European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday August 15, 1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor William healer circulation manager it. Col. Thomas e. Conrad Usa Deputy commander Marie Kominicki production 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 37,0-6100 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 Jim Jones ext 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schure Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-0659 or civilian 0471-88782. 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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  a record crowd at the risk of being accused of nitpicking i feel i need to set the record straight on one Point in your article about the 49ers/bears game in Berlin. Having attended the game i was interested in Reading the account which states that the 49ers beat the bears a before a american bowl record 66,876 fans in berlins olympic stadium. In August 1986, i also attended the very first american bowl preseason nil game a the Chicago bears is. The Dallas cowboys in London a Wembley stadium. The attendance at that game was announced at the game As being More than 83,000. I do remember that the crowd in London was bigger than the crowd in Berlin. I suspect that the statement in the article May have been made As a result of the stadium announcers remarks. He did say it was an american bowl record attendance but he qualified that statement when he later said that it was a record for this season of american bowl games. A Greg h. Byington shape Belgium a a a Quot tired of summer hires i would like to address the idea of a summer  somewhere it was a Good idea gone bad. The kids of today do not want to be saddled with responsibility. They Are not Happy with the responsibility of going to school a let atone the idea of work. This shows when you walk into an environment that employs summer hires. They complain when asked to do some work. Examples cutting dead branches off Trees mowing lawns and picking up the area around the building where they work. They leave work Early done to show up on weekends and done to bother to Call to say they wont be in. A what kind of parents do these children have will these children grow up to be responsible adults or will they be like their parents think about it.  Mannheim German More facts on Airlift in his . To take off from Tempel Hof a article Ken Clauson wrote a a. Together meaning the Airlift memorials at Rhein main a and Tempelhof they memorialize the 77 pilots ground crewmen and civilians who died during the operation. A correctly it should read a pilots and aircrew  in addition to the pilots five engineers and one radio operator lost their lives. Also it is unfortunate that the two Airlift memorials do not have the names of All people who lost their lives in aircraft crashes during the operation. On Jan. 24. 1949, an Raf Dakota crashed in the then russian zone of occupation East of Linbeck. One of three Raf Crew members was killed along with seven of the 13 German passengers. The names of those seven Are not emblazoned on either of the Airlift memorials. All passengers who died in . Air Force aircraft Are. Then Loo we might mention there is a third Berlin Airlift memorial. It is located near the former Airfield at Celle. The memorial is an exact replica of those at Rhein main and Tempelhof. The first . Air Force aircraft operated out of Celle Raf station on . 16, 1948. On july 31, 1949, the 317 troop Carrier group flew its last Mission from Celle with 10 tons of Coal. In All the 317 flew 280,000 tons of Coal to Berlin. Yes just Coal. As to Clauson stalking about a the 15-month Berlin Airlift in 1948-1949,�?� congratulations. Most writers credit the Airlift but Only for the period of the soviet  As to the closure of Tempelhof we Hope that the Airlift Memorabilia there will find a Safe Haven at an appropriate museum in the United states or perhaps in Berlin. Either Way we Hope that its final resting place will be announced. A Ronald . Hirst Wiesbaden Germany editor s note a i 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.shame on Mac this letter addresses the recent change in Mac military Airlift come policy that bars Many adopted children from Mac flights. The new policy bars pre adoptive children from Mac flights until stateside adoptions Are fully completed. In Many states this takes in excess of a year. Of course the adoption can to be launched until parents and child Fly Home. This policy was originally aimed at pre adoptive foreign nationals being taken to the parents state of residence for adoption. This is bad enough. These children As any adoptive Parent knows become dependents from the moment they enter the Home. Certainly their food clothing and shelter Cost  less and their parents love them  less. For this reason military members and Dod civilians draw housing allowance for the child from the Day he or she enters the Home provided that proper Legal procedure has been followed. The internal Revenue service allows parents to claim a tax deduction for the child again from the Day he or she enters the Home. These policies Are humane and just in Sharp contrast to the Mac policy. But if the policy were not bad enough in itself Mac officials have broadened their scope to include children never mentioned in the policy a wording. They include pre adoptive children born in the United states and foreign children fully adopted through overseas court systems. In reference to the latter it should be noted that adoption through the foreign nation of residence is often the Only viable option for people serving consecutive overseas Tours. One cannot adopt in the United states if one is not living there. What this policy Means is Money lots of Money out of the pockets of adoptive families. We must Fly commercial for Mel environmental morale leave travel even for some Home travel for emergencies. Waivers May be granted for pcs permanent change of station travel but the parents must pay for the child a seat. Of course the policy Only bars the letters to the editor child from the Mac flight but i done to know of Many families who would put a Small child on one air plane while the rest of the family rides another. Asah adoptive Parent i am outraged i believe that a family formed through adoption is equal in status to a family formed through birth. How sad that Mac apparently does not agree. What can adoptive families do to protest i suggest voicing our disapproval through adoptive families of America inc. This is a non profit group that has As one of its goals protesting this sort of discrimination. Joining  Hurt. Its address is 3333 Highway 100 n., Minneapolis Minn. 55422. Listed in the Afa Magazine ours Are members of Congress supportive of adoption. A Judy Gurling Clark Lajes Field azores columnist Wasny to on bus Tom Sweeney who works As a contractor at the Hohenfels training area wrote a a be our guest column on july 14, \. Or. Sweeney made specific allegations about a recent bus trip to Paris that were false and need to be clarified. In the first place neither or. Sweeney nor mrs. Sweeney went on any trips sponsored by Hohenfels it. Smoking on the bus is not allowed on any trip. No children were on the Paris trip. The people who went Ort the trip to Paris enjoyed it thoroughly and several Are upset at or. Sweeney a attempt at humor. It would be appreciated in the future if stories were verified before publication or at least prefaced with the comment that they Are pure fiction which or Sweeney a article certainly was. A col. Karl Farris it a former commander Hohenfels training area German women in combat roles this letter is in response to the Many letters that Are written for women to serve in combat roles in the army. Certain people should read a 40501, cd 99, which states that pregnant servicewomen should be excluded from Many types of training especially in rapid deployment units and overseas rotations such As the last Field of operations desert shield and desert storm. What Good would it do such units if they had members staying in the rear to have babies when they were needed in a not putting Down servicewomen because one of them from my last unit just happened to be a pow in desert storm. A David Murrey Karlsruhe Germany pen pals i am 32 years old and would like to write to people either my age or to people who done to Ewe How old i Ami would also like to write to people irom my Home state new Jersey. Stacy Detwyler 6807 a Sheridan Chicago. Iii. 60626 i would like to write to military members left in the Gulf and civilians who would like to have a pen pal. A Marie Elena Stone 23250 Roanoke Oak Park Mich. 48237-2351 i am 28 and enjoy swimming Bowling and Reading. I would like to have Many pen pals. A Hydie a Alcala Dawin Negros Oriental Philippines i enjoy Reading religious books cooking and listening to Good music. A Emma Sibala Tanjay Negros Oriental Philippines i am 17 years old and would like have More friends through pen pal writing. 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