European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers Why on Earth Are you still sup porting the use of animals for medical research when they now have computers and mechanical models that do the Job tar better my friends Tell me that these newer methods of experimentation Are stale of the an and that using animals is passe. Read up and learn something. Annie. Or us you have old so Many others Wake up and smell the Coffee. Rj., Miami dear Miami your friends Are misinformed. Here Are he facts from people who know a Greet  about the subject than i Nobel laureate or. David Hubel of Hanard medical school said while medical researchers arc now mini other methods Inch As computers and cell cultures. It just in t Rue thai there is no longer a need far animals. Hobel who studies abnormalities in the brain that Lead la blindness Mes both animals and computers. He Points on that unfortunately there is nothing in b com Puter that resembles a brain. Hubel said any research about the brain involving a computer is based on earlier studies with  or. Donald Kennedy president of Stanford univer sity. Much extremely important research cannot be done today without animals no matter How we wish it were otherwise. The harsh truth h thai slopping research with animals would mean stopping much critically needed fundamental research in biology and  or. Michael Debakey who performed the first successful coronary artery bypass to my own Field of clinical investigation virtually every pioneering development in cardiovascular surgery was based on animal experimentation. In this Field like � Noin Ber of others there is virtually no alternative to the use of animals for experimental  my thanks to All the experts who repeatedly and graciously Supply the expertise thai i could never bring to this column on my own. Today s efforts should Lay to rest for All time he notion that computers have made it unnecessary to use nals in medical research. Dear Ann land. Disgusted Driver in  said the Bureau of motor vehicles won t Issue a License Plale that spells out an obscene word and asked Why should obscene words and filthy messages be allowed on bumper stick ers. ,. You said that since they Are not against the Law people should simply ignore them. In Florida Ann an obscene bumper sticker or decal is a second degree Misdemeanour punishable by up to six months in jail and a $500 Fine. Like disgusted i too. Find dirty words offensive. As a taxpayer 1 say there is something we can do to keep them off bumpers. We can complain n to our slate legislators. Florida passed a Law making this filth Ille Gal. Other  do it too. Ann if someone told you that garbage was strewn All Over the highways would you to nth m to ignore it of course not. Trasti is trash. Please encourage your read ers 16 clean up America by spreading the word. Also fed up in upstate dear also Here s your Teller of readers go to lit dear Ann Landers. Recently you used As an example of a very stupid question who is buried in general Grant s Tomb most people would assume the answer is general Grant that s Only half right. Mrs. Grant is in there too. Eat your words Ann Landers. Charles . . Baton Rouge Deal Doc gulp gulp. Gulp gulp. Single Soldier declares treatment unfair tas a single Soldier have read heard and seen so Many complaints from married families in the military that i think it is time that someone heard the single Side of the. Story. Granted married life in the military is extremely difficult. In fact the Chain of command has Given so much recognition to this Fatt hat they have somehow managed to Overlook the single Soldier. Due to the Many married voices the Chain of command has reduced the. Strain on he families but inadvertently has increased the Strain on the single soldiers. Here Are a few instances. The first sergeant needs a detail to work late. Who gets picked the single Soldier. Last year our unit was sent to Miclau guard Over Christmas and new years Eye. Who was picked to go the single Soldier ,.,.  such As cd charge of Quarter must be pulled Over holidays and training holidays. So who gets picked the single Soldier. ,. Our unit has been tasked to go 1o the Field and Supply a certain amount of soldiers. Who will go the single Soldier. Two soldiers same rank one single the other Mart Rich have committed the same offence under Ucma. Who is More Likely to receive the stiffer punishment the single Soldier. V single soldiers Are also made to sign out if they will be gone All night. This in l so for the married family who can just up and leave for the weekend to visit friends at who knows where. Speaking for most single soldiers i feel Safe in say ing that we arc tired of the discrimination shown to wards us due to our elected marital status. If you arc a member of a Chain of command maybe you should Lake a look at your single soldiers and say to yourself am 1 really doing this to my troops and am totally unaware of it Why Don t you better the living conditions and mor ale by adjusting your thinking to an equal Soldier in Stead of being a biased Leader toward the single enlisted soldiers. I feel that once this is accomplished the retain ability of the single Soldier May be increased and maybe there won t be so Many soldiers who set mar ried just to get but of the Barracks. Until i see some positive strides towards concentrating on helping the single Soldier i will count the Days until 1 am a free person once again. The army is an equal Opportunity employer so Stan doing what you say make All soldiers equal single or married. 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