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Carole Tregoff May
Try to Keep Stories
Out of Murder Trial
By JACK V. FOX
Uniled Press International
Los Angeles -(UPD- Carole
Tregoff battles this week to
keep out of her murder trial
with Dr. R. Bernard Finch
the conflicting stories she told
shortly after the killing of
the surgeon's wife.
The prosecution had only
10 witnesses left and expected
to rest its case by Tuesday
or Wednesday.
But it will try to get into
the record the story Carole,
23, told officers before she,
too, was charged with the
murder of Mrs. Barbara Jean
Finch.
Arrested After Testifying
Carole was arrested as she
stepped from the witness
stand at the preliminary hear
ing for Finch. The story she
told then had many contra
dictions from the one she told
officers originally in Las Veg
as when Finch was arrested at
her apartment the day after
the killing.
Originally, she denied she
carried a "murder kit" up the
driveway to the Finch home
the night of July 18 when
Mrs. Finch was killed. In her
second version, she said she
brought it because Finch
wanted a flashlight in it.
Carole also kept quiet the
contacting of John Patrick
Cody in Las Vegas. The de
fense claims the convict was
hired to get divorce evidence
on Mrs. Finch. The state says
he was hired to kill. Which
ever is true, Carole made no
mention of Cody until he was
arrested.
Claim Rights Violated
Her attorneys claim the
red-haired Carole was held in
custody without a lawyer and
in violation of her constitu
tional rights when she was
first questioned.
Her counsel has never said
definitely that Carole will
take the stand. Finch has
said on the other hand that
as soon as his lawyer "press
es the button" he will start
talking for the first time and
tell all the events the night
his wife was shot to death in
back.
Waitress Fired by
Nightclub Owner;
Marries Co-Owner
London-IUPft-Waitress Mari
ella Capes. 18, was fired last
week by the co-owner of the
nightclub where she had just
recently been hired because
she was near-sighted.
Mariella went in tears to
the other owner. Hod Dibben,
and begged for her job back.
Dibben took one look at his
recently-hired employee - and
proposed.
Then he took her out and
bought her a pair of spectacles.
Monday, Jan. 25, 1960
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Editor's note: It's getting on tax
time. By midnight, April 15, some
60 million Americans must have
their Federal income tax returns
in the mail. But, especially for
those due refunds, there's no point
in waiting until the deadline.
Knowing the basic income tax
rules and the legal gimmicks can
save you money. You're errtitled to
it and the gowrnment wants you
to have it. This is the first of five
dispatches on how to pay and
not overpay your taxes. They
were w-ritten for the non-expert
with technical details checked for
accuracy by the Internal Revenue
Service.
Washington UPD Let's face
it: Federal income tax rates
are just as high this year as
last.
But the taxpayer has one
consolation: if the rates aren't
lower, at least the rules are
the same.
All that tricky stuff about
deductions, dependents, divi
dends and so forth that you
learned last year is still use
ful, money-saving knowledge.
But lefs run through it again.
First, who must file a re
turn by the April 15 dead
line? Everyone who was a
citizen or resident of the
United States last year and
jwho had a certain amount of
income. Those less than 65
years old must file a return
if their income in 1959 was
S600 or more. Those who
reached their 65th birthday
at any time before the end
of the year are required to
file only if their income was
S1200 or more.
If you have a refund com
ing, you must file a return to
get it.
Refund Example
For example, a high school
student who worked during
Practical Rules
To Keep in Mind
Washington (UPI) Besides
knowing the technicalities
of income lax calculations,
it's good to keep in mind a
few practical rules, loo:
-D o u b 1 e check your
arithmetic, reading of tax
tables, copying of figures.
These are common places
for errors. The best way to
catch them is to set aside
your return for a few days
before you review it.
Of course you can'l do
that if you wait until the
last minute to make out
your return. The deadline
for filing is midnight April
15. If you have a refund
coming you will get it a
lot sooner if you file early.
Be sure you have put
your name on lop of the re
turn and signed it at the
bottom. Lots of taxpayers
send in returns, some even
calling for refunds, without
names.
If you have unanswered
questions or doubts about
how the rules apply to you,
telephone or visit your lo
cal Internal Revenue Serv
ice .office.
the summer, had taxes with
held by his employer and
made less than S600 all year,
can get back the withheld
taxes-but he must file a re
turn. An adult taxpayer may
have a refund coming because
he had a lot of deductible ex
pensessuch as big medical
bills-during the year. But he
won't get the money until his
return is in.
The sooner you file your
return the sooner you'll get
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Last year, everyone who
filed a return used one of two
forms-a punch card called
the "short form" with the
number 1040A, or the 'long
form" return numbered 1040.
This year, the Internal Rev
enue Service offers a third
choice, 1040W, which is a
middle-length form.
Punch Card Form
Roughly half the nation's
60 million taxpayers are eli
gible to use the punch card
form, which is the size of a
check and can be completed
in a jiffy. If you use this
form-and if your income was
under $5000-you can let the
Internal Revenue Service
compute your tax. Thus, even
though your scratch paper
calculations show that you
owe money, you just omit line
10, which says "enter tax."
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to pay. But it takes a little
while for the Revenue Serv
ice to process all the returns
and bill you. So you'll get
some extra time before you
have to fork over to the gov
ernment. But remember this: I your
income was 5000 or more,
you must figure out your in
come tax yourself, even on
the short form. And you must
send a check for whatever
you owe, along with the re
turn. Checks and returns should
be sent to your District Direc
tor of Internal Revenue. His
address is on page 2 of the
instruction booklet that comes
with forms 1040 and 1040W.
Considei Short Form
Your best bet is to start by
considering the short form.
It's the easiest to fill out and
the quickest for the IRS to
process. If you are eligible
to use 1040A it would be a
waste of time to bother with
the longer form. The short
form is just as official as the
long one.
Basically form 1040A is
for persons whose gross in
come in 1959 was less than
$10,000, including not more
than $200 from dividends, in
terest or other income on
which tax was not withheld
by an employer.
Consider Harry Brown, a
carpenter who works for a
construction firm. His firm
paid him $6100 last year in
wages, from which taxes were
withheld. Harry also earned
$115 on some weekend jobs
which he did for people in
his neighborhood. Harry IS
eligible to file on form 1040 A.
But if those week end jobs
had amounted to $210 he
could not use the short form.
Even if you are eligible to
use the short form, it may
pay you to use a longer one
because of deductions. On the
short form, you automatically
set a standard 10 per cent de
duction which the govern
ment allows all taxpayers.
(More about this later.) But
if you had heavy medical bills,
if you were paying on a mort
gage, or otherwise had de
ductible expenses which add
up to more than 10 per cent
of your income, it will pay
you to report itemized deduc
tions. Then you must use the
middle form (1040W) or the
long form (1040).
Four Pager
The long form is a four
pager, the middle form a two
pager. You may file the mid
dle form, 1040W, if your in
come consists only of wages
or salary (regardless of the
amount) and not more than
$200 of interest and dividends.
You may not use it if you
have income from other
sources, such as the sale of
property or rent.
Ellen Wilson is a taxpayer
who may use the middle form.
An interior decorator, she
earned $12,000 last year from
the department store for
which she works. Of course
the store withheld taxes from
her salary checks. Ellen also
received $1282 in dividends
from stock she owns and $34
in interest on her savings ac
count. But suppose Ellen had sold
that stock last year for more
than she paid for it. That's
known as a capital gain, and
it must be reported to the
government. Or suppose Ellen
was collecting rent on proper
ty she owns. In either case,
she would be ineligible to use
the middle form and would
have to use the long form to
file her tax returns.
The long form - 1040 with
out any letter - is a must
for taxayers claiming depre
ciation deductions or report
ing income from pensions, an
nuities, rents, royalties, es
tates, or those with retirement
income credits.
Consult Attorney
If you are not sure which
form to use, consult your at
torney or accountant or the
local Internal Revenue office.
The IRS encourages taxpay
ers to bring in their questions
so they will get the right an
swers before they file, not
later.
Advice you get at the IRS
is free. Lots of questions that
trouble the average taxpay
er are fairly straightforward
and a tax agent will tell you
the same thing an attorney
will. But if you want some
one to spend a lot of time on
your return figuring out how
to reduce your tax, it might
be best to retain an attorney
or accountant.
The Internal Revenue Serv
ice says the best way to get
advice is to try telephoning
first. Then, if necessary, you
can call in person.
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