European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 dear Ann Landers i must comment on your reply to terrified and praying the woman who was afraid her sex husband was going to do some thing terrible to her and her new husband. Your advice get a re straining order was worthless. My Friend was a judge in grand rapids Mich. She received threatening phone Calls from her estranged husband who was a detective. She was Petri fied. They both knew that a re straining order in t Worth the paper it is printed on. On oct. 19, he walked into her judge s Chambers and murdered her. Outside of being armed to protect yourself i Don t know what the answer is. But there should be a Bette Law. Lansing  Lansing thanks for your letter. Please read on dear Ann Landers in an Ideal world a restraining order against a per son who harasses or threatens would Stop that person dead in his tracks. But let s face it Ann no piece of paper is going to deter a Lunatic who is Seething with anger and determined to get even. I got a similar order Here in Louisville against some one who was harassing me. Three weeks later he set fire to my House and i lost everything. After he was released from prison he continued to harass me in the form of $800 Worth of unwanted Magazine subscriptions. The Only Way to Stop these nuts is by making their harassment hideously expensive. Our Laws should be strengthened to allow for heavy fines and notification of credit unions and employers. Money talks louder than paper. No one should have to go through what i did. Anonymous across the boar dear Anonymous i agree that punishment for serious kinds of harassment should be Swift and harsh. The problem is that you can t do a great Deal to one of those crazed devils until they act. The estranged Hus band who killed the judge in grand rapids is an Excel Lent example i Don t know of any solution to this prob Lem and would Welcome suggestions from anyone who cares to write. Dear Ann Landers the letter from the woman who got even with the Souriall postal worker made me laugh. The Souriall shoved the Stamps at her and they Slid onto the floor. The woman picked them up put her Money where the Stamps had landed and walked off without saying word. Here s my Story my sister and i were shopping with our three Young children at the local mall. We got our hamburgers and were headed toward a table in another area when suddenly i dropped my soft drink. I asked an employee who was wiping tables right next to me if she would please get a mop or let me use her Towel. The Young woman replied in a haughty tone the mess is on the mall s Side of the line and i Don Twork for the  her attitude infuriated me. With my Tennis shoe i Slid the ice and most of the liquid three inches Over the other Side of the line. I then got up tapped the waitress on the shoulder and said now it s on your  we left. San Jose mama dear mama i d say you won that one. Too bad you did t stick around Long enough to see the expression on her face. Los Angeles times syndicated columnist Landers welcomes your letters. You can write to her in care of the stars and stripes Apo 09211. . Sighted at bad Kreuz Nach Exchange recently while browsing through the record Racks at the bad Kreuz Nach Exchange i noticed that the Only other customer a music Section browser like myself seemed inordinately interested in the various disks i picked up pondered and replaced. Just some Nosy Guy i thought. I tried to ignore him. But there was something vaguely familiar about the Man. In his 50s, tall overweight with a receding hair line and a Gray flecked Beard wearing sunglasses he could have been anyone at All. And yet. Then he spoke. Yall come across any 50s Rock n Roll suddenly i knew. There was no mistaking that Smoky Mississippi drawl. I had t wasted my youth listening to hound dog Over a thousand times with out getting to know that voice at least As Well As i know my own. It was him the King. It was Elvis i said us  take it easy Man he said. Catch your  huh i replied. Yeah i know it s hard to believe but it s me All right. I m really sick of rap and heavy Metal. Don they Stock any of my old stuff but but i finally got out. What Are you doing Here i always wanted to see you live but this is some thing  Well i won t go into All the details but the following is basically what i got straight from the lips of Elvis Presley first of course he in t dead. Like the tabloids have said he faked his death so he could fade into obscurity and enjoy a Normal life. The recent Elvis sightings in Georgia Kalamazoo and Las vegas really were Elvis sightings. He s been travelling. The body in the grave at Graceland Elvis said is really that of Liberace second he s now living in Germany. He said he liked it Here during his army stint Back in 58- 59 and he had always wanted to return. In fact he said he wishes he had made the army his career. He feels his music pretty much went downhill after his discharge anyway and that the discipline and camaraderie he found in the service might have kept him from sinking into the despair that drove him to drugs in the year preceding his faked death. Third he asked me not to Tell anyone about our conversation. But i told him hey Elvis Aaron i can t not share this. Your fans the faithful they need to  after some persuading on my part he finally relented and gave his permission for me to divulge to the Public As much As i be written in this letter. He told me some other stuff too but asked me not to Tell. I mho Noring his wishes. What to make of All this it s simple. The King is healthy Happy and still with us. Elvis lives Dan Bunker bad Kreuz Nach West Germany Relief from German Utility tax is near i recently received a letter from the stad Werke Frankfurt which informed us that another nato privilege the refunding of the value added tax on utilities was terminated effective . 1 because the . Army Europe failed to present a certificate by the appropriate armed forces office. Why has the . Army Europe failed to conclude such a contract when it affects members of the armed forces residing on the Economy May i ask your assistance in obtaining a reply from appropriate authorities As to Why the . Army Europe has not taken advantage of the Opportunity to obtain a waiver of the value added tax from those Utility companies Marcos Cardona Frankfurt West Germany editor s note John Allred mar staff offi cer financial management division Community and family support activity he Usa eur replies thank you for your letter. We re Happy to report that we Are very close to a Complete solution to the longstanding problem of obtaining German tax Relief on Utility Bills paid by americans living in housing on the local Economy. In 1987 we achieved a partial Success when we devel oped payment and tax Relief procedures that were approved by some but unfortunately not All German Utility companies. Seeking to extend the tax benefits to everyone we began work on a new program which would be accept Able to All Utility companies serving americans in Ger Many. New procedures were developed and tested during 1988 by the Pir Masens military Community in cooperation with the Pfalz Werk and Pir Masens Stadt Werk util Ity companies. The test program was highly successful. Not Only did it lower costs for the . Government and its individual members it also proved to be an added convenience to customers who wished to pay their Utility Bills on Post. The commander in chief Usa eur reviewed de tails of the Pir Masens test and based on the favourable results approved it for command wide implementation. Arrangements Are now being finalized to establish this service for All . Forces personnel in Germany. We Are very enthusiastic about this program and feel confident that the writer will be pleased to know that something is being done to resolve the troublesome Utility problem. Procedures enabling you to obtain tax Relief on these Bills Are expected to be in place sometime in the next few months. We Are constantly seeking new ways of improving our services. Family appreciates sacrifices of our gis i would like to say a few words of thanks to All the men and women of the United states armed forces. I would also like to thank any and All who support and stand behind these heroes and heroines of our nation. Thanks to our soldiers who give their entire beings to protecting our country. They train Day and night to fight and hold off our enemies. They put our country before their own families As they know that they Are the ones responsible for protecting the ones they love and the country they love. These Are the men and women who have pledged their lives for us our coun try and its freedoms. Thanks also for All the family members who stand by our soldiers and give them support. You Are serving your country just As gallantly As our soldiers. None can understand the hardships and fears you face each and every Day serving your soldiers and country. This is for All you soldiers and family members who deserve our country s Praise and loyalty for putting our country s needs above your own. So my family and i wish to say to All of you godless and thank you. The Mcdermott Janice Beth and veda Mainz West Germany european edition col Jeffrey m. Cook Usa commander editor in chief it col Suzanne l. 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