European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Arm Landers dear Ann Landers our adorable son Donnie needed a blood transfusion shortly after birth. He Ceme through the crisis with flying colors. Several months later the blood Bank called our paediatrician to inform him that the donor was in the High risk category. Head Vised that Donnic be tested. The Day Alk his first birthday we Learned that the results were Posi live for the aids antibody. There is no Trace at his time of f. J the disease itself. There is no Way of to know if Donnie will eventually contract aids. He May be one of the Luck ones to beat the Odds. Then again maybe not. My husband and 1 Are devastated t cannot Tell other family members or friends for fear they will shun us. I cannot Tell health professionals who work with Donnic because i cannot have this information in his medical history i cannot talk to my clergy about this because i can t be absolutely certain that it would not be revealed Ann the anger depression anxiety and feeling of helplessness Are overwhelming. 1 Pray to god for patience and strength please Tell people again and again and again thai they cannot get aids by touching kissing or being in the same room. Aids is transmitted either sexually or by intravenous drug use. Tell them that when aids strikes in entire family needs compassion and emotional support. Tell them that 1 am their Mother their daughter their sister their Friend the Mother of their child s Friend. And i am suffering alone because of the Igno Rance about this terrible disease. Your City your state do Friend cod knows i Tan Lold lira ind i will keep on telling them Bat Roost people an m frightened Abonal aids out they refit to listen. I i few this column is unique Opportunity to educate. Yon can be rare i will continue to by. Meanwhile i Hope year letter will open Tome minds and Tome heart. Please Frost your clergy. You need to talk to someone Rod  Worth the title keeps confidences i will be Pray ing Dot your Ion will be one of the Tacky ones. Dear Ann Landers my husband i la Call him Jack talks a Blue Streak from morning till night. He even talks in his sleep. His father told me that he has been this Way Ever since he was 3 years old. In school Jack gave the teachers a fit. No punish ment worked. Although he was a pretty Eood Udint he did t make the grades he could a. Juse he was always running his Mouth. When we were sweethearts i mistook Jack s Gabbi Ness for liveliness and thought he had a great personal Ity. Ai time went on i got fed up with his non  and tried to talk More myself but it was use less. His voice is very loud and he drowns me out once i got so sick of listening to him that i checked into a Motel for two Days la Cost me $137, but it was Worth the Money. I know he would have had More promotions if he did t talk so much. It seems that Jack s Mouth has been a Handicap Alt of his life. Is there any Hope for this Man corns on my ears in san Diego dear pm of Corn people who talk All the time arc terribly insecure. They Are afraid of silence because they think in mean they can t think of anything to say. The nun is in Despence need of counselling. Compol Sive talkers Are tiresome pathetic and unwelcome. He needs to hear Bli from a therapist. After All you Are Only his wife. What do Yon know Page 11 letter nothing Jolly about pipe smoking Santa i am sure that Many children arc enjoying your colouring  after All they gel to color in All of those pretty pictures. However your Choice of a Pic Ture for dec. 7 Santa smoking a pipe leaves much to be desired. In this Modem age most adults arc aware of the dangers of the use of tobacco products and most of us smokers started Young and were probably influenced As Young children by people whom we thought of As positive role models. These included our parents teachers preachers and Many others whom we All looked up to. And most were smokers then. But that was then today we at least know we should not smoke. Today if we can show our children that smart intelligent adults do not smoke we can do much to deter them from taking up this Nasty life threatening habit. Even a 5-Ycar-old can be influenced by something As simple As pulling a plastic pipe in a or. Potato head figure. That is Why the makers of that toy have recently stopped including the pipe with their toy re cent can news Story. Sure or. Potato head is not a real adult but to a Young child he could be. The image of Good old Saint Nick with a pipe in his Mouth with smoke encircling his head like a Wreath is not what i think Young children should be colouring. If or. Potato head t n quit smoking i am sure Santa Clausman. My daughter s last and probably lasting image of her Grandfather was one of an old Man emaciated by lung cancer at the age of 55. How i wish that wonderful Man could is ill be around today As a positive influence in her life. But he started smoking in his teen when a lot of Peers d id because it was the adult thing to do and no one knew any better. By the Way my image of a newspaper editor is on of a narrow minded Cigar chewing Slob with High blood pressure. But i am sure that is not an accurate description of yourself. St Thomas h. Nadeau Mainz Germany those responsible for a baby s death my heart goes out to inc 17-Monlh-old Girt who recently survived three weeks in her Kansas City Home while her parents Lay dead in the living room of self inflicted gunshot wounds. Sadder still is the slow death of her 3-Monlh-old sister who was strapped in a baby Recliner. I can just imagine the older girl offering chips to the baby trying desperately to Calm her hunger pains Only to watch death once again strike after countless hour Sand perhaps Days of suffering. Who is responsible for his tragedy let s look at the fact. Suicide is All around us. I would like to hold the parents responsible but they Are no longer alive to stand trial society is trying to Deal with the Modem pressures of our world but suicide continues to be a Thorn in our Side. The real tragedy of the Story is the neighbor who heard not one but five gunshots and turned Over and went Back to sleep. In my opinion he or she is indirectly responsible for the death of the 3-month-old girl. Even if he or she wanted to remain Anonymous a simple phone Call to the police explaining this could have saved inc baby s life. In this Modem society we Are All responsible for our actions and should be held accountable for our actions and our reactions the Lack of which in this Case resulted in manslaughter. We say we arc human. Well we need to Start acting As such now before another innocent person becomes the victim of of r society. Tech. Sgt. Philip a. Knorr Florence and Belgium male gis wearing earrings irk Reader everyone likes to write in and air their grievances so i be decided to air one of mine. Why must male soldiers insist on wearing earrings this is a mystery i fail to understand. It s up to each and every one of us to present a military appearance24 hours a Day. We Are soldiers 365 Days a year. So Why is in that some of our fellow men must insert the old earring after they remove their uniform maybe it s a sign of insecurity or is there a possibility of closet femininity maybe these gentlemen would also prefer to Wear High heels and fish net Hose if a Man in t Happy with Bis sex All he needs it to request a chapter 15, then go to Sweden to have an operation. Our soldiers should strive to stand tall and be proud of who they Are and what they represent. Instead some of them seem to resemble Mary Poppins or tinker Belle rather than resembling an american fighting Man. I think it s time that unit commanders put a Slop to men with earrings entering military installations. Pos Sibly a 670-1 should be amended to cover this shame. The last time i visited inc enlisted club there were so Many Cross dressers and earring wearers thai i thought i had mistakenly stumbled on a boy George look a like contest. Come on men try to be real men. But indies if we must Wear our earrings let us not forget our purses. Name withheld Mainz Germany Complete phone numbers Reader asks this letter is directed at the people who  provide the full Telephone number a great Deal of Money is spent on programs to gel soldiers out of the Barracks and families into fun activities. Seminars trips clubs and Volunteer opportunities Are advertised everywhere. When i want to sign up All the message provides is Nuernberg military ors Lullman civilian. As a family member How am i supposed to have Access to that military number i Don t have a list of All the military communities ets Access codes in my Home. I think a lot of business is lost because of this simple oversight. Please nest time you advertise or put a list of emergency numbers out please write in out thank you. By the Way if you need me i la beat  civilian. Name withheld Nuernberg All letters to the editor must contain the full printed Nune and address of the writer and must be i gtd. 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