European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 2, 1986 the stars and stripes in Landers dear Ann Landers keep up your Campaign to get people to quit smoking if you save just one person from the or Deal my husband went through twill be Worth it. Hank was a heavy smoker. Wien we discussed quitting he said it would be impossible be cause he had smoked nearly 50 is years. Then the n High Mare began of of j first the husky voice and sore Throat the Biopsy can a Fol Lowed by weeks of radiation red ical surgery chemotherapy an emergency tracheotomy then a Tarng Colomy. I never heard his Beautiful voice again months in the Hospital Many More surgeries the act Lavrino i i or Tiuch am a  a l _. A ii iut Iii Tam j i Iuit aun i. R t5. Luc last taking his jaw Teeth and part of his Tongue. He we to Swallow. We fed him through a  unable l Swallow _ mu611. After Hank suffered horribly for 25 months and nearly became Blind the lord saw i to Lake him. He left behind a family emotionally and physically exhausted and financially drained. You cannot remind your readers too Many limes about the dangers of smoking. Don t Ever  victim wife in Iowa Dearlow i m sure i m beginning la sound like a broken record but Hanks for the Opportunity to say it Acson. My Cort Dolmen to you and the family and to Oiler family into Ben who Are destined to suffer similar Fate. Dear Ann Landers after Reading in your column about the kid who was worried that his Mother was gelling a bit Dingy because she talked to herself t agree with you that talking to oneself is a Good Way to relieve stress. I have always fell thai if you can t talk to yourself whom can you talk to a few Yean ago while on vacation in Este National Park my brother walked into the room while i was watching the to and caught Roe talking to myself. He asked Mike Are you talking to yourself i replied Yea. Do you mind in s a private  sign me if you think i m crazy. You ought meet my brother Dew Friend thanks for the offer. I know enough dingbats already. Dear Ann Landers when you were a Young girl in Sioux City Iowa walking Down the Street with a boy i m sure you re member that he always walked on the outside nearer the curb to protect you i believe from the danger of the Street. Today if the boy and girl Are under 30, he invariably walks on the inside. Why we had a reason for our tradition Protection. What s the reason for the new twist is it just another Way to flout the establishment i thought they had gotten Over their belligerence in the mid-70s. Your Contact with the youth of the nation should enable you to find out what has happened. 1 have watched this phenomenon carefully in fact it has become an obsession. Do you have an explanation for this Radical change in behaviour Over 50 and irritated in Lincoln neb. Dear Over 50 i Loo hate noticed thai Young men Are not As wedded to this custom As they were when 1 is growing up but the floating is not nearly As widespread u you claim at least not in Chicago. To test your theory i counted yesterday on Michigan Avenue. Out of 27 couples 21 males wanted closer to the Street. Why is the count so much lower in Lincoln can any of Yon Corn Huisken enlighten me c Nawi America synth Citi Page to letters answering safety worries after chernobyl this letter is in reference to he chernobyl nuclear Power Plant Accident. I am a civilian whose husband is a Servic member we have three Young children. Needless to say we arc More than a Little concerned about the possible Radia lion contamination thai poses a threat to our Chil Wrens health and their future lives. Although this Accident May not affect us directly we Are constantly reminded via the news Media that we May encounter contamination. We were warned not to Pur Chase milk or fresh fruits and vegetables on the German Economy. We were warned not to allow our children to play in the Sand and loathe them every night. We have been informed that the commissary products Are  however we can listen to German radio stations and be informed not to Purchase Dairy products or fresh fruits and vegetables. I have several questions concerning this problem thai probably most  and their families share they Are 1. Where does inc commissary Purchase i hair fruits vegetables Dairy products and German milk 2. How often Are the above mentioned products tested for contamination in the commissary 3. Who has tested for possible radiation contamination in he government housing playgrounds and How often Are the playgrounds tested 4. How Long should we enforce the safely measures Perser bed by the american farces network and not allow our children to play in the playground or in inc Sand 5. If radiation contamination is found in the soil then in t it possible for it to also be found in meats eggs and just about every other naturally grown food 6. How do we know if we have encountered Radia Tion contamination or do we have to wait for 10 or 20 years until someone we love is diagnosed As having cancer or diabetes 7. Why did the american forces network downplay the seriousness of this terrible life threatening Acci Dent thank you for your attention. Bonnie  we Baden Germany editor s note we received two replies to this letter. The lint la from Willy come Tison news director he an Europe the american forces network reported recommended safety measures an received based on information from the German Federal Rad Latke task Force and from the is. Al com Public affairs office. Is. Neucom  issued three separate news re leases which were aired on both radio and television news immediately upon receipt. An aired Only those official releases that were provided by the German Federal radiation task Force and those from authorized is. Military sources. An did not broadcast the speculative reports that according to German government spokesman Wolfgang Schaeuble were responsible for a great Deal of confusion in the Public sector and were contradictory to information disseminated by the Federal government. The responsible news policy for any news Organiza Tion is to report Only bets. Reporting rumours or speculation does not serve the Public interest. An news team worked very closely with responsible Hast nation is. Embassy and military officials to provide our Audi ence with timely factual and useable information during the chernobyl incident. The second reply is from col. John f. Wright commander. Defense subsistence Region Europe thank you for this Opportunity to highlight the role of the defense subsistence Region Europe during the recent soviet radioactive fallout incident. We share your concern regarding the possibility of food in Western Europe being adversely affected by the fallout. During inc incident this Headquarters is in continual con act with 7th medical come plus Host nation National and local health authorities to ensure that the food delivered to All commissaries and troop Issue subsistence activities visas has Frt e of con lamination. We were fortunate in that there were very few food producing areas in Western Europe that experienced radiation level above Normal. In the food surveyed by the governments of Oor various Hwy nations there Here Only � Fen instance of products exceeding Safe Rad icon limits. These products were identified at the farm or at terminal markets and Wen condemned immediately. Of the products tested by the , military none were identified As being above inc established safety limits. Fresh fruits vegetables and Dairy products come from several sources. Fresh Dairy product Are produced for us forces commissaries by Large dairies in the Netherlands Luxembourg Italy France Israel Germany Denmark the United kingdom and Austria samples of products were tested dully by government health authorities from Alt dairies during the fallout incident. No instance of radiation Levels above International safely standards was discovered in products Punj a nerd for the commissaries. Fresh fruits and vegetables procured from Belgum France Germany Italy the Netherlands Spain the us and Israel were considered to be the most Likely products contaminated by radioactive fallout. In order to ensure that Only Safe produce reached commissary shelves local health authorities inspected those of a items procured from the terminal markets and 7th medical come inspectors checked the produce ship Ped from our depots. A few products Leafy vegetables were identified a farms and terminal markets As exceeding safety itt Niti for radiation. These products were identified by local National health authorities and destroyed. No products which exceeded safety standards were altered to us military buyers at the terminal markets. In addition to the local National testing programs on farms and at terminal markets the 7th medical come conducted ill own testing at terminal markets and depots. This second level of Protection did not detect any product which exceeded safety criteria. As a further Check on the safely of products for commissary resale commissary stores were surveyed by army veterinary corps and air Force environmental health personnel to the maximum degree possible. This third level of Protection uncovered no unsafe products. The system of food Protection described above was verified through centralized testing of samples utilizing More sensitive equipment at the lot medical Laboratory. The verification program uncovered no unsafe products. 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