European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday Jutzi. 1987 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Paga 11 letters dear Ann Landers no matter what line of work you arc in if you serve the pub Lic you can expect to receive a certain amount of abuse. Recently i got More than my share candid like to Tell you about it. I m a hairstylist who has been in the business Long enough to know what 1 am doing. A Tew Day ago a 17-year-old kid came in for a haircut. I Cut his hair the Way he wanted it Short. When i though i had finished he Job he Laid it s not Short enough. I want More off Here and More off  i clipped according to his instructions. When he left he said this looks terrific. I la be Back in six  thirty minutes later in marches the boy s Mother. She is red As a beet and hollering so loud i heard her before 1 saw her come through the door. The woman screamed at me who Ever told you you could Cut hair i could have done better myself this boy looks like he is ready for the electric chair. I ought to sue you for damages. Alter burling insults at me in the presence of another client who was silting in my chair the woman demanded thai i give the boy his Money Bock. I Wai under no obligation to comply with her request but i decided it was the be is Way to gel her out of the shop. The kid just stood there with a Blank look on his face. Now thai i have had a Chance to think calmly about that humiliating scene i regret Hal t did t throw that woman put of my shop and Tell her ill see you install claims  please publish this letter for other hair Cullen who May find themselves in a similar spot. California catastrophe Dew cat it stems to me that 17-Rwr-om kid should be Able to decide what kind of haircut he wants. It t refreshing to Bear that teen Ager lire whew hair is to Short that his Mother to Coapla Ianc. I hartal ird that beef i along time. Thanks for a new Tobl on an old object dear Ann Landers eleven years ago my father died from a self inflicted Shotgun wound. The effect on our family was traumatic but my younger brother suffered the most. He was Only 21 and had never gotten along with dad somehow he Felt the suicide was his fault. For the next 10 years "jeff1 had severe emotional problem. He was twice divorced could not hold a Job and became a drug abuser. Jeff spoke of suicide often. We tried to get him committed by the state but the reply was anybody can make a threat a Init his own life or someone else s. Until be actually hums someone there is nothing we can  Jeff checked himself into a private mental health Hospital. Within 24 hours they released him and said he was  the real reason they let him go was became he did t have a Job and had no health insurance or Money to pay the Bill within a few Days he killed himself. Jeff was 31. It s been a year now and i am Sfilio bitter. I guess Only Rich people deserve to live. Angry in  i am Ery sorry about your brother. It s too bid he Uto l know How la go Abrl tiling the help he needed. That Tat government funded clinics All Over the coun Ter. Poor people Are entitled to these services. They an Fotti by taxpayers Money. Thai Means your Money tit nine. Thank far giving me a Chance to say in again. All Lelern to the editor most contain the full printed aarae and a Tim of the writer and must be signed. Wet ant read it ipod letter but we will withhold your Rar of us protect Yam or Stacy. All letters Are to editing. Reflections on meaning of fourth of july the fourth of july has come and gone and we All Are Back at work. Some of us have sunburns and Mem ories of splendid fireworks and Good times. For others the Day was spent doing the Job of serv ing the country. We must remember them along with our memories of Good times on the fourth of july 1987. We take Freedom for granted and despite our Many fault it s the most important thing we have. As americans we must remember How it was obtained and the Many lives lost in its Pursuit. Recently my family visited East Berlin where we saw a depressed society with All its governmental efforts to convince East berliners it s Good to have a Wall Between them and their relatives. 1 can t believe East Beri Inen deep in their hearts really think per Sonal Freedom a bad idea. Even Ai kids we could ride our bikes anywhere mom raid we could go and sometimes when she was t looking Cross the Street Well bites in East Berlin Are hard la come by and mothers to Cal their children if Yon Crost thai Street you will be  imagine explaining hat to your child. East berliners must wonder about Freedom who would to especially when they see foreigners visiting them who arc allowed to Cross the Wall at their convenience. The fourth of july once again stirred the patriotic emotions of Many americans. I m glad to say it compelled me to write this letter. It s great Hal we remember such events and we must seek Many More ways to remember our heritage. For those who once again did their duty on the fourth thanks again for contributing to deterrence and the Freedom we All take so much for granted. I won t forget you in my memory of the fourth. Thanks Hope you Are off next year. Maj John c. Dib Crl cafe Woehr Germany i spent this Independence pay weekend As i be spent Many others a cookout with a few friends a few Beers a lol of laughs some television and some fire works. As usual i m afraid i started with i lie same Frame of reference As always More thankful for the Day off than anything else. Yet for the first Lime in a Long Long time i did t end up with the same Frame of reference. Instead i wound up with a reverence for what it s All about. Amid All the triviality of modern television programming we saw the unbelievable lure of Freedom people dying in a Boxcar to get to America the land of the free. We saw our German hosts with no Independence Day of their own celebrating ours in recognition of the fact Hal the principles of our Republic embody the Light in a very dark world. We saw a program called a Star spangled Cele bration emphasising the Power of literacy in the most prosperous country in the world not a problem to be solved by Laking from the literate to give to the illiterate but an Appeal to the dignity of cod s most Marvel Ous Miracle the human being. We May have had some economic problems of late. We Nuy have had some political problems on the world stage. But we remain the envy of the world. I m tired of the Ealing we should apologize for being americans. We got where the Are by being free by staying free by vowing to remain free ask the surviving mexican from the Boxcar who has the key to making a belter life. Ask an East German which Way does the barbed wire on the Iron curtain lean count the smiling faces in Iran or Cambodia or Vietnam it s easier than counting the frowning ones. Ask a Solidarity Leader How Are things in a work ers Paradise we remain the envy of the world the Light in a very dark world. And look oui world we re on the Way Back . David c. Dark Ramstein a Germany Intro theater Transfer policy explained recently the cos of my battalion attended a class that was set up to explain extensions involuntary extensions and Infra theuer transfers itts. The officer giving the class said Llu due to a change in policy itts had been changed somewhat. Even after asking for clarification i never got a Clear Cut answer thus i was More confused when 1 to Cal the class than when i entered. So my situation and question is 1 am due to have a permanent change of station pcs on Jan. 26, 1988, but i be submitted a 4187 because i was Lead to believe Hal i can get an itt for a 2i-Oi std Lon moves is for soldiers a Complete their full overseas oars prior to any move and when moral another fell tour at the new location. Thus if a Soldier b ten Long a 36-Nohth Lour he mat Complete that Lour and agree to a 36-Nwolh Tow at the new location. If he is a single first term Soldier or  by dependents thereby serving a 24 no mob or be must agree to a new tour of own fall Ai with All Pollie there Are provision for waiver. For this particular policy when nay be trailed Only to situations of unique operational require ments or extreme personal hardship. Warren of tour length requirements Down to periods of Apt Len that bar than Cou Eulitt Enoca Ter ice my be trailed by the to Maunder lit Genoa of Carml approval of All other waivers is restricted to he department of the army. 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