European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Arth latin err Page 11 dear readers since Candy Lightner started Madd mothers against drunk driving in 1980, nation wide attention has been focused on this horrendous problem. The results have been rewarding. Thanks to tougher state Laws the death _ rate has declined. I have always maintained that drunk Drivers Are murderers and should be treated As such. For too Long we have been too soft on these killers. Here Are excerpts from getting Tough on Gateway drugs a guide for the family by or. Robert l. Dupoint . These suggestions should provide helpful guide lines for everyone who has a Driver s License. I recommend this Book highly. Four definite Don to 1. Don t drink if you re underage. It s illegal and can be hazardous. " 2. Don t drink if you have a history of excessive or problem drinking or any kind of drug dependence. It s risky. 3. Don t drink if you Are pregnant or a nursing Mother. It can be damaging to an unborn or nursing child. 4. Don t drink if you Are using any drug that May reduce alertness. This includes painkillers sleeping pills antihistamines prescription Tranquili Zers or illegal sub stances. Four protective boundaries if you choose to drink 1. Drinking More than two or three drinks during any 24-hour period is potentially dangerous. One drink equals 12 once of Beer or 4 ounces of wine or 1 i ounces of distilled spirits. 2. Daily drinking is dangerous. Do not drink More often than four Days per week. Drinking More frequently than that is potentially habit forming. 3. Any drinking within six hours prior to driving a motor vehicle or going to work is dangerous. This Boundary applies like Wise to operating any other Complex piece of machinery and to other activities requiring mental alertness. 4. If you choose to drink find yourself an alcohol  identify a person who knows you Well and who either does not drink at All or drinks a great Deal less than you. Ask this person to observe the amounts of alcohol you drink As Well As your drink ing related behaviour. If he or she says you have a problem make a pledge to Stop. If you can t Stop get into a program. You re addicted. This Book can be obtained by writing the american Council for drug education dept. G., 5820 Hubbard drive Rockville my 20852. The Price is $8.95 including postage. Dear Ann Landers am i nuts if so please Don t hesitate to Tell me. I get furious when i receive along with my monthly Bills advertising flyers for stationery perfume handbags gloves Lin Gerie sweaters gourmet foods and what Ever else the store or manufacturer happens to be pushing. Sometimes i have a difficult time finding the statement because there is so much debris in the envelope. I feel As if i m a captive of the store and i hate it. What can be done about this sort of thing steamed in Denver dear steamed write to the president of the store and complain. In fact i m going to do just that. I be been irked by this practice for a Long time. Thanks for the nudge i needed. Readers wishing to write to news America Syndi Cate columnist Landers May address their letters in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09211 us forces a letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters but we will withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. All letters Are subject to editing. Mobile teams do collect blood would be donor told this letter is for people like me who really want to give blood and to those whorish to receive blood. I would like to know Why there in t a Well established blood donation program in Neucom. At my previous Post fort Hua Chuca Ariz a red Cross Bloodmobile came Down from Tucson and set up every two months which is the minimum Allowa ble time Between donations. I began to do Nate at their every visit and looked Forward to the next one. However since arriving in Europe 15 months ago i have not donated once. I cannot speak for other military communities but people in Worms must go to Hei Delberg to donate. I am not willing to drive to Heidelberg to donate blood. I feel it is dangerous to do so. After giving blood the possibility of dizziness or fainting exists. Such an incident on the autobahn could be fatal. My question is Why in t there a system of Bloodmobile or something similar going to the military communities to get blood i be heard that there was such a set up. If so Why has it ceased i m willing to give my blood. I think those who want it should be willing to command get it. Douglas l. Rasmussen Worms Germany editor s note we received two replies to this letter. The first is from Narce Caliva managing director european area american red Cross the american red Cross does not have the same full blood program overseas that it does in the United states where arc provides half the nation s blood Supply. Overseas blood services for the armed forces Are coordinated by the Usa eur blood Bank headquartered at Lan Stuhl. However arc wholeheartedly supports the military s efforts which Benefit the entire Dod network in Europe. In fact we urge our local staff and volunteers to recruit workers to assist in blood drawings to the extent red Cross volunteers Are available and blood Bank officials desire. We encourage everyone to support the blood Bank by being donors. There is still no substitute for human blood and we can verify that the continuing need remain genuine. The second reply is from maj. Larry Feltz director use com military blood program office thank you for your letter requesting information on blood donor programs within use com. Your interest con Cern and willingness to donate As demonstrated by your own repeat donations Are commendable since Only 6 percent of the eligible . Population donate blood annually. The use com military blood pro Gram is a Tri service blood management operation in which the blood programs of the respective services Usa us and Usan Are coordinated and blood re sources in theater Are shared. There Are Over 20 medical treatment facilities that obtain or share blood or blood products through this program located throughout the european theater. Approximately 9,000 units of blood Are collected yearly to support this program. Headquarters use com directive 67-4 outlines the use com military blood program and establishes policy provides guidance and delineates responsibility. Military medical treatment facilities of each service providing hospitalization maintain Active but limited local Volunteer blood donor collection programs to sup port Hospital transfusion requirements. The capability of hospitals to provide to bile blood drives is limited. The Usa eur blood program is the most Active component of the use com military blood program. The 655th  ical co Usa eur blood Bank is responsible for blood collection and coordination to support blood inventory requests of Usa eur. All blood requests of Usa eur hospitals not met locally Are provided by the 655th medical co. Us aver and Safe hospitals receive emergency blood support by the 655th medical co and share blood re sources to prevent out dating of scarce blood resources. The 655th medical co Lan Stuhl Ger Many has Mobile teams that travel throughout the european theater collect ing blood. The teams Are staffed with qualified officers and Laboratory technicians and perform a peacetime Mission similar to that of a Community blood Bank in the Continental United states. Navy and air Force hospitals conduct similar pro Grams on a Community level. Service blood program managers work closely with the Community commander offices of military communities and Mobile teams visit at the invitation of the Community to conduct Mobile blood drives. Re cent Usa eur Mobile blood drives were held in Mainz on Jan. 6-9, Heidelberg on feb. 4 and Darmstadt on March 27. Unfortunately no blood drives Are presently scheduled in the Worms area for the remainder of this year. Since the 655th medical co is located in Lan Stuhl the Worms Community recommended that you Forward this recommendation to your Community commander s office. The Usa eur blood Bank also has Mobile blood drives scheduled in the Fol lowing military communities april 17 Kaiserslautern May 7 bad or Cugnach May 12-14 Heilbronn May 20 Hahn May 27-29 Schwa Ebisch glue Djune 10-12 Hanau North june 26-27 Schweinfurt Points of Contact for service blood programs Are listed below. Army officials May be contacted by writing to commander 655th  co Usa eur blood Bank Apo 09180. The Navy address is . Navy blood programs manager co . Naval hos Pital Box 18-1472, Fpo 09540. The air Force address is Usan blood programs manager co Ramstein Cli Nic Ghl Apo 09012. Thank you for supporting your Neucom military blood program. She criticizes unattractive hairdos i have to agree with a recent letter on How casually we seem to Wear our uni form. The letter reminded me about one of my biggest gripes female members who have Long hair and Don t know How to properly Wear it up. Sure it s within legs but most of these guilty female members seem to forget that they have a military image to uphold. Hair that is simply thrown on the head and pinned ends up looking very unattractive and detracts from the Overall professional military look. I suggest to either Wear it Short or Experiment with some new styles. A Little practice goes a Long Way. If you see someone with a Nice hairstyle and you would like to Wear your hair in a similar Way Stop them and ask them How they do it. Don t feel embarrassed about asking because they la feel flattered that you noticed. If Reading this you laugh and say where does she get the time in the morn ing to mess with her hair i make time if i m going to have Long hair. Hey when someone compliments me on my appear Ance and hairstyle it s Worth All of the 30 minutes i spend each morning. Staff sgt. Mary k. Hill we Bruecken a Germany pen pals i would like to have pen pal friends so please add my name to your pen pal column. I am a 21 year old male. My hobbies Are travelling swim Ming photography Tennis and music Anees Sameer building no. 21, pm. 3/b University Hostel Riyadh King Saud University saudi Arabia please put my name in your pen pal column. I am 20 years old and enjoy cooking Reading magazines and writing pen pals. I am roman  Jeanna b. Quindo can Sig id Banawan Negros Oriental Philippines i would like pen friends from All Over the world. I am 24 years old and in my fourth year of College studying chemistry. I enjoy Reading writing an dancing. Gerlov pall or. Vicente Locsin Street Purok Mali Payon Dumas Pete City Philippines 6501 i am 27 years old and a secondary schoolteacher. My hobbies Are cooking singing and Garden ing. I would like to correspond with people in other countries. So i would appellate a it kindly if you would published my name in your pen pals column. Be Ramirez Bagnol 2816 Mabini Street Tagum Davao Norte Philippines i m 19 years old and i want to correspond with people from the United slates. My hobbies Are sports music and Reading books. I work As postman. Klaus Seitz Wasserter Strasse 69 8045 i maning West Germany i am studying to be a biologist. I enjoy sin gig and writing to pen pals. I am 20 years old and Catholic. Miss Russel pall Lamgo Tibulan Negros Oriental Philippines 6501 european edition capt Dale k. Patterson us editor in chief cmdr Jeffrey s. Zakem us Deputy editor in chief . Blackwell m. Proctor . Mcdermott production manager managing de. 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