European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday june 3, 1992 european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan comr Randw publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher nows editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Notan City editor Georg Manet special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Post Tach 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 kat5erslautern, Germany Peggy Davidson Kevin Dougherty building 2099, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone civilian 0631-52104 Tel fax 063150696. 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Everything advertised in Ihn publication shall be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sax. National origin age Manlavi status physical Handicap political Effie Hon or any other non Merit Lector of the purchaser user or  mail we be heard numerous excuses for the poor mail service we re receiving. One that comes to mind is that the mail is taking a Long time in the states. In a not so sure. Maybe someone can explain this. I mailed a card from Rhein main a Germany on april 17. It was received on april 29. Not counting the Day mailed and the Day it was received it took 11 Days to get to its destination Heidelberg. This card had the new Quot More efficient a four line address. Comments anyone a Jeffrey g. Werni Schict Zingen Germany a no visa for Poland your article a heading East May 13 misinformed potential travellers to Poland about visa requirements. There is no visa requirement for . Passport holders. This Rule changed More than a year ago. I have confirmed the no visa requirement for . Citizens with the polish consulate in Frankfurt. I have travelled to Poland on a . Passport four times since october 1991, and i did no to need a visa. Also please make your readers aware of the dangers while travelling in their own or rental car. Leave absolutely nothing in the car including permanently installed stereos. Removing it from the dashboard is considerably less hassle than having to pay for a broken Windshield and dash in the car. Park your car in the safest possible place i.e., guarded parking lot preferably next to the local police station. Otherwise a break in is guaranteed if you Are Lucky to find your car where you left it at All. Poland has one of the highest theft and break in rates in Europe. I am speaking through my own experiences and repeating the information and advice Given to me by police officials in the Beautiful City of Gdansk. Because of budget constraints and the reorganization process local police in polish cities have very Little resources to fight increasing crime activities. And one More Issue Check with your insurance company if your insurance is valid for Poland. It May not be. A lot of car rental agencies will not rent their cars for travel to Poland or other sex soviet bloc countries. In Short be careful and done to be naive and you will really enjoy your visit to Poland. A spec. Marcin Wisiolek Dublin gun Germany greatest trial for . In the past six months this Page of the stars and stripes has seen an endless Parade of opinion regarding Black America. The majority of letters have espoused the old we re All americans regardless of color song and dance which Over the decades and in spite of our growing familiarity with it has lost much of its resonance and integrity. The precepts underlying such a romantic vision of nationhood conveniently dismiss an unsettling truth the most vehement democracy on Earth is in Possession of a rather Large vaguely dissimilar historically conspicuous minority. Democracies tend to assail Bona fide cultural minorities for the very reason that democracies have an insatiable appetite for Homogene if Only symbolic. Given that is it possible for a self governing nation to successfully integrate a minority group which both cannot and will not assimilate can it acknowledge such racial or cultural separateness without needing to standardize or demolish it this will prove perhaps to be the greatest trial of the modern Republic. A Patricia James Wick Auerbach Germany editor s note e letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All cutters 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.discuss sex openly i am responding to the person who called abortion an ugly business. Yes it anyone but at least is ugly and 1 done to believe anyone wants to have to make that c we now have a Choice. The reason Why most abortion protesters done to get portrayed in a positive Light is because nine times out of 10 they re harassing women and bombing buildings. In our society its perfectly Normal to let our children see violence on television in the movies and even at Home but heaven forbid they see nudity or sex. Maybe along with self control we can teach them that love and sex Are wonderful if you re responsible about it. It s time we discuss sex openly with our children instead of forbidding it and refusing to speak of it. If the wonder and mystique Are gone then a lot of curiosity will be too. Until then i will do All i can to keep abortion Legal. What i do with my body or life a or what any other woman does with hers a is none of your business. We All have to answer to god and god Only. A Tina r. Burgess Frankfurt Germany done to close playhouse i read with astonishment the articles in the stars and stripes regarding the proposed closure of the Frankfurt playhouse. I thought the army functioned under that quaint premise Quot if it ainu to broke done to fix  although i have no Access to the books i done to think the playhouse is a broke a in either sense of the word. I base that on the knowledge that if i done to Book Early for a performance i wont get tickets. Why because the Frankfurt playhouse is the most professional of any Community theater in be seen in Europe because there a a Large population base that avidly supports it because some of us want a a cultural recreation not sports because for some of us this is the closest Well Ever get to a Broadway or West end London show because where else can families expose their children to the magic of theater the proposed option of attending the dinner theater Only shows that those doing the proposals Are certainly not Young soldiers with families. While dinner theater fare is always geared to adult audiences and provides a special letters to the editor night out for adult the playhouse offers a wonderful mix of theater throughout the year. In a always especially impressed with their family oriented Christmas Holiday show. The playhouse attracts audiences from great distances and has traditionally fostered a Strong participatory relationship with our Host nation. Many German schools have brought their English language students to performances Over the years. I believe the playhouse was one of the first in Germany dating Back to 1945 or �?T46. With so Many things closing and ending for americans in Europe i Hope a the Powers that be will think carefully before ending a . Army in Frankfurt institution. A Judy Williams Wiesbaden Germany a a White men not racist this is in response to the letter on the movie title White men can t jump. I do not think the writer looked at the Story behind the film. First the movie was written and directed by a White Man Ron Shelton. Shelton is a former minor league baseball player who also Enovs basketball. J 3 the following is a quote from a recent article in Prei filiere Magazine in which Shelton explains the title. A when people Sav to me a that title is racist i always ask a what a racist about it it is a common playground expression. In be heard it All my life a youve got White Many a disease. You can to jump i think this movie is funny and provocative. And if one out of 10 people get paraphrasing Here ticked off by it that a  second Shelton also hired a Good number of Black actors alongside his two major characters something very rare in a Hollywood film. Even some of the production Crew chiefs on the film were minorities Blacks and a woman again a rarity in Hollywood. Do you think the cast members and the Crew were concerned about the title i done to think so. Lastly there were two major characters a one Black one White. The White Many a Girlfriend was puerto rican and the Black Many a wife was a Strong Black female. No its not a silence of the lambs but the film had something that most Oscar winners done to it shows Blacks and Whites working together without killing others or each other. As a Black Man i did no to go to the movie because i thought that the White people i knew would be upset. Someone obviously likes the film a its still in the top five. I think the saying Quot never judge a Book by its cover a comes to mind Here. A Jerome Smith Heidelberg German wrong photos received i have received photographs from Deans photo service in new York that Are not mine. They Are of a family of four on Holiday a possibly in Capri. One photo has a woman and two children m front of a boat Harbor with Cliffs in the background the daughter is in a vivid Pink coat another is an air Force Captain in mess dress with his wife. Included was a replacement Roll of 35mm film 36 exposures/100 Asa. The photographs i should have received were taken in the walled City of Chester in England Castle ruins on a Hill and a medieval looking Castle built with pinkish stones. If i have your pictures or you have mine please Contact master sgt. Margaret Jones Sdao pc 801, Box 54, Fpo a 09498, Telephone 2390123/2715