European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Paga 11 rarity riders i dear Ann Landers i was outraged when i read the enclosed article. It s about a Guy arrested nine limes for Drunken  last Lime he killed a 24 year old girl four months before her wedding. He was sentenced to seven years in  happened to those tougher Laws two chances should have been the Max for his Sguy then take away his License f j Tor life and i mean for life. Please print the clipping and Tell me if you think i m a he furious in Florida nine time Drunken Driver sentenced Manchester . A a Man with nine Drunken driving convictions was sentenced to the maximum term monday for causing a head on Colli Sion in which a woman was killed four months before she was to be  Routhier 44, of Tyngsboro mass., pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the March 1987 death of Sandra san 24, of Dunstable mass. Prosecutor Robert Walsh asked for and got the maximum sentence 3 i to seven years in prison. Authorities said Routhier s blood alcohol level was 0.29 percent nearly three limes the Legal Standard for drunkenness in new  was buried in her wedding dress. The Flowers that should have been at her wedding lined the coffin. Dear furious in Florida and i am furious to Chicago. The sentence was Loo Light. That murderer will a out and behind Ibe wheel or a car in 1995. The Rale of recidivism among Drunken Drivers is appalling. I be been hollering my head off abort tougher Laws for these criminals but have been unable to nuke a Dent. Anybody ban any ideas out there dear Ann Landers i recently read a piece of advice you wrote to a woman who had genital herpes. She was worried about becoming intimate with another Man and asked if she should Tell the new Guy about her  advised her to hold off intimacy for several months. Just keep talking you said. If and when you decide that the Man is someone you want to keep in your i lie then Lell  was wonderful advice Ann and 1 m glad to see someone at Long last address the emotional aspects of sexually transmuted  struck me that the same advice could be applied to All dating relationships. Holding off the sexual aspects until Many other facets of the personality have been explored can Lead to a deeper and More meaning Ful  is important of course bal is too tenuous a support on which to build a Long term relationship. Waiting could spare both men and women some Munfor tuna consequences. Wano is Worth it Denver dear Denver Bravo no harm Wilt Cone from caution. Ii a haste that naps the bitter Harvest thanks for some thought Ful input. Dear Ann Landers i am a s3-year-o1j woman with prematurely White hair a Good complexion and i Cany my weight Well. I am nol yet entitled to a senior citizen discount. When 1 am asked "senior1 discount it ruins my Day. Don t those idiots know that if people want it they la ask Bakersfield dear Baker apparently not. Why Don t you Tell them property disposal sales rules explained recently Ray Friend and i went to our third defense a utilization and marketing Sale at ludwigs Burg. Prior to the april Sale a worker and his supervisor came out to the waiting customers and informed us of a new policy. All sales would reflect 20 percent of the item s value. If still unsold the item s once would drop to 10 percent the next month. The prices were a Little High but we were comparing them to the Dollar Sale. There were two groups of dressers one group was Well preserved and marked $40 each. The other group could nicely be called fixer upper and were marked $15 each. Along with some other furniture we bought one of the to dressers intending to come Back at the next Sale and buy another when we had More room in my Van. Imagine our Surprise when we returned to find thai the Price tags on the dressers had been altered to reflect an original Price of $7 5 rather than $ 1s. The Picc had been further slashed to $30. We brought this to their attention and showed them How the number had been changed to a "7." he claimed that the once had always been $75. When we offered to show him the receipt for one of the same dressers sold last month he told us that we were crazy and must have been Al some other Sale. He went on to say thai he did t see Why the Furni Ture was t sold cheaper anyway because what did t sell that Day was to be sent to Berlin the next week Tobe blown up. We asked for his Boss. He did t know who he was. The military personnel did t know either but one thought that it was a Navy commander. My questions Are who is in charge Why were the dressers marked at such a ridiculous once would t it be More Cost effective to sell the furniture Al 15 to 11 i a piece and have it hauled off by the purchaser a compared to having it transported to Berlin to be blown up Kimberlee r. Turner Schwa Tseh pm find West Germany for the past year a Friend and 1 have been frequent patrons of the military property disposal sales in the ludwigs Burg area in which old quartermaster furniture and unclaimed personal property is liquidated to id card holders. At the first of these sales we attended Al items were $1, Cash and carry dressers tables night stands Etc. Since that Lime the prices have been on the Rise. In april my Friend and i were told thai the items being sold had to be sold at 20 percent of Cost to the military. However the items not sold at that Sale would be sold Al the next Sale for half once. At that time i purchased a Chest of drawers for $ 15. I have four questions. Who is ultimately in charge of these sates no one there seemed to know who pockets the Money from the Mark ups would t the furniture move quicker if it was made More affordable to those of us who can really use it does t it make More sense to have someone pay you to Lake the furniture away than for you to pay someone to trans port it and then pay again to have it disposed of All 1 have to say is what a waste Jana m. Den Mekka scowl Bosch a mind West Germany editor s note col. Jarrett l. Kenyan com Mander defense Renti Zarion and marketing Region Europe replies first let me apologize for the unprofessional treat ment you received Al our retail sales to did Wissburg corrective Mellon has been taken to preclude reoccur fences. Retail sales such u the one Yon attended Are the responsibility of the defense Reutell Patjon and Market ing Region Europe cd her a. Damre is u integral part of the defense Reutilio alight and marketing service drm5 located in Battle Creek Mich. One of the missions of the defense  and marketing Region Europe is to dispose of property the department of defense no longer needs by wiling it and to Mike sure that the taxpayers get the maximum return possible. Another of our missions when we can not sell ill of the property we receive i to dispose of that property it the lost Cost la the government and taxpayer. You Hare indirectly experienced both of those missions Al work. When we were Selling furniture for $1 per piece two years ago we were really trying to Mold the trend Dou expert of hauling most of that property to the Landfill and practising the Cost avoidance policy my refer to i your letter. At that time the services Wen disposing of More furniture than we or they Coom Slon indoors an protect rather than store it outside and have it mined we opted to sell it at a very Low Price and avoid the Cost of having the ruined property disposed of in the local dump since then however the quantities being turned our in is for disposal Nave alien dramatically and we have resumed to oar policy of attempting to maximize the return to Ibe taxpayer. Pricing of property on Nail sales is generally left la the Didt Rivoal office to establish but there Ait certain restriction. Or office Sells property by Many methods of Sale hot the retail method is the Only of where prices an not set by Competition among the , because it b oar responsibility to protect the taxpayers interests we try not to Price below compel Itin Levels under Normal Cucura ounces. Conditions such As those which occurred in ring the Dollar Days time Frame Are an example tji when this restriction would be lifted. We have people on on staff who Are trained in marketing and we by to set on retail prices at a fair Market rate. Tint retail pricing of used property is hardly an exact science u i am Sun Yon would agree if Yon hate Ever held a garage Sale. If the property does not sell atthe set Price we review our thinking and the Price can be towered Bat that does not necessarily happen. Ii is also tree to to in some instances the poorest of the furniture we receive b sent to Berlin for use As props in the Urban warfare training Center. Another of on important missions i to make prop erty thai is no longer needed by one unit of the military available to other unit who can use it. We Call  and it is one of the most important things we do. Providing the unit in Berlin with old unrepairable furniture adds realism in their raining saves tax payers dollars for disposal when it has been deter mined that Ibe furniture has no sales potential. Not All of the furniture is sold or sent to Berlin however. Recently some of the excess furniture we receive was used to furnish a part of the storks nest inthe Wiesbaden regional medical Center and the family service Center on Lindsey air station. The Dodd school system Dod Mission related hems such As reformer and Day Roou All Over Europe have also benefited front this furniture. Last year Damre Mill lived Over $85 million Worth of All kinds of property to Dod traits All Over the world. As Yon can see the information Yon were Given at ludwigs Burg a not totally Correct and that situation has been corrected. Again i would like to apologize for the misinformation you were provided and Assort Yon that we Are in total agreement with your conclusion that its better to a Duze or sell this furniture than to Payto dispose of it. I Hope this will give you a better insight into on retail sales and i Hope Yon and your friends will give As another Chance. Euboea the  col jew obey k Cook  Einhor Lnch a tool Suzahne i Phillip. 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