European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a the stars and Stripe sunday january 27,1991 -. It amp b inf a i -v7vi r. Rry. A a a a a writer asks if gifts Are really free a we. A amp by an land asks get the following letter and answer were written before the Start of operation desert storm my Collengs Estadt would like to know How to differentiate Between the donated items cokes orcs Etc and for Sale items available through cafes. Many people Here believe that we Are getting sold these supposedly free items at our Exchange. Not very Long ago the Exchange received american cokes with an Eagle surrounded by four stars and a statement on the Side of each can recognizing All of us who serve our country proudly. If these Are in fact the donated coca Colas then they have been misappropriated As they arc being sold to us for 30 cents a piece. Please enlighten us on this Issue. A sgt. Peter e. Lampros operation desert shield editors note a master sgt. Dayton p. Strickland customer relations he cafes Europe replies cafes is totally dedicated to its Mission of providing services and merchandise to our troops in saudi Arabia. We feel we have the internal controls in place to preclude any misappropriation of free goods. A donated or free goods from various vendors Are maintained and processed separately from cafes merchandise. Our distribution Center in saudi Arabia has been provided with detailed instructions on How to handle such transactions and turnover of free goods to the military. A a. A. A free merchandise is warehoused separately from regular cafes Stock to assure no accidental intermixing. As most of the free goods Are received in Container lots receiving and distribution to the military units Are performed directly without any warehouse staging. Once the free items Are distributed to the various military units As determined by each military service the responsibility for local distribution rests with the local commander. We will continue to Monitor this sensitive area and ensure All applicable cafes personnel Are thoroughly aware of proper procedures for distribution of free goods. Thank you for your concern. A Reader wants desert troops to share mail the fallowing letter was written before the Start of operation desert storm i am very pleased to read and watch on television that the american people Are sending cards and packages to soldiers currently doing duty in support of operation desert shield. I received cards and letters from people just like them while serving in Vietnam. I remember that when i received a card from a person i did no to know it not Only astounded me it made me feel Good and 1 Felt that i was in the right place doing what my country needed me to do. A the sentiment that generated those cards and letters from the american people has not changed Only others Are on the receiving end now in another part of the world. But i know not All the soldiers in desert shield get the same kind of support from Home and some of those soldiers Are what Many consider to be one of our closest allies the a British i work for Uncle Sam in Germany and am stationed in a Small town in Southern Bavaria where an is not available but British television sky news comes in loud and Clear. One evening the British to news interviewed a British Soldier stationed in saudi Arabia. He stated that the British soldiers Are not receiving the kind of support their american counterparts Are such As cards from strangers and free phone Calls to Home. You already share the Burden of defense and isolation by sharing your Good Fortune you could make them feel just As wanted and appreciated As you know you Are. 1 would like to ask All our desert shield service members to pass on a Little bit of cheer by sharing your cards and letters with a British Soldier. A Lothar Williams bad Tilz Germany amp says parents using them wrongly this is a letter on behalf of Almaw enforcement officers whether military police Security police or civilian police. I along with All Law enforcement officers have a recurring problem dealing with children. I am a military policeman in Schweinfurt. This afternoon 1 was eating lunch at Burger King when a lady with three Young children came in and sat Down in a Booth across the restaurant. The children immediately see additional letters in the Magazine started Yelling and running around the Booth. The Mother told them numerous times to sit Down and be quiet. The children did not listen to her threats so she went Oyer to the oldest boy grabbed him by the Arm spun him around and pointed in my direction. She said that if he did not sit Down and behave himself that a them two maps Over there Are going to shoot what kind of a Parent would say something like that to a Little kid when i was growing up i was taught to respect policemen How can the children of today grow up to respect someone who is looked upon As a bad Guy who will shoot you or put you in jail if you done to behave yourself i am really sorry for these children. They broke Down crying because when i got up to leave i had to walk past them to get to the door. I honestly believe that these children thought that i was going to shoot them. I just wish parents would teach children that police officers Are the Good Guys that if you have a problem or if you Are lost you can walk up and feel secure in asking a police officer for help. A spec. James Schweinfurt German the Steen Ltd. European edition. Circulation 200,000. Col. Gene a Townsend Usan commander. Publisher. Bernard a. 20vistoski. A editor a it. Col Gayle w. 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Effie Bathen build a 21 wit 712563 s6rn ap0 09696 ,Elep,10ne ets 460-7256 or civilian 0911 08990d800.t Germany Ca Quot Munich Bureal ets 440-7320 or civilian Wurzburg Germany John Millar room 110, River building an 09036 Telephone ets 350-4704 or civilian 0931-71569. Dear Ann Landers i am hoping you will print this letter not for my Sake but to help your Young readers who Are hav tag trouble at Home and think their lives Are Lousy. In be spent the last four years As a runaway living on the streets of los Angeles i was never Happy at Home. I did no to like it when someone in my family told me what to do i fought with everybody. I wish i had listened. Now i realize they were trying to help me because they loved me. Every Day in los Angeles has been a Battle for my survival. Before i had spent a month out Here i was into prostitution. I was Only 14 years old. In be done a lot of drugs lived under Bridges and leptin alleys off Hollywood Boulevard. In be eaten out of dumpsters behind restaurants and fallen in with psychos and winos. Its a Miracle that in a still alive. A actually i say its a Miracle because my Luck ran out. I just saw a doctor and was Given a death sem tence. In a now 18 years old in a seven months pregnant and i have aids. In a writing this letter to Tell other kids that no matter How bad things Are at Home and How Tough you think your life is its 100 percent better than it would be on the streets stay where you Are and work things out. If you feel like you need a break from your family go visit a Friend or take a 10-Day Backpack trip but done to run away. There Are already thousands of kids out Here who Are in the same spot in a in and lord knows How Many there Are in other cities. Please done to add to that number. Stay Home no matter what. I wish i had. Too late for me dear too late your letter is sure to make an Impact on some of those kids who Are now where you were four years ago. It should give you some Solace to know that by writing to me you have saved some lives. If you think i am overstating the Case let me assure you that i am not. I know my readers. Please know that you Are in my prayers. Dear Ann Landers my husband to whom in be been married for 24 years had an affair with his a open Palm in Mexico. Before he returned Home she told him that she was expecting his child. He has promised to be present at the time of the birth and offered to contribute to the child a support. My position is that there is to scientific evidence that the unborn child is my husbands. Therefore he has no obligation to be present at the birth nor does he have any obligation to contribute support Money. After a lot of hell raising on my part my husband has finally agreed to ask for a paternity test once the child is born. 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