European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann urn Decrv i have never Fri tin o you be fore but i feel that i must id you know How much the Book . Making your family work a to cd me. On Page 81 u is a perfect description of Ray marriage Joh Comet Home Tram wort has a few drink cats dinner fall asleep watching to. Alice comes Home from work fixes dinner helps the children with Home work puts them to bed Doe household chores and collapses around  the author goes on to describe t. Humdrum Boring marriage Dull sen lire two people who have nothing Asay to each other. The Only things that keep them together Are the kids and the Money it would oops to live apart. Then i hooked up inc stale of our marriage to the part in the Book about men who have affairs a dawned on me that my husband was a prime target for an unhappily married woman or a divorced on and to works with several of them. The Book suggested ways i could become a playmate again and it pointed out that it was up 1o me to change things. I embarked on a new approach to John that very night and was amazed at the response. He could t figure out what prompted the change in me and 1 was t about to Icil  would not have believed lha one Little Book could have made such a big difference. A new person in Indiana dear Indiana a Nam bar of people have written to Tell me How the Book helped them. For those who did t a Ihil column the Nook i making your of wetly work by or. Mary a Durkin. Send $8 this includes Postie ind handling id Thomas More Peai 223 w. Erie is Chicago 1il 60610, dear Ann Landers the letter from , in Pittsburgh about her frustration with women s clothing sizes struck a responsive chord in me. May i Send this open letter to the Gar ment manufacturers and fashion designers every where i know of no better Way to reach them. Ladies and gentlemen you have added insult to in jury. Some Pas mini have pointed out that thousands of dollars could be saved by making garments without even one Quarter Inch of mra material in the scams to permit a slight adjust mint. This is additional evidence of your contempt for those of us who have committed the unpardonable sin of adding a few pounds. Women still want to look smart and Well groomed. I said smart not ridiculous. Last year your dresses an skins were Down to our Ankles. This year inc miniskirt is Back. Do you really want to see 60 and 70-year-old women in miniskirts the sales clerks Tell me yes but i Don t believe it. Frankly i never Sec myself in inc fashion Cata logs that clog my Mailbox nor do 1 Sec myself in inc store windows Rene newspaper ads. I see Only fresh faced women younger than 30. They arc All thin tall and Leggy. What Are older women to do Wear last year s clothes this is precisely what you Are forcing us to do. Disgusted in Kentucky dear disgusted think on behalf Eif the millions of women who re fuse to be steamrolled into accepting the Short Short skirts. Count me among them the truly Chic designers Rune not gone All nut Tor Ibe mini. They real tie that Noi All women an 14 Yean old have great legs and weigh 109 pounds. Bins them. All letters to the editor Mast cantata he full printed Dame mid Andreu or the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters but we will withhold you rum on request und protect your privity. All letters Are subject to tilling. Cuts Hurt in service education writer says yes larday i gave a Soldier a typical bureaucratic response loan inquiry concerning a recent change in his educational benefits. I Lold him to write his slate senator and that there was nothing that i personally could do to help change the situation i can t accept that response. I Hope thai you can t either and that something can and will be done to remedy this unacceptable situation. Recent cutbacks in funding have forced Lite army and air Force to curtail their spending in All areas including in service educational services. Most Soldier Sand military educators would agree that this is a reasonable Compromise Hal must be made. However there is one aspect of these curtailment that will Cut to the Core the morale and incentive of the old i Bill recipients cos e-5 through e-9, the Backbone of the armed forces. When guidelines at he department of the army level were set and tuition assistance was denied to those soldiers airmen having Access to the old i Bill there was obviously no consideration Given to the extenuating circumstances of the Simce member stationed overseas. The tact that an enlisted service member must pay All tuition costs up front to inc institution and wait for reimbursement from the a is totally unacceptable for several reasons. The average time period for first time applicants to receive their checks is four to sin months in the states it can be four to Sil a War. Wilh an undergrad uate course costing about $250 each and each term lasting eight weeks the enlisted service member is looking at 1750-1,000 Oul of Pockl costs to cover just one course per term before a May receive his first a Check. The a has no authorized representative in Europe. All problems and transactions Are handled by military educators and school representatives. The annual Telephone Bills to inc stateside a Center would certainly More than cover the costs of a euro Pean representative. Additionally the sudden influx in applications for i Bill benefits will certainly have a negative Impact on any Hopes of expediting pay ment of benefits. The end result for inc no stationed Over scan i that he she will not be Sec la Alt bad the edit of pursuing an education. The . Dollar is at an All Lime Low. Hardest hit arc our enlisted Servic Mcm bars Many of whom have been forced to Send family members Back to the slates because of this deplorable situation. I urge everyone who is concerned about Iii Situa Tion to write immediately to your senator and con Gressmen. They must be made aware of these Incoy lilies. Kris Wilson shape Belgium editor s note David Sohaski army Coral Avine Edu Akon system div office of the Deputy chief of stiff operation. It Usa Keur replies the usage tar aces office is requested thai Ibe schools in Europe develop � deity and Payne it plan specifically Lor soldiers who have to Wilt for Hel veterans Benefit Check and to Dale six of the seven army contracted schools have developed such a plan. In addition this office his req need hit or Mili tary banking contractor and the Federal credit unions in Usa Keur develop a Quick Low Cine education loan for these soldiers. He Usa heur fully understands the Merit of n lib Lishing a veterans administration office in Europe. A representatives assigned Here could provide real support to Ibe extensive Active duty Aid mired Mili tary population. The a however does no hive legislative authority la establish no office outside the United slates Vilh the exception by Siu Tuie of la flirt in the Philippines. Far the put two Yriart Here has been an ongoing Effort at the department of defense level to provide a representation overseas fur the Benefit of All Mili tary services in Light of the current budget situation we Are not optimistic Hal this initiative will come to fruition. Reader troubled by do nothing sponsor if you Are a sponsor please read this have you done everything you could for the person you arc supposed to sponsor i think not while we had a wonderful sponsor. The lackadaisical sponsors seem to be in greater numbers. Recently a new wife with child arrived in Germany for the firs time one Day before her husband a private went to the Field for a month. We All remember How hard i was when we first landed Here but imagine no car no friends no phone no Money her husband had t changed the checking account and Little food. What did the sponsors they had two do for the woman nothing. One of the wives in inc Battery found her through one of the sponsors and a group of five Are now Busy finding playpens strollers bedding personal items Etc. This family has a Happy ending thanks to those people who care Bui How Many have not a Cal Lime any individual agrees to be a sponsor they belter do More than just hold the title name withheld til Germany pen pals. Rm21 Piirto. Pm playing its Miaw. Tout and Ping pig Edgar . Hegron or null a turn com. Phil Spinat Gui i in Tulita to Ham penal t inm5h or Viceri and his four child an. I Terra to coiled turn i from All Strw tort wow n pal column m 31 45 Mil j j. Go mjg  31 Phim Kerr in you pan p1 to Funn. I Jim Hio Bokn at Zipora Trp my dining Muoc.  Eun Cen . Boj Valluri. 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