European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 26,1987 news updates rust seeks Pardon Moscow a West Ger Man teen Ager Mathias rust sen fenced to four years in a labor Camp for flying his single engine plane into Kcal Square hat appealed for a Pardon he official ass news Agency said thursday. Rusl whose unhindered May 28 flight across hundreds of Miles or soviet airspace prompted a shake up in the soviet military is still being held in a Moscow jail Tass said. Stork s repairs Washington a the Navy on thursday awarded a j14 million contract to the Sperry corp. To rebuild the electronic combat system or he Stark the frigate attacked by an iraqi Jet last May the Navy announced it expected Sperry to Complete the work by september 1988, last month the Navy awarded a 112.3 million contract to the eng alls shipbuilding division of lil ton industries to help it plan the repair work on the Stark temperatures 8m  Tea and a in auras3 77 Auto eco to m Yunu � bit Tom 57 c Bunor Otoji n """4 n91 01 so�57 in Fautn m in in Polh fill Bullaro to 11  14 61 it whom ii � inc noun u pm 11 Emu ii cum by 40 74 cot Noui 67 to Diiv-fonwonx4fi m do new 43 u pnuowwt42 70 my Fol 53 m Al pita m 60 4 57 h m 12 u�a65 7 Usan. U 73  am 71 Miu Al european weather f0tkhi Taf Stu my q#1tmny fld to Eua Muz my a Cowdy Wlsh it blvd Nim Novi a Nomen ind us Fawn " l " Haw Klaity Dynit Motr wig  Hai by my a Wing Hoh in 1-Iathjniru sundfty6 in out tick for Sun div on us Urr dour to Rel with huh Ami Ruhi Ihmi m Perth. N it cum ten Stu Louth menu morning rag n Ranum tour it red a of Naff Lam pm 70 79  a. P u 79 London p66 77 Maul p a 50 Munch p4s 5 pal. P 41 fit Pom p .d113.71waldwiimlvmpitilurti 4�t1 4b 57 4fl m h4nlom 111 u thu. Deauudy p a a i oud. Clarification an article yesterday about a stabbing in Bamberg Germany implied that de tails of the incident were provided by a 2nd army Cav regl spokesman. The de tails came from a German police spokes Man tuesday. Gis to begin getting paid on 1 St of month in october by Chuck Vinci Washington Burcu Washington Active duty scr ice members will begin receiving their end of month paychecks on the first of the month starting oct. 1. The change will save on paper about s3 billion or the Cost of one payday by moving the payment into a new fiscal year. But Capitol Hill staffer admit the action is purely sleight of hand. The $3 billion will be Cut from the total fiscal 1987 Bill but that debt will be carried on the government s books forever unless another change is made. Mill try compensation officials Al first thought the Money saving Man Euver would give  a one Tim tax break. As the dec. 31 paycheck moved to Jan. I military personnel would have one Jess paycheck than nor Mal for the 1987 lax year eight pay Days at the end of months and three at the beginning of the months after the change. That would have translated into less taxable income so less tax would have to be paid for the year. But exceptions to the beginning of month Rule will be Matte when the first Day of the month Falls on a weekend or a Holiday according to finance officials. Since Jan. 1 is new year s Day. The pay checks Wilt be pushed Back to thursday dec. 31, meaning there will still be 12 paychecks for tax purposes this year. Reserve and National guard person Nel who arc paid at various times of the month depending on their Type of duly and their Jab specially Wilt not be affected by the change finance official said. Congress made the change As pan of the fiscal 1987 defense appropriation act. . Battleships role vital Moranville says  Buna the . Navy has no trouble finding a role for its battleships the 6th Fleet commander said after watching the Iowa s live fire demonstration off Sardi Nia Italy. I want to Point out that there in t another ship at sea in the world that has the destructive firepower or this Battle ship and its 16-Inch guns said vice adm Kendall a Moranville in an inter View with reporters aboard the Iowa tuesday. A tape of the interview was made available to the Stan and strip on thursday after the Iowa and other warships in its Battle group began a por Visil to Naples Italy the Admiral said that while he Iowa s deployment to the Mediterranean is the first lengthy deployment there by a battleship since the late 1950s, there will Bemore. She the Iowa will make regular deployments to the med. It is a routine deployment of the Iowa Battle group. And you will Sec More of this kind of deployment in the  the Iowa provided live gunfire sup port from in dooming tuesday until Well into the night 10 train forces in an amphibious exercise at Capo Culada military Range in Southern Sardinia. The exercise was part of a i o exer Cise display determination 87. Monday an amphibious Force of 1,500 italian and portuguese troops and . Marines landed on the Cape against a simulated defended beachhead. Moranville visiting the Iowa with his staff watched As the battleship accurately lobbed projectile after projectile into a target area. The Iowa fired its 16-Inch guns with reduced charges from a Range of about 10,000 Yards. The Iowa can fire Armor piercing projectiles weighing 2,700 pounds 23 Miles. With the Power of the 16-Inch guns we can put massive firepower against an enemy Force on Shore from Over the horizon outside visual Range and we can do it relatively safely Moranville said. The 6lh Fleet commander said the four Iowa claw battleships Iowa new Jersey Missouri and Wisconsin do not Lack for roles. If we have an amphibious Landing we would certainly use the battleships in support of a Landing against an enemy Shoreline. We need the firepower thai this ship brings. We would use it in a War at sea. These 16-Inch guns Don t  can take out ship targets As Well As land targets. So we could use it very Well in a War at sea Moranville said. He said the intention of the Navy is to use its battleships As Force Multi pliers. Perhaps rather than sending two carriers we could Send one Carrier and one battleship for a particular Mission. In other situations we could use a Battle ship without a Carrier if we were Able to give her the land based air support that obviously any Force at sea requires in a very High air threat area we Don l have difficulty finding a role for the  deadline near for filing w-4 forms by the stars and stripes  failing to meet filing deadlines for the new w-4 or w-4a lax withholding forms will have their tax withholding status automatically adjusted. Army and air Force officials said. Air Force personnel have until oct. I the deadline stated in new . Tax Laws 10 file the form according to an air Force news service release. Army members have an oct. Is deadline which coincides with the Dale when All pay actions for the month must be submitted Accord ing to Usa eur finance officials Navy finance official already have adjusted withholding Tot Europe based personnel who missed their sept. Is deadline a spokes Man at the Navy personnel sup port act in Stuttgart said. Tat Law changes mean that those who do not file a new form and end up owing taxes could face interest charges and a s500 penalty for the 1986 lax year. With holdings that res Iii in too Little Orno tax being withheld could also bring a Jisoo Fine. The internal Revenue service will separately re View each Case Simce Membra who miss the deadline can file revised with holding forms through their finance channels. Additional Revi Sions to lax withholding should be filed if significant changes occur in income or number of dependents. 20 blood donors answer an plea Frankfurt is More than 20 people showed up Al the Frankfurt army regional medical Center Friday morning to donate blood after hearing a plea on an radio. A patient was going into surgery an the Hospital was Short of of neg alive blood said Hospital spokesman Bill Swisher. Of negative is not a Type of blood behave a lot of nor is it a particularly easy Type to get Swisher said. As a Rule our lab will Contact our own employees first for blood donations but we thought we better make sure we had plenty of this Type of  he said the Hospital soon collected enough blood. Some of the people donating also gave the Hospital their names and phone numbers for future donations. Tours available to gis after Maneu vers osterholz Germany a variety of Tours will be available to soldiers com ing out of the Field from certain sit Ike Maneu vers. Beginning monday and running into late october the German government will sponsor hours of the East West Ger Man Border according to a Maneu Verspohl a woman. Brewery Tours and visits to the sprawl ing Volkswagen Plant in Wolfsburg arc among the offerings organized under the auspices of the 21st support come. Tours to the Bergen Belsen concentration Camp and the Panzer museum in Munster also will be offered according la information released through the Mancu i or press Center. Commercial Tours 10 Hamburg Celle Lueneburg and Bremerhaven will begin thursday. Haydn the Home of the pied Piper also is on the list. English speaking guides will be Avail Able Lor the Tours which include restau rants sightseeing shopping and museums. Contact Points will be provided within the Rcd Plo men Camps