European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a a a the stars and stripes Friday september 28,1990 faces no place dependent cot faxes patience of the irs from wire reports Johnny Lee Motley of Indian Polis a High school dropout who prepared tax returns got in trouble with the internal Revenue service for improper deductions a like listing a cat As a dependent. Motley 39, was convicted of filing false income tax returns tuesday after a two Day trial in which he was the Only defense witness. He blamed his clients for any inaccuracies on the returns. A whether it was wrong or right i have known because i just put Down what they Tell me to nut Down a a said Motley who filled out at least 300 Federal tax returns for 80 clients. He was charged with helping customers to file 19 false returns. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. An undercover irs agent so Croce Anderson of san Francisco testified that she called Motley for an appointment in february 1989, identifying herself As she rec Allen. She said that Motley falsified her 1988 return by devising false or improper deductions Tor gambling losses Church and Charity donations work uniforms and As a dependent Mother. She said Motley also listed a a dunce Allens As her dependent entitling her to a $2,350 deduction. A a dunce is a fictitious cat that i made up a Anderson said. A emr. Motley put his last name Down As Allen. He told me a cat was like a companion that they can be claimed As a dependent.�?�$200 Gamble pays off a $200 investment in lottery tickets paid off wednesday for the 10 members of a family Pool who stepped Forward with the fourth winning ticket in the $100.5 million lotto Jackpot in Florida. The a Happy ten group regularly plays the Florida and fun Sylvania lotteries said one member Eileen Cernansky during a news conference at lotto offices in Tallahassee. The Happy tends share of the Florida Jackpot amounts to $17.75 million payable in annual instalments of $887,500.vaughan s last album a a it a like a morbid fascination. It stimulates and touches a lot of different nerves and emotions a said Kerry tort Eckof Antone a records in Austin. Vaughan who honed his musical style playing in Austin clubs died last month in a helicopter crash after a concert in Wisconsin. The Dallas native had recently completed the album a family style with older brother Jimmie Vaughan founder of the fabulous thunderbird. The album was released tuesday and Many store managers said they sold out by takes offence the executive producer of the television show a a coach apologized for insulting Buffalo n.y., during a promotion that ran on National television at halftime of monday nights nil game. In the promo actor Jerry Van Dyke who plays an assistant coach in the Abc to series said the Buffalo Bills would lose regardless of the final score of their game against the new York read my hips a Fez wearing Sailor on Liberty from the Carrier Saratoga seems to be trying to teach the limbo to a turkish exotic dancer in an Izmir nightclub. The ship was in port after arriving from duty in the persian Gulf. A even if you win you lose a Van Dyke told the Bills. A you still have to go Home to the line prompted dozens of outraged Telephone Calls to a Kew to abcs Buffalo affiliate. The stations newscasters denounced the remark. Barry Kemp the series chief writer and executive producer called the line a a thoughtless special a Houston restaurant owner who tied the Price of a businessman a lunch to that of a barrel of Oil As a gimmick several years ago is sticking with the offering As the Cost of crude Oil soars. Steve Zimmerman owner of la Colombe do or began serving the Oil barrel lunch in 1985 when crude prices were cheap and falling. A it was $9 and a Little change then a said restaurant spokeswoman Gina Stansbury. In the five years the special has been on the menu the restaurants chefs have had to keep adding items As the Price of a barrel of Oil has grown. With crude Selling for As much As $38.18 a barrel the once inexpensive lunch is approaching the Cost of the exclusive restaurants regular fare. But Texas oilmen Are on the rebound and can afford the Bill Stansbury said and business is burned up a California Man who matches singles for a living Isnit amused by a Bank a lighthearted and slogan a we handle More zeros than a dating Jeffrey Ullman president of the great expectations dating service of Encino led a protest tuesday outside Santa Monica Bank urging customers to close their accounts. A since Santa Monica Bank believes that single people Are zeros we re asking All people single and married to reduce their Bank accounts to Zero a said Ullman who was joined by about 35 other protesters including managers of two other dating services. A a it a a Little bit of humor that a meant to bring a smile not an attack by dating services a said Pat Robertson of the Bank sad Agency team one advertising. A a we re just playing on zeros in terms of monetary sums. Its just a comment on contemporary society that we Veall had a Zero repents after being pulled Over by legislators North Dakota gov. George sinner has donated his radar Detector to a Charity auction. A it grieves me greatly to part with this priceless family heirloom but in a willing to make this sacrifice in the interest of promoting mental Tranquility for Bryce Streibel and Pete Naaden a he said. The two Republican state senators noticed the Detector on the dashboard of sinners truck two weeks ago. They noted that sinner had called on truckers to Alert police to speeders yet owned a devise that is of value Only to speeders. The governor at first shrugged off the matter calling the Detector a sort of a sacred emotional things that had sentimental value As a gift from his children. But on tuesday he apologized. The North Dakota mental health association was to sell the radar Detector at its annual place for kids done to let your children be tempted into following the teenage mutant ninja turtles into the sewers parents in England Are being urged. The crime busting cartoon turtles love pizza and say things like a co Rabunga dude a they also live in the sewers and a British health and safety Agency says the Turtle craze has encouraged some children to venture underground. A a what Sok for ninja turtles May not be Good for children a warned Gus Gauguin of the British health and safety executive. A a done to let your children be tempted to follow their cartoon heroes. In adventures Down recently two youngsters who were playing ninja turtles were rescued from a Culvert by firefighters at Stoke on Trent. Other incidents have been reported in Leeds Hertfordshire and London. A children and parents should realize that sewers culverts a a a. Are erts and other underground drainage networks extremely dangerous places a Gauguin said. J dear Abby recently my husband and i gave our daughter what we hoped would be an elegant wedding reception followed by a sit Down dinner. A Cousin of mine brought her two Young uninvited children Ages 4 and 6, who made a nuisance of themselves running around the cake Tabic screaming laughing and playing tag while the dinner was in Progress. I had to get up from my place at the table to ask them to please go sit with their Mother. Because i did not expect the children there were no place cards for them but they sat Down first displacing two other guests for whom i had to find other seating we were Short two dinners but fortunately the caterers were Able to handle it Abby please please please Tell your readers that if they receive a wedding invitation that does not specifically include their children they should not assume that the children arc invited. It is incredible that dear Abby people actually need to be told this but apparently they do so be a a a dear and Tell them. Brides Mother in Indiana dear Mother in be been trying to get that message across for More than three decades. Each time i have been bombarded with critical mail telling me that children a a need exposure to adult gatherings in order to learn How to conduct themselves. I have also been called a an old Fuddy Duddy to suggest that uninvited guests of any age can drive a hostesses blood pressure up a and Wear her patience Down. Dear Abby when i read the letter from a dog tired a it brought Back memories of the same Type of situation i had years ago. I also had a Barking dog in my neighbourhood that nearly drove me crazy. The owner was a bartender who did no to get Home until about 3 . Meanwhile the dog barked at anything and everything it heard or saw moving. I complained to the owner several times to no Avail. I was simply told that i was the Only person in the neigh boyhood who was disturbed. I spoke to some of the neighbors and they told me that they were unwilling to it sign a petition of complaint so i had to find my Owr solution. I put amp new two hour cassette tape into my recorded and set it in my bedroom window when i went to bed a 11 . I turned it on and just let it run while the do serenaded me for two hours non Stop. The next Day i took the recorder to my neighbors Home and turned up the volume and played it for him believe me i did no to have to play it very Long before h asked me to please turn it off. He then picked up that Telephone and called a Friend who lived in the Counti and asked him How soon he could come and get the dog. Deardon d0nin Chula Vista. Calif thanks for a Doggone Good idea. To undecided in Victor Ville Calif go to school and learn a Trade. A the that hath a Trad hath an estate and he that hath a calling hath a place o profit and Honor. A Plowman on his legs is higher than gentleman on his Benjamin Frank to
