European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 06, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday septembers 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 a. Beach defends reaction Virginia Beach. A. A Ann Acap official monday accused authorities of overreacting during two nights of clashes Between Black College students and police but City official said they had no Choice but to use Force to Clear the streets. Mayor Mccra e. Oberndorf said police acted with extraordinary  we will not tolerate lawlessness from anybody said Oberndorf. Let the word go out that Virginia Beach will not stand by and watch As unruly individuals trash our  More than 100 stores were looted inthe bottle throwing melees which disrupted the labor Day Holiday in this re sort of 250,000 and left Miles of normally Busy beaches nearly empty police said up to 100.000 Young people Many Here for an annual fraternity Festi Val of students from mostly Black colleges were on the streets when rioting broke out Early sunday.  violence resume sunday night and police backed up by state troopers and 150 National guardsmen imposed an overnight curfew. Jack w. Grave president of the stat chapter of the National association for the advancement of  people said police reaction would have been different if the students had been while. Their response was to confront the Stu dents from a position of Power gravely said. The Virginia a act strongly condemns the Over zealous. Overpower no and Overr Active acl Ioir of the Virginia Beach  a act officials Ai a students have said they Felt unwelcome in the City and had been harassed by police. Gravely said the trouble erupted As students Felt squeezed Virginia Roach police confront a Carload of Young women cruising Atlantic Avenue the resort City s main thoroughfare. Fay polite and Felt a need to show Discon  oni witness said some participants inthe disturbances chanted fight the  a phrase from the hit film Dothe right  which is about racial violence in new York City. Few police were on the streets during the Day monday. But monday evening eight Man squads of police stood at intersections while Young people strolled the sidewalks and cars cruised bumper to bumper along Atlantic Avenue. At a news conference monday afternoon City officials played police videotapes of the looting. Oberndorf said the situation was stable monday and we intend to keep it that  at least 13 Young Cople and about 10law enforcement officers were injured in the melees officials said. Two men suffered gunshot wounds and a third Man was injured in a fall from a hotel Balcony. When they tried to move people i went crazy said Errin Smith. 20. Of new York. People were Yelling fight the Power at first people were just hav ing a Good time but they harassed us from the minute we got  gravely condemned the looting and said those responsible should be punished. But he said the tactics of the local police stale troopers and National guardsmen called out by gov. Gerald l. Baltic at the request of City leaders made the situation  said in a statement monday what has happened in Virginia Beach snot a pretty picture. But we must recognize that there is no excuse for taking Over Public streets looting stores or destroying personal property. It cannot be condoned and it must not be  George Mimms president of the local a act chapter said the reaction by police to the students showed that race relations in the City arc poor. No foundation Ever was built for Good racial relations in this City. This has just forced it out into the open he said. Irs claims Many living abroad cheat on taxes Washington a the Treasury department has new evidence that a Large number of americans living abroad cheat on their taxes and a new Way to track the culprits. If a Sample studied by Bryan l. Mussulman of the internal Revenue service is Correct hundreds of thou Sands of americans living in other countries Are not filing the tax returns the Law requires. Mussulman did not estimate the loss to the Treasury. But in 1986 the general accounting office which makes audits for Congress estimated it at $620 Mil lion to $2 billion a year. The Gao said billions More Are lost because Ameri cans at Home make Money in other countries and fail to report it earned income of up to $70,000 a year is exempt from . Income tax for . Citizens living abroad but they arc still required to file returns and pay taxes on earned income above that level and on any unearned income such As interest. Musselman s report appears in this month s Treasury department volume "1989 update an analysis of statistics and trends. In 1988, Mussulman began getting data from the stale department under a new Taw on american citizens who apply for new passports from . Consulates in other countries. There were 73,000 in the first year of operations. He assumed these Are americans who live for a considerable time outside the United states. American adults who go abroad need new passports every 10 years. Those under 18 need one every five years. Revenue officials arc Matching the names from the stale department against their master file to Sec who is filing tax returns and who is not. No accurate data exist for the number of Ameri cans who live abroad and Are not employed by the . Government Musselman wrote. He estimated that 3 million americans were living abroad last year including about 750,000 in the armed services. For 1986, the internal Revenue service got264,000 returns from addresses in other countries. If it had received returns from abroad in the same proportion As in the United states there would have been about 1.2 million. It s a Bleak picture so far As tax collection is concerned Mussulman said in an interview. Many business people say it puts the United states at disadvantage to collect taxes from its citizens abroad. They say it encourages american companies in other countries to hire non americans. I Don t know of a single major Industrial country Europe or Japan that taxes the earnings of its citizens when they reside abroad said Bruce Reynolds a tax partner with the International a connections help Bush aide get engaged Birmingham Ala. A de Rogers who works Down the Hall from president Bush at the White House got his engagement offer accepted while travel ing with the president aboard air Force one. But the phone connection was so bad that Rogers was t sure at first. Rogers 30, is a Deputy assistant to the president. Hews flying to Miami last month when he got an urgent message to Call his Girlfriend Edwina de Clifton 25, from Wetumpka. In an interview last week in the Birmingham news Rogers who is from Birmingham said he Calle Clifton a Law student at Catholic University in Washington. He managed to hear her say she had received the engagement ring he sent but he could t hear whether she accepted. The air Force one operator who placed the Call an had remained on the line to help maintain the connection filled him in sir miss Clifton advises that you Are engaged to be  wedding is set for nov. 4 in Washington. Counting firm touche Ross and  the income is earned americans overseas Only have to pay taxes when a salary amounts to More than$70,000. The military like other . Government employees Are not entitled to the  income such As payments from stocks Bonds real estate or other investments is All taxable whether americans get it in the United states or other countries though taxes paid to other countries can be deducted from american tax Bills. Mussulman said some of his figures give reason to think that a lot of  income is unearned. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1949 Abdul Monica Abdu a 26-year-old egyptian was pulled half conscious from the water 16 hours after he began his attempt to swim the English Channel. 30 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1959 the House foreign affairs com Mittee approved a Bill to authorize denial of passports to communists and to make it a crime to travel in banned foreign areas. 20 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1969 the brazilian government announced it would release 15 political prisoners in Exchange for the release of Charles Bufka Elbrick . Ambassador to Brazil who was kidnapped two Days earlier. 10 years ago today. Sept. 6, 1979 or. Ernst Wynder the epidemiologist who first linked cigarette smoking to lung cancer said a Low fat diet might result in fewer cases of breast