European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday april 1, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 b4s photo by they Bakr master sgt Fred a Ham says Junior enl Ted people an hurting and it looks like i it going to get worse i be Seal lots of folks la air Force Aid Tor All sorts of things Dollar from Pagat and yet they bought a mull thousand Dollar set or encyclopedias he said or they have some obscure Billari a furniture store Back in Biloxi miss., where they bought a living room set that should have sold for $250. They paid j850 Tor it and they re paying exorbitant interest on in. They re afraid to come Forward with it. They re afraid of us pointing fingers at them for these Deci Sions. So sometimes they la hide these things or the fact that they be written bad checks Ham said. The one thing i try 10 impress upon people is 1 Don t care How stupid a Bill is please Tell us what going on. We can Only be effective if they la Tell us what in the world is going he said a few of his airmen have sent their families Back to the slates because they could t make in financially. Normally they la struggle and struggle to make in and they keep fighting about Germany the air Force and Money always seems to crop up in there frustration is on a lot of people s minds. Ham said because they cannot see a Way out. A lot of folks come to me very frustrated when these things Start piling up. Sometimes when you sit Down with them and really gel Down to hard Core facts there s a Way he said. They re going to have to air Force Counselor can help if you have Money troubles by the Stan and stripes personal financial management programs offered by air Force accounting and finance offices Are available to assist people in financial trouble. Services Are available to air Force members an civilian employees As Well As their families. People interested in obtaining help should Call their base personal financial management program manage Tor an appointment. The trained Counselor can work out plans to pay off a cols. Help people prepare a six month projected budget. Prepare and review correspondence to creditors. Offer instruction in balancing Check books an working with Bank statements. Refer people to the air Force Aid society and the red Cross for Loans and Grants. Provide information on credit buying insurance estate planning taxes buying a car Wise spending habits and other ways to stretch the Dol Lar. Be strictly regimented for a while with their budgets but there is a Way out maybe six months or a year Down the Ham worries about the duty performance of people who Are experiencing hard financial times. On lop of All Icse problems we have a Mission to Lake care of Loo. You just can t think straight when you have All these problems at Home. Money problem shave got to have an Impact on a person s duly perform "1 have seen some really great troops practically dissolve due to financial difficulties. Then they finally get the attitude that nobody Ham asked what can we really do to help hem out Well do what we can but i can guarantee we Don t have the magic words or magic pills. 1 wish we could make these problems go away. We just Don t have All of inc answers. It All boils Down to the fact thai they Don t have in Money. The Dollar is just i Iling Poindexter North defense fund continues to grow Washington a former classmates and colleagues of la. Cot. Oliver North and rear adm. John poin Dix tar said monday they re doing Well in collecting Money for the Legal defense of their two embattled friends. Friends of North the Marine fired from the while House National Security Council staff say they be received �65,000 in unsolicited contributions. Some arrive bearing no More address than Oliver North. Washington said Navy cmdr. Tom Hayes a trustee of the Oliver North Legal assistance fund. The majority of the people who we re hearing from Are just average Middle americans who think one lieutenant col Onel did t Mastermind the overthrow of the free world and that he s gelling a raw Deal said Hayes. Trustees of the Poinc Eicr defense fund won t divulge How much Money they be raised. But retired rear adm. . Hill or. Said there has been a ire Mcnanus volume of mail with Only six idlers in tin1 category of Hale mail. Suffice to say the response has been everything we id Hill for whom Moindi incr once worked Ai the Pentagon. North who was heavily involved in thu Sale of . Arms to Iran and in sup port for the nicaraguan contras was fired last nov. 25 after discovery of an apparent diversion of profits from the arms sales to the rebels Poinc Eicr who resigned As Reagan s National Security adviser on the same Day was North supervisor. Groups supporting both men say the tetters they be received have been heart ening to inc iwo officers who face futures of debate and perhaps Legal Batik sover their roles in the Iran a i Nira affair. North reads each idler and respond personally with an assistant handling the typing. I find Emir responds 10 a few an leaves others for Hill and two usher Navy friends to follow up. North has received Between 1.000 and 1.500 letters and has responded so far to 850, Hayes said. Poindexter s friends have mailed oui More than 10,000 letters asking for contributions. Hill said. Mosi went to cur rent or former military officers and Tel lers were sent to All members of Congress. Naval Academy classmates und All of sonic 1,800 retired Navy Admi rals. We re Cofini de thai if his military colleagues did t support him. We could t expect Oiher people to Hill said
