European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 irs unveils revamped income tax forms changes make filing More complicated for Many Washington the inter Nal Revenue service introduced new Las forms thursday that must be filled out by people who gel Home equity Loans use Ian shelters or pay into individual retirement accounts. The irs also revamped its form for business deductions to make it More readable and touched up the 1040, i040a and 1cmoez Sas returns 10 cover some minor changes for people who claim the Standard deduction. At the changes were prompted by last year s tax reforms and most will be included in the tax packages the irs will mail to an estimated 90 million taxpayers in december. An irs spokeswoman said the Agency estimates the easiest of the three new forms will Lake an overage of 20 minutes to Complete while the longest will re quire nearly an hour and a half. Arthur Allman head of the irs form writing committee said the change mean taxpayers will have to spend More time filling out the forms next Spring than they did with their 1986 returns. The rules arc difficult and taxpayers Are going to have to contend with different rules than they did it the past he said. But Allman added hat his group tried to make the new forms As easy to under stand As possible. You folks would not like to have seen the first Cul we took at form 8598," he said referring to a new four Page a Eccl on deducting mortgage interest. The mortgage deduction form deter mines the amount of interest paid on Mort gages that people can claim depending on How they spent the mortgage Money. If the mortgage was taken out after aug. 16, 1986, and wan used solely to buy a Home then interest paid on the mortgage is completely deductible and form 8598 need not be filled out the irs said. That is the same procedure used under the old lax Law which some 27 million americans used to claim deductions on their 1986 tax returns. Bui the rules change if a principal or secondary mortgage was taken out after aug. 16, 1986, for a reason besides buying a House or if the mortgage was refinanced for More than the fair value of the Home. In those cases the percentage of inter Cal that can be claimed will vary de pending on How the Money was used. If the mortgage went to pay educational or medical Bills More of the interest can be deducted than if it was used for other purposes the government said. Form 8582 cracks Down on lax shelters thai had been set up to lose Money. Altman said this form makes taxpayers break Down their holdings into items in which they play an Active or a passive role. The third form no. 860ft. Reflects Congress decision to phase out the lax Breaks that upper income americans have been Able to claim for contributions to an individual retirement account. Through last year a person who put up to j2.000 into an Ira could exclude that Money from his taxable income merest made on the Ira also would not be taxable until the person turned 65 and began with drawing Money from the fund. The new Rule bars single people with incomes Over 135,000 or couples earning Over $50,000 from claiming any Deduc Tion on an Ira contribution. Lon free had alcohol prob pm Felt Kab pressure witness says quant1co. A. A Marine sgt. Clayton Lonetree had a drinking problem and once told two friends in Vienna that he had been followed from mos cow by a Kab agent who was pressing him for secrets according to testimony thursday in his spy trial. He told me that he was in great trouble said Jan Augustin a West German who befriended the embassy guard in Vienna in the Spring of 1986. A Kab agent was putting him under pressure and trying to gel information from  Augustin said Lone rec s statements came last no vember or december when Lone rec became nervous As Augustin and a Girlfriend took hint Home from a party. At Augustus s apartment line True nervously closed the curtains and turned off lights before speaking of the soviets. I old him to report it to local authorities augus tin said. Lone rec eventually went to the Cia station chief in Vienna who was believed to have testified during a closed session earlier thursday. Lonetree 25, of is. Paul minn., is the first Marine to stand court martial on espionage charges. The for Mer Moscow and Vienna embassy guard faces life in prison if convicted of the 13 counts Hal include allegations that he turned Over Cia identities and embassy floor plans to the soviets Daniel divine a slate department official who did not specify his position lest fed thursday that Lone tree once told him he preferred the soviet Way of life Over the american. He told me he thought the Soviel system was fairer because there was less of an emphasis on Money and social class said Devine. He said that during his barroom conversation in Vienna Lonetree did not say he wanted to either live in the soviet Union or help the soviet Union. His statements did not seem to pose any Type of threat divine said so he did not report them to superiors. Portions of Lone rec s court martial were closed thursday As prosecutors called two confide Colial wit Nesses including inc Man believed 10 be the Cia Sla lion chief in Vienna. That witness identified in court As big John was followed to the stand by an official identified Only As " Littie  defense attorneys Are forbidden from mentioning the men s Agency affiliation but it has been revealed Hal Lonetree came Forward to mention his involve ment with the soviets to big John on dec. M in Vienna. A document the marines say was mistakenly re leased indicates Lonetree made his first statements on the alleged espionage to a Cia station chief. Defense lawyer William Kunstler said outside the courtroom he was under court order not to comment on inc private testimony. The defense was prevented in Brief bits of open session thursday morning from establishing what it said was evidence Hal Security at the Vienna embassy was lax when Lon tree was a guard there. During one of Lon Cree s shifts in october 1986. He reported to superiors that five safes containing top secret Malc rials were left open within a few feel of a photocopier yet nothing was done about his complaint for weeks defense attorneys told reporters the defense on thursday kept gathering evidence to support its theory Hal Lon tree was set up by state department officials who wanted to shield a double agent known As  the defense plans to take testimony from Shaun Byrnes a stale department official who works in a classified Section of the Moscow embassy lawyers said. Byrnes is said to have maintained contacts with Sasha As had his two predecessors David Chapman and Kent Brown. Soft music Katie Reese 5, found that learning o play it right note was t As painful As a hard violin dig Ging into her Collarbone then she found the perfect solution a couple of sponges held in place with a rubber band. Katie is taking pin in a Suzuki violin class in Johnstown a. Suzuki is a method of teaching Young children to play the violin. As or to in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Aug. Is 1947 India s bloody 60-year-Slrugglc for Independence ended with the British Colony of 400 million persons dividing into new dominions in the British Commonwealth India and Pakistan. 30 years ago today. Aug. Is 19s7 police and troops crushed a three Day transport strike in Lodz Poland. Troops look Over Streetcar barns Hal until Early morning had been held by strikers. 20 years ago today. Aug. 15, 1967 a jury convicted lawyer Dean Andrews of lying of a grand jury about the mysterious Clay Beyrand in the alleged new Orleans plot to assassinate president Kennedy. District attorney Jim Garrison contended Clay Shaw used the Bertrand alias to plot the Kennedy murder. Joye ors ago today. Aug. 15, 1977 president Carter expressed Confidence in budget director Bert Lance for the first Lime since the beginning of investigations into Lance s financial dealings. Art scholar charged in bid to sell stolen documents Boston a an Art scholar was arrested thursday on charges of trying to sell a Bookstore stolen letters by Abra Ham Lincoln and Winston Churchill along with other rare documents. Fri agents arrested Washington based scholar Charles Merrill mount 59, at goodspeed s Bookstore. Goodspeed s had alerted agents last week that mount had tried to sell nine letters by american Painter James Abbot Mcneill Whistler. The documents were stolen from the Library of Congress in Washington Fri special agent John j. Cloherty or. Said. As a published author of Art history books. Mount had special Access to Tuch documents Cloherty said. However Cloherty gave no indication whether investigators have any evidence that mount stole the documents. Mount faces a maximum 10 years in prison and a j10.000 Fine if convicted of transport ing stolen property overstate lines. The nine letters by Whistler Are valued at at least 15.000, cd Harty said. He had no information on the value of the other documents. Whistler an american expatriate who spent most of his career in London is Best known for his portrait Whistler s  hanging in the louvre in Paris. The 1872 painting is officially tilled arrangement in Grey and Black no.  mourn has published biographies of painters Gilbert smart John Singer Sar gent and Gaudy Monet. Mount also uses the name Sherman Merrill Suchow clo Harty said