European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May 18,1987 faithful dog honorary pallbearer st1llwater, Minn. A a faithful dog guarded the bodies of his owners far Days after the elderly couple died of exposure when their car Gal stuck in a Field and he was honoured for his Devotion by being lifted As an honorary pallbearer. Prince kept trailing Back and Forth Between the bodies of waiter and Dorothy Lindabaur during his Vigil packing the ground solid with his paws a sheriffs Deputy said. So when the Lindabaur were buried last week i lie Large Black and White dog was at their funeral. Lindabaur s2, and his 83-year-old wife left their Rural Home near still water in the Wisconsin Border with Prince on april 30, according to authorities. Laler that Day icy slopped at a Home in Wood Ville wis., about 30 Miles from Home to ask directions. They apparently became confused and made two stops the next Day once to gel Gas and a second time to ask directions again. Despite an extensive search they were not found until May after their car was spotted stuck in a Field near Mondovi wis., about 70 Miles from still water Orval scrum first noticed the tar on May 4 when he saw Prince while working on his Field about 17 Miles Southwest of Mondovi. The dog was Down by the car Corning in and out of the Woods he said. But i did t think much of it. Sometimes you see people in the serum 65, was Back on the Field May 7. The car was silting there the same As on Mon Day he said. Now i thought maybe there was something wrong. But the dog would t let me close. I had to Circle around on lop of Tho Hill 20 or 30 Yards above the car. Then i saw the one Buffalo county Deputy sheriff Duane Becker found mrs. Lindabaur body with the car. Linda birr s body was in a nearby wooded area. By looking at the tracks Between the two bodies you could Tell that the dog had been torn Between the two trying to protect both of hem Becker said. There was a Good a Yard area around the ram around the woman s body that had been packed solid in the Clay with the dog s Becker said Prince would t let authorities near mrs. Lindabaur s body. He was scared protective Becker said. Finally i coaxed him after about 20 minutes to let us get near her. After. He went and rested. Ii was As if he knew his Job was Over Buffalo county Coroner Jim Edc ruled the two died of exposure after being weakened by Lack of nourishment and exhaustion. Lawyers urged to Lead fight for Equality Washington a supreme court Justice William j. Brennan called on lawyers sunday to Lead the Way in provid ing Justice and Equality for the of atom poor underprivileged and minorities. Every lawyer no matter How Well a table shed and regardless of ii specially can and must contribute to the Elimina Tion of iniquities Bow under Nich Vehe ment attack by the disaffected Brennan said. Over too Many years we As lawyer Sand As citizens stood idly by while minority citizens were deprived of their most Basic Legal rights he said. How can we expect much respect for the Law in one who Haj seen How readily even lawyer citizens tolerated such Legal inequities Bremen s remarks distributed in Washington were made in a commence ment address to Ohio stale University Law school. Brennan who said the Legal profession has fallen disappointingly Short in times of National need urged lawyers to dedicate themselves to helping ail Whoso not partake of the abundance of american and he continued it should not just be Young Law school graduates who de vote time and Energy to improving the lot of the unfortunate while More experienced lawyers concern themselves Only with More lucrative private real Equality will Cost us some thing he said Lor example in the for of higher taxes subsidized housing in better neighbourhood and military serv ice for the sons of the affluent. Also Brennan said lawyers must learn that constant pressure must be applied to overcome the problems that confront our society. Lawyers must bring real morality into the Legal consciousness. Moral arguments backed by the hard facts about discrimination and deprivation Are Stilt the most potent Force in the without such a commitment Brenna said disorder and bloodshed might Fol Low. Fans sep Back in time to Honor Jane Austen Chicago a there were to com Cucumber sandwiches and clotted Cream As members of the Jane Austen society of North America celebrated their favorite novelist by taking a item Back in time to her world of English gentility. The society s heroine he been dead for 170 years but Devotion is Strong. Fani consider her the finest novelist of her or any other Day. During the Chicago chapter s annual convention saturday Lorraine Hanaway of Wayne pa., the aus ten society s National president and its co founder in 1979, gave a simple explanation we were people who knew site was Good company no the Best at the gathering in the ambassador West hotel the music was from the 18th Century and the tables were trimmed with discreet sprigs of Lilac. The main lunch Eon consisted of dishes bearing Austen related names such As fruit Donwell Abbey Chicken Mansfield Park vegetables Lyme and Boktae Glace Woodhouse. The beverage of Choice for toasts was proper British Tea. Don t ignore that w-4 Jane Austen during tic bimonthly meetings of the zoo member Chicago chapter devotees discuss the finer Points of such Austen works As Pride and prejudice sense and sensibility Emma and non Hanger such discussions Aren t necessarily scholarly or even serious according to Patricia Laflin of Chicago regional coordinator Tor the National organization. Members realize that Austen in the words the applied to one of her characters was so Odd a mixture of Quick parts sarcastic humor Reserve and the convention featured seminars and a quiz on the novels titled what s happening on your favorite soap singers in Regency gowns serenaded the guests with songs popular in Austen s Day. Latkin defended Austen s relevance. Nothing has changed she said. Everything she wrote about stir holds True. It s Only peripherals that change we have cars now and so Forth. Human nature is still the deadline near for filing simply Complex form Washington a thousands perhaps Mil Lions of american taxpayers face an obscure internal Revenue service deadline two weeks from now that could Cost them dearly in Lai penalties next year. The deadline involves the dreaded w-4 tax with holding form that Monument to tax simplification that has horrified thousands with its length and complexity. Many people have tried just to ignore the involved task of completing the form. That May be expensive however. Unless you have a new w-4 or w-4a on file by june 1, you May be subject to the full penalty process of the irs if your withholding during the year Falls More than 10 percent Thorlo your 1987 a new w-4 form was ordered by Congress to bring withholding into line with actual tax liability too Many people were paying far More than they owed. But it got complicated quickly. The task requires taxpayers in effect to calculate their lax Bill a year in Advance a cumbersome process even if you know How much you will make and the four Page form brought protests even from Treasury Secretary James a. Bier 111.the irs responded by drafting a new form simpler but less exact known As the w-4 a. It became available in april. But a great Many people simply Haven t bothered with either form. The irs lays it really does t know How Many be cause the form goes to the employer not the govern ment. But some published reports have estimated the number at 40 percent of All working americans some 75 million workers. And because of the Structure of the new tax Law Many of those Are having too Little lax withheld fro their checks they May know that the statutory deadline for filing a new w-4 in t until oct. I and they May be relying on an irs Promise not to penalize taxpayers who have too Little tax withheld this year because they did t understand the they May not know thai the irs Promise carries its own deadline june i. And the magic Date is almost Here. The obvious solution is to bite the Bullet calculate your lax Burden and file the w-4 or a to. If you re Uncertain about the results take heart the irs does not require that your form be Correct or even close to qualify for the Penally waiver. If you simply fill it out As Best you can you la be exempted from the Penally As Long As it s on file by june 1, even if Ilu wrong. Of you want your withholding to be on the Mark or if you want to be Over withheld to qualify for a re fund next year get irs publication 919, is my with holding Correct it will allow you to calculate you tax Bill and your withholding to see if enough is being taken out. If your withholding Falls Short you can Tell your employer to deduct an extra Dollar amount for the rest of this year to meet the final lax Bill or even to provide a Cushion and thus a refund next year. You also can file an estimated tax form making it Lump sum Mentlo the irs to cover the january May under with one thing you should t do is think you re avoiding complicated forms and numbers by not filing a w-4 form at All. Should your tax withholding fall significantly shun of your actual lax liability you can expect a form1210 from the irs next year. That s the form you will use to calculate your own Penally for underpayment. And it is pretty complicated More complicated than a w-4
