European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Insides tripes army May Cut construction in Wake of Dollar drop Page 2 g its cheated a out of my Lions Gao says Page 5 d army recall changes affect retirees Page 8 d Ohio state wins nit opener � sports these Utho Hitold a Oppici l fuilic1tioh Thi u.�, mib Foill vol.46.no.333 Friday. March 18, 1sb8 Cood morning t d 6693 a gis flown to Honduras in . Show of strength App to a fort Ord Soldier comforts a crying woman a the Hue lexus Ihil some at its troops Are hunted for Honduras irs says some Naf workers owe Back taxes b Chuck v1nch Washington the internal Revenue service is notifying some of the military s 40,000 non appropriated fund employee Over seas thai they owe an average of 14,000 in Back taxes and penalties because they wrongfully claimed foreign income exclusion credit. Irs officials estimate the employees May owe a total of j30 million to the government for the past three years which is As far Back As the reve nue service audits go. The first Batch of 600 audit reports Are in the mail to Naf employees in West Germany and another 1,500 reports Are being processed Tor mailing with More to follow said irs spokeswoman Lowell Langers. The irs is using sophisticated computerized document Matching procedures to identify people who filed for the erroneous exclusions. The audit reports Are being sent at the same time that David Matthews an Naf employee in to Dalheim West Germany has filed a Case in is. Tan court in Washington d.c., arguing thai the irs regulations on the Issue Are wrong see irs on Page 3 Tegucigalpa Honduras api . Irons began arriving in Honduras thursday in a dramatic show of Force against Nicaragua and president Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua vowed to liquidate the Force. The United Stales sent the 3,200 troops from the 82nd airborne div and the 7th Light inf div after accusing Nicaragua of invading Honduras in Pursuit of Contra rebels. The american troops began shipping out shortly after 7 . Est when two battalions about 2,000 troops of the 82nd airborne div from fort Bragg n.c., began leaving on a three hour flight to the path Rota base about 125 Miles from Trie reported hostilities. Four hours later two battalions from the 7th inf div at fort Ord calif., began heading for Palmerola col. Manuel Suarcz bin Avidus spokesman for the honduran armed forces said the government and the army had Given Nicaragua a Prem Story deadline of 24 hours to withdraw 2,000 troops from Honduras. In Managua capital of Nicaragua Ortega declared we Are ready to combat and liquidate the famous forces of he 82nd airborne he called the . Deployment another escalation of the War against Nicaragua and asked for a meeting of the . Security Council. The first plan Load of . Soldiers arrived at Palm. Erola air base Trie main Center of . Military operations in Honduras thursday morning a . Embassy see Honduras on Page 28 tense nicaraguan situation overshadows Hopes in Bern by David Tarrant stuff writer Bern Switzerland Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci thursday called inc invasion of Nicaragua forces Inlo Honduras to Ialy irresponsible and repro the . Troops dispatched to Honduras thursday Are not to engage the nicaraguan sandinista in hostilities but will conduct military car discs Carlucci said. The troops Are there in response to a request from the president of Honduras As a demonstration of sup port Tor that country and to engage in military exercises he said. Carluci commented at a press conference after a see Bern an Page 3 North Poindexter to face criminal charges March 24 Washington a former National Security adviser John m. Poindexter la. Col. Oliver l. North and two arms dealers were ordered thursday to appear March 24 for arraignment on criminal charges Ansing from their roles in the Iran Contra affair. The arraignment was scheduled by . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell who will try the Case brought by Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh against Poindexter North and re lived air Force maj. Cen. Richard v. Secord and his former business partner Albert Hakim. A Lone picketed circled he . Courthouse carrying signs thai read free Oliver North and hog Walsh to protest the return wednesday of a massive indict Mem against the former National Security Council aide and his three co defendants. The pick Etc s views reflected the sentiments of two congressional republicans who last year investigated the Sale of . Weapons to Iran and the diversion of proceeds to the nicaraguan Contra rebels. I personally think thai the indictment counts Are pathetic sen. Perrin Hatch Ruiah Ore of the Rea Gan administration s staunches defenders during last year s congressional hearings mid during1 an appear Ance on Abc to s Good morning America "1 dont think thai men like pointed or. And North deserve to end up being prosecuted on criminal grounds thai Deal with their service in rep. Richard Cheney r-wyo., said on the Abc tvs a charges on Paga 28 North press Hli Point in Washington Mcdo Efdig. Poo
