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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday september 5, 1985 airmen s Aquino Case data invalid without testimony Manila a a judge ruled wednesday that affidavits from . Air Force personnel cannot be used As evidence unless the airmen also testify in inc trial of 26 filipinos charged with plotting the assassination of opposition Leader Binigno Aquino. The . Embassy said the sworn statements from six airmen recall events in two air stations in the Philippines on aug. 21,1983, inc Day Aquino was shot. Presiding Justice Manuel pamaran and associate jus Tice Augusto a orcs said wednesday thai the affidavits Are hearsay unless those who executed them can be questioned in court. No Cross examination no Legal value amores told reporters. The philippine armed forces chief Gen. Fabian c. Var two other generals 22 soldiers and a civilian Are charged with planning the shooting death of Aquino at the Manila Airport As be returned from three years of self imposed us. Exile. Us. Embassy officials refused to say if the airmen s affidavits confirm a report by the san Francisco examiner that philippine officers sent two jets aloft in an unsuccessful attempt to intercept the plane carrying Aquino. The newspaper also said filipinos took control of radar Scopes operated jointly by . And philippine forces. The embassy said the statements were delivered to philippine officials in scaled envelopes. It said it no request has been made to get the . Airmen to testify. Chief prosecutor Bernardo Fernandez who requested the affidavits said five of them were sworn to in washing ton and the sixth was executed in Angeles near Manila. Aids victim 13, is satisfactory Indianapolis a Ryan White a Kokomo ind., teen Ager barred from school because he has aids was in satisfactory condition wednesday two Days after he was admitted to a Hospital said officials who did not disclose his symptoms. The 13-year-old seventh grader was admitted monday to Riley Hospital for children said spokeswoman Rena i. Brown. She said she did not know whether he was suffer ing symptoms of the usually fatal disease. His condition today is being reported As satisfactory and stable said Brown on wednesday. And that s All the information that i have at this time. Ryan s condition has remained the same since he was admitted she said. Charles Vaughan the attorney for Ryan s Mother Jeanne White said tuesday from Lafayette that he does not believe the illness was serious. Vaughan said he is still pursuing appeals of Western school corp. Superintendent James o. Smith s decision to keep Ryan out of class. The youth is receiving instruction via Telephone at Home. White and her son have filed a Federal lawsuit to Force the school District to allow Ryan to attend classes this fall. Ryan a Haemophilia a contracted the disease through a blood transfusion his Mother says. Acid vapor Cloud threatens town Canton Ohio a an acid vapor Cloud escaped from a tank outside a galvanizing Plant wednesday prompting the evacuation of people within a mile of the facility and the closing of four schools. The leak occurred just outside the City limits about three Miles from the downtown area and authorities said the Cloud appeared to be moving slowly toward the Center of the City. Police officer Joseph Selogy said the chemical was hydrofluoric acid and came from the Gregory galvanizing inc. Plant but Plant officials identified it As hydrochloric aria. Contact with either substance can cause irritation to skin and eyes and breathing either can cause irritation to Throat and Lun Allan Franks a spokesman for the Ohio environmental Protection Agency said adding if you breathe enough of it it can be  Selogy said three elementary school and a Junior High school were closed. The evacuation area on the City s Southwest Side included a High Rise apartment building for elderly people. Angeles is the location of the . Clark a. Fernandez said the statements were executed last month. Meanwhile supreme court chief Justice Felix Maka Siar wednesday criticized a civilian investigating Board for failing to produce stronger evidence against ver and seven other soldiers charged largely on the basis of or own statements before the Board. The supreme court in Manila last week ruled those statements were not admissible in court because such use would violate the defendants rights against self incrimination. The Board had All the resources to secure evidence they had All the agents. They were Gofen so much funds and yet they returned several millions which they could have utilized to ferret out More evidence and not just rely on their the defendants own testimonies Makasiar said in response to questions at a meeting of the foreign correspondents association of the Philippines. Var on leave from his Post was quoted by the philippine news Agency As saying the High court s ruling vindicated him and the military. It erased the stigma suffered by the armed forces Var was quoted As saying. Testimony thrown out included statements by ver deny ing that the military monitored Aquino s movements abroad and knew when and Bow he was returning Home. The military has said that Rolando Gal Man an alleged communist was the Assassin. Soldiers shot Caiman min utes after Aquino was killed. _ f for Sotui swimming Pool the game of Pool Suk to new Depths woe it was played men Rater recently. Nothing Foby b Goto on however. It i int a revolutionary new All weather table that is  used by divers at the in serial hotel in Hytrek England. A schools Roundup registration runs sept. 9-13 for . Education program Nuernberg Germany registration for Boito University s graduate Institute in special education win be held sept. 9-13. Classes will begin sept. 14. Students successfully completing the eight course 32 credit hour program earn a master of education degree with a concentration in special education. The Institute began in october and More than 20 Studeb / have completed the first year of the two year program. Although registration is for the second year of the Institute new students May enrol. Those taking second year classes this year will be Able to take first year classes next year since there Are no prerequisite courses. Enrolment is restricted to teachers or persons working with the department of defense dependents schools. Classes will be offered in Nuernberg but they Are open to people from outside that area. Further information is available from Cindy Sieglfr at the Nuernberg education resource Center Apo 09696, or by Telephone at civilian 0911 -718619 or military 2621-6450. Executive director of Sadd to lecture at 6 High schools Wiesbaden Robert Anastas the executive director of students against driving drunk will speak to Stu dents at six High schools in Germany during  sessions Are being sponsored by Dodds Dennany and the student chapter of Sadd at Kaiserslautern and apart of the school system s alcohol abuse education program. Anostas the father of three teen age boys will speak to students at Kolne Llantero Ramstein Heidelberg Stuttgart Wuerzburg and Wiesbaden High schools betwee sept 23-27. Military Roum Iii two equipment storage Sites opened this week in Belgium Mannheim Germany two new combat read equipment storage cites opened tuesday in Belgium according to a news release from the is. Army combat equipment group Europe. The pre positioning of Materiel configured to unit sets us Sites join is other Sites in Germany the Netherlands and Belgium. These Sites store equipment for use by us. Troops during exercises or War. Both of the new Sites will participate in reformer exercises this Winter. Their major involvement will be Dur ing the redeployment phase of the exercises As Soldie prepare to return to the United states. Individual ready Reserve members will get red cards Randolph fab Texas identification cards will change from Green to red for about 15,000 people released from Active duty each year who still have a military service obligation according to an air Force news service release. Manpower and personnel Center officials said the Gree card will be exchanged for a red one during separation processing. They said the red card will make accounting for those m the individual ready Reserve faster and More efficient if an emergency recall is necessary. Thi red Cardwill not authorize any benefits. West Berlin switch to ets won t affect Calls to the City Berlin West Berlin will join the Euto can Tele phone system Friday at 8 p.m., but the switchover will not change the procedure for dealing from Germany to Westerlin officials said. However the procedures for calling from West Berlin to West Germany will change. After Friday a caller must use the prefixes listed in the european Telephone system Section of the Berlin Telephone directory for outgoing Calls. Arc kayak race rescheduled from sept. 11 to sept. 16 Garmisch Germany because of a conflict with a German kayak race the first National memorial Bryan rescheduled 1 race sponsored arc a been a lift"3 la taken vice sept 11 but has been rescheduled for sept. 16 at 11 . At the Eis Kanal in Augsburg. Participants May sign up Between 10 and 11 . On the a file a no Isact arc wat r spa. Garmise military 2535-639 or 682 or ets 4402-639 or 682  
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