European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes Friday july 12, 1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor it col. Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kolnicki production manager Bill Walker european editor William heeler circulation manager he 1 it or ets 348-574 t or 5823. Telex 419-332. News Tel fax 06155-601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11,  06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension. News ext. 237, 255. 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcc Ain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471-88762. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of detente or the stars and stripes of the  duds or services advertised everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Lor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex. National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or  about indians in response to the letter a help american indians a i found it interesting that this writer stated a i have nothing against Blacks a while in the same breath demeaning the constitutional right of Blacks to voice their opinion and run for Public office ,. Hollering discrimination and. Holding Down a government Job in Senate House of representatives  one cannot help a person unless he she knows what that persons needs or desires Are. Native americans Are not forced to live on reservations. They live on reservations because they Are a Domestic dependent  perhaps the writer has heard of the Sioux nation Apache nation or Cherokee nation Etc. Any native american can leave the reservation and live anywhere in the United states. If the writer truly is concerned about the plight of the native american she should Contact various . Organizations and become familiar with their causes or interests thereby becoming better Able to plead their Case. Maybe the reason she has not seen a american indians in Congress is because they done to want to be there. If she wants Justice and Equality for these people perhaps she can write to the Sioux nation in South Dakota which is trying to regain ownership of its land. A Maria Sampson Decimo Mannu a Italy any Means will do in the june 23 stars and stripes it was shown that an f-15 Pilot by his Mere presence forced Down an iraqi pc-9 Turboprop  to give a historical perspective on kills made without firing a shot in world War ii Chuck Yeager attacked several German aircraft flying in close formation. He flamed one. Two of Yeager so a victims were win men so panicked by the attack that in their haste to get out of the area they flew into each other resulting in the loss of two More aircraft. Even though Yeager fired at Only one of the aircraft he was Given credit for three kills. What is the Chain of command doing seeing if the Pilot of the f-15 has a High enough Golf Handicap or has attended enough social functions to be worthy of getting credit for a kill or Are they looking at whether the Many a wife is a career woman and not a socialite supporting her husband s upward progression in the air Force Community the fact is he showed up where an iraqi Pilot was doing something he  have been doing and the iraqi Pilot had the Good sense to get out of his 300-Mph Trainer when he saw the f-15. Not Only should the f-15 Pilot get his kill after All did no to the pc-9 crash after the Pilot bailed out of i but the f-15 Pilot should be commended for doing it in a very Cost effective manner. A kill is a kill whether you shoot it with a missile use a gun or find another Way to destroy the enemy aircraft. Now As for the Crew who put a 2,000-Pound bomb though the Rotor disk of an iraqi helicopter a give them the kill for originality. A Dewayne Currier ran Stcin a German missing repair parts recently cafes began marketing the High tech Cannondale se1000 and se2000 . Mountain bikes. These Are sophisticated systems for the committed Bike enthusiast and Are priced from $1,300 to $1,850. Yet cafes fails to provide even the Basic consumer repair parts for these and other bikes Over the. $450 margin. In a referring to Quality All terrain tires 26-Inch Presta tubes Shimano cables and Brake pads hype Glide chains and cassettes not to mention specially tools. These Are by design the required replacement parts to efficiently operate the Bike system. To entry level cyclists be advised before purchasing a Quality Bike a repair parts will have to be mail ordered or purchased on the Economy. A Gregory l. Alderete Heidelberg German editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211.who�?Ts the a ugly one i done to normally respond to letters to the editor but the letter a ugly american july 8 so upset me with its condescending arrogant and pompous tone 1 Felt compelled to. While i will agree that there Are some of us who go a Little far with loud music and maybe some of our children do act up if you think that a unique to americans you need to go to a Schwilm bad swimming Pool some time with your German friends and you will see kids acting up and you will hear loud music More and More from cars and guess what they re not american. In a disappointed that if you saw these acts of misconduct or whatever you Call it and failed to make any a on the spot corrections a you Are not my kind of no. So if you done to like being around americans and i like your German friends am also astounded have a couple of suggestions 1. Get out of the army. We have no place for cos or soldiers with anti american feelings. 2. Renounce your american citizenship then you wont have to hide the fact that you arc american. Ugly american look in the Mirror. A command sgt. Maj. George l. Horvath Iii v Heidelberg German waiting for benefits you would think that after All the years of paying into social Security that when you reached age 65 or perhaps Earli Rall you had to do was apply for your retirement and you would Start receiving it. Right wrong. In Case you done to know it beware be Alert and most of ail be financially pre letters to the editor pared to wait. First you have to apply for your benefits four months in Advance. This you do by either going to your local social Security office a More than Likely this is the local embassy a or writing to the social Security administration. You fill out sea form 1-f6, Send it or turn it in and then you think hey great in four months ill Start receiving my bennies. Right wrong. What you la receive first Are More form letters sea 795 and sea 2512 to Complete. Mine arrived in april five months after application. Your next letter from sea is a notice of award mine arrived in Luay some six months after application in which they Tell you what your monthly rate is that you Are not being paid for last year because you worked and since you estimated what your earnings were going to be for the current year you re told a no benefits Are payable while you work which you also know a. They also Tell you if anything changes please notify them promptly. You take this last sentence to heart thinking sea is right after All and they do need to know. So you Rush off to the nearest social Security office advising them that you have indeed stopped working prepare and sign a statement to this effect and the local office sends it off. What you receive is another form sea 777 by a last years annual report of earnings mine arrived on june 12 requesting that you fill it out and return it. This time you think Well of i Hope this wont go on and on. Soon ill Start to receive my bennies. Right 1 done to know As i am still awaiting Ssan a reply. When i receive it ill let you know in my next letter to the editor. Watch for it. A Harry e. Simons Brussels Belgium Energy policy mandate America and its allies have won a decisive military Victory in the persian Gulf War we should All be proud of our contributions to the War Effort. Now As individuals and As a nation we must take action to prevent a similar conflict in the future. The underlying cause of the War was american hunger for a single resource Oil. In the past several decades America has become dependent on Oil. While containing Only 5 percent of the worlds population our Over Reliance on the internal combustion engine causes us to consume 25 percent of the worlds annual Oil production. We have exhausted the most productive Oil Fields in the United states and rather than change a Way and scale of life we cannot support at Home we use our economic and military Power to secure the Oil we think we need. The death destruction and environmental disaster of the Gulf War compel us to recognize that a world Economy dependent on a single resource will inevitably Lead us into turmoil. We must urge our elected officials through letter writing and membership in environmental organizations to develop and implement a National Energy policy whose mainstays Are Energy efficiency and alternative Energy technologies not further exploitation of the Earth a limited Oil reserves. Meanwhile each of us can help to conserve Energy thus reducing our dependence on Oil by driving less reducing consumption and recycling. With concerted Effort America can kick its Oil habit. History does not have to repeat itself. A capt Michael r. Powell Wiesbaden Germany