European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 letters to the editor saturday Juty 24,1993 this european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski % editor news and editorial european editor Deborah Abs tier. News editor Bow Trefcer. Sports editor Paul Corby City editor saw Alfil sections Edl of to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211. Orpostfach111437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155 601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension c 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 Al Ljones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 1t7. Rel Verstr. 104, 69128 Meelberg chm 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 of a Viren 06221-23421. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer. 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Unnecessary events one of the major responsibilities of any military officer who has other sol Diers working under him or her is to take care of the soldiers and their families which includes personal problems of All kinds even counselling for marital problems. I wonder Why with so much emphasis placed on ensuring the Well being of sol Diers the divorce rate within the army isso alarmingly High \ As a civilian significant other of a officer with this responsibility i have observed Many reasons for such a High divorce rate and have seen my share of heartache and families breaking tip. Many of the causes Are unavoidable a they revolve around a significant amount of stress and time which must be spent in Day to Day training and activities. I real that without this Type of Structure the military would lose much of its effective Ness. " however there arc so Many cases of unwarranted mandatory activities that take valuable time away from families,i.e., saturday evening doing ins which do not include family members hails and farewells almost every weekend Etc. A simple rescheduling of these activities or dropping the mandatory participation would provide a lot of free Tim for families to spend together and maybe help a few couples stay  about setting a goal of eliminating As much of this unnecessary stress As pos sible where it has no bearing on military effectiveness by allowing members of the military to spend their free time a they choose. Karen Larson Frankfurt Germany Faith is unshaken recent headlines suggested a possible threat to the Faith that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day saints have in the Book of mormon. Notto worry. Latter Day saints scholars and members Are not bothered by the doubts of a handful of  be heard and soundly refuted Simi Lar arguments before. Our Faith in the Validity of the Book of mormon As an inspired translation of an ancient semitic text like the Bible is not based solely on scientific evidence but on personal wit Nesses from the holy ghost through our Faith in Jesus Christ. Solid empirical evidence for the Antiquity of the Book of mormon has grown nearly As fast As our membership to the amazement of scholars both in and out of the Church. For example recent studies reveal the Book of mormon uses a variety of ancient semitic names poetic and literary styles unknown in Joseph Smiths Day. More recently it s been proven by non latter Day saints scholars using word print analysis to be a literal translation of non English writings by different Origi Nal  although it talks of an ancient grouped by god to the americas it is More relevant than Ever for our Day especially for those in the military. Perhaps that is Why several of our leading commander sin Europe Are thoroughly familiar with its contents. The apostle Paul said prove Al things and hold fast to that which is  we Don t need scholars to Analyse this Book for us anyone can pick up a copy and with god s help do that for themselves. Darid r. Larsen Raf Mildenhall England a two edged sword in response to time for the Era Todo a reality Check july 10i m not a member of the National Rifle association and i see the gun control Issue As a two edged sword. I deplore the violence in our society resulting not just from guns and other weapons but an underlying be Lief that violence is acceptable. I see it As a human nature problem combined witha criminal Justice system breakdown. I spent five years in the two largest prisons in the United states on their staffs not As an inmate. I did counselling group therapy served on the prisoner reclassification Council and did psycho logical testing among other duties. The criminal mind lives in its own subjective world of the rational. Criminals want restrictive gun Laws. There is such a thing As too much gun control. I once talked to an inmate who bribed South american soldiers to leave their weapons shipments. He was doing time for cocaine smuggling but he would just As soon smuggle weapons. If we out Law guns it gives men like him a new Industry with nobody in control. Guns are1 a reusable  drugs Are not. The most strict cities in the United states for gun Laws Are new York an Washington . Does it help. In 1968, the . Supreme court ruled in Haynes is. The United states that it was illegal to make a convicted criminal Register his gun because it would violate his civil rights under the fifth Amend ment. Think about it. Capt o. Michael Green Lan Stuhl Germany not so Small City an associated press article about Mil Waukee Brewers manager Phil Garner s Hopes for the return of the 92 Brewers cites the inability of the club to sign Paul Molitor and How the Small City Hopes to keep the franchise by building a new stadium. Milwaukee had a franchise in the 1870s, which today is the Baltimore orioles. Since the turn of the Century it has Long been established As a great Ameri can major City ranking in the top 10 or near until 1980 in population. Does a City population of 628,088 and a metro population of 1,607,183 constitute a Small City master sgt. James r. Hockaday Kaiserslautern Germany editor s note letters from readers expressing their View Points or opinions Are published daily on this Page. A 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. Let ters should include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480. Apo a 09211. Commentary let this be the Public s final flood bailout by James p. Pinkerton the people along the flooding Mississippi need help. But let s give them the right help so we Don t have the same problem in a few years. Let s Stop Blank checking the risks that Middle class and Rich americans choose to take by living along unprotected River Banks and flood Plains. Right now Bill Clinton s people have one goal to plug further leaks in their political base with wads of Federal Cash. Who can blame them the democrats delighted in the erosion of George Bush s standing when he seemed slow to respond to Hurricane Andrew. Their imperative is to make everyone Happy or at least to make sure that no in Kappy person gets on to and blames them. On meet the press Abc s Tim Russer told Al Gore that midwesterner Don t want Loans they want Grants. In his bes Buster Keaton Deadpan Gore agreed Farmers often find in the Wake of disasters that Loans Are a mixed Blessing. They help in the Short term but the leave a residue of debt. And some Farmers find that difficult to Deal  the vice president hit the Nailon the head. The problem with borrow ing Money is that you have to pay it , of course you borrow from the government. Then pandering politicians will let you off the Hook. We All worry about the dependency that free Money instills in the poor. The same debilitation is spreading to the mid dle and upper classes As we All learn that the squeak est wheel gets the pork. Only 13 percent of All nonagricultural property owners nationally even bother to Ouy Cut rate Federal flood insurance because they know that in a disaster the feds will cover everyone. Entitlement thinking is killing self Reliance. For example the towns of Bettendorf and Davenport both in Iowa Are just five Miles apart along the missis Sippi. The difference is that Bettendorf built levees and suffered minimal flood damage while Davenport chose not Toad was inundated. Our hearts go out to the victims but our head Tell a that Pecan t subsidize such shortsightedness. After7.ooq in1 Fittl &