European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 30,1992 the stars and stripes a Page 13 letters to the editor european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manes 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 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 news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428659 or civilian 0471 -88782. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including insane or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products of services advertised. Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available for 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 Nilor of the purchaser user or Patron Remote slights As a former Deputy Community conv Mander from Neu Ulm and having fought with 7th medical come for a fairer share of medical support for those not located near the a Hospital flagpole a it again seems to be interested in care for Only those fortunate enough to be located on the a big Quot bases where enough troops can justify the a a Honor of having medical support there. Four years ago the word was support for Remote Sites no matter what the Cost As those places did no to and still done to have All the comforts of being Back in the .a., As the Frankfurt and ram steins do. I guess with budget crunches and colonel doctors taking care of doctors and defending the a fort a or Hospital then it does no to matter How far someone has to travel to reach an american doctor. I always thought a part of treatment was making a patient feel he or she is understood and being cared for. When will 7th medical come Ever be forced to Wake up and support All those hard working captains and majors running the Small clinics and not located at the Hospital a a fort maybe the colonels should go Back out to the Field for a year with their families and see How it is for the kids to be bused Long distances to school and miss sports and other activities because dad is a sergeant. My recommendation put the support Back to the Remote site locations wherever they Are and let some of the a big City people wait and complain while they shop at the big pm and commissary. A Gordon f. Kelley Munich Germany Bank not there for you it has come to my attention that someone was recently hired to work at merchants National Bank in either contracting or purchasing at a salary of 84,000 Marks per year. This is not even for someone running an operation. Your Community Bank is not working in your Best interests. It is working in the interests of the Bank to the detriment of its captive clientele. Lets Stop the Shakedown. A Michael r. Mazrum Frankfurt Germany More taxes for retirees the letter a a fair proposal april 13concerning unfair division of military retirement pay upon divorce raises several valid Points regarding How our elected clowns have played games with our retirement pay without subjecting themselves to the same rules. Rep. Pat Schroeder who championed the legislation is herself exempted from anything similar regarding her pay. I know it would take up a lot of space but you would really perform a genuine service to prospective retirees if you would publish the following quote from the retired officer january �?T92, concerning another game played with our Money a one of the retired officers associations goals is to abolish source taxes. Source taxes Are those taxes imposed by a state on retirees who no longer reside in the state. A thus if a person who served in California later retires in California and receives his retired pay there and subsequently moves to another state California assumes the right to continue to assess a tax on his retired pay and take him to court in whatever state he resides to collect Back taxes and penalties. A this Type of taxation represents taxation without representation and should be outlawed. A members of the Nevada delegation sen. Harry Reid a Nev sponsor of s.267, and rep. Barbara f. Vucanovich a Nev sponsor of or 431, were joined by rep. Jolene Unsoeld a was sponsor of or 1531, in introducing legislation to prohibit source taxes. A those Bills currently have 25, 160 and 62 co sponsors respectively. We need to increase the intensity of grassroots action if we Are to win enactment this  surprised i wrote to Pat Schroeder two months ago asking about her position on these Bills. No reply so far but maybe she a been Busy balancing her Check Book. A Joseph Elliott Stuttgart German yrs editor s note a i letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Aje 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.obscenity is colourless in your april 19 edition i read an article about rapper Luther Campbell. If i understood it correctly it said that he was very concerned about death threats when he planned to speak out about censorship of his music. He was quoted in the article As saying a anything to keep a Black Man Down it will be  in a trying to get my thinking straight on that quote. Does he mean that if a White group recorded sexually explicit lyrics it would be tolerated talk to me about discrimination on employment education and housing and i will be willing to listen but obscenity is obscenity in any color. Hopefully there Are enough of us out there to Send the message to Luther Campbell and others like him that we choose not to tolerate the further disintegration of morals and ethics in our society regardless of our ethnic background. A Dorothy Irwin Wurzburg Germany Black and White a whys a i Felt disconcerted at the ignorance that some people have in regard to the Progress made by afro americans. One writer supported her position that afro americans have achieved Equality on the premise that a Many sports Are dominated by Black Ameri cans a and that her favorite talk show Host Oprah is Black. She then goes on to Ponder Why we need events such As Black history month Black Beauty pageants and Why Blacks have their own magazines. She concludes by asking whether the goal of afro americans is really superiority. Rather than Equality. If afro americans have already achieved Equality Why then is their unemployment rate historically double that of White americans Why then is the median income for an afro american family $7,000 less than that of a White american family Why then if there Are roughly 30 million afro americans Are Only 26 of the 433 members of the House of representatives afro american Why then Are there no afro american senators Why then is the infant mortality rate considerably higher for afro americans than it is for White americans indeed in some sports there May be a higher percentage of afro american athletes but docs this mean that they dominate the sport of the 105 major sport franchises How Many Are owned by afro americans the answer is one a the Denver nuggets. Furthermore it Wasny to until 1983 that an afro american was proclaimed miss America. Docs this sound like Equality to you a Kyle Webster Raf Lakenheath England. Too shoe choosy i have been playing soccer now for almost Twenty years and never have i though i would be told that my soccer shoes were illegal. I  believe it when i heard it. I actually thought the referee was joking until he watched me to make sure 1 changed my cleats to a pair with folded soles. Previously to that occasion i was wearing what soccer players refer to As a a screw inst. There Are four types of cleats i can think of that some players attempt to use in soccer. There Are screw ins screw on folded and even pop on. The difference Between screw ins screw on and pop on is the Way the a a study or a Cleat Quot is mounted on the sole. My complaint in All of this is i think it is very frustrating and unfair for players who have been playing with screw in cleats to come to Germany and be told that they can to Wear them and that the Only acceptable shoe is one with folded Bottoms. In 1988, i went to the Usa eur championships for soccer and right before game time our team was told that half of the team had to change cleats forcing some to play in Tennis shoes. I think events and arguments can be prevented in the future if the army would let players Wear shoes that were meant for soccer. I mean Here we Are in a country where soccer is the  sport and we Arentt even allowed to Wear a real soccer shoe. A spec. Robert a. Devol bad Kreuz Nach Germany pen pals i am 16 Yawara add and i would Uka to Hava pen Pala Between the age of 18 and 33. Loren Reid Treadway oust Treadway p. O St Catherine. Jamaica West indie i am so year Young and i like to socialize and most music i am looking Lor pen pais around my own age Jean Mills 3 Evesham Road wait on Liverpool 14 9ru England