European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor wednesday december 16, 1992 thes european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker spoils editor Bill Walker european editor Paul Cozby acting City editor George manat special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany n 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. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer Steve scholar building 2099, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-3717 Telephone Dan 409-6505 or civilian 0631-52104 Lelela 0631-50696. 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Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available Lor Purchase use of patronage without regard to race Dolor religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or  work is Lough in july 1 was reunited with a Good Friend of mine who is a truck Driver for the 1st trans co in Firth. This is one of the units responsible for picking up and delivering mail All around Germany. She a a member of the 127th postal co. They arc responsible for loading and unloading huge trailers like the kind you would see on an 18-Wheeler full of mailbag. In be Learned a lot about where the mail comes from. That includes the Many Steps in Between for people to receive just one letter in their Mailbox. I never realized How hard or Long these people work to get the mail out to wherever its going. In be also listened to them complain about their aching bodies after they get off a 12 to 16-hour shift or How Many thousands of Miles they drive in one week. Believe me you can smell the a icy hot everywhere in the Barracks. Since the Start of the Holiday season i done to see much of her or the other friends in be made because of their shift work and Long hours. So remember the next time you receive a letter please give thanks to All the hard working truck Drivers and postal workers who arc usually working while most of us Are asleep at night. A a Amber m. Frisky Frankfurt Germany allies support cafes i thought id take this time to let the upset patrons of cafes in Giessen know what the British belgian dutch and French soldiers and their families Are doing for you. The draw Down in Germany is affecting All of us cafes included. Remember Schloss Cavern in Butzbach and Rivers Barracks Are gone Ayers Cavern is a ghost of what it was last year. There Are fewer soldiers and families at depot and Pendelton Barracks than this time last year yet the pm facilities at Giessen have not really gotten smaller. Cafes merchandise and operating costs Are not paid for by your tax dollars. All of these expenses come out of cafes generated Revenue. As the military Market gets smaller cafes must Cut merchandise and services or lose Money. The dutch French British and belgian soldiers and their families pump up the revenues. If not for them the size of the Giessen pm would probably be smaller and you would wind up shopping at the Frankfurt or Hanau exchanges More than you do now a Wayne re pcs Giessen Germany a religious Freedom an article titled a a wiccan in military harassed appeared in my Hometown newspaper the Watertown daily times. This article discussed what the wiccan face in the military and How their support group received complaints because it meets on . Military facilities. In a a civilian employee at an army base in the states. In a not a Pagan or wiccan hut a germanic Heathen. The . Armed services recognizes the wiccan religion. Any chaplains office would have particulars on this religion along with Many others in its chaplains handbook a Pam 165-13-1. Id like to remind your readers that its the sworn duty of the military to support and defend the Constitution including the first amendment which Grants religious Freedom. Talking and understanding each other would Stop the persecution of witches wiccan pagans and heathens by those who presume that others Are not entitled to religious Freedom. A Gert Mcqueen Watertown . See your ration card Tor tvs. M Ull editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints 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. Of 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.good Job for Tamposi in a recent letter to readers action line mention was made of the continuing necessity to possess a ration card to Purchase Coffee and Tea including Coffee roasted and packaged by German companies. A spokesman for the defense commissary Agency responded that a although there appears to be Little reason to continue to ration Coffee and Tea making such a change must be initiated through diplomatic  elsewhere in recent issues of the stars and stripes 1 read of the trials and tribulations of Elizabeth Tamposi late of the state departments consular affairs Bureau who was accused of uncharacteristic for the state department Zeal in responding to a Freedom of information request concerning the passport records of Bill Clinton and her resignation was hastily accepted. Id like to suggest that Tamposi so resignation Quot be rescinded and she be returned to state department duty with the specific Mission of a initiating through diplomatic channels whatever action is required to do away with the archaic ration cards. A Bob Browning Gie Belstadt Germany a a Why ration Coffee Why Are we the . Forces left in Europe still forced to endure having each can of Coffee Box of Tea or bottle of Jamoca Almond Surprise fastidiously checked off on a ration card the downright silliness of this Holdover from the cold War system struck me recently after a shopping trip to the local commissary. 1 saw a new item a a Tea bag of Coffee what a great idea. As i hustled to the checkout line no thought of ration card filled my mind. The Friendly cashier getting to my Small Box of 16 individual Servings of Coffee held it up and said til have to As a certified wine Drinker and nonsmoker you could count the occasions in be used my ration card in Germany on the first digit of one hand. Rifling through my Wallet oops do they hold laundry for six month sweat beading on my forehead i remembered a i had my ration card safely stored in All its Pristine Beauty in another Wallet. After announcing this embarrassing fact the cashier Shook her head and solemnly pronounced a a in a sorry but i can to let you buy  i linked out of the commissary feeling like a Rump roast. It Wasny to until later that i really thought about it Why is it that one can mail order Coffee by the ton my cd boards run Neth Over i have More complimentary cups with Sweden a coat of arms than the King and can to buy 16 Tea bags of Coffee without a ration card liquor of its not taxed cigarettes yeah control those babies gasoline ditto since it took half a months pay to fill my tank the last time i forgot to buy Gas coupons. But Coffee Tea and solubles get with the program. I guess folks done to get out much but have you seen the stores specializing in Coffee off Post or visited a grocery store lately you can get More Tea at a Reform aus than was dumped into Boston Harbor. I know the Job Market is Tough but anyone contemplating a second career As the Maxwell House Black marketeer in Europe today had better look for work elsewhere. So Many of us already Are. A Randy Dodds Stuttgart Germany a Why on the front Page in a a German woman married to an american civilian. In be been Reading the stars and stripes for eight years. Each time i read articles of racial murder such As your front Page article a attack kills Whites at a african club nov. 30. Why docs this article deserve a frontage position we re All aware of the continual violence and murder in South Africa under the White Rule of its apartheid government. Is it not More appropriate to have More progressive stories such As the decision to allow All South africans to vote by 1994? All informed readers know Many More Blacks have been murdered than Whites. In a not without compassion when it comes to loss of life but is there not a More suitable article for the front Page of America s most widely circulated newspaper in Europe during this Joyful season a Monika Thomas Heidelberg Germany Happy to be a dependent once again a Reader prefers to be called a family member because a dependent is degrading stereotyping not fair. My wife is military our sons and i Are totally dependent on her for life a necessities and pleasures. She receives extra quarters and rations allowance because she has dependents. She pays less income tax because she has dependents. We also receive medical care under the dependents medical care act of 1986. You can Call yourself anything you like. Me in a a a a dependent and done to find it a bit degrading. A John r. Lindsey Frankfurt Germany