European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday septembers 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers in rebuttal to your recent column something is rot ten in the stale of California where do you get off Mak ing judgments about a court decision that you obviously have not researched per haps you and Herb Caen of the san Francisco chronicle your source for the item should allow your readers to hear the other Side of the Story. The burglar that Herb and you have spoken of so ignorantly was an 18-year old boy when he fell through the skylight of the Enterprise High school gymnasium. He was one in a series of boys who met with the same Fate. His immediate predecessor was not to Lucky. He was kilted As a result of his fall. As result of the problems the school District was having with children dropping through these Flimsy structures the sky lights were outlawed and ordered to be re placed with solid coverings. However eds apparently wanted to save that expense so they merely covered the skylights with tar making it impossible to detect the Glass underneath. The boy you wrote about is now 21 years old. He has spent the last three Yean of his life in bed nine months of which he was in a coma. The settlement was $260,000. His lawyers took most of it. The fellow has just enough Money to subsist and will spend the remainder of his life in a wheelchair. I find k hard to stomach a ple who write or speak of injustices when they Don t know the whole Story. What the boy did was not right. On the other hand he did t deserve what he got. Is it of for a High school to have an illegal skylight on its roof As Long As it catches a mischievous boy in the process fed up with redneck attitudes dear fed up i fed moral obligation to print your letter which certainly casts a different Elf it on Ike Story. My heart goes out to to a a oof Una who will spend the rest of i life la but More needs to be saw of Tbs object forge a if i say his attempt to Bur Klarize the school by entering through the sky she after soother to mtg Man us immediate predecessor bad Beta killed attempting tip bum net strikes me As my mount other than it was downright reckless and foolish. Some might can ii Stich by if the skylight was illegal As you say the lad had is better Case than waa presented in the item by Herb Caen. Thank Yon for the Opportunity to set the record straight dear Ann Landers recently you printed a prayer for peo ple who Are hearing impaired. Now will you please print a prayer for those of who must live with these old folks my wonderful Mother is 83. She has a hearing problem that could be greatly helped if she would Wear her hearing Aid. But no she thinks it makes her look old so it sits in the Dresser drawer. Everyone in the family must repeat things three or four times while she says what or speak up or please Stop we love our Mother but an i ening with her is exhausting. How about publishing our Side of the Story Mississippi Gripe dear Gripe your message came through loud and Clear. I Hope your Mother hears it wunsman5us665tomsit� inspections with anpmonitorgpp6uvgw9iteb new Coke controversy leaves Pepsi partisan Flat Star blazers Bloom county and Doc Newbury along with Barracks life and of course not to be forgotten the newest tirade to Cross the Ever popular pages of stars and stripes new Coke. To think of All the troubles in today s world it just amazed me the important Reading material that has been privileged to Grace these pages. The first one was about How violent Star blazers was and the pros and cons of seeing this Tver popular program. Boy i just could t wait to read what the an viewing audience had to say next. For month this was the highlight of my Day. If that was t enough to keep my spirits up we had to read about the departure of doonesbury and the arrival of the new kid on the Block. Bloom county. Opus a thrilled and Michael was mystified Why he was dropped. At this Point you Are totally enthralled in this letter so we can mention a few words of Barracks life. Yes it s not the greatest and no every dorm in t animal House As some think. But we do have our plutos. I m getting thirsty so i la drink some coca cola classic or was that new Coke of Well it does t matter any Way because i m part of the Pepsi generation. For three years i have read this part of the paper just to enlighten myself. And to All those people out there i would like to thank you Ana say name and address withheld memories of the flying fortress As a former combat Crew member of the greatest aircraft Ever built the b-17 Fly ing fortress i and Many others who flew thu Beautiful piece of machinery wish to thank you for remembering us in recent articles. You brought Back memories both Good and bad. We had an Esprit de corps on our combat Crews second to none. With very Little training time was lacking we fought off and Defeated the fw-i90s. Me-109s, etc., not to men Tion flak so thick that you could almost land on it. Our fighter escort of p-51 Mustangs or p-38 lightnings when available was great. When we hit the in initial Point of the bomb run we were pretty much on our own. Most of us would make it through even though the fort would take a beating. Of course Many of our comrades did not make it and it was a sickening feeling to see one of our forts knocked Down Ana then we would Hope and Pray that we would sight 10 chutes opening. As an 18-year-old lower Turret gunner with the 301st bomb group is aah in Italy i had a Good View of All the events As they happened. Because of lots of Luck some skill on the part of the pilots and Crew but mostly due to the toughness of our old fort i was Able to Complete my 55 missions Over european targets. All this moving at great speeds of about 165 Mph yes we did have a love affair with the flying fortress. Those of us who flew on this Marvel will never forget it. I Hope to be around at least in spirit when you celebrate the 100th anniversary of the b 17. In ring j. Linden Zaragoz Spain buddy can you spare a ride capt Dau k. Patroon Umed Tor in dim co Jpn ill s. Zaum. Condom no editor m conf . Bloc we. M.proctop1 Mono or Manor de. Maraur to Maui tar i on Zulfi Arbod unofficial Pum Collal Fari Norbort a Iho my torn mrs fam ovo Moi. Cottonn. Of tin Sim Ono sir hot Oro i Nicou Ortr rho Mcm of Oft on Donad by Iho . Ovorn rent. Tho of do form or Tho . Eul onion command. To Capo Bronco of Karl us to shh pump fun. A Jud top Morli or Imp Monti Don not come Shifo Ondo Nomona by no Doport Mont of of form. 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