European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes monday june 15, 1992 european Edh on col Oene c. Townsend Usan  publish or Bernard a. Kjv1stosk editor news and editorial my walk european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Noten a we editor City editor bore Wicker Jeorga Manaa sports editor special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 0100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155601 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 Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Dav Daon Kevin Dougherty building 2b99, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone civilian 063192104 Relefa 063150696. Munich Germany Cah news Bureau in Nomberg. 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Everything advertised in this publication shall a Mode 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 Factor of the purchaser user or  work less at the Headquarters at Ramstein where i work and on Kreuzberg Cavern management accommodates the smokers by giving them designated smokers rooms. On the other hand non smoking los local nationals Are deprived of having a break room where they May enjoy their twice a Day 15-minute Breaks and or half hour lunch break. So the los Are left with alternatives sacrifice the break s and remain behind the desk divert to another office area or go for a Short walk. Smokers take frequent 10-minute Breaks just about every hour on the hour throughout the working Day. Sometimes the Breaks become longer depending on the Type of Bull session going on. Generally both the is and in non smokers Are left in the office to handle the business. Management by establishing the smokers rooms and permitting frequent smoke Breaks without accounting for the individuals work time lost has provided an incentive to continue smoking. The smoker should be required to go outside the building. The supervisors should add up All those daily smoke Breaks and deduct the time from the smokers daily attendance card. A Eddy Collins Ramstein Germany lifesaving response my family and i went to Atlantis Schwitt bad in Herzog Nakrach Germany on May 31. As we were preparing to leave our 2-year-old daughter turned up missing. My husband and i searched everywhere. Our Friend noticed children staring into the wave Pool and he Dove in for her. She seemed lifeless but due to the Quick response of a Friend the people at Atlantis and the people in the ambulance we now have our Little Girt Home and Well. I would like to thank sgt. Shelby Martin the Man and woman at Atlantis and the people in the ambulance. Without your help i doubt this would have turned out so Well. Again i thank you from the Bottom of our hearts. You Are our heroes. The Norton family Erlanger German Harris raids a murderous i am appalled by the Monument to  Arthur Harris chief of the Royal air Force bomber command in world War ii. The bombing raids that he ordered needlessly killed half a million people and destroyed thousands of culturally important buildings. These missions were not designed to destroy military units or to disable the German military Industrial Complex. Rather they were vindictive and murderous acts aimed at non military targets. As military officers we learn that even in War there Are standards of ethical and moral conduct. The bombing of cities for the express purpose of killing its inhabitants and destroying its cultural buildings is reprehensible. The argument that the raids were an appropriate response to similar atrocities committed by hitlers Luftwaffe is morally indefensible. One atrocity certainly does not justify another. Harris tried in part to justify his raids on the German City centers by exaggerating claims of factory destruction. As most factories were on the outskirts of the cities this justification was nothing but an absurd attempt to legitimize his bombing of civilians. Dresden a refugee crammed communications Center on the route of the russian Advance was at Best a marginal military target. Even if one accepts Dresden As a legitimate target there can be no justification for Harris targeting of the City Center rather than the transportation hubs. Honouring such a Man with a statue sends the wrong message to future soldiers and airmen. Conducting a War in a proper ethical and moral manner is not Only right but it is More effective. A Monument to the Crews who risked their lives trying to shorten the War would have been far More appropriate. A capt. Markt. Mantaro Werthem Germany 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. Too 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.don�?Tt be overcharged this is just a Short note to vent my total disappointment with the cafes garage at Ramstein. It will also i Hope Stop others from being overcharged by being forewarned. Through my own ignorance and stupidity i paid the garage $305.35 for a Bow tire. I asked if it would be cheaper downtown and was told  later just out of curiosity i rang the Esso garage at the traffic Circle in to Jelweh. Their Price for the same tire was $247.50, with no tax and including the Dollar for the paperwork. There was one difference the Esso garage had the tire in Stock. With the cafes garage i waited for five Days. A Rodney Jones Ramstein a German read the Fine print More hot air smoke and mirrors from our wonderful congressional con artist magicians in Washington. Their highly touted amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced budget Defeated thursday looks Good in the headlines but lets read the Fine print. It limits spending to a a projected revenues for that particular fiscal year.  that a a big loophole that a few Hundred billion red inked dollars can easily slip through every year. I can hear it now a oops sorry we made a mistake and overestimated. We honestly thought we were going to take in $400 letters to the editor billion More when we made the budget in the beginning of the  and America will be $400 billion deeper in the Hole. And How far off will their a a estimates be the following year if Congress is truly serious about a balanced budget constitutional amendment they would close this gaping loophole. This can be done simply by requiring that expenditures Are not to exceed what was a a actually collected the year before. Not on congressional a Wishful thinking of what they Quot think they May collect in the future. This leaves no room for mistakes. Spend no More than what was actually collected in revenues the previous fiscal year. The Only problem with this idea is that it would be effective and actually work. So i done to expect to see it implemented in this legislation. Voters beware a As it stands this amendment is just fools fodder designed to Lull you into re electing your very own Home state grown congressional conjurer. A Matthew j. Brandstetter Aviano a Italy a a give Champ her due As a frequent Reader of the stars and stripes i take Issue with your paltry article a last Hurrah Renews Dante glory May 28.  a Stephanie Jones twice track and Field Champion and recipient of the coaches most outstanding female athlete in Field events displayed a Superior performance. Jones is without a doubt an outstanding female athlete. During the Munich finals Jones placed first in the High jump and Long jump for two Gold medals. She placed second in the triple jump for a Silver. It was unfair to compare her with the a amp so 1990-91 female athlete of the year for Points but since you did Jones competed in two events against this person and placed two places above her in both events. Just like All other award winners Wei Brucken a Stephanie Jones was recognized and declared the most outstanding female athlete in Field events by the coaches ballot and not by a a a Node As your article states. Your article also failed to mention the fact that Jones was also 1991�?Ts most outstanding female athlete in Field events. The coaches voted and acknowledged the most outstanding female in Field events. Why can to you a a concerned father Jerry Jones Owci Brincken Germany done to mess with Joe Bob i get real tired of the realities being pounded at us Over and Over again in reference to the draw Down mail system abortion racism sexism Etc. So please leave a Joe Bob Quot alone. I can truly understand some people taking offence to a column like this one the first time they read it. So done to read it again. Keep the newspaper away from your kids until you have had the Opportunity to destroy Joe bobs column after All its your 50 cents. Check this out Joe Bob is funny not serious but Down to Earth real As Ever. The dude is addictive. You can to just read one of his articles and not expect the inner urge to read another one. A Maggie Esters Stuttgart Vaihinger Germany