European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Pege 12letters to the editor tuesday May 31,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan comm Ander publisher Bernard a Zovistoski editor a news and editorial Deborah aether a news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manea City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt 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, 255,282, 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 Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117. Rel Norstr. 104. 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239, Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John. 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Limited options service members in Europe Are being denied a Basic right to choose whom they Bank with. Everyone stationed in Europe understands that there Are services offered in the United states that cannot be offered overseas. However the limitation in banking services affects my rights As a a consumer. I recently decided to Purchase a used car from another service member. Stateside Banks do not offer used car Loans overseas i came across a full Page advertisement in the stars and stripes for a used car loan at 7.9 percent from a credit Union i called the credit Union and was informed that i do not live in their servicing area and therefore cannot receive a loan from their Union. I was told by the manager that there is an agreement Between All the credit unions in Europe that they will Only provide banking services to people living in their respective �?oareas.�?�. Another credit Union services my the Best loan that i can obtain is at 10.9 percent. Over three years t will lose approximately $456 at their rate As opposed to the rate 1 could receive if i lived in an a a area serviced by the first credit Union. The practice of limiting banking options is inequitable. If soldiers and their family members have no other options Why advertise a rate at All if i am going to be discriminated against because of the area l live in All the credit unions offer the same rates How would people feel if they were told they could Only shop in the Post base Exchange in their area this practice smells of collusion and should be investigated. �?1st it. Michael c. Mccarron dad or Cugnach Germany dynamic impacts your Story about a North Atlantic treaty organization exercise states a the land portion of the exercise is being held at Capo Eulada Sardinia. A although there Are indeed land operations taking place at the aforementioned location there Are also land operations pc curing at the Cellina Meduna training area on the italian Mainland East of Aviano a Italy. I Hope a correction is printed so that an accurate account of dynamic Impact �?T94 is captured. A capt. Jeffrey m. Nolius Worms Germany a. A a shackling thoughts you ran an article about the German parliaments decision to punish its citizens with jail time if they openly question the Validity of the holocaust in fact a person could be put in prison for three years for expressing such thoughts. The German government is setting a very dangerous precedent especially As a free and democratic country. If Germany will pass Laws forbidding free debate on a historical event then it will ultimately restrict any free thought that it perceives As politically incorrect. The line Between a political correctness and a police state is a very thin one. Democracy cannot tolerate shackles on its Mouth any More than it can tolerate anyone or anything being above criticism. The format for dispelling unpopular rhetoric such As holocaust revisionism is in an open debate not a stalag. Let an argument stand on its own merits and let the people decide what to believe. If holocaust evidence is so frail that it requires jail time to Back it up then it is time to scrutinize this historical event in an open unbiased Light. When i see the Way Germany is now shackling its citizens with thought censorship i am grateful that we americans have our first amendment rights. To quote Gen Colin l. Powell a a. Free speech must be upheld permitting the widest Range of views however controversial or a Fred Adolphus Kaiserslautern Germany a weighing anchors i do not particularly care for Craig Martins comment in the on tie tube Section of sunday Magazine a Rafn evening news has an Anchor who knows what he a doing. Hats off to Lon Anchor spec. Deborah Cravey is As knowledgeable and professional As Blair and looks much better. Please cast my vote for Deborah when it comes to anchoring the an news. She is most deserving. A Mark White Berlin editors note j we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. Alt 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 letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax 06155-601-463, Dan 348-8463. Ins to commentary a president Clinton who leaves r wednesday for his first official trips to Italy France and England is using the occasion of a Day commemorations to Send signals about .-european relations. While his focus lately has been on Trade issues with China and Japan Clinton is eager to convey a one for All and All for one spirit while he is in Europe. He will repeatedly stress that world War ii was not a Victory Over Germany and Italy but a Victory for democracy an enthusiastic supporter of group initiatives for such problems As Bosnia and Herzegovina Rwanda North Korea and Haiti Clinton has not had much Luck in forging coalitions with european countries to carry out unpopular activities. But he did it once this year to Stop the two year shelling of Sarajevo and will Point out in speeches and bilateral meetings with other Heads of state that it can and should be done regularly. The framework for the trip however is one of solemn ceremony honouring the 173,000 veterans who stormed ashore at Normandy june 6, 1944, to Start the liberation of Western Europe from nazi domination. Because of the ceremonial functions a first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton will accompany the president. Clinton will travel first to Rome to meet with Italy s new leaders and Pope Paul ii. He will recall the american Campaign to liberate Italy and will make a speech at the american cemetery in net Tuno. He will also make a speech to the people of Rome. On saturday he will go to Cambridge England to speak at the american cemetery there meet with British prime minister John major and attend a Black tie dinner hosted by Queen Elizabeth ii at Portsmouth with 13 other Heads of government. On sunday Clinton will attend the drumhead ceremony review the flotilla of vessels sailing to Normandy and take the aircraft Carrier George Washington to Normandy. He will sleep on Board off the coast of Normandy near Omaha Beach and at tend a Sunrise ceremony on a Day. Ann Mcfeathers in Clinton will make a Short speech at Pointe do hoc the scene of the famous assault by rangers up 100-foot Cliffs. The two major a Day events orchestrated by the French will be at Utah Beach Ana Omaha Beach where Only French president Francois Mitterrand will speak. Clinton will make his major a Day speech at the american cemetery at Coleville sur Mer France. That night Clinton travels to Paris and the next Day he will become the first president since Woodrow Wilson to address the French parliament. He will make what National Security Council officials Call a a major policy speech about . Relations with Europe Clinton a last Stop in Europe will be at Oxford University in England. He will return to Washington the night of june 8. But just one month later july 8, he will leave for a six Day trip to Europe for the annual economic Summit of the seven largest industrialized democracies to be held in Naples Italy. A Scrippa Howard news service. 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