European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 7, 1987 the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i just read 3 Tetter in your column that really hit Home. It was from a girl whose brother had committed suicide recently and she was upset by the thoughtless and cruel questions people asked. I am still going through the same thing. My 19-year-old daughter look her own life just last month. She too was Beautiful talented and had what every one thought was everything going for her when something like this happens there is tremendous guilt among family members and everyone close. The most painful question for me was Why did she do it every time i am asked it makes me feel that she would still be with us somehow if Only i had paid More attention or if i had stayed Home that Day and a million other just thinking about it now makes inc pain come Back and it s As bad As the Day it happened. What i want to shout to everyone is that i dont Don t they think if i had seen it coming i would have moved heaven and Earth to prevent it that girl was my heart and soul. When something like this happens just being there and listening Means More than anything a person can say. Please Ann Tell them. Fontana Calif. Dear Friend anyone who us the Mother of i suicide Why did she it u an Insul tire world class clod. The Best response in i Don t Fane an answer to your or of cart Khe for we dear. 1 cannot imagine Amore demur Iii blew. Cod was dear Ann Landers so Many people do the wrong thing when con fronted with a grease fire t Hope you will print this so your readers will know what to do. A Friend of mine got some very bad bums on his hands from such a lire. Another Friend Alst. Male nearly Tost his Home. Strangely enough More men than women panic and do the wrong thing under these conditions. Please print the instructions. , in Salt Lake City Serena Yean ago 1 was frying some onions and eggs and the stut ought lire. The Lama that of to the Csillag and i was petrified i renumbered Reading some thing Pibool smothering inc fire with bigger pan. It worked. I Parent been in the Kitchen since. Here Are your suggestions How to put out a grease fire 1. Keep Calm z turn off the Burner if possible. It Knob is Back of store leave it alone. 3. Do not throw water on the flames. 4. Do not remove the pan from the store. 5. Carefully place a lid on tie burning pan. If no lid is available use a cookie Sheet w any Inge pan to smother the flame. Unless there Art curtains near the Blaze there is no reason to worry about the fire spreading. Just let it Burn while you calmly go about smothering in. 6. Some minorities recommend throwing baking soda on the flames. In More than 30 jews of cooking i Haw never bid to resort to this. 7. Go Over these flex with your children and husband u Sou 15 possible. Five year old Are not too Young keep these instruct Joan near the stove. Lot Angmon to syncom Cost Musl in Vert a omm your my. B or � Elf 01 1� Bull mtg by pm Apo will. . Reader worried by As a member of he . Miji iary. Currently stationed in Germany i am gelling some very bad vibes about a major event in the Newt namely thai of nuclear disarmament. What is Mil disconcerting however is the general Lack of Inie reit shown by american and German civil ians and military members in this critical Issue. In the past Tew months one former and one current supreme Allied commander Europe have expressed reservations about he removal of nuclear weapons from our european Arsenal. One of these commanders. Gen. Bernard Rogers probably would still have his Job bad he not spoken out against the obsession of our administration to secure a nuclear arms Deal. As Gen. John r. Galvin said quoting from the Stan and stripes right now i can see no Way that we can deter or defend in Western Europe without nuclear weapons. The reason we have not had a War in Europe it because we have nuclear weapons make no mistake that is 8 very truthful courageous and fright ening statement particularly when it comes from the senior military commander in nato. 11 it also probably not sitting too Well with the administration. Let s face facts with the current imbalance of conventional forces there is no Way nato can withstand a Warsaw pact offensive without relying on our nuclear weapons. The current stalemate we Nave which equals peace is due to the potential destruction the russians would experience if War broke out. This used to be referred to As the mad mutually assured destruction policy. Officially that is no longer our policy but in effect that is what exists and what has kept the peace for almost half a Century Between the superpowers. Nuclear disarmament is a politically popular theme for presidents congressmen liberals and the Media to talk about. I am sure that president Reagan would like to go into the history books As having been the presi Dent who achieved this goal. But is the risk Worth such a politically motivated plaudits let us assume that our weapons and theirs Are nuclear arms pact scrapped. What then the Security of Western Europe and the world would rest solely on the Good Wilt ? of the Kremlin. Judging by past event Afghanistan Poland shooting Down of civilian airliners Etc i think i d rather not rely on their Good will. Is Mikhail Gorbachev lulling us into a false tense of complacency with the treaty in effect he has much to gain Little to lose. Nato has everything to lose. But let s assume that he does mean Well. What happens after Gorbachev he already has much opposition within the Kremlin. How will his successors act will they be As kind hearted As he is to compensate for the loss of these weapons nato nations would have to increase their conventional forces far beyond what they have been willing to do in the past. The economic Burden of reaching conventional parity would break the Bank of most of our allies. For that matter would our own Congress be will ing 10 spend the Money for additional divisions tanks planes etc.? would it be willing to remove the current restrictions on size of the military . Man Power and even if the Congress did could we fill the spaces with the Quality Soldier needed in our High tech services if 1 were an englishman German or citizen of any nato nation this treaty would scan me to death. At for reinforcing conventional forces during War time forget it. Planning for the recent reformer probably had been going on for this whole year and it still took a month to get the units Here. How would such movements fare when the Atlantic is filled with russian subs or the major ports like Rotterdam Are wiped out by a Superior Eastern bloc air Force come on Guys Walio up and smell the Coffee. So what am i going to do Bartul it simple. Write my congressional representatives and ask what Hap pens after the nukes go How will we defend Western Europe will you. Congress provide the resources to give us a Chance name withheld Heidelberg compensation for local hires questioned 1 am writing to Call attention to an unacceptable situation thai exists Here in Europe pertaining to local hire employees of cafes and the various Naf offices and agencies. It is a Little known fact that these employees receive no cola Cost of living allowance or la living quarters allowance. This is a Gross inequity. 1 dare anyone to give us a satisfactory explanation As to what the differences Are Between stateside hires and local hires in terms of work performed. There Are. However big differences in the allow Ance portions of paychecks earned by the two differ ent groups. Could it be thai in an institution of american society that is vehemently concerned with Quality of life for its members both military and civilian thata Afes and Usa eur Are chiefly concerned with maximizing contributions to morale support funds at the expense of those very employees who Are responsible for producing those contributions i like to think that this is nol True but the Intima Tion is there. Employee dissatisfaction is not some thing to be taken lightly and this situation has existed far too Long. Nevertheless i will remain a Loyal local hire employee and Hope for speedy Resolution of this grossly unfair situation. Non and location withheld editor s note cot. Donald a Gilbert Rice commander he cafes Europe replies we need to nuke a distinction Between allowances and salary for work performed. 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