European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 the stars and stripes Friday August 19, 1994 994 the tragedy of teen age pregnancies today s crossword dear Ann Landers i am writing to ask your readers to become Active in Community efforts to prevent teen age pregnancy. The numbers Are shocking. Every 104 seconds a teen age girl gets pregnant. Four out office children of teen age Moth ers who drop out of school liven poverty. This is a National tragedy. The most important thing Pecan do to prevent teen age pregnancy is motivate Youn people to abstain from sex. This is not simply a matter of passing out information. It Means Tak ing bold Steps to instill health attitudes High self esteem and credible expectations. Both Young men and women need to be held responsible behaviour. We must provide healthful activities such As sports Art Grams and jobs. We need to communicate High expectations about abstinence. We need to address the reasons teen agers get preg Nant. Some teens have insufficient education. Some have limited Access to health care professionals. Tee pregnancy is often related to a dangerous pattern of abuse against girls. Ann Landers to solve the problem we need consistent and Sensi Tive leadership from our families our communities and our civic and religious leaders. We want to Challenge your readers to help safeguard our children s future. Befriend a Young person. Organ ize an enrichment program for youths. Call a meeting of parents in the need to know that we care. Donna e. Shalala Secretary of health and human services dear Madame Secretary thank you for writing. Your message is extremely important teen agers need All the help they can get. Dear Ann Landers after 10 years of a wonderful marriage my husband asked my permission to have an affair with a married co worker who had been pursuing him for quite some time. After warning John about the importance of blood tests and the possibility of emotional damage to the woman i agreed. I did t want John to feel trapped by his marriage. After Only a few assignation John was ready to Call i quits. That same week Belinda was diagnosed with cancer. She has a troubled marriage and John feels if Hydrops her now she will be without emotional support. How much moral support does he owe this woman mrs. Dear mrs. X 1 would say you have been extraordinarily generous but enough is enough. John docs not owe Belinda emotional support. That responsibility is her husband s. John should Stop seeing her at once. A phone Call every few weeks for the next few months would be of but nothing beyond that. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562, Chi Cago. Iii. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate carrying on about too much Luggage dear Abby three cheers for irritated in Seattle the flight Atten Dant who complained about passengers with excess carry on Luggage. These people Are a pain to other be had to stand in the aisle of a packed plane with dozens of passengers standing in line behind me wholesome Bozo searches for enough overhead space to store hanging bags giant backpacks collapsible Luggage wheels Etc. Once reached my seat i get knocked in the head repeatedly by. sengers headed for the rear Laden with even More carry on junk. When the plane lands the same ridiculous process is repeated in reverse. I was under the impression that there were regulations Lim iting the number and size of carry on Luggage. This should be enforced at the Security checkpoint and offender should be sent Back to Check their excess baggage. By the time the flight attendant sees them on the plane it s too late. However booting them off the plane would make them think twice about doing it again. Also irritated in new Orleans quibble dear Abby jul Matt do voodoo / idec dog a jct it. I i thief a its \j3fcokem. Dear also Don t hold your breath waiting for a flight attendant to Boot a passenger off the plane. Only the Captain has the authority to make that decision. . And How about people who carry on Golf bags Tennis rackets and hockey Sticks also travellers with shopping bags filled with gift wrapped packages around christmastime when All the planes Are full. Dear Abby i work in a Large office there Are 14 of us Here and occasions frequently come up where the office gang sends a gift to a co worker. It can be Flowers fora funeral a wedding gift or something for a new baby. Since i have been Here the longest i m the one who usually collects the Money. The problem when someone says i m a Little Short right now please put my name on the card and i la pay you after next their name goes on the card but they never seem to get around to paying me so i m left holding the bag. Any suggestions / disgusted dear disgusted collect the Money before the gift is purchased Mak ing it Clear that Only those who have paid their share will have their names on the Tor this column should Joe addressed to dear Abby at . Box 447,mount Morris Iii. 61054. " c Universal press Syndicate you be been Rirl is 7w/s Al Trent r or of Stfort 6f an 6ndurin& a c1 Trot 5 ar50rd a Watt makes you think Taftt it s of Torch across1 Evergreen 4 Pool component .8 the picture of health?12 commo tion13 a death in the family author 14 right hand 46 Loma s there 2 altar affirmative 3 popular sitcom 4 Butler portrayer5 Hollywood dashers6 fresh 7 we wiggler 8 citizen Kane estate 9 laugh a minute 10 zip Doo Dah 11 holler. 51 Evergreen 16 . 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