Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1972 Page: 1 of 24
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VOL. 30 NO. 52
The Pawn Shop
EDITOR'S NOTE: Master
Sgt. Leon Collier is an opera
tions NCO in the 48th Med.
Bn. 2nd Armd. Div. He has
taken income tax accounting
courses from Ohio University
an a S a E
University. Collier has a
degree from LaSalle. In ad
dition he has attended the
Army's Overseas Income Tax
School while stationed in
Germany.
By LEON COLLIER
If tax rules were literally
applied a person in the Armed
Friend Or Foe
If Laws Were Strictly Followed...
Military Could Pay Double Tax
Forceswould be liable for in
come tax to two or more
states: First to the state in
which the member claims
residency and second to the
state where he is stationed
and earning income. The
Soldiers and Sailors Civil
Relief Act provides service
personnel with some relief
The Father Of Our Country
"Let us raise a stand-
ard to which the wise and
honest can repair."
—George Washington
(at the Constitutional Convention
of 1787)
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from local taxes but the act
does not exempt them from
taxation by their home states.
Military personnel should
not rely on widespread ex
on at a
a it it in
periods of war-time. Military
personnel are not excused or
exempt from state or local
income taxes merely because
they are on active duty
he a of
particular state or locality
with which they are con
cerned so provides.
The state of Texas has
no income tax and many
military personnel file their
federal returns in Texas. But
a serviceman whose home is
Alabama for instance still
has to pay state income tax
to the state of Alabama.
States determine who is a
Published in the interest of the personnel of Fort Hood
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY FERRUARY 18 1972
resident of their state by rely
ing on such devices as
automobile registration
voter's rolls ownership of pro
perty bank accounts previous
years' tax return and in
formation contained on the
military personnel W-4 forms.
A statement of earnings
(form W-2) is sent by the
Army to the state indicated
by the serviceman on his W-4
form. In the event that there
is no W-4 form indicating legal
residence the statement of
earnings is sent to the state
where the wages were earned.
Many benefits are derived
from timely compliance with
applicable state laws. The tax
paying serviceman who main
tains legal residency in a
state will find no difficulty
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Guard Reserve
Early Release
Cancelled By DA
The early release program for National Guard
and Army Reserve Units announced in December has
been cancelled.
DA made the announcement this week after re
ceiving information from reserve and National Guard
units that their manpower requirements have been
filled by the early release program.
The program is cancelled effective Feb. 21. DA
also said continuation of the early out program
would lead to a critical manpower shortage in cer
tain MOSs in the Army. Qualified replacements are
not available at this time to cover the shortage.
The cancellation affects only first term en
listees. Under the program announced last Decem
ber a person could be released up to 18 months early
if he joined a reserve of National Guard unit for
one year.
"Published by immunity Enterprises) Incorporated a private firm in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by writers herein are theirfown and are not to be considered an official
expression of tlw Department of the Army. The appearancejgfef advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Deparmen of the Army if the products or services advertised."
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Shark Or Helping Hand
BY R. DON MASTERS
A Texan can stand on the
eastern edge of the Ft. Hood reserva
tion and if he can spit as far
as most Texans claim he can hit
the front door of some 20 pawn shops
in the Killeen Harker Heights and
Copperas Cove area. Each one is run
by a person with a wide smile open
arms and a helping hand.
The question is who is the hand
out to help?
I personally have had one ex
perience with a signature loan com
pany and one with a pawn shop.
While going to school in Fort Worth
Tex. I needed $25 to tide my young
wife baby daughter and me over un
til payday. The food cupboard and
gas tank were both down to the fume
stage.
I was greatly impressed by three
things when I asked for the loan.
The almost hostile attitude of the
"financial advisor" the pent house
rates and the replica of a shrunken
head that hung above the counter.
The skull had a note stapled to it
"This is the last guy who failed to
pay on time."
At that tender age I had not
developed the trait for promptness
at least not up until then!
My second experience came
when I was attending the Infantry
School at Ft. Benning Ga.
It was "supposed" to have been
Question: Whose hand is out to help whom? And
who is the biggest fence in town?
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my first payday in the Army.
Three years had passed since my
experience with the "friendly finan
cial advisor." Not much had changed.
The gas tank and cupboard hadn't
learned a thing. The only thing I
had had time to increase was the
size of .my family: add two small
boys.
With the shrunken head still a
vivid memory I took my lovely wife's
engagement ring to the pawn shop.
She hung onto the wedding band.
Proof I guess that she was married.
I thought the kids-proved that. (But
then we were still living in the Post-
Victorian era.)
The pretty little diamond ring
which cost $100 plus was worth a
whole $15. The pawn dealer said he
was doing me a favor.
I personally felt that Jessie
James had been more honest at
least he wore guns.
So you see an expert in the
pawn business ... I ain't.
For the past two weeks I've
taken a hard look at the local
business. I started out by researching
the library and newspapers looking
for everything written but found
very little. Then I spoke with a
number of managers in the larger
pa I a so in
members of the Killeen Police
department and the CID agent in
charge of locating stolen property.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1972, newspaper, February 18, 1972; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth255149/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.