2-The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 17, 1995 Last-minute tax filing spawns postal parties The Associated Press For $1, taxpayers in Santa Rosa, Calif., will have the pleasure of throw- ing a pie in the face of an IRS agent. In Harrisburg, Pa., filers can - and no doubt, will - pay to dunk tax collectors in a tank. And in Manhattan's main post of- fice, tax day will be a circus - literally. It's all part of a trend by the U.S. Postal Service to arrange music, food and fun for folks making the trek to local post offices to beat or meet the tax filing deadline. Today is the big day for most of the nation, delayed from the normal April 15 because that fell on the week- end. Taxpayers in New England and upstate New York, who send their returns to Andover, Mass., have until midnight tomorrow because today is a state holiday in Massachusetts. Dunking booths are popular this year, with people dressed as Uncle Sam or tax collectors taking the plunge. In Annapolis, Md., fees paid to dunk Uncle Sam will benefit the Leu- kemia Society while the local AIDS- assistance network will receive the money raised in Harrisburg, Pa. Tax- payers who successfully dunk a "tax man" in Concord, Calif., will win free postage for their tax form. In Santa Rosa, the pie-throwing fees will go to the family of a local deputy sheriff killed recently. Ringling Brothers Circus is pro- viding elephants and clowns to en- courage New Yorkers to mail early in the day, and there will be giveaways of headache remedies, antacids and food for the 50,000 people expected. The Springfield, Mass., post of- fice is renowned for such a good party that some residents save their taxes until the last day. This year's program features quartets of postmasters sing- ing "Mailhouse Rock." Clinton gives Congress his 'must list' WASHINGTON-PresidentClinton on Saturday called on the Republican-controlled Congress to approve his "mustU h list" of legislation, including welfare reform, tax cuts for the middle class and preservation of the ban on assault weapons. "Real welfare reform, tax and spending cuts that reduce both the budget deficit and the education deficit, and more steps to fight crime, not to back up on that fight - those are a my top priorities," he said in his weekly radio address. Clinton credited Congress with accomplishing some "good" work during its first 100 days, but he complained that many of the lawmakers' new proposals "go too far." Among Clinton these were "cuts in education and job training, undermining environmental protections, undermining our efforts to put 100,000 new police on our streets, legislation to permit the sale of assault weapons, and penalties for going into court to assert your rights as a citizen," he said. He said he shares Congress' desire to reform the welfare system, but declare that any such changes should not "punish children for their parents' mistakes. Don't Panic!? If you think you're pregnant... call us-We listen, we care. PROBLEM PREGNANCY HELP Any time, any day, 24 hours. Fully confidential. Serving Students since1970' Pope sends out message of peace during Easter speech VATICAN CITY (AP) - Em- bracing the victims of unrest, Pope John Paul H sent a message of peace Easter Sunday to people seeking "rec- ognition of their deepest aspirations," including the Palestinians and Kurds. In Jerusalem, thousands of tour- ists and Palestinian Christians thronged the Old City as drums and church bells reverberated. But Palestinians said Israeli re- strictions kept many West Bank be- lievers away -- a reminder that de- spite ongoing Israel-PLO talks, peace- ful coexistence is not yet at hand. Elsewhere on the day Christians celebrate their belief in Jesus Christ's resurrection, armored personnel car- riers and troops guarded worshippers in the Philippines amid rising ten- sions between Christians and Mus- lims. A Muslim group is suspected of raiding a mostly Christian town there two weeks ago, killing 53 people. Police also deployed around doomsday churches in South Korea. Some sects had predicted the world's destruction before dawn on Easter and dozens of the faithful prayed in anticipation of the end. When a pre- dicted doomsday failed to pan out in 1992, sect members rioted. In his traditional address from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, the pope directed his message to the people of Algeria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Burundi and southern Sudan. "To families torn apart by war, to the victims of hatred and violence ... Pope John Paul II appears at St. Peter's Basilica for the traditional Easter Sunday blessing,, the Church does not hesitate to renew the Paschal message of peace, re- minding everyone of our common origin in the one God," he said. More than 50,000 people filled St. Peter's Square under an icy drizzle. An ocean of umbrellas covered the square, brightened by splashes of color from azaleas, tulips and rhododendron. In his address, the pope spoke to "those who await, in suffering, the recognition of their deepest aspira- tions, such as the Palestinians, the Kurds, or, among others, the native peoples of Latin America." Activists call 25th Earth Day critical WASHINGTON --The nation is about to mark its 25th Earth Day, but the annual festival of environmental consciousness-raising seems to be less a celebration than a call to the barri- cades. "This may turn out to be the most critical Earth Day ever celebrated," said Fred Krupp, executive director of the Environmental Defense Fund, call- ing the day "a referendum on saving our most basic environmental laws." On April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans gathered on campuses, in small towns, at city parks and at the foot of the Washington Monument to demand that more be done to protect the earth's resources. With only modest planning, Earth Day was born, and it has been cel- ebrated every year since. In the 1970s, Congress enacted 28 environmental laws that have pro- duced cleaner air and water, slowed the destruction of wetlands, brought new protection for endangered spe- cies and halted the widespread dump- ing of toxic wastes. But as environmentalists prepare to gather this Saturday, they find Con- gress threatening to make dramatic changes to those very laws that the original Earth Day spawned. 0 U.S. to search for phony ED numbers S WASHINGTON-To help states catch illegal aliens, fugitives from justice and child-support scofflaws, the federal government will soon of- fer to scour motor vehicle records for drivers with phony Social Securito numbers. Criminals and others seeking a new identity often use false Social Security numbers to get a driver's license or a state-issued identification card. The phony documents can then be used to obtain welfare, health care and other public benefits as well as check-cashing and credit cards, So- cial Security officials said. Study Japanese this Summer ! Inuai iax-week pmr..asmLewisAGaik Codege in Porilad,Orgen July IS-Aug27. Study Jaae lang.(ADl tends) & MIMMs as rses in nua. litsue and hisory. 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SARAJE Following emergency negotiations -Governm that culminated in an Easter morning Serb lines so initialing ceremony, the two sides to seize terr agreed on a series of quota-monitor- mountain an ing measures, including a commit- tary reports ment to launch a pilot project that Signs of would place international observers in the Bosnia on some ships fishing in the area and ernment tro track others by satellite. held territor At a news conference here, EU for a resum Commissioner for Fisheries Emma when a fail Bonino said the compromise accord officially ex will be submitted next month to the The Bosn Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organi- ordered forn zation, which sets the commercial fish- units regard ing quotas. detail was av "The deal we have agreed to is a TensionI new and concrete step towards a bet- Bosnia andI terjoint conservation policy," she said. where -snip At the heart of the dispute were peacekeeper Canadian accusations that Spanish day. 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