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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, February 10, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ann Landers dear Ann Landers May i share an experience thai May be helpful la others i had had ii up 10 Here with my local Cable company. I d tune in once in a while Juit to tee what he Kidi were watching on mtg and to to into Shock. What with the violence the filthy language and the Star j prancing across the stage with a by three fool Long hat dog shaped balloon protruding from his Pel vis 1 finally told my 10-year-old daughter that she could never again watch it. Then i got a took at George Michael s video. I want yours and that was the Las re the next Day. I telephoned the Cable company and demanded that they take mtg off my to i was lot by a customer service representative that it was part of the Basic service and All i could do was not Waich the Channel i went Back and Forth with her for 10 min utes. She kept repeating that nothing could be done. In desperation. I asked to be put in touch with some son of parents advocacy group or an organization that monitored Cable to. After n Brief pause a said just a moment sir. I la conned you with repair  hello i heard. This is repair  be i said "1 was told by a customer service representative thai you could help me get mtg off my Cable  of no problem she replied me just climb up your Telephone pole and scramble it for  and that s exactly what they did. Concerned parents should know that we can choose not to have our children subjected to this Type of Gar Bage right in our own living rooms please. Ann print my letter. Dad in West Haven. Conn. Dear did i in it is and i thank for you what May Well be a Monu mental contribution to the parents who mid this column. Dear Ann Landers my husband s brother and his wife asked him for a 55.500 loan so they could put a Down payment on a House before their first child was bom. Thai was three years ago. We Haven t seen a dime since the first and Only payment of $290 in March of 935. Last week they drove up to see us in their Brand new Lorl Mobile when i saw the car i said. How Beautiful although 1 was boiling inside. When they left i told my husband that 1 thought they had a lot of nerve coining Here to show off their new car when they still owe us jj.2so. When i said i thought he should have said something about the loan my husband claimed it would have been in very poor taste since they were guests in our Home. Your opinion is wanted. Spitting tacks in Oklahoma dear Teclu your husband would Hue been perfectly justified had he brought up the subject the fact ibid they were guests in your Home it of no com Fluenc. Don t hold tour breath Walling for him id do it How Ever. I Haie a feel rank he h afraid to but since the Money pm put Yam Why Don t Yon speak up dead Eali it be let off the Book to Tsily. Dear Ann Landers cat a Parent who must Send an unaccompanied child age 8 across the country to spend holidays with his fatties from whom i am divorced 1 do not expert the flight attendants to Lake Over Paren Tal responsibilities but i do feel that they have some obligation to a child travelling alone since that child must pay fill will fire. Thanks for letting me have my say. San Mateo Calif. Dor san Msten i wider How Many people knew that unaccompanied cell Dan must pay full fare on Plann. I did t. And now i do wondering \vhy7 any answers nut there the stars and stripes Page 11letters service members told to get goals in line like any other Way of life the military has its pros and cent. Unfortunately the com outweigh the pros 100 Timet Over. When nun we created he we created different but equal i think that somewhere along the line the us. Military his lost track of this. Our Soldier should be treated equally no matter whal their Nee Creed color religion or rink. I feel that the military has lost track of its profs Iio palhm and common seme for instance lately we have hid i defector a rapist a murderer and a Lunatic who hat Jcj Nufler he s be told that he he aids in l defecting in a Seitu the same a raping deliberately infecting with a disease that he no cure and in the end killing our country should a Soldier by bullied be cause he won t be his Corn Mander i puppet and do things that arc bad and prejudiced should a Soldier be excused from performing his Field duty because it s too cold i have never heard of a fair Walher War please1 if you have joined or intend to join the . Military get your morals and priorities in line lint. The military needs Devotion hard work respect and the hunger to do right by god. If you Don t like it then Don t Start it. If you Don t like whal our country ii about then put your Belt fool Forward and try your Best to do something about it if you re too Lazy to do that then go ahead and run away. If Yon decide to come Back prepare to Uncle for the Coile Quencas and by prepared to prove yourself in a big my. Keep in mind that the United Stales Don not have the time or the Money to ploy with Snail Trail to Lime. Nor Doe it need to do so. Kathy Warren bad it la Germany cafes explains gasoline sales policies this concerns the Sale of regular Gas at cafes go stations. 1 can understand Why cafes is slopping the Sale of leaded regular Gas. So is All of West Germany by Law for environmental reasons. But Why has cafes also Cut out the Sale of unleaded regular at the same Lime in the Frankfurt area at least All of the cafes Gas stations sell Only super leaded and super unleaded gasoline. Don t they know a lot of us drive cars with Ger Man specifications which Don t need the extra octane in super Gas or is cafes merely trying to Jack up its profit margin by Roqui Riig anyone buying Gas for Cash to pay the higher Price for super whether it s needed or not name withheld Frankfurt editor s note 14. Col. Charlie White pub Lic Iff Aln officer he cafes Europe rep Lei think you for the Opportunity to explain the Situa Tion. Ai you that German Law has prohibited the ule of regular leaded fuel for environmental reasons. Unfortunately thaw sum Lam prohibit us from adding More storage tanks. Our limited number of s1nra it Lanks prevent in from offering Lite full Range of fuel utmost of our sen ice stations. Including Frankfurt. Surveys have shown that he Tea oily of Nur custom ers Are buying super unleaded i per leaded or Lesul fuel. Thus we made the decision to carry Only i hic fuels at stations which hate limited storage link capacity. Policy on weight limit demotions clarified military personnel air Force Are threatened with loss of sin pcs if they accumulate Loo Many unsatisfactory ratings during weight management weigh ins. Is there or is there not a moratorium on taking stripes in eff Cut arc there avenues of Appeal for senior cos or officers who Are facing these situations have been getting evasive or contradictory answers from our Capo on this matter. Can someone explain he Situa Tion to me name and location withheld editor s no1t, col Karen s. Wright director of personnel programs he Safe replies thai s not an empty truest although demotions for Hilure la meet or maintain air Force Wel Uhl uan Davidi Wen suspended on March 5, 1987, they were again authorized is of oct. 26,1987, an airman May be denoted it after entry into the eight management program he or she Falls to Allain or maintain weight prescribed in afr 35-11, air Force weight and fitness programs an exception May be nude if the airman presents convincing medical Evi Dence that be or Ibe is unable to attain or maintain weight standards. Any airman who is demoted and Delm to Appeal must do � in writing. In most com the appellate authority to your numbered air Fores commander. Appeals arc submitted and processed by yer servicing consolidated ban personnel office s Capo promotion unit. Pen pals to by Hud in Yew pin a i column in c4d. My hot it a Wing Ina a Wye might pm  75  m1m-&m? 1 Wuu too of a lion Ortw county of vow. 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