European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 13, 1993homeless people in . Getting tuberculosis tests from wire reports Washington a the District of Columbia on monday began testing homeless people for tuberculosis in the nations first organized Effort by a City to combat the resurgent disease among that High risk group. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly and the City a Public health commissioner or. Mohammed n. Akhter visited a salvation army homeless shelter to announce the testing program. Through the program they Hope to reach 5,000 homeless men and women by late  adult trial for boy Philadelphia a a 12-year-old boy accused of setting a fire that killed his half sister will be treated As a juvenile and not tried As a adult a judge ruled monday. Common pleas judge Michael Stiles transferred the Case to juvenile court on a motion from the boys lawyer Jack Myers and with the agreement of prosecutors. Police said the boy was playing with matches and ignited a pile of laundry. As the fire spread he left the House without alerting anyone. New Tyson trial sought Indianapolis a barring of three witnesses from testifying at Mike Tyson a rape trial and reports that his victim Hhd made plans for Book and movie deals should be grounds Fot a new trial. Attorney Alan m. Dershowitz said monday. A. Dershowitz and three jurors who last year convicted the former heavyweight boxing Champion appeared on the Maury Povich show. Dershowitz is representing Tyson. The defense lawyer repeated claims he made last month when the attorney for Desiree Washington said talk show demands for a new trial were Quot a Public relations Effort to besmirch the former Beauty contestant. Washington accused Tyson of raping her during the miss Black America pageant in Indianapolis in july 1991. Tyson is serving a six year prison  request gag order Geneva Iii. A the lawyer for a couple accused of leaving their daughters Home alone while they vacationed in Mexico has asked a judge to impose a gag order in the Case because Quot too much crazy stuff is getting  Quot it has been getting out through several agencies but it seems to be leaking out somehow a said Gerard Kepote the attorney for David and Sharon schoo. 1 prosecutors say the schoos left their daughters Ages 9 and 4, alone in their St. Charles Home when the couple went to Acapulco Mexico Over Christmas. The schoos were arrested on their return from their nine Day vacation. They were charged with child abandonment and cruelty to  charged with arson Houston Texas a a popular Houston disc jockey was charged monday with arson in a november 1992 fire that damaged a South Houston nightclub. Police said Jimmy Olson whose real name is Charles Alan Pribilski was charged with second degree arson. He was freed after posting a $5,000 Bond. Officers said Olson set fire to or. Jas nightclub following a disagreement with the clubs owner. Fire chief Eddie Corral said Quot apparently he had some kind of hassle with the club owner so he went Over and torched the place a Olson worked As an on air personality for Krux radio and a mjg radio before he was dropped by both stations and began working in nightclubs As a disc jockey. Olson is expected to return to court for arraignment on Jan. 2.vmissile Hauler charged Monroe la. A police filed charges monday against the Driver of an 18-wheel truck that crashed Here while hauling military  Mcgregor 47, of Pensacola fla., was charged with failing to maintain control in the new year s eve Accident. The crash forced the. Evacuation of 1,500 people in a Monroe neighbourhood. The stars and stripes Washington a the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms called monday for an impartial review of the Agency a handling of sexual harassment complaints the move came a Day after cd so 60 minutes broadcast a report alleging that the Bureau failed to prevent harassment and retaliated against those who filed complaints. Quot there Are serious questions concerning both the allegations made on the program and the truthfulness of what 60 minutes portrayed that will Best be reviewed by investigators who Are not part of the Agency a the Agency s director Stephen e. Higgins said in a news release. He said he has asked the Treasury departments inspector Genera to investigate the allegations and he promised full cooperation. On sunday 60 minutes ran a segment in which a handful of female agents said they were sexually harassed by male agents. The women said that when they complained their supervisors retaliated against them. Higgins accused 60 minutes of a Quot Lack of integrity and sensationalism in the report. Quot for example contrary to assertions made in the program neither complainant who stated they had been demoted had been a Higgins said. Quot one remains a senior aft Law enforcement supervisor the other a ii  a a v v a i have never Felt More confident of a Story s accuracy a you have to do a Alt Down with these women. They Are not complainers. A newsman Mike Wallace special agent.�?�. But 60 minutes correspondent Mike Wallace said he stood by his report. T have never Felt More confident of n Sibi a accuracy a he said monday. Quot All you have to do is sit Down with these women they Are not  one of the women agent Michele Roberts said the a Bureau had planned to demote her but backed Down after she went to 60 minutes and after so Chad filed for a court injunction to prevent the action. Roberts told 60 minutes that she had been sexually harassed by then agent Patrick Hourihan who was her subordinate. But Bureau spokesman Jack Killorin said it was Hourihan who had filed the sexual harassment complaint against Roberts a a although he was later suspended for making threats against her. He has since quit the Agency. Washington a the supreme court on tuesday narrowed the number of taxpayers allowed to claim deductions for an in Home office. The court ruled 8-1, that taxpayers generally May not take such Home office deductions if they spend the majority of their workdays elsewhere. Government a _ lawyers had estimated the ruling would j r Yil affect a Many thousands of Ameri i a Kim cans. A a we i the decision in a Virginia Case did supreme i not create any hard and fast Rule. But court 1 Justice Anthony m. Kennedy wrote for he court that Quot two primary consider. At ions exist for determining whether a Home office the deduction is valid. Those Are Quot the relative importance of the activities performed at each business location and the time spent at each place a Kennedy said. The Federal tax code says Home office expenses May not be claimed As income tax deductions it a taxpayer works elsewhere. But the code makes an exception for a Home office Quot exclusively used on a regular basis As the principal place of  lower courts had reached conflicting decisions on the Legal definition of Quot principal place  on tuesday the court defined it to give a Legal setback to Nader Soliman a self employed Anaesthesiologist who uses a spare bedroom in his Mclean va., Home As his office. On his Federal income tax return for 1983, Soliman claimed $2,500 in deductions for condominium fees utilities and depreciation attributable to the Home office. The internal Revenue service disallowed the deductions. The tax Agency said the office was not Solimany a principal place of business noting that he spent most of his workweek practising at two hospitals in Maryland and one in Virginia. At each Hospital he administered anaesthesia and provided other services for patients. None of the hospitals provided Soliman with an office. He used his Home office to keep patient records correspondence Billing records medical journals and texts. Soliman worked two to three hours a Day in the office a keeping records preparing for treatments and speaking by Telephone with surgeons. The . Tax court ruled for Soliman after rejecting a Quot focal Point lest it had used in previous cases. Under that test the court would allow tax deductions Only if the. Home office was where goods and services were provided to customers and revenues were generated. But in Solimany Scase the l a court adopted a new test a allowing deductions if a taxpayers Home office Quot is essential to his business he spends substantial time there and there is no other location available to perform the office functions of the  the 4th . Circuit court of appeals upheld that Standard but other appeals courts rejected it in other  the appeals court Kennedy said Soliman Quot was not entitled to a deduction for Home office  Quot the in to 15 hours per week spent in the Home office measured against the 30 to 35 hours per week at the three hospitals Are insufficient to Render the Home office the principal place of business a Kennedy said. Justice John Paul Stevens dissented and called the decision Quot most  he said it would Quot Breed uncertainty in the Law. And unfairly penalize deserving taxpayers a government lawyers said the 4th circuit courts Standard would generate Many new claims for Home office deductions. Leukaemia victim challenging skating rink policy Cedarburg wis. Up the father of a 13-year-old girl with leukaemia is accusing the owner of a roller skating rink of discriminating against his daughter. His daughter would not remove a Bandanna on her balding head in violation of the rink s policy. Martin Laufer 56, the owner of Ozark be ska Leland in Cedarburg about 20 Miles North of Milwaukee said he prohibits skaters from wearing hats or bandannas that Are not securely attached. Jack Hale took his daughter Melissa and her Friend to the roller rink saturday night. Laufer asked Melissa who has lost most of her hair because of chemotherapy treatments to remove her Bandanna. Quot i explained to him a my daughter has leukaemia and has undergone chemotherapy and she had to Wear the Bandanna a a Hale said monday. Quot he said that a the rules a the three decided to leave the rink but the Hales did no to give up. They later spoke with the owner and his son Chuck Laufer 28, who said allowing skaters to Wear a a unattached Jie Adgear would expose the rink to liability for accidents. The rink does not have liability insurance Chuck Laufer said and could he sued if a hat or Bandanna fell and tripped someone. Kaye Vance the Hales attorney said she has warned the Laufers that their policy violates the americans with disabilities act