European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12letters to the editor tuesday january 10,1995 Hes a Lopes a european edition. A col Steven s. Hoffman Usan a a. A common nor put Lisheras Bernard a. Zovistosk1 a 7. A v. A a editor a. News and editorial a a a a a a a a. Bill Walker. A a 7a Quot european editor a Quot. Decor not Tisher. A  a a a a a a wbk a rom new i eur it Tor sports Edlor. City editor. To or of us. Unit 29480 7? Apo a 09211 7, 7 7. Quot. A a a or Post fact 11 14 37 a a a a. A 6m278 Darmstadt Germany it Etc c. Rpm re a 06155-601416 a a a a a a. To callus dial 06155-601 plus Extension a Quot or d3n 8/ 3-0 p sox tension a Sollo Snowski ext. 2 j7v255, 282,226, 326. A a a 5for f5�?T. Ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221,. V features ext 230, 245, 341.-0 v Lei tr3 to editor ext. 208,400 bus Ness news ext. 326. News bureaus 7 a he oelbet>0. 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A Quot please \ Recycle a a a 1 a a. 1 this newspaper r3 an Auino izod unofficial put Chii on for members of the miliary services overseas. Contents of the Slars and stripes do not necessarily Rehel the Ormial. Views of or endorsement by the . Government the de. Part enl of Delon so or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication Irjud my inserts or supplements does no1 const tute endorse. Merit by the department of defense or the Slars and stripes of me it Ducis or service  not cafes in a a cafes a  . 28the writer s main theme that the army and air Force Exchange service is a monopoly May be True but in All fairness to the contracting organization overseas military sales corp. Oms which administrates cafes automobile sales abroad i would like to Point out the following Federal regulations not a fest regulations require that a vehicle to be shipped a a Back Home a at government expense be at least 70 percent Ducco  in the United states  of course the vehicle was previously shipped o. Vogt As under official orders. A a a a 7 further the  7 prices of the a oms vehicles Are approximately 7 percent above dealer invoice Price As compared with about 15 Peve ent at most stateside dealers. This combined with the fact that you can defer paying sales tax on the. Purchase until stateside arrival makes the cafes new car sales program a fair Deal. No it does no to have Toyota Nis sahs or Mercedes either. But perhaps if these manufacturers follow Honda a Lead arid Start to build cars that Are 70 percent produced manufactured in the ., we May be Able to get them from cafes at a future time. William r. L Owler Siauni h of tier Germany be picking up trash on the base perimeter or worse yet some extremely intense and to in sir alive duty at a unit orderly room. A Why arc colonels and career cos who arc convicted of performing homosexual acts some with minor children extended full retirement benefits after serving minimum sentences of confinement the a cing on the cake was the commissioned rapist adulterer who was released from the military into the civilian Eom a nity As a punishment. Why done to we just Transfer All military courtrooms to Australia where it May be even easier to find a Kangaroo court what does Ucma stand for uninformed court of moronic jerks. 7a a a. A tech.  scratch Ramstein All Germany writer made mistakes the writer of a a cafes a monopoly . 28 obviously blames the army and air Force Exchange service for her own mistakes i.e., purchasing a Toyota through the Canadian pm and being unable to ship it Back at government expense t to a 7 first she did t exercise he option to have it shipped Back for the $400.ship--, Ping charge offered,.two, no apparent Effort was made to Contact transportation authorities to inquire if the Toyota could have been shipped at government. Expense. Three cafes Sells american made cars trucks and motorcycles through concessionaires making vehicles available for government shipment to the . Only if the sponsor is eligible and shipment authorized on pcs orders. The words coercion collusion and kickbacks arc totally inappropriate arid cannot be substantiated by the writer. Lets face the facts she did not do her Homework arid wants cafes to accept the blame. At least her senators and congressmen will get a chuckle. Oscar Dreikorn Stopha Skirchen Germany not rooting for roots i find it hard to believe that but of All the Christmas stories or movies to choose from the Only one american forces net work could show for christinas eve was 7 roots i know an tries to. Show a variety of movies and shows to please its diverse audience but a movie about oppressed people during slavery would not i have been my top Choice. 7 if an is looking for a Christmas movie relating to its a fro american audience there Are Many others More appropriate. Sgt. 1st class Willie Harrison Wurzburg Germany Kangaroo courts abound the outlandish results of several recent courts martial have compelled me to write. Rapists adulterers drug abusers paedophiles and persons convicted of homosexual acts Are being treated As if the military Justice system is imply a suggestion. When an air Force master sergeant with 18 years tis time in service uses hashish and introduces it onto a base and receives a written reprimand and hard labor without confinement what sort of message does this Send to younger airmen or other services its Likely this felons hardest labor will gang seminar upheld All the letters concerning gang clothing and racism in conjunction with gangs were written by people who did not at lend live gang seminar in Wiesbaden on pet 24, not one letter has. Been written against the Materia presented by someone who was actually there. 7 in fact two or three actual known Gatig members who attended complimented. The instructors on the accuracy of the information presented. ,. If people had attended. They would Haye Learned that the mention of colors Chicago hulls jackets baggy pants Etc., Are Only a few of the Many a warning signs Quot that your child a a might be associated with a gang. At no Tilc during the seminar was it said that if you wore certain clothing listened to certain music or were of a certain race then you were a gang member. They would have Learned the Many other warning signs such As a drop in grades detachment or withdrawal irom the family and constant family school Rule violations. \ 7 if parents were to put All of these signs together they should Start evaluating whether their children arc being influenced by gangs. In regard to race at no time was it said that if you were Black then you were in a gang. This seminar taught about not Only the Black gangs but the White gangs asian gangs hispanic gangs immigrant gangs and Many others. -. Cindy to Cassidy 7 Wiesbaden Germany who has loved the game All his life i say. It was High time. I am still trying without much Success to come to Terras with my rage at the ignominious end of the 1994 baseball season which for most of its Short duration  much Promise. The confusing and contradictory diatribes of player columnists notwithstanding i do not care one Iota if the owners a open their books Quot or if they Are in fact giving an a a accurate accounting of revenues. No one with half a brain Ever thought that any franchise owner be it baseball football basketball or hockey was in it strictly out of pure idealism or love of his sport 7 the hard facts which most impress me about this latest exercise in self destruction in the baseball world Are that before the strike player salaries and benefits already consumed a whopping 58 percent of All revenues and the minimum salary figure was fixed at $109,000 00, and the players Union was saying that it still was not enough. 7 As All Ali world knows the really fat cats were taking Home salaries far in excess of that figure which of course did not keep them from gleefully joining the strikers. 7 7 -.7 7. 7. 7 a probably no big Loague player in this Century no. Matler  he was a or How much he loved the game has played Ball without giving at least some thought to the monetary rewards involved which is after All Only human. There is no doubt in my Nind however that the giants of be Stein car who of course never saw Een a fraction of the Money that the a a stars of the �?T90s Are getting would turn Over in their Graves if they could witness the total greed and Complete Lack of concern for the game Jf-7 a self which have been so painfully obvious during this ongoing Jis Puie. 7 7 Jerald c. Kelsey 7 it Idelburg Germany liberation for Cuba in response to a cubans go Home a  29if you re put in a Jailhouse car rip would you be ii Appy maybe the letter writer should get on his inner tube and go to Cuba and see if he likes it. No i am not cuban but i would like to see Cuba liberated not humiliated. Its time for Castro to go. R .7 7 Hector Cortes Wiesbaden Germany a to our readers strike based on greed so the salary Cap is finally on in the baseball world. As a Middle aged person let us know what you think. 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 signed arid 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 06155601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. The amp Aba  in amp atm youth Hom amp that can8eajrajt�?m�&cal car  Al the those sorts off jus. Butm09t Mph Ahtl Cut labor costs by Eer Tim  in amp rom keep Yoo know  Mam to stance Yard work Etc