European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday april 25, 1987 the stars and stripes dear Ann Landers thai glowing idler Aboul How much Good the shrines do wait Only half inc Story 1 believe you were taken in. The Issue it not How much Money the shrink a pass on in he hospitals they sup port but How much the temples keep Tor themselves. The Orlando Fla Sentinel did a terrific series on this subject recently. I am enclosing part one. It will Tell you nil you need to 1 know heart App , Tipp City Ohio think Yon Tor your letter and put one of the tries by inc Orlando Sentinel. John Halle editor of the senti Nel no me part two. I was distressed by the information contained in that prize winning Story Shriner refer to their hospitals As the Rani of the shrine and the reason for shrine Dom but the senti Nel cited internal Revenue service records showing that although he shrine is the Roche Al Charity id the nation it gave its 22 hospitals for children less than one third of the grow collected from the Public in 1984, the remainder was spent on food travel entertainment Fraler Nal ceremonies and fund raising. The Sentinel reported thai in 19ss the Sorters kept a whopping 71 percent or the Money raised about $21.7 million. This Trent to pay for a Range of clubhouse expense including the Upkeep of private ban restaurants and Golf courses. They also used the Money to pay for conventions travel and entertainment for their 880,000 members and again fund raising. The shrine s Moil lucrative source of income Art the Clr aues throughout it country. They generated about $23 million in 1985, toe paper reported. The record show that Leas than 2 percent or $346,251, went to the medical can of children. I find the shocking. In 1922 the shrine established hospitals for trained and crippled children. Today they operate 19 orthopaedic hospitals and three born centers. I want to Mike it Clear that i have received dozens of letters from readers who have told me they took their children to a shrine Hospi Tal alter a terrible Accident the youngsters received wonderful can and not one cent was charged. This is an extraordinary testimony and a glowing tribute. The facts uncovered by the Orlando Sentinel s investigative reporters in no Way diminish services performed by he shrine hospitals. The complaint it oat a great Deal of the Money that people think in being Given to help crippled and burned children never gels then. In All fairness i want it understood that every Penny sent directly to the hospitals is spent solely to help the Chil Dren. Thousands of shrines were appalled when the or Lando Sentinel nude its findings known. They had no idea As to the financial Workings of their fraternity. To their credit Many shrine leaders Are now demanding thai the temples make Clear whether fund Raiser Bene fit the children or the shrines themselves. Four cheers for them. Dear Ann Landers i Tove it when people dump their pet peeves on you the woman who complained Aboul canned laughter sure hit me where i live 1 too find it galling and wish they d Cut it out. Now it s my turn to Gripe Why of Why do they have babies and very Young children talking like adults in commercials the one for Orange juice where the child says i like intelligent women makes me want to Barf. And to think those and agencies make millions d. In Delaware heard you re singing my song and i thank you. Page it letters writer in t buying soviet propaganda As 1 pick up my slurs and strip every Clay Possi Bly for a critique of inc latest investigations in Bloom county or the weekly interpretations ill he hand of Andy Kooncy i am drawn astray by inc editorial writ ing that Ift Lyciy has been end resins a vile untruth re Garding the policy of the soviet Union ii seems that some writer believe the soviet Union is a peace Loving nation Bent on the doctrine of free Dom. 1 could give my editorial about the soviet Union but i am afraid that my pen would develop an Ilch to wrap itself around the liberals who distort the troth regarding the russian dictators. What has been presented about the soviet Union is a dire falsification of what really goes on behind the Iron curtain. Let me quickly express what happens behind the smiling face of Mikhail Gorbachev and of course behind the Liberal listeners who Lake in what that dictator has to say. When the nazi Powers gained the governmental dictatorial Powers Over Germany in 1933, a massive final solution began. By 1945, nearly 6w million jews and Many other occupied Peoples met their deaths horribly. We know about this because it has been communicated by television books newspapers and every other form of historical documentation the nazis were beaten the evidence uncovered the responsible leaders punished Here s the breakthrough from 1917 to 1953, nothing can compare except Mao tse tune s 50 Mil lion to 69 million to the soviet Union s 28 million executed civilians All of whom were executed in the same fashion As were the jews and occupied Peoples during killer s time. The soviets murdered raped pillaged and Tor tured their population and to this very Day it continues imagine if you can the gulags or labor Camps. Imagine Back in the 30s and 40s the horrible exec t auth win incl then conned Iho Lent Rausl Lutfi the re Irwin you Haven t Sien Jot Wincn Tillion k be cause no one has Hcan Able to Pierce Llic Iron curtain sneak into Lime labor Camps and i nil n Roupli of photos. Those who have brought Back proof had in dismissed by people because they in All their disbelieving arrogance said Why that s Impo Ihle nothing Tike that can happen today Only Hitler was Able to kill in tit Many. The lesson Here is this you let inc stalinist regime blow olt 28 million As if it never happened it could occur Agan. So when these writers speak of All inc greatness of personalities such As Gorbachev the wonderful soviet doctrine the Loving affection of his people re member one Stark fact our nation was brought for Ward by a single document the Constitution and by men who stood for Honor and greatness. The soviets pathetically murdered their populations until nearly exhausted and then proclaimed a government As Barbara Tuchman said in the March of Folly the soviets 70 years of government can be accorded a brutal  when you Sec the Ham Mer and sickle please note that such instruments Are not for blowing the crops of Freedom and brother Hood but Are More brutally used in the dark torture Chambers of the Kab despite the screaming and shrieking cries of those liberals who just did not be Lieve a certain Way. And when you Sec Gorbachev Don t be automatically won Over by his Charm but remember the labor Camps and the men and women who die every Day dropping from exhaustion and being brutally executed. We cannot refuse to face the soviets and we can not deny i hair existence. We can though discern be tween propaganda and the truth Spee. 4 Michael Wayne Stewart Pir Maseru Germany Patron comments on bomb Drill at pm a recent headline aftershocks continue from disco  brought Back some memories from the time the Frankfurt Exchange was bombed. Also recently we had a bomb Drill at the Frank full Exchange. It was announced that shoppers should leave All in purchased items at inc nearest counter and continue to the nearest exit and continue logo away from the building. The supervisors of each department were instructed to Clear their departments of employees and help the customers to the exits. Most were exiting the store in an orderly fashion. But a few customers were worried that they were going to lose their places in line. Others were asking where should i put my Laya Way items so that 1 can be first in line some were exiting but then continued to stand in inc door and the Tisl continues. In a country where the terrorist threat is always present where Are the brains of these people in their pockets i would think. I also wonder How Many lives would be lost if there had been a real bomb. And 1 wonder How Many Laya ways cod handles up there in the wild Blue yonder Vickie a a tvs Frankfurt bullied boy needed help Reader says i read your article youth fatally shoots classmate  in the article. Principal Marie Harnist says that Nathan Faris the bullied boy was a quiet reserved Stu Cit a Ood student. Were the teachers and the principal Blind were the teachers completely unaware that fans was being bullied is the problem with bully ing too hard far them to handle so they ignore it now two Young boys ire dead because no one cared enough if the. Teachers had come in and helped the Young boy earlier everything could have been avoided. 1 think the teachers have a very big responsibility in such situations. When being bullied you Are not Able to change the situation by yourself. 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