European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 18, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 letters a red carpet efforts for hostages criticized As an american i applauded the release of Frank Reed from his ordeal As a hostage. I have however always listened when my government advised us to stay or get out of areas that could be of extreme danger. Consequently i also feel that those who decided to stay Are on their own especially when any consideration is Given for Rescue which Means loss of other lives. I heard on an that or. Reed was not satisfied with . Government action or assistance by the president of the United states. This has made me extremely upset since or. Reed arrived at an american Hospital via the Best airline in the world Usan and received the Best of treatment and the Opportunity to speak out a yes even the statement by Fin Reed that Frank had so Many lebanese friends that nobody would Hurt him. Well fifi he then knew More than the . State department that made it Clear to get out. I also know that As outlined by the los Angeles times Frank led a hell of a Good life with Cook maid Driver and Penthouse. I would like to remind or. Reed of one Little statement which i consider very relevant to his Case. A former president of the United states Jimmy Carter decided to negotiate with hostage takers. They let three hostages go and then picked up three More As a gesture of humiliating the United states. I As a Democrat applaud president Bush a policy of not negotiating with hostage takers and go Between. I have some advice for or. Reed and any other returnees from our lebanese area a if you want to criticize my country get Back to Wiesbaden by Lufthansa stay in a German Hospital pay the Bills you run up get your next suit from the Wilhelm Strasse menus store not the Exchange and order your food in a German restaurant. Done to criticize our country As you conv Alesce in its Home. In. Benedetto Wiesbaden West Germany 1 am a bit perplexed As to the . Governments and american news Media a response to the most recent too much on Beetle i am writing in regard to the letters to the editor column in the april 30 edition. 1 usually View the stars and stripes As being Only about one step above the National enquirer anyway but using a whole Page to print the pros and cons of Beetle Bailey Only reinforced my View. Come on a either print something of substance or forget it altogether. The Only reason most people read this paper is because its the Only one readily available. At least give us our quarters Worth. A sgt. John w. Moore Idar Oberstein West Germany release of two american hostages from Captivity in Lebanon. While in a pleased that they Are free and feel that no one should be held captive against their will i am baffled that they Are being treated As conquering heroes or released prisoners of War. Lets face it. Neither of these individuals was sent to Lebanon by the . Government. They were not members of the . Embassy staff or the military. Both were in Lebanon of their own free will and living a life of relative luxury. They continued to live there even though other . Citizens were being held hostage and some . Citizens had even been assassinated. As a matter of fact or. Jenko who had been held hostage was released in july 1986, but or. Jacobsen was still being held when or. Reed on his Way to play Golf was captured in september 1986. Then or. Polhill was captured in december 1986. One must wonder if or. Reed and or. Polhill and their lebanese wives Ever would have returned to the United states voluntarily had they not been taken hostage. One suspects not. One thing for certain however is that considering All of the bad things happening to americans in Lebanon for the several years preceding their capture they were either incredibly arrogant or stupid or both for staying there. Yet the . Air Force sends a c-141 with an entire medical team and other personnel at great taxpayer expense to retrieve these two scofflaws from someplace they should have never been and then meets them with an Honor guard and a red carpet in Germany. They give them a Complete medical Check up at a . Government facility Fly their families from the United states to Germany in another government aircraft and Lodge them at . Government expense. To top that off president Bush invites them to the White House. Would the . Military provide any of the above mentioned services or benefits to the Ordinary Law abiding . Tourist travelling in compliance with the state department directives and the Laws of the country they Are visiting of course not probably not even if that tourist were a military member. At a time when military dependents can to get an Eye clinic appointment or an of gyn appointment in most locations in Europe its irritating to see the military falling All Over themselves to provide vip medical treatment to these two. Also the publicity and press coverage Given by the Media to the release and the subsequent activities of the former hostages is not helpful and is probably what made them valuable to their captors in the first place. I truly believe that at Best the state department without fanfare should have Given or. Polhill and or. Reed a ticket on a . Flag Carrier and sent them on their Way. At worst they should have had their passports revoked for being in Lebanon during a state department ban on travel to that country. A John w. Thames or. Bobingen West Ger Manyann Landers dear Ann Landers Here is another letter about men who cheat. My father in Law John has had numerous affairs and will continue to cheat until the Day he Dies. This is the Way his life has been John married no. 1, and they had children. While no. 1 stayed Home with the children John worked and attended school so he said. No. 1 found out that John was cheating with no. 2, and she divorced him. John married no. 2 and lived happily a for a while but lie  stay away from no. I. Then no. 2 found out that John was cheating with no. 1 and no. 3., John and no. 2 were divorced and John married no. 3. John was again happily married but  give up no. 1. John and no. 3 became unhappily married when she found out that he was cheating on her with no. 1 and no. 4., John and no. 3 divorced and John and no. 4 now plan to marry. I Hope All you mistresses out there get the picture. When you cheat with a married Man you establish one truism the Man is a Cheater. And if he cheats with you the chances Are very Good that he will cheat on you. So Wise up dollies and save yourselves a lot of grief. What goes around comes around. A philosophic in san Jose dear Phil How do you keep the players straight without a scorecard thanks for the martial version of musical chairs. Write again next year and give us an update. I la bet John is cheating on no. 4 with no. 1 and is fooling around with no. 5. Dear Ann Landers. Every year 44,000 children under the age of 5 Are injured and More than 600 children die As a result of motor vehicle crashes. A person is twice As Likely to survive a crash if wearing a seat Belt. Eighty percent of All car crashes occur at speeds less than 40 Mph. A 35-Mph Collsion is like jumping off a three Story building. I work at a drive through Bank and Wail on hundreds of families. 1 am appalled at the number of children i see who Are unrestrained in car seats. As a part of my Job we Are supposed to give suckers to the children. All i can think of is that sucker jamming Down a Throat and suffocating a youngster when the car stops suddenly or crashes. How can caring parents take such chances with their children a lives in my state wearing seat Bells has been the Law for 31/ years and the use of car seats has been mandatory for nearly seven. What valid excuse could a Parent have for not using a car seat or seat Belt when it could save a child a life How can people live with the guilt of knowing they could have prevented the death of a Little one Ann could you please poll your readers to find out Why people done to use their seat belts sign me a one who ares in Medina. Ohio dear med i Don t need to poll them i know. Kids done to like the feeling of being restrained so they put up a fuss. Parents give in because they want to keep peace and avoid an unpleasant confrontation. It s always easier to give in than fight. I urge these collapsible mothers and fathers to hold their ground. It could mean the difference Between a live child and a dead one. C creators Syndicate pen pals i am 19 years old and would like to have american pen pals. A Maria be d. Oriendo a Kasa Man Dalagan Bacolod City Negros Occidental Philippines we Sabine and Ingrid 24 and 26 years old would like to correspond with English speaking people in order to learn More English and make new friends All Over the world. A Sabine Schroder Ziebur Gerster. 11 6101 Sossdorf West Germany i am a 40-year-old widow and would like to correspond with someone about my age or older. A Elisa s. Tito Riverside Caliban Davao City 8000. Philippines i enjoy Reading movies soccer Hunting camping and running. I would like to correspond with people All Over the world. A Mike Vogt hhb2/1 a Box 8183. Apo n y. 09070the a Anil ripes european edition col. Gene e. Townsend Usan commander editor in chief it. Col. Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color. A 5l?n a National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. Main office switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. For departments dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus the Extension. News ext. 237. 255. 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225. 269. 263, 332, 321, 221 features ext. 230, 245 or 341 letters to editor ext 208 education Jimi Jones. Ext. 226. Medicine Janet d Agostino ext. 230. Business Randy Mcclain. Ext 326. Advertising display ext. 247 or 309 classified ext 349 telex 419-332. Tel fax 06155-601376 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Posl Fach 11 14 37. D-6100 Darmstadt 11, West Germany. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson. Building 103. Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471-88782 Kaiserslautern Germany Deedee Arrington Doke. Peggy Davidson Lynda Davidson building 2899, Pulaski Barracks Apo 09227-3717 Telephone civilian 0631-52104. Munich Germany stove Taylor building 16. C stairwell 2nd floor. Mcgraw Cavern soured Apo 69407 Telephone ets 440-7320 or civilian 089-690-1800. Nornberg Germany Vince Crawley. Effie Baleen building 21. William o. Darby Cavern Apo 09696 Telephone ets 460-7256 or civilian 0911-712563. Stuttgart Germany Joseph Owen building 4303, room 201. Wallace Barracks. Mailing address co Vii corps Fin. Group of amp to Wallace Barracks. Apo 09154 Telephone ets 420-7179 or civilian 0711 -542571. Wurzburg Germany John Millar room 110, River building Apo 09036 Telephone ets 350-4704 or civilian 0931-71569. Brussels Belgium David Tarrant. International Pross Center. 1 Boulevard Charlemagne. Box 45. 1041 Brussels Telephone civilian 0032 a 238-0967 Mediterranean j King Cruger. Gary Miller and Candida Sansone. Naples. Italy. Asa Box 56. Fpo 09521. Tol phone Auto on 625 1 110 ext 4880 or civilian 0039-81 -7624049 new York City room 401, 252 seventh Avo. New York 10001 Tele phone 212-620 3333 United kingdom Dave Viohl. Amy Geiszler Jones. Building 436 Cess us. Raf Mildenhall. Apo 09127, Telephone Auto on 23h 2226 or civilian 0638-512226 Washington . William Bartman. Janot Howells Tierney Oast a the Pentagon room 2e756, p o Box 46095. Washington. To it c 20050-6095. Telephone 202-697 6695. Tololah 202 693 6366 circulation offices Germany Berlin civilian 8331846, ets 332 4412. Bremerhaven civil Lan 0471-85168. Ets 342 8119. Rhein Mam a. Civilian 069 692050 or 692565. Ets 330 6025 or 7103, telex 4 2712. Kaiserslautern civilian 0631 57070 or 57079. Ets 489-7100. Munich civilian 089 6901503 or 6901504 ets 440-6556, Tel fax 089 699 1606. Numb org. Civilian 0911-712558 ets 460-7001. Stuttgart civilian 071 1 -546743. Ets 420 7 1/5 Greece Athons. Civilian 9923390 Italy Vicenza civilian 0444-515358. Ets 634 7545 Tel fax 0444 .300 641 Spain Madrid. Ets 665-5807, civilian and Lel fax 00341 6561465 Turkey Istanbul civilian 664372. Tol fax 0090 1 1664372 United kingdom civilian no Bury 0635-44 768. Auto on 266 3209