European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday october 30. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann Landers no one gels through this lift without some Small or Large patches of personal grief. I could easily Tell you about my trials an tribulations but instead i d like. To share a Story that has helped me face my problems. I Hope you will Tecl it is Worth passing on. C.b., sayrev1lle, . The Cross room / the Yount Man was at the end of his rape. Seeing no Way out he f dropped to his Knees in prayer. To lord 1 can t go on he said. "1have Loo heavy a Cross to Bear. The lord replied my son if you can l Bear ils weight just place your Cross inside this room. Then open Hal diner door and pick out any Cross you the Man was filled with Relief. Thank you lord he sighed and he did As he was told. Upon entering the other door he saw Many crosses some so Large the lops were not visible. Then he spotted a Liny Cross leaning against a far Wall. I d like that one lord he whispered. And the lord replied my son that is the Cross you just brought what a touching remind a of a lesson we ill need to Irani and Rockom when life s problems seem Over whelming look around and see what other people Are coping who. Yon mar consider yourself fortunate. Dear Ann Landers my grandparents were jews who came to America from Eastern Europe. The family name began with a w and had 17 letters in it. Need ill you it was extremely difficult to pronounce my father struggled through life with that name and Lold me Many limes son when you finish your schooling 1 Hope thai you will shorten our name a something that is easier to say and easier to re Mem i promised him that i would and last year i did. Today i ran into a Friend from school. She said she heard that i had changed my name and said i Don 1 blame you for trying to hide your jewishness. Ii can Bea big Handicap. I Lold her that was t inc Case at All and that i never fell being jewish was Handicap. She looked at me in shocked disbelief her comments got me to thinking. When a person changes his or he name As 1 did is it perceived As an attempt to hide one s ethnicity i m proud of my heritage and would hate to have anyone think i was trying to hide it. What do you think Ann Buffalo Reader dear . If a Man changes his name from Cohen id Kingston one might gel the impression thai he would rather be constr cred a aryan. However shortening a name that has 17 letters in it seems like a sensible thing to do and no one should suspect ulterior motives. Dear Ann Landers i Don t buy inc line that u s of logo to Church in jeans and cutoffs barefooted and in hair rollers be cause god loves us no matter How we god loves adulterers and prostitutes too but that does t mean we should use them As a Standard. People dress up for things they value Job inter views weddings important Dales and so on. Appear ing in Church in Beach clothes says something about the Way we feel Aboul the lord. Young Monk in Collegeville Minn. Dear Monk when i see people in a place of worship dressed for a a knt 1 get the impression Hal they an careless an Lazy. As you said so Well people get dressed up for things they summer brought Lull in letters by the stars and stripes during the Active summer months fewer readers wrote to the stars and stripes than in the two previous quarters of 1988. From july i to sept. 30, 1,088 people wrote to express opinions on topics ranging from the tragic Acci Dent at the Ramstein a air show to the variety of toilet paper in the commissaries. More than 1,200 readers wrote from april 1 to june 30 More than 1,400 wrote in the first Quarter. Eighteen people wrote about the aug. 28 Accident at Ramstein. A German woman wrote of the Comfort she received from an unidentified american As they searched for her husband who was killed. Many other letters thanked people for returning lost items. Also thankful was a German woman whose car had broken Down. She wrote that she received help from americans while everyone else passed her by speaking of passed by. One Soldier grieved about the passing of a Friend the jeep. Many people wrote of the grief they suffer in the Barracks in government housing and on the the 57 letters received on that subject most were from soldiers complaining about the Lack of privacy in the Barracks. Five single cos were upset about hav ing to live in the Barracks where they said they were treated As children. Four people living on the Economy complained of problems getting Back deposits from landlords. Government housing in t Paradise either wrote five residents. They were upset about note theft and vandalism especially Hal caused by children. Nearly 50 writers showed interest in things political. Four people were upset with Michael Dukakis for nitpicking Jesse Jackson As his running mate. Republican vice presidential candidate Dan Quayle was the subject of eight letters. Four defended Quayle s service inthe National guard while three were incensed that of Ayle took the easy Way one Wriler asked Why Quayle should be ashamed he served in the guard. More than 30 people wrote about an program Ming. One unhappy viewer complained about sport dominating weekend viewing but six others wanted More ports especially their favourites. Their favourites ranged from Tennis to Aulo racing. One commercial set to a rap music beat did i meet the approval of an English teacher who though Hospot s rhymes contained poor grammar. Another viewer didst approve of a religions spot since it seemed to promote a particular religious denomination sixty five people wrote concerning Usa eur or army policies. On the air Force Side five writers de bated the space available flight Benefit. Two said ple should be Happy to have the Benefit Asil is while three family members said being Able to Fly space available i Ghoul the Servi member would be afford Able readers let the stars and stripes know about mistakes in the radio and television listings. Other readers pointed out typographical errors in the Cross word Puzzle the use of the word biannual when we meant to say biennial and the use of the word Hen instead of hear in the quibble comic of inc seven tellers received about commissaries said an health messages Are m vain if it is impossible to maintain a balanced Low sodium Low cholesterol High fiber diet. The writer said the commissary should carry More health foods instead ol"15 brands of chips 30 brands of cookies and 20 brands of toilet to the editor must be signed but the stars and stripes honors requests to withhold names Ana locations of writers. Letters that Are forwarded to an Agency for reply do not include the writer s name Andas Many identifying details As possible Are deleted. About one in every five letters is printed to the letters to the editor a writer Paw a question thai recently was addressed a copy of that response will be not published in the stars and stripes usually Are acknowledged through a response from the Man aging editor. Texan irked by ruling in his Home state am writing about a recent article titled Texas ruling thai lifted conviction of Flag Burner to be re am a native texan and As of this Day 1 am sorry to admin it. For the Texas court of criminal appeals to overturn such As incident is criminal itself. The last i knew it was against Federal Law Lodese crate inc american Flag in any Way and the Only burning of the Flag Hal is Legal is to put a worn unserviceable Flag to rest with a full ceremony. Please Correct me if am courts system had no jurisdiction in this matter i have served that Flag for 18 years and nine months with my life As millions of others have. Mil Lions have Given their All life itself for it. The very Colon say in All red blood thai was shed for it. Hiie i drily of in. Blue loyally to it. If someone can Only express themselves by burning Hal old glory then i feel in is time for then Oleave Flag s country the United states resp Cal for inc Flag is respect for inc country and its people Bot native americans and naturalized americans i feel the Man Gregory Lee Johnson was Only slapped on the hand with a sentence of one year in jail and a $2,000 Fine. Forty years ago he would have been shot for treason. Apparently now in is accepted or at least in one stale my Home stale 1 am extremely sad to can rest assured that letters have been written and arc being written on this. 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