European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 6, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 11anri Landers dear Ann Landers i am a married woman with children. Six months ago i became involved with my dentist. He is also married and has children although we Are very fond of one another neither wants to break up our Homes. We meet in a Dennys office every tuesday and Friday after hours and have a couple of a Ltd Kas then we inhale nitrous oxide laughing Gas for As Long As an hour at a time i realize this sounds stupid but i wish you would find out for me just How dangerous it is to inhale this much nitrous oxide. Denny assures me that it is harmless. He says a if it were dangerous do you think i would be doing it a please. Ann Check with your experts and publish a response As soon As possible. I Haven to had any bad effects so far but in a getting a Little uneasy. A Anonymous in Denver dear Denver we spoke with or. Clifford Whall of the american dental association and he said it is not Only highly unethical but downright dangerous to use nitrous oxide in this Way. When used As a recreational drug nitrous oxide can become extremely addictive. The abuse of this substance for a year could produce permanent damage to the nervous system. This Means your ability to see hear walk and talk could be impaired. To a pregnant woman it could mean a spontaneous abortion or a malformed fetus. After having read the above you Don t need me to Tell you that laughing Gas is no laughing matter. There is a Good Chance you and Denny Are both addicted by this time which Means you May need professional help to get unhooked. And you dear woman should cancel those tuesday and Friday appointments immediately and get another dentist. Dear Ann Landers. In a recent column you said sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon held the record for non Stop talking 22 hours and 26 minutes. Wrong. The Champion talker of All time is sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. He held the floor in August 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to squelch the civil rights act. It should be noted however that neither Sens. Morse nor Thurmond spoke the entire time. Throughout their prodigious speeches they permitted Bills to be introduced and allowed unanimous consent agreements to be made. Sen. Thurmond graciously permitted William Proxmire to be sworn in As a senator but Only after Assurance from the leadership that he would not lose the floor. Please Correct this error and give sen. Thurmond proper recognition for his extraordinary feat of endurance. A Richard a. Baker historian office of the Secretary. United states Senate dear historian Baker you did a and i thank you. Gem of the Day credit Adrian w. Fredericks Hackettstown . It was Well known in town that a certain House Painter made a practice of cheating his customers by thinning the paint with turpentine. His most recent project was a Church Steeple. Just As he finished the Job huge Clouds gathered Over the Church and a heavy downpour washed away the wet paint. A great booming voice from above the Clouds was heard to say a repaint and thin no  c creators Syndicate letters Rhein main school bus policy explained Rhein main has a school bus policy which is extremely rigid but is constantly referred to As a privilege. We live about 45 minutes away from the base in government leased High Rise apartments. Our 7-Ycar-old must use the bus to get to and from the base Grade school. One bus is provided for Grade school children and one for Junior High schooners. There arc also bus monitors. The rules of behaviour Are endless and i appreciate the fact that the occupants must be provided Safe and comfortable transportation. However the children have three chances before permanently losing bus privileges. First a written warning second a written suspension of bus privileges for a week and third permanent suspension of bus privileges. Anyone with a Grade school aged child understands How ridiculous it is to expect them to sit still and quiet for a 45-minute bus ride twice a Day for an entire school year bus monitors should be Able to Stop problems without resorting to suspensions. In t that what they re there for it creates an excessive Burden on parents to find alternate transportation to and from school. If they must give written warnings they should be for excessive and or continual problems like not sitting Down throwing things or creating any unsafe situation. Complaints fall on deaf ears Here so what can be done a name withheld Rhein main West Germany editors note a Linda w. Henke dependent schools officer he 435th tactical Airlift Wing Mac replies we share the implied wish of the writer that All Rhein main families could reside within walking distance of our schools and that All Rhein main children were Well behaved. Unfortunately the reality of our situation is that Many children must travel some distance to attend our department of defense dependent schools and that Rhein main a like Many other military installations in Europe has experienced a dramatic increase in the frequency and seriousness of student misconduct aboard its school buses. We View the provision of school bus transportation services As a privilege that is made available to families whose children attend our Rhein main schools. Families in order for that privilege to be made available to them have responsibilities that they must fulfil. Specifically a parents Are required to Register their children for bus transportation services. _ a children Are required to comply with the established a rules of conduct on school buses Quot which forbid students standing or walking while the bus is in motion projecting body parts from the windows of the bus using profanity smoking or using matches possessing alcohol or other controlled substances inflicting harm on other passengers etc., and which require students to comply with the requests of the Hus Driver or Monitor regarding safety or orderly conduct. A sponsors Are required to serve As bus monitors on a rotating basis when this installation s assessment of Security conditions or student misconduct indicates a need for adult supervision on the buses. Failure to comply with any of these requirements results in the forfeiture of bus transportation privileges. Our bus monitors Are authorized to respond to incidents of student misconduct by providing Oral direction completing a written incident report form requesting disciplinary action transporting students to the base motor Pool for disciplinary action or requesting the assistance of the Security police at the Gates to the base. Monitors Are directed to avoid the use of physical Force in maintaining discipline unless someone s physical safety is in jeopardy. Although the Ideal is for the bus Driver or Monitor to resolve student misconduct As soon As it occurs we must realize that sponsors tasked to serve As monitors Are not trained disciplinarians. Their monitoring skills differ dramatically from person to person in terms of philosophy and effectiveness. Children Are also remarkably different. Some respond Well to Oral direction others display a total Lack of respect for authority. The Only resource available to us for dealing with students who fail to conduct themselves in an acceptable manner and with sponsors who fail to fulfil their bus monitoring duties is to withdraw Hus transportation privileges even though this action invariably imposes a hardship on the family. We Are Uncertain if the writer s Contention is that the system in place at Rhein main is too strict or too lenient. Based on feedback we receive from the Community most people feel that the system is too strict for their own families and too lenient for everyone else s families. Based on a comparison of the number of suspensions issued at Rhein main this school year with the number of suspensions issued at other installations we have concluded that we have probably been too lenient so we Are taking a harder line approach in holding students and sponsors accountable for compliance with the requirements described above. Although our approach is not uniformly popular we Are convinced that it is essential to achieving our primary goal a the Safe transportation of All children w to Are passengers on Rhein main school  pals i enjoy music and writing letters. A Rose Dees a 70 Elodene re. Plumstead se18 6ua England my hobbies Are eating writing friends watching to and movies Reading and listening to music. I am a 25-year-old Catholic. A iwo Jima Lim eco commercial a Gui Huangan. Negros Oriental 6214 Philippines i am married and have two boys. I collect Stamps read and like outdoor activity ears old. A Yvonne Clinert. 2. Box 252 Conway. To. 65632 my hobbies Are sewing listening to music writing friends Reading and especially eating. I am 30 years old. A Gene Ina Ano Tado eco commercial Gui Huangan. Negros Oriental 6214 Philippines i am 28 years old. I would like pen trends Between the Ages of 25 to 35. A Ozette tinker 16 Tuam re. Plumstead se18 2qu England i am 10 years old. 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