European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes tuesday March 3, 1992 thes european edition col Gene e.t0wnino, of tender Pum Shar Bernard a. Zovi5toski editor Shi Walker european editor Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker sport editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Manas special sections editor to write us unit 29400 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 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 Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, cart Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3426659 or civilian 0471-68762. 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A Gene Phillips Frankfurt German african history disputed the writer of Quot educate yourself encourages Blacks to discover for themselves the contributions made throughout history by africans then offers two examples of Black Quot greatness that indicate his ignorance on the subject. He claims that Shaka Zulu a was defeating the British Empire Long before unidentified a great generals of Europe were waging their a located campaigns. Sorry but Shaka Zulu never once took up arms against any a White Man a let alone organized British forces. In fact when the first a a Whites landed at port Natal in 1824, Shaka welcomed them As a threatening curiosities. Shaka or Chaka Zulu waged a Campaign of Conquest and genocide against the non Zulu tribes of Southern Africa during the 1820s known As the a decane the crushing in which an estimated 2 million Black africans were murdered. In 1828, he slaughtered approximately 7,000 pregnant women so that All his subjects could feel his grief after his Mother died. Soon after this abominable act he was assassinated. The result of this a great general so bloody reign was the a great Boer trek of the 1830s, in which dutch settlers flooded the Region completely unopposed by the decimated indigenous population. Perhaps the writer was thinking of King get Shwayko whose forces destroyed the British 24th regt at Island Lwana in 1879, but was soon Defeated his second example was Hannibal indeed a great military Leader but not a Black african. It seems that afro Cen Trist revisionist historians Are unable to come to grips with the fact that a very Large number of africans Are not negroid but caucasoid Hannibal was born in Carthage near what is today Tunis Tunisia and taken to the iberian Peninsula modern Spain and Portugal at an Early age where he grew up to become famous in the second punic War against Rome. A Roderick p. Toomes Augsburg German dog article challenged i have been Active in dog shows nearly All my life and i would like to comment on several misrepresentations in your article about the Westminster dog show. The statement about a the pretence and excess and silliness of this Rich Mutt convention is inaccurate and insulting. Most dog people myself included Are average Middle class folks who scrimp for the Money to show our dogs. This leaves Little for excess or pretence. As to being silly it is certainly no More so than the super bowl or the world series. Years of work and dedication Are needed to get to Westminster. The writer goes on to say that in Best of Breed Bob Competition the dogs Are judged against Breed standards of excellence but that this is not the Case in the group judging. Wrong again. The Only difference is that in the groups each Bob is judged against its own Standard. In other words the judge must decide whether the Iris pc wolfhound Bob is a better wolfhound than the Dachshund is a Dachshund. This requires a judge with Many years of experience and a thorough knowledge of each Breed in the group he or she is judging. Finally he states quite baldly that a these particular dogs at Westminster will never pull sleds or retrieve  this is simply not True. I co owned the curly coated retriever. Champion sum Merwind Scharles Dickens. He is the Only curly to win Bis in the United states and represented his Breed two years in a Row at Westminster. He also had an obedience title and a working retrieving title. He picked up Many a Bird in his lifetime. A Deborah a. Wales Augsburg German yrs editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints Are published daily in this space. All letters must . 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A a 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211.let mixed couples be lately you see More and More mixed couples. Some people Are hesitant to be with someone of a different race because they Are afraid of what people will say. Some people feel strongly about staying with the same race. T am aware of Many cases in which parents will not allow their children to be with someone of a different race. Parents have to realize that they cannot control their children a lives forever and soon their children will be off making their own decisions. As time goes on people hopefully Are becoming less and less prejudiced. There is nothing wrong with mixed couples. If two people decide that they want to be together then its their prerogative. People should be Able to do what they want to do without being tormented. A Regina Martfeld High by Coulib England a a photo irresponsible we were appalled when we picked up your feb. 14 edition with the front Page picture of a struggling Adam Bischoff who later drowned in the flooding in California. Printing this picture shows a great Lack of sensitivity not Only toward Young Bischofs family and friends but also to All your readers. You obviously knew of the death of the Young Man As the Cap letters to the editor Tion read a this body was found  please consider a More sensitive approach in your coverage about innocent victims. Such reporting is incompatible with responsible and ethical journalism. A Claire Floto 62 journalism students also signed Ramsten Germany car Success Story the recent letter complaining about the pricing practices of a fest military car sales pcs failed to Tell both sides of the Story. The writer stated that he purchased a car from pcs and later found that he could have received the same car from a stateside dealer at a much lower Price. He implied that cafes military car sales is out to gouge its a a captive audience. He further implied that pcs failed to keep its Promise of paying the difference if you find a Bona fide lower offer on exactly the same vehicle. My recent experience with military car sales has been considerably different. True when i initially requested a Price quote from an pcs Salesman it was seemingly High. However the Price quoted was for a vehicle that had been ordered by pcs As a Quot Stock vehicle for immediate delivery from Bremerhaven. When i inquired further i found that i could get a lower Price by special ordering the vehicle i wanted. Naturally i would wait longer to take delivery since the car would have to be built and shipped from the states. Then i contacted a dealer in the states and checked his prices. Upon learning that i could save an additional 10 percent i asked for and was sent a Purchase order signed by the Dealership management which stated that this was a firm offer for this vehicle at this Price. Taking the Purchase order to pcs resulted in its meeting the stateside Price minus shipping and in my Purchase of the car from it. Of course i still have to wait for delivery. But after saving Between 15 and 20 percent who cares lastly this whole transaction took several weeks some concerted Effort several Telephone Calls and a willing stateside dealer who was hoping to sell a car. But in the end i bought the car from pcs because it gave me the merchandise that i wanted where i wanted and at the Price i was willing to pay. A chief warrant officer 4 . Hamilton Sandhofer German new addresses done to help Why do we bother with the four line addresses on nov. 25, my father in Law spent $5.45 to mail Christmas presents by priority mail. While he had the proper air base group and Section and the proper pc and Box number he transposed two digits in the zip code 09821 became 09281. The package was returned with the following inscription Quot unit deactivated left no address locators  he spent a second $5.45 to remail it on Jan. 6. I was under the impression that the extra information on the address was to facilitate our mails finding us despite what must be a fairly common mistake. If everything is based on the zip code Why do we bother with the four line addresses and who cares if it is Apo by or Apo a a capt Ronald j. Morrell Izmir Turkey