European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a letters to the editor saturday May 2a, 1994 a. European edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a a a commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski a editor. A news and editorial Bui Walker. A european editor Deborah Absher Bob Wicker news editor sports editor. George Manea City editor. A to write us unit 29480 a Apo a 09211 Quot or Postrach 11 14 37. 64278 Darmstadt Gormany a a news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Callos dial 06155-601.plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows Quot 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 a cml Jones ext 226. Business news ext. 326. / news bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str 104, 69 f �6 Heidelberg car 419.box 1919, a. Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or div Hen 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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European command the appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplement does nol constitute endorsement by the department of defense or lha stars and Snipes of the product or services advertised. Articles misleading the three special articles on Quot school lessons from abroad May 16 Are misleading and open to serious question. In order l the German Quot apprenticeship sys Tern a based upon deciding by age 10 or. So who will go to College and who will become apprentices can work Only if the youngsters know they will have Good jobs when they Complete their studies since the German Economy is no longer a Quot Miracle a this form of motivation has almost disappeared. Young people Are adrift and quite vulnerable to the lure of extremist political groups. 2. As you note japanese universities Are Quot weak a hence education pretty much ends at High school. It is no trick to raise test scores if students Are forced to a a cram Over and Over again from the first Grade on. Since the japanese a a Miracle also has ended the Young people Are beginning to wonder about All the Quot cramming a especially As even University graduates Are no longer guaranteed decent careers. A a v a a a a a v a a a 3. As for the United states High test scores in math science and English do not an education make Given the extremes of the . Climate unknown in Japan and Germany a Long school year is impossible without installing air Condi Honing in Many schools that do not have it.  a the major problem in All these systems. Is the absence of any policy to ensure that Young people will find decent jobs when they graduate from either High school or College the Only logical source of motivation. While the . Educational system is anything but perfect it remains the Best in the world by a country mile if considered from top to Bottom. The general Public however is far ahead of those who put together the reports you feature. Polls show that americans believe that no class at any Grade level should have More than 20 students. \ a Frederick a Thayer Kapaun air station Germany explaining postal fees in response to a postal overcharged May 17regulation states that if a card is placed on the outside of a package it must have postage attached. Letters travel at first class rate so if a package is mailed priority no additional postage is required. It is simply subtracted from the total Price of mailing and placed on the envelope in Stamps. However if a package is mailed parcel air lift or space available mail additional postage is required for an envelope to travel on the outside of the package i would recommend that the address be written under the envelope in Case it Falls or is torn off otherwise the package will be lost a a a a a a a a spec. R. Jonas  Germany Normal life i was relieved that he would be returning to seek the medical treatment he needs. I was wrong. When he checked in at the veterans Hospital in Salt Lake City he was told they could not even put him on the Register until september. In the meantime the Pentagon has stated that they plan to conduct intensive testing of our men and women. Is this another smoke screen in the three years since the War More than 1,600 death s of previously healthy Gulf War veterans due to cancer and heart failure have been documented. I have watched with alarm and deepening concern As men and women Over Here have died from heart attacks and bizarre fits of rage. How Many vets Are til and too concerned with Iping their career to come Forward How Long will it take before the defense department takes responsibility for these hidden casualties of War our previously optimistic View of the Gulf War and its Lack of victims must be modified to avoid operation desert storm from becoming Quot operation desert shame Quot a Joanne Elmore Ramsten a Germany go test a a a. Rush do Gulf vets need help a. A a. A a a a. A a a a a a a i a e editors note a As a Mother of a Gulf War Veteran teach in for the defense department overseas i am More than a Little disturbed with the Lack of commitment of medical care for our sons in and daughters who served their country i the persian Gulf. A since june 1993, my son lived with me Here in Germany because of his illness. Chronic fatigue and what was diagnosed As an a a ulcer have sapped his vitality. 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Commentary forgotten Frenchman rescued scores the grave of Charles Saint is tucked among three dozen others in Bouche Villiers France in a Small Normandy churchyard adjacent to the Manor House and estate that had once belonged to his  57 when he died 30 years ago his passing Drew scant attention outside the Small Rural Village of which he was mayor during the last few years of his life. Ain the years preceding world War ii Saint had been a rising Star in the French diplomatic corps serving As first assistant to the French ambassador to the United states from 1936 to 1939. He returned to Paris not Long before Germany invaded Poland and As France mobilized for War accepted a commission in the French air Force. When France fell to the germans he took a position with the Vichy government of Henri Philippe Petain. There were those among the French who considered him a Collaborator for not joining Charles de Gaulle a government in exile in London or becoming involved in the French resistance. But the position he created for himself during the occupation a an attach to the Vichy governments delegation to Paris a provided him an Opportunity to play a role similar to that of the German Oskar Schindler in Poland. Saint had fantastic Powers of persuasion saints brother Guillaume recalled. He created a Bureau titled the delegation for special administration in order to intervene for men ,. And women in the French resistance who had been sentenced to death life imprisonment or deportation for their activities. Guillaume Saint knew the role his brother was playing but did not begin documenting it through research at the French National archives until Charles had been dead for a decade. Mike Harden Archive files produced hundreds of appeals Guillaumez a brother had prepared and presented before the German High military command arguing for mercy and the commutations of death sentences of arrested members of the French resistance. A a a,., a. A a a As the Allied invasion of Normandy Drew near there was a predictable increase in resistance activities and correspondingly a groundswell in the number of cases in which Charles Saint found himself arguing for the lives of defendants. The records in the archives indicate his efforts spared the lives of 595 men and women scheduled to be executed and won the release of 7,371 of those sentenced to prison or German forced labor Camps. Now throughout the Region where he was born and grew to manhood an epic commemoration is about to Honor not Only those allies who fought to liberate France but As Well the courageous members of the resistance who aided them. A. 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