European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14letters to the editor wednesday january 13,&Quot 1933 european edition col Cene e. Townsend Usan v. Com Render Puma list Bernard a. Zov19tosw.,. Editor. News and editorial ditto raft a if no editor  sports editor bm1 it far european Ert Tot Sui Cofty City editor  a cars editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211or Postrach 111437 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, 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. 228 business news ext. 326. News bureaus  oot Manv Kevin Dougherty. John Bobov. Stave so tatar. By Whf a a Puls so a Quot Apo a 09227-3717 la phone on 4804585 or pm r Ign 0631-52104 Stofa 0831-6089�. Nurnberg Germany Ron Jensen by total 21, we. Liam o. 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Everything advertised in this publication Shan be made available or Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sen Nannel origin Eye manuf status physical Handicap political of ligation or any other Nomen Lector of the purchaser user or  consumer news last year the stars and stripes did an excellent investigative series on car sales i would like to see such consumer oriented reporting As a regular Fca Ture. A a a a a. A a a a. A a a reports on stereo and video equipment can compare products service and pricing from cafes mar foreign Mil Ilary exchanges Cata logs and local Economy  grocery items Long distance calling car rental airline tickets car repair furniture computers toys credit and even employment Are available to us from several sources. Research by your reporters into these subjects can make your readers the Best informed Consumers. A. A hours is a unique Market environment in which unbiased consumer information is often difficult if not impossible to come by. Who but the stars and stripes can Best fill this void a Brian Bolander Ramstein a German Calendar missed when i left the stars and stripes Bookstore on dec. 22 they still had not received the stars arid stripes 1993 Calendar. This problem seems to repeat itself annually while other professional publishers have their calendars on the shelf by late october or Early november. We enjoy. The Calendar because it s Well appreciated As a stocking stuffer or incidental gift at Christmas. A Ted j. Schutawie Torrejon a Spain. A a a a still blowing smoke in reference to the letter about funds spent on the great american smoke out. I am sorry to Sec that after All of these years the writer is still blowing smoke literally and figuratively. The writer sounds like the cigarette companies that claim that the jury is still out about the effects of cigarettes despite their 40,000 studies showing smoking is hazardous to your health. He is right in saying that everyone quits eventually. National centers for disease control statistics show twice As Many people die from tobacco and secondhand smoke than from alcohol cocaine suicide car accidents homicide heroin morphine fires and aids combined. _ some people keep putting off quitting a and need a set Date to do it. That is where the great american smoke out has been successful. Instead of complaining about the Money spent trying to help people quit Why not suggest the tobacco companies divert the $2 billion to $3 billion a year they spend in advertising to medical research. That Way they can help the people whose health they have damaged instead of trying to Hook Young people to replace the customers who have died it. Martinko Frankfurt Germany to sort your trash than it does to throw it All together. And lets face it.  the recycling bin is not going to Hurt any. One. A a a a. A. It s time everyone shows a Little respect for the environment and your neighbors who have to look at your piled up trash. 1 can Only imagine what the germans think of us. A \ a a Mary Hall Wurzburg Germany editor s note a letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters must be sighed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference a is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A a a Quot letters requesting information or assistance arc 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. Ban Playboy Penthouse at least now we know where Charles Kaufman of . Cartoon Fame stands on the magazines that Are sold in the stars and stripes bookstores. His facetious Ness was not appreciated. The playboys and penthouses should be banned. He was wrong. If he is acting As an editorialist to deflect criticism for some of the things sold in Star and stripes bookstores you Are wrong to allow it. It does not matter who might get the profits from the stores. The Money earned from these Type magazines is not Worth the harmful attitudes they cause a Gustav and Darlene Johnson Fulda Germany a the meal of the Issue sort your trash we Are americans living in Germany. Germans Are required to sort their trash. Why is it that most americans still refuse to do it with every trip to the dumpster i become More enraged. I have come to the conclusion that most americans Are just Plain Lazy. Its an embarrassment it takes no More time in regard to the International coalition for Aid to Somalia i have a few facts on beef that 1 wish to share. There Are More than s billion people on the planet and that figure is expected to double in less than 60 years. There Are More than 1 billion cows on the planet. One third of All world produced Grain is fed to cattle and other livestock instead of people americans consume 23 percent of world produced beef with Only 5 percent of the world population. Finally chronic hunger affects upward of 1.3 million people. A new agricultural phenomenon Grain fed beef is a disturbing and inefficient use of world resources. Asian adults consume Between 300 and 400 pounds of Grain a year. A Middle class american by contrast consumes More than a. Ton of Grain 2,000 pounds each year 80 percent of it by Way of eating cattle and other livestock that Are Grain fed. Beef is not the main Staple of the world diet it is served to Only a privileged few. Remember the ethiopian famine of 1984? the Public was unaware that at the very same time Ethiopia was using some of its agricultural land to produce feed to Export for european livestock. Currently millions of acres of third world land Are being used exclusively to produce feed for european cattle instead of food for people. The production of beef affects the environment. To Mexico 37 million acres of Forest have been destroyed for cattle growing land since 1987. This cattle Complex cuts into Yoiiro tax. Dollar. In 1989 the Bureau of land management spent $35 million More on Range improvements of Public land used for cattle grazing than the program took in. It simply Isnit necessary or healthy for the average american to consume 65 pounds of beef per year. There Are Many sources of protein. Its important to realize that Many people search in agony for. Their next meal due to the dietary preference of Europe North America and Japan. L am not a vegetarian i just happen to be Reading a most interesting non fiction novel. It is titled beyond beef the Rise arid fall of the cattle culture by Jeremy Rifkin. A William p. Webber Rota Spain y a /. A Praise for  we recently had the pleasure of work ing with the efficient and Friendly team of special education advisers at the Caincr Berg elementary school in Wiesbaden Germany. After learning our son would require Early intervention at our next duty station we drove six hours to i Rivas Ligate the program. Our expectations were met to overflowing. Our thanks goes to Deborah Gothia Judy Markeson Mary Hartman and Carol Benson for timely competent and compassionate consideration of our family a needs. While we stayed overnight in a hotel these individuals worked overtime to establish an individual education plan and Case study reports. The entire assessment took Only 1vt Days. Hats off to school the principal or. Meren James for leading such a professional Crew. We feel Lucky our son will he a student at Haine Berg elementary. A maj. And mrs. Kevin p. Mcgrath. \ Garmisch Germany / a Iran Contra expenses it has Cost $35 million so far for a six year investigation that has put no one in jail for something that 1 feel was jusbf5j the Iran Contra affair. Simply put Tow tube launched optically tracked wire guided missiles and Hawk missiles were sold to Iran for Money to support the nicaraguan contras fighting a suppressive government and to improve relations with Iran which would help secure the release of hostages in the Region. Some say if this special prosecutor is to continue it May Cost the taxpayers up m another $30 million to $40 million before the final report is written. A staff sgt Darylen Stapper Wurzburg German wrong on Gay animals the writer of a a perversion period Quot dec. 30 is completely incorrect when e states that homosexuality is not flu in the animal kingdom. As a matter of tac the writer would be hard pressed to tin a highly developed species that does n practice homosexuality canines and or males both engage in homosexual cd Nta. As part of their social behaviour in Costa Lishing dominance within the group -1st it. Christopher c. Zeit voc Mannheim Germany