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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 31, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 19 Ann Landers dear readers 0. Klinefelter a syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects Only boys. These male children Are born with 47 chromosomes instead of 46. They Are sterile and have enlarged breasts trouble with speech and language and Many other problems. This condition affects one in 400 male infants. The following letter arrived recently and it really made my Day dear Ann Landers two years have gone by since i wrote to you about my son who has Klinefelter a syndrome. Your willingness to print my letter has brought about profound changes not Only in my life but in the lives of those who responded. The organization my husband and i founded has made an Impact on Many people and created a stir in the medical Community. We Are receiving Tif Terral directly from doctors and genetic clinics in the United states Canada and England. We received Over 1,000 responses to the initial letter printed in your column and we continue to receive letters from physicians nurses geneticists psychologists and teachers who clipped your column and filed it away for reference we now have a mailing list of More than 600 people who have Klinefelter a syndrome or whose children have it. Thanks to you the help people can get today is infinitely better than what i was Able to get from the medical Community. I done to mean to downgrade the medical profession Ann. They did what they could. But after the diagnosis has been made there is a tremendous today a crossword dear Abby dear Abby 1 have a Telephone answering machine. It is very Handy but sometimes its a source of great frustration when someone dials a wrong number and leaves a message. For example the following message was left on my machine a your daughter Judy was in a minor automobile Accident. Please pick her up at the suburban police  Well i do not have a daughter named Judy so i called the suburban police station and suggested that they Call Judy a parents and dial carefully next time. I also got this message Fronia Young Man in a hurry a Chi Joe Dis is Pete. We re Gonna have football practice at Baldwin Park. Call a udder Guys and Tell pm a last night i received the following message a Chi Gloria we re leaving right now. Please be ready for a change of a bang i Hope  ready for a change Abby inform your readers that before they leave a message on an answering machine they should be sure they dialled the right number. Wrong Guy in Cleveland dear wrong Guy. Thanks for reminding All the folks out there to dial very carefully. Dear Abby need for practical information that physicians cannot provide. Support groups help fill that void. Since i started networking i have been sought out by medical professionals in several cities. 1 spoke to medical students at Urcla last year and represented California at a National conference in Washington on pee support. Our group addresses the special needs of All males with chromosomal abnormalities not Only those with Klinefelter a syndrome. Our new address is Klinefelter a syndrome and associates . Box 119, Roseville Calif. 95661-0119. If your readers would like to write to us please ask them to Send a self addressed stamped envelope. Also a Small donation to help cover costs would be greatly appreciated thank you again for All your support Ann. The human language does no to contain the  i need to let you know How grateful i am. Mother of an a tra special son dear Ann Landers a while Back you printed a quote by the legend i president Calvin Coolidge who was noted for his Brevity of speech and sometimes his reluctance to say anything at All. On this particular occasion a silent Cal was a seated next to a flirtatious socialite at a dinner party. She smiled at him sweetly and said a i have made a rather substantial bet with a Friend of mine that i could make you say More than two  without even turning his head Coolidge responded a you lose.�?�. Moorefield . . That a a Gem if i Ever heard one. Thanks for sending it. C creators Syndicate. Some time ago you had an article in your column titled a Only in  it poked fun at americans who buy everything they Wear and use fro Rii some foreign country. I think americans need to be reminded to buy american. Thank patriotic in Maine dear patriotic once my readers have seen the following in a sure Many of them will agree with you. Only in America a a a the drove his German car. Made of swedish steel and Interior of Argentine leather to a gasoline station where he filled up with Arab Oil shipped in a liberian Tanker and bought two French tires composed of rubber from sri Lanka. A at Home he dropped his moroccan briefcase Hung up his scottish Tweed Wool coat removed his italian shoes and egyptian Cotton shirt then donned a Llong Kong Robe and Matching slippers from Taiwan. A More comfortable now he poured a cup of hot brazilian Coffee into an English Contee Mug set a mexican place mat on an Irish Linen Tablecloth atop a danish table varnished with linseed Oil from India. Then he tilled his austrian pipe with turkish tobacco lit it and picked up a japanese ballpoint pen with which he wrote a letter to his congressman demanding to know Why the United states has an unfavourable balance of trade.�?�. A c a Versal press Syndicate. 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