European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 25.1988 the stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers. I have lived in pain Tor two years and am running out of an Swers and doctors can you Sug Gest something1? ii started with a headache Ihn tailed for three Days la was worse when i Lay Down in i walked the floor Tor Throe nights. On the fourth night i was in such agony that i went in the emergency room fur a shot 10 Knock me out. I then went to see a neurologist who said my problem was stress. Just hearing hat 1 did l have something terrible like a brain tumor helped me fed Bill or i was of for four months then out of the Blue my neck and shoulder Muscles Tigli Jcj up and 1 was in agony again. T went to a chiropractor who massaged my spine. It helped for 34 hours and i lie pain was Back t have been id iwo orthopaedic specialists. One gave me a muscle relaxant and the other gave me a shot of cortisone both snid i was under stress. I was of. For couple of weeks then 1 was Back to Square one with neck and shoulder and Back pains. I have Bucit on Fly scrip Endch. Kalfon Wanax and several other drugs. I m of for a few weeks then the pain comes Back. I am 23 years old and have a daughter who is 2. 1work 30 hours a week and there in t enough stress in my life to he earning All this agony. What should i do a she Teleport Reader dear Reader ask your family physician to recommend a pain specialist. I spoke it the annual meeting of the american Academy of pain Medicine in Chicago recently and they Are a wonderfully compassionate and dedicated group. If a pain specialist tells you thai your problem 9 stress. Tor heaven s take get same counselling. You ire awfully Young id hate so Many complaints and to be taking to much medication dear Ann Landers can you believe this and the testimonial appear Din a Cwm resp cycled women s Magazine advertising the toddler s phone  i m copying it just Asil is Ever since my 3-year-old daughter Learned to recognize numbers she loves making her own Calls by dealing the numbers As i Call ilium out. Recently 1 came up with an even More effective idea i write inc num Ber of the people she Calls most frequently on individual Index cards. Since she is unable to read names i glue a picture of each person to the top earner of the card nov.1 she is Able to use her personal phone Book and make her own  Ann i la bet this woman s friends could kill her people Don t get enough junk phone Calls without hear ing from someone s 3-year-old who is amusing herself i Hope you will run this in your column. The victims of that Little Darling need Alt the help they can eel w. Palm Beach  Here it is with a few words from Youn truly. I think the Mother who thought up that great idea is temporarily disconnected. First she is leaching her child thai he Telephone is Atoy. Second the woman probably believe that she is encouraging Tittle Penelope to be innovative bul Nhat he is really doing is instructing the kid on Haw to make nuisance of herself. Maybe h grandmother or a favorite aunt would Wel come such i tilt Faul i can l think of anyone else who would l04 Ano Ajmat try Vej by fran Jib to fur him Lar vhf  vat talmud tsp aft it tit to fat in Camol Trie burs mass is. Apo a Flat. Us. Cafes sales and profit figures detailed your recent article concerning j cafes profit spurred me to write. I have been curious for some time about cafes sales and profit figures. Your article boasted that on Sain of 15 billion cafes made a profit of 1229 million or 4.58  sounds Good until you examine More closely. Cafes profits As a percentage of sales Kerns Low Tome. Other businesses do a Well even though they must Deal with taxes and Levels of employee benefits far higher than cafes. Those businesses Are also trying to Wal the thin line Between earning an impressive profit for Stock Market value and at inc a tic Lime limiting their la liability As much a possible. Creative accounting abound. Therefore i would like answers to some questions. Please print the answers so All of your readers can be enlightened 1. It was explained in your article dial ii14 million in profits and dividends had been turned Over to m or where do the dividends come from does cafes have an investment portfolio How Large is it who manages it 2. Who decides How the Money turned Over to mar is distributed 3. As a Rule does cafes ply Market rates for the utilities in uses on each base or do they reimburse for Cost to the base which produces them 4. What percentage of cafes employees Are full time 40 hours per week retirement plan unemployment insurance Etc 1? 5. How Many executives or employees of cafes an More than $30,000 per year 6. What Are the salaries of the top three civilians Ata Afes Headquarters 7. Is there any Type of Bonus or incentive pay for cafes executives anyone else 8. If they exist How Are bonuses computed 9. What was the loud of All bonuses list year and what was the highest 10. How much docs cafes pay each year for unemployment retirement vacation medical and dental benefits for its employees 11. How Many military people or other government employees work for cafes As i hair full Lime duty assignment 12. Does cafes reimburse the military for All Cost of providing these people answering i Csc questions won t solve anything bul in will partially satisfy my curiosity and perhaps that of others. Name und location withheld editor s note Brig. Gen. Joseph t. Ellis commander he cafes Europe replies thank you Tor your query. Hopefully the information provided will give you a writer understanding of the army and air Forte Exchange service Here in Europe. The army and air Force exch Rife service Europe he a dual Mission one provide Quality Roods and Serr is at uniformly Low prices and Ion generate earnings in support the morale welfare and recreation programs pen pals i it Grid i to to Witti to people i it hts ctn of How a n air Hui Novati Colfo 1i7ips. Kitching mar Chi or in programs Arctan ing in inline gardening Rind roof Cuvaj i irn 19 Vivio in nth Sua i minting t flu pfc a new by Tough of the army am air farce. Dividends paid to mar Are a must of earning by cafes operation. Fifty percent of net earnings an turned oter id mar and 50 percent  expended Pri Marily on facility improvements to better sort our customers the distribution of earning to mar h Dettro lord by the cafes Board of directors nude do of top ranking military official from the Rpu menu of the army and air font. Bub for the dividend distribution to troop strength. Last year cafes Europe contributed $73.7 million to those fends. In addition there Are do rect contributions to individual communities from their local Burger King facilities. So far Tats rear that Jiw mls la Mare than s2 million. Fifty percent of the cafes Europe workforce 1 full time 35-40 Hann per week23 percent to part time 20 34 Honn per weekend 27 percent is  2-19 hours per week. Out of the 13,000 cafes Europe employees we Bare approximately 150 personnel in ua-12 positions similar to dil Orvlee ratings and Abate whose salaries Are More than $30,000 a year. The lop three civilian salaries at cafes Europe equate to payments to Dell Smolc equivalent Grade. There Are 30 military assigned to cafes Eor ape. All personnel costs for the military assigned to cafes Europe Are paid far by appreciated funds and these Are the Only personnel costs paid for by appropriated funds. Presently there  no Bonus or incentive pay plans for cafes employees. However we do have some hourly paid employees vending machine mite personnel and Mobile food unit operators who Are paid according in com Messlano pay plan. Employees in the commission pay plan Are paid a percentage of the sales attributed to their efforts. The amount of payments made for unemployment retirement vacating medical and dental benefits  not handled by cafes Europe but in our world wide head quarters in Dallas. Additionally utilities an nut reimbursed for overseas facilities. Unlike Many Large retailers to confine  demographic areas in which profits May be generated Aafjes Europe  approximately 120 Remote site location providing a variety of retail food vending machine free movies and other necessary services. Additionally support i rendered la numerous Field exercises throughout the theater especially where no other support to available. 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