European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes saturday june 6, 1992 letters to the editor european edit in col Gene e. Townsend Usan  Behnard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial bin a affair european editor Deborah aether Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Boh Wichar George manat 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-s 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 Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson Kevin Dougherty building 2099, Puloski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone civilian 0631-52t04 Eliefa 063150696. Munich Germany Call news Bureau in Nurnberg. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including Maeda or supplements does not constitute endorsement by a department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised Evary Yang advertised in this publication shall be made a vat Leue Kex Purchase use or patronage without regard to race of Fly religion sen National origin age. Mantel status physic of Handicap political a final Ion or any other non Meni Lector of the purchaser user or  on Drivers regarding the letter a German Drivers better a i agree with everything or. Koegl said except for the heading a German Drivers  this is my second tour in Germany and on my last tour German Drivers hashing lights honking horns tailgating illegally passing and other obnoxious behaviour was much More common. I cannot account for what May have caused the change. Is it new Laws. I also do not mean to say that this behaviour no longer occurs. On All German roadways i occasionally find myself being followed by a German who seems to resent following an american. Between my last tour and this one i spent two years driving the same stateside Roadway that or. Koegl mentioned. During that time i drove 1-95 South to and from Washington . Twice daily. It was just As he described it chaotic. Many of the Drivers do not signal or Check before changing lanes. Numerous times i narrowly escaped being rammed. This situation has Only happened to me once in Germany. Also Many Drivers on 1-95 will putt along in the far left Lane while vehicles in lanes to the right proceed around them. They seem unable to comprehend they Are contributing to a dangerous situation. Most of the Drivers do drive at Safe speeds however without Many of the antics often seen Here. Numerous examples can be cited for the strengths and weaknesses in the driving habits of both germans and american. Americans could make greater use of Driver training and More stringent testing standards. To those few germans that cannot behave on the Road try to remember what you Learned in Driver training. Driving is not a game its serious business. A Russell c. Erickson Stuttgart Germany Beautiful message in reference to the letter a Pitfalls of racism May 15its a a Black things you will never understand. And yes i too Wear a shirt with a Beautiful message. My shirt has All of the Black colleges and universities listed on the front and on the Back the message is a the Blacker the College the sweeter the knowledge a a Paula Inez Dunsen Wurzburg Germany a Justice has failed is the stars and stripes recently published several articles concerning the trial of four White officers charged with and later acquitted of the use of excessive Force in the apprehension of Rodney g. King. In a recent sunday Magazine Stephen Deane wrote a guest column addressing his reaction to one of these articles Quot americans in Europe feel shame  or. Deane eloquently expressed Why he did no to share in the country a shame Over the outrage but his Glossy words should not be mistaken for anything but ignorance. The author who throws his Trust to the jury and accuses others of allowing the Media to Warp their perspective is propagating dangerous complacency to allow our court system to go unchecked. I done to think his opinions Are representative of those in his career Field nor i Hope to god of the majority of americans in Europe. I see rather an irresponsible dismissal of facts and delicate social issues and a need to believe in the troubled Justice system which has failed us. A spec. Micacla Buonocoro Augsburg German yrs 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. Of # 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.get off those lists t there does no to seem to be any excuse for the fact that there a no mandatory unit recycling but there a something we can do on an individual basis. Military Community members can save Catalon companies Money a few Trees and the valuable time of postal workers by having their names removed from unwanted Catalon lists according to Money Magazine. It advises a write to the company a name removal service or write to direct marketing association mail preference service . Box 3861, 11 w. 42nd st., new York . 10163and request that you be dropped from the  it May also be helpful to mention in your letter that postal workers Are not allowed to deliver mail addressed to a current  when you arc reassigned your Cata logs cannot be forwarded or delivered to the current person using your old Post Box so Send a change of address card to the companies with Cata logs you want at your next assignment and be sure to have the others cancelled. Postal workers and Landfill managers everywhere will appreciate your Effort. A Tracey Krause Spang Dahlum Germany a a press shows prejudice let me first congratulate your paper for the Quality that you show Day by Day. It s the Best paper i Ever read. This is the first time 1 have Ever written to a newspaper. I needed to express my astonishment when i read the front Page article a Murphy Brown tempest in a to  the closer the elections get the More the press is showing prejudice when it talks about politics. In Man no serving in the army. In a also a minority because i was bom in puerto Rico and my first language is Spanish. I know in my heart when i see prejudice because in be been a victim of it. Day by Day on to newspapers magazines at Church at schools and just talking with our neighbors 1 hear How our society criticizes teen age parenting. To is a very powerful tool and one that influences thousands of teen agers. I he show Murphy Brown is one of the most highly rated to shows which reaches thousands of teens. If in this program they Are showing How a famous woman can have a child without being married and without the assistance of a father its contradicting every message they be been trying to impress on teen agers minds. And where does the prejudice come from Well it seems the press always believes anything that comes out of vice president Dan Quayle a Mouth is wrong. In a not a supporter of Quayle but i Back him on this. Please keep up the Quality of your paper and done to become like Many stateside papers which instead of presenting the facts attempt to be a Factor. �?jos6 a. Mercado Baum older Germany a letter in poor taste i was surprised when i read the letter a social programs of 1860s.�?� i would like to know is this your idea of Freedom of speech if so i think you need to realize who and what your paper represents. Of course my opinion could be wrong but i feel the stars and stripes should represent the military and its views. I realize that All of the articles printed do not exemplify the viewpoint of the military. If they did the a amps would lose its effectiveness As a source of news. On the other hand when it comes to the editors Page every letter printed reflects directly upon the newspaper and the editor. The opinion expressed in the letter is totally incompatible with the military. Likewise your decision to print it is the same. You Reserve the right to edit each letter for clarity length and taste. In my opinion that letter was in extremely poor taste and your decision to print it was even worse. A Charles e. Pulliam or. Spang Dahlum Germany foreign Aid a pittance congratulations to All of the hypocritical american a a patriots who constantly whine and cry about the foreign Aid our government allocates out of the National budget. They have succeeded in choking this Money Down to an amount that is about 1 percent annually less than any other major nations contributions. I used the word a a hypocrite because the majority of those who complain that the United states spends too much Money on other countries when it should be spending it at Home really could care less about our nations homeless jobless and disadvantaged. In 1990, 43 percent of the National budget went to direct payment benefits to individuals a social Security education and other major social programs a 26 percent to National Security 15 percent to interest on the National debt and 11 percent to state and local Grants. The other 5 percent went to Federal operations of which foreign Aid was less than 1 percent. About 80 percent of that 1 percent is spent right in the United states where its used to pay for the purchases of american services and products. . Foreign Aid benefits our country in Many ways that the american Public is ignorant about. When complaining about the governments inefficiencies one has to remember that we Are the government. We elect the officials and influence their actions. We have the Power to make change but Only if we have All the facts. Instead of complaining do something. Raise Money for the homeless in your City. Do something for the jobless. Volunteer to help out the disadvantaged. Our country a greatest asset is its citizens. A Carl t. Feagans Bamberg Germany