European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 in. Ii.imi.m-., i  i  readers rap Marcos credit purchases at Exchange Ann Landers senator Proxmire where Are you a prime candidate for your Golden fleece award Are those who of d sex president Marcos use of military exchanges with credit at that surely he had enough ill gotten gains to pay Cash on the spot. In Case anyone has forgotten retirees Liv ing in the Philippines Are allowed to Pur Chase $50 Worth of items from exchanges. At least that was the limit 10 years ago. The state department seems pretty Good at this sort of thing. Witness the fact that Active duty personnel Are not allowed in exchanges in England and Spain if not on official try. Why not invite Duvalier and Idi Amin also no doubt there must be a fourth somewhere to make up a Bridge foursome Clyde Allen Jeddah saudi Arabia it really gripes me How we . Taxpayers allow the Philippines and other coun tries to exploit us to the Hilt. The Marcos base Exchange spending splurge is a prime example. Why do we allow this abuse to happen especially in these dismal times of spending cuts obviously our economic experts can t say no without feeling guilty. Must the . Be the Savior of the world we Are told at base level to Cut our expenditures for the welfare of the depart ment of defense but there seems to be Suffi then to Lopes 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. Circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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Spain Madrid Mil. 00341 205-6600 or Civ. 00341 6561465. Turkey Istanbul Civ. 1664372, telex 26174 sans to. United kingdom Greenham common Civ. Newbury 0635 44768 Mil. Newbury 0635 46263 ext. 209. Client Money for foreign Aid to me this Borders on hypocrisy. The Bottom line is too Many shoes and dresses Are being purchased with american dollars. . Izmir Turkey i believe i am not alone when say i am angry Over the Marcos Monkey shines in Guam and Hawaii. Retired american service members can not Purchase goods in our overseas exchanges but Marcos and his friends Are allowed to not Only shop in the exchanges in Guam and Hawaii but to do so without Money. Now the air Force and state depart ment Are wondering if they should ask mar cos and company for the $30,000 to $40,000 they owe. If that was an Active duty service member owing $30 a couple of Days overdue he would be on the bad Check list and facing Ucma action. Marcos is not Active duty . Military and As far As i know he is not a service member s dependent or a Retiree. The id checker at the Exchange door should have quoted the Reg to him at the door and sent him on his Way. Instead he is invited in and Given $30,000 to $40,000 Worth of personal and household items. Those must have been Gold plated items. How about equal treatment for us Active duty and retired military when do i get my $30,000 shopping spree Sec. Chester p. Rice Giessen Germany i keep Reading in the newspapers about the thousands of dollars Ferdinand Marcos and his entourage spent in the exchanges on Guam and in Hawaii. I have questions on this 1. Why were he and 80 or so persons allowed to shop in the Exchange Here if you bring your relatives for a visit they must have a letter from the commander in order for them to go in the Exchange and then they cannot Purchase anything. Yet this group was allowed to go in and shop at will and not even pay mind you. That takes the cake. 2. Why did they not pay with All the Money Marcos is supposed to have Why not Why should the taxpayer pay for their goods i strongly resent the fact that these  ple Are allowed to shop As they please in our facilities and our own retirees and relatives cannot gain admission to our facilities in some places. Marcus Dillard Frankfurt what is this a party Why should we get stuck with paying for Marcos so called necessities what necessities could Cost $39,000-plus for his family and relatives since he had so much time to Send his Money Here How come he did t pack up his necessities Tell Imelda Marcos to go Home and sell the 3,000 pairs of shoes she left behind. I m sure she could get a bundle of dough we can t even get a decent pay raise and the . Treasury wants to bail him out. I say no Way. . Gie Belstadt Germany in t it against the Law to Harbor Fugi Tives from Justice it seems to me that s what the United states is doing in or. Marcos Case mor ally if not technically. We just turned Over to the Aquino administration an enormous amount of documentation that reflects unfavourably on Marcos actions while president of the Philippines. So with a seemingly guilty conscience Marcos decides that he d bet Ter find a Hole to hide in before someone Waves a subpoena in his face. Well with All the publicity finding Refuge is no easy task. Hey no problem says the United states. Why not stay in Scenic Hawaii Well Fly you and your guests there. And since we realize that everyone at the local eateries would recognize you feel free to use the officer s club at Hickam they won t mind doing without for awhile. What s that phone Calls to make sure Don t worry about it. Just relax and leave the Hole searching to  Pardon my sarcasm but does this sound Kosher to anybody out there sign me apparently baffled by International  chief warrant officer Gregory s. Carr Nuernberg Germany More on commissary surcharge questions raised since the publication of our response to a letter questioning the 5 percent surcharge at commissaries in the stars and stripes on March 19, indicate that Burtner clarification is necessary. The statement surcharge the 5 percent fee added to your total purchases after Coupon follows deducted from your Bill is ambiguous. It should have been worded As surcharge the 5 percent fee is added to the Gross amount of your Purchase even though Coupon deductions Are shown before the amount of surcharge on Cash Register receipts. This Means that on a $100 Purchase of which $5 in coupons Are tendered the Patron must pay surcharge on $100, and not on the difference of $95 the Type of Cash registers used by eur Cor european commissary Region commissaries Are programmed to automatically compute surcharge on the Cross Purchase amount. & & hopefully these additional comments will eliminate the confusion caused by our previous response. Y col. Jarrett l. Kenyon commander . Army troop support Agency european. Commissary Region pen pals i am a 25-year-old widow and would like to publish my name in your pen pal column. I have two children and am roman Catholic. I like to enjoy my life. Teresita p. Gonzales Purok g. Apduhan Pearl Dumaguet City Philippines i would like to correspond with pen pals from All Over. I enjoy cooking cleaning and writing. I am 21 years old and a Catholic. Emily pall or. Vicente Locsin Street Purok Mal Pavon Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines 6501 i am a sri lankan of 25 years who is working in saudi Arabia. I would like to have pen pals. I am Catholic and my hobbies Are music Reading and collecting Stamps and View cards. . Joseph Dudley o8.m Library . Box 847 Dhahran Airport Dhahran 31932 kingdom of saudi Arabia i am 16 years old. Please put my name in your pen pal column. I like to read sing and write letters to friends All Over the world. Jocelyn s. Diez 82 or. Vicente j. Locsin Street Dumaguet City Negros Oriental Philippines 6501 i would like my name published in the pen pal column. My hobbies Are corresponding travelling and making friends. I am 19 years old 25069 pet. Biu William Alpha Coy platoon 3 i Ribatt mfg Sinai co Fpo 650 England . Dear Ann Landers i am in my seventh month of preg Nancy with my Sec Ond child and i need help. The problem is my husband and my Mother. Two years ago when i gave birth to my first baby they both insisted on being in the labor room with me. I am a very modest and shy person. I asked them to please leave but they refused. This May sound crazy but i Felt As if i was being raped and they were watching it All. I begged the nurse to put them out but. She said she did t have the authority to do it. She also told me that most women would find it comforting to have someone close when the pains get bad. Maybe i am crazy but when i am suffer ing i Don t want family around. At this moment i am dreading the birth of my Sec Ond baby because i m afraid my husband and Mother will override my wishes again and witness the whole procedure. Please Tell me what to do. Upset in Richmond a. Dear a Tell your obstetrician immediately that you want his Assurance that he will protect you against unwanted spectators in the labor room. He has the final say. If you Don t want your husband and Mother around they should t be there. Your physician can see to it that your wishes Are respected. Dear Ann Landers i have a Beautiful daughter who goes to the University of Illinois. She is 21 and has been seriously dating a fellow who is 22. Ralph is a Nice enough person but he is at least three inches Shorter than my Daugh Ter. This does not seem to bother them but it bothers me. I have talked to my daughter tried to explain that they make a very Odd looking couple. Whoever said love is Blind was certainly right. She thinks i am foolish and has no idea what i am talking about. This Young woman has everything going for her looks brains and personality. Many tall Fellows have shown an interest in her but she insists on throwing herself away on this runt. How can i make her understand that Ralph s height May not bother her now but it could make her very unhappy later on in life concerned mom in chicag Odear mom Why Don t you just ? it s obvious that your daughter has a lot More sense than you. I can t think of anything dumber than to dump a Guy because he s Short except maybe to go with on because he s tall. Dear Ann Landers my 16-year-old daughter has worn con tact lenses since she was 14. Now she is pestering me to let her get the extended Wear contacts because it would be heaven to put the lenses in and forget about them for a whole month should i let her get them please answer. I Trust your word. Quizzical in Callman  quiz several people have had serious problem with extended Wear lenses. The users How Ever Are often at fault. They keep the lenses in longer than the suggested 30 Days and fail to clean them properly when re moved. Bacteria could build up when lenses Are left in too Long. Infection May set in and cause blindness. It s up to you Mother to decide if the convenience is Worth the risk. 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