European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes saturday february is 1986 army reminds soldiers free tax advice available by Chuck Vinch Washington Burea Washington soldiers and their families should not pay for advice on filing income taxes when the same advice is available for free in almost every army unit a Legal official  army is emphasizing that there Are company level tax advisers who can help soldiers and their families do their income taxes said col. Richard Arkow chief of army Legal  advisers usually Are officers and cos selected by their company and specially trained Arkow , they receive training from stateside military Legal officials and internal Revenue service  Are trained so that they can go Over the form line by line with soldiers and their families and Hel them fill the forms out Arkow said. I Don t like to say it s just like or Block As i thin the Way they do it is that you drop off All your paperwork and come Back later. And it s done he said. In the army it would be a face to face meeting in which the adviser would give the Soldier comprehensive guidance and  Arkow said a problem encountered by Many people overseas is obtaining the right forms especially state forms. That s a logistical problem he said. The army does mass ordering of tax forms but they always seem Mohave problems with the mail getting the forms Over there in time and that affects the people who like to  state forms can be particularly hard to  Legal assistance office will not have every form he said. Nearly All offices will have Federal forms. Most of the bigger offices will have state forms. But if they Don t have the forms they should at least have a Booklet published by the irs that has reproducible forms in it. So if the office is out of Stock you can jus take that Booklet to a copy machine and make your own  said the easiest Way to get forms might be to write to the income tax office of your  Legal office will have the address for All 50 state. Offices Arkow said. Soldiers overseas for the first time should Check into their tax situation Well before the filing deadline he  All states Are the same when it comes to taxes he said. Certain states including Alaska Florida Texas and Washington have no state income taxes. Others including new York new Jersey and Oregon allow certain exemptions for military personnel it can get very complicated especially if you have family and have moved from one state to another during the year or have spent part of the year overseas he said. Shch Aransky says soviet jews will continue struggle to leave Jerusalem up Anatoly Shch Aransky the jewish dissident who spent nine years in a soviet prison said that despite his release soviet jews would continue to struggle for improved human rights and exit visas. On his second full Day in Israel thursday the 38-year-old human rights activist held a lengthy news conference showing his command of English and hebrew and display ing a sense of humor undaunted by prison life. Shch Aransky and three Western spies were swapped forgive East bloc agents in West Berlin tuesday. He had been sentenced to 13 years in prison in 1978 for spying forthe Cia a charge Boih he and the United slates have denied. After his release Shch Aransky flew to Israel where hand his wife Avilla a 35-year-old israeli who campaigned for his release plan to live. Avital Shch Aransky accompanied her husband to the news conference. Shch Aransky said he planned to travel to the United slates As soon As i have enough strength and time 10 do such a  the Short balding computer expert and mathematician who suffers from a heart ailment said he was never beaten in prison out was tortured by hunger cold isolation and the idea i might  asked whether he was grateful to soviet Leader Mikhai Gorbachev for ordering his release Shch Aransky said Well frankly  he said that if his release proved to be the first step i improving human rights in the soviet Union he would be encouraged. But he said that since his release he had received Tele Grams from around the world and one of the most touch ing was from a group of refuseniks soviet jews who have been refused exit visas in  this shows the struggle continues in spite of what happened to me he said. Shch Aransky said he was told during his release that the soviet Union has deprived me of my soviet citizenship for my very bad behaviour for behaviour undermining the Honor of being a soviet citizen and that As an american spy i am being sent away from the soviet Union displaying a sense of humor undiminished by his Sta behind bars he added then i said first of All i am deeply satisfied that 13 years after i asked you to deprive me or soviet citizenship my demand is already met Pentagon s top doctor to visit Europe the top doctor at the Pentagon will talk to military Community residents and medical personnel in Europe next week about health care initiatives and medical Readi Ness. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs is scheduled to speak at forums in several military communities in Germany Italy Spain and eng land. ,. He is expected to discuss possible alternatives to the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services or champs As Well As other health care initiatives and their Impact on medical care for families and troops Mayer has proposed taking advantage of the growing Competition among health care providers in the United states to serve military families and retirees at less Cost to taxpayers and beneficiaries than under champs. However he has said the proposal to seek a single National health insurer to provide care to family members and retirees probably would not affect people overseas. Family members and retirees now receive free treat ment in military hospitals and clinics. If they get care from a civilian doctor under the champs program they pay a portion of the Cost. The proposal is part of Mayer s desire to have military treatment facilities focus on the Type of care they might have to provide on the Battlefield. Mayer has been in the news for instituting new Quality control requirements designed to ensure that military facilities provide Quality medical care and for criticizing the stale of military medical readiness. The Community forums Are for Active duty troops Mili tary family members retirees and defense department civilian employees. The following is Mayer s schedule of talks tuesday 4 45  four Corners theater Ramstein a Ger Many. Wednesday 8 45 ., army Hospital auditorium Lan Stuhl. 4 15 p.m., Heidelberg officers club ballroom. Thursday 5 p.m., Taurus theater Haine Berg. Feb. 23 4 p.m., Community Center at pin Tamare Tower Naples Italy. Feb. 25 1 45 p.m., base theater Torrejon a Spain. His schedule for England was not Complete. World today Model of Waterloo Battle up for auction in London London a Wellington Napoleon 20,000troops and 8,000 horses will be sold in London on March Phillips auctioneers said they expect about 75,000pounds about is 05,000 Tor a 25-foot by 11-Root diorama of the Battle of Waterloo fought on june 18,1815. The Model is accurate Down to Cannon balls and the design of linoleum in a Shell torn farm building. A team of British Model makers spent 285,000 noun constructing the Model Over 14 years and in the three Yean since it was made it has taken in 15,000 pounds$21,000 in exhibition  said Phillips spokesman Peter Johnson. Photo album of Czar brings $43,000 at London auction London a an album of unpublished photo graphs of the last Czar of Russia Nicholas ii his family and friends has been sold to an Anonymous private buyer for 30,800 pounds about $43,120rotheby s auctioneers said. The Sale of russian works of Art attracted brisk bidding and the photo album doubled its top estimate. The album sent for Sale anonymously contained More than 1,000 snapshots and was assembled in 1904-05 by grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrova the Czar s sister she escaped with her four Brothers in a British warship after the 1917 bolshevik revolution and died at Hampton court near London in 1960. Fire department removes bridegroom s weighty problem Acomb England a Groom to be Keith Little Wood called the fire department for help after his pals put a Ball and Chain on his ankle during a Stag party. Littlewood 27, said his friends locked the seven Poun Dball and Chain on him during a party at his Home. It was meant As a joke but no one had a key so Little Wood called the fire department to his House at 3  Firemen removed the encumbrance with a Boll Cutter. He was concerned because he had to go to work this morning and it would have been difficult to take it with him said a fire department spokesman. Tanker owned by Onassis attacked by pirates off Africa Athens up a Tanker owned by  was attacked by pirates off the nigerian coast in the latest of a series of pirate attacks against merchant vessels a spokesman for the Onassis shipping group said. 7 pirates used a High Speed launch to attack the 65,000-ton world prologue the spokesman said. The attackers used ropes and Hooks to scale the Tanker but were beaten Back by the Crew who used clubs and chains the spoke Man said. \ the nigerian coast guard authorities did not answer our Call for help the spokesman said. Pirates have at tacked 40 vessels in 1985, according to merchant Marin ministry statistics and Waters off the nigerian coast Are the most dangerous to International shipping. , were attacked in 1984 and eight in1985, the ministry said. Fishing boat from Jesus time recovered in sea of Galilee Kibbutz Gin Nosar Israel a a tubing boat believed to be from the period when Jesus preached has been found buried in the mud. Near the Shore of the sea of Galilee an archaeologist said. Farmers at this Kibbutz communal farm on the North Westen Shore of what is now called Lake Tiberias found the 30-foot-Long boat when they were trying to dig out tractor stuck in the mud. The boat is located about one Yard underneath the seabed which has been exposed in recent months by the retreating waterline of the sea of Galilee. It is probably of the roman Era. It is one of the boat fishermen used during the period when Jesus is believed to have begun his ministry on the shores of the set of Galilee or. Avner Raban a Marine archaeologist it Haifa University said