European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday november 12, 1985 Marcos submits resignation Calls for special election Manila. Philippines a Percsi Donl Ferdinand e. Marcos on monday formally called for a special election for president and vice president next Jan. 17 and submitted a postdated resignation he said will make it constitutional. Opponents vowed to fight for a later election Date and for Marcos s real resignation but most have vowed to Uniec behind a single ticket even if he does t give in. A Marcos party Leader indicated there could be Compromise on the Date. Marcos submitted a three Page formal resignation to the National Assembly along with a Bill drawn up by his Cabinet setting up the election. The resignation was a formality since Marcos would leave office Only if Defeated in the election. To pave the Way for the holding of a special election for president i hereby irrevocably vacate the position of president effective Only when the election is held and after the Winner is proclaimed and qualified As president mar cos said in the letter. Opponents and one prominent member of Marcos s nil ing new society party assemblyman Arturp Tolentino have said Marcos s move goes against the philippine Constitution which allows for an Early election Only after an actual vacancy occurs with the president s death disability impeachment or resignation. Marcos said in the letter he was following the practice in All democracies that the president continues in office until the president elect shall have qualified and assumes  he said any other Way would cause an undesirable and dangerous hiatus in the  Marcos said he was calling the election in response to propaganda and dissent that have cast a Shadow Over be continuing Validity of the policies and program of his government. He did not mention american government pressure and previously denied there had been any but members of his govern ment and the opposition say it was the chief Factor in his Deci Sion. Political affairs minister Leonardo Perez said he expected the Law to be approved by the Assembly in which Marcos s party has two thirds control in about a week. He said there might be some Compromise on the elec Tion Date and said some ruling party members were opposing inclusion of the vice presidency. Marcos has not had a named permanent successor since he abolished the vice presidency in i972. The Constitution makes the Assembly speaker temporary president until a new election is held. Marcos s move circumvents that provision. Opposition assemblyman Homobono Adaza called the Spe Cial election the last option for peaceful change in the face of a growing communist insurgency and economic problems. Without such an election it is. Almost certain that the remaining options of the present protagonists in the Philippines would be either re declaration of martial Law a coup d eat or a full blown civil War said Adaza adding these alternatives Are too grim to  he said opposition assemblymen would work to hold the election two months later March 17, and to have elections for provincial governors and mayors at the same time instead of in May 1986 As scheduled. Fuzzy Friend British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gites an Impromptu pc Pitt thaw t curl Semi fair in her Finchler North London constituency. She bought the by Little Glove Poppet there. World today London newspaper apologizes for printing hoax letter London a London s daily Telegraph apologized monday for printing a letter which it said was a hoax after a South african official cited it to justify restrictions on journalists. The conservative daily said the Handwritten letter was received through the mail on nov. 4, with name and address and was published the next Day in Good  it now appears that it was intended to deceive and we owe our readers a sincere apology the newspaper said at the end of a report quoting an exposure of the letter in the South african sunday Star. The letter was purportedly written by a or. D. Evans of Torpoint Devon who said that in South Africa he had seen a television Crew encouraging children to behave As if they were rioting. The sunday Star made inquiries and said there was no d. Evans at the address and Torpoint was in neighbouring Cornwall not Devon. On the Day the letter appeared Louis Nel South Afri Ca Deputy minister of information said on a South african to program that it backed up his government s claim that to Crews were involved in creating unrest Iii the current agitation against the country s racial segregation policies. Sorcerer Furns 2 cops $7,600 info treasure torn newsprint Nice France a two French National police men lost $7,600 to an african sorcerer who claimed he could turn 50-centime coins Worth 6 cents into 500 franc Bills Worth $60, according to a published report. The daily Nice Matin reported in its weekend editions that the so called sorcerer told the policemen that coins dropped into a potion of boiling water and secret herbs would magically turn into much More valuable Bills. Instead the sorcerer turned their Money into torn newsprint and disappeared from town the newspaper reported. The newspaper quoted local police As saying one of the two gendarmes visited a Man calling himself grand sorcerer and seer Seydou Diaby for consultations about a personal  self proclaimed seers and mediums Are common in France and often advertise in local newspapers. During the consultation Seydou Diaby asked the officer to drop a 50-centime Coin into a bubbling pot the newspaper reported. The seer covered the pot re cited several incantations and removed the cover to reveal a new 500-franc Bill floating in the pot. The gendarme revisited the sorcerer accompanied by a fellow gendarme. The sorcerer repeated his Miracle several times and three Days later the two gendarmes returned with a combination of borrowings and savings totalling 60,000 francs or $7,600. 8 according to the newspaper the sorcerer placed the Money in a suitcase recited incantations and later re turned the suitcase to them telling them you must absolutely not open it for three Days or the spell will not  three Days later the gendarmes opened the suitcase to find nothing but Cut up newspapers. Nice Matin said a warrant was issued for the  it did not say when the incidents took place. Local police on sunday said they were aware of the Case but could give no details. Farmer unearths Tomb Skeleton dating Back to 2,000 . Aberdeen. Scotland a a 4,000-year-old Tomb Complete with Skeleton has been unearthed in Scot land by Farmer John Duncan while he was blowing his Field an archaeologist said. The remains Are almost Complete said Ian Shepherd the official archaeologist for Grampian Region who car ried out an excavation of the Tomb at Roscille near Elgin East of Inverness. It s very interesting because we often find in similar cases of this age that the Skeleton has decomposed to much that Only the Teeth Are left he said. The Bones will be Analysed at the University of Aber Deen to find out More about the person who died around 2,000 . The sex and age Are still unknown. Chinese Leader s health tip just Don t do too much peking a China s 81-year-old Leader Deng Xiaoping has lamented that he can t remain just As he a forever but says the secret of his Good health is that be does not do too much. Deng said in a meeting with former . Secretary of state Henry Kissinger with whom he met three years ago three More years to you is not a problem but to me h a  but you said that last time or. Chairman and to me you look better than last time said Kissinger 62. I wish i could be just like this forever but the Law of nature is something we cannot resist Deng replied. My secret is not to do too  Deng a Chain smoker took daily swims at his army patrolled Retreat this summer to keep trim. His Only apparent ailment is deafness in one ear. Kissinger is on a private visit to China at the invitation of the chinese government and has held talks with seven senior leaders. Thai prime minister punched in the nose at sports stadium Bangkok Thailand up a University student punched prime minister Prem tins Vanonda at a sports stadium but the thai Leader suffered Only a bloody now police said. Prem had just presided Over the closing ceremony of Thailand s i 3th University games at ram Khamhang University and was walking to his car when the  occurred. The student rushed past prom s bodyguards and struck the prime minister with his Tut leaving Prem with i bloody nose police said. Security officers grabbed the student who was not identified and look him into custody. The incident came two months after Prem survived a coup attempt on his 5-year-old civilian government. 20 tanks delivered to Vietnam from soviet Union papers say Bangkok Thailand a the soviet Union bit month delivered 20 tanks to vietnamese forces occupy of Cambodia for use against cambodian guerrillas a in flt 1 Nai official was quoted As saying. The English language Bangkok Post and the nation review quoted Prasong Poonsiri As saying that the tank were unloaded at the cambodian seaport of Kampong soon last month. The soviet Union is Vietnam s major source of arms for the Battle against three guerrilla groups in Cam Bodia. Vietnam invaded the country in late 1978. China bans manufacture Sale of imitation uniforms peking a the government has banned the manufacture and Sale of imitation military and police Una Lorms following reports of criminals using them for illegal activities the official communist party newspaper said. The people s daily Renmin Ribao said uniforms were being made without authorization in at least nine of chivas 21 provinces. The report said some people dressed in police and Mill 7rga Jand Cona de illegal activities and disturbed Public  it did not say what the illegal act Vitto