European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and scripts Page 11 betters Dew Ann Landers i a writing this idler As i anguish Over what Hai happened to my 98-year-old father who broke hit hip two week ago. Ii look 10 Days to gel his frail body in Good Chough condition to undergo misery. His physician said toil was the Only option if we wanted id keep him from spending the rat of his life bed Ridden. My father suffered in crucial in Paio before the operation. Even the Strong medication did l hip. He continues to suffer and is Given one test after another Ai he lies there with tubes Needles an bottle attached to his body. Even before Dud broke his hip be waa becoming increasingly confused and senile a condition that has accelerated these past weeks to the Point where he does t recognize his wife of 63 Yean. He keeps asking in Why he is being tortured like this. We have no answer. My father has led a full life to stems cruel and inhumane thai he mint go through All this agony when there is no Chance thai he can resume a Normal life the poor nun is 9b years old for lord s Sake. His body is worn out and hit mind is gone. What Are the Senetta and tubes and bottles All about anyway we believe he should be allowed to die in peace and with dignity. What do you think Ann Landers n.s., it. Pleasant . Dew free Nodi la s. Carolina i an to not Lela agreement. Too bad you Dunt gel a it amt a Boa and Enn a third when your father broke Fate up. Feb no that not All phys Loans would hive Nuj Muslli surgery far it 98-year-oh. It mat be very diff chill la stand by and tee your father Noer knowing that the prognosis b poor. Be hat us family pm reran la allow heroic mate prolong his life. 1 one hassle in Pov shipping eliminated Tares to. The met of Kin make these wishes known to Ibe phys Lucian in charge. No doctor can take to upon himself to a any thing to hasten the death of a patient even when there is no Hope of recovery. To do so would be to violate the . My condolence la Yon �1l dear Ann Landers i be been meaning to write to you for a Long time but i have been Putin it off because i m not Merrifie at expressing myself. Today i decided 10 get this letter in the mail no matter what. Wherever i go hotels restaurants movies by train plane bin or ship someone always comes out of the Woodwork and wants to know where is Ann Landers i have no idea what my voice sounds like but an awful lot of people think 1 sound just like you. Yesterday 1 visited a patient in a nursing Home. All of a sudden an in Cam running into the room to see if Ann Landers was there. I d know thai voice any where she said. At first i was embarrassed but i Felt better when she told me that she loved the Way i talked and that 1 should enjoy the Happy sign me . In Albany . Dear Albany if Yon Are having rouble Whit do you think goes on with me you Only sound like Ann Landers. My midwestern twang is very much put of my roots. Although it has been suggested that i Lake speech Leucus i be decided to Tarn it alone. If you la permit me to quote myself if Ilain t broke Don t fix it of Andt thl tin4k by Fowier cum rail ljnd4fi trite on Jurl hrs you an sat to a in Ait of tin Kiiji my Safti Apo will. i am writing to Tell about another great program Usa eur hat begun to help you and me and to save loll of Money for Uncle Sam. The program i refer to is the new privately owned vehicle Pov dipping program where you take your car to a local turn in Point and a company delivers the cars to Bremerhaven for i first read about the program t thought this was Loo Good to be True As i was preparing to move Back to the United slates soon had id ship my car and was dreading that Long drive to Bremerhaven. So i set out to save the Money and me a i first 1 talked to the car shipper in Wiesen and made my appointment. They said to make sure the undercarriage was exceptional by clean the engine and Radiator were clean and the Interior was clean. 1 then read the stories in the Stan and stripes about initial problem with the new program the last Story i read said that things had been worked out and the company was inspecting More leniently so i figured i would have no problem. My car was Only a year old and not Loo dirty. 1 started to worry when i spoke with a Friend who turned his car in before the new More lenient inspection. He said he had spent a gnat Deal of time cleaning the car much of it on the spot. But hey i was going to save toe Money and me a hassle and the prob lems had since been worked out so no problem second i took one Day on the weekend before turn ing my car in and cleaned the inside. It look about three hours. No sweat. Next the Day before taking i hear to Giessen i look it to the Gas station to have the engine cleaned. It Cost 20 Marks plus a trip through the car Wash for 12 Marks. Now this was costing me a Little but i was saving the Money and me some hassle so i pressed on. The next Day 1 left for Gic Ssan Early so i could gel to the cafes Gas station and Wash everything one last Lime. I used five Marks to go through several was cycles because i knew the car Nad to be clean so i could save the Money and me hassle. I la admit in was a Little bit of a Najle standing in the car Wash at 7 . In the cold with water spraying All Over me but Noth ing comes easy right so finally i m Al the turn in Point at 8 . For the inspection. I la Noi go into the details but will say that one trip Back to the car Wash and trying,10 wipe out my wheel Wells with rags for three hours still was not Goodenough. The inspectors were Good at their Job of twist ing their hands up into the wheel Wells and finding mud. I was not. At least they were polite about in. And knowing i was saving the Money was making Mereel Prilly Good about in still. The problem was my car was still not passing. The the Friend who had driven up with me to give me a ride Hack old me How he had taken his other car to brim or Haven himself and did not have to Wash it or any thing. Well in was about 11 30 ., 1 still had mud in my wheel Wells and was almost out of one Mark coins. So i m off to Bromer Haven. I tried to save the Money by spending about 35 Marks maybe a whole Day of my time and driving 5 a hours to Bremerhaven then there s about 70 liners of Gas and about a 140 Mark train ticket Home i now know Why Congress has such a Tough time gelling the to save Money. The country cannot afford in neither can t. Why not fix the scr cd up car Lum in because when you do it in Bremerhaven they Lell me he vehicle cleanliness is not a problem everything is steam cleaned before in gets on the boat anyway. Hopefully by my next Lour you will have it fixed. 1st it Brace Mcdonald Fri czbere West Germany editor s note cmdr. M j. Cramer transportation Energy and troop support div office of the Deputy chief of suit logistics i in , replies we completely Unden Rind your frustration. Though your Dale of return from overseas Deros is in March and Yon most Likely will not see our reply in Heslan and strip before you leave we Are answering so thai others who May hut had a similar experience will know whal usage he done. The standards applied by the inspectors Al Brenner Linen should be the exact standards applied in Gleisen. We know thai for a Short period of time the for Termi Nal had to Clem Many Povi turned o or id them be Cate the washing Hollly on Carl sch tin Cavern was not working. In set cd like Loo much to ask a Pov owner id drive off Post to let his ear cleaned Cip Dilly after the owner had driven a Long distance to brim or Haren. 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