European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday August 16, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 19 Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am a successful executive woman. A year ago i applied for life insurance. I was required to take an his antibody test a test for the aids virus. To my Complete Shock it came Back positive. I am not a prostitute. I am not promiscuous. I am not and have _ _ never been an intravenous drug user. I am not a member of a minority group. I am not indigent nor am i homeless. I have not slept with a bisexual. I am a suburban non smoking non drug using successful american woman. I done to fit any of the stereotypes that ignorant people have designated for those infected with his. I got his from a Man i am in love with and have been seeing for five years. He is not homosexual or bisexual. He has never used intravenous drugs. He had no idea he was carrying the virus. He believes he May have been infected about six years ago by a woman with whom he had a Brief meaningless relationship. We Are both in excellent physical condition and we look terrific. In my ignorance i thought people who carried the aids virus looked emaciated. I now know it can take years for his infection to Progress to aids. Many people infected May never get full fledged aids. Researchers Are learning More about this disease every Day. There Are Many reasons to have Hope. Luckily after seeing several doctors who knew nothing about aids i found a Brilliant informed physician. He has Given me Hope and the will to live. I am also seeing a caring supportive psychologist who has helped me tremendously. Until 1 found these educated professionals i contemplated suicide daily for several months. Aids has become a party joke people who would today s crossword a h 1 # l dear Abby dear Abby i just returned from my vacation and had to write this letter first thing. While vacationing in a National Park i saw several dogs locked in closed or almost closed cars while their owners toured museums Rode the Tram ate lunch Etc. Abby i recall Reading in your column the facts about How fast a car heats up when left locked up on a hot Day. Please publish these facts again soon. Maybe it will cause some thoughtless vacationers to reconsider before taking their pets on vacation with them. And if other tourists should observe a pet locked in a car with less than adequate ventilation they should report it to the Park Ranger. Concerned tourist from Stilwell Kan. Dear concerned thank you for a timely reminder to Well meaning but thoughtless pet owners. The animal Protection Institute . Box 22505, quibble l a. S6t mom. I. Dec. Cad 1. Don t just hem and Ham come of cent out and saw we Ftp ho0 Malir id set to Don t Ftp mid of. Cam i have some time off to de take fit of Sahf thugs nod u Asa t that a lot Oett Eft Vou not too one sri our a mgr att Sueco not Civ never kid about cancer cerebral palsy mental illness or tuberculosis think aids is fair game. They done to realize i could be their sister Friend co worker Niece daughter or Cousin. They treat aids differently because it is sexually transmitted. Please Ann print this letter to sensitize people to the Hurt they cause when they make thoughtless comments. Many of us look like everybody else. Looking for two miracles in new England dear new England Here is your letter. My prayers Are with you both. Dear Ann Landers this is for a Bev in Fargo a who gave you a lot of heat for taking two weeks vacation for the first time in 35 years. The most printable adjectives i can come up with for that dimwit Are ignorant and ungrateful. Reading reruns of your column is like finding a favorite Book. One never tires of it because one always discovers something that was missed. And what about the new readers two multiplied by 35 is 70, which Means if you had really wanted to make up for All the years of no vacation it would add up to 70 weeks or 17 months. How would that have grabbed you Bev grow up 1 Hope the people in Fargo who know you wrote that letter criticizing Ann for taking a vacation Are still giving you hell. I done to know of anyone who deserves a vacation More than Ann Landers. Monica 1. Lin do Windsor Conn. Dear Monica thanks for that great letter. It came just in the Nick of time. I have decided to take a two week vacation again this year. If your paper prints my saturday column ill see you tomorrow. If not look for me in two weeks. In a outta Here c creators Syndicate inc. Sacramento Calif. 95822, Sells cards that May be placed under the Windshield wiper. They sell for Only $3 per 100 cards. The message on the card reads a your dog May be dying we understand you meant to be kind by taking your dog with you today but you could be risking your pets life. A on a hot summer Day the inside of a car heats very quickly. On an average 85-degree Day for example the temperature inside your car a with the windows slightly opened a will reach 102 degrees in 10 minutes. In 30 minutes it will go up to 120 degrees. On warmer Days it will go even higher. A a dogs Normal body temperature is 101.5 to 102.2 degrees fahrenheit. A dog can withstand a body temperature of 107 to 108 degrees fahrenheit for Only a very Short time before suffering irreparable brain damage a or even death. The closed car interferes with the dogs Normal Cooling process that is evaporation through panting. 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