European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 letters to the editor wednesday. November 30,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Marte City editor. To write us unit 29480 apoae09211 Orost Facell 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to callus 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effie Bathen. Room 117, a me str. 104, 69115 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 or do Tolan 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221.10554. 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Racial division if the Media cannot be entrusted to bean unbiased news source then who can _ on nov. 14, the stars and stripes continued its special report on fort leaven Worth including an article on the six death Row inmates. Although Only the facts were reported the writer mentioned an irrelevant fact that of race. At a time when i am trying to teach my children that there Are Only people in this world not colors of people it is a hard lesson to learn when even the Media refer to people As Black or White. Such comments create Only racial division in Stead of Harmony and peace. Vickie David Wiesbaden a Germany professional or unlawful manner Call your Provost marshal. If that does t work Call the in inspector general or someone at a higher level. Because the last time i checked the stars and stripes did t have Ucma uniform code of military Justice authority. Let s Stop killing Trees to print these whiny letters. Then just Maysey there la be room to print the informative and educational ones. Sgt. H. Eckman Frankfurt Germany take gripes elsewhere yet another letter to the editor. Concerning the conduct of military police. I can t believe these letters Are even taken seriously. After Reading the most recent chapter in the us is. Them Saga storm trooper nov. 13i have to laugh. Sometimes i think i m Reading the diary of a paranoid neurotic preschooler. I m not going to write anything in de sense of my fellow maps because obviously i was t there when these atrocious War crimes were committed but i just want the people who complain so much to sit Back and think of the last time an my helped them or someone else they know. Did you break out your Handy Dandy script and write a letter to the editor then did you even try to Call the my station and let the desk sergeant or patrol supervisor know about that positive experience if you did thanks. We storm troopers Don t expect a stupid medal or even cookies and milk for doing our jobs. What we do expect is to hear the negative phone Calls or to read about How bad our manners Are in the paper never fails. If you see an my truly acting in an in soccer program scores after Reading about the unfortunate ending of soccer season for some players in the Niernberg area just had to write with some Good soccer news for Young stars. After leaving Hahn a Germany we thought we could never replace the closeness of the Small Community Atmo sphere Here in the Kaiserslautern Mili tary Community. We did it though through the coach players and parents of the 1994 Hornet 5 and 6-year-old soccer team at Lan Stuhl. The support by the parents needed so much at this age was apparent at the first practice and continued throughout the entire reason. Guys played their hearts out at practices and games. These kids Learned teamwork and patience and had fun doing it. We As parents Are glad that our son was a part of this total team Effort. Gregory Climpton Ramstein a Germany the teaching of the world s religions is highly encouraged however mandating a pfc howl prayer is nothing Short of Reli of ious indoctrination. What prayer what biblical verses would be acceptable to All Christian denominations Judaism islam mormonism even atheism As Well As my Riad other religions and beliefs additionally the supreme court established guidelines preventing the government from acknowledging any one religious belief. Since school boards Are infant forms of local governments enacting a school prayer would violate the Tenet of separation of Church and state. Many families in America take their religious beliefs deeply and privately. If one religious beliefs Are that Strong practice them in the Home or in Church not in our Public schools where Young minds Are extremely susceptible to the religious indoctrination of the school Board and the school administration. If people Don t Pray at Home or attend Church regularly in t i hypocritical to Force prayer in our Public schools keep the june 1963 supreme court ruling intact. William  Ramstein a Germany prayer plan wrong.  \ i wish to express my reservations concerning rep. Newt Gingrich s Call for a constitutional amendment permitting school prayer nov. 15. I wholeheartedly support the supreme court s june 1963 ruling Engel is Vitale declaring school prayer As unconstitutional. To our readers let us know what you think we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155 601-395, on 348-8395, we Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Commentary by Scripps Howard news serv ice the world is a slightly safer place for the Success of project Sapphire. The White House deserves full credit for this timely american initiative. A Little Over a year ago Washington let it be known that the United Stales was prepared to buy highly enriched uranium from the former soviet Union and other countries to prevent this material s illicit Sale or its use in the manufacture of nuclear bombs. Secret negotiations sought by  last week to the Transfer to Oak Ridge tenn., of 1,320 pounds of weapons Grade uranium from an ill guarded warehouse at Remote ust Kamenogorski near where Kazakhstan China Mongolia and Russia meet. Washington paid an undisclosed sum reported to be several million dollars. Now in the care of the Energy depart ment and monitored by the International atomic Energy Agency the uranium will be processed for use in commercial re s u rare i u mope ration a real Gem actors -.-. R   important this stash enough to make two dozen nuclear warheads is out of the reach of terrorists and Crimi nals. The coincidence of this announcement with the . Meeting in Naples Italy on International crime is telling. Since the end of the cold War mafias have been Quick to exploit new Freedom of movement and weakened Law and order in the former soviet Union. Underworld enterprises in narcotics Money laundering stolen goods even the illicit Trade in human organs Are establishing worldwide connections. In this climate Security analysts warn of a sharply increased potential for nude a mischief. The former soviet lands have no system of accounting for their vast nuclear stockpiles. They do have thousands of underpaid or unpaid and disoriented scientists bureaucrats and military officers scram bling to make a living amid the ruins of superpower. Some must be vulnerable to bribery or other corruption several times this year German police seized samples of radioactive materials they believed to originate in Russia. These successful interception beg the question what might be slipping out of the for Mer soviet nuclear states undetected to the Radical islamic government of Iran orto fanatics in Afghanistan when will colombian drug cartels turn out to brandish a nuclear deterrent wisely president Clinton did not wait for a serious nuclear incident to secure the kazakh uranium. He proceed moreover with full russian knowledge and consent. Project Sapphire ought to demonstrate to the russian As Well As to the Ameri can people that constructive action can and must be taken to Lessen the dangers bequeathed by the cold War. Mafia i Una stand or. .