European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse R inside stripes striking a Mellow not stripes Magazine d task Force reports on pos Page 2 n Marine Grid Star can t Transfer Page 17 d today s Dollar buys 2.01 Marks Page 23 the Stamand ripes authorized utto Pifei a. Publication of the . Him so vol. 45, no. 167 thursday october 2, 1986 7s-o, d 8693 a ., soviets think talks could Lead to arms cuts Washington a the Sovic Union joined with the Reagan administration wednesday in predicting thai yes in both sides european nuclear mis Sile arsenals could come jul of the sum Mil meeting next week in Iceland be tween president Reagan and general Secretary Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Sec re lated Story Page 9. For the United slates presidential chief of staff Donald to Kenan said the two Days of sum Mitry could Lead to a better under standing and perhaps some give Here and there in order to reach an agreement so we gel some arms for the Ovici Union foreign ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov said it s quite possible that we can have movement on the missiles ques Tion. We want. Our leaders to put their Heads together and to think big and to find some kind of direction to solve our a few hours after the while House proclaimed Triumph in a showdown with the Kremlin and Reagan announced he meeting Wilh Gorbachev Nicholas Dani Loff the Moscow based journalist who had been held by the soviets on spying charges arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport. Danilo twas reunited with his Daugh see talks on Page 24 toned Down anti drug Bill passes Senate Washington a chasing right behind the House in election year anti drug fever the Senate has passed a multimillion ill liar Bill thai would fight illegal narcotics through education rehabilitation and enforcement. The Senate Bill that passed 97-2 tuesday docs not contain li., cd controversial provisions in the House version and a conference probably will be necessary to resolve the differences. Tie House measure that passed 392-16 on sept. 11would give civilian arrest Powers to the military to pursue drug smugglers revive the now banned Federal death penalty for some drug related killings and allow use of some illegally seized evidence in court cases. Those provisions were icel out of the Senate Bill 10avoid a filibuster even though two of them the death penalty and Good Faith exception to the exclusionary Rule Are favored by nost senators. Bui mindful Ifni a much broader death Penally Bill passed the Senate 63-32 in february 1984, and thai the exclusionary Rule was approved that same month 63 24, majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., said the Senate might accept the House language on those items. However sen. Joseph r. Friden jr., d-del., ranking Democrat on the judiciary committee predicted a conference committee would agree on a Compromise exceedingly close to the Senate if the Bill is returned to the Senate Wilh any of he three controversial provisions Biden warned a filibuster would bring the Bill sen. John Warner r-va., with Dole at his Side made Clear that the Senate would oppose the House see drugs on Page 24 mighty momentous shot Frozen on film is the startling sight of 12,390-Pdund Shell about the weight of an avenge automobile leaving the Mouth of a 16-Inch gun aboard the Battleship Missouri. The unusual shot or a shot was made by news International photographer Ray strange who was covering the visit of foreign warships to Sydney Australia in Honor of the Royal australian Naty s 75lh anniversary. The Missouri nicknamed mighty to was the Centrepiece of a Fleet of 28 foreign Navy ships. With perfect timing the photo was made As the big battleship fired a broadside outside Sydney Heads. Law would keep military benefits tax exempt by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington when president Reagan signs the new lax Bill military fringe benefits will be protected by Law from taxation. Under general Rule the 1986 tax code says Gross income shall not include any qualified military Means any Benefit received by service members or their families As a result of military service that was excluded from taxation on sept. 9, when House and Senate conferees agreed on the provision. The explanation accompanying the Bill says that under current Law a variety of military benefits May be excluded from Gross income by statute regulation or Long standing administrative the new Law is intended to help taxpayers and the internal Revenue service belter understand congressional intent. Section 1168, added by House and Senate negotiators after neither chamber mentioned military benefits in ils version of the lax Bill was drawn up partly in response to the irs. After the 1984 tax Law opened the door to taxing some private sector fringes the irs warned it intended o apply the same reasoning to military benefits unless Congress specifically exempted them. But Many of the conferees also were Labouring on sea tax on Page 24 thousands of is did t get cola hikes Page 2
