that my dad has been checking into the Motel with a woman regularly for the past three my dad and i always had a Good rela since i heard what he has been doing i can barely speak a civil word to i dont know How such a great family Man can sneak around like mom Doest deserve such what should i do in dear s bottled rage can do tremendous dam dont be a Tell your in a Calm what you have heard and How you feel about c 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 readers this and that letter on current events this is one of those this and that let ters written to address a number of Dis jointed not Long it was pointed out in an Ann Landers that a Man who was convicted of breaking into a school for the purpose of was awarded some outrageous figure because he was injured while falling through the school the school failed to warn him that the sky Light might be dangerous if a person happened to fall through it while perpetrating a now i see that a lady is suing her priest for million because he notified authorities that she had embezzled Over no doubt about crime is paying off the judicial system in Ameri Ca is fantastic for the most Over worked for the most part and ridiculous too it used to be that a convicted Felon gave up All rights As a he  walk the or or run for Public it seems if we want Junior to grow up to be successful he Doest need much of an education beyond sue How Long will it take our lawmakers to decide that convicted criminals should have no right to make any claim against any person or institution for something involved in the commission of his or her crime As for the he was and if the lady had complained to the no doubt he would have been Given his but for a court to even consider awarding this woman is thus end eth the this Side of the As for the that we seem to have a propensity for closing the barn door after somebody bombs the so to As they said in that Well known to we have the we can make him in this it better let a bomb go off somewhere and Security is thrown into action like a Girdle that three sizes too Here we the american defending the who is defending us i its a pain to drag out that id and have your searched every time you enter a military it becomes a Little time and i always have great feel Ings of compassion for those poor souls who have to stand out there in All kinds of weather to see that its done but whether its a military installation or an International there Are ways to detect explosives and firearms before they reach critical bomb sniffing dogs Arent but they do quite a Job and dont Cost All that at least not As much As the deploying of medical helicopters and bomb ballistics sex engineers and cleanup workers after the Why Arent Metal detectors placed out Side of Airport Gates Why cant Luggage rude americans spoiled trip recently i was on a Stoat in the Center of the Rhine River watching Rhine splendid As it my enjoyment of this Celebration was by a Small group of american service they were rude and above while the rest of us were trying to watch this these Cal Lous oafs were screaming obscenities and doing their Macho bests to be one of them medic in my i wished there had been a reason for we were not interested in your con female or or your limited four and seven letter words seem to be All you Are you stupid and therefore insensitive to others would you talk that Way in front of your your Girlfriend or smaller Sisters or Brothers if your Mother was standing would you make those obscene gestures we All paid for the what right have you to be the Center of attraction if youre interested in hire your own Hall and sell your billboard could come and watch me make a fool of i do it better than anyone else i wont come int a Ive seen the it Rogers Netherlands Shell miss not garbage today after two and a half my last Day of work in the Heidelberg Community and i feel i really loved working in feeling Good As i approach the Library then i see trash on the two soda cans and a pizza i put Down my Book open the front grab a plastic trash sack and head for the Twenty minutes later with dirty hands and a bag full of i return to discover yet another Coke can on the him still looking Forward to my last but As i round the Corner of the circulation desk i detect an surely not on my last not in the Book As i move closer i see another pizza Box on the mixed in with it Are a broken Jar of the sunday As sorted books and yet another dripping can of this mess is one thing i wont i will miss my Good i will miss my supportive i will miss the administration ill miss the compe tent Public service my staff provides the Library you May miss it after How Long would you pick up other Peoples garbage Suzanne Stephens Heidelberg photo contest travel Money okd its come to my attention that the army expends a whole Bunch of taxpayers Money for Community and command football and Tennis teams to go on temporary duty try All Over the world and army copies to compete with dishes the common i in the mess Hall will never get to to the Best of my no funding is provided for the winners at a command sponsored photo contest v Vii Usa eur to go try to pick up Why Robert Stevens bad Germany editors note Tom and passengers be shuttled to terminals it costs so does bomb dam Luggage could be checked at Point a and passengers at Point of this  be practical for most military or would it not the shuttle the separation of person from possessions for a Short be the Cost would be it would take our soldiers from their mis what is it doing now getting blown or fear Doest do a whole lot for the and while were on the that Seg Why cant planes be equipped with a Gas that would Knock out everyone on it i realize the last major hijacking involved people holding grenades with the pins but would they have done the same knowing they would die if that Gas were released at As it now there is sonic reasonable doubt that  be or even Gas masks would Block the you but not if the Gas masks got separated from the hijackers before they could get to the or even to the i dont know All the technical aspects of these but it seems that if you read the news the lesson to be Learned is that criminals and terrorists seem to make out pretty while the rest of the world Shivers in its socks wait ing for an end to it the solution is maybe its even been maybe no one has decided that its Worth spending Money makes you wonder where our priorities Doest it Payton Germany arts and crafts morale support 1st personnel he replies we share the writers belief that excellence deserves to be until mor ale support 1st did provide funds for the firs place winners in the annual Usa eur photography contest to attend a reception and awards ceremony i because of budgetary we were unable to do this in we Are Happy that this year we can again fund the costs for the 12 firs place winners to travel to Heidelberg to receive their awards and due european edition capt Dale us editor 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