European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday junes 1988 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers please print this letter. I believe it could save some Young lives. An 18-Ymr-old died in an Auto Mobile Accident. John was killed on i Impact and seriously up injured an innocent family. When he was found he still had a can of Beer in his hands i am angry hot someone so Young Decd needlessly bul i am angrier because borne people cannot or will not accept the truth that Issue Vidoni. When John was 14 and All through his school years his parents thought nothing of letting him have Beer parties at Home for his fronds. When local authorities school and police would not look the other Way these same parents were outraged that their rights were being threatened and infringed upon. When John became involved in other accidents snowmobile motorcycle and jeep attempts were made to cover up his guilt and take him off the Hook. His parents encouraged his suicidal anti social behaviour by not con trolling in. Those who tried to intervene were abused threat ened and reviled. Now thai 18-year-old lad is dead. Today is his funeral. I hear weep ing and moaning. How could this Hap pen they ask. If they read this letter they and others will find the answer. Angry in Potosi w1s. Dear angry i wonder when parents will Wake up to the fact thai Beer can be just As intoxicating As hard liquor if taken in substantial amounts. In fact Beer drunks can be Ibe most dangerous of All because they Don t consider Beer an intoxicant. Thank you for sharing your thoughts today. I Hope ii will make Many teen Ager As Well As parents Stop and think. Dear Ann Landers this problem is driving me nuts and i need your help. It s our neighbors. They Are Nice people Good friends and usually very thoughtful. Bul they and Many of their acquaintances arc Horn honkers. At 7 30 every week Day morning friends honk for their daughter to let her know they have arrived. On sunday mornings usually it 8is. The first person in the car sits there and honks for the rest of the family to hurry up. They also honk for each other regularly Al other limes of Ibe Day and night. What is wrong with these people Don l they realize thai while they Are up and about others May be trying to sleep or just have a restful Day it Only takes a minute to go Laid. So my Adak to Yon to follows Dart jut � t there and steam. Speak up a0 Klif. To the blog a full printed Nani and dirt of the writer and we b. Sig a. A do Nold i Siead letter but we will withhold your rest and  if y a letter we to to eld Ion. He questions cola at Camp new Amsterdam i recently returned from Imti Horary duty to Camp new Amsterdam the nether lands and while 1 was there i checked on the Cost of living compared to the Pitburg Germany area. There was a fair a Mou no of housing listed at the housing office for a base its size the Price ranged around 700-1,000 guilders rent far it decent place. Remember your conversion rate around 2.25 Marks = Al 2.55 guilders = is at Pitburg you will pay around the same rent unless you want la live close to base. It could go As High As 1,200 Marks or More. The heating around Cna seems to be mostly natural Gas. In the Tilburg area he heal is either Oil Wood or electric Europe s most expensive. Base support facilities Are about the same except Cna has a Small Exchange and new commissary. This brings up my big question Why do most personnel at Cna receive Over si25 for cola under the old Rem plus  Gram Cna personnel receive in most cases i saw. Over is 50. In my opinion and my observation it is More expensive to live in the Tilburg Ger Many area. We receive no cola Natl rent plus docs not compare. Who figures out the cola Rales for an area and the rent plus they must live in Holland. Surf Sjol. Russell a. Ardon blur mrs a Onnan editor s note col. Ronald h. , director of personnel Purn he i Safe replies homing und cml of Lhing pay allow ances Are authorized for he purpose of helping numbers offset the excess costs incurred when miking Parma Neil change of station i Kim outside the Continental Onil a Stales. The per diem travel and transposition Aho winces committee in Washington . Determines the rites pay Able Tot each duly location and or country. We share the writer s concern far under standing How nation All Wanen Oha cola tic Are determined. Establishing overseas housing allowance Oha and Chi of living allowance rates into Tes Dif Ferent factors. Oha is a allowance based on i be Dif Ference Between the member s Basic allow Ance far quarters or family separation is Ramstein school kids upset writer my lunch is from 11 30 to 12 30. 1 have 10 drive from off base to get to the Ramstein Exchange area. So i spend 20 minutes to and from where 1 want to go. I try to do any shopping i have at lunch Lime because after a full Day s work 1 like to to Home. A Day has not gone by where i have not had in Wail in line behind school kid1, m push my Way through their crowds i be been in the bakery and cafeteria and have Hod to inform them where inc Hick of the line is because they like to push a had of people i won i bother with going to the cafeteria any More the noise smoking and crowds from All these school kids would discourage the Hungriest person. My school was located nest to a shopping mall and we were never allowed to go there for lunch. These kids should have Only two options go Home or cat lunch at school. I Don t think going to the Exchange area and cafeteria should be an option. 1 get off work at 430 . By the Lime i pick up my baby it s 5 00. These kids have More than enough time after school logo o the Exchange area before any of us adults get off wort. Why Don t you Start giving the work Force the consideration and have the kids cat lunch at Home or Al school this would probably also Cut Down on shoplifting it lunch time. Staff sgt. Lynn Freeman Ramstein a Germany editor s note Cape. Gloria m. Spain chief. Dependent schools Branch 316th air division Safe replies the cafeteria at Ramstein elementary school serves both the elementary and Junior High school. It is not targe enough to accommodate the 3, do students attending these schools. Many students come to school on the bus. They cannot go borne for lunch. The students living on base Are encouraged to go Home for lunch. Some of these students however do pot have anyone Al Home Dur ing Ibe Day. Because of ibis students who Don t eat in Ibe school cafeteria or go borne for Huab �0 to Ibe Aya or the Exchange cafeteria. They May not go la the main Exchange Woodland or the commissary. As Long As Ibe school cafeteria cannot accommodate All of the students we will not restrict them from getting lunch at nearby facilities. Owanee whichever is applicable and Ibe actual rent member pays overseas within a maximum rental ceiling established for each area by Grade. In addition. It provides pay supplement to the member for the average Utility costs and move in out costs far each duly Loca Tion concerned. Monthly Utility costs Are determined by averaging All us utilities for members at each duty location. The average move in and move out expenses Are paid to Mem Bers at each particular location Oier the average length of time they reside in econ omy housing at that location. Consequently Oha entitlement is based on the costs for housing utilities and Mote la out costs for that particular duty Loca Tion. Establishing a Fht Oshlag allowance Rale in dependent on the amount and costs of the necessary support service commis siry Exchange cleaners Etc associated with each duly location. It in also bused on the daily currency Exchange Rale Bettea the filled Stales and the ret Pectle coun try. So cola Rales Are dependent on Ibe country of the duty location and the base support facilities available. We could not substantiate Ibe writer s Dollar amount of cola fur Camp new Amsterdam. Since it is a full support Are members assigned Mil draw Ibe lowest cola rate. We do Hope ibis response clarifies the writer s concern. European de Felon cmdr Jeffrey 1 Zakim. Urn do our edgier . A Atwell m fat Octol proud to serve but not for Long on armed forces Day i saw some of our nations vips on to commercials informing the world How great our military service Are. Later on in the Day Ray paper was delivered tilled with More plaudits about our fighting men and women. Before i get to the heartburn of this let Ter Lei me say this. There a not another military thai can beat us i am proof. I serve but not for much longer. Now another front Page of the Start and stripes read Senate votes to Cut future go  1 really feel important now i m already underpaid compared to Ray civilian counterparts the pay comparison was printed in the paper several re Camthi ago. In was pen pals i would ill Malm Iran Minckl. I a 1 run old and Ute wac. Leotan  . Bon hoi philippine 1 Woid like pen Pali Iron nov a lot world. I pm 2s Vert old. By. I d like id also printed in the paper several months ago that i could expect to die five to seven Yean after retirement from Ibe service there is no sense in getting into All the to called benefits we have a i la leave in up to you and the readers. 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