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Show fnar7hP Editorials . . . WHEN YOUR NEST EGG IS U.S. SAVINGS VUCAN RE$T XX AfijJ BONPS, ZS, jM ..Comments CAPSULE LAW 'Words, Words, Words!' The question of which divorced parent has the right to claim the deduction for a minor child is a frequent one. The support test for a child of parents who are divorced or legally separated by decree or written agreement is as follows: If the combined support furnished by both parents amounts of the total to more than child for of a the year, and support if the child is in the custody of one or both of his parents for more than one-haof the year, generally the. parent who has custody for the greater portion of the year is entitled to the deduction. If the decree of divorce or separate maintenance or a written one-ha- lf Family Nest Egg taught that we should never take good things for granted. There is an important exception U. S. Savings Bonds. Millions of Americans everywhere already take Bonds for granted. They receive them regularly through Payroll Savings and Plans. The Bonds are purchased automatically. The money isn't missed it is amassed. And the growing family nest egg of Savings Bonds is there when needed most for unexpected We are Bond-A-Mon- th emergencies and for the "good expenses" new home, education, weddings, vacations, retirement. Unlike other ways of making money "grow," you count on the guaranteed interest U. S. Savings Bonds pay now per cent when held to maturity of 5 years, 10 months. You can't get back less than the purchase price. You also count on the "indestructibility" of Savings Bonds. The Treasury replaces lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed Bonds free of charge to the owner. Thousands of Americans have already experienced that extra service of "a friend in need." Although they may have lost other valuable possessions in floods, fires, hurricanes and like disasters, their Savings Bonds have always been restored. (AFPS) Poor Rationale Three airmen huddled around a small table in a downtown bar. They stared silently at their glasses and seemed lost in deep thought. The oldest of the three airmen, Bob, age 25, broke the stillness. "Hey man, I know where we can score some really good grass. This guy has some good stuff." Chuck, 20, and Hal, 22, sat quietly. They had smoked pot before. But lately the heat was on and blowing grass was getting hazardous. The lifers in particular were getting downright nasty about marijuana smoking. Chuck ordered another drink as Bob left. "You know, I really don't understand why everybody is so uptight against pot. It sure beats booze to hell and back. No hangover either." "Yeah," Hal rationalized. "Seems like we got a bunch of experts on marijuana running around and I'll bet none of them have ever tried it. It's the best way I know to relax and let yourself go." "That's for sure," Hal agreed. "Nobody, nowhere has any proof that marijuana is any more dangerous then booze. I've been blowing grass for five years now and it hasn't hurt me." "Same here," Chuck said. "It seems like people just don't like anything that is different. The older folks are afraid. They just keep grass illegal for spite. I know a lot of people who smoke pot and none of them have ever turned into freaks." Bob returned with a small bag of marijuana. "Look at this," he said. "Pure gold. Guaranteed to get you on quick." The three men sat quietly as Chuck stuffed a pipe bowl full of grass. He lit the pipe and inhaled deeply. The pipe was passed around the room and pretty soon the three were deep in their own worlds. The sticky sweet smell of pot spread gently around the small bar. The bartender didn't care. As long as they paid for their drinks, everything was cool . However, two armed forces policemen on street patrol thought otherwise. The charge was wrongful possession of marijuana. Penalties include dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and up to five years imprisonment. For all their rationalization about smoking marijuana, Chuck and Hal missed one indisputable fact. It's illegal. (AFNS) so-call- lf agreement provides that the parent not having custody is entitled to the deduction, it will be binding if that parent has contributed at least $600 for the support of the child during the year. Further, if the parent not having custody of the child contributes $1,200 or more support for the child (or children) for the calendar year and the parent having custody does not clearly establish that she (or he) provided more support than the parent not having custody, then the parent not having custody is entitled to the deduction. Questions or additional information regarding entitlement to claim the deduction for a child, should be referred to the base legal assistance officer or local Internal Revenue Service office. (AFNS) about people QUESTION: If I am stationed at a location other than where my records are maintained, and I have a personnel problem, how can I get it resolved? ANSWER: You should contact the first sergeant or the personnel representative in your unit. They will contact the personnel office are where your records maintained to provide you with requested information. The Air Force Military Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Tex., is developing a publication covering personnel procedures for geographically separated units. (AFNS) Chaplain (Major) David D. Roop "Words, words, words," I'm so sick of words!" So goes a welll snnPo in thp famous mn;iral "MuJ IToif 'afu . un TMnyjkj We are surrounded by words today words from the TV ' from words newspapers, magazines, family, close friends, command and chaplains, rabbis, priests, and ministers. Because of this barrage of words we often fail to see the m words to live by, or die by. Too often important words "Hundreds to die over the weekend in traffic accidents" go unnotiS These are only words to most of us, and yet behind them lies un5 suffering and a missing place at the dinner table. Sometimes we ask ourselves, "Why?" Why this carnage on the highways? words that aren't taken to Again, it's a matter of words like, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" "Love thy neighbor as thyself " even the guy who tried to cut infant you, or that truckdriver lumbering his rig up on a long hill. We fail to respect others all too often on the highway, for example by mixing alcohol with gas. Sometimes we "see through a glass darkly" because we have already had too many "glasses". But, quite often drinking, which is a factor in 50 per cent of all highway accidents, is only a symptom of deeper problems. Psychologists tell us that many highway accidents are caused by troubles in the home spilling over to anger, frustration, or distractions d that have no place on our highways. So, first of all, try to build your home life so that anger and frustration will not build up, only to spill blood on the highway. Secondly, if you have had a problem in the home, "Know thyself!" Recognize that fact ftat selfishness is often the root of marital problems this same selfishness has no place on our highways. To stay alive we should let some of these words become alive in on lives. Take the responsibility of caring for others with you when you take the wheel of a car. ? heart-wo- rds high-spee- CURRENT POLICY OMOOpDuTT tact! Forca. Dapartmant o Dafanaa and national policiat and concapti-a- nd AF Policy Lanar lor Comma ndara, AFRP aft acting tnam. For (totalis (Air sa 190-1- .) Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John D. Ryan, says that the Air Force record in Southeast Asia is "quite impressive". He explains: Vietnam "Airpower has assured the continued existence of a free South to bv Dreventine the massine of enemv suDDlies and troops necessary overrun the country, by raising the price of aggression, and by providing essential close air support for our combat-engage- d ground troops. "In North Vietnam and along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, our intercficuan strikes have made the movement of men and materiel into the south extremely costly for the North Vietnamese no matter "Wherever the enemy has concentrated his forces of airpower w the to seek a major victory, application the cost .... prevented it. tohowon "At Khe Sanh, for example, airpower enabled 6,000 Marines in the procea, 20,000 to 30,000 North Vietnamese Regular troops and, involves oj destroyed at least two of the North Vietnamese Divisions killing an estimated 10 to 15 thousand enemy troops. "If in South Vietnam Communist troops have operated pnjJPjr restnciec night, it is because the quick response of airpower ettecuve more toward daylight operations. Our applied R&D efforts dividends. and operations are paying great in the number of sorties we fly, our reduction the "Despite the w impede the movement of supplies to South Vietnam bylast. namese is significantly more effective this year than bombing systems are just really geiunB night and over there and have shown a marked increase in effectiveness. true" "We destroyed-damagenearly 60 per cent more even un January 1971 than we did for the same period last year total number of trucks sighted was down imoort "Our airpower consists of more, of course, than close air s"W?dbave interdiction. Our ground and air operations in Southeast Asia been impossible without air logistics and air rnnaishpast As "As the United States withdraws its forces from MTfrfflrcS. of our remm the airpower will continue to insure the protection the future, j in Should friendly nations require assistance y at countries of Southeast Asia do now, the use of in of eiiec iveness providing maximum assistance with a high degreeAmerican relatively low level of risk to a minimum number of er CW. all-weath- er d . HQ A FIX Ever stopped to consider "What Is An American"? Your thoughts and ideas written down could win an award from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge. Each year, the Freedoms Foundation encourages all citizens to "speak up for freedom" and show appreciation for the American way of life. Although the program is divided into seipral award groups, most military entries are submitted in the Armed Forces Letters category, which is open to all members of the U.S. Armed Forces including National Guard and ROTC personnel. The topic for this year's letters category is "What Is An American?" Your entry can follow letter, essay or poetry form. If you use letter style the addressee may be any person or organization, real or imaginary. Your ideas, expressed in 100 to 500 words, can win $1,000, $100 or $50 and a corresponding honor medal certificate. Entries should be sent to Freedoms Foundation, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19481 any time before November 1, 1971. For further information about the letters category, or other award categories which are open to civilian employees and military dependents, write the Freedoms Foundation or contact your local base information office. (AFLCNS) by (An AFNS Feature) What Is An American? t CHAPLAirrS CORNER Quote of Note National POISON PREVENTION IVlar. Week 21-2- Q "The most significant change I've seen in my five years as WAF director is the different attitude Air Force men now have toward our women in the military. It's hard to measure, but it's a feeling I didn't have before. I see no clash between a professional military femininity has n professionalism to have woman doesn't scrv her femininity to career and (Col-Holm- military today." WAF director A ji. , Lac fiAFNS) AFB, Tex., Jan. |