European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 31, 1989 the stars and stripes Arm Landers Ann Landers is on vacation. The following column is a rerun. Her regular column will resume sept. 3. Dear Ann Landers according to my husband Wearen t related. How do you like that after 23 years and seven children we got into the discussion when he was tilling out a card or some kind. It asked for next of Kin. I saw him write Down his Mother s name. When i told him i was his closest relative he re plied no you Aren t. As a matter of fact if you want to get technical we Aren t even  i told him i was t the kind of woman who would live with a stranger and maybe he had better move out. He said i was getting senile before my time and maybe he should have the mental health people come to get me. Please Settle this argument Ann. It s in its fourth Day and i Don t think 1 can take much More. Thank you. Living with a stranger in Abilene Texas dear living it seems to me a woman who has Given her husband seven children is More than just a nodding acquaint Ance. In fact according to Law you Are his next of Kin. Your husband no doubt Means you Are not a blood relative which is True. He sounds like a Needle artist to me. Tune him out when he starts to act precious. Four Day fights Are bad for the nerves. Dear Ann Landers recently you published a letter from a dog. Would you please give equal time to a cat dear Ann Landers i live in a very comfortable Home have plenty of food a Grassy Yard and lots of Loving attention. My problem i am 4 years old and have Given birth to 20 Kittens. As soon As the Kittens Are through Nurs ing my master takes them to the animal shelter. Yesterday a visitor told him there was no Good Rea son for this senseless Breeding of unwanted Kittens and i should be spayed. Every Day the animal shelters arc forced to kill most of the Kilt is and puppies to make room for the next flood of unwanted animals. She also said it was a great Burden on the taxpayers but the animal shelters killings  As they were were prefer Able to the Fate of abandoned cats and dogs who die from starvation injury or abuse. After hearing of the Fate of unwanted animals i no longer want to contribute to the problem. My owner reads you column every Day and respects your judgment i Hope you will Tell him that i should be spayed immediately because old Mother nature is once again making me desire the company of the sexy Tom next door. One of million dear one you sound like a pretty hip cat to me. I Hope your owner and millions of others who have pets will get the picture and do likewise. Dear readers i was nearly stomped to death by the shoe Industry for saying the new models Are cripples and a woman has to be suicide prone to venture out in those 5-Inch spikes. The solution i suggested Wear your old ones. Several manufacturers hastened to inform me that those 5-Inch spikes Are mostly in the windows and there Are plenty of Low heeled numbers in the stockrooms. I took time out to Check today and am Happy to report that Safe sane and fashionable shoes for women Are now available. In fact i bought a pair myself. Confidential to Man or mouse Don t leave any cheese lying around. Page 11 letters keep Leland s work going Reader urges it was a very  Day in my life i was made aware once again that there arc thousands of people starving and a modern Day hero was kilted during his efforts to see that these thousands got the food they so badly need All in one Day was More than i could take. His plane was located Down in a rugged Mountain Ravine near the refugee Camp in Ethiopia that was his destination. Of course i am grief stricken for the lives of All those who perished but allow me to express my appreciation for the work of rep. Mickey Leland. His motivation was to save human life threatened because of no food to eat. At the time of his Accident he was offering brotherly love and Hope to the most desperate group of people in the known world. Because of his efforts i was awakened once More As i was when everyone was singing we Are the world we arc the children we arc the ones to make a better Day so let s Start giving to see this suffering he was at work to bring an end to. He perished in the crash but his idea of offering Charity brotherly love and Hope to so Many unfortunate people will live on through each and every one of us. We must pick up his Banner and make a very Long and loud noise to our leaders in Washington and else where around the world. The country of Sudan is involved in a bitter civil War that has caused thousands of its citizens to flee to Ethiopia to a hopeless condition because there is not enough food to feed them. It has been reported that refugees by the thousands arc living on garbage dumps. This situation is As desperate As life and death. The United nations has been trying to oversee the distribution of food but thus far has been Able to pro vide Little or no Protection for the food and therefore More and More people arc dying. Perhaps we As a people can begin asking questions about this matter demanding a realistic response one that assures us that the people Are receiving the donations arriving from throughout the world. I am asking each and every one of you out there to get involved in this matter and make a difference As i am sure Only you can. If not for yourself then for that Gallant Warrior. Rep. Mickey Leland. Alfred c. Meyers com so air station Sicily teach children gun safety writer says today an 8-year-old neighbor walked up to my 2 year old son put a gun to his Chest and pulled the trigger. Thank god this was a toy gun and not a real gun that the child had found in his parents room the Sandy Jungle gym area or the garbage. The parents of this child and Many other parents take the advice of gun control very nonchalantly even if the children do have Only toy guns. I would like to raise some very important Points How will your child children know the difference Between a toy and a real weapon they won t. Mattel manufactures toy m-16s like the soldiers carry. There arc realistic looking ,43s that can be Pur chased with Caps from four seasons. Many children arc killed each year from guns which were found by children who did not realize that the guns were real. Others Are killed by police officers because the Chil Dren arc playing cops and robbers with guns in a dark or secluded area. Can you imagine the horror and grief of the parents and officers when they realize that a child has been accidentally shot and killed by them i do not favor the Era but i do not condemn it either. What i am in favor of is the teaching of gun control to everyone. Teach your child these important facts. Never Point a gun at anybody aim it at an inanimate object. The Only time they do aim a gun at a living creature is for survival food or Protection. Carry a gun with the barrel pointed to the ground or toward the sky. If it docs go off it won t be a wild Bullet that could Hurt or kill someone. Never run with a gun. If you find a gun do not touch it. Get an adult and Call the police. If children arc taught those simple rules now with a. Toy they will have respect for this weapon when they Are older. . Garland Augsburg West Germany another Backer for balanced diet it is a pleasure to read your paper to keep up is during our Short visit in West Germany t on the new to see our son. However it pains me to read untruths in your paper in regard to the nutritive value of meat specifically in the recent column titled How about a Buffalo Burger the columnist quotes several experts none of them nutritionists that water Buffalo meat is much lower in cholesterol and More desirable than beef. Cholesterol Content of All muscle food is very nearly equal but All values arc higher when reported on cooked weight because of moisture loss during Cook ing. Furthermore the cholesterol Content of foods is not nearly As important to one s health As the composition of the fatty acids. Individual fatty acids behave differently in our bodies some causing cholesterol to Rise in our bloodstream. In a nutshell cat a balanced diet including the Basic four food groups fruits vegetables cereals and meat milk eggs nuts Etc. For a healthy Long life. John r. Romans ii Brookings . Photographs mixed up a Hava re Cavad to Mana Alaa a naga Ivaa in an order irom Clark or York lat Iwa dont ram Embar we fam Nayara sofa xr100 my. Tha Kay Zgura to an infant waning a Baa a rail Home no. Thara to a Bov wearing a a a Iwa Attu. Waara us looking Tor our order. Tha Kay pct urea Ara of a Wood girl i Pigtail wearing a Pink last try at gym nutty Dan. 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