European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 ii tender dear readers recently a Boston student wrote Here s a brain Buster for you. Four words in the English language end in Gry two Are angry and hungry. What Are the other two responses poured in by the thousands. After checking a mind boggling number of words submitted by readers from All Over the Globe i decided that William a fire one of the Premier word Smiths of our time was right when he described word games As a hoax designed to  Voke hours of useless  i am ashamed to Tell you How Many hours i spent chasing Down words i seven dictionaries. Laurence seits of North Aurora Iii., wrote to say that the Best authority on words in the . Is George Scheetz head of the Public Library in my old Hometown Sioux City Iowa. I telephoned George who assured me that there were More than four words in the English language that ended in Gry 48 to be exact. He promised to sen the list Pronto which he did. On George Scheetz s list were old English words such As hungry a hungry hungry dog hungry meat Hun Gry wind hungry Ever angry fire angry half angry heat angry self angry and tear angry. F sorry George those words were not in any of the four dictionaries i have at Home or the three dictionaries in my office. I m sure they appeared in some Musty old English dictionary but if i can t find them i Don t count pm. Nor can i count the words of French origin whose endings were changed from a to  George dear if you Are still Reading this i also can t count Ballingry a town in Scotland or hungry hungry a Sandwich that was served in a restaurant that is no longer standing in Champaign Iii. I am also not count ing wiry a Lake in Poland or so Chigryn a River in the . The original writer was off by one when he said there Are four words in the English language that end in  actually there Are five according to the Oxford English dictionary. In addition to the two he named angry and hungry there is angry a Glass Bead found buried in the Earth in Ghana try to work that into a conversation kids pug Gry a Light Scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the head from the Sun and meagre of meager appearance. I Don t know about you folks but i have had enough of word games for a while. Dear Ann Landers i know you Are not running a lost and found column but i am going to take one last shot at it. I have been trying for three years to return a Silver cigarette lighter i found at a Lake resort in Michigan. I have contacted several veterans organizations and the Pentagon. People have been very Nice but because of privacy acts Yata tata and More baloney i have Bee unable to make a connection. The lighter has the following inscription Viet Nam 90-70. Compliments of 188th Ord. Co. Ammo. Ajob Well done. Keith Hine. I hate seeing this thing in my jewelry Box when i know the owner is out there somewhere and would love to have it. Will anyone who knows Keith Hine please ask him to write to Joan Skupien Harrington 11450 2nd st., treasure Island Fla. 33706. Thanks Ann. . You re Welcome. If you find Keith let me know. . Los Angeles times syndicated columnist Landers welcomes your letters you can write to her in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09211,  forces european edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chief it col Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of de sense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex reciprocity in traffic enforcement outlined Well once again the radar trap got me. This time it was for going 38 Kilometres in a 30-km zone. Las time i was going 37 pm in a 30-km zone please please offer someone in the know the Chance to publicly answer a question Why can German motorists Detour through american housing areas Cruis ing along at a brisk 35-50 Miles per hour while the maps Are powerless to Stop them i d bet that 90 per cent of the time the germans have no real business on the housing area anyway i remember last year walking my 5-year-old son Home from kindergarten and being blown out of the crosswalk by a Bow going nowhere near the posted 30-km Speed limit. An my Van marked traffic was parked there and when i looked at him bewildered his explanation was a am i can t touch  and yet the Pohzehi Speed traps show no mercy when it comes to photographing us americans. Is this just a right the germans have for letting us play in their backyard if so i Wanna take my to Sand go Home. Name withheld Schwet Zingen West Germany editor s note it. Col. . Pittman senior policy officer my operating div Usa eur Provost marshal office replies the authority and jurisdiction of military and civilian police Are established by Laws and agreements. In Ger Many for instance these agreements Are the nato status of forces sofa agreement and the supplementary agreement to the nato sofa. Under these agreements there is a primary understanding that Mem Bers of the . Military services the civilian Compo nent and family members Are subject to Host nation Laws. In addition the uniform code of military Justice Ucma applies to members of the military services regardless of where they Are. This is recognized by All sofa agreements. In this Case there is dual or concur rent jurisdiction. Another aspect of this jurisdictional Issue is the arrangements under the sofa and supplementing agreements which have Given property to . Forces for Basing in our Host countries. Although Host nation Law applies in these areas the sofa and related agreements recognize that the forces must provide for the Protection and safety of All persons working and living on these installations. Traffic safety and supervision is an example. The determination of what property and areas Are under . Control must be resolved at Community level Between the Engineer land manage ment office and the staff judge advocate office. All of these considerations Impact on military police traffic enforcement on and around . Installations and housing areas. A couple of things Are Clear under the sofa and related agreements. Military members in uniform and military vehicles Are subject to open for Cement measures. Also privately owned vehicles pos registered and licensed for operation by . Forces Are subject to my enforcement measures nor Mally on or adjacent to . Installations. Both of these categories Are also subject to Host nation police enforce ment measures. Host nation personnel and vehicles generally Are not subject to military police jurisdiction however on prop erty granted to the control of  forces maps May certainly intervene to ensure Public safety. On property clearly under . Control an my can Stop a Host nation traffic violator to eliminate or reduce an unsafe condition speeding for the purpose of identification to file a report for appropriate action. This May be to report the offender to the Host nation police and or to the command for action to deny further Access to .controlled property. In recurring problem areas maps May request Host nation police to patrol and establish enforcement Mea sures for All traffic in an area. If a Street like streets adjacent to or running through housing areas is not clearly under . Control the my can report the License plate number of the Host nation violator to the Host nation police and request Host nation police pres ence in the area if the problem persists. Situations of exclusive or concurrent police jurisdiction Are not unique to being overseas. This situation also exists Between City county state and Federal police agencies in the United states. Obeying the Law is every one s responsibility. It is an obligation of Good citizenship. When we Are singled out by a police Agency As a violator it is human nature to say but what about the other Guy in our free and open societies police Are not everywhere. But people who Are thoughtless and endanger the Public safety while operating motor vehicles eventually get caught. As the author said Well once again the radar trap got  the Bottom line is Host nation police have jurisdiction Over us because we Are in their countries. . Military police have no jurisdiction Over civilians but in areas under . Control May act to alleviate unsafe conditions and momentarily detain them for the purpose of identification to file a report for violations to appropriate authorities. Gunner writes in defense of the Bradley i on 1�f-1 it so a  my 4. _ 1 _ . F _ _ it raw i am writing in reference to a letter from Giessen. Since the writer is stationed in Giessen How much Contact does he have with the Bradley obviously not much. I on the other hand am a gunner on one of those Bradley he put Down. He stated in his letter that the Bradley does t float. I think that if he asks  department at Vil Seck they will attest that they have never had a vehicle sink. I know we did t when we swam ours. The ones that Sank at fort Benning were attributed to human error in erecting the swim barriers. The barriers were modified at a Cost of $48, but that was to help eliminate any human mistakes in erecting it. The Only defect May be in the training the Crews received on erect ing the Barrier. The writer also stated that the Armor melts like but Ter. Of course it melts when you fire a Tow round or tank rounds at it. If you fire a 125mm Armor piercing round at an mall it will probably penetrate it. If it does to the Crew inside will probably have More than a headache. When the Bradley was designed it was t made to Stop Large Caliper rounds fired at it. That is Why it has Speed and massive firepower that can sup press the enemy so they can t hit us. The letter was very Good but the writer needs to take the time to research some of the things he wrote about. Granted the Bradley does have its flaws but it is still the Best on the Battlefield. If you still have your doubts about our weapons system i m sure my Battal Ion commander would be More than Happy to show you personally what the infantry has to offer the enemy in combat. Sgt. Alan b. Vestal Kirch Gons West Germany pen pals please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am 9 years old and wish to write to other fourth graders. My hobbies Are Barbie dolls legos Reading dancing crafts and cooking. Natalie Vanatta 5th Gen. 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