European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers in a few months Iodie Arm Strong will be 90 years old. Forty years ago she was diagnosed As having multiple sclerosis. Soon after she wrote her personal commandments. Our local paper printed them on two occasions and we Are in the third printing Tor friends and acquaintances who would like a copy. Elodie is a special lady full of fun spirituality and Faith. She is an inspiration to All who know her. I would like to share her personal commandments with you in the Hope that you will print them. Marge w1sner her daughter Long View Wash. My ten commandments thou shall nol worry for worry is the most unproductive of All human activities. Thou Shalt not be fearful for most of the things we fear never come to pass. Thou shall not Cross Bridges before you get to them for no one Yel has succeeded in accomplishing this. Thou shall face each problem As it comes. You can handle Only one at a time anyway thou shall not take problems to bed with you for they make very poor bedfellows. Thou shall not borrow of her people s problems. They can take better care of them than you can. Thou shall not try to relive yesterday for Good or ill it is gone. Concentrate on what is happening in your life today thou shall count thy blessings never overlooking the Small ones for a lot of Small blessings add up to a big one. Thou shall be a Good listener for Only when you listen do you hear ideas different from your own. It s very hard to learn something new when you re talking. Thou shall not become bogged Down by frustration for 90 percent of in is rooted in self pity and it will Only interfere with positive action. Elodie Armstrong dour Elodie Armstrong what a splendid philosophy your positive approach has Kepi Yon Young at 90. You Are terrific Rale Model far the world s pessimists. They would do Well to imitate your can to spirit. Full Speed ahead dear lady dear Ann Landers will you please Tell your readers Whai to do in Case a Tornado hits most people think they will never be caught in such a disaster so they Don t bother to gel informed. Since weather patterns Are changing All Over the world i believe it would be useful 10 have some guidelines just in Case. Thanks in Advance. Kansas Ann fan dear Kansas Happy to oblige. Now listen carefully. If it looks As if a la Riidu is coming your Way gel in a kith place which Means away from windows doors and Walls that could collapse. If you Are at Home the basement is he safest place. If possible make sure your head has a protective covering such As Able or a sturdy shelf. A closet is also a Good place to be or under a bed. If Yon Are caught outside lie Flat on the found and cover your Bead with your arms. If you Are in a car or Mobile Home gel on and lie Flat on the ground. If Yog Are shopping go in the lowest floor possible. Duck under counter if you can find one. Although most tornadoes occur in the Spring Illey can hit at any time. To anoles Twyl san Ficaia column till land a a Torres your Tewin von Tun Nail � to in care or tha sign Arm so Fri. Apo w21i. . Early outs near Christmas explained i am writing to you to find out if any Carty Oul programs might be happening during the period from get 1 to anytime during the Christmas outs you see i m in the planning stages for my wedding and future employment. Is it possible you might be Able to print an article or inform us troops who Are leaving ets around that time Frame i know that the government usually has its special drop for the month of december and that usually Between dec. 2 and Jan. 5, which is where i fall. Rumor control As you know is never a reliable source of information so we would rather have it from the staff and people of the stars and stripes because you Are pretty accurate with your news stories and information. Spec. Darid d. Wilde Wil Flecken West Germany editor s note Carl Dnepr assistant chief sep Anttoni retirements Branch personnel actions division 1st personnel command he usar Zur re plies i a Happy to be Able to respond to your request far information regarding Early out programs. Generally Early release programs fall into two Broad categories budget driven and convenience of the government and individual. Last year we had a budget driven fiscal year 1988 Early release program. The possibility of a fiscal year 1989 Early release program u unknown Al this time since budget decisions for next year Are still being made. The traditional Christmas Holiday drop is an example of the second category convenience of he government and Soldier. The period for Tom year has been nit Nonnce As dec. 20 through Jan. 1 however specific details have not been received from the total army personnel Agency Tapa As yet. Following past Christmas Early release programs if your expiration of term of service ets is within Iii period your adjusted release Date should fall Between dec. 1-19. These programs Are generally announced during the latter part of september or october each year. If you have not received official word of any that year 1989 Early release programs by nov. 1, 1988, i recommend you Contact your battalion personnel and administration Center Pac Al that time. Proposal to protect Ozone layer outlined How would you like your children to die starvation drowning or maybe cancer imagine the horror of any or All of the above. Your sons and daughters Are being murdered right now and you Aren t doing anything Aboul it. Ocean Levels arc rising rapidly drought is destroying our food Chain skin cancer is rampant and global temperatures arc rising. Our plane is dying because we have destroyed a targe portion of our Ozone layer with pollution generated by products intended for our com fort which Are nol necessary to perpetuate our species. It May already be Loo late to rectify the problem. Even if we Stop producing the pollution that is destroy ing our Ozone layer right now the existing pollution will continue to devour in for at least the next 100 years. I believe most animal and Plant life will have perished by then victims of our present standards of living. I believe hat the damage we have already done is irreversible. I believe that we have about 15 years to no double coupons cafes in the Continental United slates offers double Coupon Days every monday and tuesday which give added  not cafes Europe Diane Osteen Raf Mildenhall England editor s note it. Col. Charlie White Public affairs officer he cafes Europe replies commercial retailers run double Coupon offers to meet a specific competitive situation. Individual cafes stores Gomel Mesi do in on a very limited basis for this same reason. Double Coupon oilers Are not done on a widespread basis by cafes and we do not plan to Institute such a program. Halt the process before we Are forced to Colon ii space even that would be a Short Lynn solution for the folks Rich enough and Lucky enough to get a seat on a now non operational space shuttle for a non existent space station. Ozone depletion and its catastrophic effects arc no longer theory casually mentioned in scientific circles it is fact. The results Are in it is happening now. We must Stop it now drastic measures must be taken immediately. I propose that we shut Down our nation s space pro Gram and divert those billions of dollars to the Ozone problem. 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