European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 21,1990k-town sitting pretty in Case of pullout Community expected to be last to leave by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Kaiserslautern West Germany a . Forces in the Kaiserslautern military Community Likely will be the last to be withdrawn from West Germany the Ramstein a commander said. Col. Buz Carpenter told an audience at Vogel Weh elementary school that aside from the . Embassy in Bonn a the last Flag in Germany will be that of the Kaiserslautern military Community. Its that  Carpenter also predicted a i think the Kmic you see today to the same Kmic you la see 10 years from  the Community includes air Force installations at Ramstein a Kapaun and Einsiedler Hof air stations and Vogel Weh. It also includes the army a 21st theater army area come Headquarters and Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. About 60 people attended the town Hall meeting at the school thursday night. Another town Hall meeting will be held next month at Ramstein a. In his remarks Carpenter said he believes that Community members feel Uncertain about their future in Light of the sweeping changes in Eastern Europe conventional Force reduction talks under Way in Vienna Austria and defense budget slashing. Such times require greater communication he said. Noting that officials expect a conventional forces agreement with the Warsaw pact in the fall Carpenter said the treaty Likely will result in a removal of 110 air Force fighters or is percent of the fighter Force from Europe. He went on to say that the number would Proba Bly be reduced anyway because of budget cuts. The trend toward smaller defense budgets Likely will continue for at least the next five years but the Kaiserslautern military Community May Benefit financially when other bases close Carpenter said. One visible change resulting from immediate financial pressures will be an increase in the number of first term airmen whom the air Force sends overseas. About 18 percent of the Kaiserslautern Community a population now Are first Wermers a learning and serving at the same time a Carpenter said. The percentage will go up to roughly 36 percent he said. A byproduct will be an increase in the number of Young families who come overseas unprepared to Deal with life abroad Carpenter predicted. He called for a greater emphasis on educating them about practical issues before they  being sought on Bank Holdup Hanau West Germany a bad orb police Are offering a Reward of 3,000 Marks for information about two men possibly members of the . Military who robbed a Bank april 3. The men entered the Raiffeisen Bank Branch in Sembach under the pretence of using the restroom threatened. The Bank manager with a Large knife and fled with 43,000 German Marks $26,000according to the Hanau military Community. The men both Black composite photo fled in a of suspect White Bow series three Sedan with Usa eur License plates. One Man was described As tall Stocky and wore a White running suit. The other Man was Short and wore a Battle dress uniform. The Reward of $ 1,800 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of the robbers or recovery of the Money. Anyone with information can Call the Hanau criminal investigation come at 06181-88-8751 or 8863 or ets 322-8751 or 8863 the Hanau military police station at 06181-88-8222 or the bad orb criminal police at 06052-1001 or 1002.theft from Exchange spurs offer of Reward Forth West Germany a investigators Are offering a $1,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief who stole cameras and jewelry from the Niernberg military Community a main Exchange monday night or Early tuesday. The thief who apparently gained entry to the store by breaking a skylight and an Interior window stole about $25,000 Worth of merchandise. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to Contact the Niernberg criminal investigation come at ets 460-6708 or civilian 0911-700-6708. Ruling May let Naf employees avoid paying All income taxes by Dave Walczak and Chuck Vinch staff writers non appropriated fund workers overseas probably would not have to pay . Or foreign income taxes if a Federal court rules that they technically Are not . Government employees an internal Revenue service official said. Barbara Germann the assistant director of the irs office in Bonn West Germany said status of forces agreements consider Naf workers to be . Government employees which exempts them from Host nation income taxes. The Issue of tax jurisdiction arose monday when the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia heard arguments about the tax status of Naf workers overseas. However the court is not obligated to make a Broad ruling concerning the Case. Questions such As whether Naf workers would retain commissary and Exchange privileges for example would remain unanswered if the court issues a narrow ruling. David Matthews a business management instructor for the army Community and family support Center in Schwet Zingen West Germany contends that because none of the More than 30,000 Naf workers overseas Are paid with taxpayer funds they cannot be considered . Government employees for tax purposes. Matthews contends that Naf workers abroad qualify for the foreign earned income exclusion which exempts some americans from paying . Taxes on the first $70,000 of their income. A Revenue service official in Washington who asked not to be identified said the exclusion credit is designed to protect overseas americans who work for foreign companies from being taxed twice by the United states and Host country government. A it was never meant to allow someone to escape paying any income taxes at All a the official said. A basically Matthews is trying to exploit what he thinks is a Legal loophole. Gerald Kafka a Washington lawyer representing Matthews acknowledged that it looks like his client is seeking a a Windfall rather than a tax break a As one of the three member panel of judges noted monday. A a that a one of the cases Achilles heels a Kafka said. But he maintained current statutes support his argument. A if Congress wants to change the sofa agreements or change the . Tax Laws that a Fine a he said. A but the Way the Laws Are written right now Naf employees overseas should not have to pay any income  but the irs maintains that the 1981 tax Law changes did not alter the status of Naf employees abroad and that they still Are . Government employees for tax purposes. Germann said other . Citizens overseas have filed lawsuits similar to Matthews Case. A fall we can do is sit and wait a she said referring to the eventual ruling by the panel a we have always considered overseas Naf workers As government workers and that would change Only if the court rules in their  Germann said irs officials would discuss the tax status of the Naf work Force with West German authorities if Matthews wins. He lost the Case in Federal tax court last year prompting the Appeal. Counterfeit Bills found in 2 areas by Ron Mckinney staff writer Darmstadt West Germany a Small numbers of counterfeit $20, $50 and $100 Bills have turned up in the Stuttgart and Darmstadt military communities. Four fake $50 Bills were used this week at the scheduled airline ticket office overseas at Stuttgart a Robinson Barracks said Public affairs spokesman George Huttig. No other information was available on the incident which is under investigation staff sergeant killed in head on collision Span Dahlem a West Germany a amps a a 28-year-old Soldier assigned to Span Dahlem a was killed april 14 in a two car Accident on Highway b-51 near the base. A memorial service was held monday for staff sgt. Travis r. Wilburn of Alpha Btry 5th in 44th air defense arty. Wilburn died at the scene officials said. The Accident took place after Midnight when Wilburn a car collided head on with an oncoming car after Wilburn tried to pass another vehicle. Wilburn is survived by his wife air Meta and four children All of whom live in Georgia. No information was available about the people in the other car. By the criminal investigation come. A counterfeit $50 Bill and a $100 Bill also were used at the Robinson Barracks commissary. As a result customers wanting to use $50 or $100 Bills must sign their name and enter the Bill serial number in a log Book. Huttig said officials do not expect the policy to help them catch counterfeiters on the spot because the people using the phony Bills probably Are not aware they Are counterfeit. But the information can help investigators Trace the Bills to their source. In Darmstadt 12 counterfeit $20 Bills have been reported since february said Public affairs spokesman Joe Hitt. A to the untrained person it would look like any other $20 Bill a Hitt said. A but if you handle a lot of Cash you would probably be Able to Tell that it is a counterfeit  Hitt said the fake $20 Bills have a serial number beginning with either the letter l or b. The lines in Andrew Jackson a portrait Are also unclear an investigator said. The Bills also have a front plate number of 241, Hitt said. The front plate number is the Small number Between the two 20s on the right Edge of the Bill s face Side. The Back plate number located at the same position on the other Side has been 43. During the last two months five of the $20 Bills were discovered in cafes and other commercial deposits at the Darmstadt Branch of the merchants National Bank said Bank spokeswoman Yvonne Wise. A a they re pretty easy to spot a Wise said. A they just done to look like the real  ,. Because a relatively few counterfeit Bills have been detected she said the Bank does not consider it a serious prob while counterfeiting is considered a continuous problem throughout Europe a criminal investigation come official said that there is no specific area where the fake Bills Are concentrated. A we have not had any areas recently where we be been inundated with counterfeit Bills a said Raymond Kan Flat chief of Field operations at the 2nd he Gion  truckers accept offer Call off strike Rome a amps a truckers unto have accepted an offer from the ital government and have called off a Threa ened nationwide trucking strike. The strike by three major unions Raj resenting 50,000 Drivers was schedule to Start May 14 and last for two weeks n was to have been a follow on action we Klong truck stoppage Ini March. Offer  Day by the various truckers unions eluded hikes in wages and expenses