European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page z the stars and stripes wednesday october 29,1966 news updates grenades recovered tue Bingen Germany a Tuc Bingen police arrested to army conscripts monday in the theft of 180 hand grenade from Agerman army truck. Police retrieved 177 of the 180grenades, a spokesman said. The suspects said they had explode the three missing ones the tue Bingen police spokesman said. The grenades were taken fro the truck last thursday while it was parked on a German army base at a Fullendorf in Baden Wuen Temberg stale. Both of the suspects had been assigned to that  refused to name the two men or to speculate on a possible motive for the crime. When inc theft was discovered last week police feared German Leir wrists were involved. 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Fidmik Dodds yearbook photographer Dies Wiesbaden photographer Ken Robertson who specialized in yearbook photography for Dodds schools die saturday in Mars Dine to. He was 42. Roberton had been battling leukemic for More than a year. Robertson is survived by his wife bar ban and two sons. Chant 13 and adn an9.Robertson s firm Kent Robertson 1 associates helped produce Yea Boolos  12 years. Washington is As a group military Mcm bin probably arc among americans most Likely to profit from the dramatic reductions in individual rates in the nation s new lax Law. The Law replaces 15 lax brackets rang ing from 11 percent to 50 percent wit two rates 1s percent and 28 percent. It lakes effect for tax year 1987, the Yea for which returns must be posted by april 15, 1988 single service members with an adjusted grass income of up to $ 17,850 should fall in the is percent bracket. Since allowance for meats and housing Are tax free and with the new personal exemption of $ 1,900per person and the new Standard deduction of $3,000, More than 80 percent of the nation s 2.1 million military members will fall into the lower bracket. It would Lake the salary fan e-8 with 20years of service to Cross into the higher bracket Pentagon comptroller figures show that members in pay grades Al through e 7 make up about s3 percent of the Force. The new Rales Are to be phased in Over two years. During 1987, while the systems in transition there will be five rates ranging from 11 percent to 38.5 percent. Complicating any Effort to compute the Impact of the tax cuts is the Lack of information about outside income that Many military members rely on. Man military members especially those Iam ing higher pay have families that rep resent extra deductions. But the family Ilij May include a second wage earner. Members who qualify As the head of household will be taxed at 15 percent unless their income exceeds 123,900.married members filing jointly would Cross into the higher bracket at 129,751.married members filing separately would fall into the higher bracket if their adjusted Gross income is More than $14,875, the new lax Law boosts the personal exemption from s 1,080 to $1,900 for the 1987 tax year to 11,950 for 1988 and to 12,000 in 1989. For troops who Don t itemize deductions that Standard deduction will in crease from $2,390 to s3.000 next  deduction for married couples will jump from $3,540 to $5,000 and for married couples filing separately from $1,770 to $2,500. The income level of Many members will allow them to continue to enjoy a least a partial deduction of the Money they contribute to an individual retire ment account. The new Law removes the deduction for Many people whose employers provide retirement plans. Single members with incomes of Les than 125,000 Are still eligible to deduct the full $2,000 if they put that much in an Ira those who Cam less than $35,000 qualify for Al teas a partial deduction. Married members filing jointly also May claim the full $2 000 if their adjusted Gross income is less than $40,000.married members who Cam less than $50,000 and who file jointly also Are entitled to at Leasi a partial deduction. Interest from Ira accounts is still tax free. Military members May still claim a deduction for interest paid on Home mortgages even if they receive housing allowances deductions for interest on most Loam and credit card balances will be phased out by 1991. The new lax Bill also repeal the $3,000 deduction that Manrid peo ple could take when both worked. Coi Relod from Henf Nilion in in army howl  fir Alad delegation of authority emphasized in revamp of civilian personnel policy by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Berchtesgaden Germany the Federal civilian workforce is entering a period of change that will see More authority delegated to the local level and greater emphasis on managing according to the budget rather than filling spaces an official said. We intend to Delegate to the lowest level legally possible those functions of hiring and firing in the Public work Force said Jim Colvard Deputy director of the office of personnel management id Washington since August speaking monday at the annual Sarteur civilian personnel officers conference Colvard said the moves Are part of restructuring at pm designed to get the decision making process at the fewest level possible. We Are not abdicating our responsibility we intend to Delegate our authority Covard said. He said pm is restructuring at the top around three Basic functions of civilian personnel management career entry personnel systems oversight and retirement. We Are not trying to Cut spaces he said. We Are attempting to realign our workforce around those three  within those areas pm is filling the ranks with career professionals who will maintain consistency no matter who is in charge at the top. Political appointees have a Short ten ure which is one of the Basic problems thai they face Colvard said Raymond Sumser array director of civil Ian personnel said an army modern a Tion project i designed to lower the level of decision Maldona and decrease the complexity of manage gibe workforce. The program partly a result of an army inspector general s report is designed to strengthen the military leadership of the civilian component decrease the complexity of managing the civilian Force and increase responsibility and authority at the local level Sumser said. Goals include decreasing the number of regulations by 40 percent and increasing response time by 50 percent he said. The army also is developing a system of professional education schools and training programs for its civilian workforce he Sak the program will include training from entry level workers to the army manage ment Staft College which is scheduled to receive its first Dan of 50 managers in of grades 12-14 or military grades of major org Eutena colonel in june Sumser said the army also supports the management by the budget philosophy proposed by pm if adopted personnel managers May find a future in which work space Ait not filled just because they exist he said. Instead managers would have a person Nel budget Ana work from that to hire the people needed to get the Job done. The emphasis is on execution of work Colvard said. The Federal civilian workforce Lott about 2.1 million with an annual payroll of $60 billion. Dod to get close look at problem of child spouse abuse in military by Clint Swift Washington the defense department will get its Best took yet next month at the nature and extent of family violence in the american military. The picture that will emerge win Bethe product of More than two Yean of efforts by dozens of helping professionals in the nation s uniformed serv ices. They Laboured to Turee on what child and spouse abuse u and How to count incidents. The cask Force hammered out definitions of various kinds of abuse including neglect and emotional Mai treat men the definition were shaped in consultation with  from the american humane association whose americana sedation for protecting children collects abuse data from the so  definitions will make accurate comparisons across the services More Likely. The result of the specialists labor i two new forms. On oct 1, after a year of Field tests the service began lung the new two Page incident report. In replaces an eight Page army form one Page air Force form and a two Page Navy  new form will Tell the service who is reporting abuse and woo the Vic Tims and offenders Are. The services win find out whether offenders were abuse themselves or were us Inez illegal dings the form also win identify the sponsor who May not be the offender but who is the connection to the treatment  services a Fol keep the incident de tails confidential. The second form is a semiannual a ii  44v1v Luaulu Al Hlll the service will give the Pentagon its sharpest focus yet on the problem when the year s numbers Are added up in no  service separate reporting sys tems grew out of Era Roola efforts to Battle child abuse Al the local level. But after several Yean the result Masaju Nalof definitions of what constituted abuse the Leal or medical Imp Katers could be very different s a family resource Center staffer what doctor might Nee to of car be very different Trent whet needs to know. 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