European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 c the stars and stripes thursday May 28, 1992mail-order firms Happy with tax ruling new York apr Catalon companies and other mail order retailers relaxed after the supreme court handed them at least a Short term Victory in their fight against having to collect out of state sales taxes. The ruling tuesday could ultimately Force companies such As . Bean and lands end to collect taxes in states where they done to have offices or other facilities hut Only if Congress approves. That observers say is a big  Steve Ashley a Catalon Industry analyst with the securities firm clearly Gull Reiland amp Mcdevitt in Milwaukee said the retailers a just had a Complete Victory a state officials Hope the decision will Spur Congress to close what they Call a loophole that could have provided state treasuries $3.3 billion this year. Still a a we be got a Long Way to go a said Chris Zim Merman chief economist at the National conference of state Legislatures. State officials were encouraged however that the justices said unanimously that Congress could Grant states the Power to Force the companies to collect taxes from out of state customers. That removes part of the reason Congress had been reluctant to act Zimmerman said since previously a there was some ambiguity such legislation could be  the retailers led by the direct marketing association opposed having to collect sales taxes from states where they done to have what a known As a business presence a offices stores or warehouses. Besides having to collect the state taxes they envisioned collecting local taxes for thousands of local jurisdictions. Of Quot w a a i i a v a i l from Consumers in states Ancier a uni  had to collect taxes Only where the firms had a business presence. But state officials asked the justices to overturn the ruling which said obligating retailers to collect taxes would violate their due process rights and obstruct interstate Commerce. The justices tuesday reversed the due process part of the 1967 ruling but said it was up to Congress to decide whether tax collecting would Burden interstate Commerce. Several observers doubted Congress would move soon. Marcia Aaron an analyst with Montgomery securities inc. In san Francisco said a it was a positive ruling for direct marketers. At least near term its in their favor. Long term who knows?�?�55 More Usa eur units tabbed for withdrawal by the stars and stripes . Army Europe on wednesday released a list of 55 additional units that will withdraw from Europe or have left already. Most will inactivate or deactivate. Only 13 of the units included in wednesdays announcement will Transfer to locations in the United states. The 55 units most of which Are in Germany have a total authorized strength of 7,215, but Hilde Patton of the commands Public affairs office said that Many of the units Are not at full strength. The bulk of the units Are Field artillery groups and detachments but the list also includes ordnance brigades and companies military police companies a combat support Hospital and other units. The list includes units stationed in Germany Greece Italy the Netherlands and Turkey. Two Turkey units both Field artillery detachments left in april. Pat ton said the command did not announce the withdrawal of those units until now because a approval through the Levels of command often delays a Public  she said the withdrawal of those units was linked to the overseas base closure announcement made last week. Wednesdays announcement brings to 95,589 the number of positions affected by withdrawal of army units from Europe. Patton said the pullouts a were an ongoing process a and that a additional announcements will be  she provided no other details about which army units remaining in the command will withdraw. Soldiers assigned to units scheduled for relocation to the United states will remain in those units. Soldiers in units not designated for moves to the United states will Transfer to other units Patton said. Usa eur units deactivating or inactivating personnel authorization unit location departure month 1992 Germany 38 3rd Field arty det Heidelberg May 41 5th Field arty det Bremerhaven May 37 24th Field arty det Numberg May 38 25th Field arty det Bremerhaven May 68 26th Field arty det Hanau May 37 36th Field arty det Nomberg May 97 69th Field arty det Hanau May 78 84th Field arty det Stuttgart May 108 510th Ord co Numberg May 51 13th Field arty det Bremerhaven May 41 75th Field arty det Bremerhaven May 39 99th Ord co Bremerhaven May 54 Headquarters det 294th arty group Bremerhaven june 89 Headquarters det 512th arty group Numberg june 56 1st Field arty det Wesel june 38 81st Field arty det Munster june 38 30th Field arty det Hanau june 38 7th Field arty det Hanau june 37 32nd Field arty det Bremerhaven june 56 83rd Field arty det Frankfurt june 232 556th military police co Stuttgart june 89 4th Field arty det Hanau june 111 162nd Ord co Bremerhaven june 108 96th Ord co Hanau june 86 Headquarters det 557th arty group Hanau june 200 525th Ord co Stuttgart june 200 545th Ord co Frankfurt june 232 6th military police co Frankfurt june 126 27th Ord co Buren june 96 Headquarters det 552nd arty group Bremerhaven june 92 Headquarters det 570th arty group Munster Handorf june 76 Headquarters co 72nd Ord in Frankfurt june 129 165th signal co Kaiserslautern june 200 64th Ord co Kaiserslautern june 49 22nd aviation det Kaiserslautern july 283 164th military police co Kaiserslautern August 200 9th Ord co Kaiserslautern August 196 619th Ord co bad Kreuz Nach August 232 165th military police co Kaiserslautern september 37 Headquarters service Btry 59th Ord brigade Pir Masens september 208 Headquarters co 59th Ord brigade Pir Masens september Greece 90 19th Field arty det Peri Volaski july 57 Headquarters det 558th military police cd i eleusis september Italy 72 11th Field arty det Vicenza june 81 12th Field arty det Derzo june 85 Headquarters det 559th arty group Vicenza August 136 69th Ord co Longare August the Netherlands 64 8th Field arty det  june 37 23rd Field arty det to Harde june Turkey 47 10th Reid arty det or Takoy april 41 14th Field arty det Kos Ekoy april 68 70th Ord det Cakmak i april 64 21st Reid arty det. Cornu june 56 27th Field arty det Erzurum june 119 Headquarters det 528th Field arty group Cakmak i july i following units All located in Germany will relocate to the United states. Personnel Short Patlon unit from to departing in August 1992 113 31st combat support Hospital Stuttgart fort Bliss Texas departing in october 1992 164 40th truck co Mannheim fort Lewis Wash. 158 300th military police co Stuttgart fort Leonard Wood 158 204th military police co Stuttgart fort Polk la. 175 229th combat support co Stuttgart fort Polk la. Departing in december 1992 186 a co 11th signal in Kaiserslautern fort Polk la. Departing in february 1993 143 2nd truck co Giessen fort Hood Texas departing in april 1993 57 he co 142nd combat support in Wiesbaden fort Polk la. 158 66th military police co Karlsruhe fort Lewis Wash. Departing in september 1993 252 546th Maint co Pir Masens fort Polk la. 158 59th military police co Pir Masens fort Carson Colo. 158 64th military police co Karlstedt fort Hood Texas 57 69th personnel service co Mannheim fort Sill okla. Florida s Fascell becomes 65th to quit House Washington a House foreign affairs committee chairman Dante b. Fascell announced wednesday that he will not seek a 20th term saying a i would like to do some other  the 75-year-old Florida Democrat said the decision was made for a purely personal reasons but he conceded that a drastically redrawn congressional District was a Factor. A a in be done my Job and now its somebody else a turn a he told a roomful of reporters committee colleagues and staff members. Fascelli a announcement brought to 65 the number of House members who will not be Back next year a pos world War ii High. He said he May seek work As a consultant or teaching but has not made any final decisions. His retirement Means rep. Lee h. Hamilton d-ind., will move up to chairmanship of the committee whose Job it is to authorize foreign policy and foreign Aid programs. Fascell represents Florida a 19th District stretching from Coral Gables to key West. But his District has been reshaped in Florida a redistricting to include much of Western Broward county a full of voters who have never had Fascelli a name on their ballot. First elected to Congress in 1954, Fascell has been one of Florida a most respected political leaders with a Strong environmental record that dates Back Long before it became a popular Issue in the state. Among other things he pushed through legislation declaring most of the Florida keys a National Marine Sanctuary and Banning offshore drilling. As head of the House foreign affairs committee he has tried to push for a bigger democratic role in a bipartisan foreign policy supporting president Bush a use of Force in the persian Gull and backing initiatives such As radio and to Marti aimed at keeping pressure on cubans communist regime. But Fascell has expressed increasing frustration in recent years with his committees inability to gain passage of Basic foreign Aid legislation