European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 31, 1990 in the stars and stripes Page 11 a 3 a ? aim Landers a writer seeks truth on Vietnam pow mias t have had it with the government talking out both sides of its collective Mouth on the Issue of pow mias in Vietnam. Politicians and senior military officers spew placating words of condolence but then either refuse to wholeheartedly investigate the status of american servicemen currently held in Southeast Asia or even worse have the facts and refuse to divulge them. A recent article noted that Congress is being stonewalled by the bureaucratic face of the Pentagon. You can to Tell me that the responsible Senate select committee on intelligence can to subpoena persons or documents or bring pressure to Bear if they wanted. What is the government afraid of embarrassment id rather he dying of embarrassment than dying from Lack of Hope in Southeast Asia. Is the government afraid to pay reparations to Vietnam that president Nixon promised. You can to Tell me that of the several thousand pow mias listed that a Small percentage Are not alive. Pm be so disgusted at my country for abandoning me. 4f the United states has facts bring them to Light. It s been 25 years since the marines landed on the beaches of Danang time has run out. The citizens of America and the families of the missing have earned the right to know. If you think in a Radical in a not. In a a Marine Veteran of Vietnam who wears a White shirt and tie every Day sports a Short haircut and works in a civilian Job with the department of defense. In a just one Guy and i m fed a Thomas h. Conaty Wiesbaden Germany a Cost of health care called shameful on the topic of skyrocketing health care costs a group says . Must act to control health care costs would like to add that health care is already beyond the Means of millions of americans. Thank god that the army provides for most of our medical and dental needs. If it did not wow Ould certainly be forced to use health facilities and doctors Only in real emergencies and leave the rest to itself. This is unthinkable in this Day and age when so Many illnesses and injuries can be easily treated before they become serious. The peace of mind a doctor can give is also important. Just knowing that your toddler is of can save you a sleepless night worrying about that Blimp on his head a one letter writer s editor s note a sgt. Peter e. Lampros sening in operation desert shield received the following letter addressed to a any sen ice member. A he asked that we print it in Hopes that the writer s son will somehow see it. We Hope he will too. When was the last time you note your Mother dear son i write you these words that come straight from the heart. I love you i worry for you i Pray to god every minute to save you from danger. I want you to come Back Safe. I lost you Many year it in 67when you wanted to live in your own Way. I done to know about you and i might not know anything about you until you decide to get in or whatever. It is shameful that we have let medical care get too expensive for the poor and homeless but now even the Middle classes Are finding it hard to afford. Medical and dental care should be equal and affordable for All. Perhaps some sort of National regulation is now necessary. Insurance costs Quality of care and doctor fees Hospital fees too need to be monitored and limited. I would like to see in our country that food shelter clothing and health care Are provided for All. Cull me an idealist to it reality is pitiful. Are sick people less Yalta ble than docs porsche a name and location withheld touch with your Mother. I do keep Loving you. I would like you to know How i miss you How the memories of your dear childhood when we were so close make me smile and cry. I done to know if ill Ever find you if Well Ever meet again. I will not complain whenever you decide to write me or come to me. I i wanted you to read these words that Are True As god exists. A it i love you i will always love you. You Are my baby my dear son. Dots of kisses from your Loving Mother a mama Box 161703 Altamonte Springs Fla. 32716pen pals i am a 19-year-old male wit of hobbles Are Reading movies drawing and painting. A Alexander Fortin or. A Siera Quality store. Magallanes Street. 6204 Tanjay Negros Oriental. Philippines Quot l am 25 years old. L am interested in writing pen pals Reading and listening to music. A lon Wert a rd3, Box 3135 Amsterdam by. 12010. I am 28 years old my hobbles Are jokes Reading and making new Joy Aba a sierras Quality store a Magallanes Street. A 6204 Tanjay Negros Oriental. Philippines. A. I am 24 years old and a roman Catholic. My hobbies Are outdoor games dancing and cooking. Zertana Nicasio air transportation office Airport terminal a. Bacolod City Philippines i am a 23-year-old woman whose hobbies Are travelling and meeting people. Novelette James a. 148 main Street a. Pine Apple place Ocho Rios . St. Ann Jamaica. A West indies Quot. Lam 35 years old. My hobbies Are dancing Road ing and letter writing. A a Ricks Doinog spirits boutique. Plaza Mart Saco Iod City ,. 6001 Philippines lama33_yearsoldandlwouldlikeponpa3. A Eutemia Btl Irana. A a Riverside Caliban. A. A Davao City b000.Philippines please list my name in your per pal column i am 33 years old / a Sigrid Piedad c. Aseoche. L a a a. 135mabmanst.a Davao City 8000 Philippines. The noodles Are boiling. Get ready for 50 lushes. Your dear readers remember inc loiter from the daughter with alcoholic parents both argumentative ote inks she gave a birthday partly fur her Mother who got bombed and started a tight As usual. When things turned ugly she told her Mother to Cool it or leave. Her Mother and father left. The daughter Hadnot heard from her Mother in several weeks was getting no support Isom the rest of the family and asked me what to do. I told her to Telephone her Mother and apologize. That response has darned near hospitalized the two men in my mall room. They have been working overtime All week and arc exhausted. Huge sacks of letters Are blocking the doorway. This is what my readers have to say from Jackson miss. You said the woman in Kentucky should not have evicted her Mother from her Honic for fighting. You were wrong. If the mothers alcoholic behaviour docs not produce some negative consequences so twill never make the Effort to change. The daughter did the right thing. From Memphis Tenn. Oiling. Answer to the daughter of the alcoholic parents was terrible. Sounds to me As if the whole family is made up of codependent. They need help not the daughter. From Bremerton Wash. I am a recovering alcoholic. I know a lot about obnoxious Drunken behaviour because there was nicety in my family 1 have the right to decide what i will not tolerate in my Home and so does that daughter. You blew it. From Salt Lake City the daughter deserves a Pat on the Back for standing it to her inebriated Mother. From Walnut cree1><cal1f. Would you have told to isl daughter to tolerate sexual abuse from a family member Why then should she tolerate unacceptable behaviour from her Mother it takes a Mountain of courage to stand up against an abusive Parent a a. A a from Royal Oak Mich. A very important Point was overlooked in that Exchange Between you and the daughter of the alcoholic parents. Since she knows that her Mother and dad have a serious drinking problem Why in the world did she serve liquor. From Boston As a recovering alcoholic i have Learned to take responsibility for my behaviour. It is Only when the alcoholic is made to accept limits set by others that he or she real incs the drinking is out of control. From Burlington it. Since it was the Mother who caused the problem she should do the apologizing. Did the cleaning lady answer that letter when you were out to lunch from Dallas a a my sister became an alcoholic when her husband died. She ruined More birthday parties and thanksgiving and Christmas dinners than i care to remember. I loved her and wanted to help. I Learned from Al anon that you done to help an alcoholic by being an when my Brothers and i let Sis know that she was not Welcome in our Homes unless she Vyas sober she went to alcoholics Anonymous and got her act together. Its been four years now and we Are once again a Nappy family. Your advice stank. A a a a a a a to All who wrote if there were a Booby prize for the goof of the year that one would win hands Down. Thanks for the Elo Hber Ltd creators Syndicate european edition circulation 200,000. 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