European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12letters to the editor a Friday december 17,1993. Europ6n edition col St tvs n t. Hoffman sap by Amaud a. 2ov16t0ski end he news and editorial dts draft better new editor. A i Weber but Tymn editor sport editor Georg men City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 or Postrach 1114 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 3488 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 Jim Jones ext. 228. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heine Zero of Many Joseph Owen room 117. Rdo mtr. 104,6912s a Kleberg car 419. Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tat tax 0622137239. Kaiserslautern Germany Kavun Dougherty John Bodmer stave scholar building 2899. 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The appearance of advertising in Thi publication including insert or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the Star and stripes of the products or services advertised concern would help when disaster strikes the initial response from a support Agency is important earlier this year almost three quarters of our household goods were destroyed because of water damage. Our local claims office had been officially notified prior to my phone Call. A a i was in Shock and disbelief to know that most of whal we owned May have been lost. I contacted my local claims office and was told to follow Normal procedures. When i contacted the claims officer because i had no idea if our receipts were still in tact he very rudely compared my situation to Joe Smith coming in off the Street with an unsubstantiated claim. He said that without receipts we could t get reimbursed. Then he started quoting regulations. You can imagine my reaction. After several m i no t is of getting nowhere i ended the conversation and cried. I filed a complaint concerning the unprofessional attitude of the claims officer with the Community commander s office. I was told hat the Community commander and sergeant major Felt that the individual took the appropriate action because this was his area of expertise. There is a simple procedure to follow and our claim has since been settled. How much does a Little concern and Correct information cost7 a Linda Cantrell Karlsruhe Germany a Speed bumps needed the Heidelberg shopping Center desperately needs Speed bumps. Mannheim has them Why not us Many times at the shopping Center in be been about to Cross the Street at the crosswalk when some very enthusiastic Driver flew by at about 40 or 50 Kilometres per hour. Why carelessness ignorance whatever. Since it does no to seem Likely that people will slow Down to avoid hitting or scaring the pants off of someone if there were Speed bumps they a do it out of concern for their precious automobiles. A its pretty scary when you have a full cart of groceries and you re about to Cross the Street when a car comes wit non inches of the cart. In the future until someone gels responsible and starts work on Speed bumps and if you feel like in Ping along across a crosswalk please think twice because the urge to let my cart Fly into your Grill is getting stronger Day by think people with Small children May want to do some damage As Welt a kids tend to walk out into the Street ahead of their parents and certain areas of the crosswalk Are hard to see because of parked cars. Would you like to have a child a death on your hands a a. Tsotsi Heidelberg Germany a a. Washington revelant Harry g. Summers quotes our founding fathers a dead for Many generations a to qualify a More isolationist foreign policy on the subject of military intervention. The profound Wisdom of Gen. George Washington would apply to a fledgling United states. Should their guidance be axiomatic and relevant for this nation until the end of time our immense Power can be deployed with great discretion and flexibility. No foreign intrigues nor seeking out a monsters to destroy but selective use of americans might yes at the Cost of american lives and treasure projects the ideals for All people we hold dearly for ourselves. The intent to support More democratic forms of government while discouraging Tyran Nic ones advances stability and cooperation around the Globe and is ultimately self serving. Given the commitment in the Balkans surely some plan could have been implemented that Gen. Washington Ever the Era Matist and Patriot would approve. F a sgt. Jon a Engdahl far Obers Tiit Germany e a Rush dearly missed an article on dec. 3 stated that there was Little interest in Rush Limbaugh. We would beg to differ. My husband and 1 have been in Germany almost four months and miss Rush More than some family members. Rush May not be As popular Here because people have not had Access to him. His real mass acceptance has Only come in the last year and a half. We All need Well rounded programming available. After All knowledge is Power. Although can to understand Why the american forces network thinks they would need More Liberal views to give balance to Rush. We be had our fill of Larry King Donahue Oprah and Arsenio Hall. Besides who has begged Foi or requested the likes of family feud re. Or1/ n. It i Doogie Howser m.d., Herman s head Little House on the Prairie and Roc a Ann Gray. Olsheim Germany editor s note the Holiday season has produced a shortage of letters so this feature has been abbreviated. We encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us expressing viewpoints that Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. . Out of the Loop in russian election by Donald m. Rothberg russians disturbing election results Are sending . Policy makers Back to the drawing Board and giving them a lesson on the limits of their ability to influence events in the former soviet Union. Two years of Strong Western support for the reforms backed by president Boris n. Yeltsin Cut Little ice with russian voters who gave surprisingly Strong backing to anti Reform nationalist candidates for the new parliament. A we should never fool ourselves a said rep. Lee a Hamilton a ind. Chairman of the House foreign affairs committee a what happens in Russia depends on russians not a there s no question in my mind that this has slowed the Pace of economic Reform but it does no to have to Slaw the Pace of political Reform a said Robert Strauss who served As . Ambassador to Moscow in period immediately after the 1991 coup attempt. Democracy worked in this week s election. The trouble was voters chose a path far from what . Officials wanted. The big Winner was Ultra nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky whose imperialist views would revive the cold War if they became russian policy. A a we re in a bind Here a said a senior . Official travelling in Russia with vice president a1 Gore. Speaking on condition of anonymity he said a we said let the people decide and they president Clinton said americans a need to ask ourselves not so much about him a Mirinovsky right now but about what it Means to democracy in russian politics and other republics in the former soviet Union and the other countries in Eastern Yeltsin remains the Man in charge and now with a Constitution that gives him More Power than the newly elected parliament ironically Yeltsin might decide As he did when he dissolved the previous parliament that the Only Way to pursue the economic reforms sought by the West is to eschew democracy and Rule by decree. Election returns through tuesday gave Ultra nationalists and communists a huge Lead and they were demanding Yeltsin make major changes in his economic reforms to ease the pain of the russian Yeltsin resist those demands if Reform falters the Clinton administration and Congress will have second thoughts about Aid. A the attitude of the Congress on the question of Aid 1 think is fairly Clear a said Hamilton. A we will be supportive of Aid so Long As our perception is that Russia is moving in the direction of Reform of its Economy and of its political a . Official commenting on condition of anonymity said the next step for the administration is to a wait and see and Hope that a coalition can be put together that can work around a Mirinovsky or at least not totally pander to Strauss said the unexpectedly Strong showing of a Mirinovsky could have the effect of uniting Reform elements. A a common enemy brings them together a lot better than anything else a he said. C the associated pres Hytt it arb you to Kino to say that wac verb i &jbs5 on Bau the 1am. Rabb i
