European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Arm Landers the stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann Landers i really enjoyed those traffic Accident reports from the insurance company. We All need a Good laugh now and again an that column was mine. I am sending on some honest to goodness excerpts from letters written to a Public assistance of fice by applicants seeking Finan Cial Aid. Janet your travel agent Friend in Milwaukee dear Janet the Best humor comes straight out of the ures of everyday folks. Funny Yon bet but sad Loo. In g Way. Thanks for sharing. Dear sin you asked me to Forward my marriage certificate and six children. I had seven but one died and was baptized on the half Sheet of paper this is to let you know that mrs. Jones has no Thad any clothes for a year and has been visited by her minister i cannot get sick pay. I have six children. Can you Tell me Why please find out for certain if my husband is Man i am now living with can t eat or do anything until he finds i am very annoyed to find that you have branded my son As illiterate. This is a lie. I was married to his father a week before he was i am forwarding my marriage certificate and my three children one of which was a mistake As you can my husband got his project Cut off two weeks ago and i Haven t had any Relief since you changed my Little boy to a girl. Will this make any difference in accordance with your instructions i have Given birth to twins in the enclosed i have got to have my Money As Quick As i can get it. I have been in bed with the doctor for two weeks and he does t do me any dear Ann Landers i have been a Volunteer for 10 years teaching people How to quit smoking. These classes Are sponsored bythe american lung association and american cancer society. It still surprises me that a great Many Intelli gent folks Don t know that nicotine has been classified As an addictive drug by the National Institute of drug abuse. It alters moods produces withdrawal symptoms results in compulsive use and once the nicotine receptors in the brain Are activated it is difficult to kick the habit permanently. Behavioural experts know that a great Many smoke slight up when they drink something so the ads usually show attractive people drinking while they re smoking. Vehicles must be limited to official use in this Era of smaller budgets and prevention of fraud waste and abuse i see abuse in the housing area almost daily. What i am talking about is the use of military vehicles sedans vans and tactical vehicles to pick up and drop off various officers at their quarters. In t this illegal Aren t these officers supposed to uphold the Law and set the example i m talking about something that happens almost daily in the adjacent housing area. Ana if that s bad enough these same vehicles with the same Mili tary Drivers pick up and take Home wives of these 0-ss and 0-6s with and without their husbands. I can see where certain High level generals May Nee this service and special protective vehicles but certainly battalion commanders and Community staff offi cers and especially their wives. Work to work of but Home to work and work to Home name and location withheld editor s note Rahn o. Beeson chief transportation management division Usa eur a Onucki cd vehicle office in Coor mattion with u. Col. , office of the Usa eur judge advocate replies the writer is Correct in stating thai using military vehicles for personal business Inch As unauthorized How to work cml and transporting family members violates Nohr several military Recal Aliou but also Federal Law. Government property May be used Only for official business. Using a military vehicle for personnel convenience could subject the Driver plus whoever an Thorl cd mls be of the vehicle to punitive agree thai personnel la supervisory position should set the example what you describe appears to be abuse of perceived privilege. As Yon noted a few senior leaders Are authorized protected Nome to work travel for Security reasons but even thai must be approved by the Secretary of the army every 90 Days and reported to the Congress unofficial use of government vehicles has been an will continue to be a matter of command interest. This was re emphasized in december when the usar Eurchie of staff provided commanders Down to company level a policy statement on authorized use and misuse of Gore Iii Siepl vehicles. The reporting and prevention of waste fraud antabuse is everyone s business since supervisors May be unaware of what is going on. The Bottom line is that fall should work to eliminate unofficial use of govern ment vehicles by reporting abusers to the local military police Community command group or the waste. Fraud and abuse hotline at Mannheim military 380-6669 or civilian 0621-730-6660. Military postal problems addressed i am currently having some problems with our it in t getting there or it is getting Here. I have received mail for two months. Other people who Are serving Here and sending mail tothe same area have been receiving mail for a while. When we go to our postal detachment and ask the about it they Tell us that there is nothing that they can do and they Don t have the time to Check into it. So to who do we have to go to talk to find out about our mail or arc we just going to have to question people who arc sur about it we would All like some answers. Sgt. Kenneth c. Williams Schweinfurt West Germany editor s note Sec. Brad Mutzel mall serv ices Branch postal operations directorate 1st person Nel come Liq Usa eur replies we appreciate your taking time to write concerning your mall service and we regret any inconvenience you Nave experienced. We Are aware of poor transit times Between the United states and some locations in Usa eur and have been reporting the same to the military postal service of aural us Annun Wnuck incy r smoking a la l tobacco is a deadly drug that kills approximately Fuson High 16111 10111,000 users a Day. If three jumbo jets crashed every Day killing everyone aboard there would be a Public outcry demanding that something be done to prevent the awful loss of life. Yet the tobacco companies go merrily along ignoring in the face of irrefutable Evi Dence the connection Between smoking and lung can cer. If this country is serious about getting its kids to say no to drugs it will have to get the Beer cans out of their hands and take the cigarettes out of their Mouths. Thank you Ann for All that you be printed against tobacco in the past. Please do it one More time. E.f., Sacramento my pleasure. You be written a dynamite letter. Listen up out there lot Angeles times Syndicate cum nil Landers welcomes your Toner. You can Wyrtle to her in care of the Sun and stripes Apo 09211. Us. Forces Many former Dodds Junior High and High school Stu dents Are making an Effort to find and reunite classmates. Students from Pusan american High school in Pusan Korea will have a reunion in August in St. Louis. We would like to hear from any former pahs student Parent of a student relative or Friend. Jenny Peak Euxton "70 201e. Adams Casey he 62420 or Jan Barker Rode or #3 Box 204 62420 a to Tafi Tome editor must written9m printed name and address fit wrist and must be atoned. We do read in alerted letter bul we we we whom Roc Nam on a qut mid protect your privacy. Am letters erf Agency Mesa based on input from customers and our postal unit commanders. A team from Mesa just completed an inspection of mail flown from new York and other is. Gateway Cit ies to military Post offices in Europe. This inspection revealed some problems and Mesa is working with United slates postal service to resolve them. Whenever you feel thai your mall May have been lost your local Apo will assist you in completing postal service form 1510, mall loss rifling report part of this form is used to trigger a search at the dead letter Branch while postal inspectors use the information to develop any Possi ble patterns of lost or rifled null. Another portion of the information is used to furnish you with a record of delivery or non delivery of the mail in question. A poster with your Community postal officer s picture and phone number is located in the lobby of your Mili tary Post office. Please Contact him or her for assistance. 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