European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday August 22,1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor it. Col. Thomas e. Conrad Usa Deputy commander Marla Komi Nickl production manager bin Walker european editor William healer circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 346-5741 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 0471-86762. 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Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Tor 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 Patron. An exceptional Breed i am a retired philippine air Force officer who is now a civilian contractor at the . Military training Mission us atm in Dhahran saudi Arabia. Please allow me to commend a Small group of american service members with whom 1 had the rare Opportunity of sharing an office. Having had some time associating with the american military both in Asia and in the Continental United states i can state without fear of contradiction that this group of army men and women portrays a different Breed of american heroes. They Are kind accommodating understanding and so considerate that i consider them As the Best Public relations agents the United states Ever had in the entire world. As they leave the kingdom 1 could not help but think of them As the Paragon of american Virtues a the a Beautiful americans their countrymen can be exceedingly proud of. They epitomize the old tradition of military Courtesy and discipline that every officer in uniform dreams of leading with Pride. I do not know their unit but the poster left at the door of my office reads accent combat camera. The locator Chart includes the following names maj. Robert Kuenning sgt. 1st class Linda Sparks staff sets. Paul Hollman Robert Reeve and Michael Mcattee sets. Franklin Patrick John Bohmer and Richard Moreno specs. Jon Cashatt and Timothy Lucky and pfc. Christopher Cook. Godspeed Fellows. 1 really wished we had a much longer working relationship. It was1 both fun and educational working with you. Good Luck wherever you Are now. A Angeles s. Teves Dhahran saudi Arabi Selling record straight your article a the Small the obscure the vacant a aug. 1 discussing Cavern and facility closure implications contained several inaccuracies. The two Small paragraphs addressing the Augsburg military Community implied our general Hospital its the 34th, not the 38th would close a this is not the Case. Some other non essential facilities on flak Cavern will be closed but not the Hospital. The second paragraph mentioned a Vii corps Field artillery battalion deactivating aug. 8 from Reese Cavern. It is actually a v corps artillery battalion 1st in 36th Field arty but it will not redeploy until oct. 15. The 1-36 had its Farewell ceremony aug. 8. The july report from the augsburger Allyc Mczinc that you cited said that a Csc Cavern would be closed by october. There Are no plans to close. Reese Cavern just reduce operations. Thanks for the Opportunity to set the record straight at least As it applies to the Augsburg military Community. A col. Alan a. Fox Community commander Augsburg German selective Justice Why our Equality requires legislation or even debate for that matter in a nation where a fall men Are created  As you read this letter Many of our civil rights that some of our greatest Brothers and Sisters fought and died for Are in question. Some will be overturned and erased from the Book by politicians who have absolutely no grasp of what life is like in the ghetto. Yet they have the a a authority to decide what is Best for us. We too have listened to the jeers of a nation that can to seem to understand what it is we re crying about. As our leaders have been killed one by one we be slipped deeper and deeper into a state of hopelessness and yet we re expected to be Happy and celebrate the fact that we have come a so  we Are veterans of every War that America has Ever fought and still the Fate of our Basic rights As americans is decided by the dirty game of politics. We too have been told that we Are free under the Law. Yet we have remained oppressed by a system of selective Justice that treats the plight of a a minorities with indifference. A Khalil a Shafiq Aviano Italy editor s note Quot 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 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. After Reading the letter tilled a indians still deprived a a 1  help hut think about the Many similarities in the conditions that oppress american indians and african americans. To that writer 1 would like to say that we understand. For we too have been Given 430 years of excuses to explain unfair to summer hires i disagree with a recent writers views on summer hire employees. Obviously the person who wrote this letter does no to have children or he does no to understand them. Its an unfair generalization to say All summer hires leave work Early or act As if they done to want to work. A a i left work Early once. That was when it was raining and my employers had nothing else for me to do indoors. So i left and was not paid for the rest of the Day. I guess that a just one of the privileges of working summer hire. As for working weekends i done to see the Point after working 40 hours during the week. We Are people too. We  be expected to do any More than our adult Peers. A Jason Rigter Wurzburg Germa Yyoung workers praised in response to the person who wrote on summer hires your evaluation was extremely unjust and thoroughly on sided. In my office the summer hires have performed above average. Their Enthus letters to the editor a spasm for their jobs is unmatched. To put it in a nutshell i would prefer one of the kids in the summer hire program to some of the permanent secretaries currently in civil service jobs. At least the summer hires make an Effort at typing and their spelling grammar and proficiency is very Good. A yes there Are some kids who Are deadbeats but you cannot condemn every summer hire for the Lack of integrity of a few. A George f. Vanbrunt Baum older Germany it a time Senate did Job i read the stars and stripes every Day. In a rather upset that there has been a lot of argument Over the recent senatorial raise. A senator is an elected official elected by the people to represent them. That Means in a Broad sense senators Are employed by the people of the United states. In civilian jobs if your performance Isnit maintained at the accepted Standard you get fired. In the military you lose Money. In either Case you do not get a pay raise. Why should you receive a pay raise when you done to even do your Job in recent years the Senate has failed to agree on several important Bills a a budget that would reverse the economic decline of the United states. A to Settle the problem of our deficit. Instead they pass Laws such As Gramm Rudman which Cost the military Good personnel and put those same people out of jobs. They also Cut our 5 or 4.3 percent raises and had Little trouble agreeing to give themselves a pay raise. I do my Job every Day. I have to. I volunteered to do it no problem. Its just ironic How the military gets its pay raises Cut but does its Job Well and yet the Senate Hasni to done anything impressive since the last senatorial pay raise. How about a Law that will solve racial tension in Wiir country or a Law to reduce poverty what about joblessness and the homeless after All that is what would be expected from a Democrat dominated Senate. A spec. Jean m. Witty Frankfurt Germany no Gays in military i am disturbed with Carl Rowan a recent editorial advocating acceptance of homosexuals in our military. I accept his right to express his opinion. However too Many  Gay opinions Are flooding our Media from a population minority. The overwhelmingly silent majority still feels a threatened by an increasing  Gay publicity drive. Our children Are easily influenced by a myriad of social poisons. We parents Are so anxious to shield them from drugs crime alcohol and sex. Where do you put homosexuality on the list of social maladies i put it above the rest. Its immoral illegal and physically and emotionally hazardous. Our military has traditionally maintained that Gays will disrupt morale and discipline. I totally agree. 1 will reconsider my career when our government allows Gays in the military. 1 Hope the vast majority of soldiers and airmen in agreement with me will also speak up. Calling our approach to Gays a a archaic is Clever semantics. Let it be archaic. Its still right for the military. A Dan Flaherty Kaiserslautern Germany