European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday. July 19. 1987 the stars and stripes Arin Landers dear Ann Lander 1 was irritated by a letter that appeared in your column recently a woman from new York wrote thai the minute she opens her Mouth people know where she s from. The inference is that All new yorkers say. I hold a Boid singing Al Thordy Tho id pm i m a new yorker too and no " matter where i go people know where i m from la s because i have a distinctive Way of . Noim cing key words and nol because i murder the King s English. Also new yorkers speak More rapidly than folks from Georgia or Tennessee for example. I can easily identify a houstonian new Orlea Ninan or alabamian after a single sentence. To radians and Calif Omi ins defy placement because most folks who live in Hinse slates came from somewhere else. Visitors from foreign countries Are struck by the variety of speech patterns they find Hrc. As a former English teacher. I can Tell you that some dialects for example what one hears in cajun country in Louisi Ana Are like another language altogether. In my opinion the variety makes a fascinating mosaic. I Hope it never changes. . Harvard class of 69 dear Garrard Don worry. It won t. Few thl Ngi Ait As self perpetuating As regional speech pattern. I c been told that i could never deny my Iowa Heri Tage a cause of inc who i bile off words with Tiit Herr rred that s not All my Down Home colloquialisms Tump Roe u a girl from tall Corn country. I like the midwestern sound. Ii reflects the simplicity and thu Contd Bounty of of country s heartland. Dear Ann Landers sorry but 1 think your advice to the Mother of the 12-year-old who wanted to know Are we Rich was Industrial strength dumb. A 12-year-old should be told How much Money Comet in and How much goes out he should be taught How to write a Check and a Money order and How to figure income tax just for practice. When my kids were 9 years old they were Given an allowance and a Chance to earn extra Money by doing additional chores. That Money was theirs to save or spend u wisely or As foolishly As they pleased. My children Are grown now and the Early training has paid off. They arc fiscally responsible and Well balanced adults. If you deny your children honest answers about dad s income they May gel the idea that he is doing something crooked or that you think they arc too Stu pid to understand. Or. . Dear Doc 1 agree children should be laugh How la earn save and spend but that youngster s question Are we Rich ingested to me that he bad heart somewhere thai they were Rich and be wanted confirmation. I Law an excellent Opportunity to Point out thai a person is Rich if he has Good health a Loving family and is Al pen with Btu Elf. Dear Ann Landers you have primed several letters that revealed an appalling ignorance of geography f had an experience recently that blew my mind. A woman asked me where i vacationed last. India 1 said. She wanted to know about the people scenery shopping Etc. I was amazed when she asked How Long a drive is it from Chi chd she thought i was talking about Indiana. Flint Mich. Dew flirt thu Kier owl her letter lbt polutto to the seed to it it Why bade to oar fuck you. Pie been veiling Page 11 letters readers object to release of deserter i am Eriline in reference to a recent article about the Marine Coras dropping All charges against Douglas g. Beane the Vietnam Era deserter. Thai thoroughly Dis gusted me i am first an american second a . Soldier and third a . Army military policeman. According to my attitudes and beliefs in All three areas it was wrong to Lei a person off completely free for committing the crimes against the United Stales of America that Bane did. He committed these crimes to his own admission so he is a criminal and should be treated As one. He committed a crime punishable by death under the uniform code of military Justice Art 85 what worse could he have done i have worked on an awol apprehension team and thus have some experience in the area. Did i catch All of those awol for nothing if you arc not going to prosecute then Why waste in taxpayer s Money trying to track these people Down How much Money was wasted trying to find Beane i am now a military police investigator. Just a week or so ago 1 picked up a Soldier who escaped from detention. The Soldier an e-2, was in pretrial confine ment Tor Auto theft and a previous awol when he escaped the custody of his unit guards. It ii Dow my Job to attempt to find the individual and to build a Case against him. Every crime this person committed is lower on inc table of maximum punishments than the ones thai Beane committed but i bet that he does t gel off when he is caught. How Long docs this Soldier i grit my Teeth when 1 Call him that have to be gone before he is forgiven for his crimes h this your Way of rewarding Beane for a Job Well done by evading authorities for so Long who Are you to prosecute one person for deserting and then let another one go free just because he is in the limelight Why Don l you also give Beane Back pay for the time he missed my opinion it is a typical political situation. The pros got involved and now everyone is afraid for their jobs. It look guts to write this letter. I like the service and Hope to go far in it. 1 am Junior ranking to most but at lean pm not afraid to stand up Tor my beliefs Tike it seems ill of the big shots Are. Now 1 ask is allow ing l Pinon to desert during to armed conflict any Way to Lead by example i cannot imagine anyone who served in Vietnam willingly allowing Justice to go unanswered in this Man nor soft inuit be that everyone for reasons unknown to me is just Plain scared if you cant do anything die for me Juit answer a few Quick questions How Long does a person have to be Cone now much Preu coverage does he have to get does be have to be married and How Many Kidi does be have to have to be allowed to live outside the Law if you could just answer those i could better make my decision whether or not being a Soldier and an my is really Worth it. Spec 4 Paul r. Wilh us Kitzinger Germany again i read about that deserter Douglas Beane. I cannot believe vial any Good american would malic a movie and write a Book about a deserter Black marketer and a Marine wanting 10 kill a Comrade. All 1 Hope is that we americans will nol go and Sec the movie or read the Book. A military widow mrs. Freddie Kaplan he Ningen German what is going on in our armed services today the Man ran away from Vietnam to escape a coun Marzul. He was apprehended he did t turn himself in. Now the marines say he s suffered enough and they Don t want to mess with it anymore. Break my heart with Alt the suffering Douglas Reane has done in the last 17 years. Maybe his conscience was needling huh How about the others who suffered suffered Sepa rations from their families suffered the Jungle and rain in no a flared the blood and nightmares suffered the end and inc losing when we could have settled that banana War in less than a year what did they get a Black Marble Wall and maybe a grave in Arlington or their Hometown if their bodies were found Whit about the living the ones that came Home missing an Arm or leg or both the ones that came Home dying of agent Orange and did t even know it the ones woo stir can t sleep at night because they can Jee the blood and hear the screams How about he suffering of the mothers and fathers the Sisters and brother who Wili never see their loved ones again Ever been to the Vietnam War memorial i have it s very quiet there. It s usually crowded but the noise is subdued. You can stand in from of the Wall and look one Way toward the Washington Monument and the other toward the Lincoln memorial. You can usually see a lot of folks crying too. But the names on the Wall sleep in honorable death. They May nol have believed in the War but they went anyway. Arlington National cemetery at Sunset. Quiet again. Row after Row of neat White crosses. Vietnam Taipan Tinian ardennes Verdun just about any Battle you d care to name where americans have fought and died. Again honorable death. Now we have or. Beane deserter criminal any other name you might want to ban on him. I Don t Call him an american. He gave up dial right when he took Lohu Heel and ran for auit Lii. America is still America. Whether you agree with in National policy or nol it s every american s duty to obey and if neck is sary make the supreme sacrifice. I m afraid t cant work up any sympathy for poor Douglas Beane and his less than honorable discharge. Some bleeding heart slate senator will arrange for ii to become honorable in a few months. It will be another slap in the face for the Vietnam vets i say Send or. 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