European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 7,1990 Cheney not told about off target stealth bombing after one of two f-117a stealth Jet fighter Hui used in the Panama invasion dropped a bomb a a waver target his spokesman said Friday. Y Quot the omission left Cheney repeatedly touting pinpoint accuracy Quot of the futuristic f-ii7a note despite the incident during the dec. 20 attack. Residents of other Collins Avenue hotels watch firefighters Battle a three alarm fire at the Fontana  guts Miami Beach hotel 3 die 21 Hurt 14 still missing Miami Beach Fla. Apr frantic tenants jumped from their windows or groped through Smoky hallways As a pre Dawn fire destroyed a three Story residential hotel Friday killing three people and injuring 21, officials said. Fourteen residents were unaccounted for hours after the three alarm Blaze broke out at the Fontana hotel on Collins Avenue North of Miami Beach s trendy Art Deco District fire chief Brenaird Dorris said. But officials had no evidence they were trapped inside. Many of the 100 to 150 residents were retirees some of whom had to flee without their medications or hearing aids. The hotel had smoke alarms but no sprinklers authorities said. Mayor Alex Daoud said the intensity of the 3 . Fire has led investigators to suspect arson but Detec Tive Jim Hyde said no evidence of arson had been found during the investigation s Early stages. Residents said the fire started near an elevator Shaft at the front of the 102-room hotel. Hyde said two of the bodies were found in the lobby area. Residents fled in night clothes Robes or whatever they could grab while members of a romanian immigrant family who have owned the White stucco hotel since May knocked on doors to Alert everyone. The Fontana was built in 1951 and complied with a 3-year-old ordinance requiring electric smoke alarms in each room assistant fire chief John Reed said. The Only major violation in the most recent City fire inspection last september was Battery powered alarms which were replaced officials said. The hotel was not equipped with sprinklers which wont be required by state Law until october 1991. In addition Cheney s spokesman Pete Williams was kept ignorant of the error until after he disclosed info mation about the Long classified aircraft at a pen aeon press briefing tuesday. Cd id on in the Days following the . Invasion Pentagon officials said the High technology planes were used for the first time in combat dropping 2,000-Pound bombs near a panamanian defense forces Barracks in order to stun and confuse the troops As . Paratroop ers dropped onto a nearby Airfield. P Williams confirmed Friday that one of the planes actually dropped its bomb some distance away because of an apparent Pilot error. A the pilots were told to drop their bombs no closer than 50 meters from two separate Barracks buildings Williams said. But because of a last minute misunderstanding Between the pilots the second f-117a dropped its bomb on a Hillside some distance away Williams said. A the first bomb hit 55 meters from one of the Barracks but the second bomb was Way off target a Williams said. He also acknowledged that he did no to know about the bombing mistake despite weeks of preparation for his Al 17a briefing tuesday in which he disclosed Long classified details about the radar evading fighter bomber. A it was news to us a Williams said Friday about the disclosure in the new York times and the Trade publication aerospace daily that one of the f-117as had missed its intended target by More than 300 Yards. Williams said neither he nor Cheney knew about the pilots error until after they were questioned about an off target bomb Crater by new York times correspondent Michael Gordon who had a photograph of it. Asked when the air Force informed him and Cheney Williams said they were not told about the mistake until tuesday afternoon after the Al 17a briefing took place. Air Force spokeswoman capt. Susan St Mednansky declined to comment on the matter Friday. Suicide victims widow urges panel to keep irs a from destroying lives Washington apr the widow of a businessman who killed himself so his insurance Money could finance a Battle with the internal Revenue service pleaded with Congress on Friday to a control the irs to keep it from destroying Peoples  a this kind of thing should never have happened to me and Alex a Kay m. Council of High Point n.c., told the Senate finance oversight subcommittee. A we did no to do anything wrong. We just got caught up in the Middle of a big irs screw up and we  get out of  irs commissioner Fred t. Goldberg jr., who preceded Council on the witness stand was not asked about her Case but said his Agency is making significant Progress in implementing the 1988 Law known As the a taxpayer Bill of  a citizens of this country have More rights today in proceeding against the Irso than against any other Agency a and i think that is Good a Goldberg said. He said employees have been put on notice that a we need to be attentive to  nine years after the councils got into trouble with the irs by writing off a $70,000 loss from a tax shelter Council returned Home one night in june 1988 to find a note from her husband a my Dearest Kay a i have taken my life in order to provide capital for you. The irs and its liens which have been taken against our property illegally by a runaway Agency of our government have dried up All sources of credit for us. So i have made the Only decision i can. Its purely a business decision you will find my body on the lot on the North Side of the  Council 48, eventually won a Federal court ruling that she and her husband owed the irs nothing not the $300,000 in taxes interest and penalties the irs claimed. The court held that the irs deficiency notice was sent four months after the statute of limitations had expired. The irs had apparently mis addressed an earlier notice. By the time the dispute was decided by the courts Council had sold her Home and paid $70,000 in Legal fees her credit rating was ruined and As she put it a i was cheated of growing old with the Man i  she said the poor have Little Chance of fighting the bureaucracy. A i done to think i would have Ever gotten into a courtroom if my attorneys Hadnot known that i had $250,000 from Alexis life insurance a she said. Councils Story highlighted a hearing on How the irs has responded to the 1988 Law aimed at protecting rights of citizens involved in disputes with the tax Agency. She has refused to waive her privacy rights blocking the irs from commenting on any part of her tax history. Goldberg said the tax Agency is doing Well in implementing the Law which requires that taxpayers be notified of their nights that the Agency give earlier notice before imposing a Lien on property and that notices of additional taxes owed spell out such claims in Clear language. A what the american Public resents is complexity uncertainty. Hassles with the irs that take month after month after month to resolve a Goldberg said. He adamantly denied that the irs has a quota system for rewarding employees on the basis of How much they collect. He called reprehensible a a a Snitch scheme reported to the subcommittee in which the irs supposedly would reduce the taxes of any business that turned in competitors who were cheating. A it  be happening a Goldberg said. A if it is wed like to know about it and will put a Stop to it  David Keating executive vice president of the National taxpayers Union said that in the fight for taxpayer rights much Progress has been made but More Legal protections Are  ninety year old Gena Scarbrough shows off the weapons she used to scare away a burglar who sneaker into her Dallas Home this week