European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 . Medical Aid arrives in Moscow Moscow apr . And soviet military cargo planes landed at Moscow a Sheremetyev Airport tuesday with about $10 million in . Medicine and equipment for soviet children a hospitals. The Aid is part of a Campaign launched by soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze who is president of the soviet foreign policy association. The association is a think tank Shevardnadze founded after his dramatic resignation last year. Humanitarian Aid from Sweden also arrived tuesday in St. Petersburg the second largest soviet City. The swedish plane which brought sugar vegetable Oil and canned food was accompanied by Alf Svensson Sweden a minister of humanitarian Aid and chairman of its Christian democratic party. Amid ongoing political and economic collapse the soviet Union has been seeking Medicine food and warm clothing. The russian information Agency reported tuesday that 140,000 of the 2.2 million retired people in Moscow need help. About 5,300 families and 74,000 single mothers also need assistance it said quoting City officials. The soviet and russian governments Are virtually bankrupt and social assistance programs Are poorly developed in a country that Long denied the existence of the disadvantaged and did not allow charities. Wiesenthal to release list of sex nazis in East Germany Berlin apr nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal said tuesday he will turn Over to German authorities a list of hundreds of suspected nazi War criminals allegedly harboured by former communist East Germany. Nearly a half Century after the holocaust the 82-year-old Wiesenthal relentlessly pursues those who carried out the third Reich s extermination Campaign against the jews. He was presented the prestigious Otto Hahn peace medal on tuesday night at a ceremony attended by Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other dignitaries. Wiesenthal told reporters he would provide a list of unresolved nazi War crimes cases to Justice minister Klaus Kinkel next month. He said he believed East German officials covered up some of the cases and forced former nazis to work for them. The East germans never cooperated with West Germany to uncover nazi criminals he said a but there were Many blackmailed with the knowledge that those in East Germany knew about their  in some cases he said children of former nazis were also blackmailed. Wiesenthal operates the nazi documentation Center in Vienna Austria. The Otto Hahn peace medal sponsored by the German society for the United nations was awarded for a decades of pursuing Justice human dignity and understanding and for exemplary civil courage Quot the citation said. It is named after the German nuclear scientist who talked German dictator Adolf Hitler out of developing an atomic bomb. Hahn also helped smuggle jews out of  out the goodies 55 Peggy Dovid ton Carlo and his 66th Security police so dog handler staff sgt Chris Batta Check out pet food donated by sem Bach a Germany commissary shoppers. Betta was instrumental in get Ting his unit to sponsor the project benefiting an animal shelter at the Kaiserslautern Germany suburb of Einsley werhof. As of monday More than 900 pounds had been  filing Means speedy tax refunds by Ron Jensen staff writer Darmstadt Germany a time comes to a halt when a taxpayer is awaiting the mailman a delivery of his or her tax refund. Glaciers Cross entire continents and wars Are fought in the time it takes for a refund Check to arrive. But with the army a use of electronic filing last year in Europe however Many soldiers received their refund in As few As 10 Days. A a person that has a refund coming and wants it quickly this is the system that will do it for them a said it. Col. Thomas j. Romig the staff judge advocate for the 32nd air defense arty come. The system he referred to is one owned by the speeds company of Minneapolis. With it tax returns arrive at the irs in one Day and refunds Are often paid within two weeks. The system was used by 3,273 people last year when it was tried on a Pilot basis within Usa eur. That figure makes the system a Success to the operations manager of speeds. A i think it was extremely successful a said Whitney Holder. A filing 3,000 tax returns in your first year is a fabulous  she said offices that handled the electronic returns can probably expect a 10 percent increase this year. Holder who is in Germany this week conducting workshops on the filing system said that electronic tax filing has been growing in popularity in the states Whitney Holder the operations manager of speeds conducts a workshop on electronic tax filing in Darmstadt Germany. George since 1986, when 25,000 returns were filed via computer. The number reached 7.5 million last year and is expected to grow at 100 percent rate for the next two years which will mean about 30 million of the 113 million taxpayers will not be waiting by the Mailbox. About 60 percent of taxpayers receive refunds which average about $1,100, Holder said. Chief warrant officer 2 Joe Robertson a Legal administrator in the 32nd�?Ts judge advocate office said that there Are few restrictions on who can use the free service. It is available Only to those who qualify for a refund and whose return is not extremely Complex. But Robertson said that includes almost All soldiers. A the Bottom line is if you re getting a refund More than Likely you qualify for the program a he said. The system is easy to use he said. A Soldier or civilian worker simply fills out the tax forms As usual. But instead of mailing it it is taken to an office where it is entered into a computer and sent to the office of speeds which sends it immediately to the irs in Andover mass. If the taxpayer wants the refund deposited directly into the Bank within about 10 Days he or she provides the Bank account number. A refund by Check will arrive within about two weeks. Robertson suggested that soldiers Check with their local Community Slegal office to see where to deliver the forms for inputting. Romig said the system provides Quality control As Well As Speed. If there is a mistake in a taxpayers math on the return the computer will automatically Point it out. The army began using electronic filing in the states in 1987 at fort Bragg n.c., and it is now available on nearly All army installations stateside