Short Takes : Aid for Willie Nelson Urged

AUSTIN, Tex. — A Willie Nelson fan says folks should help the country singer out of his tax troubles by sending $1 each to the Internal Revenue Service.

Dave Crowe, an auto parts salesman from Waco, said Monday that Nelson has helped farmers with his Farm Aid concerts.

Now, Crowe said, Nelson’s fans should return the favor with Willie Aid.

“He’s given of himself. Now he is sideways with the IRS through no fault of his own,” he said.

IRS agents have seized Nelson’s properties in Texas and three other states as partial payment for back taxes that were due between 1975 and 1982. The IRS had demanded $16.7 million from the singer but settled for $6.5 million.