European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 12, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann tenders dear Ann Landers regarding your response to frustrated in Philadelphia who was involved with a 27-year old Freeloader your advice to dupe the Moocher was right on target. I know about Tightwad. I was involved with one just like him. Pick me up a Box off j Manila envelopes when you go to " the  Brin me a Belt when you re out  Stop and get some Fried Chicken for dinner  How about picking up some steaks and Well have dinner at my place would you mind ordering these books and records from this Catalon my Moocher was 52 years old and never did i hear a please or a thank  he was always going to reimburse me but of course i never saw a Quarter. I am ashamed to Tell you that 1 married the cheap bum. He earns $24,000 from his Job and owns several rental properties. I make $13,000 a year and own three quarters of a car. The Bank owns the balance we live in one of his houses and i pay half the utilities half the grocery Bill and half of every piece of Furni Ture lamp and Rug in the place. I confess i went into this marriage with my eyes wide open. It s too late for me but please warn your women readers to run a mile a minute from men who arc miserly during courtship. They make Lousy husbands. A fool in Tulsa dear Tulsa it is axiomatic that a Man who is cheap during courtship will not loosen up after marriage lie usually gets tighter. Thank you for a preview. Dear Ann Landers i am a 17-Ycar-old girl who has been sexually abused by my Stepfather since i was 10. I have never told anyone about this and it seems unreal that i am writ ing a letter that will be read by millions of people. My problem is that i Don t want to Tell anyone about this terrible situation because i am afraid it would kill my Mother. She has no idea what a monster my step father is and she seems very Happy with him. But i am really afraid that if he tries to touch me again i just might end up killing him. I have a Job that pays fairly Well i work 40 hours a wee but i Don t think 1 could support myself. Please Ann Tell me what to do. 1 have been Reading your column Ever since i was in the fifth Grade and i Trust  dear xxx show your Stepfather this letter. Tell him it is yours. Make it Clear that if he so much As looks at you Side ways you will Tell your Mother and everyone else in the family that he has been sexually abusing you for years. If this does t produce the results you want Don t Hesi Tate to Tell your Mother and every other relative. And by All Means dear you must get therapy. Good Luck. Dear Ann Landers i just read the letter from the woman who saved her dog from choking to death on a piece of meat by using the Heimlich Man Euver. I saved my cat Angel from the same Fate when she choked on a fish Bone. That happened eight years ago and she has Given me so much pleasure that 1 can t imagine life without her. Please encourage All Pel owners to do Alert to this lifesaving procedure . Brooklyn dear Brook 1 was amazed at How Many readers wrote to say that they had saved their Pels this Way. The most unusual letter came from a woman in Arkansas mho rescued her pet pig named  tetters readers urge statehood for puerto Rico this is in response to the writer who is against statehood for puerto Rico my puerto rican compatriot i understand your sentiments but take heed. Why should we puerto Picans remain a non voting Bench warmer in the . Congress if puerto Rico becomes the 51st state Puc Torri que chios can be counted. No longer will the shining Star be skipped Over by vote collecting presidential candidates. They will have the Power the vote. Why let the blood of those before us go to waste or be forgotten i m sure that if you go Back far enough in your family tree someone fought or died in Wii Korea or Vietnam. Why let the independen vistas or separatists Cloud your judgment to become Independent would be to become another banana  Why stay As a Commonwealth we Are a progressive people with too much to contribute. Status quo no Why not take All the love and Pride we have and share it we do not have to give up our heritage or culture it is ours and ours alone. It will not be easy but with several Hundred thou Sand puerto Picans working and fighting laughing and crying dancing and singing caring and praying How can we fail Tell me Bor Iqua How can we be ignored a Vole for statehood is a vote for Progress and a investment in the future of coming generations. I am a . Fighting Man As arc several other Mem Bers of my family. Right now today i would be pre pared to die defending my freedoms As Well As yours and for my country. America. An american first. Puerto rican forever god bless America and the 51st slate. Puerto Rico sgt. . Vilu Autv Ankara Turkey the dilemma of the status of puerto ric9 has plagued the Island since it became a . Possession in 1898. Throughout All these years puerto Picans have made significant inroads in becoming a fruitful productive and progressive part of the United states. We have fought alongside our stateside comrades in arms in every conflict or War since then. We have defended with our blood the liberties freedoms and rights that our Constitution Grants and for which our great nation stands for. Yet time ticks by. And puerto Picans arc accorded second class Citi in status. Residents of puerto Rico arc not allowed to vote for the president nor to have senators or congressmen save for a non voting Resi Dent commissioner. This is an archaic and immoral slate of affairs we puerto Picans have to break out of the political limbo which perpetuates the colonial stat us and reach for the Equality granted by statehood. The Commonwealth that some seek to preserve and even to expand thus making puerto Rico an unofficial Republic was a temporary solution to the grave economic problems puerto Rico had in the 1930s and 40s. At the Sana time in effectively put on hold the ultimate question of what would puerto Rico eventually be. Its economic purpose was Noble and in helped us significantly. But now that puerto Rico is beyond political adolescence it has 10 discard its training wheels and conclude the process Hal started in 1898 when Gen. Nelson a. Miles and his troops planted the stars and stripes in puerto Rico. Independence although idealistic would not be a satisfactory alternative. Tor the United slates it would risk the creation of another Cuba with undemocratic principles. For us puerto Picans aside from that Independence would practically bring us Back to 1493. Having no significant natural resources the Island would suffer grave economic damage from which it might never recover. Puerto Picans know that and As a result the independen Tista movement has never been a major Force in our politics. By granting statehood to puerto Rico the United states eliminates the colonial vestiges that have sur rounded our Beautiful Caribbean Island for so Long. It will give us puerto Picans a rightfully earned Star in the Flag and the satisfaction of knowing that we Are full fledged members of the nation to which we belong. . Orlando Gotay or. Gaela Italy it is High time the puerto rican people really take the status of puerto Rico seriously. We cannot continue like children give me give me and not contrib Ute anything in return. The writer said give us a break. Of yes the United states has Given us a big break since 1898. It is time for us to work our Butts off and do for our country the United states which has Given us so much in return education tax Breaks unrestricted travel to and from the Mainland Etc. Let us be proud like those men who died for our country in Wii and Korea. Let us not let these men die in vain. Four of my Brothers were in Wii and one of them came Back Shell shocked. And in Spile of it All they want statehood for puerto Rico just like i do. The Best thing to Ever happen to puerto Rico was when the United states took the Island Over. It is Good to have Pride but when Pride interferes with our Good common sense then we really Don t know which Way to choose. Rosa Mercado Torrejon a Spain i take exception to the statement please give us puerto Rico a  the United states did give us a break when puerto Rico became a . Territory after the War with spam 91 years ago. Do you think puerto Rico 3,000 Miles away would be enjoying the Many comforts it enjoys today if it were still under Spanish Rule there Are Many Pueblos in Mainland Spain that arc still in the horse and buggy Era. The writer also stated what in would take for puerto Rico to succeed hard work. What s wrong with working to reach a High Economy the hawaiians did it As you slate the japanese did it and the italians did in Why can t we As the saying goes hard work never killed anyone. Whatever situation puerto Rico is in today puerto Picans brought it upon themselves. Look at the list of names sponsoring so 712 Johnston Mcclure Simon. Nol a puerto rican among Ihm. We need puerto Picans in Congress to look after our Best incr Cal and we need in now. The Days of isolationism Are Over Wake up. Puerto Picans. Master fit. Raymond Gutierrez Torreon a Spain Ien pals please include me in your pen pal column. My hobbies include Bowling atm mag. Taking Reading and writing letters. I am 23 years old. 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