European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 in concert the Prince of pasta Boston a it appears that the elusive Rock is seeing Pur ple because a pasta company named Prince is spoofing their shared name in a television the singers attorneys have written an angry letter to the Lowell based Spaghetti maker asking it to drop the which features flashing purple screaming fans and an announcer who in concert the camera then pans to a Box of Noo in concert with a Jar of Tomato according to princes the advertisement gives the impression that Prince has authorized Andor endorses Prince they urge the company to Stop using the singers name in a Way that is Likely to confuse the the Spaghetti maker we wrote Back that we had been using and advertising our name since 1912 and have spent literally millions of dollars doing company president Joseph Pellegrino said we figured we could continue doing it and didst need to justify who worked on the Harvard Lampoon humor Magazine 25 years said he thinks the commercial is Dyna i think this kind of satire and humor is in Good he i think its pretty Back in Minneapolis after a successful concert refuses to discuss the matter with and so do his attorneys in los the Normal thing is if you want to use someones you request permission or you pay a lot of Howard the singers said in Tele phone interview from new Prince is very concerned with expressing Emo he wants control Over he Doest want his image being edited by anyone Bloom said the Spaghetti company is trying to make Prince look like he Doest have a sense of the publicist and that he want exactly sure what the Rock Star thought about the Stan the Veteran adman and comedian who wrote the said tuesday that he was surprised by the Rock stars it was All done in Good he people who become famous usually real ize that parody and satire Are part of the and theres nothing you can do about it because its meant to be funny and theres no harm in it at neither Side expects to go they dont want to said i doubt its going to go much Senate restores social Security cola hikes increases in social Security v 197577 79 01 83 adjustments so Cial Security recipients have received since creases tied to the Chis Price Index began or e graph icon social Security admiration Washington a the Senate voted 6534 wednesday to restore full so Cial Security costo living increases to the 1986 brushing aside warnings that the move was a wrecker that would begin unravelling a multimillion Dollar package of spending cuts endorsed by president Rea i think equity dictates we find another Way to Cut said Alfonse making the Case for a provision so popular that republicans and democrats argued Over which party de served credit for it if we had truth in Labelling in the sen it would Bear a democratic said party whip Alan Cranston of who added that Reagan has broken his Promise not to touch social the vote stripped a gop package of spending cuts of its single largest Domestic savings billion in 1986 and billion Over three years from curtailing an Nual social Security costo living increase in other senators were ready with amendments to restore full Benefit in creases to other pension programs for civil service and military provisions that would Cost an estimated billion Over three Senate majority Leader Robert Dole made it Clear he would attempt to restore some pension savings to the budget before a final a week from now Well put it Back to Gether like humpty said the Kansas other gop senators noted that several democrats have indicated they would support a oneyear freeze in Benefit but even As the Senate gave in to irresistible political pressure on social sources said Dole and administration Bud get director David Stockman had agreed tentatively to restore funding for a variety of health and health research programs to head off further the social Security vote marked the be ginning of a series of efforts to restore funds to the gop which Calls for cancellation and cuts in numerous Domestic programs As part of a plan to Cut deficits by billion in 1986 and billion Over three defense spending would although not As much As Reagan originally and there would be no tax republicans say the result would be a billion deficit in although democrats say that estimate is too this is a killer this is a wrecker said William who argued against the proposed social Security it in All probability will set the stage for unravelling the with republicans jockeying to undo parts of the deficit reduction package they approved Only 24 hours Senate democratic Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia told we democrats will be ready to act responsibly to offer our own package that is the social Security Issue indicated the difficulty ahead for the Republican package of which survived a first step vote on a 5049 Roll Call it in because Damato and Paula two republicans seeking reelection next year Lent their support after receiving Doles commitment that they would have the right to offer the social Security amendment our senior citizens have paid their dues and we owe them More than grat we owe it to those people to keep our the Florida Republican referring to figures compiled by the congressional budget Hawkins said limiting the Benefit increases to half the expected 4 percent rate of inflation push an estimated senior citizens into poverty by but Pete chairman of the Senate budget describing the gop budget As a plan to fix the senior citizens Are willing to share in some sacrifice if they believe it will help the country and they think it will be democrats argued for restoring the full costo living increase and made Sharp at tacks on Reagan and other irs processing returns faster but backlog heavy Washington a three of the 10 internal Revenue service regional centers Are now processing tax returns at a faster clip than they were a year but the Overall backlog in the processing centers is worse than it was at this time last the irs a week the system was 9 percent behind the 1984 Pace at latest report it was just under 6 percent the irs said almost 37 million returns Are still stacked up waiting to make their Way through the that Means millions of people Are Likely to have to wait longer than they expected some up to 12 weeks for four straight weeks of processing at least 6 million returns a week indicates the irs May be Able to meet its goal of completing All refund returns by May 31 and avoiding the payment of interest because of delays beyond that at this we have a Good Chance of doing said spokesman Wilson in its latest which covered last the irs said the service Center in was requiring 10 Days to process a form the most complicated individual tax the Center needed 11 Days the Cincinnati 13 a year those centers required and 14 the National average for processing a return last week was 16 three Days longer than last the Center needed 19 Days 13 a year 18 Days 17 16 14 Kansas and 14 Days those figures cover Only the number of work Days required to Complete a return once it is opened by a mail Many returns Are waiting to be opened in some service irs after the Center completes its a computer tape with the necessary data must be shipped to the irs National computer Center in and that Center certifies to the Treasury department that a return is eligible for a a Treasury regional office then prints and mails the the Philadelphia service Center was in the worst Condi Tion last As it has been All returns mailed to that Center from the District of Maryland and Pennsylvania require 26 Days for proc compared with 14 Days at this time a year so far this 56 million returns have been compared with million at this time last that still leaves million unprocessed com pared with million at this time last at one processing was 60 percent behind last years Pace a week the Gap was 9 most of the delays have been blamed on a new computer system that was installed in the service centers late last the irs now says it did not allow enough time for program Ming and testing the 103 million Worth of new computer network speeds fingerprint checks Washington Lupi police in and its suburbs wednes Day unveiled a new regional fingerprint identification described As the first of its kind in the the space age computer network will help track criminals across county and City lines by allowing police to instantly com pare fingerprints with those in police files of other in the such fingerprint identifications were impossible or could take what youre talking about is a matter of instead of weeks or months and a lot of said in Spector James Lee of the Washington police police officials said the which compares fingerprints on computer would be used in the investigations of hundreds of crimes a year and would help police close previously unsolved the new multimillion Dollar network be came operational at the end of since the network has helped police identify suspects in several including an unsolved drug related shooting death in officials the regional fingerprint network has drawn interest and inquiries from Law enforcement officials around the police there Are no other fingerprint networks in the world that Are linked together by a telecommunications Lee