European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The auth obied unofficial publication foil the . Ahmed Force vol. 46, no. 257 Friday saturday january 1-2. 1988 d 8693 a is takes a break there will be no newspaper tomorrow because of the new year s Holiday. The stars and stripes will resume publishing Jan. 3. Today we doubled up on the comics and crosswords pages 12-16 so you won t miss your favourites during the one Day break. We wish you a Happy and prosperous new year Reagan aide predicts Economy will recover Palm Springs Calif. A pres ident Reagan s chief spokesman on wednesday dismissed a big decline in a major economic Index As a one month Blip on the screen and predicted that the economic recovery that is a chief administration boast will continue. Marlin Fitzwater commented on the latest Index of leading economic indicators As the vacationing president and first lady Nancy Reagan relaxed at the lavish estate of millionaire publisher Don t delay Filin irs tells taxpayers in " new York a Many Macri cans have acc act. Their 1987 Federal in come tax forms Anil probably have thrown them onto piles of other papers or tucked them away in drawers. Cathe dreaded chore of computing taxes for another a. A this year that could be a Bizup Ftak. Taxpayers May find in Craft the government More than Antic med because Loo Little lax was wit Peld from their paychecks. That coup of eave them scram bling at the last Ujj Filc to come up wit Cash to cover late shortfall. The pro Blai Rel Unis from the new tax Law and Thor new vol tax withholding forms Tamyen had to file this year. with the w-4 issued by taif internal Revenue service Mysti Many taxpayers and resulted in in for some. The irs then did itt#w-4a, but there arc too Little withheld. Pc re not expecting massive under a withholding problems said Rod Young an irs spokesman. However irs commissioner Law rence Gibbs announced last week that for the 1987 tax year Only the Agency would not assess penalties against tax payers who were under withholding. Each year the irs urges taxpayers Tofile their returns Early but As april 15 approaches millions of americans race to beat the deadline. This year with the new Law expected to cause More taxpayer confusion than usual Gibbs warned Fil ers not to Dawdle. Start preparing your return earlier see irs on Page 28 Wear firemen say warm Fri in Winter not abnormal b Dak i. K. in Bureau Kapaun As. Germany the unusually warm dry weather that has caused Many americans in Europe to cancel ski holidays is not really that unusual Safe weather officials said thursday. It s a Little bit above Normal right now and. By perception of last year this almost seems tropical said la. Col. Donald l. Best chief of the aerospace science division. 2nd weather Wing Paun As. "1 guess what i m trying to say is it in t that abnormal. For any Given year you be got n 30 percent Chance of having this kind of weather late in the weather that has left Many ski areas Bare and has people Silling outside at sidewalk cafes is being blamed on the form a warm dry wind from the Sahara desert. We be been in the lower 50s," said Harald Strauss chief climatologist. 2nd weather Wing. Temperatures arc expected to drop slightly to the 40s for the next 10 Days before gradually declining to the teens. So far the Winter is Normal Strauss said. Starting in mid january it will be come colder than Normal the average temperature for this Tim of year is in the upper 30s. January of course is your coldest month Best said. But. Even he aver age minimum As cold As it gets is 27 de Grees is just a Little bit below this Means that the typical Central euro Pean Winter is not As harsh As some of the Winters experienced in the Midwest and northeastern part of the United states. Winters Are not terrible Here. They re see Winter on Page 28 Waller Annenberg where they were to attend a new year s eve party. In Washington the Commerce department reported the Index the govern ment s main forecasting gauge of eco nomic activity plunged 1.7 percent in november. It was the biggest decline in More than six years and reflected the Steep Tumble in Stock prices this fall. It s Only one month Fitzwater told re porters. The leading indicators Are predictive of future activity. When we get trends Over two or three months we can Start to make some analysis but a one month adjustment especially when you have a percent decrease just from Stock prices snot particularly worrisome at this Point. It Means we have a one month Blip on the screen because of Stock Price drops and we assume that the 60 months of economic. Recovery we have enjoyed will continue he said. Asked about the Impact of the Stock see Economy on Page 28 . Navy Honor guard carries the casket containing the body of Strong. Body of Seaman killed in Spain arrives in . Dover Del. A the body of an american Sailor killed last week m a grenade attack at a Uso club in Spain arrived at Dover fab on wednesday his 19-year-old pregnant widow among those at the arrival ceremony. A Navy band played eternal father As the Flag draped casket con Taining the remains of Ronald Chaun cry Strong a 22-year-old Navy Petty officer was Tranfo Rcd from a c-5 air Craft to a Hearse. Amyjo boast Strong joined her husband s parents Donald and Rcv Crecy Strong of Recd is pa., during the ceremony which included a full Navy color guard. Strong died sunday after surgery for to the Chest and Stom Ach sustained in the dec. 26 attack that injured nine other . Sailors celebrating Christmas in Barcelona. A c catalonian separatist group see body on Page 28 Page 2
