European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday August 17.1987 the stars and stripes Pagell Arm Landers Der readers i came across a fascinating paperback thai Tell the truth shout american. I Learned what they think what they want How they believe and what they worry bout Tonii Book is an Eye opener i Poil graduate course in ple witching and it i i Comfort to learn How Many others share our Farj flaws and secret de sires. Here a sampling a solid majority of american adults arc close to being obsessed with their physical appearance. While 54 percent of men say they often think of their physical appearance 75 percent of women say the same. Here s what men would Lilc to change 56 percent would change their weight. 36 percent would like More hair. 34 percent would change heir height. 27 percent could like to find a Way to hide signs of aging. 1 9 percent would like a different nose women have a longer and More substantial list of changes they would like 78 percent Aren t satisfied with Ribeir weight. Fully 3s percent would like to lose 25 pounds or More 48 percent would like to cover up telltale signs of aging. 37 percent want to change heir Teeth. 34 percent would like better looking leg. 32 percent would like to change their bust measurements. Is percent would change their feet. Almost All with they were smaller if you at stressed out it will please you to know you Nave plenty of company. A whopping 89 percent of All adult american Are right up there Wuh you. Stress is obviously part of the Price we pay for being affluent and successful. Close to twice As Many High income people As compared with Low report suffering from tension. Also the better educated the More Likely a Penon is to experience stress. Whites feel More stressed than Blacks. Professional and executive types suffer More heavily from stress than individuals in other occupations. About 114 million guessed Oul americans fight their anxieties and frustrations by taking medication psych ing themselves out seeking counselling exercising and engaging in recreational activities. Close to 64 million do nothing to avoid or alleviate stress. They accept it As inevitable. On any Given Day More than one in three american adults will eat at least one meal away from Home. This Means almost 66 million american cat out every Day. 1 was surprised to learn that 42 percent prefer Lami by i Lytic old Bashi once cooking. About 33 percent go to fast food re Auranis. American cooking in the cuisine of Choice by a wide margin 55 percent. Far behind comes italian 14 per Cen chinese 12 percent mexican 8 percent French 2 percent and japanese 2 percent. The picture that emerges is a nation in which four in every 1 0 people have neither the patience nor the time to prepare Mats at Home. Do you want to know More get a copy of the inside America by Louis narnia. Fetters when it counts the army will be there1 i read so Many letters of complaint and dissatisfaction in the stars and stripes that i thought perhaps you might like a letter expressing thanks to the army and the Many wonderful people who recently assisted me during a very trying time. You can also be of service to me at the same Lime by allowing me the Opportunity to publicly express my appreciation to these wonderful people and Organiza Tion for this assistance. I have already done this personally and individually but i feel hat in this Day and age when people Are All Loo willing to voice their Dis satisfaction that perhaps one Small voice showing How the army and its people can react at Adverse times might brighten your usually whiny yet droll Page. On july 26, my husband Sterman l. Rusty Draper a logistics instructor at the combined arms train ing Center in Vilseck died suddenly of a heart attack. I live on the Economy in he own of sch Sulitz outside of Bamburg. 1 was at a total loss As to what Todo because i was not sure what if anything the army or my husband s employers could do for me. Therefore i called my husband s Superior Boshardy who immediately started taking the necessary actions to get me some much needed assistance. He sent John Sanchez who lived near me to give me immediate moral support and to seek assistance fro Mihe Bamberg military Community. Or. Sanchez went to the Community co Timander s office which arrange for two survival assistance officers to be appointed to help with the army paper work burial arrangements and Many other factors thai came up. These two officers cant Michael Williams and Cape Karl Grace of Hhd Samc Bamberg were extremely kind helpful and efficient in their efforts they arranged with the Bamberg Community Chapel for a military funeral and burial service. Chaplain . Ernest Bonner was also very kind and helpful and performed a very Nice service for Rusty. The Misiur honors conducted at the grave site were very Beautiful and touching. Now that the funeral is Over the help goes on. Or. Sanchez who never seemed to leave my Side continues to help me with the mountains of paper work needed both by the army and German government the two survival assistance officers continue to con tact me or come by daily to give me assistance and support or. Hardy and or. Bass continue to Complete the paper work to gain the benefits needed from Rusty s employer. Central Texas College. As the initial Shock of my loss continues to Wear Down i begin More and More to realize what a wonderful organization my husband had worked for during his 18 years of Active duty. Rusty was medically retired in 19&3 for health reasons but his pay and benefits never ceased during these past four years. Now that he is gone the help to me just does t seem to end and i now realize that As an army widow i will get 10 keep my benefits. But More than that i will get to continue my association with the army and the wonderful people who make it what it is. So for those of you who occasionally fee disgruntled because some Little something does t always seem to go the Way you want it to remember when it counts the army will be there Asil always is. In closing let me again express my profound appreciation to cant. Williams capt. Grace it. Col. Bon Ner or. Sanchez or. Hardy or Schubert or. Mahr the Bamberg Community and the . Army which brought All these people together at this time of great sorrow in my life. Sieglinde m. Draper Sehe Stlltz Germany a commencement address to remember i recently heard the Best commencement address of my life. It was Given by or. William Elstran to the graduates of the Dodds school in Iceland. I be included part of a introduction i think in expresses thanks and credit credit due to our teachers. Teachers you Are to be congratulated. Your of forts your Success will Bear an abundance of intellectual and productive fruit in the future these graduates entered school with a Vocab ulary of less than 4,000. Had they gone to the Best financial manager on walk Street that 4,000 in 1975 would be almost 15,000 today. Bui instead they in vested in teachers. They Are sealed in front of us with an average vocabulary greater than 40,000. That gain did t happen in a vacuum. Then there was math science Art music and so on. 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