European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes thursday october 15.1987 new information brochure a taxpayer Alert irs says Washington a More than 90 million Tan payers Are about to get some unexpected greetings from the internal Revenue service a reminder that the new lax Law is like nothing they be Ever seen. The irs announced tuesday it is spending $7.6million to mall the Brief six sided brochures in Hopes of reducing the level of confusion when taxpayer begin filing their returns Early next year. Those returns will be the first reflecting the new lax Law for most  taxpayers May have received the Grcen and White brochures As Early As tuesday said de Pecorilla assistant commissioner in charge of taxpayer service. By the end of the month the Little documents should be in the hands of most couples and individuals who filed returns for 1986. The mass mailing largest Ever undertaken by theirs is the latest weapon in a Campaign by the Agency to get people thinking about their 1987 returns Long before the april i filing deadline. Our brochure is a taxpayer Alert an attempt to drive Home the importance of readiness. To Dis courage taxpayers from thinking they can put aside the new lax Law and conduct tax business As usual Peco Rella told a news conference. The brochure includes a ear out Coupon that tax payers May mail to request a copy of publication 920, a is Page Plain language explanation of highlights of the 1986 tax Law. The publication includes a Side by Side comparison of the old and new Laws. The brochure mentions some of those changes lower tax Rales higher personal exemptions and Stan Dard deductions elimination or reduction of several itemized deductions and new rules that May require students and some other part time workers to file re turns for the first time. We have people irs workers around the country who Are training on the new tax a earlier than Ever before Pecore Fia said. As a result he added the Agency expects the taxpayer service representatives who take questions directly from the Public to be better equipped to give the Correct answer. The irs will Hove nearly 7 000 employees working in taxpayer service up 1,300 from this year. Dul Dorn wait Loo Long to Call them Pecorella advised. The simple fact is that our ability to deliver Quality customer service won t improve with time so Start thinking about taxes earlier than Ever before he  out How these changes will affect you personally. And once your tax package of forms arrives in december Don t stuff it in a  if Reading is not your bag the irs is prepared to help another Way. By calling the Tele tax number listed under irs inthe Telephone Book you May listen to a tape recording identified As no. 3 is. It highlights some of the major tax changes. Ask for tape no. 326 and you get a listing of other tapes on specific topics ranging from the new require ment that children 5 or older have social Security numbers to changes affecting individual retirement accounts. Birmingham Montgomery voters re elect mayors in landslide wins Birmingham Ala. A Birmingham mayor Richard Arlington trounced three opponents to win a third four year term and Emory Folmar was re elected mayor of Montgomery in a landslide. The vote in both cities tuesday split largely along racial lines with the winners chief opponents of the opposite , who in 1979 first became the first Black mayor of the stale s largest City did Well in predominantly Black precincts and got limited backing in White ones White Folmar who is while carried White conservative  was challenged in the non partisan elec Tion by Bob Mckee a White attorney endorsed by Annali tax increase coalition Black Republican Richard Finley and Black coat Miner John Hawkins of the socialist workers party with �4 of Birmingham s 86 precincts reporting Arlington had 63 percent or 50,34 Voles to 35 per cent or 27,950 votes for Mckee. Neither Arlington nor Mckee made race an Issue inthe Campaign focusing instead on economic development and crime. Mckee i tax duster coalition in 1986 helped de feat a $65 million Bond Issue thai would have led to higher taxes in Birmingham which is is percent Black. A key figure in Black political caucuses Arlington has organized support for democratic candidates Instate and presidential rates and Heads the Alabama new South coalition. Fohn a chairman of the Alabama Republican party once was heavily criticized by Black leaders in the slate capital. He Defeated Lames Wilson 27,763votes, or 71 percent to 11,341 votes or 29 percent. Wilson said he avoided confrontational politics be cause he did not want to be dismissed by White voters Folmar said race was a dead Issue in Montgomery which is 60 percent while. Pilots Crew members vie for title stateside jews Issue warning to . War crimes panel United nations not a leading american jewish organization said that it would Nuh Lish a hit of 40,000 names or possible world War i criminals contained in secret United nations archives unless the archives were opened to inspection soon. The threat from the american jewish com Mittee came tuesday on the eve or a meeting of representatives of the 17 member countries of the United nations War crimes commission to discuss opening the  month several countries expressed fear that Public inspection of i tie archives could Lea to unfounded accusations against people still alive. Freak Accident suggested As cause of Man s death los Angeles a police believe a Frea Accident claimed the lire of a Man who strangled when he apparently fell asleep on a bus Bench rolled off and caught his head Between the Bench and  Ortega Lucas 30, was found dead on the Bench about two blocks from his apart ment Early sunday police  investigators Are looking for wit Nesses and awaiting autopsy results the Case i being regarded As a Freak Accident. There Wax absolutely no sign of foul play Oliv kind said police detective g. E. Ran Lucas described As Friendly and hard work ing was employed by a nearby family style restaurant on Sunset Boulevard he apparently had shipped to drink Beer with friends on a strip of grass near the bus Slop afterword saturday night Randolph said police theorize that the slightly built a foot Tali Man then fell asleep on the Bench and rolled off catching his neck on an Iron support bar that holds the Backrest to the Bench. Legislation directs minting of . Olympic coins Washington a the Senate approved and sent to president Reagan legislation directing the minting of commemorative  coins for the Benefit of the 1988 . Olympic  a voice vote with no opposition heard the senile on tuesday approved a House passed Bill that directs the . Mint to strike i million Gold coins and 10 million Silver coins for direct Sale to the Public. The House approved the measure by voice Vole in August. Top guns Are smoking at air Battle Competition ing maintenance and even a Beauty contest in which aircraft appearance is inspected. The highlight of the meet is played Outon the 12,000-Square-mile Nellis Range Over rugged desert terrain and around is Vecas. Nev. A elite air Force pilots from around the Globe Are bombing and shooting from screaming Ucli in the super bowl of air Battle com petition for the title of top gun. Nearly 100 of the world s finest Jet fighter pilots and Crew members from As jagged peaks Northwest of Las vegas close As Hill fab Utah and As far away the pilots play a deadly game of High As South Korea and Spain Are heading tech cat and mouse shooting Liny targets into the Home stretch this week in the meet dubbed gun smoke 87. The in teams most winners of local events arrived at Nellis fab oct. 4.winners Are to be announced Friday. As of last Friday a team from the401st tac fighter wine Torrejon a Spain jumped from 13th to fourth place in the Competition. The Torrejon learn is representing Safe in the f-16 category and was 121 Points away from first place. A team from Raf Bema ten eng land is representing Safe in the a-10 category. It dropped from third to 13th place after Friday s event. Other contests involve weapons Load while wreaking 100 feel above the desert floor at 500 Mph. Pilots arc judged on three phases of Competition. � be fim phases Craft swoop in and strafe a target and you Don t have to worry about anybody shooting at you said capt. Is Davis. Davis 34, is one of the Range officer who choreograph the action As teams of four aircraft each sweep through the Sun parched Valley at nearly the Speed of sound. Davis gazed across the Valley Friday for planes that could be heard but not yet seen. The pilots were up to phase two a combat scenario. In the distance tour f-4 phantom jets workhorses of the Vietnam War began to Bank for n Low level approach. The Lead Jet code named Bama-1, swept toward the target 100 feet above the ground an Altitude that would reused to avoid enemy radar. Seconds be fore reaching the target area the plan popped up to 2,000 feet allowing the Craft s computer to fix on the target badly abused Lank 21 feet Long and 11 feet wide. The pop up Man Euver must be pre Cise with the Pilot having 30 seconds Lovix on the target Bank the aircraft for its final run at the tank then slip Back to the protective lower limits. If the plane pops up for More than 30 seconds Points Are subtracted from the score. In combat conditions the Liming is a matter of life and death. As the plane approached the target it banked sharply upward and to the  Man Euver u called getting outta Dodge escaping the threat of trailing gun or missile and the Impact of the bomb blast. During phase three being played Outin the desert this week air Crews Are judged in bomb delivery and navigation attack pilots must negotiate Low level routes hugging the desert and Mountain terrain until they reach the target an Airfield resembling an enemy strip. The Hazar Dous winding trip to the target and Bac coven More than 500 mile. The leaders will arrive within a Sec Ond or two of each other Davit said. In this final phase pilots and their planes must outsmart flare thai Are fired unexpectedly simulating the launch of surface to air missiles they would encounter if attacking an enemy target. It is next to the real thing. Winners Are chosen among air and ground Crews for each of four types of participating aircraft f-l6t, a los a 7t and f-4s. The 1985 Overall Winner from the419lh tac fighter Wing Usan Reserve Utah returned this year to defend its title