European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b saturday december 12, 1992 letters to the editor thes european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher nows editor Bob Wicker sports editor peul Cozby acting City editor George Manes 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 Dan 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. 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Government the department of defense of the  european command the appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the slats and stripes of me products or services advertised everything advertised in this publication shall be Mado available Lor Purchase use of patronage without regard to race color religion sex. National origin age marital Slat us. Physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non ment Tactor of the purchaser user or Patron raise for banker recently i spent considerable time in a German Hospital and ran up a rather sizable Bill. I filed the appropriate claims with my insurance company and in due course received checks in . Dollars for the Hospital and medical Bills which were in Marks. When i presented these checks to the Community Bank in Heidelberg i was told there would be a 10-Day hold on them before i could get the Money. I asked to speak to management. Bank manager Bob Larson went out of his Way to help me after i explained that each pfennig the Dollar lost during the 10-Day waiting period would Cost me nearly 170 Marks. He did not have the authority to release the funds but he got in touch with the District manager who did. Within two hours i received a Telephone Call from or. Larson informing me that my funds had been released. It seems whenever the Community banking services Are discussed 90 percent of the conversation consists of complaints about the Long lines and the sometimes unreliable arms Etc. In a glad to be Able to report that in a one Nappy Community banking customer. Or. Larson a efforts to resolve my problem saved me a considerable amount of Money and i just wanted to say a thanks  a Joseph p. Nelson Heidelberg German think of the child in regard to the letter a abortion decisions nov. 30. I too am a Mother who would never think about having an abortion. But i do believe that As a fellow human being i have a right to Tell another woman How to run her life especially when it comes to protecting an innocent child. It has been proven that an unborn child does feel the pain of abortion. So in my eyes abortion is the ultimate form of child abuse. There Are Many people who cannot have children and would love to adopt the child of a woman who could have had an abortion but instead decided to give the child to a Loving couple. The person most affected by a the choices is the child not the woman. I suggest we Start thinking More of the children and less of the woman a to choose. A Elizabeth my incr Schweinfurt German Why a Blind Eye the decision to regard As unspeakable the acts of violence perpetrated against defenceless people in the former yugoslav Republic is clearly morally Correct. Why though Are we so politely turning a Blind Eye c3n these criminals giving them a free hand to finish their heinous business first a Jacqueline von Kaenel Wurzburg Germany a caring doctors in Naples my husband and i Are stationed in Naples Italy. We had no children but had been trying for a couple of years. Shortly after we arrived Here in april 1992, we found out i was pregnant. Unfortunately 1 ended up at the emergency room and miscarried. My doctor was or. Terreri or or. Gas he a affectionately called. Again in november i ended up at the same Hospital and miscarried again. We Plarl Ned for this baby but As before something went wrong. My physician was or. Williams who gently and compassionately told me it was not meant to be. These two doctors basically live at the Naples Hospital. These two of gyn doctors and their staff service not just Naples but Simonella san Vito and Many other areas in Italy. Despite their extremely Busy schedules Ana the Many patients they help they still have compassion sensitivity time and love for each patient they see. These two doctors care for the patients physical and mental Well being. I have read Many negative things about being overseas. Please done to Tell me you can get adequate care Only in the states. The overworked caring staff of Naples naval Hospital goes beyond the Call of duty. A Ann . Bentz Oullette Naples Italy 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. O o 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. Publication to i Erst attempts he stars and rude in any Tongue if one Speaks three languages they Are trilingual. If one Speaks two languages they Are bilingual. If one Speaks Only one language they Are americans. How rude to print an article ridiculing the attempts of others whose native Tongue is not English when they attempt to communicate in that language. In be lived throughout the world in the last 32 years. In be always been helped never ridiculed when attempting to speak another persons language no matter where the locale. Its unbecoming for a belittle or make fun of of to use our language. T stripes and All americans owe an apology to All referenced countries in the a English speaker Here but not Well article nov. 21. A James t. Sanford Lyon France let smokers smoke recently we had the great american smoke out. Whew am i glad its Over. To preclude bashing from non smokers and the dreaded sex smokers i stopped smoking for the Day. I have a few observations of the Effort the american cancer society a Campaign was not cheap. There were literally tons of literature plastic bags stickers buttons and badges distributed. Second smokers can to quit until they have made up their minds they really want to quit. How Many psychiatrists does it take to change a Light bulb Only one but the Light bulb has to really want to change third the first 24 to 48 hours without a cigarette Are among the toughest a smoker must endure. One of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal is irritability among a Host of other unpleasant effects. Finally in a curious about the programs Efficacy. How Many smokers were converted to dreaded sex smokers per Dollar spent my analysis is this probably a significant amount of Money spent on the Campaign could go toward research to cure cancer. If a smoker was not ready to quit the Effort was wasted. He she will go Back to smoking As soon As he she can. I did. Actually i  wait to get Home and get my hands on a cigarette. I say save it. I know smoking is bad for you along with red meat real butter and until recently red wine. Thank goodness researchers have come to their senses the great american smoke out is a miserable Day for smokers. Either you play along and become Attila the Hun to everyone around you or suffer the incessant slings and arrows of non smokers and dreaded sex smokers a lose lose situation. After a Day like that you really need a cigarette and probably a Glass or two of red wine. Convert the great american smoke out funds to research or some More productive Endeavor and leave the poor smokers alone until they really want to quit. Remember a smokers always Stop smoking sooner. Or  a Shack Robinson Heidelberg Germany silly advice from an when i was transferred to Germany and assigned housing in a Small Village i did feel somewhat deprived in that there was no possibility of receiving an. But what seemed to be a drawback now Means in a mercifully spared the mindless even dangerous drivel that passes for  to be specific the other evening while watching someone else a set i saw an a a add advising military members that they can prevent terrorist attacks on their motor vehicles by blending in with the locals. The and then goes on to say that this can be done by filling the Gas tank and checking tire pressure what terrorists target Low tire press rebut no mention was made of the a us a License plates and Windshield stickers which we re required to display like a bulls Eye on our vehicles. Of course if one drives a Chevrolet nationality can to be easily concealed. But for those of us who drive local models our identity is Given away to terrorists not by tire pressure but by our plates and the stickers on the Windshield. Do the producers of this and think that terrorists Are too stupid to notice this or Are they deliberately trying to Lull us into a false sense of Security can you just picture a pair of terrorists going from car to car with a tire gauge a Well Abdul this one has 32 Psi and a full tank. Must belong to a local German so Well leave it alone. But then How a he get those plates a give me a break. A Staft sgt. Brent q. Johnson Eschenaur Germany get firsthand accounts in be been Reading the arguments about the Confederate flags being a Symbol of racism. I believe its not a Symbol of racism but of american patriotism and should be displayed As such. Go to any civil War Battlefield and read the inscriptions on the monuments that the soldiers who fought the War erected and you will be hard pressed to find one that mentions slavery. If you really want to learn about the civil War and the reasons it was fought i urge you to read the histories written by the people who fought it both North and South and not the monday morning quarterbacks writing a Century later. Since we Are on the Issue of symbols of racism i wonder How american indians feel about the american Flag. A Timothy w. Weber Hanau Germany