European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. November 28, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann inter. I am a teen Ager who tent for your Booklet called the Lowdown on  it we the Only thing i Ever read on the subject that made any Kuclo me. After doing pot Ltd Speed and co Caine since i  13, i am off All the junk for keeps. It  the Belt $2 i Ever spent in my whole life. The poem at the end of the Booklet by Gerry Anonymous in Dallas should be read by every person who is doing drugs. Please print it in your column. I am a former Junkie in Calif. Dear former Junkie to terms for asking Kotc ii Fei. . Anyone interested in the Booklet in cold trite to aim Landers . Box 11995. Obj to Iii. 60611. Send so plus a Ion serf add esd stamped envelope Trilk 3 cents postage the scene that  mine dope u like jealous Lover. It comes in ill kinds of dress. Bottles pills Needles cigarettes. Ii knows no rivals. Work family hobbies Are not allowed on this trip. Dope demands All your Lime and All your Money. All your thoughts and eventually your body. Nothing else Ever comes first. Not even god. Dope destroys your willpower and self respect. It cripples you completely. In return for your slavish Devotion it will turn you into a conniving liar a thief a self involved bore a simpering idiot and worthless bum. Whatever junk you Are on will choke the life out of you. It will kill everything in you that is useful decent and Independent. After it has twisted your brains if your Are Lucky it will kill you. Otherwise you May linger for years As a mindless Zombic. Dope has Only one deadly enemy. It is the word no. No starts out haltingly. Ii is shy and painful to say. But the More you say it the More it is respected and finally accepted. No is the Only cure for the curse that is ruining your life. What is dope it is the expensive private Road to a permanent Home with the living dead. It is the trip the paddlers try to talk you into taking. It puts them on easy Street. And you in Bell. The Day i Learned the word no i got off a 10-year merry go round. Thank cod i did or 1 wot it be Here to Tell you How my trip . And How Lucky i am to Haie found my Way Back. L Witting 10 Wrell Lon a aint Rucj i Nill military bonuses education programs explained when i  living in the United states i risked a recruiting office of each military a vice. 1  interested in Post military Educa Tion programs and thought everything  equal among the services i s not. I  ready to join the air Force and found out that 1 could not enlist for just three years. It had to be at least four years and furthermore the army would offer me s22.800 in College Money compared to si0.800in the air Force. Ii this True i thought everything  equal within the department of defense. 1 am still interested in the military How Ever i want to make sure i am getting a straight answer and want the Best Deal. I have a High school diploma and 65 semester hours of College. 1 took an Svab test in. The United Stiles and scored 2 75 on my armed forces qualification test score. I feel like i am in Good shape and am inter ested in the Challenge of the military. Finally i understand some of the services offer recruits Cash enlistment bonuses. However when i pressed the air Force Recruiter for an answer about a Bonus he kept changing the subject. Docs the air Force offer a Bonus How about the Navy Marine and army name withheld Heidelberg editor s note . Sellman director. Accession policy office of the assistant Secretary of defense replies in general. Congress provides the department of defense with limited authority to offer bonuses and benefits for Post High school education to qualified individuals in return for their service in the Mili tary. Within this authority each service offers the incentives that Are essential to satisfy its recruitment requirements. Under current Law a maximum Bonus of $8,000 May be offered to a High school diploma graduate who scores 51 or above on the armed forces qualification test aft and who enlists for four to six years in a hard to fill skill. The army May also offer up to $4,000 to a High school diploma graduate who scores Ai least 67 on the aft and who enlists for three years in a hard to fill skill. While Ach service has an enlistment Bonus program the services programs Dif Fer widely in the number and kind of Bonus skills the amounts offered and the number of years a person must serve on dec tits duty to qualify for the Bonus. In addition the Bonus programs Are modified periodically to adjust to changing recruit ing conditions. Auto racing takes a Back seat i am writing in reference to the programming of a in to. It seems that every Lime there is an Aulo race on. It is after 10 30 . This is starting to upset me and Many other people i have talked to about this prob  seems to a lot of people that if a football game or baseball game is scheduled to be shown on an it will be shown in a prime time Slot. But the car races Are always scheduled for some time after 10 30 . There arc a lot of people in Europe who like to watch Aulo racing but Don t because of the late hours that they arc broadcast on to. 1 would also like to see More Auto races on an if at All Possi . Richard a. Barnes Kaiser Lauvern editor s note Sec. David f. Briggs Coic to operations ill an Europe replies you Are Correct. Auto racing usually is broadcast after 10 30 in the evening. The fact is. Football and baseball Are clearly the More popular sports among the majority of television sports View ers. Although Auto racing enjoys a de voted following its fun Are clearly in the minority compared to several other sports. Consequently these events often take a Back seat in the satellite feed schedule. Auto racing events usually occur during the Early afternoon hours in the Stales. This Means that we would receive them live in the Early morning. The races Are often tape delayed in i of Angeles and offered to the Over seas network when More popular sports or other programming has been completed. For this reason in this part of the world Auto racing is often not available until after 10 30 . Thank Yon for your interest in an. Under the new go Bill which  implemented july 1, 1985, a qualified re Crait May receive a Basic Benefit of $10,800 for Post High school education upon completion of his or her first term of enlistment. To qualify for the $10,800 Benefit recruit must have a High school diploma or equivalency enlist for at least three Yean of continuous a clime duly or two years of Active duly and four years in the selected Reserve. The recruit also must contribute $100 a month fur his or her first 11 months on Active duty. In addition a qualified recruit May receive an additional amount up to $14,400 if he or she satisfactorily completes train ing in a selected shortage skill. While ii the services May offer these additional amounts the army is currently the Only service doing so the army College fund. While enlistment bonuses and Post High school educational benefits Are important incentives for enlistment we encourage prospective recruits to consider other fac tors that May be important to them. For example factors such As military lifestyle and opportunities for training Advance ment travel and adventure Educ Alioa while in service serving in a geographical area of Choice and serving with then friends. I Hope this information will be useful to you. You appear to be qualified for Many of the opportunities and incentives offered by the services. You should Contact a Recruiter in each service so that you May choose your Best Opportunity. 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