European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fran Curf Bremerhaven duty train service of be suspended from dec. 21 through Jan 1 a b Corm or t mib tary passenger train service Tamo to and Bremerhaven will be halted for 12 Days during the Christmas a div of he rim pc a a Fth. Of them monday a. Etc 21 Chr  t v to it furl a  will not operate fro dec. 21 through Jan. I. Two weekends fall within the 12 Days that service will be on the tit " has h?7 Xor Only limited demand for passenger travel on the military trams officials said. The service was halted for eight Days last year to  Money. The duly train from Frankfurt to Berlin is i vol. 44. No. 229 tuesday decembers 1985 tin u.�. To to of lie do if and a a Ftp d 8693 a ver acquitted in  killing Manila. Philippines a Gen. Fabian c. Ver. The suspended armed forces chief and 25 older defendants were found innocent monday in the 1983 assassination of opposition Leader Binigno . Presi Dent Ferdinand e. Marcos promptly re instated ver. Three civilian judges ruled that the killer of  then regarded As Marcos chief rival was Rolando Caiman. The military had claimed from the outset Hal Caiman was a communist agent and had killed . Caiman was shot dead by military police escorting  from his plane at the Manila Airport. The judges discounted testimony of the prosecution s Star witness that she saw a Soldier shoot  in the Back of the head As he was led Down the Steps of the China airlines plane. The court ruled that  was shot on the Airport Tarmac As claimed by the Mili tary. Aquino was returning aug. 21, 1983, from three years of self imposed exile in the United states. Marcos had tried to Stop  s return saying there was an unspecified plot to kill him and the Jovern mint would be unjustly blamed. The assassination of , who was the most popular opposition figure touched off see ver on Page 28 stuck up Man police officer Rich Simmons Abote holds a leather strap attached to he feel of a burglary suspect woo was stuck for 48 hours in an air vent at the Suin Tumo Bank in san Diego. The alleged Bur Glai 35-year-old transient Richard Batiste old police be got trapped when a roue broke As be was lowering himself through an air vent. Two Days Bier a janitor noticed the Man s legs dangling from the Selling. Police and firemen rescued him an How later. Below Batiste is helped Down a ladder apparently none the worse for his mis adventure. He was booked for investigation. A of Toto 3 . Officers accompanied commandos As moral support7 Washington not american officials Sun Day said that three american military officers travelled on a c-130 aircraft to Malta with egyptian commandos who carried out an assault on a hijacked egy Plair jetliner. The officials who asked not to be named said the american officers who accompanied the egyptians were not specialists in counter terrorism and did not take part in the nov. 24 Effort to retake the aircraft. Related Story the . Officers were sent primarily As a gesture of political support for the egyptians administration officials said. These three men represented . Moral support for Egypt said a High ranking official. Officials said the senior United slates military officer on the flight was Brig. Gen. Robert Wiggand who Over sees . Military programs in Egypt. The . Account was in Sharp contradiction to one provided sunday by u senior maltese official who said the american officers helped coordinate the assault by the egyptian commandos. The administration has not officially disclosed the presence of the . Officers in Malta. A state depart ment spokesman on sunday declined to comment on the presence of the officers or other operational details of the Mission. American officials spoke on sunday Only after reports from Malta about the presence of the three offi according to accounts provided by administration officials. Egypt asked for american support immediately after the hijacking of the egyptian Airliner began. Be Hind the egyptian request the officials said was concern that the hijacking might be part of a larger libyan action against Egypt. The officials said that the administration took a num Ber of actions to support Egypt. A decision was made to Send the . Counter terrorism Delta Force from fort Bragg n.c., to a nato base at is Gonella Sicily. But administration officials Felt that there might not be enough time for the american unit to act. It was therefore decided that the american role would be to assist the egyptians in carrying out their own Rescue Mission. To do this the aircraft Carrier Coral sea was instructed to provide air cover for the egyptian c-130 that carried the egyptian commandos to Malta in Case of a libyan attack. To do this f-18 aircraft from inc car Rier flew to the base at is Gonch so that they would be close to Malta an administration official said. In addition it was decided in Washington Hal . Military personnel should accompany the egyptian com Mandos. This decision was taken Ahur Egypt s defense see officers on Page 28 garlic satire flavor Doo Dah Parade Pasadena Calif. A nearly 40,000 people turned out for Pasadena s crazy counterpoint to the stately new year s Day Rose Parade a gathering featuring a precision Drill team brandishing electric drills and a club Ter of marching garlic cloves. It was the 9tli occasional not necessarily annual Doo Dah Parade which has Only one Rule no motorized vehicles except wheelchairs. There s always something new Saij Spectator Char Lotte Starbird As the garlic cloves walked by. Team was led off by the All time Doo Dah Parade band a Rock group undaunted by the technical Challenge of taking electronically amplified music to the streets. Drummers Laid Down a Rock beat accompanying a gag Gle of electric guitarists whose instruments were plugged into a rolling Carload of speakers. The Parade s spirit and occasional Lack of taste were embodied in the Bedpan band from mercy Hospital in Bakersfield. Band members dressed in Hospital pyjamas waved yellow plastic Bedpan in unison. Satire was the order of the Day for groups like citizens set her rates Page 27 for the right to Bare arms. Members of the group led by a singing surge and at arms. Carried the unclothed arms from store mannequins As marines would carry rifles. They were followed by a Lone advocate of the right to Arm bears carrying two Teddy bears armed with plastic sub machine guns. A crowd pc scr since inc first Parade was first held in i97s he synchronized briefcase Drill team men and Womer. N Gray pin stripes marching like corporate Auto Matons. In True Doo Dah spirit there was even a Send up of the satirists marchers encased in cardboard briefcases and twirling Cut out figures of pin striped Bankers. Environmentalists were spoofed by a group carrying signs with messages such As a Condo on every Corner marchers costumed As nuns and priests wore Marx Broth ers style fake noses feminists were lampooned by a group called ladies against women marching and chanting one step Forward two Steps  members of the bags on Parade group were draped in various bags potato Chip bags a giant Tea bag a couple of plastic garbage bags overflowing with empty cans. Their Mascot a must in a Plain Brown wrapper was of course a Doggie bag. Today s Dollar buys 2.48 Marks