European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Americans can go Home some by Effie Bathen staff writer in Winter rooms Are overheated. In summer air conditioners Cool offices and secretaries use electric Heaters to take the Edge off the summer chill. If s a place where you pay before you put Gas in your car. Shopkeepers take your picture before they take your checks. Restaurants have Ketchup but no tablecloths. And Drivers use guns and Golf clubs to work t want to their Way through traffic instead of honking their horns. The United states of America. These Are just some recent observations from europeans and expatriates about the country that most americans Call Home. With the draw Down of troops from this Side of the Atlantic americans who have spent years homesteading in military communities Here now face returning to their Homeland. Some do so with a mix of anticipation and angst. Continued on Page 4
