European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes tuesday april 28, 1992 thes european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stosk editor news and editorial Bill Patkar european editor Deborah Aba her Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George mane sports editor special sections editor to write us unit 29480 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 34b-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 news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz ca3em Apo a 090g9 Telephone ets 342-b659 or civilian 0471-88702. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stapes of the products or services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be Mads available for Purchase use or patronage without regard to race odor religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merrl Factor of the purchaser user or Pauo press is to blame i am writing a reply to your headline a Fame forces Ashe to admit he has  wrong the press did. A Jim Cortil Lassa or. Zaragoza Spain no excuse for bigotry in response to a letter in your april 6 Issue i would like to ask the writer if he is prepared to excuse White bigots their a lowlife tactics because that was All they were Ever shown. I personally am not prepared to absolve people of the responsibility for their own actions because that was the Way they were raised or because they were mistreated at some Point in their life. Malcolm x was wrong to be a bigot. Or. Martin Luther King Rose above the bigotry that surrounded him to become a truly great Man. Malcolm x chose to let himself remain trapped and close minded because of the actions of some other close minded people. I place the blame for his bigotry where it belongs squarely on his shoulders. It is in the end wrong to condone bigotry in any form regardless of its foundation. A senior airman Scott Mcdonough Raf upper Heyford England stamp out Elvis poll i find it very interesting that in this Day of Federal budget deficits Cost overruns and generally inefficient government services the  postal service is presently conducting a by mail Survey of the american Public to decide which rendition of Elvis Presley will eventually adorn a postage stamp. I would like to know How much Money it will Cost for All the printing of the special ballots then the manpower to count the ballots not to mention the additional volume of mail that an already strained system must accommodate. Even with the 19-cent postage each ballot must have the voting will still undoubtedly operate at a loss to the taxpayer. Besides everyone knows Elvis does no to qualify to be on a stamp. He would have to be deceased and i think i saw him just the other Day at the Frankfurt Germany pm wolfing Down a Jelly doughnut. A capt. Jeff Blair by Dingen Germany a make it a natural High when i read about our air Force allowing some of its pilots to take amphetamines during the persian Gulf War i had to wonder if this had anything to do with the repeated bombings of the same targets or bombing the wrong targets. What kind of double Standard is it setting Here i cannot believe our fighter pilots of world War 1, world War ii or Vietnam needed drugs to alter their state nor do i believe amphetamines kept them Sharp Alert or even responsive during the Gulf War. 1 always understood flying to be an adrenaline High not a chemical High. A Sandi Jones Kirch Gons Germany done to target guns in a tired of the press shoving its political views Down the throats of americans. Just print the facts and let the members of the Public make up their own minds. On Page 7 of the april 4 edition of the stars and stripes there was an article titled a firearms top cause of death in 2  this title automatically gives the impression of guns As evil things to be categorized with disease and War. The fact of the matter is firearms weren to the top cause of death they were the top method of death. Homicides and suicides were the top causes of death. People were killing one another Long before there were guns to do the killing with. When people get angry enough to kill one another they Are going to do it with whatever Means they find whether it be a gun a knife or a baseball Bat. Lets Stop attacking the methods of death and focus our Energy on the causes of death. A staff sol. Jamie b. Anderson Span Dahlem a German speaking of cruelty there was an article recently concerning a court decision that offered castration As a punishment in lieu of imprisonment for a Man convicted of rape. There seemed to be opposition from civil rights groups Legal Corners and even the Public itself that this was a cruel and inhuman form of punishment. Let me remind you of two other rape incidents. One Young girl was kidnapped stripped raped repeatedly and tied to a tree in the Snow and then the rapist Cut off her arms and left her to die but she did no to. Recently another Young girl was kidnapped raped repeatedly doused with gasoline and set on fire. She did no to die either. Where Are All the groups to voice cruel and inhuman treatment now a Edward e. Campbell Wiesbaden Germany spouse Protection fair this is in answer to the colonel who does not like the idea of sex spouses receiving up to one half of retired military pay through the former spouses Protection act. I believe we cannot Back Down on the Basic principle of spa that state courts May treat the military pension As they treat any other pension in a divorce settlement. If a court awards a portion of the pension As property then it cannot be taken away under any circumstances. In the civilian world when a marriage has lasted 20 years or longer and a pension is divided As property there is no stipulation made in the settlement that when Quot a spouse remarries he she gives up the  letters to the editor i support keeping the former spouses Protection act As it is today. That is what a fair. A Elaine Holroyd Bonn Germany writer misinformed a recent letter concerning the uniformed services former spouses Protection act us spa contained a number of false assertions and misleading statements. The Law May need some Fine tuning but not of the kind proposed or for the reasons Given by the writer. The us spa was passed in reaction to the decision of the . Supreme court in the Case of Mccarty is. Mccarty. The supreme court ruled that it appeared Congress did not intend to allow military pay to be divided As property by state court divorce orders. The us spa was passed to a a overruled this decision. The new Law merely made military retirement pay subject to state Law at divorce time. It could be divided As property or garnished for payment of child support and Alimony. The Law does not As the writer implied mandate the a a forfeiture of retirement pay. It does not mandate any particular division. That is entirely up to the Laws of the individual states. The writer implied that because of the us spa Only the retired military member is subject to having his or her retirement Check divided As property on divorce. The opposite is in fact True. Until the Congress passed the us spa the military was the Only significant group in american society whose retirement or pension pay was not subject to division As property on divorce. Far from discriminating against the military Retiree the us spa put him or her and his or her spouse on the same footing As everyone else in America. If a military pension is divided As property a former spouses remarriage should be irrelevant to the persons right to continue to receive it. Alimony which typically but not always terminates on remarriage is paid to discharge the obligation of married people to support one another. It is primarily based on need. Property divisions however Are typically permanent and should not be altered by a change in future need. A great Deal of myth and misinformation has grown up around the us spa a the most popular being that you have to be married to the Retiree for at least 10 years in order to be Able to share in a pension. Id card holders with questions in this area can obtain free and usually accurate advice from their local Legal assistance office a John to Nolan Vern him Germany pen pals i am 20 years old and i would like to have pen pals in the american forces Between the Ages of 20 and 25.1 am very outgoing my friends Call me mad and i like to party. My favorite actor is Arnold Schwarzenegger. I like to concerts ice seating to the movies and to pubs and clubs. If you want to know More about me drop me a line. R a Evelyn Yates Shieldaig 8 Newlands Street Lanark Lanarkshire ml11 9bo, Scotland i am 22 years old and i work As a Nanny. I like aerobics weight training going to clubs dancing and lust generally enjoying myself. A Niki Saunders 39 station Road Arlesey bed Forshler sg15 6rg England i am 21 years old and my hobbies Are going to the Cinema dancing and listening to ail kinds of music travelling and meeting new people. I would love to have american pen pats. A Debbie Mountain 13 Ashdale Road Hemsley North Yorkshire y06 5de England editor s note a 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211. 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211