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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, April 18, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april 18, irs still acts on tips but saves on Washington a de spite its Complex tax computers the internal Revenue serv ice still relies on tipsters to catch some of America s tax cheats. But the number of Reward for supplying usable information is on the  that monday s income tax deadline is past irs can expect a flood of mail claiming that one person or another cheated on his tax return. Officials said they receive about 100,000 tips each year from persons looking for re wards seeking vengeance Tak ing out their anger on their employer or simply being patriotic. The number who actually col Lect a Reward is relatively Small 624 for the last Complete fiscal year and is expected to get smaller. Two years before 792persons got rewards. Officials said the compute system now in Complete opera Tion can discover errors an omissions on tax returns before the informer can  does t broadcast the fact it sometimes uses information supplied by tipsters to catch tax cheats but officials said it s Small part of the Law enforce ment  tax collections last year came to $148 billion one source said and Only $11 million stemmed front information sup plied by informants. Two years before the tax take from tipster leads came to $13 million and one official said some years before it had gone As High As $18  the fiscal year which ended last june 30, the service received 4,019 claims for re wards from tipsters rejected3,395 of them and allowed the 624.the number of persons who inform or who think they afe informing is More than 20 times the number who seek re wards irs said. The Reward can go As High as10 per cent of the amount collected by irs but it usually averages Between 4 and 6 per cent. And rewards Are passed out Only after irs determines the information helped materially to recover additional tax  computers give each tax return a Complete machine audit including a Check of Arith Metic and Matching income listed on the return with income the of fir is is t elicit data Kropt whistle.blfl4tt�i citizens Duff claims it worm remiss in its duties if it fail follow up leads. 8"lllauedo Only 10 per cent of the  reach the Point of a Orel m i n a r y investigation Lis last year. Of and the tipster must actually apply for the Reward. If he gets it his own tax return will rechecked to make sure he � cleared the Money and paid  on it. 25 9 nominees vie for emmies she acts too Cecile Ozo Rio a co Star in a current to presentation is a beguiling mixture of Spanish portuguese and Oriental All of which goes Well with a bit of Leopard skin. New York a More than 250 nominations in 41 Cate Gories for emmy awards were announced tuesday by the National Academy of television arts and sciences. The programs telecast be tween March 27, 1967, and March 7, 1968, were nominated by the6,000 members of the Academy and will be judged by More than400 panellists. Awards will be presented Sun Day May 19, on Abc from new York and  nominations in some of the popular entertainment categories were outstanding dramatic series Abc s the avengers Abc s i spy run for you life and Star trek nation Al educational television s net  outstanding dramatic pro Gram lbs s do not go gentle into that Good night and dear friends Abc s Eliza Beth the Queen Abc s the strange Case of or. Jekyll and or. Hyde and Luther an net s Uncle  outstanding single perform Ance by an actor in a leading role in a drama Raymon Burr in the Abc world pre Miere show Ironside Mel Vyn Douglas in lbs s do not go gentle into that goodnight George c. Scott in lbs s the Crucible Eli Wal Lach in lbs s dear friends and Van Heflin in Abc s abase of  outstanding single perform Ance by an actress in a leading role in a drama Dame Judit Handerson in Abc s Elizabeth the Queen Genevieve Bujo Din Abc s St. Joan Colleen Dewhurst in lbs s the Cruci ble Anne Jackson in lbs s dear friends and Mauree Stapleton in Abc s among the paths to  continued performance by an actor in a Lead ing role in a dramatic series Raymond Burr in Abc s Iron Side Bill Cosby and Robert gulp in Abc s i spy be Gazzara in Abc s run for your life and Martin Landau in lbs s Mission  outstanding continued performance by an actress in a leading role in a dramatic ser ies Barbara Bain in lbs s Mission impossible Diana Rigg in Abc s the avengers and Barbara Stanwyck in abcs the big  outstanding musical or variety series Abc s Telephone hour the Dean Martin show and Rowan and Martin s laugh in lbs s Carol Bur Nett show and the smothers Brothers comedy  comedy series Abc s bewitched family affair Cess Hogan s heroes and the Lucy show and Abc s get  outstanding program achieve ment in children s program Ming lbs s he s your dog Charlie Brown and you re in love Charlie Brown and National education television s Mist Roger s  were 79 nominations in several categories of the new documentary and actuality or Gram areas. Two performers i soap operas were nominated for outstanding individual achievement in daytime pro Grant Ming Macdonald Carey of by s Days of our in and Joan. Bennett of abcs dark  no place for recluses Daytona Beach Fla., is jammed seawall to seawall with people collegians making their annual easter excursion for Sun basking girl watching even a spot of swimming. Police say they Are enforcing the no liquor on the Beach Law. Up photo 3 draft card burners followed the Law Albuquerque . Up . Atty. Gen. John Quinn said tuesday three Young men who burned their draft cards at an Antiwar rally april 2 were not Only within the Law they were observing Federal instructions to the letter. Quinn identified the three As former Diplomat Dies new York up Edward g. Miller former assistant Secre tary of state for inter american affairs under Secretary of state Dean Acheson died at his Home Here monday. He was 56. Barry Dean Williams of Carls bad ., Mike Smith of Albuquerque and Paul Baura Gold of new York City All students at the University of new Mexico at Albuquerque. The Federal prosecutor said what they burned were their outdated classification draft cards. The government has instructed that these cards be burned once the new ones Are issued Quinn said. A fourth student Bill Slade Oflas Cruces ., also burned what he said was his draft  said the investigation was continuing in Slade s Case. To g o j Huson Bacate trunk sol Chip. Floridia is rolling with tax punch Tampa Fla. A Florida smokers gasping Over new prices of up to 50 cents for pack of cigarettes Are on a Roll your own kick. Thrifty smokers have besieged tobacco shops by to thousands in search of Rou your own gadgets ranging Wprice from 75 cents to with the machine and a Wue skill a 10-cent pack of tobacco and papers produces 50 cigarettes or More.,.many store owners reported most immediate sellouts of machines shortly after april i when the state cigarette tax boosted from eight to 15 cents a Pam he state Capitol off Ujj Don t seem worried ing a gadgets will thwart Trio Ujj hire s plans to raise $50.5 Julion for education with the new tax on cigarettes. Of it might take six to nil to so for things to get Back to n Mal says John ii k k Jucal officer of the state Bev Eug department. He says the Rou your own fad will subside � did the last time Vve the tax he says. J  
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