European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday May 28, 1977 hew puts on pressure schools pledging no Bias against women i Melni of a Nuitt Washington a in an abrupt turnabout thousands of educational institutions Are Rushing to file pledge that they won t discriminate against  february the department of health education and welfare warned the 20,000 schools and colleges that arc receiving Federal Money that the could lose the Aid unless they promised to comply with Federal sex discrimination Laws. A month after the warning by Secre tary Joseph a. Califano jr., hew office of civil rights said two thirds of the educational institutions had either failed to file the forms or had turned in unacceptable ones a few Days later 13,576 letters went out to administrators telling them the had 60 Days to submit adequate forms. The forms Are designed to encourage compliance with discrimination Laws without the government actually inter vening. But they Are also the first step in a comprehensive Federal enforce ment of civil rights for  said their records were in such disarray that some schools might have filed forms that got lost or mis placed. Califano noted that the Ford administration had asked for similar assurances last july but that a list had never been compiled of the schools that gave adequate assurances since the letters went out More than 100 forms a Day have been received. Officials said they think about 80 per cent of the delinquent schools have responded to the warning from  much Federal paperwork the forms Are fairly simple requiring school officials to report what they have done to end sex discrimination and requiring a pledge to obey the Law. The Law prohibiting sex discrimination in education was passed in 1972, but the Nixon administration undertook what Califano Calls Only scattered enforcement efforts acting on individual complaints but not on its own initiative. Practice prohibited by court order . Customs still opening mail by . Minic Verdenver a the Cia May have stopped opening first class mail entering the United states but not the . Customs service even though a court order pro Hibits the practice. While a government Appeal of the rulings before the supreme court the customs service is continuing to open an average of400 first class letters a Day in los Angeles. A customs official said similar mail openings without a warrant continue at such ports As san Francisco Miami Chi Cago and new York. David Amon a customs service official in los Angeles cited a 1971 ruling by the Lola circuit of the . Court of appeals i Denver which he said permits opening of such mail without permission. In a More recent ruling however a Federal appeals court in Washington said customs can open overseas mail without a court order. Justice department attorneys appealed hut ruling to the supreme court this Spring saying customs officials open More than Une billion pieces of first class mail packages and other mail  added that 23 million envelopes from selected countries Are set aside an about 270,000, most of them first class mail Are opened. Of those opened Federal attorneys argued one in six contains con  supreme court is expected to Rule on the question before its term ends in late june. The Appeal stems from the Case of two Washington men who had allegedly mailed letters from Thailand to several . Addresses. Customs agents in Newyork found some which allegedly contained  month the . Postal service invited Public comment on proposals Defi Cou a mean sizable rebate Nung when it is permissible to detain or open mail. To Date Wasington authorities said they have received Only nine responses from two private citizens the Federal departments of Justice and agriculture and the states of North Carolina Pennsylva Admiral named to head Asa Washington a vice  r. Inman thursday was appointed by president Carter to head the National Security Agency the intelligence Organiza Tion that runs the government s communications and code monitoring systems. Inman now the no. 2 Man in the defens intelligence Agency will succeed u. Gen. Lew Allen who is being promoted to full general and will head the air Force sys tems command. The changeover will take place in june or july the Pentagon said. Inman a 46-year-old graduate of the University of Texas is the second Navy Admiral to be Given a major intelligence Post by Carter. Adm. Stansfield Turner a naval Academy classmate of the presi Dent is director of the Cia. The Asa whose secret budget reportedly is the largest of any . Intelligence Agency is headquartered at it. Meade my. La Vermont Wisconsin and  postal service official in Washington said the customs service has been permitted to seize and open mail from foreign Points Only since 1971.amon said customs service regulations prohibit the Reading of opened letters adding that Many recipients of first class mall stamped opened by . Cus Toms for Tariff purposes Only have protested to their  he defended the practice citing the opening of 200 letters earlier this Mont from a South american country each of which allegedly contained a Gram of co Caine. Gerald Rankin a customs service offi Cial in los Angeles said the Agency spot checks mail from All countries but Mai from countries known to be drug sources is checked More regularly. He said these countries include Peru Ecuador Bolivia and Colombia for co Caine Thailand and Burma for heroin and Germany and the Netherlands for hashish. Rankin explained that a hit the finding of narcotics or other contraband is sometimes helpful in locating or Addingto the evidence against a Domestic drug  he said Many hits Are Small amounts sent from one Friend to  Treasury enforcement communications system a computerized nationwide network alerts customs Points to watch for returning americans who Are suspected of dealing in drugs. Amon said such persons May researched upon return to this country. Asked whether computers could be programmed to select mail addressed to a Given . Resident several customs officials said they doubt  4 Mit students disciplined Over sexual ratings article Cambridge mass. A a Massachusetts Institute of technology faculty committee has suspended one student and placed three others on probation for pub Lishing an article rating the sexual performances of 36 Mit men. John Roselli editor of the undergraduate newspaper thursday which published the article april 28, confirmed that the originator of the idea Scott Betterman had been suspended for three months. Roselli also said the faculty committee on discipline had placed the authors of the article on formal probation. He said he had been Given internal probation which would not remain on his record. The authors were juniors Roxanne Ritchie and Susan  regret having Hurt people by running their  Roselli said. A i had to Doit Over again i d run the article but with out their  an Mit spokesman said the school would have no comment on the disciplinary action because it regards discipline As a private matter. Temperatures tax Cut Bill helps yanks overseas by Marynett staff writer the tax Cut Bill signed by president Carter May 23 will put Money Back into the pockets of americans who earned income abroad in 1975 from other than the . Government. The Bill revokes the Section of the tax Reform act of 1976 which reduced the amount of excl Dable income earned Over seas from 20.000 to $15,000 in most cases. The new Law however will go into effect next tax year for income earned abroad after dec. 31.1976."anyone who filed a 2555 tax form this year should now file an amended 1040-x form say the lawyers at the Usa eur office of the judge advocate jag in Hei  forms should be available at local jag offices. If not the . Embassy in Bonn can Supply  1976 tax Reform act affecting Over seas income was retroactive for Money earned in 1975."that s just not the Way things Are gent rally done says an embassy spokes Man in explaining the reprieve being Given a affected taxpayers. In any Case some of these taxpayers will gain around $700 by filing the amended  example take the Case of a . Sol Dier earning $15,000 a year who filed a joint account with his wife who had earned $10,000 working for a non govern ment organization maybe Chase manhat Tan Bank or the University of Maryland. Previous to the 1976 tax Reform ruling her income would have been excluded no subject to . Tax at All. 1tie tax Reform act however though Al lowing a $15.000 exclusion on her income earned abroad lumps it together with her husband s in arriving at their total grass annual income. That Means the couple Are pushed into a higher tax bracket and even though the wife s $10.000 was excluded they were taxed on the basis of a $25,000 income instead of one of $15,000. In tax owed that meant a couple thousand dollars difference and More lax than had been withheld from the husband s pay. American citizens living in Germany and earning wages from other than the . Government by the Way Are subject co German taxes. Previously they were allowed a credit for those taxes. The tax Reform act of 1976. 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