European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ann Landers dear Ann Landers the enclosed by Judith s. Moors. Was in the editor s notebook of our local paper. 1 think in is Worth printing. A Nevada Reader too big i Price far those who have raised Chil Dren or can look Back to a Foolhardy prank that by the Grace of god did t land you in jail the follow ing ill Cruny strike chord h came from a distraught f Mother who signed herself Asad  on sunday Jan. 24, my son did a stupid thing. He was present but did not participate in an act of Vandal ism at a High school. He will pay a big Price Tor lie rest of hit life for keeping bad company. Since there will probably be a felony charge he will be Cupelle from school and any Chance of a scholarship ii out the window a known Felon must identify himself As such on every Job application. He can never work in any Branch of the government. Whenever there is a crime in the Community a Felon is the first person the authorities investigate. Please Bear in mind Hal my son s crime was Sim ply being there. The fact that he did not participate in the vandalism does t mean a thing. "1 implore every Parent who reads this to share it with your children. In will take Only a few minutes and it could change the course of your child s life dear Nada Reader i m printing he piece because 1 believe the lesson in be Learned is one thai cannot be repeated often enough. The Mother however has overstated the Case. The Chancre of the boy being convicted Ofa felony charge Are Small unless he already to police record. I wish him Luck. Meanwhile i Hope this column Joes up on lots of refrigerators. Dear Ann Landers 1 read with interest the letter from the woman who asked your opinion of the new Miracle weight loss Pill Ifni Hughes away the fat while you sleep and works no matter what or How much a person eats. 1 would like to add my voice to yours in stating Lylial these pills Are worthless. I received a letter from a company in Tijuana mexi co that described a new weight loss Pill that sounded wonderful. They offered a no questions Salced Money Back guarantee if the pills did l produce the results that were promised. The pills were worthless and 1 wrote and asked for my Money Back. They ignored my request. I wrote again 1 never heard a word from hem. So dear Ann warn your readers again to beware of the phonies and caution them to do business Only with established firms. Please Don t use my name or initial. I am ashamed of myself. North Dakota thanks for the backup. So what s new dear Ann Landers a final word from this pastor theologian about trying 10 find a comforting Way to speak of death and heaven beware of oversimplified explanations. Especially to Chil Dren. My experience is that youngsters Deal with the realities or lift and deals far belter than adults. Envision the scene a family s pet cat died. The Mother Irving to Comfort the sad 8-Ycar-old, explained reassuringly thai god had taken the cat. The child s tears dried and two Days passed. He then came to his Molher while she was in the Kitchen and asked mom what in the Heck does cod wont with a dead cat or. V. Pat Butler first presbyterian Church . Dear or Butler ".,. From the Mouths of babes thanks for sharing. The stars and stripes Page 11 letters letter is proof that tires meet standards i want to Alert Many of your readers who wish to return their  vehicles to the United suits hat they May unknowingly be driving a non conforming . Vehicle. Last july during a truckload Sale i purchased a set of Goodyear vector tires from cafes. Several weeks later. I noticed that the Dot department of transportation Symbol was missing from the tires. Upon questioning the personnel at the Wiesbaden cafes garage i was told the Dot Symbol was no longer required. I again checked with the cafes Branch office and Wai told not to worry about in. Not convinced i wrote to the department of transportation in Washington and received the attached reply. You la note that the Dot Symbol which Indi Cates conformity to applicable Federal motor vehicle standards is still required on All tires entering the United states. Technically by Law any car that docs not have the Dot Symbol embossed on in tires is a non conforming automobile and could be denied a cts to the United slates an expensive hassle for anyone in the throes of a permanent change of station pcs. With letter in hand 1 again approached cafes. Alter much Teeth gnashing 1 was put in Contact with apparently the head purchasing agent for cafes garages. He a aware of my crusade and indicated that cafes should refund my Money. 1 agreed but was concerned about the hundreds of other uni Litney personnel who unknowingly jeopardized their vehicles entry into the United states. 1 was told that cafes was t going to do anything about them and neither would Goodyear Europe. It would be Loo Tough to track Down All those customers apparently there had been other truckload sales. Since cafes won t put Thi word out i will. Sug Gest to everyone who bought Goodyear vector tires from cafes that they inspect the Side Wall of each tire if the letters "dot1 Don t appear on the tires your car is technically in violation of Federal motor vehicle safety Standard no. 109, chances arc you won t be caught during your return to the United slates but can you really afford to Lake inc Chance capt Robert w. Barthelmus Wiesbaden editor s note the following reply we sent to Cape. Barth irim by Erika z. Jones chief counsel. National Highway traffic safety administration . Department of transportation this is in reply to your letter of dec. 30, 1987, to this Agency with re Pecl to the requirements for importing tires without the Dot Symbol. You have asked whether the Dot Symbol must still appear on he tires of vehicles that conform to the . Federal molar vehicle safety standards. The answer is yes there has been no change in he requirements thai the Dot Symbol appear on the sidewall of tires manufactured at either original or replacement equipment. The Dot is the manufacturer s certification of compliance with All applicable Federal motor vehicle safely standards. I your letter you stated that one individual at the cafes indicated that the Dot had been replaced by a series of numbers. This individual May have confused the requirement for the Dot Symbol with a different pen Pak  id i trend u Muile. I Tomik in a Dow . _ Din old. I put Frt Nui my Arbit. To. Fin in Orin in .1 in Mono Irani an Federal requirement Tor an identification number to appear on tires. The lire identification number among other things assists in the tracing and recalling of tires that May prove to be non complying or defective. The requirement for the lire identification number it in addition to not in place of the requirement for the Dot Symbol. You have also asked with reference to service personnel like yourself who recently bought non Dot marked tires for your .-Typc automobiles whether there is a technical possibility of denial of entry to vehicles certified As meeting . Safely specification but equipped with tires not bearing the Dot Symbol. The general procedure is that when a motor vehicle arrives at the port of entry it will be inspected to Sec whether it bears the manufacturer s certification of compliance generally in the Driver s door Post area. We do not know whether customs makes it a prac Tice to inspect vehicles of . Origin for this certificate when a  i returning to the states. It an inspection occurs and the vehicle Bear the certification the vehicle is admitted without further Init cd lion. It is possible of course that a customs inspector could happen to notice in passing the Lack of the Dot Symbol on the tires to this instance As the vehicle would not be in conformity with All applicable Stan Dards the customs inspector could require entry of the vehicle under Bond which would be released upon the importer s production of a statement to this Agency that the non compliance had been corrected. Although we Are not aware of any instance in which this has actually happened you May wish to Contact customs with respect to in inspection procedures. You May also wish to write Goodyear asking for a statement Hal the vector tires comply with Standard no. 109, which could be presented to customs should questions arise. Editor s Mote 1.1. Col. Charlie while Public affairs officer he cafes Europe replies As result of i recent fold inquiry we be found what you say to be True. The co Odyne european vector tires produced for distribution in Europe do not hate the us. Department of transportation Dot Symbol stamped on them. Goodyear did not hate the Dot Symbol built into its european lire holds. The company is correcting this and will begin Nutting the Dot stump on ill popu Lar Slus in june. All vectors will be Dot item Ped by Ibe end of the year. The Lack of a Dot slump he no Baring upon the serviceability or Fety or the tires however As you slate there a a alight possibility hit Cui Lomers would Hare problem Clearing their nil old through us. Custom kith non Dot it mid tires. To preclude  from happening to our customers the chief counsel for the National Highway Turuc safety administration of the deput into of transportation advise that a Sta Lenkel from Cood Yeu indicating compliance with Dot Ila Danl 109 can be presented to a Inloes should questions arise. Goodyear has provided this statement to us for distribution to our customers upon request. Customers purchasing Coo Dyer vector tires with plans to import Belr automobiles to the United states should request a copy of the Goodyear talc Manl. Those customer who Bate already purchased these tires can also request the statement from the tool Auto parts store if do Lehon � a wort in rut by crr Mohi Mthm  How i no. 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