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Sources say U.S. paid for supply flights
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
State Department paid for flights
that dropped supplies in Nicara
guan to U.S.-backed Contra re
bels, government sources say.
The sources, insisting on ano
nymity, say flights were made by
Vortex Air International, a Mi
ami-based firm set up a year ago.
Robert Duemling, who ran the
State Department office disburs
ing $27 million in aid to the rebels
said the government paid for de
livery of non-lethal supplies.
Swiss plant to pay for spill damage
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) —
The Swiss company whose plant
leaked toxic chemicals into the
Rhine pledged Thursday to pay
“proven claims,” and a West Ger
man state said its losses in dead
fish alone might reach $5 million.
After two days of declining
comment, managers for Sandoz
company said they knew of a
Swiss insurance company’s confi
dential report that had warned of
a possible disaster five years ago.
About 30 tons of mercury and
chemicals were washed into the
Rhine Nov. 1.
Tax
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to deduct the full amount of their
donations.
Michael Rosenstein, chief finan
cial officer of Hallberg Insurance
Agency in Chicago, says he believes
that this facet of the new law will put
a slight dent in the number of dona-
t ions.
“For individuals, the new law will
hinder only a small percentage, be
cause they give through their desire
to help,” he says. “Plus, most of the
charitable contributions come from
itemizers anyway.”
Lastly, gifts of appreciated prop-
ei tv will be subject to a 21 percent al
ternative minimum tax (AMT). For
example, if one buys stock for
SI,()()<) and its value appreciates to
SI(),()()(), that person could donate
the stock and take a deduction of
SI0,000. However, under the new
law the $9,000 unrealized gain is be
ing taxed at 21 percent.
Salomon says most donations to
A&M are solicited by the University.
Faculty and alumni find persons in
terested in a specific area and then
try to develop that interest into a
gift, he says, but most people who
donate usually have either made
gifts before or have expressed inter
est in giving.
“T he most important part is that
the faculty brings the information
hack — who has the ability to make a
gift and is willing to do so,” Salomon
says.
He says alumni also contribute a
great deal to the process, because
they know all the contacts.
Salomon cited a recent example of
the painstaking process of “gift culti
vating."
Recently, a $50,000 gift was made
to the Development Foundation by
Maurine Mullins of Weatherford for
the purchase of an Yttrium Alumi
num Garnett (YAG) laser.
According to Dr. John August,
head of the Department of Small
Animal Medicine and Surgery, the
laser, which is often used in human
ophthalmic surgery, will be used to
enhance cataract surgery in dogs
and cats.
“This person was not an Aggie,”
Salomon says. “But she was inter
ested in veterinary medicine. We
told her that this laser was needed,
and we were able to develop her in
terest into a gift.”
T he entire solicitation spanned
seven vears and required the services
of two faculty members, the asso
ciate dean of the Gollege of Veteri-
narv Medicine and Salomon.
Salomon says private gifts mainly
are used for scholarships, faculty as
sistance, research and University
business such as the University
press, the library, and different de
partments.
Most of the gifts are monetary, Sa
lomon says, but donations also have
come in other forms, such as land,
art collections, boats, silverware and
exotic game.
The largest donation in A&M’s
history was a tract of land worth
S 13.2 million.
The land was given by Ghester
Reed and the proceeds will go to
ward the construction of a special
events center.
A&M also has received two boats.
One is a yacht used for biology
and geology research of f the coast of
Corpus Christi, says Capt. T.K.
Treadwell, director of marine oper
ations at A&M. T he Deborah Suz
anne, a 50-footer, was donated by a
person interested in marine science,
T readwell says, and is used to take
honor students enrolled in Oceanog-
raphv 401, Introduction to Ocean
ography, on a field trip out of Gal
veston.
But scholarships, Salomon says,
are still the favorite donation. And
the donors can put any restriction on
the scholarship, so long as it isn’t dis
criminatory, he says.
Endowed scholarships require
larger sums of money since the in
terest from the investment funds the
scholarship. Salomon says it takes
S(i5,()()() to fund a $5,000 endowed
scholarship.
T aylor says donations for faculty
assistance are for the most part re
stricted and large gilts usually fund
endowed chairs, which attract or re
tain top-notch faculty.
Interest earned from such gifts
helps fund salaries, research, travel
expenses and educational programs
at the University, he says.
Smaller donations sent to a de
partment are used at the discretion
of the department head, he says.
According to an article in the
Chronicle of Higher Education,
since 40 percent of gifts to higher-
education are in the form of appre
ciated property, there will probably
he a surge in this form of giving
t hroughout the end of 1986. j
•
For now, the new tax law can only
bring speculation and modification.
But with the new law closing many
tax shelters, charitable giving in the
future will have to be even more
charitable.
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