European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 12, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers As a Scuro surgeon i treat Muny spinal Cord injuries but none As serious or disturb ing As those sustained by Young people who through carelessness or ignorance permanently paralyse them selves in diving Acci dents. Most of these Vic Tims were in excellent physical condition and had promising futures. Now they Are destined to spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs. Diving accidents have become the fourth most frequent cause of spinal Cord injuries surpassed Onty by Auto accidents Falls and gunshot wounds. Divine related spinal Cord injuries run As High As 000 each year. Nearly 90 percent of the victims Are Young males Between 15 and 29. Nearly All these injuries result in permanent incapacitation of the arms and legs. Most of these accidents arc the results of plunging headfirst into unknown lakes Ponds and Rivers thai ire too shallow or contain Concrete slabs or fallen Trees. In almost ill instances too much alcohol has been a Fitchor. Please print the Moil important consideration for Safe diving know the depth of the water and real ize that depth can vary at different locations within the same Pond Lake or River. Always jump feel first on the initial plunge even if you believe it s Safe to dive there. Never drink and dive or swim. Remember Altitude is important. Though diving is recreational it should still be taken seriously. Ann if Young people would Only realize that spinal Cord injuries Are forever they would surely be Mare careful. Fletcher eyster.m.d., director of spinal Cord injury services West Florida regional medical Center. Pensacola Fla dear or. Eiten thick for a Tetter that could hate a major Impact on the Hes of countless read ers. As longtime Board member of the re Atbin Laton Institute of Chicago i can ice you intr is nothing so tragic As a once energetic buoyant Young person who must pews the rest of a or Ber life in wheel chair because Ibe water was t As deep As it looked. Dear Ann Landers i plan to have a formal wedding in a few months and would like very much for my three Brothers to be Ushers Ages 12, 15 and the 18-year-old has very Long Hiir below the shoulders and it is unkempt most of the time. Is in fair for nit to ask Lum to Cut his hair for my wedding my Fiance who is a conservative person does t want him in the wedding parly if he refuses to Cut his hair. Trusting your judgment no name please dear trusting i Hope by it time Tab letter appears in print i by tuber will to wised up in the fact that Ion hair to been oat Foi Book Lime. If you should ask him nicely if be would mind having is hair -sbaped1 by i professional and offer to pay for ii. � confidential to doubting Tomasito Garden City Stop doubting Tom the Evi Dence is mounting. Swedish and american scientists Are finding clues that suggest alcoholism and anti social behaviour May in deed have a genetic component. Letters Soldier seeks explanation of housing allowance i would appreciate if you would do an in depth or at least detailed write up on Over seas housing allowance. The reason i m asking is thai no inc a fms to have any answers. Minimum amounts fluctuate up and Down. This Means someone with a contract this month at or under minimum Oha might be Over the maximum at the next rate when a Rales change How often what Day of month arc end of month payments figured etc.? this seems to be a mystery even to the people in finance. Also Why is it that every month Oha is anywhere from do 30 to do 130 Short and it s never made up Why Are officers allowed do 90 a a nah More fur utilities Ilian enlisted Why is a first lieutenant Given More than a command sergeant major or sergeant first class after a Titi arc consider when most cos of this Grade require nerd larger apartments and most off Ken Are single or Don t have Kidskin Short i m just asking if Jou could help Clear up the Oha mystery. I know it would be appreciated by More than just myself and family. Sec. Robert Lambert Frankfurt editor s note a spokesman for the office of he Deputy chief of stuff resource management to a Sarker. Replies think Hiu for our idler our Hugic tin for i detailed hers visit housing allowance article is excellent. There should tie no myi cry about Oha. An article is now being prepared and ill be distributed through pub Lic affairs channels in the near future. Allow us to answer your general questions Here. Rental eel Ingv Utility allow Ance and rioting in oat costs arc published in appendix it joint Trail regulations vol. I. Rental ceilings Are developed from aft ii Al rents paid by rents ire obtained from leases by housing re ferral office specialists who report them through local finance offices to service fun or centers to Dod per diem travel and transportation allowance committee pm tatar. Utility allowances and in out costs Are developed from annual housing sur toys do form ,176. All arc expressed in dollars. The flu lining amount of Oha you acc Erie each month n a result of Rale of change to and Utility allowance rental ceiling changes. To exert some control on this pm tatar Metis twice Molm i Home and Volhl to Artie currency Exchange Rale. The Exchange Ril for the Days immediately preceding the in Ling Are Retle cd and the it re Roh k established this Roc is compared to Roe presently in effect. If change is j percent or More new Roe is implemented. Due to print work of the Dollar the i Telsche Mark rofl. Utility allowances and rental ceiling i Viere changed sept i and oct. 16, 1�85, and Jan. I Keb. I March i March 16, april 16, and May i u5areur explains teens wages would like to know when was the last Lime Somi Ine adjusted the pay wages for youth part time dept workers. 1 am a High school senior in Heidelberg find i find in very discouraging that i am doing secretarial work for a government office and being paid j2.90 an hour when in the staid the minimum wage is set at a considerably higher rate by the same government that employs me. How can this be i understand that the wages Here in Europe would probably be very much lower than in the slates if i were to go ind look for a Job on the Economy but does this apply to government jobs i am very thankful that the dept and summer hire programs Are available. They undoubtedly help teen agers find employ ment while overseas but 1 am wandering whether the offices who set these wages Ever considered the problems 1 have encountered with this whole system. I am going to graduate soon and will go to College in the states with the same Money i am earning today. I will pay the same Price for my education As someone who is now earning far much More than me. Today i can go and get a Job at Burger King or at an cafes Burger bar and serve Fries for s4.50 an hour. But if 1 want to gel a Jab such As data processing and secretarial work such As the Job i have now so 1 can get experience in a More Marketa ble profession i have to suffer Al j2.90. I could also go and take inc test to get a is position but because of the budget cuts no one is hiring but they can have As Many depts As they can handle i m sure someone will Call me a crybaby and non appreciative of the opportunities i be been Given. But in seems to me that if the wages for dept and summer hire were adjusted to be More reasonable every one would Benefit it May be too Laic for me bul i Hope thai someone who a a child that is soon to become a working teen Ager Wilt consider what i have said and become aware of hit problem. Michelle Zanora Heidelberg editor s note Russell c. Thom As chief compensation management Branch civilian personnel division office of the Deputy chief of staff personnel he Lisa eur replies the dept and summer hire he rates Are established by the department of fee for its o Erneas acini ivies. Because minimum wages established by the Federal or state governments do not apply outside the United states a number of different factors Are considered. Outside the u.s.a., employment opportunities for is. Force family member youths Are United and often the is. Forces offer the Only Opportunity. Employment u Desira ble to Ibe youth for both the Nark Tup Tri Kkt and the income. The dept and summer hire programs require no previous work experience or Ikall Leid and Are thus Well tailored to Gitt the youths their first work experience. The program is Tal Iube to the commit As a creative outlet for the youths and for the work they perform. In spite of these obvious and Fantages Dod receives no funds from Congress specifically for the program. Instead each Community must find funds from within the current budget. With limited funds Ata Lible the question of pay rate becomes much More important. Cien a Choice Between higher wages with few employed youths and lower wages with Many employed youths Dod has established the $1.90 rate As the Best Compro Mise offering a higher number of jobs and a fair pay Rale. The result in Usa eur has been summer Job for nearly All youths desiring employment. High i cobol Pidu Aln and College Stu Danu May consider the Altermat Ite of employment in a general schedule is or Federal wage system we lab. How Etc u the author noted fun dim imitation will a Romly limit the number of that Job in St Usaj Tuteur Hwn Lurje. In these cases they would be a eject to the specific qualification Randi Benenti of the lob and Normal family item her Hiriam procedure. Pen Pak i would Llotd a pallet from on Riffil Coutt Fly. Odum Nguon Colv to philippine 1 would Law to Correi Pend wit anti . I in it rib of Mutt my my St a. Us at. Muto Twitt """"hi.jbfidsig, oils Flora to Muiloc i bind in mtg. Mousoud v.lilll17, Chi m Hijo a by a buc Eurt alg i a burls i would him null from u of it of. I it vol 01 m Kift ten i t Cocking to Mont in inn kid writing irl adj Niu Camm. I pm Tram Dot Atmil Obj Ntreh. I univ it Aid. My Fabben tit Beta to Muto and because of compilation and computer Lime to run military pay Rock at scr Tice finance centers any can Csc made by pm tatar and effect air the loth of any month usually Wilt not appear on until the following month. As stated Aboe Utility allowances arc established from annual housing Sundys. In mind areas of Crany officers and enlisted metre he same Utility allow ances. However in must areas the differ ence is si6 As of May Luhti. The reason for the difference is amounts reported in the annual housing by. Thus importance of Complete accurate data during the Survey cannot be stressed enough. Again thank you for your excellent suggestion. Cart k. Patterson us editor h Chi Cahm a met &. Lake. Find he a editor Cru a 6,w. Lao Gnu. M. mfg a Mauw glint de car Tulion . Fwd sir pin of my of Tref Conri to Tow us Thi 04dtffrt v in Jua Wop uni Cornn Rel to who irks to dwt lip in Jib pub Tiwi. Into Klo Stoltm of hv4iwrii. Of Kri ont Slutt to a d of ohm Al v Thum hid Illo it a it product it it flrm4l to in pm Borkhi act to Mithi fut fwd. If. Or m Rex up we thou it re m i. Mlle Al Crl Gln nur.1,non-rw11 Octar it he Pucco emf. Ukr w Pron mum a it dymm Tow Savl red Bilhl Apo Mil Nfn Haf do i the Stan wed if a. 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