European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Arizti Landers Page 11 letter dear Ann Landers i have a dear dad Story hut will blow you out of the water. Also could sure use some advice. My parents divorced when i was 2. I m 34 now. Dad married Ray Mother s Best Friend. Did t see him again until i was 7. 1 Haven t seen him since. Dad supported me till i was 21 and wrote to me unlit i was 12. He promised to come see me several times but somehow he never made it. I continued to Grilc but when i did t receive any answers i quit. There did l seem o be much Point in writing to a phantom. Recently 1 Learned that dad was living in Naples fla., and 1 decided to Call him. The conversation went like this me hello May i speak to or. Williams him who is this calling me i am his daughter Wilma him this is or. Williams. Me dad him Don t Call me that. Me Why not him after All these years me but i be been trying to find you. Your family would t Tell me where you were. Him Don t give me that. And listen do me a favor and Don t Call up Here anymore. I Don t want to have anything to do with you or your family. Then he Hung up. At this Point i am Irving to gel i address through inc Naples postmaster in get it should i write to him or should i just show up at his front door or should i pretend he is dead Long lost daughter dear Lone lost reread your letter to me. Take note or the fad that tour father did nol see you for five years after he and your Mother split. Note Loo that he stopped writing when you were 12 and thai he never did come to set you. You should have told him to feed it to Sweeney. If you obtain tour dad s address you might drop him a line with your phone number. If he wants to phone you he will. But Don l stand on one foot wailing dear. And please Don t go knocking on his door. You could set yourself up for another painful rejection that will Sling forever. I m sorry to say it hut this whole Slid situation smells like a barrel of lost herring. Dear Ann Landers recently my 15-year-old daughter was invited o a Back Yard Pool Pany Jill immediately went shop Ping for a new bathing suit. Finally she found one without the French Cut thighs and reveal ing neckline. After Jill was in the water for about an hour she discovered that her suit became transparent when wet. She was horrified and Gol out of the Pool As quickly As possible. How much better it would have been if the Label on the suit had informed her of this. Manufacturers should be aware thai swimsuits Are non returnable and they Are expensive a Surprise like this is not appreciated. Upset in Pennsylvania dear upset unfortunately sonic win twits do become transparent when wet i suggest you select swimwear thai is lined. Black or Strong colors Are Best. If you Are unsure Check with the salesperson. Loi an Laloi times by dicta columnist Lyntton a cornas hour Lotura. You can Mill it a in cars of the Start and so Ryoei. Amo 033m. Us. Foil pm an argument backing capital punishment so we had to have a trial to determine what every one already knew or. Simmons is a psychopathic killer. But i wonder How much More will Law abiding tax payers have to invest this summer to learn what Sim Mons readily admits that he wiped out his family following the two murders for which he has gone to trial. Why two trials Why any trial he did it he wants to die. Shave his head and strap him in inc chair t admit Surprise that Simmons was found guilty in inc first place he must be nuts so Why not inno cent by reason of insanity that makes sense. Re member Hinckley everyone in inc world saw him on videotape Over and Over again gun Down four men one of whom is our president you would think this would constitute a hang ing in town Square that very afternoon but we the jury find the defendant not guilty because he s warped. Not guilty so you re saying it never happened James Brady is Fine it was All a mistake the verdict was insane the crime occurred. He did it. He is guilty whether he s insane or not has nothing o do with the act that left four men bleeding. In fact if it s determined that a dangerous Man is insane on top of it More reason to exterminate that individual i d rather spend my taxes helping our nation s Farmers than trying to cure or evaluate a nut. T am so ashamed of that incident any other nation would have a person breaking rocks forever if that person so much As shoved the ruler of that land. 1 wonder How you and 1 can turn our backs on the beggars in inc streets i mean How can we justify succumbing to this scenario my name s John Wayne Gacy. I m a vicious killer housed in one of your prisons and in s your responsibility As a taxpayer to make certain that i be got clean clothes and three squares a Day. By the Way my to needs a new Anten excuse me this Guy insulated his Home with the bodies of teen age boys and now he is actually the shop Foreman in prison Wise move in s frightening to think that there May be a Home less person out there Down on his Luck keeping dry with this very newspaper thinking gee ail i have to do is Hurt somebody real bad and i can get some thing to cat and a roof Over my head surely you be heard of the poor plight of a Fella named Singleton this Guy can t find a place to live would t you want a rapist who dismembered his adolescent victim living in your town hey he s better now he s done his Lime All of six years. That works out to three years per limb he chopped from his victim is that what they re Worth she was just a child. She was raped. Shell never have hands again. I wonder How shr feels about or. Singleton s parole the real criminal in ibis instance is nol Singleton. He wound up in prison and should have been executed there. The criminal Here Are the judge and attorney who were somehow convinced that sin Gleton had paid his debt. I feel no remorse in staling the judge and attorney and anyone else who lobbied for this Man s release should be put to death they Are just As sick As he is but that s our judicial sys tem capital punishment is the Only solution. Not. Just for drug dealers but for child moles Len rapists and murderers. I Don t care if it s a deterrent or not. It s Justice an Eye for an Eye. Years ago 1 did some research on the Cost of hous ing a convicted killer Tike Charles Manson for one year As opposed to turning on the switch. While you can imagine the costs arc considerably higher today then it was estimated that taxpayers were coughing up about 15 grand annually for each scumbag in Pris on. The amps necessary to kill an individual in the electric chair Cost about 29 cents. Of course the formalities of the ceremony drive that amount up need Lessly. Justice should be simple if you defy the Constitution by committing a capita crime that causes per manent physical or psychological damage to an inno cent victim you should no longer be granted the rights of that Constitution you should be thrown in a pit awaiting execution. No last meals. No final inter views with Giraldo Rivera. Please or. Dukakis or. Jackson or or. Bush i d rather address or. Dole rid our nation of the men and women who could nol function in a humane manner. Steven 8. Proper Frankfurt reasons for military drug tests discussed i am in inc military. I have been Reading in the stars and stripes for Over two years now about drug lest ing for Federal workers. There have been numerous articles about it being illegal and violating our fourth amendment rights or rather those of civilians. A recent article said trial s not reason enough because of safety and Security. I know lots of civilians Federal employees have More critical jobs than we in the military. A Soldier who is a 71l clerk typist has to take a urinalysis test while a civilian who May drive a school bus guard buildings Etc does t. The question is if Federal workers arc protected by the fourth amendment Why Aren t we do we have to automatically give up our constitutional rights once we come in the service what s the difference Between civilians and soldiers we All work for the . Government. Name withheld Frankfurt editor s note Robert a Williat assistant general counsel personnel and health policy of fice of general counsel Depar Lenl of defense re plies in connection with a previous program of compulsory urinalysis conducted by the army in Europe the fourth amendment Issue was resolved in favor of he government. The District of Columbia circuit court of appeals decided for the government based an the following factors increased incidence of drug abuse in the armed forces poses a substantial threat to the Readi Ness and efficiency of our military forces. 2. 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