European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. February. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 2 irs guides offer help to gis students Washington the internal Revenue service is offering two new publications focusing on the unique tax situations facing military personnel and students overseas. The publications should be readily available overseas wherever taxpayers receive their other income tax information. Irs spokesman Steve Pyrek  guide for military personnel covers a wide array of areas ranging from Gross income and alien status to dependency exemptions and the Sale of a Home tax liability and itemized deductions.  should ask for publication 3, called tax information for military  the guide details Gross income including Basic pay. Incentive and hazardous duly pay. Bonuses for re enlistment and payments for accrued leave. It also covers items excluded from Gross income such As family moving travel and death expenses. Once we got the idea that we could segment certain populations and address their particular needs. One of the first things that came to mind was. Hey. How about the military Pyrek said. They have certain tax preparation needs that Don t occur for other  we May not be Able to hit All their needs but maybe we can hit 90 percent of  High school and College students should ask for publication 4. Students guide to Federal income  it helps students decide if income from wages tips scholarships and fellowships is taxable. Plans for army facilities set off Heilbronn protest by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Heilbronn officials have reacted with alarm to army plans to continue using All of its facilities in and around the City even after the 56th Field any come disbands next year. An army spokesman said the service needed the space to alleviate overcrowding on its installations in nearby Stuttgart. In a joint statement four communities arc demand ing that the facilities the command s task Force 4-9 is vacating be dedicated to civilian uses. They also insist that the army give up land on the Waldheim do plateau in Heilbronn and remove fences and other barriers there. The command maintains peril Ling ii missiles at Camp Rcd log on the Wal decide. The army plans to withdraw the missiles under the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty with the soviet Union. Army and West German defense ministry representatives told local officials wednesday that the army planned to move two Stuttgart area units to Heilbronn and to Transfer a third unit within the Community. The plan Calls for the 34th signal in in ludwigs Burg to move to Heilbronn s bad neerhof Cavern the 93rd signal brigade he in Stuttgart to move to Wharton Barracks in Heilbronn and the 237th engr in a Wharton Barracks to move to artillery Cavern in near by Necka sulm. The shuffle would reduce the number of troops stationed in the Heilbronn area by 530. About 5,000 troops arc there now. The proposal needs the approval of the West Ger Man government and nato said James Boyle a spokesman for the . Army in Europe. The army revealed its plan to local officials in a closed meeting wednesday at the Heilbronn City Hall City spokeswoman Margil Adamek said. The Community representatives present were of the unanimous opinion that this proposal is not accept  the communities said in a press release. In response Boyle said. The . Position is that if they want us to turn Over specific facilities there is an accommodation  under that procedure the army would consider offers made through the West German government to Swap current installations for similar property. Barring that the army considers its Laci Hulics in Heilbronn to be vital. They Are really Good facilities and we have people living and working in substandard areas elsewhere Boyle said. Adamek said the City offered the army $13.9 Mil lion for bad neerhof Cavern last year and the army responded by offering it to the City for $54.5 million and a piece of land the same size. Boyle said he was not sure about the details of the offer. During the meeting people urging the americans to vacate their facilities demonstrated in front of the building. Adamek said. She said More than 1.000 peo ple look part in a similar downtown demonstration on Jan. 27. West German and . Officials plan to meet with local and state officials next week to discuss army proposals for 56lh Field arty come facilities in the Schwabish a mind and ecu Ulm areas. Baum older teacher suspended after alleged sexual misconduct by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Baum older. West Germany a Baum older High school teacher has been removed from the class room and notified that he May be fired following accusations that he fondled female students. The teacher was placed on administrative leave with pay dec. 7. On Jan. 26. School officials issued a pro posed notice of removal from Federal service Accord ing to Frank Ogara. A Dodds spokesman. The stars and stripes is withholding the teacher s name until official or criminal action has been taken. The teacher referred questions to his lawyer attorney Michael Maucri. The allegations arc  Maucri said Friday. This Sonc in a series of Witch  at least six students have told investigators that the teacher touched them in a sexual manner during the fall 1989 semester according to police and school sources. As a civilian department of defense employee the teacher is not subject to military prosecution. However military investigators have turned the Case Over to civil authorities in bad Kreuz Nach. A German police spokesman confirmed that his department is investigating a Baum older teacher for possible sexual misconduct. He said it could be months before a decision is made on whether to file criminal charges. The notice alleges inappropriate touching of female  Ogara said. It was issued after an investigation by Dodds officials and the Baum older Crimi Nal investigation come. The teacher has 20 Days to respond to the notice. Ten Days after his response school system officials will make the final decision on removal Ogara said. The 15 and 16-year-old girls claim they were fond led by the teacher while in class and forced to touch him in return. The investigation began in december when a 15-year-old complained to a teacher s aide. The student told the stars and stripes that the teacher began touching her in late september or Early  started when he called me up to his desk she said. He d put his hand up behind my jacket and slide it around to the front and touch the Side of my  she claims similar contacts occurred about 10 times even though she asked him to Slop. The student said she did not report the incidents because she was reluctant to make an Issue of the problem. Then in Early december the teacher sat next to her during a film in class and began threatening her she , he Lold me whal my Grade would be for the Quarter. Then he Lold me Hal if i took care of him he would Lake care of me she  grabbed my hand and put my hand on his Pri vate part. I moved it away. Then he grabbed it backhand put it there and held it for like five  she she also alleged thai As she left class that Day thei Cachur lucked a $20 Bill into her jacket pocket. At the urging of her Boyfriend she reported the incident to an aide in her next class. The $20 Bill was handed Over to the school principal. During the ensuing inc ligation five other girls lodged similar complaints sources  Kreuz Nach City prosecutor Hermann Hill Brand said the inc ligation involves charges of sexual misconduct with a minor under person s care. My is alleged Hal there was More than one instance of this misconduct and More than one minor was involved said Hill Brand. Under German Law the charges add up to a criminal  said that because some witnesses Are in the United states it will Lake some time for the Evi Dence to be evaluated. I would guess that it will be Ihrcke months before a decision is made As to when her or nol there will be a court hearing he said. Appetizer Cuyler Stein ten turns into the maw of a giant Fror but it s of Cuyler that monster is just Plas tic. The 2-year-old and her family were spending the Day at the West Edmonton mall Pool in Al Berta Canada seeking Refuge from near Zero temperatures that hit the area this week. Is ombudsman s plan draws fire Tokyo a a civilian editor at the Pacific stars and stripes says a recommendation to name a civilian As chief editor and make it easier to hire and fire personnel would not end the newspaper s prob lems. Dewey bracket who in earlier congressional Testi Mony had criticized conditions at he Tokyo based paper said proposals by ombudsman Philip m. Fisic could even weaken the newspaper s integrity and its  Fisic a former foreign editor at the Washington Post and executive editor of the International Herald Tribune was named ombudsman for the two stars and stripes newspapers last june. He was hired to look into allegations of censorship and other problems. His interim report on the Editorship of the papers recommends that a military officer continue to com Mand the paper s mix of military and civilian staff members but with the title of publisher instead of the current editor in chief. He said a civilian who has devoted his career to Quality daily print journalism should be in charge of what appears in the newspaper. He also recommends new personnel policies including the ability to dismiss editorial personnel cup cd piously for what the publisher and editor regard As valid professional cause and to hire the Best available  Bracken said Hal would give civilian journalists less prot Calion than they have now. Col. Edwin j. Montgomery who Rel Iris this Spring after four years As head of the Pacific paper said the ombudsman s proposal looks workable to me. The pc lagon is expected to consider in ombudsman s recommendations along with congressional views