European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 monday Nover fief 23, 1992letters to the editor the european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. 20vist0ski editor news and Zolto Ellal a i Walkoff european editor Laborah a baht news editor Betowt emf sports editor Paul Cosby acting City editor of Aorta Manaa special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 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 346-8 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 Steve scholar building 2899, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Lala Phona ets 486585 or civilian 0631 -52104 lamp 0631-50696. Nurnberg Germany Ron Jansen building 21, William o. Darby Cavern Apo a 09222 Telephone ets 460-7256 or civilian 0911 -712563. Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen european stars and stripes City desk unit 29480, Apo 09211 Telephone ets 348-8237 or civilian 06155-001237. Wurzburg Germany Call main office m Darmstadt. Brussels Belgium Rosemary Sawyer co . Embassy pc 62. Box 002, Apo a 09724 Telephone civilian 0032-22380967 to loft 0032-22309066. Mediterranean j. King Cruger and Gary Miller Naples Italy Asa Box 56, Fpo 09521 Telephone ets 625-4bb0 or civilian 0039-61-7624049. New York City Timothy Cahill room 63b. 201 Varick st., now York 10014 Telephone 212-620-3333. United kingdom Muf Idith Winder and Nancy Tornor building 464 Cess us Raf Mildenhall Apo a 09459 Telephone Dow 238-2226 or civilian 063b-512226. Washington . Chuck Emch Ray Rowdon Oast a the Pola Lori room 2l756 . Box 46095, Winshi Nylon . 20050-6095 Telephone 703-697-6695 Tell no 703-693-6366 a business departments Christopher a Eddings general manager Dale Estes  i Iper operations  Merle Kominicki i1. V i i  James Wysocky circulation manager Chris Rynn com Tiu Ier circulation for convenient Lioi Tio delivery Sonvico and inquiries Coll Ono of Iho 2-1 hour loll from numbers listed below Germany 0130 8-10040 bold cum 07811-8775 Italy 1678 7-3456 United pm Tiem 0 800-898854 be Herlands 06 022 7629 Spain 900 99 4955 main office u 1 1 ,1 a 1111i i i a i u 11 4 37 air of at 1 i  go i o of a Myrtt 1 1. Cd  circulation Tlle a it 06155 601438 Germany  Civ i 0971 -i-13. 51 by m in. Ivil to 030-113, 1646, l 1 -3 392  ton i   04.�?T 1 85 68. I is .m2 i 1 a Kail Hal Autlin  of ,3 .-5 70, 0 or 57rj79. Lis 409 7100. Tell a 1 631 -50650 turn blog a min 0911 712550, l1 s 460-7001 slut baht. Civ limn 071 i-5-ic74j. L�?Ts420 7175 Italy Naples civilian003901 -5685306. Lis 675 5306 Vic Liza civilian 0444-515350, Lis 634-7545,  0444 300 641 Spain Madrid Lis 665 5607.  and 1 Clef a 003416561465 Turkey Istanbul civil i and Miofas 0090 1-1724843. United kingdom Cut Nils 1lh civilian 0285-713-637, Dan 247-4445 advertising display Germany 06155 601247 or 601309, its 340-b24 7 classified Germany 06 55-601349, its 348 8349 advertising Tel fax 06155-601412 a please Recycle a a the s newspaper is an Putnoi red unofficial Rubi Caton Tor members of me military services overseas contents o  slats and stapes do not necessarily reflect the official views of or endorsement by. The  government the department of defense or the  european command the appearance of advertising m this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by me department of detente or the stars end stapes of me products or services advertised everything advertised in to its publication shall be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to Raca. Color religion sex. National origin age. Mama status. Physical Handicap political affiliation or any other Ron ment Lector of me purchaser use or Patron appalled by sources regarding the article a Schweinfurt lock Down Over for 4 companies nov. 31 would like to say pm 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 a a a British invade Giessen the British Are coming the British arc 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 Etc parking lot on saturday. These folks Are using the Shoppelle 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 authored use of these facilities but what i Don t understand is they have not been coming Here for some Lime. 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 locked but As it is these facilities Are out of Stock because of the influx of these customers. A Louis r. Chavez Giessen Germany Italy is a huh of action realization by Central european units that there is a Southern flank is Long overdue. I Don t really blame them for wanting to participate now that there s 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 a action is Down Here and we be got it covered. A John h. Carpenter is Gonella Sicily 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 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. Alcor Reading your nov. I front Page Story on Basing possibilities for l-l6s 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 ears. The Navy has operated out of Nas is Gonella Sicily la Maddalena Sardinia and Naples with both Tate real 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 . Ith Fleet a in that Region since before most of us were born. The 12 f-16s discussed in the article Are Only a Small 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 Tail Quot 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 Moi ated i might have added that its also a redundant military Force. 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 arc reporting How the military is considering pulling Playboy and Hustler and other adult Type magazines off the shelves because of sexual harassment concerns and now you Are publicizing the exact locations of the stars and stripes bookstores that will receive the Quot reduced Price Quot 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 ourself using so much article space with a Star whose fanatical self serving approach seems to have a obsession with exhibiting in Public her sexual life. In the future Why done Tum spend your valuable feature space promoting mid duals who Are and of atm healthy Lilc Sulsor Indi ideals Yho Are Twe Reom ing great tribulations or Odds not those who in order to  Money from the american Public support  practices. A Claire 1 into and fellow staff members Ramstein High Germany stripes Quot be Quot Centrefold As countries around the world determine Madonna s Book obscene and customs of Licals 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 self is Money always the Bottom line for making decisions about what is and what in t going to be a died in the paper and sold m the bookstores what about t Tings that last Lunger and base greater Vidue like protecting our women and children trom exploitation in the name of tree expression it is documented  pornography can Luck inappropriate and harmful Bill Xii is to of serial killer Husk sively Market material that portrays a 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 a an ads Are 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. I refer to commercials that depict women As inanimate objects. A commercial in which a male Soldier laments the fact that his favorite Plant a Pamela a 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 a a girls that gave out on the autobahn. He did t want to leave a a Here so he donated a a 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 country 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 secs 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 Kil Zingen Germany avs face harassment a i applaud capt do Andrca for his letter oct. 26. The . Military Vigani a tons which insist on kicking out or keeping out homosexuals need to understand their present reaction to homosexual us and the fact that that reaction is sexual harassment. A persons sexual preference has nothing to do with morality Honor Trust  thinness or the ability to be a decent had working person sexual harassment is still harassment whether it is a woman or Man being harassed. Those who Are victims of sexual harassment arc no less victims because they Are harassed for the purpose of sex Ual favors or because they arc the object of harassment from a a Gay Basher a a Carla Stanley Bamberg Germany pen pals Tor fed i would Biko pen pals trom around the world Josianne finesse Serret Road St Louis man8 Republic of Seychelles would like pen friends worldwide. Marie Yvonne Bonne Ron Glaud mah8 Republic of Seychelles i would like pen pals in the military overseas Nam Vilseck 2051 Somerset or. Apt. E-105 Lauderdale lakes. Fla. 33311