European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 11 Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i d like to address this letter to All those thoughtless fools out there who like to play i can top  1 finally became pregnant. Then Selma let me know that she was in labor for 36 hours and screamed the entire time. After my Mastectomy another dear Friend told me about her aunt Bertha who had what i had and died from it. My surgery was More than a year ago. I healed quickly and my doctor has said that i have an Excel Lent Chance for total recovery with no recurrence. Just when i started believing that they got it All and i m going to live another 40 years some crepe Hanger starts telling me How Many of her relatives have died of exactly the same thing. Give me a break. Psychologically i m doing pretty Well but your one up Manship can really Hurt when a person tells you she has cancer please Don t Tell her about your dead aunt Bertha. Tell her instead about your Cousin Maggie who beat it and is going to Hawaii next week. And while you re at it listen to How great 1 feel. I m not telling you about my cancer for sympathy. I m surrounded by Loving family and friends and i Don t need More. I m telling you so if you find a Lump you will know that going to the doctor immediately could mean the difference Between life and death. If this letter prevents even one person from spread ing gloom it will be Worth the trouble it took to write it. Loving wife in Austin dear Loving for the life of me i cannot understand Why people let horror stories to pregnant women or folks who Are fighting to recover from serious illnesses. They must have Oatmeal where their brains belong. Those morons should be told in no Uncertain terms that their remarks Are depressing and to please shut up. Dear Ann Landers what has come Over you your advice to torn in Reseda.  was terrible. Instead of advising that Wishy Washy wife to make up her mind and choose either her forgiving husband or the father of her child you divided everybody right Down the Middle wife baby and both  did you give any thought to the Long Range consequences when you advocated visiting rights for the natural father incidentally when was the last time you gave such advice to the natural Mother of an adopted child what happens when this irresponsible Man marries and has a family of his own what Hap pens to the generous husband supporting another Man s child but allowing him a role in raising it what about the dizzy wife who can t decide where her loyalty lies so she tries to have it both ways which father is she going to listen to and More to the Point what about the child who grows up with two fathers and three parents who can t make up their minds you should have advised the husband that his wife should be told that she has to make a decision it s either him or the other Man. If she chooses him. He adopts the baby legally and the other Man is out of the picture. If she chooses the baby s father let her go and Good riddance. Tough Choice sure but it s a Tough situation. J.d.e., w. Redding Conn. Dear red you arc right on All counts. My advice would not in any Blue ribbons at the county fair. Thanks for cleaning up after me. You did a Beautiful Job. Writers defend tobacco chewing on Job this letter is in regards to a recent letter concerning tobacco Chow cars. I want to Start off by saying i am a tobacco Chow or and i can agree with you on a few things concerning its use by Scricc members. If a tobacco Chow or should leave soda cans lying around with Tobeaco juice in them or if he should spit in your trash can then yes i would say you have the right to say something to the individual. But i try to make sure As Well As do a lot of my co chewers that my spitting docs not involve anybody else i May work with. If i spit in my trash can or in my soda can and As Long As it is on my desk or work table than it does t involve anybody else. Neither my chewing nor any body else s chewing or spitting is going to effect your health unless you drink out of my soda can. And in regards to the bulging lip or the tobacco juice in the Corner of the Mouth Well i could compare that to the kind of Eye Shadow you Wear or the color of Fingernail polish you Wear. There Are a lot of things in life that people will have to put up with and until there is Concrete evidence that tobacco chewing causes a health Hazard to non Chow ers let s not go overboard on trying to change policy. Sgt. Gregory s. Mccormick Raf Greenham common England we go through serious problems in our society such As the drugs raping our country  starvation and corruption in government. Why do we see a recent writer in the editorials looking into the Mouths of tobacco chewing soldiers i Don t Chew i went through the no smoking ruling gracefully. Where will it All end these people with their notions of Serene Pristine office etiquette docs someone chewing gum upset you does some one sneezing upset you docs someone living upset you Why can t the complainers of the world accept a person s rights that Don t necessarily coincide with theirs i am disgusted with the holier than thou mentality of the office worker of today. If the complainers need to Cupel hot air go after the real horrors of corruption greed drugs and the like. Stop looking into the Mouths of tobacco Chow cars and their paraphernalia and go to work. Karl Nichols Naples Italy to the letter writer who was nauseated by tobacco Chow cars in the work placet what next should we eliminate unsightly plants for their looks and for robbing our air of oxygen Don t forget family pictures on a military desk they May include family members who Are unpleasant to look at and they also take up vital space. How about those people who keep Candy dishes on their desks in the work place actively promoting that nauseating tooth decay where do you quit i am a heavy smoker who not Only does not cry foul at the army s no smoking policy in offices i wholeheartedly agree with it. My rousing applause to All military services for this action. But How docs tobacco chewing fit in with the Sec Ond hand smoke concerns unless you arc engaging in some sort of unhealthy practices with spi Toons. I really Don t think that you have to worry about any Type of health concerns with second hand tobacco juice depending of course on How your tobacco chewing co workers react to your letter. If you Are merely worried about what you have to look at when you must speak to these dribbling Chow cars. Why did t you also include a complaint about we persons who have pimples should we cry. Of i i their Heads of course not health concerns Jiu uld be addressed but As a fellow non commissioned officer. I must say that it seems that there Are More important responsibilities to be concerned with than what you consider  sri. Steven a. I lass gripping in West Germany personally. I Don t drink diet drinks. In fact. I feel they arc disgusting. It nauseated me to even look us a diet drink. Could t the army do something about this like not allowing diet drinks to be consumed on Post pretty silly in t it that s How i feel about tobacco chewers. Top i can see where cigarettes arc banned due to possible health hazards to non smokers. I have yet to near of the harmful Side effects chewers a have on non chewers. No. I m not a Chow or. I m also not a to watcher 01 video person. Perhaps we should work on getting thai declared illegal next. Or maybe bicycles they re pretty dangerous you know. Or maybe. Pamela a. Graf . West Germany girl scout wants More an coverage i am a cad Etc girl scout. For four years i have watched an cover boy scout events. Girl scouts have similar if not identical events. For instance. Camp Freedom a boy scout Camp was covered by an on television and radio. I have not seen Camp Lac Henwald which is a girl scout Camp covered. Why docs an favor boy scout events Kelly Poore Rhein Muin a West Germany editors note Ann Mulligan news director american forces network an Europe replies coverage on an news depends upon our knowledge of the event. Activity coordinators can increase the Chance their event will be featured on the an eve Ning news by contacting the network news Branch several weeks in Advance and providing information on what will Lake place. An news reported girl scout cookie sates earlier Ihk year and in mid August featured a girl scout camping event covered by network reporter Pam proper. Both boy scouts and girl scouts have been annual guests on an s weeknight interview program Gull  pen pals i am is Earsow and would Tiki to have pen pals Sherry martin29.211thave, Columbus Georgia 31904 i am 29 years old and i would Limo to have pan pals. 1 enjoy Muse sports Homo Ahing and to. Beverly Babake Valleye Rojo 6224 negro Oriental Philippines please place my name in the pen Paf column. I pm 30 year old and my Hobbs Are music nature Spons and Reading. Merceirtav.hapa54 a a Pucio Villegas 5l.ouihulngan 6214 Negros Oriental Philippines please list me in your pen pal column. I am 20 years old. 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