European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the Star and stripes Friday january 30, 1987 news updates no layoffs planned Heidelberg Sis usar eur has no plans to Layoff Ger Man workers to provide jobs Tor Amman civilians a command spokeswoman said thursday. It is no True sol. Elayne Venema said of a television report thai . Forces planned to Layoff 15,000 German workers and re place them with american civil ians in need of extra income be cause of the falling Dollar. United press International mentioned the German television re port in an article published in yesterday s Stan and St rips. Merger approved Washington a us air received tentative approval to buy Pacific Southwest airlines in a merger uie transportation department said would not have a substantial effect on airline com petition to its decision wednesday the transportation department noted that the two airlines operate for the most part in different regions of the country. Temperatures 4b 00a 4t 39 7 37 m 91 73n 39 a 31m � 2 h13 33 94 71n � 30 vow u 91 4141 71 19 h4 1 it 333 � i a19 h 17 it is ssj71 h 71 4933 51 u 70 Toa � to is � ii 3341 to 4t Uii v it 31m u i 33  Nummy Wirt nor Winow York  a Onkalo   a  Tift Nowatn of   a   who Hui european Westru Nike Olin of Nikiyn. Hun met Titi Tim for Kun to. " Norfy he i Man if Lylw writ Ikhil i i z6j3. Ion 1m. Omta in 81. M in Oimen a h bpm in  my it Ehatt of Lime Long a i inf iimnlt1h Ranu mtr Iri omy Mih vol i Way Unteg do Ding of Kkt bring us Lull by iwo he Idun Iirth to sins Law a Tom 4penmini. I u h dim. R a a. R u h London i 1 i 31 1031 41 u Cua Iok. 0 hum i to a 0343 3 a wow r 0 -13 49 .13 oho. I i hi17 41 to noun. 1 17 07 � u a Bouw r 41 41 to stir it Kef. To fut Cuddy no Gravy it toy. In tag correction the principal of Ramberg elementary school was incorrect identified in yesterday s stars and stripes As Gar Rhyne. John Hync is the principal of Bamberg elementary. Gary Hync is the principal of Erlanger elementary school. Complaints Spur second look at w-4 form irs official says by Chuck v1nchwashington Bureau Washington the internal Rev Enue service besieged by complaints from taxpayers who Hitik the new w-4 withholding form is too complicated is taking another look at the form to so Ifil can be simplified. But. An irs spokesman said people should not wait to file he form on the Chance that a less Complex version will be out anytime soon. All taxpayers must file the w-4 with their employers by oct. Speculation Over revision of the w-4arose last week during House budget committee hearings when Treasury Secretary James a Baker Iii said he had asked the irs to review the form. We be been reviewing it from Hevery beginning the irs spokesman said wednesday. We want to make it As Sim ple As possible for taxpayers to file but 1 can t say How Long the review will take or when a new form might be out. People should not wait to file just because we redoing this  some taxpayers May be grumbling about the new form but a spokesman for the Treasury department said this is a Case of people shouting ouch before they be even been  the form itself is probably As simple As it can be made he said. Irs not really thai difficult he said. In fuel the form itself is basically the same As the old one. The difference is in the worksheet that accompanies the form. If we have changes at All they would probably be Only to thai worksheet and any changes almost certainly would not come out  military finance officials said the forms have been sent to overseas locations. Service members and Federal civil ians should be Able to obtain them through local finance offices personnel centers and regular tax form distribution Points. People should submit completed forms to their servicing finance or pay Roll disbursing office. The office that handles your pay re cords is he place where you should file the form an army finance official said one item that has caused considerable confusion among service members is he first Block of he form which asks for the taxpayer s Home address the army finance official said. Service members must list two item in this Block he said. First the phrase stale of Legal residence should be writ ten in the top part of the Block on the same line As Home address the Sec Ond item for this Block is the full Addren in their slate of Legal residence. Service members should not list their current address in this  the new w-4 is necessary because of the tax Reform act of 1986, the irs spokesman said.  increased the personal exemption used to calculate withholding Cut lax rates and reduced or eliminated a number of deductions he said. Taxpayers should file their w-4 As soon As possible to avoid problems later the spokesman said. Taxpayers who wait to file will delay adjustment of their withholding an they la go through pay periods in which they my have Loo much or Loo Little Money withheld in taxes from their pay checks for 1987," he said. If too much is withheld the taxpayer will get a refund. But those who Are in  by More than 10 percent of their estimated taxes will be nil with a$500 Fine the spokesman said. Germans push and ads Campa in Bonn up in a new Campaign to combat aids the German health ministry put advertisements for condoms in newspapers thursday alongside the . The ministry said the ads were put in so called Boulevard newspapers with a total circulation of 2,3 million. Such newspapers carry ads of prostitutes who give themselves code names such As party girl hostess  the ministry advertisement reads it is dreadful to die of aids. Condoms Are irreplaceable. Trust is Good. Condoms  it appeared in daily newspapers that specialize in Frothy news along with classified ads Reading exclusive masseuse Michele phone two lop models 12 to 10 ., phone nudist gel together phone. Girls from All Over the world phone,." a health ministry announcement said the ads in the Boulevard newspaper Are designed to reach people who Are especially endangered. The ministry also placed advertise Man la thursday to regular newspapers recommending condoms. It did so de spite criticism by the Catholic Church. The ads read in every sexual Contact with a strange or new sexual partner there is danger of aids infection. Protect yourself and your partner. Trust Osgood. Condoms Are  the Catholic German Bishops Confer ence monday called sexual relations with strangers and changing partners degrade  it said faithfulness in marriage and sexual restraint Are the appropriate ways to combat aids. Decency and moderation belong in human sexuality so that people control their drives and not the drive the peo ple the Bishops said. Health minister Rita Suessmuth in reply said the Church and stale have Dif Ferent talks in fighting aids. There Are paths Over which Only the Church can reach people and there Ait paths easier for the stale to Lake sues Smuth said. In View of the dreadful cts of this disease a Clear language in  Navy recipient of medal of Honor Dies Decatur a. A rear adm. Samuel a Fuqua of Atlanta who received the medal of Honor for heroism at Pearl Harbor and whose Story helped build the  Arizona memorial has died at age 87. Fuqua who died tuesday at the Veter ans administration medical Center had been in the Hospital s mining care unit since 198s Amer suffering several strokes. He was the oldest of four living recipients of the medal of Honor for heroic actions at Pearl Harbor on dec 7,1941.As a lieutenant commander aboard the Arizona Fuqua acted with utter disregard of his own safety according to his medal of Honor citation. More than 1,000 men were killed in stantly when the battleship was hit by a torpedo. Fuqua was knocked Down and stunned but he regained consciousness and directed Rescue operations. Following Fuqua s appearance on the thu is your life program in 1958, show Host Ralph Edwards appealed to viewers to Send contributions for a me Morial honouring the Arizona dead. The  Arizona memorial was opened in 1962, with the sunken battleship designated � National cemetery. No killed in Accident near Kaiserslautern Darmstadt Germany is a 32nd army air defense come first ser Geant was killed in a head on car Acci Dent Only hours before his family was due to arrive Al Rhein main a to join him in Germany officials said thursday. First sgt. George a. Johnston of co a Lith air defense signal in was pronounced dead at the scene of the Acci Dent shortly after Midnight saturday. He was 38. The Accident occurred Early sunday morning on a secondary Road in the Kai scr Milem area when Johnston s car Slid out of control and was hit by an oncoming vehicle said maj. David Hart Man command spokesman. The German Driver of the other car was taken to a Kaiten lantern Hospital for treatment. Hartman said German authorities Are investigating the Accident. Johnston an Al Paw Texas native u survived by i wife Ralana son George or. Daughters Sonia and join and parents George and Dorothy Johnston of Trenton , Black Hawk crash injures 3 Crew members Oie Belstadt Germany a Black Hawk helicopter on routine training crashed in an open Field near i Eberstadt army Airfield wednesday evening injuring the three Crew member on Board. The three men were taken to univer sity Hospital in Wuerzburg a 3rd in div spokesman said. The Pilot and co Pilot were listed in Good condition thursday and were expected to be re leased. The Crew chief was transferred to the array Hospital in Luenburg where he was in stable condition thursday. The aircraft assigned to the 3rd inf div s 4lh brigade was on a training exercise when it crashed during a Light Snow fall about 8  One mile South of the army Airfield. The aircraft was not carrying weapons or ammunition. Army officials Are investigating the cause of the Accident and Wiliby joined by � team from the army safely Center at fort Rucker Ala. There was no coat estimate on the damage to the helicopter