European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday june 25, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers in a recent column you ran a quote by , Mencken men have much happier lives than women. They marry later and you went on to say incidentally very Little is known about Mencken s married statement suggests it was t anything to brag you were wrong. Mencken met Sara Powell -., Haardt when he made a speech a if Goucher College. She was a sink & tingly Beautiful Young instructor seated in the Audi ence. The title of his speech was How to catch Hus soon after they were frequenting Baltimore s fines restaurants in 1930 Mencken was 50 he married Sara 19 years his Junior. She died of . Five years later. But their marriage was one of the great love stories of our time. Her health had always been poor and he knew it. On the Day of her death Mencken said to a close Friend when i married Sara the doctors did she would not live More than three years. Actually she lived five so i had two More years of happiness than i had any right to expect. I d say the marriage was something to brag about. A Mencken Buffin Maryland dear Buff so Worth i. Hunks fur educating me and billions of ethers. To null from Baltimore we extremely heavy and All who wrote stoned to know the real Toty. Dear Ann Landers my husband is a Petty officer in the guard. I have a complaint that Many wives of coast guardsmen share. Since we married i be had to suffer rude comments such As your husband certainly Hai a soft he does nothing but sit it s a terrible waste of taxpayers i d like these people to know that members of the coast guard Are there to Rescue people who might otherwise drown. Their pay puts them in the Low in come group. These men and women work fio-to-80 hour weeks with no extra pay. In time of War they Are under the Navy considered military with All the problems that go with it. Since they Are not part of the defense department their pay comes from the transportation department. So Ann for All those folks who believe the coast guard is worthless overpaid and getting a free ride i d like to a if you should Ever need to be rescued the coast guard will be there and you la be darned a wife of one in Oregon dear Oregon thanks for the 21-Guo Salute for a Fine group. We phoned adm is. Gracey commander of in guard and a said " Oregon wife s right some on our ships spend six months or More each year away from Home doing our work in water from the Arctic tothe Antarctic. Our traitors Fly Long Enao Stoiu searches and make harrowing helicopter rescues. Our boat Crews take their Small Craft out in the won weather. Like their teammates of the four other aimed services they stud ready to protect America at All times. Next time someone Telli Oregon wife that the coast guard is � Wale of taxpayers Money she can Hond them that last year they saved 6.&00 lives it arid Over 1,000 tons of illegal drugs from reaching of Rhores and did other things thai gave the taxpayers 300 percent return on their rare surent. 1un wry proud of the coast guard and the Mea and fowl letters go had problems registering weapon i am a 19-year-old in the United states army and have been stationed in Europe for some time now. I have come to realize and it is my belief that ail members in the armed forces under the age of 21 arc being unfairly discriminated against. As an example t purchased a. Handgun from my supervisor after finding out that Wilh an exception to policy i could Register the weapon with Usa eur. When i went to Register my weapon i was turned Down based on my age. Why is that when in my Home slate a person Only needs to be in years of age to Register a weapon. In addition 1 have another complaint. I will soon be making my permanent change of station move Back to the slates and while i have been Here 1 have grow accustomed to occasionally going out and having a few Wilh some friends. I m not saying thai i drink a lot but when i go Back to the Stales this will no longer be possible. The Way i see in is that if people find us responsible enough that we can carry an m-16 off to a foreign land and die for our country then Why can t members in the armed forces under the age of 21 be granted the same privileges As members Over 21? think about it you la let us die for our country but you won t let us Dunk in our country. . Nuernberg editor s note a spokesman from the office of personnel management lit Usa eur replies age requirements for registering handguns May Var depending on which state Yon an from in the United Stales. In Germany registering of privately owned Fife arms is regulated by Federal regal Ariail and not individual state Laws Federal Law requires individuals to be 21 Yean of age to own a handgun. No says rights violated by aid1 groups in the past two or three years we have seen a proliferation of so called Aid groups in the United Stales and in Europe live Aid band Aid farm Aid Etc. The Media has largely applauded these groups using such adjectives As humanitarian caring and compassionate but they Seldom give much attention to what All these groups claim As their main goal to persuade government to support their chosen cause feeding the poor helping the banners Etc now 1 recognize every Man s right to give his time and Money to whomever he wishes. I also recognize the right of men to voluntarily form groups and Pool their resources in order to achieve their goals provided Shote goals Are not criminal. But what these groups want is another thing entirely the right to violate my rights. What do the leaders of the Aid groups mean when they say that their goal is to convince governments to support their cause they mean thai they want to pres sure governments into forcing through taxation those of us who have other plans for our Money into looting the Bill for the causes they have chosen. This is clearly a violation or my right to use the fruits of my labor in the Pursuit of the goals that t choose for myself the very right that enables the to raise millions of dollars to achieve their own goals. One Man s or group s rights end where another Man s right Are violated. I have but one thing to say to the leaders of these Aid groups 1 respect your right to use your time Effort and Money to achieve the goals that you have chosen please respect my right to do the same. Set Maxim Smith or. Sch Wittingen Germany procedure explained for ordering books years ago during my last european tour i complained to someone in your organization that the bookstores had Only a limited selection of literature and that it was not always possible to order single books from the publisher. Sometimes an individual can write the publisher and order a Book but More often than not one is forced to turn to one s local Bookstore which Here is the stars and stripes. The answer i got was that one could order a single Book through the local stars and stripes Bookstore As Long As the title author and International Standard Book number Isbon were Given. Armed with this information i presented an order at my local Bookstore and was told firmly thai this was not Possi have gone by since that last incident and i be changed military communities. I would appreciate knowing now if it is or is not possible to order a Book or books through my local stars and stripes Bookstore. I Don l mind paying extra for shipping and handling As Long As i can obtain the Book of my Choice without asking friends at Home to order it for me. Lawrence ii Ingalls Munich editor s note Dew b. Mcdernott stars and stripes circulation manager replies we do have a special order program for single co pies of any Book in print All stars and stripes bookstores have special order forms Tufa table. Please till one oat and the attendant will Forward the form to an for processing. Pitburg writer favors . Chilled meat 1 am sorry thai the writer of the letter pork chops complaint answered has had it but i do not under stand his problem. Since the introduction of . Chilled meats at bit pen pals Flavana Tom a "1 Coti Kwh Phum from Luw Tum Hwy ii Burg a there has almost always been an ample amount of european meat. 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