European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 10 the stars and stripes january 1981 Bis comes to surface Dallas up Federal tax agents have uncovered evidence of a massive tax fraud conspiracy involving As Many As commercial airline in raids in los Angeles and Honolulu last Dallas based tax agents culminated a nine month investigation into the alleged tax fraud conspiracy designed to give airline pilots illegal tax the Dallas morning news reported sat urday that a sworn filed by irs agent James indicated Honolulu businessman Henry los an Geles area tax consultant Philip Scheff and several of their associates generated per Job freeze backdated to 5 Washington up the Reagan administration has backdated its Tough fed eral hiring freeze to placing in jeopardy thousands of promised the Washington Post reported in its sunday one of the first actions president Reagan took immediately after being inaugurated tuesday was to sign an order freezing All Federal despite some criticism that the freeze cannot be backdated into another presi dents the new guidelines have been signed by acting director of the office of management and Dale my the Post the Reagan freeze tightens the Carter administration which allowed one of every two vacancies to be in anticipation the stricter provisions of the Reagan hiring government agencies went on what some officials were quoted As calling a hiring the backdating is intended to reduce this refreeze even the Reagan hiring freeze provides for exceptions for hardship primarily people who sold their Homes and moved to Washington when in formed they had a the backdating will not affect those already on Agency Only those promised the hiring freeze also does not affect top Reagan policy those of political appointees added to replace the freeze does not apply to the postal service or to Public safety but except for emergency most people offered a Job in the Reagan administration since 5 cannot now be hired without special clearance from the a White House spokesman contacted late Kim said the freeze takes effect As of its Ria chairman plans to resign july 1 new York up Edgar Griffiths has announced his intention to resign july 1 As chairman and chief executive offi cer of the Ria and be succeeded by Thornton now president of Atlantic Richfield Ria said Griffiths will become chair Man of the company boards finance com Mittee if his resignation is haps thousands of Sham Loans used for worthless or nonexistent Stock transactions for at least two the phony Stock financed by bogus High interest allowed the pilots to deduct As much As half their tax Able irs documents participants in the scheme said some pilots tax returns already had been audited and cleared by earlier irs since All transactions were accompanied by including promissory Stock certificates and cancelled a spokeswoman for Scheff said he had no comment on the in a Telephone said that he had been entrapped by a government they sent this undercover Man who posed As an Eastern air lines Pilot who asked me to do things i knew i  Kersting twice i turned him away but he came Back a third he told me a sob Story and i bought it and i have regretted it Ever Duncan said it was during the undercover agents third meeting with Kersting that a Deal was struck in which Kersting agreed to deliver documentation for a Sham interest deduction of with All documents backdated to july with Kersting the irs said the undercover agent would have been Able to deduct a total of for a Cash outlay of percent of the undercover agent said that during his meetings with the business Man said he had prepared documents for 500 nearly All airline but Kersting now says his clients number Only about the agent was sent to Scheff for the preparation of his taxes who told him that Many of his clients Are airline pilots and among other they for pan am and the Sac eur and the cinc Bernard the Sac eur supreme Allied after Kidnap in Chicago meets with his commander in president at the White on hand was Secretary of defense Cas Par Weinberger a photo rather to press charges on cab ride Chicago a lbs newscaster Dan rather says he will appear before a circuit court judge april 6 to press charges against a cab Driver who took him on a wild ride through rather is pressing charges of disorderly conduct against Eugene Stem Ming from a dispute Over a 10 As a result of that Phillips says he has lost his is deeply in debt and has applied for welfare who had been a cabbie for 12 appeared in traffic court Friday to answer charges stemming from the Inci but when rather failed to judge Richard Lucien granted the states request that the Case be continued until april 6 Over the protests of Phillips and his Robert i feel very put Phillips had rather been just an Ordinary i  be standing Here Phillips had said previously he had no idea who rather was when he picked him when the complaining wit Ness Doest show up and the defendant is ready for the Case is thrown Mann the attorney said he planned to file mis Demeanour charges against rather for fail ing to pay the disputed cab rather said he was unable to attend the hearing because of a heavy work including coverage of the hostage release and the i will be Able to be there at some other time and i intend to be there at the next he told the Chicago Tribune in a Telephone Phillips picked rather up at Ohare in woman Dies after mauling by 7 dogs Philadelphia a an 81year old Philadelphia woman has died of injuries she suffered from being mauled by her fam Ilys seven authorities Mary Logan was attacked by the dogs while she was alone in her Home in the City s Northern liberties police the dogs were All of mixed logans who lived with his returned Home and found Logan on the floor being mauled by the police a Hospital spokesman said Logan suffered severe and her condition was too critical for humane officers rounded up three dogs and put them in the other four police said they had no explanation of Why the dogs attacked the Mary a said Michael brought the dogs with him when he moved into his mothers two Story Row House about 18 months Ter National the 60 minutes soon to replace retiring Walter Cronkite on the lbs evening reportedly told the Driver he wanted to be taken to the Home of author studs Terkel on the cites the cabbie said he found the address with but that rather refused to pay the fare on the grounds that Phillips chauffeurs License was not Dis Phillips said he had gotten a ticket and the License had been taken As Phillips said he drove off in search of a police officer at a Speed fast enough to prevent the rider from fleeing the cab with out rather claimed Phillips kidnapped was refused the fare and took him Down Lake Shore drive along Lake Michigan on a wild ride which ended Only when a passing Motorist noticed rather waving for Phillips was charged with disorderly conduct and spent a night in jail be fore being freed on Dies in san a Fanny Leona one of the nations oldest died at age the listing of her age was based on a notation of her birth in her family