European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers As a single Parent 1 have and lots of experience sending a youngster alone on a plane to see his father. Trie fathead i was married to for 23 years could t gel too much straight. Learned Early to request assistance through my travel agent whenever i planned a trip Tor my Young son who had to. Travel unaccompanied. He is now 22 and hates to Fly. I think i know Why if you request assist Ance the airline will have someone look after your child. But you do have to ask. At one Point my in husband booked our son on a flight from this City to the City in which he then lived it involved a change at Kennedy Airport. As i welcomed guests i was Christmas even my son called from Kennedy. He had spent the 520 i gave him on gifts Tor daddy and Stepmother and had one dime left to Call to Tell me that he could t find his plane to Syracuse. I checked and discovered that the flight to Syracuse had been cancelled. Needless to say i was a nervous wreck and called my in husband to take Over. He immediately phoned the airline and was assured that they would Lake care of the boy until the nest plane left for Syracuse the Fol lowing morning. To make a Long Story Short Ann our son was put up for the night Wilh another child who had missed his connection. Everything turned out just Tine. Frankly i think the airlines chafe full fare far Chil Dren who travel alone because they know that they Are going to need extra attention. As far As i m concerned they Are dam cd Well entitled to it. Best regards Ann. I be read you for years. . Huntsville Ala. Dear Huntsville thank you for telling us your Story. I am being inundated with letters about children who have travelled alone. The hair raising stories As Well As the thoughtful itunes Toni make fascinating reiding. I urn going to print ten of those tetters next week. Dear Ann Linden i shall be eternally grateful for your advice to the Young Man who had a Load of two bit complaints about the manner in which a lest Tor aids was being conducted. Your comment was Don t sweat the Small if i had seen that admonition Many care ago i could have saved myself Many noun of misery and frustration and a bucket of tears. When plans go awry or we mess up we tend to exaggerate the importance of the calamity. In retrospect we realize that the upset Ting incident was nothing More than a Mote on the horizon. I now have your column taped to my dressing table Mirror and repeal to myself three times As 1 prepare myself to face the Day Don t sweat the Small ii has become my motto and i thank you for it major fan in Pittsburgh dear major fan and 1 thank Yon for taking the time urn trouble to id me know i helped. I am a great by lieder in latching on to single sen tence or a Hue that applies to lesson i need to item. I have several tucked away and i Trot them out when i need emotional support. Among then ii Don t sweat the Small stuff it s amazing How an inconsequential incident can set monumental but when deed in relation la the truly important things in life. It is As von uld a Mote an the horizon. Cafes bags have him tied up in knots i Don t normally complain but a recent change in the handling of customer purchases at gaffs Europe Cash registers has forced me to speak out. The change i refer to is the tying of handles on the familiar cafes brawn bags. I like the thrown bags and i especially like the handles. Tying the handles into a knot however is dumb. How Many customers can untie an cafes knot most customers destroy the bags with scissors or by hand As they try to free their Purchase. If this change is meant to eliminate Staples forget it. The clerks usually Staple the receipt to the remaining part of the handle thus making even a Finger carry impossible. Then there is the matter of a utilization. I la bet for every used cafes bag there is at least one other use in its future. I have used them for lunches package wraps dirty Cloi hcs garbage and even a halloween costume. Ask any cafes customer and you will find a Hundred uses for used cafes bags. If there is a reason for tying t cafes customers have a right Benefit can t outweigh the frustration of getting one s hand stuck in an a arcs bag and having to surgically remove it. Gary Wetterhall Heidelberg editor s note Law s. Johnson Kahn Reslau Tern Gentra mini scr. Cafes Europe Replin first of ill we m very pleased to hear that you on so resource pc in finding other new for the cafes Bug. Recycling of anything is both helpful and necessary. Security Ruitt an the Bash of the policy you de scribe. Hone of bag should Only be tied under to condition. Bib in Imam be lied then a customer gains one into i lad tiry and plans to do some shopping while carrying it or when Purchi i nude at any noisier in the a Clity other than the Central checkout. We believe Ihli procedure i helpful in preventing Polen tally dishonest customer from being tempted to ill More Mercun Nylk into the bag and depart the facility without paying for 11. 1 Mot you to know it an concerned with what con c bugs. Am you. If you should have further comments or que in the bag handles i think time mailing Exchange operations in Heidelberg High to knew it. Surely the pitas Call your Exchange manager Anthony to Mcvinn it 1221-13062. He s there for Van. Open hearts open minds and open arms the other Day i was talking about current events when the topic of politics came up. Jesse Jackson s name came up and the. Next thing i knew people were saying he will never Jet elected. America is not ready for a Black president not even vice president i started thinking about Marcus Garvey Malcolm a Martin Luther King or. And Many others who made political and moral statements to society. Even though different times tactics and ideas separated them they had one thing in common change and Hope for a belter life and a better future based on equal Opportunity. When i hear people say these things All they Are idling me is America s racial Altitude has not matured. And is not Likely to change any time soon. Altitudes like this Are an excuse to Harbor racial prejudice and allow them 10 linger on. Racist groups in America Are As Strong As Ever. The kick is on to and obtains permit to Parade openly with ill message. The Black Panther party and Black muslims in the Early 60s were eliminated for being a Threa to i would not Tike to think that the Basic theme of the Kkt hat Cros cd Over into the highest political circles and is therefore an accepted institution in America is that Why it still exists Marcus. Malcolm and Martin have All passed on each distinctly different leaving their Impact on society. They focused attention on Basic human rights. It seems to me that a certain Hope for the future passed with them. The most technologically advanced nation in the world can also be the most humanitarian. Open hearts open minds and open arms embracing a positive future for All people will make us Superior in both. Junes Trotter Bremerhaven. West Germany maps brighten Day for 12-year-old boy i would like to pass on a comment to and about soldiers of the military police. As a first sergeant of a 600-plus-Soldicr and Headquarters company 1 get to Deal with maps on a fairly regular basis. 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