European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11arm Landers dear Ann Landers Reading about honesty in fellow human beings no matter what country they live in makes us feel Good. I especially enjoyed the Story about the people in Calgary who found a Safeway unlocked on a sunday morning came in called the police and did no to help themselves to a thing. Somehow you concluded that canadians Are More honest than americans. That conclusion defies logic. Surely you know that honesty is not a matter of nationality. There Are honest people and dishonest ones in All countries. In a sure that Canada has it share of both. Here a my Story. We own a retail carpet store. Several years ago too forgot to lock up and turned the lights out. That evening a customer came by and assumed that the store was open. He then concluded that someone had forgotten to lock up and immediately called the police. In Plain sight were numerous calculators typewriters and Many Resalable items. There was also a Cash drawer containing $200. That honest shopper waited until the police arrived and explained that he a hated to go off and leave everything  he left without identifying himself and we never did find out who he was. This happened right Here in the United states in Oceanside Calif. You May use my name if you like. Billie Phillips dear Billie thank you for writing. I heard from readers in every state of the Union As Well As the provinces in Canada. Several letters from Medicine hat Alberta love that name assured me that i was right. An equal number in Winnipeg and Toronto said i was wrong. One Reader in Montreal told me i was a crazy As a bed  it was an interesting mix and i enjoyed it. Here a More dear Ann Landers because you Are a native of Sioux City your statement a i wish we were As honest As our Canadian neighbors a surprised me. Incidents like the one that occurred in Calgary would not be uncommon in the Midwest. If a similar situation presented itself in this area a Okoboji Iowa a i am certain the people would prove to be As honest As those in Canada. For example the following was reported by a Friend of mine a woman from Des Moines who was accompanying her husband on a business trip to new York lost her makeup kit which she had hand earned on the plane. When the woman discovered the loss she was terribly upset. Within a few hours of arriving at the hotel a Bellman knocked on the door and handed the woman her makeup Case. He said two ladies had brought it to the hotel and did not wish to leave their names. They had found the Case and just wanted to do a a Good  what made the Story remarkable was the Case had a tag on it with the owners name and address in Des Moines. The ladies who found it phoned Des Moines to find out what hotel the owner was staying in. This happened in new York. Eat your words Ann . Dear . Chomp chomp chomp chomp. Dear Ann Landers people Are the same All Over. There Are wonderful folks in big cities and there Are Crooks. I guess you just have to be Lucky. I have lived in new York All my life in a 67 and on my first trip to Kansas a town with a population of 17,000 i got mugged. A ill still take Manhattan c creators Syndicate letters a writer cites hispanic heritage month during this a National hispanic american heritage month we remember the citizens of puerto Rico Rich port who became hispanic americans a the Day Spain yielded the Island of puerto Rico to the United states of America by the treaty of Paris on . 10,1898. Congress approved the Jones Law that granted american citizenship to the puerto Picans in 1917. Today there Are 3.3 million people living in the Island Only 100 Miles Long by 35 Miles wide with its tropical beat of Salsa surrounded by the Carrilean Waters. Music Wise Rock is just As popular Here As Salsa but More traditional rhythms Are the Danza Plena and romantic boleros which also have a Loyal following. Under the present Commonwealth status adopted in 1952, puerto Rico has an elected representative in the . Congress and we elect our own local government officials including the governor and a bicameral legislature every four years. Spanish is our everyday language although nearly All of us speak English too particularly in business and in caring for our visitors. Puerto Rico has two major Mili tary installations an army base named fort Buchanan and a naval base named Roosevelt roads. It also has an air National guard base named Muniz base equipped with a-7s. Hispanic americans such As the people of puerto Rico give Many gifts to our nation such As perpetuating the traditions of their ancestral homelands and offering a great array of talents and insights. People who have distinguished themselves in different Fields Are Singer Jose Feliciano film Star Raul Julia and major league baseball player Roberto Clemente from the Pittsburgh pirates inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, and recently selected surgeon general Antonia Novello to name a few. The accomplishments of hispanic americans through the years remind All of us that in America we Are blessed with Freedom to live work and worship in peace and to build a better Way of life for ourselves and our future. A senior airman Luis Constnantino Dominguez Aviano a Italy a sergeant asks All to keep the Faith did you Ever Stop to wonder Why we a the american soldiers a Are Here in a foreign land if you did then let me try and give you an answer. All of us Here have families and like the freedoms and luxuries of our Homeland. We Are not willing to sit Down and watch someone endanger another Way of existing. If we do it will someday endanger us All. They say this conflict is not that serious or that a a we Are not in danger let me just say that the people writing this Arentt sitting where i am and have the risk that i or every american Soldier Over Here have. That risk being the ultimate risk a our lives we enlisted our lives to serve our country and its Constitution. We promised to serve and defend our Way of life and if need be pay the ultimate Price. The most memorable phrase in my enlistment was a against All enemies foreign and  we will do everything in our Power to protect that which is sacred to us and our families. I just ask and i Hope i can speak for everybody that our country support us. It will be that support that will determine our Success in this Campaign. 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