European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 29, 1985 the stars and stripes Ann Landers o Pagan letters dear Ann Landers i am a teen Ager who sent for your Booklet called the Lowdown on  la we the Only thing i Ever read on the subject that made any sense to me. After doing pot Ltd Speed and co Caine since i  13, i am off All the junk for keeps. It  the Best $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  former Junkie thanks for asking. Here it is. Is. Anyone interested in the Booklet should while to Ann Landers . Box 11995, Chicago Iii. 60611. Send $2, Pha Long self addressed stamped envelope with 39 cents postage the scene that  mine dope is like a jealous Lover. It comes in All kinds of dress. Bottles pills Needles cigarette. La knows no rivals. Work family hobbies Are not allowed on us trip. Dope demands All your Lime and All your Money. And your thoughts and eventually your body. Nothing else Ever comes first. Not even god. Dope destroys your willpower and self respect. Ii cripples you completely. In return for your slavish Devotion it will turn you into a conniving liar a thief self involved bore a simpering idiot and a worthless bum. Whatever junk you Are on will choke the life out of you. Ii 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 Zombie. Dope has Only one deadly enemy la is the word no. No starts out haltingly. It is shy and painful to say. Bui the More you say it the More la is respected and finally accepted. No is the Only cure for the curse that is ruining your life. What is dope ii is the expensive private Road 10 a permanent Home with the living dead. 11 is the trip the paddlers try to talk you into taking. Ii puts them on easy Street. And you in hell. The Day i Learned the word no i got off a 10-year merry go round. Thank cod i did or i would not be Here to Tell you How my trip . And How Lucky i am to have found my Way Back. Military bonuses education programs explained when i  living in the United states i visited a recruiting office of each military service. I  interested in Post military Educa Tion programs and thought everything  equal among the services. It s not. I  ready to join the air Force and found out that i could not enlist for just three years. It had to be at least four years and furthermore the army would offer me $22.800 in College Money compared to  air Force. Is this True i thought everything  equal within the department of defense. I am still interested in the military How Ever i want to make sure 1 am getting a straight answer and want the Best Deal. I have a High school diploma and 65 semester hours of College. I took an Svab test in the United Stales and scored a 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. Does the air Force offer a Bonus How about the Navy marines and army name withheld form 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 ibis 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 at least 67 on the aft and who enlists for three years in a hard to Fly skill. While each 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 Yean a person must serve on Active duly to qualify for the Bonus. In addition the Bonus programs Are modified periodically to adjust to changing recruit ing conditions. Airspace Over holy land leaves no room of Wing it _ reminder All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the unsigned letters but we Wil of request and protect your privacy. A Itten Are subject to editing. Tel Aviv Israel a flying in Israel private pilots say is like trying to swim laps in a Bathtub. The country is so Small that a wrong turn or one too wide could put the aircraft in danger of being shot Down Over enemy Arab territory. But despite the dangers the High costs and tight restrictions flying for pleasure is a popular pastime in Israel where 70 per cent of the airspace is off limits to private aircraft. About 200 to 300 israelis apply for flying lessons every year. But the experience of Isachar Priel one hazy afternoon shows How close a private Pilot can come to danger. He made a navigational error while taking his Girlfriend for a plane ride. Five minutes More he says and he might have been shot Down Over Jordan. It  Only after his companion noticed a landmark Jerusalem hotel shrinking in the distance that Priel realized his mistake. He quickly shifted course and set Down in is Rael instead of Jordan. Any Small mistake and you Cross a Bor Der. And in Israel that can be very danger Ous said Moti Khz 35, a Friend of panel s who has been flying for seven years. Israel is about the size of Massachusetts and one usually can drive across it in a matter of hours. From the air it seems even smaller squeezed Between Lebanon and Egypt Syria Jordan and the Mediterranean sea. Except for Egypt and the sea the frontiers Are hostile. An israeli air Force Jet fighter Pilot can reach Damascus the capital of Syria in 90 seconds and Amman Jordan s capital in two minutes. But the private Pilot who strays Chat far will be met with missiles Pri l said in an interview. That Point  demonstrated on oct. 29, when two jordanian pilots flying f-5 War planes veered off course. They streaked Over the sea of Galilee and were spotted by israeli Farmers. Air controllers quickly realized the jordanian pilots had made a mis take. In an apparent Effort to Correct the error they turned East and penetrated syrian airspace. There a shoulder fired surface to air missile  fired at them israeli Mili tary spokesmen said. But they were not hit and returned safely to Jordan. Israeli pleasure pilots Are restrained by More than the hostile Borders. About 70 percent of Israel s airspace is off limits be cause it is used for military flights and training or because it is Over secret installations. Would be pleasure pilots Are checked by israeli Security before being Given lessons. Israel does t want to License spies or would be suicide bombers Veteran flying instructor Zvi Herling said in an interview. Once in Thi air. The tight restrictions mean it can take an hour to Fly a Small plane from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem longer than it takes to drive the 35 Miles by land. On the Way a private Pilot needs to Reg ister with air controllers at seven locations on a course that takes him North to the coast then cast to Central Israel before Fly ing South to Jerusalem a distance of 80 Miles by air in aircraft that Fly 90-95 Miles an hour. Because civilian flight corridors Are so narrow and restricted training in Israel is much More rigorous than in the uni cd slates said Jerry Runov a Pilot from Shreveport la. Renov moved to Israel in 1946 and has flown in four israeli Arab wars. In the states you can go wherever you  Renov 55, said. Here everything is 110 percent under control. If you Fly out of your narrow Lane you can be reprimanded or fined or in some cases lose your  private pilots in Israel spend about $5,000 to learn to Fly and up to $100 an hour to keep in practice about twice As much As it costs in the United slaves. The costs Are Steep in a country where the average monthly salary is $400. You have to be nuts about flying to do it Here Renov said. But soaring Over the holy land that s the real draw. There s nothing like  can gets of to receive soviet to signals Washington a Cable news network has been granted permission to routinely receive transmissions of soviet television pictures direct from the soviet satellite system a Federal communications commission official said. The permit is subject to instant Cancella Tion without hearing at any Lime that such revocation is in the Public or National inter est the acc said. Under the new i Bill which  implemented july 1, 1985, a qualified re Cruit May receive a Baste 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 a recruit must have a High school diploma or equivalency enlist for Al least three years of continuous Active duty or two years of Active duty and four years in the selected Reserve. The recruit also must contribute $100 a month for his or her first 12 months on Active duty. In addition a qualified recruit May receive an additional amount up to $14,400 if he or she satisfactorily completes Triin ing in a selected shortage skill. While All 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 thai May be important to them. For example factors such As military lifestyle and opportunities for training Advance ment travel and adventure education while in service serving la a geographical area of Choice and serving with their friends. I Hope this information will be useful to you. You appear to be qualified for Many of the opportunities and incentive offered by the services. You should Contact a Recruiter in each service so that you May choose your Best Opportunity. European edition capt Dale k. 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