European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 1? the stars and stripes saturday september 6. 1986 takes places Herman is fax problems giving him the blues Fiam press dispatches the ja/7 Community is rallying worldwide to help or adj Herman whose 501 h year As a bandleader has been overshadowed by a Battle with the internal Revenue service. The government claims Herman owes 51.5 million in taxes penalties and interest. Lasi year he irs auctioned off the Hollywood Hills Home that Woody bought in 1946 from Humphrey Doftart and Lauren Dascall and now Royall irs from his albums go straight to the feds. As Herman sees ii i d like 10 have a justifiable settlement with the irs so thai for my last remaining breaths the heal would he off. Once they have you they have no pity. 1 keep paving and paying and paying and nothing changes America s cardboard cup winners from at least five regattas will paddle it out nem month to Sec who builds the Best corrugated paper Craft when Ca Bondak 111., hosts the first America s International cardboard cup Challenge. The . Championship for cardboard boats will sail oct. 4 at the do Quoin state Fairgrounds in Southern Illinois organizer Richard Archer said. The event has produced a number of spinoffs. Among them Archer said arc races at Crystal Lake and Springfield in Illinois Sheboygan wis suburban St. Louis and Melbourne Australia. Next year Well even have More he said. The state of Texas is putting on three of them and there s one planned for Jackson Tern. There s even talk of a race in Montreal and one in Paris France. There s something Here a Quality that s so improbable that people Don t feel bad about losing Archer said. They Don t fight scream or jump up and Down. They just have a Good  they also sink. One of the most highly sought prizes at the car Bondale regatta is the titanic award presented for the most spectacular catastrophe. Big Buddha almost feb million will be spent on this proposed i tote of Buddha to be Buill in Hong Kong Acroix from Trio to Lin monastery. The statue and Bate will to 111 feat Tail. It is scheduled to be finished la 1989. This year s Winner was a giant octagonal water wheel skippered by two Siu students who tried to walk around the fake. Instead they walked Over another entry before the wheel became soggy and collapsed the crowd cheering wildly As it went Down. Wet hot idea Washington water Power co is helping its customers buy hot tubs for those Long cold Winters in a Campaign that urges them 1o use More Power to keep their Rales Low. Brochures mailed by the Utility recently told con Sumers in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington that twp will help arrange financing and pay a $250 rebate toward the Purchase of hot tubs. A slump in the Northwest s aluminium mining and logging industries has contributed to an excess sup ply of Power said Jim Cooper Market ing director for twp s Northern Idaho division. We have to have a return on our investment so we have to look Back at the retail Market said Cooper. The promotion for electrically healed hot tubs lets customers they can keep their rates lower by increasing Energy use Cooper said the $250 rebate being offered to customers who buy hot tubs is More than made up n the first couple of years of the tub s operation he said. Under worked or overpaid a municipal employee in Toledo Ohio who claims there s not enough work to keep him Busy eight hours a Day has published advertisements Hanking citizens for their generous wages and Liberal working conditions. A saw Peeper a shift operator for the last 18 years at the Bay View Park sewage treatment Plant bought display ads in the Toledo Blade for a three Day period. Pic per 41, said requests to his superiors for More work have been unsuccessful. Pieper who draws 125,471 a year said his Only responsibility is a 30-Minutc inspection which leaves him Ivi hours of free time. The advertisement reads thanks Toledo for 18 years of generous wages very Liberal working conditions and much More at your sewage Plant. J. Pieper shift operator Bay View  the s /i-by-6 i Inch and Cost 11,3 1. City officials say the work is automated but employees Are needed 24 hours a Day to Monitor equip ment for potential problems. Top1 bestsellers 25% off or More on available titles from the new York times bestsellers listing at most stars and stripes shopping Center bookstores