European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday december 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Pagi 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers our 2&-year-old daughter is extremely promiscuous. I believe she had her first sexual exp Cri ence when she was 14. 1 know Nan slept around Al through her High school years. She is now in her third year of College and goes to bed with any one who asks including casual acquaintances. When i first discovered Nan was sexually Active i asked her if she knew about birth control. She said she did and that she was but the girl is such a convincing liar 1 have no Way of knowing if she is telling the truth. Nan went to a Christian school and attended Church regularly. She always had friends Bat says she never Felt As if she we have had Many conversations about her behaviour and she does t see anything wrong with it. I believe the girl needs counselling bul when i suggest it she says i am nol crazy and be comes very angry. How can the be reached should we allow her to continue to live with us until she finishes College we love her and arc worried about the inevitable consequences. Nan is a regular Reader of your column. Perhaps she will listen to you. Worried in the West dear worried first be Clad Nan wants to live at Home. At least you have some idea of where she is and who she is seeing. Please Don t try to punish her by putting her out. Nan needs counselling desperately. I Hope she will agree before she gets into serious trouble. Sexual promiscuity is a symptom of Low self esteem and today it could mean suicide. Nan needs to work on this and you can help by being nonjudgmental and Loving. Dear Ann Landers what do . Children know about countries other than their own As a Canadian 1 am appalled by the ignorance of some tourists who come up Here. Yesterday a girl asked if i am an american. When i said of course Canada is part of the North Ameri can continent. And so is Central America she said where is that when i inquired if she knew where the world s tall est free standing building was she replied the Empire state in new i told her it was the in Tower in Toronto. She d never heard of it. United states visitors arc always surprised to find thai we have a Spring summer and fall. They think it is Winter All year Long and that we live in igloos. They also think we do nothing up Here but make whiskey and play hockey. One gentleman asked me where i Learned to speak English. Almost every Canadian Over the age of 10 knows that the first president of the United slates was George Washington. 1 wonder How Many americans can name the first prime minister of our country. You have Beena Fine neighbor and we treasure your Friendship but 1 do believe in the interest of Good Public relations it would be helpful if your schools would teach a Little something about our country. Respectfully a Friend to the North Law kept my apologies on behalf of he millions of americans who better wormed than the tourists to been running into. I confess however Hal 1 did t know to the first Tau ser of Canada was until i looked ii i in. For those who Don t know his name was sir John Macdon ii. He served from 1867 to 1873. Late civilian paychecks upset Reader i m sitting in my office for the second Lime in two months wondering where my paycheck is. It was no delivered yesterday on schedule. Our administration office docs not have it. The Community mail room does not have it. The Apo does not have it it s time to take a look into the apparently lackadaisical manner in which civilian pay is handled in eur question Back in the Stales we Are paid the week following the end of the pay period. Here the pay is two weeks late. Why second question since the pay is due mid late As it is Why Are the checks Post dated checks should be dated the Day they re written and negotiable on receipt. Post dated checks Are a Long condemned Busi Ness practice yet the finance office makes a regular business of it. Again Why third question Why can t the checks be delivered on time i have already experienced situations where the local mail room has received the checks and held them for delivery on a certain Dale. These Check Are mailed and addressed to recipient. In t the local mail room holding them a criminal offence known As Tam Pering with the mail fourth question As i understand the system All civilian personnel in Europe Are paid out of a single office Heidelberg. Thai s Fine for people m the Hei Delberg area but it prevents people stationed farther away from going to their office when troubles arise. I there any real reason other than defending the sys tem that prevents local finance offices from paying heir people if we re having trouble getting our Check when we re within sight of Heidelberg on a Clear Day i can Only imagine what the people farther away Are having to go question so far As i have been Able to deter mine Only two Telephone numbers service the entire payroll office regardless of which payroll is in ques two numbers Are always Busy. Then if you Are Lucky enough to gel through you always get a clerk for some other payroll and have to request the proper clerk. Why is an office Wilh nationwide responsibility obviously receiving Calls from All Over the country Only equipped with two line could t we have a least a specific number for a specific payroll is that too much to ask when our livelihood is at stake we Are living in a foreign country where the Laws governing housing rental Bill paying etc., Are far More in favor of the Billing authority than they Are of the payer. The Post demands payment of a Telephone Bill within seven Days. Rental contract specify the third working Day of the month. Court suits Are not Only possible but Likely with tale or defaulted payment. We cannot afford to have our paychecks a matter of doubt As to their arrival this particular instance finance tells me that they shipped the paychecks on time but the bag for our area was left on the truck and went who knows where. There is Little or no excuse for this kind of negligence. Name and location withheld editor s note we received two replies to this ment requirements. Some Check arrive prior to payday because mall line varies. Portal personnel Are not authorized to hold checks received prior to payday. Chilian pay h centralized i Europe for us. Array chileans because of the Cost of operating Small payroll offices and the supporting computer Nysten. Due to the widespread location of Amy activities local nuance offices would Alia have to Nail checks. The. Of mall let times would pot be overcome by decentralization of civilian answer to the fifth question on telephones the payroll office has 18 Telephone number. Each of the Row payroll branches has two Telephone lines. The phone Are established so the Branch chief receives pay inquiries. Routine matters Are then referred to the appropriate payroll clerk for aet Foa. You timekeeper an local civilian personnel office should have additional numbers to cover special situations. In the interest of assuring receipt of pay on payday one should consider having a direct Deposit to the Mali Tarr Baa Kint system. Net pay and allotments for depositors Breto coded in one Check and mass tic tape Withall the information is picked up by the Bank courier prior to payday. Soon we will be providing a rim oar tape to the Federal resent banking system for All Coatlen Tal us. Bank accounts. Direct Deposit gives a High de Gree of Assurance that pay will arrive on time the second reply is from capt. William a. Mack in chief. Mail services Branch. Postal operation directorate isl personnel command. He usar eur in reply in the third question civilian paychecks should be delivered As woo As they Are received at your unit mall roam however there Are some checks which have an endorsement request Lathat the postmaster deliver them on a certain Date. These checks Mast beheld until the Date Tequ sled by the Orgl Nafiah Federal Fumii question 2nd paragraph you Are right there is no excuse for the mishandling of civilian paychecks in mid october. They were inadvertently left on a track oct. 14 however the paychecks were located oct. 15 and re dispatched in time to arrive at their goal destination by oct 16 civilian payday the postal operation directorate pod Hes to abolished procedures that Renn Lre army Post offices that receive Messent paychecks to notify pod. In this Case notification a made and the Haely redirection of the checks was appreciate your concern for the timely and accurate dispatch and delivery of civilian paychecks. If you have any further questions regarding this or any other postal matter please Call me at Schwet Dnn military 379- 6364/7 43 or write to commander 1st person Nel come and postal operations directorate attn mail services Branch Apo d908i-ss20. Pen pals letter. The first is from maj. 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