European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page-12 the stars and stripes sunday july 21, 1991 circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor it. Col. Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marla Kominicki production manager Bill Walker european editor William Haslar circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 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 Mcclain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-6659 or civilian 0471-88782. 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Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for 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  much lip service a Lucky Active duty Soldier Sailor Marine or airman will be the cafes a Welcome Home sweepstakes $50,000 grand prize Winner monday. He or she deserves the recognition for duty in Southwest Asia. So do reservists and department of defense civilians living herein Europe. I personally know of five army Reserve units that were activated in Germany and deployed to saudi Arabia for the duration of the Campaign. These soldiers work and live in Germany and belonged to Reserve units supporting Vii corps 1st army div 3rd army div 1st inf div and the 16th combat support group. I also know Many Dod civilians who left Home and moved to saudi Arabia to help the units they normally support Here in Germany. Why do i mention this because the above reservists and civilians who contributed just As much to the Effort As did the Active duty Soldier were explicitly precluded from winning the $50,000 grand prize. This blatant and shameless discrimination by cafes is another shining example of the lip service paid to the a total Force  a Samuel c. Jones Augsburg Germany halt the complaints this is in response to the writer who complained about not being mentioned. If you will read More instead of griping not everyone in saudi Arabia was named in the stars and stripes. In a with the 638th Ord co. We Are a National guard unit from Alabama. There have not been Many ordnance units mentioned and it gets to me to read All of this complaining. It took a lot of teamwork to win this War not just one group or battalion it took everyone who was Here. We have been Here since nov. 14. Since then we have lived in tents coping with All the dust storms. We re still Here. Our Date to go Home to our families is july 29. So most of you have no reason to complain. Over half of you Are at Home living the Good life As we would Call it from Here. So Stop complaining. A spec. Elizabeth a. Merritt operations shield storm far will abortion a religious Issue abortion is not a human rights Issue. It is a religious one. All anti abortion people say that abortion is murder that it is killing human life. That is because their religions teach that life begins at Conception. What is life is life any group of human cells with a beating heart some people believe that we Are our bodies and that when we die we die. Others Are taught by their religions that they have a soul which will continue on after they their bodies Are dead. My religion teaches that we Are souls who have bodies not bodies with souls. My religion also teaches that the soul never Dies and that it does no to enter the body until the moment of birth when the baby takes its first breath of life something similar is also mentioned in genesis 2 7. The fetus is biological life Only. Before birth it is part of the woman a body and is supported by her soul. So if a woman decides to abort the fetus it is not a sin. Abortion is not murder. Members of the anti abortion movement Are trying to legislate their religious teachings into Law. However if their religions taught As mine does that the mortal body is not the True self and that the soul or consciousness enters at birth abortion would be a non Issue. I would like to see All Laws either for or against abortion wiped off the Law books and let this Issue be a matter Between the woman her religious beliefs and her doctor. Then people on both sides of this Issue will be Able to spend their time and Money to help the amp already born who need it. A Kathy Rubin bad sibling 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.alaskan offers letters i would like to say thank you to the stars and stripes for printing my letter in april. The response has really been positive from service members ,g to write to alaskans. I have answered the majority of their letters and will continue to answer the letters remaining. I have several alaskans who would like to write to our military personnel stationed overseas. I could use More names of service members. Therefore i am extending an invitation to All our . Service members that if you would like to find some letters in your Mailbox instead of just Bills and a occupant a please write to me. A Maria c. Barnes the great alaskan hug . Box 520856 big Lake Alaska 99652 a pretty Picky on res i am very upset to hear that All these so called starving nations refuse to accept the millions of meals ready to eat the United states has so graciously offered them. If All these religious leaders and politicians would Cut through the red tape countless lives could be saved. Not All res have pork in them. And if one does done to eat that part of the meal. It seems to me that these people Are pretty Picky to be starving to death. In a sure there Are lots of homeless and hungry people in the states who would be Happy to have some res. A sgt. Dewar j. Coleman Kitzinger Germany disagreeing with Horvath i just read with great disdain command sgt. Maj. George l. Horvathy a letter in the stars and stripes. I am an american and i am Damn proud of the fact but i do not agree with Horvathy a Way of responding to a Soldier making a statement. If the writer of the original letter does not want to be around americans when he is off duty that is his loss but it is also his  to the editor Horvathy a letter seemed to imply that we should be proud of our fellow americans no matter what. I cannot agree with this Point of View. I am not very proud of the Way some of our fellow americans choose to behave themselves. This does not mean i am not proud to be an american and an american Soldier. We cannot simply Wash away the problems by aying that germans do it As Well. Remember we Are Goodwill ambassadors for the United states As an reminds us constantly. The answer is for our fellow americans to act both on and off Post with the Pride dignity and class of True americans. As for the suggestion to the writer to a get out of the army a this is not the answer to everyone who has a complaint about the Way things work in and around the army although it is often the answer Given. We should work together to solve the problems we have As the team we Are supposed to be. As for the second suggestion i would never Tell someone to renounce his or her . Citizenship. The Day i was naturalized As a . Citizen is the proudest of my life. We Are citizens of a democracy even As soldiers and we done to have to like everything. I done to agree with everything in the letter that caused Horvathy a reaction. I personally believe if you think something is wrong you should try to fix it not run away from it. Done to forget though America became the great country it is because of people who were willing to speak their minds. A sgt. Adam p. Machell Kirch Gons Germany 4>iran-Contra vendetta recently it was reported that a Cia agent pleaded guilty to a charge in relation to the Iran Contra affair. This investigation has been going on for years and the Cost to Date is $40 million. Lawrence Walsh the special prosecutor has at his disposal a staff of 55 lawyers a suite of offices in Washington and an around the clock limousine and Driver. Recently the supreme court overturned this teams Only accomplishment the conviction of Oliver North. Considering the fact that the marxist government in Nicaragua was forced to old democratic elections because of the pressure put on it by the contras in which Daniel Ortega was booted outfit seems to me that this a investigation is a fraudulent waste of taxpayers Money. I can to help but wonder How Many rapists murderers or drug dealers could have been prosecuted with the $40 million that has been wasted on this fruitless vendetta against Ronald Reagan and his administration. A spec. 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