European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 23, 1987 the stars and stripes Page it Ann Landers dear Ann Landers it happened again inlay and 1 am absolutely horrified Ai sat a inc intersection waiting for the Light to change uti ambulance approached with Siren blaring and lights flashing. Not unusual you say. Well Here s the part thai drives me up the Wall. Nobody slowed Down. No body pulled to the right hand Side or the so Eccl. And when inc Light changed inc traffic crossed directly in from of the ambulance at though it were a taxi. Are we asleep at our steering wheels Are we n such a big hurry hat we can t even slow Down to save a life Are our stereos so loud Hal we Don t hear my god what is the problem Why does t the average Driver understand Hal people who arc being transported by ambulance May be fighting Tor their lives every second counts. If they had Lime to kill they would have taken the bus what if your Mother or your Best Friend was in that ambulance would you be upset when nobody pulled Over think about in this to not the first time i be seen it happen. I la bal ambulance Drivers and paramedics could Tell some hair raising stories about their experiences. Ann you re in a position to help save not one but countless lives. Please print this letter and ask people to be aware of this grim situation. Five minutes can mean the do Terence Between life and death. C.s., in Roseville Calif Demecs thank Yon for a provocative letter to too have Wil nested tip Kolk indifference to the inns. I be often Wojt Pettil of ii selfishness stupidity or adolescent re Belum Azan St authority. Whatever it is it shows a distract fill cd of concern fur human life. 1 believe the Coli should be slapped with a Nice fat Fine. Dew Raton a Tew weeks ago a Reader wrote to complain Boot the Airport in Shreveport la. It seems she in boarding a plane for Germany unit was in dire need of � postage lamp so she could mall the insurance pu7 she purchased in an automatic dispenser the woman looked High and Low for place that might Tell Tor stamp. There was not a single stamp to 6 bad la the shr port Airport. Finally a woman who was standing by to a a Friend new How Desper ate she was and offered to null the policy for her. I printed the letter. A few Days ago 1 received the following letter from the mayor of Shreveport dear Ann Landers i am enclosing several Stamps purchased from the new postage machine installed on feb. 5 in the Shreveport Airport. Our Airport manager has been negotiating for several months with the . Postal service for a postage machine and now we have it Shreveport is a Beautiful warm Friendly City where we try to make visitors feel Welcome but sometimes things fall through the cracks. I m glad a Friendly Shreveport citizen was abbe to help the lady who complained to you. Sincerely mayor John Hussey dear mayor Hutty thank you for that Sweet Tetter. I m old you wrote to Tell me the Good news. The bad news is Hal Here were no postage Stamps in year envelope. Postmaster Bob Tolsch Call your office not a Natl Tow Syfox suit ebon Wisl Landara wet Toomat your Mitt a re Jet an or the Sun in so non Apo hzi1, . Bank Bill paying services discussed in response to a recent letter to the editor Betsy Robinson manager Public affaire. American express Community banking gave some very Good advice about How to reduce waiting Lime at Bank branches. One of her suggestions was id use standing payment orders to hive theban automatically pay rectum no Mark Bill Ucb Ai rent Telephone and water. Unfortunately american express makes payment based on standing or Den fat rent payment Only on the first working Day of he month. Even if the German financial institution to which the payment la going is located in the tame town As the american express Branch payment wid not reach the receiving institution for an additional three to five work month easy if one chooses to make rent payments an extra month in Advance. American express could make a convenient service better if they would allow payment on standing orders to be made on it least one other Day of the month the 1 5th or 20th, for example maj Tiye. Walk he eur toys a note a. Zolly ice president and general manager american express Community Banff big replies we appreciate the Opportunity to respond to your letter and agree oat providing Choice of two Allt Nule Dan for effecting standing payment orders would make this convenient service Tren belter. Our on int system by which rent h debited from your account on the fast working Day and received by the landlord one to five Day later b the tame As used by bail German Banks. Land life should be the local banking system Andah old Adow several Grace Day a a Ramst of your letter and Olsen who have made tie same Prev Kosly Coop Nimitz Banks plan to provide new Botnen who to alternate Days for debiting standing payment orders. We face the blowing problems when considering a 1. If we would take for example the 15th of the month u a Transfer Date for a standing payment order the payment will be in the receiving party s account by the first of the month but our customer s account May go into overdraft As the sure pay or allotment credit la posted on payday Only 2, if we would take for example Only Ibe 15th of the month we would not satisfy most of our eat Oman needs who have an obligation Dut on the unit of the month. We Are however planning to provide be 15th or nest working Day n an alternate Date once this segment of our ongoing automation Effort is completed. An interim Factor effective May i we will change the it of the standing payment order debit of customer s account from Ibe present first working Day of the month to last working Day of the month commencing with payday thereby gaining one Day in Ibe process. F would like to take this Opportunity to address the Overall subject of recurring payments in Dor detail. There Are two diff nil methods of automatic Bill pay ments available in he German banking system standing payment orders l de for recurring payments of fixed amount due on specific dates , rent payments and automatic debit authorizations used for the payment of varying amounts on different Dales depending on the Billing Cycle of the company. This authorization to initiated and cancelled with the respective Vendor i would like to see the latter service being used More widely by our military and civilian customers. This or vice can be used to pay rent As Well As Telephone utilities or water Bills. Information about this service to available at All Community Bank. Instead Island ing in line at the Bank Post office or the Utility com Pany using an automatic debit authorization would save our customers lol of time each Mouth. In discussing these opportunities recently Ullh a Bank Liaison officer and finance officer i Learned about a com Mon perception that the local Telephone or Utility Compa Nies often make mistakes and that because of the final nature of the automatic debit authorization to an account he would not recommend Mage of the service in my personal experience for the last three years neither the Telephone nor the Utility company has made one single mistake when executing my automatic payments. In addition the local banking system provides for a reversal of Ibe automatic debit. If the account Holder informs the Bank and the respective Vendor in writing within six weeks after he Dale of the debit that be she does not accept Ibe charge the debit is not the Bank will credit the account upon receipt of the protest and original Las Schrift receipt. Again thank for bringing this Nutter to on attention. If we can be of further assistance please write or Call Betsy Robinson Telephone 069-78905325our manager of Public affaire or Volt your nearest Community Bank. Camp Darby town Hall praised by spouse i be been married to my husband six years and we Are currently at our third duty station in that length of time. Just recently i was touched by the caring of our Post commander. In March he held his second As i understand in town Hall meeting since taking com Mand of Camp Darby in june 1986. He look the time to organize this meeting and then personally attend and attentively listen to All the moans and groans of his Community. He along with his staff also tried to explain policies and offered to help resolve Many issues within our Community. It s a sad shame that Many of the changes we d All like cannot take place because of budget con rails. However i sincerely believe he docs the Best he can. Also it s a shame that even with free child care and transportation Many people who complain had a Chance to attend and d d not. Just remember folks you had a Chance and still do with the Boss line. Lei s Etc our Best to support col. Nadowski so he can do his Job effectively and More easily. 1 certainly Hope More Post commanders will learn from this Man s example and care enough to put away their excuses and Start their own town Hall meetings name withheld Camp Darby Italy pen pals 1 in is Yura old ind Mtjoy raid lip Seipt cider Norer. Bol Ganhs. Emmon Oumi Guila of pm a 282 Colon exist in Dumi Gutti City no Jim Ortin til i m 15 to fit do did 1 Cut Troue. By Nom Itrat totalling to Quito and Movi. 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