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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, December 31, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 31, 1985 the stars and stripes Mcaa act on costs Bay or 4 Fop scorers from press dispatches Waco. Texas the seven Baylor basketball players the Mcaa declared ineligible for undisclosed violations of Mcaa rules included its four top scorers and arc the heart of the  coach Gene Iba said saturday suspended for various lengths of time Lor various reasons were senior guard Carlos Briggs senior Forward Edwin Mitchell Sophomore forwards Darryl Middleton Frank Williams and Robert Mcl Cmor and Sophomore guards Michael Williams and Eric Johnson. This obviously will affect the performance. We be loss the heart of our team Iba said. The players were suspended earlier this month but got a last minute Mcaa approval on dec. 19 to play in a Tennessee tournament. Iba said the seven have lost their first Appeal and that a final plea for eligibility will be made in i hair behalf Al the National Mcaa convention next month in new Orleans. We Hope this decision will be re versed or revised Al that time Iba said. The subcommittee on eligibility is made up of fiv6 members of the Mcaa Council. It pc a diff run group than the one that reviewed Baylor first Appeal this month no disclosure was to pad of he Rea sons for the suspensions pending talc further appeals. Iba s predecessor Jet i Hollcr re signed under fire at Thuc end of the 1984-85 season after revelations from a player supported by  recording that some pmyers were provided extra benefits incl Udine car payments and air plane tick to f. Johnson Breaks foot Landover my. Washington bullets guard Frank Johnson ii Rord in the final seconds saturday night attains the new Jersey nets has a Radt Rcd left foot team officials said suf Dayi or. Sieve mass the bullets icam Sec Tor said Johnson broke the Faurl metatarsal Bone of his left foot. He said we would re examine Johnson Friis week of determine if surgery is need pm. Eters Diane club a 1984 the 800 to sunday Nover metro Dixon wins 800 West Point  Dixon of the atoms trac olympic Gold medallist ten in 2 minutes 14.88j in the manufacturers j Politan athletic conference track and Field meet. Andrea Thomas of Dolfin Bronx International who represented Jamaica in the 1984 games captured the 400 me ters in 56.57. Mike Wyatt of West Hes  Puma overtook Pele Peterson to win the 1,500 meters it almost 70 meters in 3 47.59. Peterson third in the new York City a athon was timed in 3 48.28. 7 . Sweeps ski jumps Lake Placid . Reed Zuehlke of eau Claire wis., led a . Ski team sweep of the first eight pm s sunday Tif the annual Bank of Lake Placid new year s 70-meter ski jump at the olympic ski jump Complex. Zeuke 25, put together jumps of 86-5 no tors and 87.5 meters and accumulated 227.7 style and distance Points to up a Field of 49 . And Canadian jumpers. Cooper sets swim Mark fort Lauderdale Fla. Craig Cooper Sei a meet record in the sports wire men s 200-Mclcr freestyle and anchored the relay team to Lead West Virginia to Victory in sunday s de Kennedy classic swim meet. Coopers am the 200 meters in 1 57.67, an anchored the men s 200 meter fryc Kyle relay team to a Mucci record tin of 1 39.88. West Jorgina s men s Butterfly team set the tvs re division 1 meet record with a time of a 21.89. West Virginia came in first in the men s pfc petition with 212 Points. It i As followed by Missouri 142 Northern Illinois 90 Rhode Island. 84 Ohio 82 Louisville 70 Northern Iowa 56 Loyola 22 and Eastern Illinois 10. It women s swimming. West Virginia scared 168, followed by Iowa state with 1 1-2. Richter faced 38 thou. . Girls Advance port Washington . Patty o Reilly of the United states beat  Post Uiva of Czechoslovakia 7-6, 6-3 sunday i the final of the Giru 18 division of the rolex International Junior Tennis championships. In the girls 14 division Carrie Cunningham of the United states ousted Agnue Blou Berga of the soviet Union 6-1,6-3 to Advance to the Semi i  Hernando of the United states also reached semifinal by Down ing Elena Bri rukhovets of the soviet Union 6-1,6-4. Marcos emphasizes . Military bases should be retained Manila. Philippines a in one of his strongest statements of support for . Military bases. President turd Inland e. Marcos defended sunday the bases pres ence in the Philippines and said he favors their retention beyond 1991. Also on sunday opposition presidential candidate Corazon Aquino accused Marcos of political harassment after a local judge ordered government takeover of her family s sugar estate. Elsewhere a private watchdog group re ported a Low turnout in Many areas during inc final Day of Volar registration for the feb. 7 special presidential election. The group also reported cases of fraud and intimidation of opposite on sympathizers in some suburban precincts. Marcos in a presidential Palace news release said the . Bases Art Vita both in maintaining the balance of Power in the Region and in protecting vital sea and air corridors in the Pacific and Indian oceans. They re places where your adversary can Gnu you by the Throat if you Don t defend them Marcos said. He also said no country can turn away from its foreign commitments. But he said he would insist that any future treaty on . Use of the bases should spell out the respective obligations and roles of the signatories in the clearest  the treaty allowing the United states to operate Clark a Subic Bay naval base and some smaller facilities is to expire in 1991, after which either country May end it upon a year s notice. Aquino during a Campaign rally on dec. 26 in Long no City outside inc Subic base told a cheering crowd that she would Honor the agreement until 199 and leave her options open after that. Marcos who is facing a Strong election Challenge from the widow of assassinated opposition Leader Benigno Aquino has accused Aquino in some Campaign speeches of being a communist candidate and claimed an opposition Victory would imperil the bases future. In other speeches he has portrayed her As a candidate backed by Ameri cans. Meanwhile Aquino s statement accused Marcos of harassing her family after a local court issued an order for the turnover to the government of Hacienda , her family s sugar growing estate in her Home prov Ince of Tarlac. Aquino s sister in Law Lupita Kashiwa Hara. Said the court wants the estate Par celeb out to landless Farmers under the government s land Reform program. The family is challenging the decision before an appeals court saying that the Reform program covers Only Rice and Corn lands not sugar areas Kashiwahara said. Meanwhile the National movement for free elections a private watchdog group said volunteers reported some cases of fraud during Twu Day nationwide voter registration which ended sunday. The cases mostly involved " lying registrants people who registered More than once m different precincts. Congress plans to reinstate some expiring tax Breaks Washington a american taxpayers individuals and businesses alike lose a variety of tax Breaks at mid night tuesday but May get some of them Back when Congress returns in a More deliberative atmosphere next month. Among the tax provisions consigned to limbo when the House and Senate failed to agree during the final hectic hours of their 1985 session arc credits for installing Energy saving items such As storm doors deductions for Van pooling and research and development credits for businesses. The House version of a Bill to keep the present tax Structure essentially intact until March 15 continued a handful of provisions that Senate negotiators declined to accept. Most of the extensions were contained in slightly differing legislation approved by the House ways and Means committee and the Senate finance committee but not specifically considered on the floor of either chamber. A final catch All tax and spending Mea sure that president Reagan signed into Law dec. 23 continued the 16-Ccnt-a-pack fed eral tax on cigarettes but it omitted several other tax provisions scheduled to expire automatically with the close of 1985. Responding to questions from Blouse col leagues about what happened to some of the extensions ways and Means chairman Dan Roslen Kowelu d-lll., said i would Only Liggett that when we return next year we can if it is agreeable make ratio Active the r and d research and development credits and whatever other provisions Are neglected to be accepted by the other body the Senate further complicating the picture is the fact that Many of the automatically expiring tax provisions arc dealt with in the Over All tax Bill passed by the House but yet to be considered by the Senate. Apparently anticipating the last minute conf Siim sen. Lloyd bunt san a Texas admonished his col Leagus a few Days before adjournment it would be irresponsible for Congress to let the expiring tax provisions lapse for even a few months when the Public can have no idea what the provisions will look like in the final comprehensive tax  ironically it May be that the Washington tax officials least concerned with what finally happens with the various deduction and credit provisions Are at the internal Revenue service the Agency in charge of laying out regulations to taxpayers. We Don t really have to Cope Wilh thai much this year irs spokesman Wilson Falcy said Friday. Once the dust settles he explained the irs will Sec what the Law provides and determine what to include in the 1986 lax forms which won t go into the mail until a year from now. Here Are some of the other items on the congressional cutting room floor for the time being Job tax credits for hiring disadvantaged youth. A business deduction of up to 15,000 for employer provided educational assist Ance. A deduction for employee benefits under a qualified prepaid Legal services plan. Certain tax Relief for spouses of Mili tary personnel missing in action during the Vietnam War. A gasoline tax rebate for taxicabs. A deduction for the costs of removing architectural barriers to the   
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