European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Snow White s routine makes Disney Grumpy Page 6 the authorized unofficial publicat1oh of hike . Ahmed vol. 47, no. 346 saturday april.1. 19b9 d 8693 a tight budgets May bring deep cuts in military forces by the Washington Post Washington six army divisions one Marine division four Navy aircraft carriers and nine air forewings of 12 fighter planes each would have to be eliminated if the Pentagon trimmed forces to absorb Cut stemming from five years of no growth budgets he congressional do duct office said thursday. The co study written for the Senate budget com Mitteff comes As congressional leaders arc predicting the Pentagon will gel Only enough Money to keep up with inflation from fiscal 1990 through 1994, if that much. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has said if his budget is slashed he would rather eliminate some Mili tary forces rather than Cut i hair equipment and sup plies. If this course is allowed rather than cancelling weapons the budget office said the Active army Wouldhave to shrink from 18 to 12 divisions the Navy from 14 to 10 Carrier Battle groups the Marine corps from three to two divisions and the air Force from 24 to 15 tactical fighter wings. Cheney thursday said he had Hopes of closing additional military bases to save Money but conceded this would generate opposition in Congress. He also said it was premature to assume there could be . Troop cuts in Europe As a result of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev s Uhila Cral reductions in his military forces. Military leaders arc becoming increasingly apprehensive that they will have to reduce forces and Are trying to avoid that step by recommending other cuts in revised budgets recently submitted to Cheney. Army leaders for example in Hopes of maintaining an Active duty Force of 772,000 men and women have submitted a Long list of hardware cuts to the defense see cuts on Bach Page just Hope of Jesse does t tangle with James b writer the name s Hond James Bond. Honest no april Spolin. And it s a Good Hung the sergeant with the 18thcombat equipment co Netherlands has a sense of Junior. Otherwise he could get pretty darned tired of those same old jokes. All 1 Ever heard was 007, " says the Soldier who shares his name will he famous movie spy As Mailer of fact in s still going on. La never for people burdened with a famous Moniker a sense of humor is essential. After All How Many limes muses Moconi endure the obvious sometimes it gets so embarrassing i Don l know what to do says staff sol John Fitzgerald Kennedy of the 59th Ord in in i in masons West Germany. They Don t believe me when 1 Tell them my full the Soldier did t help matters when he married a woman named Jackie Hie same name As the former first lady. People think we planned it Hal we looked for each other Over the years just to get thai name says Kennedy who a s his wife s name is simply a Coin is an abundance of famous names within the american Soldier population in Europe. There Are a half dozen Gary Coopers two George Wash Inions a Daniel Webster Robert Frost Terry urn Shaw and Bill Cosby there is a Gerald Ford a Mel Drooks and a Doug Las Macarthur. The list goes on and on including 64 soldiers named Michael Jackson. Spec. Jesse James of the Lola eng co in Schwein flirt. West Germany says he is Eon Stanlly explaining. His notorious ask him Why do they Call you Jesse James thai s my he tells them. And when his name comes ii on the. Duly list sergeants usually Shoul outlaw thinking it is in original name is especially evident when in pcs the Soldier docs business at the Bank. His namesake s idea of banking was to Rob , Banks that s where 1 get a lot of smiles he the Walcer Gale scandal was daily news fare a Man with the same name As the affair s Central figure was a teen Ager fortunately Fiir far from the fray."1 was living in Japan on ," says staff ski Richard Ninon of the s24ih combat support co in Mannheim whose father was sp6rls editor of and stripes did t really associate continued on Page 3 ., military retirees May be due for tax refunds by he u ush Inkton Post Washington a estimated million Federal and military retirees May. Be eligible for refunds on stale income Lucs they be paid Over the past several Yean if icy act quickly. The refunds which could run into the billions of dollars were made possible by. A supreme court ruling this week in it a retired government worker took on and beat City halt and the mate House Federal military retirees could be due refunds on some or All of the tunes they be paid since 1985 to 17 Stales. To get the greatest refund it is important thai retirees who think they Are Eli Gible Mae fast because ofic three year statute of limitation rules Many mates apply to refund requests. To be eligible for the refund Pic persons in states that follow Federal tax filing deadlines Niue gel their refund application or amended return it their states by april 17 ill is year. The possible refunds were set up when the court said Asci cannot lax Federal and military pensions if they exempt pensions of their own state government retirees from slate taxes. It said treat ment must be equal either lax both groups or Don t lax either group. It will be up to each stale to decide How to comply Wilh the supreme court ruling. It is politically unlikely that Man males will decide to impose taxes on their own state pensioners who up 10 now Hac been exempt from state taxes. The National association of retired l employees helped push the sue Sawi Uil involving a Federal Retiree in Michigan. The association is advising its members to Check with their own state tax offices or private tax experts to see How refund claims arc made. In some cases individuals will be required to file amended returns. Stales that May owe refunds to of Cdr Al military re liners include Arizona col Orado Louisiana. Michigan. Georgia Montana new York Oregon South car Olina. Wisconsin Utah Iowa Maryland Virginia. Weil Virginia North Carolin and Arkansas if you be paid taxes to a slate not listed Check Wilh ils lax division id see if you May be eligible for a refund
