European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes Friday May 23, 1986 columns today s crossword danger from terrorists Brandv Rodney i Don t have the statistics at hand but the chances Are thai it s More dangerous la Cross the Street in front of your House than in is to Fly to Europe on n commercial airline. Arc any of you cancelling your plans to Cross the Sefl it. According to reports As Many As to percent of All americans who had planned to Xirui cd 0 Europe Tor plans pfc 4 his summer a it cancelled their reservations. It looks like is great summer in enc Hind and France for the people win arc Laic planners at who decide 10 be on the Spur of the moment. This year they la be Able to get plane and hotel reservations. 1 find it hard to believe shul Fane sensible americans Are so afraid o travelling to Europe that they re Chicken ing nut. On any Given Day there sire 31.000 commercial Iii Linc flights around the world. That does t count the flights within the soviet Union because they Don t p c out numbers ,. In1984, Here were a total of \ 1,260,000 nights world wide an scheduled airlines. If you count every terrorist act on Board airliners in the last 10 years including Hijack inns you find terrorists have struck fewer than one in a million flights. There s som Ching wrong with the arithmetic of any one who s afraid of flying to Europe. I think these peo ple must be guided by the same sense of numbers hat induces millions of americans 10 put Down billions of dollars on lottery tickets cacti year fully confident that they la win. Travel agents say that most people who planned a go to Europe Are now headed for Canada Alaska the carib bean or the soviet Union it seems ironic that americans Aren t worried about heading for Russia this year there won t be any russian tourists coming Here or course. The russian people Aren t afraid o came their government is afraid to let them to the reluctance of american tourists to go abroad is going to dump More crowds into our own already Over crowded vac lion arean. Everyone is headed for our National Parks this summer which arc eing to look like times Square and 42nd Street at Rush hour. Poor Yellowstone poor bears. Terrorism is bad news for bears. Several months ago a Friend of mine said his Daugh Ter had planned la go to London with a group from her school last week he said he did t know whether to let her go or not. I scoffed at the Remote Chance of any thing happening. Now of course the rip has been cancelled As most school group Tours to Europe have been. Even the Vale glee club has cancelled its annual Lour of Europe. The National football league is talk ing of cancelling the game lit London aug. 3, Between the Dallas cowboys and the Chicago bears. If i were a terrorist i d think twice before i d Hijack a plan Load of Chicago bears. But t can come closer to understanding a school cancel ing a tour. No. Schoolteacher is willing a take even ins slightest Chance with anyone else s life. I can understand a Parent being nervous too. Parents Are nervous about Whai Cvar their kids do. If nonetheless sad that so Many kids will be denied the Chance of a lifetime to Sec some thing beyond their Liny school world. You can be certain too that some of the thousands of children who Are kept Safe from terrorists in Europe Are going to be injured or killed on the Road Here at Home. I m not considering building a new split level name in downtown Beirut with the american Flag hanging from a pole in my front Yard and i approve of the increased Security measures Wing taken by the airlines. Everyone should keep in mind though that these acts of terrorism arc being carried out by a very Small handful of wild eyed radicals and the chances of any casual tourist becoming a victim of one is so Remote As to make the danger infinitesimal. Cd Tribune it data sir Vlacil you will cast your ballot or else by Art Buchwald in the next two months you will be participating in the greatest election of your life. You will be voting for the Long distance Telephone company of your Choice. This May be the most significant ballot you Ever cast. People in the United Stales tend to Trike their right to choose a Long distance service for granted. They Don t appreciate that in communist and socialist nations the Photic service is run by the state. Soviets chinese cubans and afghans have never heard the words thank you for using  faceless bureaucrats dictate what kinds of phones they will have. If hey Are overcharged or get a wrong number they Are turned Over to a communications commissar. If they complain he comes into their Homes and yanks the phone lines out of the Wall. In the United slates the right to vote far your Telephone company is the most precious gift you have. And to pre serve this right every citizen Over the age of 18 must stand up and be counted. A Large Vole will Send a message o our enemies around the Globe that we in this country support our Long distance services whether they Are right or wrong. This year there Are Many Long distance services an the ballot. Some Are spending millions of dollars to be elected. The incumbent at to is favored mainly because the company is running on Mabell s coattails. Cliff Rob Erison to spokesman for at to is promising faster station to station Calls clearer reception and the Reform of the Telephone tax. Burl Lancaster is spokesman far me. He is a firm no nonsense Type who has challenged Cliff to a debate on who has the lowest Long distance prices. 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