European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday August 24, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 11 r Tir of. A a % editors note Ann Landers is on vacation. The follow ing column is one of her favourites. She w ill be Back sept. 2. Dear Ann Landers i done to want to beat a dead horse but 1 think this one is Good enough to print. It tops the previous letters sent in by readers in sup Pool of your theory that truth is stranger than fiction. They backed you up by sending newspaper clippings of happenings no one would believe if they had appeared in your column. The last one a news item from the Wisconsin state journal was about a 5-year-old boy who had been charged with rape Here a a Lulu from your own Back Yard a the Chicago Tribune a Man in California saw an and in the paper for an a almost new Quot porsche in excellent condition a Price $50. He was certain the printers had made a typographical error but even at $5,000 it would have been a bargain so he hurried to the address to look at the car. A Nice looking woman appeared at the front door. Yes she had placed the and. The Price was indeed $50. A the car a she said a is in the garage. Come and look at the fellow was overwhelmed it was a Beautiful porsche and As the and promised a nearly he asked if he could drive the car around the Block. The woman said a of course a and went with him. The porsche drove Tike a dream. The Young Man peeled off $50 and handed it Over somewhat sheepishly. The woman gave him the necessary papers and the car was his. Finally the new owner stand it any longer. He had to know Why the woman would sell the porsche at such a ridiculously Low Price. Her reply was simple with a half smile on her face she by i ago and left a note instructing said a my husband ran off with his Secretary a few Days _ left a note instructing me to sell the car and the House and Send him the a still laughing in Wilmette dear still i checked with Bill Jones then managing editor of the Chicago Tribune. He too had read the Story and thought it was hilarious but his researchers could not find it in their paper. However the incident did happen As reported. Dear Ann Landers our 18-year-old daughter has a Lovely face and a very Good figure. She is a Fine student and a Good musician As Well. But the girl , Plain miserable because she thinks her nose is too big and she wants to have plastic surgery. Her father and i arc against it. Actually her nose is not unattractive. It has a lot of character. Please print this letter and respond by naming 10 female celebrities in the arts journalism or business who have succeeded even though their noses were a bit larger than usual. Thank you. A Huntington . Dear Hunting it help. The Only nose your daughter is interested in is her own. If she feels her nose is ruining her looks i Hope you will let her have her Way. The Best method for selecting a plastic surgeon is by asking to see the results of his work on former patients. Dear Ann Landers a Reader who signed himself a Eye of Labeller Quot asked what one Calls a married woman a Boyfriend. What he was looking for was the male counterpart of you did no to know. The word is it describes a male or female Lover. A avid Baltimore fan dear avid right you Are i Low could 1 have been so dumb c creators Syndicate teachers learn lesson about la benefits i am a Dodds teacher at the Frankfurt Middle school. My wife is also a teacher at the same school. We have been married since 1987 and teaching in the system since 1984 and 1985, respectively come september we will become parents for the very first time. This is of course wonderful news but unfortunately for us it gets worse. My wife is the sponsor and therefore All of our benefits arc in her name housing being the most important one. I am a local hire or As Dodds sees it a second class citizen. We have tried everything possible to gel our housing switched from my wife a name to my name but to no Avail. Both our Union and our administrators have tried to help us but we have net with no Success. We wrote to Dodds director or. Stremple for obvious reasons my wife would like to take a year away from work. We arc confident that we can manage on one salary but not if we have to pay the kind of rent that we Are now paying living Here in Frankfurt. It seems unreasonable that Dodds would not allow me to become the sponsor. If we have to leave the system the government would have to ship us Back to the states and then hire and ship two new teachers Over Here to replace us. It would certainly be less costly to the government to keep us Here. My question is is there a Way for my wife a benefits to be switched to me whether it be permanent or possibly for a period not to exceed a year there certainly must be something that could be done. A Paul d. Dionne. Frankfurt West Germany editors note a John. Stremple director Dod office of dependent schools Alexandria a replies unfortunately there is no provision to Transfer the la entitlement from the sponsor to the locally hired spouse when the sponsor resigns or requests extended leave without pay for maternity and child rearing purposes. A the department of state determines the policy for foreign allowances and differentials and it also determines the appropriate rates to be paid to employees. In concert with the department of state policy the department of defense dependents schools Dodds provides certain foreign allowances and differentials to teachers who Are recruited in the United states to work in our schools. These allowances Are provided As incentives for such teachers to leave their residences and families in order to work Tor the Federal government overseas. Travel and transportation benefits Are granted by the department of defense to eligible employees when they Are required to relocate to perform their official assignment. There Are very few circumstances under which teachers hired in the overseas area become eligible for a foreign allowance and transportation benefits. The conditions under which a local hire May be granted a living quarters allowance la Are death of the sponsoring spouse sponsoring spouse becomes physically or men tally incapable of continued employment with the government divorce or Legal separation sponsoring spouse leaves the Post or area permanently or either spouse s work location becomes so separated that Dally commuting to a common Home would not be reasonable. In addition the employee must have entered the area us the spouse of a sponsor who was eligible Tor the quarters allowance or who would have been eligible if employed by the government. A details of passport changes discussed 1 was married recently and wanted to change my tourist passport to reflect my new name. After wailing almost six weeks for an appointment at our local passport office i was looking Forward to getting my passport corrected. I had been told to bring my marriage License and the passport and a stamp would be added in the passport with the name change. This was incorrect. A i discovered that i would have to relinquish both documents for approximately four weeks to have the change accomplished. My question is this of the change can Only be done by the american consulate in Munich a certified copy of the original marriage License suffice it seems strange to me to require the original document when it cannot be replaced. 1 understand this applies to birth certificates too the alternative to drive to Munich for a personal trip to the consulate office open monday to Friday 8 . To noon would mean missing a Day of work and does no to seem reasonable to me. A maj. Patricia p. Bubb Wurzburg West Germany editors note a Norman a. Singer minister Counselor for consular affairs embassy of the United states of America Bonn West Germany replies this is in response to an inquiry from a writer about department of state regulations requiring submission of original copies of ail documentation related to citizenship or name changes. Your correspondents letter refers to your local pass port office. I assume the writer meant the personnel service Center pc which acts As an intermediary Between the individual and the american consulate for the purpose of obtaining citizenship documents and amending them. Using the services of the pc can save time and travel to the nearest american embassy or consulate. As stated above the need for an original copy of your marriage License stems from regulation. Contrary n popular belief a . Passport is not the personal property of the bearer. It belongs to the ii is. Department or state which is charged with the responsibility of assuring the integrity of All documents it issues. I understand the concern about losing an original copy of a personal document. Passport issuing offices take special care to return these documents As soon As possible. This is True whether one applies a passport Agency in the United states or at a consulate overseas. It is not Correct however to assume these personal documents Are irreplaceable. One can obtain additional a a originals of birth or marriage documents from the appropriate state or local government office. Many . States will even Issue these no charge to service members. The pc has information on where to write for these documents. Finally the turn around Lime for a name change by our consulate when you submit in through pc is normally two weeks. When you come personally to the consulate the change is made a and Fries european edition col. Gene e. Townsend Usan commander editor m Cutet it. Col. Suzanne. Phillips. Usan Deputy commander editor in Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane Mcdermott manager managing editor c.7c-jldt.un manager t p 3 is an author Zed uncut Oal plication Lor members of the services overseas. Contents of the stars Aid us Pes Are not it Hal views of or endorsed by a ,r Nier to to e a a or deters or the u 3 europ Diri . 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