European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday May 20,1992 european edition col Gene a Townsend Usan com Indef punish a Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial letters to the editor Bill walk european editor Datoo Ratt Kabahar news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Manea 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 Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clausen building 103, Carl Schurz Carem Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428669 or civilian 0471-6782. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute undo Rosment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Everything ave nosed in this publication Shell be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sax. National origin age. Menial status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or  Stop tragedy the United states was obligated to help the innocent people of Kuwait overcome the bloody violence wrought on them by Saddam Hussein. Our government snowed the entire world that we would not tolerate iraqis invasion and sent thousands of troops technology and millions of dollars All to ensure that Kuwait would be liberated. Patriotic euphoria was ubiquitous. Our country was proud to support its soldiers in the Field because they represented an Ideal of restoring Freedom to a conquered and vanquished people. The persian Gulf War is Over but another invasion has taken place this time in Europe. The screams of innocent people quite similar to the screams of kuwaitis Are going unnoticed. Bosnia and Herzegovina has been recognized As an Independent nation. However serbian Leader Slobodan Milosevic continues to Swallow up As much of Bosnia and Herzegovina As possible. In his deadly Wake serbian forces Are killing hundreds of muslims croats and bosnian. The people living in the four Independent republics Are suffering from aggression just As the people of Kuwait did. Are they any less important there Are Many differences Between the Gulf War and serbian aggression. But lets not be fooled into believing that ethnic turmoil and civil War connote a hands off from outside intervention. The United states can help solve this problem without going to War. More pressure needs to be applied to Yugoslavia to decrease its aggressions. . Leaders need to actively Aid these fledgling republics. Finally americans need to band together to encourage our leaders and the Media to become More involved in the tragedy that is taking place. A capt. Stephen e. Herring Baum older Germany packing and pilferage a letter titled a trip offs by packers april 24 reminded me of a friends experience and my subsequent conversations with packers. I have recently spoken to three different packing Crews All local nationals at packing Sites on Post. The subject was their packing method and Security of the Large plywood boxes in which the goods Are being placed. Unlike stateside packing procedures the boxes Are not banded at the packing site. Instead when the boxes Are full their opened ends Are nailed shut and the boxes Are hauled to the lager warehouse. Provisional stripes of yellow masking tape Are attached to each Box and serve As a Security  the actual banding installation of Metal bands that encircle the boxes takes place later at the company a warehouse. The Opportunity therefore exists for pilferage to occur. Popular items which frequently do not arrive at their destination in the United states Are Mountain bikes stereo and video equipment 220 volts and or dual voltage compact discs and the like. Example a Friend recently pcs a made a permanent change of station to the United states from Munich Germany. He saw his expensive Mountain Bike first carefully plated into its original Carton at his House and then into the wooden Container on the truck. The Box and Carton in it did arrive however someone had removed the Bike from the Carton and replaced it with wooden Dunnage that approximated the bicycles weight. The a a Decoy Carton was sealed As if it had been packed at the owners House. I am not asserting that packers Are thieves. However the packaging system presently used in Bavaria owners thieves an Opportunity that they need not have. Government transportation professionals should be made aware of this situation and require the Carrier to do the banding sealing at the packing Sites. A Heinz . Weingaertner Grafen Edher Germany p in editor s note 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 Fetters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.help the unemployed the letter published april 29 is typical of those who have never been unemployed or never worked with the unfortunate. Yes there Are some who abuse the welfare system but the average american wants to work and provide his or her family with a decent life. An article april 24 gave the per capita income for the United states. Hourly wages in Mississippi worked out to be $6.54 per hour yet there Are More working at $4.25 minimum wage than most people want to admit. How can a single Parent afford child care maximum unemployment benefits in Mississippi Are $145 per week which works out to $3.62 per hour. A gs-1 makes $5.62 per hour. How Many is is have you seen yes welfare state Aid and other assistance programs Are funded by the taxpayers along with subsidizing military child care morale welfare and recreation programs and overseas housing allowances for department of the army civilians. Our private sector will pay $10 million for someone to play sports and no one seems to get upset. Ever since our forefathers dumped All of that Tea in Boston Harbor we have been known to do funny things with our tax Money. Lets not beat on the unfortunate but fix something that is broken in our country a the 10 million unemployed. A David m. Jester Vilseck German the Case for recycling in response to Peter Aykroyd the boy scout from shape Belgium searching for recycling information let me offer a few sources and quotes that will probably Surprise quite a few people. From the Book 50 simple things you can do to save the Earth americans produce 154 million tons of garbage every year a enough to fill the new Orleans super dome top to Bottom twice a Day every Day. Fifty percent of this trash can be recycled. Currently the Rhein main Library does not have this Book however the stars and stripes Bookstore offers it. I highly recommend this Book for anyone who is concerned about the needless destruction of our planet. The following quotes Are from the real goods Spring 92 Catalon a 75,000 Trees Are used for the sunday edition of the new York times each week yet Only 30 percent of newspapers Are recycled in the United states. If we All recycled our sunday papers we could save More than 500,000 Trees every week. A recycling saves Energy thus reducing acid rain global warming and air pollution. Recycling uses 60 percent less Energy than manufacturing paper from Virgin Timber. A one tree provides 700 paper shopping bags Ana 500 paper bags Are used every hour in the average supermarket. This Means eight to nine Trees per store Are destroyed every Day in the name of convenience. The Magazine Mother Earth news is a Good source of information in not Only the articles but also the classified Section. It is also available at the Bookstore. I strongly urge everyone to take a stand now while we still have a planet to stand on. A senior airman Frank Krauch Rhein main a Germany a 4iteach children to build i agree that the . Police and the trial jurors did not do their jobs Well but one observation that has not yet been made is simply this the parents of those who looted burned Ana beat innocent people in the streets did not do their jobs. So Many children especially those of the inner cities Are fatherless a neglected and abandoned to be ticking time bombs. And for this or. Martin Luther King the spiritual father of All oppressed people must be spinning in his grave. King was murdered. Must we also murder his memory with such viciousness and violence King spoke of Healing wounds and of tolerance non violence and respect for All humanity. Never have we needed this vision More than we do now. We should Honor and embrace the spirit of this Man and his message. We should keep it alive and pass it on to our children and our children a children. We must teach our children to build not to bum. And we All must live responsibly with an open heart not a clenched fist. Only then will we All be truly free at last. . Smith Ramstein a Germany racism a ugly echoes the tragedy of the Rodney g. King verdict is that it sends an ugly message to our children that the Law will not protect them if they Are Black and that racism is still alive and Well in the United states of America. A Michael p. Chew Stuttgart Germany Core of the matter following accusations that at least 26 women were sexually molested by Navy pilots vice adm. Richard m. Dunleavy assured us that the Navy will begin training aviators in a score values such As integrity Honor and respect. These efforts at remedial education May be laudable but there a a better approach. Why not select As pilots people who already possess these Core values and cease recruiting these sad victims of arrested social development a Michael Keegan Alconbury England