European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse European edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Chi Walker european editor Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Paul Corby acting City editor Georg manat special sections editor to write us unit 29460 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-6 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,262,226, 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 Sivu scholar building 2099, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone ets 409-6585 or civilian 0631-52104 Lemox 0631-50696. Nurnberg Germany Ron Jensen building 21, William o. 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Physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Miril Factor of the purchaser user or Patron appalled by sources regarding the article Quot Schweinfurt lock Down Over for 4 companies Quot nov. 3 would Tike to say i m appalled by the staff writers decision to include interviews with wives who have no concept of support for their husbands during a crisis such As this. Our husbands were not going to War. They were Safe not in the cold. We Are not normally allowed to visit them when they Are in the Field or even Call them. These were privileges. While we May not understand the decisions made at a higher level we will always stand beside our husbands. Next time the reporter should be More selective of his sources. A Melissa Chavez Schweinfurt Germany British invade Giessen the British Are coming the British Are Here. That is what we Are up against every weekend. Not Only do we have limited supplies on most items in our pm but we must try to get these before our own countrymen. Now we have the British who come to this pm and other facilities Here in Giessen and buy everything in sight. These folks Are buying four or five charcoal grills at one snot. Clothes and shoes that Are hard to get items or items that we have been waiting for arc about gone before we get off work on fridays. Just try to get to the pm or Shoppe the parking lot on saturday. These folks Are using the shop Pette As if it were the commissary. After talking with quite a few others from Giessen most head out to Hanau or Frankfurt More often now just to get away from the hordes of British who invade our facilities. Granted they Are authorized use of these facilities but what i Don t understand is they have not been coming Here for some time. Its just been within the last couple of months that the invasion began. If any one could have foreseen this maybe our facilities would have been better stocked. But As it is these facilities arc out of Stock because of the influx of these customers. A Louis r. Chavez Giessen Germany a Italy is a Hub of action after Reading your nov. 1 front Page Story on Basing possibilities for f-16s in Italy i feel compelled to Point out a few facts. The italian government has hosted a significant . Force As part of nato in the Southern Region for Over 20 years. The Navy has operated out of Nas Sigo Nella Sicily la Maddalena Sardinia and Naples with both tactical and logistic units for decades. The thousands of . Military personnel stationed in these areas and others in Italy Are proud of their involvement and represent a significant political and military commitment to the regions defense. The United states has operated the ultimate in Mobile firepower a the . 6th Fleet a in that Region since before most of us were born the 12 f-i6s discussed in the article Are Only a Smalt addition to this powerful flexible fighting Force. If there Are to be More f-16s, we should consider that while the actual aircraft in an f-16 Wing May have a combat radius of several Hundred Miles the Large administrative and maintenance a a Tail a required to keep them flying is much less Mobile. Sending them to Italy is a significant expense of scarce military dollars. As your article pointed out i agree that deployment of air Force units to Southern Italy is politically motivated. I might have added that its also a redundant military Force. Realization by Central european units that there is a Southern flank is Long overdue. I done to really blame them for wanting to participate now that there a no threat up North. But the 6th Fleet units and those of us dedicated to its support remind you we be known for years that the Quot action Quot is Down Here and we be got it covered. A John a Carpenter Simonella Sicily 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 Fetters 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 o letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Let tors 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.hypocrisy of sex Story after Reading your double Page article on Madonna a new Book sex i find it rather interesting that on one hand you Are reporting How the military is considering pulling Playboy and or Tusker and other adult Type magazines off the shelves because of sexual harassment concerns and now you arc publicizing the exact locations of the stars Ana stripes bookstores that will receive the Quot reduced Price Book. This hypocritical stance makes me question your intention in printing this article. With violent sexual crime and sexual disease statistics on the Rise it seems Odd that you would concern yourself using so much article space with a Star whose fanatical self serving approach seems to have an obsession with exhibiting in Public her sexual life. In the future Why done to you spend your valuable feature space promoting individuals who arc advocating healthy lifestyles or individuals who Are overcoming great tribulations or Odds not those who in order to make Money from the american Public support questionable practices. A Claire Floto and fellow staff members Ramstein High Germany a stripes a sex Centrefold As countries around the world determine Madonna a Book obscene and customs officials confiscate it to protect their citizens Why does stars and stripes run a Centrefold spread promoting the Book Twenty a amps outlets Are listed and the overseas bargain Price is compared to the stateside Price. I bet one entertainer her publishers and distributors appreciate this free overseas advertising of a Book that Many Are refusing to sell. Is Money always the Bottom line for making decisions about what is and what Isnit going to be pushed in the paper and sold in the bookstores what about things that last longer and have greater value like protecting our women and children from exploitation in the name of free expression it is documented that pornography can Tuel inappropriate and harmful behaviour As in the Case of serial killer Ted Bundy. Mow can a military newspaper aggressively Market material that portrays Quot Kinky fantasies of sex and bondage Quot alongside articles decrying the Tail Hook scandal is Madonna really the role Model we want to promote among our Servic members and dependents a Susan m. Cameron Heidelberg Germany an ads arc sexist it was extremely amusing to read one writers thoughts concerning Afna a patronizing reformer bits. Perhaps the writer has not been subjected to Afna a supercilious and campaigns Long enough to see the demeaning messages transmitted. 1 refer to commercials that depict women As inanimate objects. A commercial in which a male Soldier laments the fact that his favorite Plant Quot Pamela Quot is unable to be transported Back stateside. Obviously he will either have to dispose of her or offer her to someone else then there is the service member a car his poor old Quot girl Quot that gave out on the autobahn. He did no to want to leave Quot her Quot so he donated Quot Here to the property disposal office lot. How fitting now she can be the two female bicycles conversing How badly or How Well their male owners maintain them. The Bogart style Man who explains to viewers Why he was abandoning his sweetheart in a foreign coun try because she lost her passport. Isnit he Gallant the female car that instructs her male Soldier owner the Correct documents required to ship the car. Perhaps no one sees these ads As demeaning As i. I do Hope the staff responsible for these commercials achieves the self esteem needed to see women As individuals who do not and should not be controlled owned driven Ridden maintained or abandoned. Its sadder still that these ads Are endorsed by the armed forces. A Karen d. Peak kit Zingen Germany a Gays face harassment i applaud capt. Do Andrea for his letter oct. 26the . Military organizations which insist on kicking out or keeping out homosexuals need to understand their present reaction to homosexuality and the fact that that reaction is sexual harassment. A persons sexual preference has nothing to do with morality Honor Trust worthiness or the ability to be a decent hardworking person. Sexual harassment is still harassment whether it is a woman or Man being harassed those who Are victims of sexual harassment Are no less victims because they Are harassed for the purpose of sexual favors or because they Are the object of harassment from a a Carla Stanley Bamberg Germany pen pals t would Ilka pen pal from around the world. Josianne finesse Serrel Road St. Louis Mahd Republic of Seychelles i would like pen friends worldwide. Marie Yvonne Bonne port Glaud mane Republic of Seychelles i would like pen pals in the military overseas. Nina Velisek 2851 Somerset or Apt. E-105 Lauderdale lakes. Fla. 33311 1
