European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14i letters to the editor monday july 18,1994the so an Lpes a european edition a. Col Steven 5. Hoffman a self commander publisher Bernard a. Zool Stockt a red Lor news and editorial. Bill Walker. European editor a a. Deborah Aba her Bob Wicker George mane news editor sports editor City editor a to write us unit �9480 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 340-8 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, Rome str. 104, 591 �6 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tolela 06221-27239. A ����.��. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of detente or the stars and stripes of the products or services  myths upon Reading Quot Loving  a july 1i wonder if the writer knows anything about the puritans except . Mencken s definition which he quoted in his letter a a Puritan is someone who s terribly afraid that someone somewhere May be having a Good  thus Here we have another person who believes the puritans were a group of Blue nosed Killjoy in tall Black hats a somber group of sin obsessed Witch Hunting bigots. For evidence to the contrary please read Edmund a morgans the Pur fan family John Linthrop a history of new England or Alice Morse earless the Sabbath in Puritan new England. All the above books detail the fact that the puritans did not object to having a Good time but understood that fun and All activities took place within certain moral parameters. Activities which debased the moral fabric of the Puritan people were strongly discouraged or not allowed at All. They understood that a free Peoples existence depended upon their ability to be self governing. To say however that puritans were against fun per be is historically inaccurate. Now maybe watching nudity on . Blue is fun i done to think so but perhaps i am wrong. But let us look at this a a fun in the above context. Does watching nudity of . Blue Appeal to the. Noble and honorable Side of our character or the nefarious and unprincipled Side does it build our admiration and reverence for women if one is opposed to nudity on . Blue he is not having a Good time but May instead realize that this is not beneficial to himself or the society in which he lives. A spec. Stephen a. Gerber graft Wohr Germany Ucma a joke i find it unconscionable and irresponsible that the army is giving a Mere Dis e to a Captain convicted of rape and ther crimes. If it were an enlisted Man the. Sentence would have been 20 years. Why Isnit this scum getting serious fort Leavenworth time How is it that officers appear to be above the Law what if the victim were my wife let us Call the uniform code of military Justice what it really is a the Cumi uniform code of military injustice. What a sorry joke. I have a recommendation for the stars and stripes do some serious research on How Many enlisted soldiers have done jail time for the same crimes that officers got away with Over the years. Publish the results and Send a copy to every member of Congress. By the Way someone should find out where the Captain is going and Alert the Community that the army is releasing a violent Crimi. Nal and a piece of human garbage into their area. A Michael r. Mazrum Frankfurt Germany no to isolationism there have been Many letters calling for the United states to pull completely out of Europe. Our own country should always come first they say. Let the europeans and everyone else handle their own problems a we have enough of our own. While i agree we have our own Domestic problems that should come first the people who have written these letters Nave forgotten their history. This policy of isolationism that the authors of these letters advocate proved disastrous after world War i. Then the Congress and the people of the United states wanted no More of the european wars. During the �?T30s, the peace movement was so Strong weapons were being destroyed while Adolf Hitler was rising to Power in Germany. How much of the destruction of world War ii could have been avoided if the United states and Europe had Allied themselves after Wei As close As they did after Wii How Many american deaths could have been avoided if Hitler had been stopped immediately face it. New world order or not there will always be another Hitler just waiting for the Opportunity we gave the original Hitler. If the states decides to isolate itself from the world sure we will have More Money to spend on Domestic problems while another Hitler rises to Power behind our backs. As for pulling out of the North Atlantic treaty organization Are you All nuts nato is the biggest reason the United states has not been involved in a major conflict since Wii. Would you rather right several Small conflicts nipping them in the Bud or would you prefer to ignore them until they Are full blown wars world Unity and constant vigilance by nato the United nations and the United states military provide us with the Only Chance of averting a a Iii. The idea that isolationism would keep us out of conflict and wars is a pipe dream the realists threw out after Wii a airman 1st class Ken Mcafee. Ram Stein a Germany editors note 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. All letters must be sighed 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, apr a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601463, Dan 348-8463.commentary 1u.s. Curb on cuban reporters outdated by Walter Cronkite. Washington Post Cuba is fast approaching a moment of vast change. Fidel Castro is aging. His a rip on Power is so tight that his passing is bound to be followed by political and economic turmoil. But the american people Are being denied the free flow of information to and from Cuba that would enable them to participate intelligently in the decisions on our future policy there. The culprit is the . Government and its cold War Era policy of Banning cuban reporters from working anywhere in the United states save in new York this policy dates to september 1969, when cuban officials kicked out the last american correspondent permanently based in Havana a the associated press Fenton Wheeler. He had angered the communist authorities with a Story about a mexican embassy employee allegedly spying for the Cia. The Nixon administration retaliated by expelling cuban correspondents in the United states except for those covering the United nations. I m sorry Ray. Up s not Here Hes in town 7arjn&a meeting with sip Cool. V0u6ot anew 6/6 the cuban . Correspondents even today Are not permitted to travel outside new York. Or report on anything other than International affairs. This tit for Tat diplomacy May have had a purpose in the cold War environment. It sent a message to Havana that Castro  act against any . Interest without expecting a counter action. American news organizations have no full time correspondent residents in Cuba. . Correspondents can visit Cuba on journalist visas on a one time basis but to properly Monitor Day by Day developments they need to live there and have the full facilities of a news Bureau past efforts by a United press International and other news organizations to establish such bureaus have been rebuffed by the cubans who respond that the Issue is one of reciprocity cuban journalists they say must also be allowed to set up permanent bureaus in the United states our stale department should take the initiative in getting rid of the outdated restrictions. Let the cuban news correspondents work in the United states. They can do us no conceivable harm. They might be Able to better inform the cuban readers about the United states. A it Quot such a move would Rob Havana of any rationale for denying permanent Access to our news organizations. This is a simple free Dom of press Issue a that is a matter of the Peoples right to know. The reciprocal re establishment of news bureaus would not violate . Law. Both the cuban democracy act which tightened the economic embargo and the trading with the enemy act specifically. Permit news gathering and the Exchange of information Between the two countries. All that is required to get the process started is a simple act by the White House a  the Nixon Era ban on the cuban correspondents and invite Castro to reciprocate. It would Cost us nothing and it could Lead to huge dividends in the most valuable of All commodities a information in this Case about a neighbor on the Brink of vast and far reaching changes. Walter Cronkite Lotimer lbs news Anchor. Is the honorary president o in e com Mitlena to protect j own Allyl a a no its not about me. 3/ps help no him  some interviews. If by. Uia3 involve a tenth to. J. 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