Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961 Page: 4 of 18
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Paying For 'Crimes'
THE STAGGERING AMOUNT of fines pvd by Fort Hood
soldiers to Texas traffic courts in the last three months illustrates
a grave problem drivers are breaking the laws. (Story on
page 1.)
From June 23 to Sept. 19 345 fines were paid totaling
$9064.99. That figures out to an average of $26.28 per fine an
amount no soldier can afford to pay. In addition to the initial
cash loss each violation increases insurance costs under Texas
law. This means more cash paid out for three years after the
fine before the violation is erased fro mthe drivers* records.
More losses result when drivers are involved in accidents.
causing injury or death.
No doubt a small percentage of those soldiers fined feel
they were unjustly ticketed and maybe a few of them were.
But the fact remains that a .-'river who lets himself get into a
position to be stopped by local or highway police is not operating
his vehicle in the safest possible manner.
Unless each driver at Fort Hood can afford to pay an
average $26.28 fine for thoughtlessness it is time to revise in
dividual thinking or driving habits. Remember 345 men can
vouch for the fact that it caa happen to anybody. And there are
many patrolmen and judges ready to accomodate all who think
it can't.
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Hammarskjold Mourned
The United Nations General Assembly has opened its 16th
session in the shadow of a great and tragic loss. When the
plane carrying Dag Hammarskjold crashed in Northern Rho
desia it took from the world organization a Secretary General
of rare qualities both as a diplomat and a man.
It is too early to assess the effect of Mr. Hammarskjold's
death within the United Nations. That it will be severe in a ses
sion which already has promised to be the most critical in U. N.
history is certain. Never has there been a time for greater show of
patience rational deliberation and devotion to the principles of
international morality by the 99 member nations.
For this would be the best of all memorials to a man who for
eight years as Secretary General dedicated his formidable abilities
to the cause of peace and ended by giving his life for it. His
quiet but firm leadership sheered the United Nations through
stresses and strains that might have shattered it if a man of lesser
ability had held the office. He was not a visionary but he had
always before him the vision of the peaceful world society gov
erned by justice and reason that the U. N. Charter was designed
to create.
Time will enhance the nature of this remarkable public
servant. The United Nations was his life. Now the spirit of his
diplomatic wisdom should prevail in the world parliament to
strengthen its authority and provide honorable solutions to prob
lems upon which all mankind's future rests. (AFPS)
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Loan Is Fine But...
We Americans have come along way in our social attitudes
from the day when a man in debt was looked at askance as being
something of a failure. To be solvent to have no creditors was
the hallmark of the respectable citizen.
But today credit is accented as part of our way of life. In
fact a man applying for a loan often is more favorably re
garded by his bank if he can show that he has debts—and is
paying them off in regular installments.
The very availability of credit today—from personal loans
to car financing from a home mortgage to credit-card charges—
has its pitfalls however and service people who are fully cognizant
of them before signing contracts can save themselves future fi
nancial headaches by looking before they leap.
For example take the personal loan—a popular recourse
for the serviceman needing cash. In this area of credit the maga
zine Coronet lists some questions a man might ask himself before
a loan company asks them either directly or through people he
deals with:
Will your income stay at a steady level while you are re
paying the loan? Will you be able to handle all regular expenses
in that period? Will you be able to meet payments completely
and on time? If you have any installment purchases did you
make a substantial down payment on them rather than covering
the whole cost by installments?
Are your monthly mortgage payments or rent a quarter of
your income or less? Do you have an organized household budg
et on paper currently up to date? Does your wife agree that the
loan is necessary and will fit into the budget? Does your planning
for the future include such possibilities as repairs to the house or
emergency hospitalization? Are your bills paid up or to be paid
up within 10 daxs? Finally if your family income was suddenly
stopped could you get by on reserve funds or help from relatives
ior six months?
All sound questions these although it's true that some of
them may not be too applicable to the career serviceman. But
simply by thinking along these lines we can reconsider just how es
sential that personal loan is to us. For it needn't be true that as
some wit put it "In the midst of life we are in debt."—(AFPS)
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Striking Contrast Is Seen
Between Two Berlin Sectors
(Sixth of an Editorial Series)
Nowhere else in the world are the material and spiritual
differences between a free and a captive people so obvious as
the divided city of Berlin In no other place can so many Com
munist subjects observe at first hand the benefits of freedoift.
The two halves of the city lie
along a 45-kilemeter armed bor
der each covering about 425
square kilometers. In he West
Zone protected by the forces of
Britain France and the United
States live some 2.5 million peo
ple. East Berlin's population is
less than half that.
The division between free and
Communist Berlin is visible at
cnce to the visitor approaching
by air. Busy automobile traffic
ard modern buildings mark tha
Western side East Berlin has
little traffic of any kind and its
skyline is studded by ruins of
WWII.
At night the contrast is spee-
lacular. West Berlin giltters with
well-lighted streets homes shops
theaters hotels and sighs. Ex
cept for Stalinallee commun-
nism's showpiece East Berlin lies
dim and silent.
It isn't long before spiritual as
well as material differences be
come apparent to the visitor. West
Berlin radiates life energy pros
perity and courage. Its elegant
shops and tangible comforts con
trasted with the emptiness of the
East Zone reflect the atmosphere
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An Army of Amateurs by Philippe
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pp $4.50)
Their liberty threatened by the
Nazi conquerer the little people
of France formed their own army
to defend it. This is the tale of
the underground war told by one
of three brothers who helped or
ganize it.
"The French Resistance was not
a romantic and glorious batte of
wits between heroic individuals"
but a grim contest between a
highly organized war machine and
a citizenry to whom "heroism and
love of country were no longer
abstract ideals they were pas
sionate realities ."
The errors of amfateurism
frequently led to the firing
squad and the concentration
camp. One of de Vomecourt's
brothers died in a camp the
author himself was detected
imprisoned escaped crossed
the Pyrenees in winter snow
got to England and para*
chuted again into France to
resume his activities.
Fiction cannot hold a candle to
the real events described by the
author the double-agents the
traitors the cryptic signs of rec
ognition the hairbreadth escapes
the Pimpernelian exploits.
The Communists attempted to
identify themselves with the
movement with an eye to their
own planned conquest of France
even to the extent of refusing to
escape from prison so they
would be postwar martyrs.
Militarily the Resistance har
ried and hampered the Germans
to the great benefit of the Allied
armies landing in Normandy. But
as Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Lord Tedder notes in his fore
word "its greatest victory was
that it kept the flame of the
French spirit burning throughout
the dark years of Occupation."
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Despite the nearness of com
munism West Berliners are re
building and restoring every city
block as well as constructing new
residential districts.
On the other hand rebuilding
in East Berlin is dominated by
the Stalinallee some of which
only two rooms deep. Behind its
artificial facade lie miles of war-
crushed apartments and buildings
Any new construction has been for
Communist and government build
ings and some workers' housing
East Berliners fascinated by
the thriving modern business
streets of the West Zone often
crossed the border to shop be
fore the Communists halted zonal
travel on Aug. 13. Many com
ir.odities plentiful in the West
were either scarce of inferior
quality or simply not available in
East Germany state operated
stores.
One product—shoes—was espe
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women who bought shoes in the
West often spent the day walk
ink about the city to make them
look worn since Soviet Zone bor
der police would confiscate new
clothing. Women bought new
ruits or dresses then wore
them home under shabby top
coats.
In East Berlin the pall of the
police state hangs over every
thing. The flow of propaganda is
unceasing and Communist-im
posed prohibitions stifle all indi
vidual freedom.
As one visitor to Berlin worte
"In this island of freedom and
prosperity it is easy to under
stand why the West
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