European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 3, 1990 the stars and Stripe slanders dear Ann Landers your thoughts on this matter Are important to me. Please respond in the paper. I want my son to see it. A a Jeff is 19 years old a student still living at Home. He is not contributing a dime to the household. He is dating a 45-year-old woman. A a Phyllis has children in Junior High. She allows my son to sleep at her Home several nights a week sends him love letters saying How Darling he looks when he a asleep and that he so the Best lovers she a Ever had. Jeff leaves these notes All Over the House so i will be sure to see them. Apparently he is very proud of himself. At this moment he is packing to go on a weekend trip with her. Phyllis and Jeff Tell me to get with it. They say a these Are the �?T90s you Are out of tune with the these two Are not the least bit concerned that their immoral behaviour is setting a bad example for Phyllis children. In a worn out from talking and getting nowhere. Will you please say something. I need an ally. A a a Square mom in Hyattsville my. Dear mom so these Are the �?T90s, Are they and that a supposed to be an excuse for letting it All hang out. Well in a getting darned fed up with that old line. Entirely too much is hanging out these Days and its an ugly sight you can to Tell a 19-year-old kid what to do mom but you Are under no obligation to provide room and Board for the Blob while he shows absolutely no respect for you. Tell Jeff his behaviour is unacceptable and unless he Straightens up and obeys the rules of the House he can find another place to live. Hopefully he will get fed up with that idiotic woman and move Back Home. Dear Ann Landers i am writing in reference to your column a a counselling saved distraught i am the 36-year-old daughter of an alcoholic father and a co dependent Mother. I am finally recovering from the wounds of my childhood thanks to counselling. Bless you for telling your readers to keep looking if the first or second or even the third Counselor does no to pan out. Please Ann keep saying it Over and Over. Your readers need to get that message. Too Many people give up when their first attempt at counselling fails. After More than 10 years of searching and three unsuccessful attempts at recovery i located a clinical psychologist who has All of the qualities you described for a Fine Counselor. He helped me conquer my feelings of rage and hopelessness and put things in the proper perspective. I now have a quiet peace in my life that would have been impossible without the patience and emotional support of this Counselor. Thank you for supporting the work of these dedicated professionals. Please continue to encourage your readers to seek their help. I feel like a new person. Saved in Tallahassee dear Tallahassee pm glad you wrote. It gives me another Opportunity to stress the very Point you made in your letter. People who need counselling should not give up if they done to Click on the first try. Persistence pays off. The stakes Are exceedingly High and the rewards Are enormous. By All Means hang in there. C creators Syndicate Page 11 letters shipping weight entitlement clarified in Man army staff sergeant who arrived in Europe in May 1989 for a three year accompanied tour. I was authorized to bring 2,000 pounds of household goods. I put 2,000 pounds in permanent storage for a total of 4,000 pounds. My question is How Many pounds can i take Back to the states with me in be received three different answers. 1 i can Only take Back the 2,000 pounds i brought. 2 i can Only take Back enough weight that along with my permanent storage will total my maximum weight. 3 i can take Back my whole maximum weight. In a planning on buying some european furniture but the last thing i want to do is have to pay for extra weight. Please Clear up the facts for me. A staff sgt Jerry d. Rosas Schweinfurt West Germany editors note a Ernest Mitchell traffic management specialist office of Deputy chief of Staft logistics he. Usa eur replies i am pleased to respond to your concerns about your personal property weight allowance entitlement. Army staff sergeants serving a three year accompanied tour in Germany Are authorized the Hill joint Federal travel regulation prescribed weight allowance of 11,000 pounds. This weight entitlement includes the shipment of household goods and unaccompanied baggage and any property in storage at government expense. If you have 2,000 pounds of property in storage then your combined weight of household goods and unaccompanied baggage shipped from Germany to the Continental United states conus May not exceed 9,000 pounds. A Job eligibility of spouses is explained i have yet another question about military spouse preference and co hiring practices. I am an army wife. We have had a permanent change of station pcs twice since i married my husband an Armyn co. Twice i have Given up Good jobs and interrupted my career i am a licensed medical professional with several registrations to be with my husband at Uncle same a command. So i come to Germany and head to co in Giessen to get a Job. No openings in my Field so i apply for related jobs. I bring my husbands and my orders to claim military spouse preference and am told i done to need them. I done to have preference and since that Sall we Are hiring. But you can leave the forms Here anyway if you want but the chances of them getting to you Are Remote. So Why am i not a military spouse i put up with the army As much As anyone a the six week Field problems my husband going to school in the United states for three months. The reason is simple. In a a local National and so am not eligible for anything. I think this needs to be publicized. Most americans think los have it made. We done to. In a British and done to speak German for the same pen pals i would like my name in your pen pal column. A Noel Sheila Bongo an no. 7 old Locsin Apt Cervantes Street Dumaguet City Philippines 6200 i am a 19-year-old sri lankan woman studying to be a nurse. I like classical and Modem music swimming and basketball. I can speak English and italian. A Mary St John via 11 Febbraro 60 2600 Cremona Italy please place my name in your list of pen pals. A Cyrila Enudio no. 7 old Locsin Apt Cervantes Street Dumaguet City Philippines 6200 i would like to write to people All Over the world. A Rolyn Valerie Marquez no. 7 old Locsin Apt. Cervantes Street Dumaguet City Philippines 6200 reasons most americans done to. So i can to work on the Economy. Most positions in my specially Are filled through arc and i can to apply that Way again a cos in Man in. Why should i be discriminated against in this Way for my own reasons and Pride i choose to retain my nationality i worked happily in the United states As a Brit. How would you like to be told you had to change your nationality to get a Job when you were just following your husband a name and location withheld editors note a Carolyn White personnel staffing specialist civilian personnel division office of the Deputy chief of staff personnel he Usa eur replies the writer asks Why she is not a military spouse even though she is not a citizen of the United states. Military spouse preference also applies to local National spouses. Spouses who Are not . Citizens Are Given equal consideration with . Citizen spouses for foreign National vacancies. The writer should request to see the chief of recruitment and placement at the civilian personnel office where she is seeking a Job to discuss her status and chances for employment thanks to americans dear american Soldier dear american Friend Isnit it significant that the peaceful revolution in East Germany started with nearly the same words the . Constitution does a we the the German unification a we people Are enjoying and celebrating now is a historical result of your continuous and appreciated irreversible readiness to defend the values of democracy and human dignity on this continent. The Wall and Iron curtain fell. Thanks great Soldier and airman for a great Job Well done. A Brita Kracmer Stuttgart Germany european edition circulation 170,000 col. Gene e. Townsend sap commander editor in chief it. 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