European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday novembers 1988 americans in Panama lose tax Battle $ 100 million refund would have gone to 6,000 from press dispatches Washington the supreme court tuesday ruled american citizens working on the Panama canal have to pay Federal lasts a decision that blocks a j100 million refund Tor americans in Panama. The court in its first opinion of the 198&-87 term written by its newest member Justice Antonin Seal decided the provision exempting employees of the Panama canal commission would be exempt from taxes applied Only to Panama Tanes and not those owed in the United slates. Scalia in his opinion for a unanimous court said inc argument that . Citizens would be immune from Panama and . Taxes was utterly Imp Lausa ble and if carried out would produce la immunity of unprecedented the court s action affects about 6,000 people seek ing to avoid Federal taxes. In other action the court in a 6-3 ruling with justices William Brennan Thurgood Marshall and Harry Blackmun dissenting limited the Sward of attorneys Feus in civil right lawsuits Only to court actions brought to enforce civil rights Laws. The ruling came in a Case from North Carolina involving a Highway project that originally was challenged under civil rights Laws but settled in another court not involving civil rights Laws contest to fight ads for tobacco Chicago a an anti smoking group angered by a cigarette maker s essay contest on the dangers of Banning tobacco ads is lighting fire with fire. The contest announced monday by doctors ought to care and primarily aimed at Law students asks. Arc tobacco company executive criminally liable for the deaths diseases and fires that their products Causer Thi contest with a $1,000 lop prize is in response to a contest by Philip Morris companies inc., said or. Alan Blum the founder of the doctors organization. Our Contention is that there May be criminal violations Blum said. He said the essays will be judged on the Quality of their Legal arguments and it is conceivable that a winning essay could destroy the argument thai tobacco company Enec lives arc criminally re contest is being run in conjunction with the North Eastern University school of Law in Boston and the to Bacco products liability project which promotes civil lawsuits against tobacco companies Blum said. The Philip Morris contest announced last month asks How an advertising ban on tobacco products would affect the future of free expression in a free Market Economy said Guy Smith a spokesman for inc new York based maker of Marlboro cigarettes. Smith said the nationally advertised contest was it self a response to the Chicago based american medical association s Call last year for a ban on All tobacco advertising except at the Point of Sale. Cigarette advertising is already prohibited on television and Philip Morris contest which will have winners in each stale and a s15,000 grand prize reflects the company s View that a ban on print ads would violate first amendment guarantees of free speech. Smith said. At Issue in the lax Case is a Section of the 1977 Panama canal treaty that resumed sovereignty of the canal zone 10 Panama and will by the cod of 1999, turn Complete control of the canal Over to Panama. Uni ii then the United Stales has the right to manage operate and maintain the canal under the auspices of the Panama canal commission. A Section of the treaty provides thai . Citizens working for the commission shall be exempt from any taxes Lees or other charges on a group of people working on the canal read that provision As exempting them front paying All taxes and filed for refunds for taxes paid. The internal Revenue service however claimed the Section was meant to exempt . Citizens from paying Panama taxes not . Taxes and refused the claim. A Federal court agreed with the taxpayers but a Federal appeals court reversed after Panama s foreign minister delivered to the . Government a Diplo Matic note confirming the Central american nation agreed with the interpretation that the provision Only affected taxes levied by Panama not any . Taxes. In seeking High court review the taxpayers stated the Gist of the controversy in this Case is that the government maintains that this language does not mean what in says. We contend that Labij ten. Guage by ill own express terms Exempla a citizen employees of the Panama canal commission from . Income the also Point out that another Federal appeals court agreed with their position creating a conflict in lower courts. The government for its pan did not oppose supreme court review and noted the thousand of people affected and the millions of dollars in Laxer �1 stake. The irs estimates bout 2,000 american civilian have worked for the commission Al one time or another since 1979, and another 4.000 . Service Meinberg in Panama Are affected by similar Tan provisions of the 1977 treaty. The irs also said about si00 million in lax refunds Are at slake. In other actions tuesday the court heard arguments in a confrontation Between president Reagan and Congress Over the president uie of the so called pocket veto in 1983 to kill a Bill tinting military Aid to Al Salvador with human right Pragman. Heard arguments in a Springfield Man., Case thai raises the question whether communities May be forced to pay damages allegedly caused by inadequate police training. The court is reviewing a Swart to the family of a fleeing Motorist killed by a police Man s Bullet. Just keeps waxing and waxing a chalks Homey of Jamestown Ohio measure his two laches to the teen the North. I4.lnch-wide handle Feir anal ache after cutting off satellite school to Grant its 1 St master s degree new York n it a master s de Gree from the world s first satellite University the National technological University will be granted on nov. 19,according to its president. Or. Lionel v. Baldwin. The school which operate without Campus in fort Collins colo., beams graduate courses to students by satellite. Michael Reiss a computer analyst for the nor corp. At its Cambridge Ohio Plant will receive a master of science degree in computer engineering. Sen. John h. Glean the Ohio demo crat will give the commencement address perhaps the first time such a talk will be televised nationwide when Only one student is graduating. In fact. Mark Bradley the University s marketing Man said last week we Haven t Fin i designing the diploma however 798 other students around the United slates Are in various stages of completing work for their masters de Grees in specialities such As electrical engineering engineering management and manufacturing systems engineering All by satellite 1990, nut expects to have 2.000 or More students making it one of the chief producers of master of science de Grees according to Baldwin its also will be Many More than the current Iso courses offered to meet corporate needs be said. Some years ago Baldwin then the Dean of the engineering school Al Colora do state University had inc idea for the non profit venture and was finally Abuelo Start in in 1984. Through a consortium of universities hts meets the needs of companies that want to upgrade their technical personnel to the master s de Gree students take the courses in groups at their Plant or Laboratory con Ference Case the students Are travelling or on vacation they can pick up a videotape of the lecture Al work and study it at Home. And they can review material by borrow ing from the videotape Library at their far Homework is done at a computer terminal or typewriter and mailed to the University. However Baldwin said hews working with the International bust Ness machines corp. On a method for transmitting Homework to and from professor by 22 cooperating universities thai sup ply pro Feston and courses include Geotge tech. The Illinois Institute of Ted Mojay Iowa state Purdue Southern Matlum and the universities of Alaska Maas cub kits Minnesota and Missouri companies thai participate include get. At to and its digital equipment How Tell Pae Kwid Inlet ism Motorola Honeywell Eastman Kodak. Nor and text rate Foj \ if Tarp for the Coune work Maafu is about $1,000 a course or $1 m of to s12, Peirce program
