European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Anh Landers letters dear Ann Landers my wife is a terrific person. She excels in almost one area of deficiency is Ball room dancing. I m not bragging when i say i m an excellent dancer. Women often ask me to dance with them. But i cannot dance with my wife. Charlotte holds her head in the wrong position and her left Arm is like a id ton weight on my right shoulder. Good dancers Glide along taking horizontal Steps. Charlotte prefers to do her own thing. Instead of following me she leads. . When i told Charlotte i was writing to you for help i was relieved to find that she was not at All upset. Or. Fox Trot Attr or. Trot i Hope you won t be upset to learn that Charlotte wrote to me Loo. Here h her letter dear Ann Landers my husband is a wonderful Man in All respects except one. Whenever we go dancing he ends up mad because he does t like the Way 1 dance. I enjoy dancing but i Don t take it As seriously As my husband. He insists on giving me lessons tells me How to hold my head what to do with my arms do this Don t do that. It takes All the fun out of the evening. I have danced with Many men through the years and no one has Ever complained. In fact i be been told that i m a Good dancer. But whenever my husband and i dance together we end up arguing. I love this Man dearly and would appreciate any suggestions you might have on How to solve this prob Lem. It really has caused a lot of trouble in our marriage. Two left feet dear feet you two need an impartial third part to mediate this Small War. I suggest a dance instructor. Take a few lessons together and let the instructor decide where your arms should be and How you should hold your head. Since the inability to dance together teems to be causing so much trouble in your marriage lessons would be Well Worth the time and Money. Dear Ann Landers my problem is my son. Bruce weighs at least 350 pounds and is headed for 400. He keeps getting fatter and fatter although he knows i desperately want him to get Down to Normal weight. He does t seem to care. I sent Bruce to the very Best schools and he is highly intelligent. He seems to be doing of professionally but in his line of work looks count and i m sure he could do a lot better if he lost 100 pounds. I have two other sons who Are in Good physical condition. Tell me if there is anything that can be done to bring Bruce to his senses before the heart attack comes. Disturbed Mother in Florida dear Mother i can understand your concern but take my word for it. Mother losing weight is the original do it yourself project. Begging nagging or threatening will not work. Unless Bruce decides of his own volition to gel serious nothing will happen even though his obesity is life threatening. He needs counselling to find out Why he is doing this to himself and perhaps to you. The problem is not what Bruce is eating but what is eating him. I wish him the Best of Luck. Writer says facts Back Bike helmet use i am Happy to hear that Lori Sampson has made such substantial Progress in her recovery since the bicycling Accident dec. 31, letters to the editor. Per haps this would be a Good time to mention the importance of helmets to the parents who read this paper and to present some statistics about which they arc probably unaware. 70,000 children arc treated annually for cycling related head trauma. 600 children younger than 16 die each year in bicycle related accidents and 80 percent of these die from head injuries. 40 percent of All cycling related fatalities involve children younger than 14. By age 15, one out of every seven children will suffer a head injury in a bicycle Accident. While a Large part of bicycle safety involves educating our children about the rules of the Road As the apply to bicyclists stopping at controlled intersections and driveway entrances Riding on the right Side of the Road Etc. Accidents do happen. That is Why an approved helmet is a must. The Price of a modern bicycle helmet is reasonable and is quite a bargain for the years of life insurance that Tollers. Of course adults should Wear helmets As Well which is an excellent Way to get your kids to Wear one. One final statistic for those adults who think that they Don t need to Wear a helmet 75 percent of All cycling Fatali ties involve head injuries. Stats from the National traffic safety association the National head injury foundation and a Senate subcommittee testimony re printed in bicycling Magazine june 1989. Staff sri. Tom de Torres Kalser Slauter West Germany plenty of reasons to leave Reader thinks it is Good to Sec our country critically examining the Large presence of . Forces in Europe. Besides con suming 60 percent of the defense budget Over $160 billionth argument for it is weak. Even if All our forces were withdrawn would the threat of invasion increase besides the difficulty of mounting an attack not easy considering Russia s european allies the soviets would have to consider Brit ish and French nuclear forces. Either Force could Deci mate the soviet Union. Then there would be the unpredictability of our reaction. The russians know we could counterattack along Many areas of their lengthy Borders. As for the european reaction Why should we pay the major Cost of defending foreign soil if the euro peans want More defense they la pay for it and build it themselves. If some countries fear German reunification let them consider modern political and military realities. Many strategies exist for the europeans to work out their own defensive alliances. In any Case we Don t need to Cater to fears left Over from a War four decades ago. 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