European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april irs Chipping away at shrinking backlog of 36 million returns Washington a the internal Revenue working to avoid paying interest on overdue tax is Chipping away at a backlog of unprocessed individual returns that totals the Agency is percent behind the processing Pace at this time last but just two weeks the number of proc Essed returns was Down 20 we Are pleased with our irs spokesman Steve Pyrek said wednesday in reporting that More than million returns were processed last week up 29 per cent from a year through last Fri Day four Days after the filing deadline for most americans the irs had received million returns and processed 50 million of during the same 16week period last the same number was filed but the irs had processed the 10 regional service centers that pro Cess returns have been As much As 60 per cent behind the 1984 and the irs blames the problem on a computer system that was installed last november to replace 20yearold delivery of the computers was several months behind and officials now say they did not allow enough time to program and test the system before putting it to although there is still a big backlog of the Agency predicts that almost All returns that were filed by deadline and Are due a refund will be completed before june it has an incentive for Quick work re funds not paid by then draw interest at an annual rate of 13 about million in interest was paid for late refunds in each of the last two irs commissioner Roscoe Egger is predicting the same for this the new irs figures show that million couples and individuals waited until the last week of the season to file their almost million More than last that figure has been rising steadily for several and the irs is at a loss to explain each of the 10 regional service centers where returns Are processed is still behind income tax returns Chicago Tribune graphic sources internal Revenue n last years processing the Cincinnati and centers were Only 1 percent behind last week an and Memphis were 6 percent behind and Kansas City were 9 percent off the Pace 10 percent and 11 percent and Philadelphia 31 per cent behind the number of returns proc Essed at this time last at most times during the return filing the irs can deliver a refund within six to eight As the filing deadline eight to 10 weeks is this Many people say they have waited 12 weeks or extended use of Daylight saving time sought Washington a once Congress is being asked to return americans to the Oil shortage Days of 1974 not for the Gas lines but for the extra hour of Daylight that was created to conserve As regular As those who want to Start Day Light saving time earlier in the year and end later have resumed their Capitol Hill preaching conserva safety and More rounds of whether they succeed or Daylight saving time for 1985 begins when most of the nation turns its clocks ahead at 2 local let there be Silvio said wednesday As he led a troop of proponents ranging from the Reagan administration to the nations convenience stores before the House Energy conservation sub com their goal is to enact a introduced by subcommittee chairman Edward that would begin Daylight saving time the third sunday in March and end it the first sunday in Daylight saving time except in Hawaii and parts of Indiana where it Doest exist now starts the final sunday in april and ends when the clocks Are set Back an hour the last sunday in although a longer period of Daylight saving Tim enjoys Broad it Hast succeeded in Congress of an inescapable fact of solar physics if you shift the clock to cause the Sun to set the Sun also rises Rural lawmakers say they dont want their Farmers stumbling to the cow barn in the dark any More than and even some Urban members say they get complaints from mothers who dont want their children heading off to school on an unnaturally dark morning in the 1974 Petroleum crunch brought the United states two years of extended Daylight saving time 10 months in eight in but once the Oil was flowing Congress called off the Richard director of the economics office of the transportation endorsed the Markey telling the subcommittee that the additional longer Days a decade ago had positive effects on Energy traffic fatalities and crime the Barbecue Industry association believes that it would sell million More a year in grills and supplies if americans were Given More Daylight for backyard Jacques Hetrick of the sporting goods manufacturers association said it would give golfers the potential of 19 million More rounds a year and prompt the Sale of million More in balls and Kathleen Clark of the National association of convenience stores said while her members would prefer a 25 hour Day for adding an extra hour of Daylight during the average americans busiest time of Day is the next Best sailors were at top of the world before tragedy by Annamaria Esposito Naples Bureau we reached the top of the world were the last words american sailors Dale Underhill and Brett Jacobs wrote before their sunday tour of mount Vesuvius on april 14 ended in who was assigned to the Navy frigate died from injuries he received when he fell into the crat his was rescued after having spent the night alongside his friends their ship had arrived in Naples the Day on the morning of their they took a train to a Small town at the foot of the and hitchhiked to the base of the unlike other tour who reached the Summit of the Moun Tain by the two sailors walked up until they reached a bar near the at the said owner Andrea de Gre under Bill and Jacobs the two told him they Felt enthusiastic about returning to the which they had visited in november 1984 but could not in his guest Book they wrote this is a wonderful an unforgettable we reached the top of the then they walked up to the Summit of the in an interview released through the Public affairs officer of the Fleet air Jacobs said that despite his under Bill climbed Down into the minutes he failed to answer his who stood at the Edge of the calling his Jacobs said he had watched his Friend descending the Side of the Crater but soon heard rocks falling and lost sight of Jacobs said he thought his Friend was kicking the rocks out of his Jacobs noticed a group of sailors from the submarine be Gall who were touring the Crater on a tourist he called to asking them to look for when the sailors spotted in Der Bills body about 275 Yards into the Jacobs started his Slippery fog and rain hampered his slow making him slide at one Point for about 20 after reaching his Friend 45 minutes Jacobs knew Underhill had been badly he tried Mouth Mouth Jacobs said he realized his efforts were useless and reported under ills condition to the Bergal who notified the Shore Jacobs waited nine hours in the huddled by a volcanic vent that kept him until the Rescue team could reach him at rescuers had a difficult time reaching the it was dark Jacobs had a dark coat we could Only hear his said Vincenzo Longinetti of the Naples fire Rescue his voice kept encouraging us while we lowered ourselves with ropes and flashlights Down and further Down follow ing the direction of his although we could not understand one we communicated by gestures As soon As he became visible to the rescuers from 10 Yards Al Ominetti told the stars and the Crater of mount Vesuvius is 540 Yards wide and 470 lava stones and volcanic materials of the inside Walls Are Likely to slide at the slight est and temperatures around the volcanic vents Are Between 100 and 500 degrees fog and rain continued to hamper efforts by the the two men who rescued Jacobs had no previous experience in and were the result of we went Down with the equipment used for any basically boots and safety and had no idea what we were going to said Giovanni be the other we had to be extremely careful in throwing the which could have caused a Rock Longinetti according to news authorities of the ministry of civil Protection criticized the slow Pace of the Rescue opera arguing that helicopters could also have been but the head of the Naples fire depart ment said the use of helicopters was impossible because of fog and hazardous whirlwinds twisting in the after a tired Jacobs was brought to the rim of the Crater at medical personnel took him to the Navy Hospital in Naples and treated him for minor according to Navy offi later in the he rejoined his shipmates aboard the under ills body was recovered at 11 he had died of stomach and head officials Jacobs escorted his friends body to the United states for the he was not Able to attend the ceremony in Honor of the firemen who rescued it was held tuesday on the the Navy is continuing its investigation of the