European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 taxpayers getting inflated refund checks Philadelphia a taxpayers across the mid Atlantic Region Are receiving mysterious refund checks from the internal Revenue service Many for amounts not even close to what they were supposed to some of these cases Are James a account said in a Story published in the Phil Adelphia inquirer i have one client who was owed from the he received seven checks totalling none of them were remotely related to the amount he is others Are getting grossly inflated re Quentin a 9yearold Lancaster was owed an he found a Check for in his Joseph a Philadelphia Law said he was owed nothing by the gov a few weeks ago he was sent i was about to go to Acapulco on vacation the next he believe i looked at that Check for a Long the erroneous checks Are coming from irs service centers across the according to dozens of Law yers and other tax the newspaper most of the erroneous the newspaper have gone to social Secu Rity recipients who last year also had tax exempt income from such sources As cer Tain municipal this is the first tax filing season in which social Security recipients have been required to pay taxes on their social Security benefits if their adjusted Gross income plus tax exempt interest from municipal Bonds and other government Bene fits exceeded certain accountants and tax preparation firms say the irs failed to count reported tax exempt income in calculating what por Tion of those individuals social Security benefits was since there was no place on form 1040 to include tax exempt accountants were advised by the irs to put that figure in the lefthand margin of the the inquirer at this we dont know where they irs officials Are making the or said Susan a customer service representative for Dynata in Blue what is happening is that when the irs is entering the 1040 information on the this tax exempt interest is the amount of social Security benefits that irs determines is taxable is less than it should and peo ple Are getting larger refunds than they Are this is a problem that is occur ring she there Are an awful lot of people on social Security who Are receiving refunds that Are too said David an accountant in Lafayette Ellen an irs said the problems were very Murphy said Friday the Agency was aware of the problem with tax exempt income and was studying ways to make whatever changes Are the irs May legally claim amounts Over refunded for two after which it has no More claim to the extra said Larry an irs has a beef fudges Washington a for an hour the judges sniffed and sipped from Crystal goblets before declaring olym the Winner sunday in a taste testing of drink ing water from eight and Canadian Boston emerged second while Honolulu took third in the Competition sponsored by the american water works As one of the Nina said the contest was a close All of the water submitted was of Good said who has a in water she is president and executive director of the National Sanita Tion based in Ann als Orans in the Competition not assigned rank order after the top three winners were Atlanta new Orleans Washington and Len director of olympias water said he want surprised but still excited Over the i was confident we were going to said who accepted a Silver trophy on behalf of the Washington ground water contain actors Fardous the dumps fertilizer Rune cattle feedlots ind fills irrigation cities disposal Wells i pumping Ell Tribune graphic sources Chicago Tribune news reports septic tanks sewers aquifer is layer Rotrock arid sell that 3 water and through which water can move e4 e Artesian aquifer is encased by impermeable Beds f of Clay or Rock and in which water is under enough pressure to Force it to Rise Saline aquifer is extremely Salty be contaminated by natural or manmade substances j  aids cases expected to double in Miami a the number of aids cases in the United states is expected to double in the next and More than 1 million people nationwide May be carrying the virus believed to cause the often fatal one of the nations top aids researchers Harold chief of epidemiology of the aids program at the Center for disease control said the number of people diagnosed As having acquired immune deficiency syndrome should double to More than cases in at a weekend conference on the he said that stud ies show More than 1 million people nationwide May be carry ing the it Lviv virus which is believed to cause researchers Haven determined whether All carriers of the virus will suffer symptoms of the the diseases Long incubation period up to five years and in some cases longer has made it hard for scientists to predict who eventually will develop aids the sponsored by the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases and More than 30 health groups in Southern was attended by More than health care speakers throughout the conference attempted to show that aids int a homosexual even though More than 70 percent of the victims have had homosexual this is everyone said Mervyn former director of the san Francisco health Clifford senior investigator for the National institutes of noted that in Central most of the aids cases have been in serving As contest along with were Francois research director at the Central Laboratory of society Lyonnaise Des Eaux it de in France and assistant director of the British water Industry research Laboratory near saying he thought the contest was described the Quality of water samples from All eight cities As As an it would have been very Nice to make Tea with the water that was or some 10 year old malt he the judges rated entries on water feel and according to spokesman Bob Spangler of the water works specific qualities evaluated for each Sample included astringent and Spangler said the drinking water samples were flown in on saturday to try to ensure uniform temperature critical Factor in water although cold water is Good As a thirst he the liquid should be at room temperature to satisfy the sensitive palates of professional water a too Hilly temperature helped to Wash out third Fin Ishing Honolulu chances of going for first place in the before the Kazu Honolulu water works manager and chief said he was fairly confident that the City would be the we think our water is one of the we have a very pure and we dont he but Midway through sampling judges Dis covered that water provided by one of the contestants was too subsequently it was discovered that the entry was from we had to chill the water because we started from Honolulu on Hayashida explained Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday june 1945 neither the United states nor the russian High command has yet found conclusive proof that Adolf Hitler is the russians have asked the Western allies to look for traces of him in their an american military spokesman 30 years ago foday june 1955 the White House announced that soviet planes shot Down a Navy plane Over International Waters in the Bering Crew members escaped death when the aircraft was forced to make a crash land 20 years ago foday june 1965 South Vietnam ruling military Junta in Saigon severed diplomatic relations with France and declared a nationwide state of War in announcing harsh new austerity 70 years ago foday june 1975 an Eastern airlines 727 nonstop jetliner from new Orleans crashed and burned while approaching Kennedy International Airport in a heavy rain More than 100 people among the 122 aboard were reported