European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 11, 1991 the stars and stripes it #1 a cafes prices in shield areas discussed i know that cafes ranks pretty High among some of the world s largest retailers. Their profits Are used to promote the morale and welfare of the troops. This time however i feel cafes sees this crisis As an Opportunity to reap huge profits from our service members. This is not routine duty for our forces. Many americans have responded to Aid us in numerous ways. A lot of major retailers have stood in line to assist by donating everything from footballs to tvs. From what in be seen its just business As usual for the Exchange. Why can to they give us a break on some of their prices for instance the Price of a Carton of cigarettes both made in the . A saudi Price or 32.00 or $8.50 cafes Price $9.80. One can of Pepsi a saudi Price or 1.00 or 27 cents cafes Vendor Price 50 cents. A v a. A 1 in a not asking cafes to take a loss but just once  they break even a staff sgt. Lind Tucker operation desert sheild editors note a master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies we initially priced items in saudi Arabia the same As for the rest of Europe. When we Learned saudi arabian commercial prices were lower on some items we adjusted our prices accordingly. For instance we be lowered the Price on cigarettes to $8.50 a Carton and have also lowered our Price on Kodak film we re currently establishing soft drink vending machine service and our soft drinks will sell for 25 cents. If you purchased a soft drink for 50 cents it Wasny to through one of our vending machines. In some cases . Manufacturers Are Able to sell their products in saudi Arabia cheaper than we can buy them in the states we Are working with local sources in saudi Arabia to determine these items and where we find a better Price Well obtain it locally and pass the savings on to our customers. In addition cafes worked with vendors and obtained special Price reductions on 59 items from the fall Winter Exchange Catalon for desert shield Cus. Towers. A a a a a a. A a please be assured we will continue our efforts to increase service and maintain the lowest prices possible. Thank you for your concern. A writer proud of Small town s support i am visiting my father until after Christmas in a Small Southern Illinois town about 20 minutes from the Kentucky Border population about 800, named Galatia. I am not from this town. I am writing you because of this Small Coal mining town. Tonight when my Stepmother got. Home from Church she told me about the first Baptist churches Christmas tree which was decorated that evening. The tree is decorated with nothing but yellow ribbons. They want to add the names of service members who Are in saudi to these yellow  Holiday Effort praised thank you very very much to the food service employees an stars and stripes men and women to medical mail and Security personnel who worked during the Christmas holidays along with religious and recreational staffs. Your smiles and help added richly to the season. . Robinson bad Kissinger Germany they Only have a few names and Are not sure How to get More. A a a a a a a a a. A a a. A a this Small Community wants our service members to know that they Are thought about daily Here in this Little town. Not a Day goes by that someone does no to mention the soldiers in saudi. Believe me i hear it working in my dads Little restaurant. The people in Galatia really care about our service members. They Are the kind of people who have made my years of travelling around As a military dependent worthwhile. Please print this letter with an invitation to our saudi soldiers to Send us their names Lor the yellow ribbons on the Christmas tree. I would like to see them included on the tree. They can mail it to first Baptist Church of Galatia Galatia 111. 62935 neither the town nor the Church know i am sending you this letter. I would like to show them that they May be Small in size but they Are huge in hearts. A Rina Dean Galatia  pals i am 22 years old and my interests Are Reading magazines and listening to music. A Ruth g. Baylosis v Tinonga. Isabela Negros Occidental Philippines. I am 23 years old and my hobbies include cooking Reading Bowling and collecting friends. I am a Catholic and i manage my own restaurant. A Josephine ermitanio.76 Adoracion building. Burgos Street Bacolod City Philippines 6100. 1. We Are a group of 15 students of a private secondary school age 15. We speak English. We would like to write to people All Over the world. Please write to us at our school. A i lyceum  a. Kwasniewsk Iego 1 a 62-020 swarmed a a a Poland i am a 26-year-old roman Catholic. I speak vis Ayan tagalog and English. A Maria be Irene a. Amistad. Lizmore corporation room 201 Dana Segunda bldg.  Recto St., Davao City Philippines 8000 a a a a Ai am 18 years old and my hobbies Are listening to music going to the movies dancing and writing letters. A. A Josephine Cain. No 20 St. Joseph Street Dona Juareta subdivision a Quezon City a Philippines ,. I am 10 years old. I like Riding motorcycles dancing Reading and listening to new kids on the Block. 0 a. A a Karen Weber 5/5 Cash hebox2151a. A a Apo new York 09045 i am a 23-year-old roman Catholic. I like cooking listening to music and Reading newspapers and the Bible. A Marieta Mananquil Interior orchids Daro Dumaguet City Negros Oriental. Philippines. I am 18 years old. My hobbies Are Tennis softball and volleyball. I also like to Cook sing and read. A Phil am v. Catubay a a Poblacion Sabinay a Negros Oriental Philippines. I am interested in having pen pals of All types and a interests. I am 23 and married my hobbies include the outdoors travel and collecting baseball football card3. L am also a Christian who goes to Church whenever my Job permits i am a chaplain s assistant. /.  Ralph m Cooper i hot set Sydn 3rd car operation desert shield Apo new York 09209. R us Etc Jolt Lis dear Ann Landers. In recent years in be become aware that there is an abundance of lonely women who Are looking for a companion or simply a warm body. I have one for them. My husband lies in excellent physical shape is a Fine family Man and tide. L in goes to Church every sunday without fail. 1 be enjoys Golf and Tennis lie Isnit a drunk lie does no to Gamble and has never had so much is a speeding ticket. In not the worshipful Loving wife he deserves. That woman died a Long time ago. In her place is one who Lias adjusted to reality. So what s the catch simply this my husband is mean selfish critical deceitful miserly demanding vain rude inflexible unforgiving of the most trivial transgression and impossible to please. He sucks the Joy out of life on a daily basis. For Many years 1 kept thinking everything that Wen wrong was my fault and if i just kept trying things would get better. Now 40 years later i know it will never get better and he is at least 50 percent at fault please print this letter and Send Hie the replies you get front interested parties. Some women Are so desperate for a Man they la take anything. This one comes Complete with wardrobe and he makes an excellent appearance. No one will Ever know. A Louisiana dear Lou 1 sense a tinge of Tongue in Cheek playfulness but i la bet you feel better for having written. Let me assure you that i am going to receive dozens if not hundreds of letters asking How to get in touch with you. A of course 1 will not respond. The sad truth is that there a a Large number of lonely women out there some foolish enough to think that a once they get the Guy they can change him to suit their specifications or h a badly flawed husband is better than no husband at All. Let me assure them that they Are wrong on both counts. A a a a Quot a a a. A dear Ann Landers last month my grandmother died. 1 had to Book a flight immediately to attend her fun ral and ended up paying More than .$1,000 for a round trip ticket from California to North Dakota. When i tried to get the special airfare 1 was told that unless i stayed a saturday night i  be Able to get the grievance fare and id have to pay the full Couch fare. I  afford to take an entire week off work and school just to get half off. The fare and ended up paying what amounted to a months pay. I ask you Ann is it fair that a grieving person be forced to stay somewhere a specific length of time lose wages and have to Deal with All the other expenses just to get a reduced rate on airfare my travel agent was astounded that not one airline would accommodate me. Id like to know if anyone else has Ever had this problem and what can be done about  dear Sacramento i hate to sound hard boiled hut airlines Are businesses and like All other businesses if they done to make a profit they have to close Down. In be never heard of a hotel  gives cheaper rates for people who Are in town for a funeral or restaurants cutting the Hill for mourners. I agree that some of the rites done to make a lot of sense. For example if you keep a Sharp Eye open for discount fares you can go from Chicago to Lindon for less than it costs to go from Chicago to lies Moines. Nutty you better believe it c creators Syndicate the St nip. European edition circulation 200,000. Col Gene , Usan. 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