European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 monday november 16,1992letters to the editor Ltd a lgaj0links euro attn Edmon col Genii. Town6cno, Usan commander publisher a Ernaro a. Zov1stoski editor news end editorial a a after european editor Deborah Absher new editor to Bleker sports editor Fulco icy acting City editor George Martos special Section editor to write us unit 29460 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 3486 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 Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer Sieve scholar building 2899, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone ets 409-6585 or civilian 0631-52104 tet tax 0631-50690. 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Physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non ment Factor of the purchaser user or  Kings due this is in response to a Rodney King  i wonder if the writer has Ever been smashed in the head or other parts of the body while handcuffed and defenceless. How can King not be the vie Tim whether its $83 or $83 million Justice needs to be served in or. King Kings favor. A Gwen Carter a Fortal Germany e a a singing the dark blues in be been in the air Force for nine years now. In be seen Many changes in attitudes and policies and most particularly in the uniform we Wear. We be seen our officers Wear a Whites a and our enlisted toss their distinctive fatigues for the Battle dress uniform. We be seen Epa lets become a fixture on our Short sleeved Black shirts worn with bus steel toed shoes issued to our new recruits and patches removed from Utility uniforms. All of these changes at one time or another represented the distinctive a a new look of the air Force with considerations of safety history and tradition intact. They set the Standard for the future look of the air Force. There is one question i have meandering in the Back of my mind and one for which ill be putting in yet another form 100 Why with All these uniform changes taking place can we not bring Back the dark Blue Long sleeved shirt into the inventory of items allocated for Wear by air Force members its colouring and weight made it the perfect Winter if not year round Wear a and it was distinctively air Force. I done to know if in Malone in this train of thought but this is my Cost cutting suggestion to the air Force. Fire the fashion designers who milked millions of dollars from the military for controversial uniform designs and go with something that was practical and worked. These shirts like the current Blue sweaters air Force members Wear Are were not issued items their Cost would come out of pocket. With a practical suggestion like this in place one can Only wonder How far it could possibly go. A Alonzo to Edwards bad sibling Germany e a a get qualified doctors in be seen a lot of letters both Good and bad on the medical care of family members. I feel compelled to Tell you my family a Story on army medical care. On june 14, a doctor a a cared for our son Jason age 6 weeks Jason had been crying on various occasions uncontrollably and for no apparent reason. My wife a instinct was to Nave him looked at in the emergency room because his crying was that of pain rather than hunger or for Comfort. The doctor diagnosed Jason a problem As not getting enough to eat. Now it does no to take a rocket scientist to figure that when a baby who was bom at 6 pounds 15 ounces comes in six weeks later and weighs in at 11 pounds 4 ounces that child is in fact eating enough. The doctor made a cursory Check of Jason Sears nose and Throat and said they were Fine but gave us nose drops because of some mucous discharge in the nose. He then stated there was nothing medically wrong with Jason because his crying stopped when we picked him up. That night Jason fell asleep for a solid six hours in his Rocker swing a seat where his posture is More erect. This pleased but puzzled us so we brought Jason in for a second opinion. On june 17, Jason was taken to Ramstein s flight surgeons office where or. Bames Rivera the flight surgeon made a diagnosis of a double ear infection. Jason a crying stopped when we picked him up because this action relieved the pressure in his ears. If we had not gotten or Bames Rivera s second opinion Jason could have suffered a very serious Long term if not permanent hearing loss t if a medical establishment is going to employ people As doctors it should be sure they Are qualified to carry the title and give them the tools to properly practice their profession. A Robert j. Lutz Ramstein a Germany 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 signed and include address and Telephone number. Address letters 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 normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address such letters to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.bone break unappreciated i read articles by an acc family child care provider to the stars and stripes about military parents not appreciating the care Given by acc providers. I left my 3-year-old daughter with an acc provider and she let my child go All Day Long with a broken Arm. I came out of the held because a Friend said she saw my daughter with the provider and she appeared scared to death to move. My daughters Arm and fingers were swollen and the provider insisted she was just looking for attention. My daughter was in pain for at least eight hours before i came in from the Field. The provider never called me to inform me of anything. I by the Grace of god happened to Check on her when i found her with a broken Arm and no medical attention at All. Who says that the trained family child care provider is the Best person for the Job on top of that the Cost of my participation in reformer was close to $655. That included regular care and overnight care. 1 always paid the provider on time and i provided everything that was needed for my child. And this acc provider had the nerve to write to the stars and stripes and say that we Are unappreciative parents. Get real acc providers Are not always the Best people for the Job. A stall sgt Priscilla g. Dennis Darmstadt Germany a 0 9delivery Price a rip off my first response goes to a High shipping costs oct. 6. The writer obviously had an experience that is very typical for cafes which by the Way stands for army and air Force extortion service in our Region the excuse that the delivery service is contracted out to a German company does not justify such an exaggerated Price. Any reputable German furniture store would have delivered free or for a minimal fee. The second response is aimed at the letter a amp face rough youths oct. 8. I agree 100 percent with or. Iuliucci. In a Worling in the High school cafeteria in it Irmburg and therefore Deal with a Large number of teen agers on a daily basis. When i read the article about the three kids from Schweinfurt being beaten i also said a i think  my thinking was influenced by the fact that i am familiar with one of the so called victims. Now or. Iuliucci you have probably shocked a lot of parents with your statement about the guns narcotics and Larcenie. How Many parents do you think know about the locker searches and the guns that were found this is not supposed to be Public knowledge. After All we Are 4,000 Miles away from the United states and even a Little farther from . A Helde Vanegas a Atzingen Germany a a a first Banner of slavery in a getting a Little tired of All the letters complaining about the Confederate Flag displays and How it depicts nothing but racism a especially the recent letter that stated a to the writer research the facts before you defend a Flag that clearly does represent  i wonder just How much research this person did before writing that statement. The first Flag to represent racism and slavery in this country was not the stars and bars it was the stars and stripes in its Early years. The stars and stripes was the first Flag of the United states to Fly Over defend tolerate and promote slavery before the civil War. It also flew Over american society a and the constitutions tolerance and promotion of racism for another 100 years after the civil War. Readers often write in about the Kun flux rians using the Confederate Flag As a Symbol. I wonder if those same readers realize the klan flies the stars and stripes at every meeting or rally and in prominence above the stars and bars the klan claims both flags As symbols of its beliefs. You see some of the things our nations Flag once stood for were gravely flawed. It does no to mean the Flag still stands for slavery or racism. That also applies to the stars and bars. It flew for flawed beliefs at one time but now its just a historical Symbol sometimes used by still flawed people. A Shawn l. Ankrom Hahn a Germany pen pals i m 23 years Oki and would like pen pal from around the world. My hobbies Are varied. A Jelliff Henrietta port Laud Mah Republic of Seychelles Indian Ocean i m an american living in Germany and would like to correspond with other americans in Germany a Jeff Tarver  14 6200 Rosenheim Germany i would Ilka to write to american Seivel remembers in Europe. 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