European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes wednesday August 28, 1991 thes european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher news editor Bob Wicker sports editor to write us Apo 09211 -4211 or Postrach 11 14 37 d-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows 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. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson. Building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-6659 or civilian 0471-88782. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. 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Third and lastly coming from a citizen of a country that has yet to realize that the British Empire no longer exists the next Brit who refers to me As coming from the a a colonies will regret i your letter is a laughable farce. A spec. Michael Doughty Berli another letter Romance like the couple whose Story appeared recently in the stars and stripes my husband and i also conducted our Romance Long distance through letters and Telephone Calls while he was stationed in Korea and i went to College in California. A Mutual Friend a a introduced us. From that beginning we wrote and called each other steadily for eight months. He proposed after three months. Three weeks before we were to be married we met for the first time. On july 30, we celebrated our third wedding anniversary. I think we Are living proof that even a Romance that begins in the most unusual of circumstances can work out. A Danile Young Sembach Germany workers faced an am Concord Down the Street Over pot holes and peeled rubber across the parking lot to Park this car. Was it yours if you drive a late 1970 or Early 1980 Model it very Well May have been. Where do you suppose was the american service member a representative during the movement of these automobiles the Only other person i saw concerned with the shipment was a German civilian who Only seemed to be marking a list As each car was raced to the parking lot.  there have been someone representing the american servicemen Ber a someone who has and May again have his automobile shipped a someone with a vested interest a Archie l. Tucker osterholz German editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints 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 o o 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 09211-421. Autos deserve better care done to generalize some of you More experienced travellers have in the past driven bummed rides across Germany or Ridden an Al night train to the Bremerhaven port to pick up or deliver an automobile. If you have had at least one tour in Europe you have probably experienced or known someone who experienced shipping a perfectly Good automobile Only to have it arrive at the other end with some malfunction. Whether like in our Case it is a missing item or an inoperative part these situations a in most cases a did no to just happen to he automobile while sitting quietly in the hold of a ship. There Are i am sure untold Dod civilians and service members who ship automobiles each year with Only minor or no noticed defects. Maybe the reason you did no to have your automobile and had to bum rides or take taxis when you and your wife went to look at All of those apartments and houses was because a Dock worker thought this was the time for him to realize his lifelong dream of being a race car Driver and Felt no guilt in experiencing this dream at your expense. Or could it be possible that the reason you did no to have your car operational when you needed to take your child to the emergency room on a weekend was because the shippers were in a hurry to get the ship loaded or unloaded so they could save Money whatever the reasons there is just absolutely no excuse for the mistreat mls it and abuse of a service member a automobile 1 witnessed some weeks ago. There were automobiles end on end being parked in a parking lot on Carl Schurz Cavern 1 watched As one of the we Are a country of generalizing. We always say a every Man is. A every woman is. A every this or that a in the letter a tired of summer hires a it is done again. Let me just say that in every age group every class or every sex there Are people who Are not responsible. Why generalize about an age group a Miriam Martinez Friedberg Germany Corby the real thing not to make Light of what is most assuredly a serious situation within the soviet Union but the similarities Between soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a temporary absence and the evolution of Coke classic Are striking. Gorbachev tried every imaginable Way to gain Western support for his programs of Reform. Given his less than successful attempt to obtain eco Monic support this past month in London president Gorbachev was running out of ways to improve conditions at Home. In the mid-1980s, coca cola saw that it was losing Market share to Pepsi. Coke devised an ingenious although suspect plan. They introduced new Coke. The world did no to buy it and Coke bounced Back a Short time later with Coke classic. Coke found that people who were previously non committal came out strongly in support of Coke classic. Of All the potential lessons that can be drawn from a capitalist Economy one Hopes that cokes Success is not the lesson Gorbachev seized upon. Letters to the editor regardless of the method what better Way could Gorbachev demonstrate that the soviet Union is firmly headed Down the Road toward Reform than by defeating a coup from within if there were Ever a question in the minds of Western leaders As to the prudence of investing in the soviet Union the events of the past few Days have hopefully shown that like Coke president Gorbachev a reforms Are the real thing. If Mikhail s. Gorbachev has committed the soviet Union to a Market oriented Economy then we should not fault him for the capitalist lessons he chooses to  John h. Dannon sorg Hof Germany done to abuse freedoms reference the letter to editor from the individual who is upholding his her Freedom of speech including the right to use foul language the writer apparently needs reminding that his her a a rights end where my a a rights begin. If a person wants to be uncouth and ill mannered by using foul language Fine. But do it at a time and in a place that does not trespass upon the sensibilities and rights of others. Where that might be i am not quite sure but i might have some suggestions we should always be Alert to the fact that one of the most serious dangers to the freedoms that democracy has granted us is people who abuse those freedoms. And we ought to speak out every time that happens. A Rick Kearney Wiesbaden German thanks to Comstock i thought it was about time to write and say thank you to the men and women of the Dock Landing ship Comstock for their efforts during the evacuation from the Philippines. The assistance and caring were outstanding. A special thanks to capt. . Howe for giving up his bunk for my 2-year-old son. As a male spouse travelling with a child we did encounter some difficult situations. However the child care and supportive people in Guam and again in Hawaii and finally at Travis fab made a very difficult situation bearable. I can Only Hope our goods can find us. Or. Jordan Canfield Terceira azores trekkie serious i would like to respond to the letter a no More  i thought your article was informative and entertaining. As the former Captain and founder of the  Rhein Neckar i was Happy to see that Star trek has a Large following in Europe. And i was truly pleased to see that you put something about the Rhein Neckar into the article. Star trek is More then just a to show or movie its a Way of life to a Large group of people. Trekkie have been responsible for a lot of things from bringing the show Back to naming the first space shuttle. So if this writer wants a real articles on More serious themes a have him talk to a trekkie and he will see just How serious it can be. A staff sgt. Rick Myers Dhahran saudi Arabia