European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Weihn Landers the stars and stripes Page 11 dear readers a while Back woman from Dallas wrote la say her name Liann and she married a Man named Landers 10 Yean ago. The name she said has been t pain in the neck. I said hat would like to hear from others who hate a Moos and tuned if they like it. Well my friends read on and Yob will know what my life has been like lately. Sioux City Iowa our family name was Garbot my Mother insisted on dropping the t and then she named me Greta. I got so sick of people asking me if i Van led to be alone that i scuttled Greta and went by my Middle name Marie. . Penllyn was Ann Landers until a year ago. You asked if it was fun. The answer is no it got to be such a nuisance that i went to the trouble and expense of changing it legally i put Nancy in front of the Ann. My dad still likes to introduce me As my daughter Ann Landers and the neighbors enjoy telling people they live in the same building with Ann Landers and Abigail Van Burn that s my dog. So you see i do have a sense of humor about it. Erie a my name is Jeannette Mcdonald. The Only problem was when 1 was hospitalized. A lot of people came in to ask if i had seen Nelson Eddy lately would t he be about 95 if he were alive today i Wesl Chester a i was born in 1918 and named Katherinc. The family name it Hepburn. The actress Katharine Hepburn was no very Well known then but As time went on i began to hear a lot More about my namesake. 1 was Happy to lose the name when i married Hugh Iliff in 1951, Justin Calif i was christened Virginia dare Ken i married a Ludwig and signed my name mrs. Virginia . Lud wig. It was t until Tair that i Learned that . Lud wig was one of the world s richest men. Once when i was playing Blackjack in a Las vegas Casino i signed a Marker mrs. . Ludwig. A pit Man came Over to me and said lady with that name you could sign checks All Day and clean out Las vegas Indianapolis my father absolutely adored Myma Loy. Loy was our family name so he named me Tyrria. After mom died dad married a woman i did t like much. She insisted on calling me Myrtle just to be mean. I saw a picture of Myma Loy recently and she is White haired and Beautiful. 1 Hope i look As Good when i am her age. Chicago my name was Albert Einstein but i dropped the Albert and used my Middle name Joseph when i Gotto High school. Everyone expected me to be a Genius and i got pretty sick of it. Santa be . Forty years ago 1 became Betty Davis. I was in eng land recently at Gatwick Airport. The customs agent took one look at my passport and boomed Well i did t know that 1 was going to have the Honor of meeting Betty Davis today a woman in the next line broke ranks rushed Over to me and said ill bet you gel a lot of that Don t you you re not going to believe this but i m Joan Crawford Dover mass my name is Joan Kennedy. No i am not the Joan Kennedy but the name has helped me just As much As if i were. I m a third year Law student at new England school of Law in Boston. I Hope some big wheel in a Good firm sees this letter and asks to see the rest of my resume. Readers comment on Iron Contra letter this is a response to a recent letter labelled i blames liberals for Security in the letter the writer attacks those who believe in congressional review of military activity and those who oppose the i rail Contra activity. I can sympathize with the frustration of people like he writer who see Freedom abused by those americans who would Compromise our Security interests. However 1 urge him not to conclude that we must therefore restrict or eliminate Freedom or democracy. Certainly democracy is not the strongest Type of government. It was not designed to strengthen govern ment but to control it. Certainty a tree society is not the most Security conscious place. When we allow free Dom we must live with the tact that a certain minority will misuse it. If it is Liberal to believe in the Power of Freedom and its ultimate Triumph in the world then i suppose i am one of those problems the writer would like to eliminate. In turn i am frightened by those who would give up our constitutional system because they Are frustrated with it restraints on the Power of the presi Dent or the military. We liberals also fear the ambitious reporter irresponsible congressman or greedy informer who would divulge this country s secrets. However we fear More the muzzling of the press and the Elimina Tion of the Congress and the increase in military authority. Once we have done those things America would just be another of the dozens of controlled societies in the world. Finally the writer characterizes Iran Centra As few Good men bending a few this strikes me As a symptom of his paranoia and frustration h it really Wise to allow High ranking military officials to break the Law regardless of motives especially when the motives apparently included a healthy profit from Selling weapons to our avowed enemy of course that is ultimately a question the courts will decide although i suppose the writer woul favor the elimination of the judiciary along with Congress and the press. I know it is difficult but people like the write need to have More Faith in Freedom and our constitutional system. Admittedly it is difficult to remain Strong and free at the same Lime and there is a Price to pay. Yet if we become like our enemies then Weare our own worst enemy. Petty officer 1st class Michael w. Meyer location withheld i feel that a recent Tetter defending people involve Din the Iran Contra affair merits a response since it is a Good example of the sort of Altitude which is at the Root of Many of our nation s problems. Quite simply there Are Many people in americ today who think that they Are above the Law. Some Are politicians who believe that the ends justify the Means. Some Are athletes who use drugs to improve their performance or just for kicks. Some Are businessmen i three piece suits who think that there s nothing wrong with a Little insider trading if you Don t get caught. Some Are just John q. Public cheating on his taxes or dealing drugs because everybody else is doing it and he wants his piece of the pie. The pervasiveness of the cynical acceptance of wrongdoing by everyone from the president s cronies Down to the local crack dealer ii All Over he news. The writer of the above mentioned letter seems to thin that North Secord and Poindexter Are heroes for Circum venting the Laws Laid Down by the . Congress. I cannot agree with him when president Reagan and vice president Bush were inaugurated and when North Secord and poin Dexter were commissioned they swore an oath very similar to the one that every enlisted service member swears "., to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United slates against All enemies foreign anddomestic.,." not. To uphold the parts i agree with and circumvent the by Selling arms to a terrorist nation and carrying on a Covert War in Nicaragua against the wishes of the . Congress and the american people nil of the above named men violated that oath. Like the letter writer i can t Slop thinking about wha Casey Accord North Mcfarian and All the rest As Welt As president Reagan have done. They illegally sold weapons to Iran the same wonderful nation which sponsored the car bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 u.5. Marines and sailors. Semper ?" then they took the profits and sent them to the contras even though the . Congress had passed legislation against giving Money to the Are not heroic acts these Are crimes and should be treated As such. What about our glorious victories Over Grenada and Libya i Don t wish to denigrate the performance of our forces in Grenada but if a single uj3. Division can t conquer a postage stamp sized Island defended by a Mere 600 cubans we might As Well surrender to the russians. The Liming of the operation oct. 25,1983, two Days after the bombing in Beirut suggests that the whole thing was done to divert american attention from the debacle in Beirut. As for the bombing of Libya it now appears thai most of the so called intelligence linking the lab Lac disco bombing to Ghadban was Wishful thinking. While Ghadari is a Sec Zeball who probably deserves 10 get bumped off the fact is that we would have Hada better Chance of nailing the real culprits if we had bombed West Germany although i m sure thai the folks in Bonn might have been displeased. Let s face it Ghadari was a convenient Scapegoat. I believe that there s a new wind blowing though one which will blow very hard on this generation of Swine to use the phraseology of Hunter s. Thomp son. The de my Csc the Ivan Doc says the Jimmy Swaggart the Lawrence Taylors the Ben Johnsons and yes the Ollie norths will get what s coming to them. Perhaps by showing what happens to people who break the rules they May do some Good after All. Clyde e. Spicer or. Berlin strict scouting policy for All leaders the boy scouts of America have a policy for All adult scouting leaders smoking is prohibited in inc presence of the youth. 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