European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday August 22, 1987 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann lenders i was dismayed when you referred loan unkind woman recently As i four door brass Pla cd in the future. Ann please Call her a sadist or a Tormentor but never a Witch. I am one of More than 1 50,000. Wii Ehu in this country. Our Reli Gion celebrates life in Harmony with the Earth and leaches per Sonal responsibility. We Are Gen tie and sincere people who want Only to serve Mankind. Most witches believe that whatever one says or does comes Back threefold. Be cause of fear of persecution however few witches let their beliefs a known. Genuine witchcraft does not embrace the concept of satan let alone the worship of it yet witches arc con stantly being slandered and viewed a evil. If you print Iii letter Call me a Witch from the Pacific North West and always capitalize Witch Dew Witch i be Fere he portray of Wolf Chi in airy tilt � wicked Ltd evil is largely responsible for your poor image. Aim Salem a Lent help. Thinks for an enlightening letter. Dear Ann Landera i am the Mother of two Fine Young sons Ages 7 and 9, my husband and i arc trying hard to raise our sons properly. The problem doth boys say they won t be consid ered Cool at school unless they cuss and use four letter words. My husband and i have explained the meaning of All the wards and Why they Are offensive. The boys under stand our reasoning but insist that they want to be like the rest of the kids. How do we Deal with peer pressure so Early mrs. Blankets Blank dear or. Re insist that you sons Ibue by the rules you set up for them re tireless of what noes on elsewhere. Children a is testing the limits trying to posh on to the will with baloney Ibong peer pressure. Don t nil for it let them know Tut you in not tolerate bid language. Describe the penalty they can expect if the. Cross the line. Then Folio through. Dear Ann Landers i just read the letter from Hun in regarding her compulsive spending and How her husband placed a notice in their local paper stating that he would no longer be responsible for her debts. My father was the editor of our Small weekly news paper for 36 years. I spent my teen Yean mating up ads and helping Wilh the printing. We were Able to keep up with the separations and divorces in our Small town by seeing who placed the i will do longer be responsible ads. So far As i know such ads carry do Legal weight and do not necessarily relieve one of financial obligations incurred by Apouse. 1 suggest you Check this out and inform your read ers. Ink in my blood in Nashville Dot Ink according to Newton Minow i Chicago lawyer placing in and in the newspaper dots not normally fret tenon from Legal responsibility. The Bell Way to protect to self from a sports who is a compulsive spender i id dose the to Edwiu at the Flores. Army explains pregnancy rules and legs l comm rom la Mil Mccornal in a Youon nun Lof n Ura it the sur i no so Ripe. Apo 0921 1, us. Facil the military sure has a strange Way with pregnancy and the various rules and rugs around it. I m just about Over mine. I was reflecting Back and thought i would share my discoveries and perhaps get some answer to questions that i know a lot of females wonder about while pregnant in he . First As All women know or should know the first three months of pregnancy Are the Mosi important the developing of vital organs and body lakes place. This is also the time when you could lose the baby the easiest. However the military dots nol look at it this a . Let s say your blood test comes Back positive and you arc now six to eight weeks pregnant. The army will not Issue you a profile until you arc 12 weeks pregnant. Why do they wait so Long until then you Are expected logo to the Field do it and it testing or whatever else you did until you have that profile. I went to them time and time again to gel my profile before the 12-week period so i would not have to endure the Abc training and testing. The profile is Stan Dard for our area. It states you May work 12-hour shifts at 30 weeks Are limited to a 40-hour week at 35 weeks Are limited to eight hour shifts in a 40-hour week. Everyone has a different Job. Mine happens to be an indoors sitting Down Job. But it does t make a differ ence if you endure morning sickness fatigue in the afternoons or swollen limbs. You Are in the military. If the army wanted you to have children it would have issued them to what happen to the army looking out for the family being family oriented my nut area of interest pertains to once you have the baby. You Are Given a whole 30-Calendar Days once released from the Hospital to recover. Let me get this straight. Does this mean that once i come Homei have one to two weeks to recover from my Episiotomy or c Section which i will a having and then i have two weeks to gel my once 28-Inch Waist that expanded to about 50 inches Back to 28 inches and also get it ready fit and military ready Alt in two weeks Are you kidding needless to say for those who plan to breast feed before returning to work or even after what docs that entail a More realistic would be to be on profile for six months since they Don t give one to you before your third month. You should at least have three months to gel Back to can this be explained and last but not least uniforms. Fortunately Idin t have to Wear the maternity bus. I think they Are ugly and the of wearing combat boots has Goi 10 be the most far of cached yet a majority of pregnant females have a hard enough time wearing shoes now you want us to Wear boots if you get cold there is no Field jacket to Wear it s the Black All weather Coal. I wore the dress Green maternity uniform and real that had Only one drawback that i saw. You can t Wear the no Button Black Cardigan sweater that costs 124 outside where you need it. You Wear that Nice sweater Only in the office. What Good docs that do me i wanted it for outside on Chilly mornings during the summer without having to lug that big Black coat around when it hit 80 degrees outside. But no we have no option but the Coal. Anyone else in dress greens can Wear the Black Pullover windbreaker or class a jacket or the coat. Maternity greens have no class a coat Only a Short sleeve Pullover tunic Smock. Name and location Hil held editor s note we received two replies to this letter. The first a from Sec Debra Townsend leadership and wellness Branch office of the Dep Uty chief of staff personnel Liq Usarek the army is required by Law to provide uniforms for soldiers. In an Effort to Issue durable uniforms and allow uniformity the maternity work uniform was developed to keep costs at a minimum no Field jacket was developed for use Wilh the maternity work uniform since the All weather Cost is mandatory for Possession and could be used for warmth. Boots arc Standard Weir with the Nutt Reily work uniform. As in All cases. If a medical reason exist when boots cannot be worn then appropriate profiles will be determined by medical authorities. The suggestion to he Wear of the Cardigan As an outer garment has surfaced before. However he department of the army determined that the Cardigan was designed to be utilized in a office environment and would not present a professional image St authorized of be worn a an outer garment. The second reply is from col. Lynn s. Farnsworth. Surgical consultant. He 7lh medical come to the recently pregnant Soldier let me assure Yon that the areas of concern that you have identified arc not new and Bat people Art concerned about the proper solution for these issues. The pregnancy profile can be Given once the service member bus missed a period has a positive test an has been examined to confirm the pregnancy. Ii is True that one is often 10-12 weeks pregnant before All of ills happens through our clinics and lab hut one wait 12 weeks for the profile. Those women who do miscarry generally a so be fore 1 weeks of pregnancy. Physical activity such As swimming baseball Ganes it and Field exercises does nol appear to be a significant cause of these mis carriages profiles ran be individualized to reflect Soldier s special military occupational special and duties but the routine pregnancy profile include the items Felt to be most important for most pregnant soldiers. Secondly the convalescent leave Given a Post Artura Soldier is a minimum of 30 Days and this is sufficient for most members. Those having a sections May need extended convalescent Lei if determined by their doctors. One does not need in return in full duty at the end of the convalescent period. If determined by the doctor one May return to duty with a profile i.e., Here la time Given to return to full it it testing and i return to the required army weight standards. Thirdly the uniforms for pregnancy Are being continually revised and we Hope improved. Changes com slowly after rail testing at the Natick labs. Devel Oping uniforms for pregnant women to show a soldierly and military bearing is no easy task lastly be army does care about its pregnant sol Diers but Mission concerns must be considered to Alt limes. The health and welfare of the pregnant Soldier and her unborn infant is important but so is the com Mander s need to have trained ready soldiers that pm take to the Field and perform nil Iury . The conflict is a continual one and the Best solution for both the army and the pregnant Soldier is to properly use the profile in consultation with in under standing and Well trained physician. Reminder All letters la the editor most Conul full printed name us Addren of the writer nod roust be signed. We a not read in tined letters but we will withhold you name on Rae to and protect Roar Printy. All letter jut subject to editing. Cox it morn cock. Uia Cann nmrre#9 n Chi it pm. Tuum i l Chi Jim. Utah Juno managing Totton that a let Kut Harum Urr Linual he atm bal offt no by met 0wm� contort of Etta set and strip Irhn to a Olli Cial a wet 01. Or Enderud of. By u s Gorf town. 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