European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Jues Doy May 21, demo punches holes in a budget request by Dick West Washington up in its budget request for fiscal 1969, the administrative office of the is seeking $9,500 with which to Purchase a photocopy ing plate maker and a multiple spindle paper drilling machine. This is surely a modest on might even say insignificant sum As Federal budgets go. Ordinarily a House appropriations subcommittee might not concern itself with such trifles. But the subcommittee on Judi Ciary appropriations has As it chairman rep. John j. Rooney a rather extraordinary Newyork Democrat. When Rooney s Eagle Eye fell upon that item he pounced like a Hawk my apologies for the mixed metaphor above. Rooney i known around Congress is a Bird of a different Feather which makes him difficult to classify Ornith logically i would be remiss being from the sidewalks of new Orkand of a nontechnical nature if i did not inquire about this photocopying plate maker and a multiple spindle paper drilling machine Rooney said. What Are they and Why William r. Sweeney assistant director of the administrative office had the misfortune to be in the witness chair when Roone swooped. Forsooth explained Sweeney plate maker makes paper plates. You mean paper plates for parties no. I am not sure it will do that Sweeney replied. Rooney did not pursue the interrogation further apparently having concluded that the functions of a photocopying plate maker were beyond the compre Hension of someone from the sidewalks of new York. Instead he tacked the multiple spindle paper drilling machine. Is that another word for paper punch he inquired. Sweeney confirmed that Rooney had penetrated its nomenclature. He noted that the machine we have now will Only paper drilling save us about 40 per Penman hours in l Rooney accepted the a in Tion with a philosophical ment that impressed a j1pressing the Essen 3jf Ern mental Economy niovl8sthis Type. Spake he s " tobacconist gets life for sex killing Philadelphia up tobacconist Stephen z. Weinstein 30, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the sex slaying of a University of Pennsylvania freshman from Des Moines Iowa. The penalty was set by Athree judge court. The three judge panel convicted Weinstein of first degree murder in the strangling of Johnw. Green Iii 18, in the defend ant s waterfront tobacco shop last oct. 22. Weinstein pleaded guilty to a general charge of murder last monday. He was ordered committed tothe Eastern Pennsylvania correctional institution Here where adequate psychiatric diagnostic facilities Are , who was accused of drugging his victim and the strangling him with a rope Dis played no emotion when sen tence was pronounced. Before the judges set the de Gree of guilt assistant District attorney Richard a. Spragu read excerpts from Weinstein s alleged confession. It described How Weinstein had fed knockout drops to a number of Penn Stu dents. Opposes new style court iks defends Appeal system Washington a Canan american taxpayer get a fair hearing from the same govern ment Agency which contends he owes More taxes the internal Revenue serv ices says he can. Although conceding its system in t perfect irs opposes any new style court designed to provide impartial judgment for the Small government s tax computers now Are screening the re turns which will get the person Al touch of an audit this 3.2 million will be finally selected. Irs has set up an appeals machinery the taxpayer can use if he disagrees with the decision of the agent who conducts the a Lester r. Uretz chief counsel for the service say that s the Way it should be. The place to resolve th6 vast 30 Vintage air planes to be sold at auction Santa Ana Calif. A about 30 planes from world wars i i and ii part of a collection by stunt pilots and film actors Frank i Tallman and the late Paul Mantz will be auctioned May 29 at Orange county Airport. They include a world War i Spad a Fokker a Vii and a sop with Camel. Admission will be by invitation Only. Wet Surprise if you be never caught he taking a Shower Bath you May have trouble recognizing this girl As Julie Andrews. With her is Rock Hudson in a scene from a movie they re making in Hollywood. They be just had a Lover s quarrel. A photo Firestone heir weds secret love9 Miami Fla. A tire heir Russell a. Firestone or. Sunday married his former secret love an sex reporter who met the millionaire while inter viewing him for her newspaper. It was Firestone s fourth marriage and the second for Myrna Odell attractive blonde Mother of two daughters. Thunder crackled outside the51-year-old Church during the Short ceremony and a Blindin downpour kept the 21-member wedding party huddled inside the Coral Stone copy of a Span ish monastery for 30 minutes afterwards. They were married by there. David j. Davis pastor of Plymouth congregational Bride wore a Lemon Yel Low Short silk lace dress embroidered with seed pearls and a floor length veil embroidered i pearls. She also wore antique Diamond earrings that were gift from Firestone. Miss Odell who once told friends she would marry a millionaire was linked romantically with Firestone during a trial that ended dec. 15 with his divorce from Mary Alice fire Stone his third judge who issued fire Stone s divorce decree circuit judge James Knott heard Testi Mony from about 100 witnesses some of whom said that he con ducted an affair with miss Odell in Miami. Judge Knott said in the decree that testimony indicated Firestone was guilty of bounding from one bed partner to another with the erotic zest Ofa to g o majority of questions raised a he sail this at the administrative level and it requires a dialogue betwee the taxpayer and the Revenue the vast majority of tax Dis Putes can be resolved without going to court he added. ,. Uretz said in an interview that for every complaint the j service gets from a taxpayer who thinks his audit was unfair it can find 100 taxpayers who1 feel they were treated fairly and honestly even though they May be unhappy with the result courses open Here Are the courses open to taxpayer if he feels his return was audited unfairly or if he disagrees with the size of any additional tax Bill assessed by Revenue agent he can request a conference at the District office level with i another irs official called conferee whose decision is limited to the facts in each Case. If still unsatisfied he can request a regional conference with an appellate conferee. Thisius official has More discretion and in addition to facts he can base his decision on the chances of either Side winning the Case fit goes to court. After an appellate hearing the taxpayer is allowed 90 Days to agree with the decision or to reject it and file a petition in the . Tax court. Last year Uretz said about41,000 cases went to District conference and about 28,000 to regional conference. Only 6,252 cases reached court he added spell out avenues irs officials said the Revenue agent who audits a return must spell out for the taxpayer the avenues of Appeal if additional taxes Are assessed. Uretz said the present systems convenient and reasonably in maintains a staff of More than 1,000 conferees. Written protests Are not required w Many cases and the taxpayer can appear with or without an attorney. No transcript is re Basic idea Uretz said is to reach Are not rated on Dollar production no such Ristics Are kept by the irs said. The entire emphasis i reaching How about a Brand with your lunch Richmond Moore was District court and ,., suspended sentence i untaxed liquor. A soft truck
