European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 24, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 tax write off for Forbes party opposed new York a publisher Mal Colm Forbes is being vague about whether he plans to seek a tax write Oft for his moroccan party of the  but opponents of a tax break arc indignant at the idea of it. If this party were to be tax deductible it would be a perfect example of How Theta system is unfair to the average citizen and benefits the  said Michael Waldman director of Public citizen s Congress watch a consumer rights group based in Washington. The Magazine publisher s 70th birth Day parly in Tangier. Morocco last weekend featured 600 belly dancers. 200 berber horsemen Pigeon Pic served under elaborate tents and a guest list that included Elizabeth Taylor Henry Kissin Ger Walter Cronkite Lee Iacocca Rupert Murdoch Barbara Walters Beverly Sills and Donald Trump among others. Guests were flown across the Atlantic on three jets including a chartered supersonic concorde. The Cost of the part has been estimated at Between $2 million and s3 million. Rep. Fortney Stark d-calif., released a letter to internal Revenue service commissioner Fred t. Goldberg on tuesday saying he Hopes the party is not tax deductible. The Public s support of the tax sys tem is destroyed by reports of tax deductible birthday bashes by belly danc ing  he wrote. Forbes Magazine officials failed to return repeated phone Calls tuesday seeking com  Washington Post on monday quoted Forbes As saying that some of it is a business  you invite 300 cos that you do business with you want to make a Good impression Malcolm Forbes jr., the pub Lisher s eldest son and the Magazine s presi Dent told the new York  said any deduction would be worked out by company accountants the times  irs declined to comment but a spokesman pointed to pertinent sections of the . Tax code. Section 262 says that aside from a Small exception involving telephones no deduction shall be allowed for per Sonal living or family  the irs generally considers birthday parties to be personal expenses said Sid Weinman an attorney and senior editor of Federal tax coordinator published in new York by research Institute of America. Section 274 says no deduction is Al Lowed with respect to an activity which is of a Type generally considered to constitute entertainment amusement or recreation unless the taxpayer establishes that the item was directly related to or. Associated with the Active conduct of the taxpayer s Trade or  the Forbes Bash might be viewed As a More lavish version of the parties for advertisers that most magazines give and write off since the companies run by Many of Forbes guests also place ads in his Magazine. Still Weinman said my guess is they d have a hard time establishing that the shebang Over there was directly associated with the Magazine s  even if Forbes managed to Clear that hurdle he still would face a hurdle in Section 274 that disallows spending in amounts which Are lavish or extravagant under the  Malcolm Forbes vandalism has Reagan museum in Tampico 111. A the Ronald Reagan Birthplace museum is having a Little Law and order problem and is closing its doors until it s solved. On monday night vandals broke a skylight during a rainstorm and furniture donated by relatives of the former president was badly dam aged. Vandalism has been  said Paul nicely a 70-year-old retired schoolteacher. He and his wife Helen put together the museum in the second floor apartment where Rea Gan was born on feb. 6. 1911. Well be closed until the problem is solved he said tuesday. The kids in town have become a real prob Lem nicely  can t keep an american Flag out. They keep bending the pole or swinging on the pole. They be been breaking windows. They throw eggs on the place. Last week they destroyed our to  nicely opened the museum in 1976 in this farming town in Northwestern Illinois. It was timed to coincide with the launching there of Reagan s Campaign for the Republican presiden tial nomination. Reagan lost the nomination to president Ford that year but won the Nomi nation and election four years later. Some local folks figured the Small town of 900 residents might become a tourist attraction so the usual gift shops antique stores and restau rants sprang up Only to Wither when the Boom failed to materialize. But nicely kept his privately financed museum going. He said that Over the years perhaps 60,000 visitors have come to View Memorabilia from the Reagan family friends and relatives and the general store where Reagan s father worked. We be had More visitors this year than we Ever had nicely said adding that the museum is coming offalossof$l2,000 in 1988. Nicely s fee schedule is a Little whimsical. A lot of people pay $1. But senior citizens school kids and adults in groups pay 50 cents. Ministers second Lime visitors and others for Var ious reasons pay nothing. We had 10 people from Florida when we opened up nicely said. You can imagine How embarrassing it was with the broken skylights and water damage. That s when we decided to close it up until we get this thing under  phone workers strike drags on in 1 8 states ends in 2 others by United press International a dwindling nationwide Telephone strike dragged into its 17th Day tuesday with unionized employees returning to work in California and Nevada but press ing their walkout in 18 other slates and the nation s capital. Union and management made Little Progress in con tract talks at by Nix in the Northeast and Amer tech in the Midwest. Rynex and Amer tech Are two of seven baby Bell regional Telephone companies. Pacific to Lysis reached a tentative Accord with workers sunday join ing three other baby Bells Bel South us West and southwestern Bell that settled earlier in the month. Negotiations on local issues continued Between the communications workers of America and Bell Atlan tic the seventh baby Bell As a Midnight tuesday goal loomed for settling All contract issues standing in the Way of an end to the walkout. Members of the Cwa and the International brotherhood of electrical workers began striking aug. 6. Negotiations Between Amer tech subsidiaries and representatives of 37,000 striking workers have occurred state by state in Michigan Wisconsin. Ohio Illinois and Indiana. Their strike began aug. 13 and affects 12 million customers. In Chicago Illinois Bell said Cwa negotiators re fused to return to the bargaining table. But one Union official Sharon Craig countered i did not Lake it As an offer to resume bargaining at All. I said do you have another offer to give us and they said no. Progress was not much better in the Rynex walk out company officials reported. No new talks were scheduled Between Rynex and 60,000 striking workers in new York Vermont new Hampshire Massachusetts. Rhode Island Maine and two towns in Connecticut. Their walkout which began aug. 6, has slowed operator service and repair and installation work to 10.5 million customers. Bell Atlantic which serves 14 million customer sin Pennsylvania new Jersey Delaware Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia and the District of Columbia and the Cwa tentatively agreed aug. 17 on a pact calling for a 3 percent wage hike in the first year and a 2.25 percent raise in each of the next two years. The agreement was made after the Union and the company settled several economic issues including the key Issue of health insurance and who should pay for it. The Midnight tuesday goal set by both sides was for local issues such As grievance procedures and working conditions. The proposed pay raises were not at Issue. Bell Atlantic announced a tentative three year agreement sunday with 2,000 Ibex members in Pennsylvania but employees said they will not return to Bell of Pennsylvania until a contract is reached with two Cwa locals in the slate officials said. In the West workers were gradually returning to their jobs at Pacific Telesis serving 13.2 million customers in California and Nevada. A tentative contract settlement sunday took effect immediately but results of a ratification vote were not expected to be announced until sept 22, the Accord Calls for a 9,4 percent pay raise Over three years an proposes the company pay most fees employees incur by doctor visits and Hospital stays. Trooper shot after stopping car new York not a 25-year-old state trooper was shot and critically wounded on the new Jersey Turnpike tuesday afternoon after halting a car Wilh three men inside police said. Three men were taken into custody shortly after the shooting and were being questioned. Troopers said they believed inc men were cocaine dealers. The shooting occurred about 4 30 . In East Greenwich township in Gloucester county about 25 Miles Southeast of Philadelphia state police spokes Man Cape. Thomas Gallagher said. He said the trooper. Anthony v. Disalvatore had pulled inc car Over and As he approached in Shols rang out. He said Disalvatore was hit by at least iwo bullets. The three men then got out of their car and two of them drove off in the troopers car Gallagher said and the third fled on foot. Disalvatore was still conscious when he arrived by helicopter at the Cooper medical Center in Camden and was in critical but stable condition after surgery or. Anthony Mure a surgeon at the Hospital s trauma unit said. His life is in danger but the prognosis is he will survive he said. Mure said Disalvatore was shot once in the Abdo men and once in the upper Chest. Disalvatore was a resident of Alco in Camden co my and had been on the Force since 1987, he is not married. State police superintendent col. Clinton l. Pagan said the Man who fled on foot was quickly arrested. He was identified As Daniel Rogers of Annapolis my. He identified the other two As Rogers Nephew Stan Ley Rogers 18, and James Arlington both from an Napolis. They drove the patrol car through a Turnpike exit toll Barrier in East Greenwich township and abandoned the car Pagano said then commandeered a pickup truck at gunpoint and fled East on route 322. Pagano said the loll collector alerted state police and the two men were captured after the pickup rammed another vehicle in Franklin township about 10 Miles from the toll Booth. Pagano said Disalvatore had called in to report he was stopping a car but did not say Why. He said Stanley Rogers was wanted on an outstand ing warrant in Annapolis on a charge of attempted murder. He said All three men moved to Annapolis three years ago and were suspected of running a co Caine distribution ring there