European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 10,1977 . Treaty before Senate . Taxes loom for Dod civilians  writer Mildenhall England is thou Sands of american civilians holding . Department of defense jobs in the United kingdom May soon be paying British income taxes. That s the opinion of officials Here who Are urging changes in the .-. Tax convention now pending before the Senate foreign relations committee. Unless amended officials say the tax treaty will go into affect 30 Days after Senate ratification and will obligate Many americans to pay British taxes. The com Mittee is expected to resume hearings on the treaty later this month. If ratified in its present form both american and British officials say it will affect the future tax status of Many Mem Bers of the Dod civilian component in the . In particular they say it will affect local hire employees who would be subject to British taxes. Teachers employees at cafes facilities and at military clubs Are among those who would be hardest hit by the new treaty. The Prospect of paying British taxes rather than american taxes has caused concern throughout american communities in the . Dozens of individuals have written to senators in an Effort to get the language of the treaty changed insofar As it concerns Dod civilians. A lengthy Section of the treaty deals with Dod personnel while other provisions Deal with americans working for British or american firms. Although the tax treaty now under consideration has been pending since Decem Ber of 1975, the changes that would affect Dod civilian tax status in the . Were not discovered until july of this year by officials Here. Under the present tax agreement of 1945, All americans working for Dod in any capacity in the . Pay .  the new convention Uncle Sam would give up the right to tax local hire employees who would be subject to British taxes instead. Officials Point out that if the new convention is approved americans affected would pay a minimum of 35 per cent of tax Able income the lowest . Rate to the British government. . Pay offices presumably would deduct the British taxes they say. . Myers chief of International Law at . 3rd air Force he at Mildenhall Calls the changes Between the 1945 and 1975  he said that not Only local hire employees could be involved but another provision could also obligate anyone who contracted for a Job in the . And changed his or he Job status in the . A British Inland Revenue spokesman in London said that in order to get the Benefit of tax exemption an american Dod employee now will have to contract for employ ment in the . Rather than in the . This is a reciprocal arrangement the spokesman said. It will apply in reverse for British military in the  but american officials Here Point out there Are far fewer British defense person Nel in the states than . Dod personnel in Britain. The Inland Revenue spokesman also said he doubted if a person changing Dod assignment within the . Would be affected by the new treaty. Because of the complications of the new treaty Myers says its approval would mean that All . Civilians records would have to be reviewed. The potential for problems is fantastic Myers said. Will americans be obligated to pay British social Security will they pay Brit ish National health service will they continue to pay . Social Security there Are All sorts of unresolved  a preliminary Check of records Here in Baboon honeymoon Tiree curious Baboons go bananas As they rummage through the Luggage of a newlywed couple visiting the great adventure safari and entertainment Park in Jackson . The honeymooners ignored the Park s warnings about the mischievous monkeys but they were reimbursed for their losses anyway. A . Has plan to defend Middle East Oil Fields Washington up the administration has ordered the Pentagon to make preparations for defense of Middle East Oil supplies against any unfriendly soviet action it was reported  Washington Star said the order was linked to the heavy . Reliance on Middle East Oil and the belief the soviet Union will need it in the 1980s. The newspaper said there was disagreement within the administration on the question of soviet needs however. In a presidential memo 2vz weeks ago Carter ordered ground forces supported1 y naval and air units be prepared for Possi ble use in the Gulf the Star reported. It said the directive grew out of an extensive study by All parts of the government cover ing everything from the nuclear relation ship with the soviet Union to potential regional trouble spots. The Star said the memo has yet to reach the working Levels in the Pentagon. The report said officials Are noting an inconsistency Between the order and Carter s stated policy to demilitarized the Indian Ocean areas. The Ocean provides Access to the persian Gulf. The Star said the memo could work against Carter s demilitarization stand. Albany mayor survives Challenge Albany . Up Erastus Cora ing the longest serving mayor in the nation Defeated state sen. Howard Nolan thursday in the first primary Challenge he has faced since taking Over City Hall in1942. An unofficial tally with 112 of the capital City s 124 election districts counted had Corning with 14,803 votes to 8,529 for Nolan. Because 41,639 of the approximately 55, 000 eligible voters Register As democratic his primary Victory Likely Means re elec Tion in november As chief executive of this City of 110,000. Only about 3,000 Register As republicans. Corning 67, Heads a democratic organization that has 2,400 City jobs to hand out which Means thousands of hard Core votes when they Are called out. Nolan .44, campaigned against that machine telling voters everything Here Isth same As  coming s Victory affirmed the strength of the dynasty of democratic Boss Danielo Connell. O Connell died Early this year after he had presided More than 55 years Over an organization that had ruthlessly crushed All opposition. Nolan was a product of the same Politi Cal machine. But his split with the organization began shortly after he was elected to the state Senate in 1974. Coming s Grandfather was Albany mayor in the 1830s and his father was a lieutenant governor of the state. He comes from a family that helped found the Newyork Central Railroad. He was a classmate at Dartmouth Fnelson Rockefeller former new York governor and vice president in the Ford administration. Dictated that there Are about 3,500 Ameri cans on Dod payrolls in the . For the three branches of the military and for de pendent schools and military exchanges. While it will take a detailed Check to de Termine How Many of those Are local hire tentative estimates place the number a about 2,000. Mrs. Constance Estey chief of civilian personnel placement and employee relations for Mildenhall and Lakenheath said the number of air Force civilians in the . Is about 2,500. Navy and army civil ians number fewer than 300 and cafes has a payroll of 563, of which 542 Are local hire. Other local hire employees work for the military banking facilities and credit unions. Court orders new trial for East German Karlsruhe West Germany up the West German supreme court Friday ruled a re trial of an East German Man acquitted of charges of manslaughter after killing two communist soldiers. In ordering the re trial the supreme court threw out the acquittal of Werner Weinhold ruled by a lower West German court last dec. 2.judge Hans Beninger said at the time the court believed 27-year-old Weinhold had acted in acute self defense when he returned the fire of two East German sol Diers who challenged him As he sneaked across the Border into West Germany during the Clear Moonlit night of dec. 19, 1975. Weinhold was himself a member of the East German army when he made his dash across the Border. The communist government of East Germany described Weinhold As a double murderer with a record of previous convictions for theft and repeatedly demanded his extradition. The supreme court said that despite the East German government s refusal to permit any witnesses to travel to Essen for Weinhold s trial the court should have asked East German authorities to question witnesses. 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