European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday december 4, 1985 Aquino s widow will run against Marcos Manila. Philippines a Cora on Aquino announced tuesday she will run against president Ferdinand h. Marcos whom she accuses of responsibility for the assassination of her husband opposition Leader Bonig Joaquino. Her announcement to More than 1,000 supporters who celebrated with fireworks and a Parade in Manila came Only hours after Marcos signed a Law calling a special presidential election for feb. 7. I hereby affirm my candidacy and confirm my willingness to serve our people As president of the Republic of the Philippines Aquino told a packed Auditori Urr she was flanked by leaders of an eight party coalition that had earlier drafted her As its candidate. Eighteen members of parliament Sal in the audience. For 20 years we have had one of the most Brilliant filipinos As president she said and yet look what has happened to our country. It has been  Aquino said she had offered former sen. Salvador h. Laurel the Opportunity to run with her As a candidate for vice president. Laurel who has started his own presiden tial Campaign said i Don t remember her offering thai. We Haven t talked about it  Marcos political opponents had been trying even before the announcement of the special election to pick a single candidate for a regularly scheduled vote in 1987. A split opposition is regarded As a major Benefit for Marcos. Perhaps it is no longer necessary to get a politician to fight another  Aquino. 52, told supporters who cheered and chanted her name Cory Cory  we must get somebody who is almost the Complete opposite of what or. Marcos  said Aquino a . Educated French and math major who has never run for Public office. On monday Marcos reinstated Fabian c. Ver As armed forces chief hours after a court acquitted the general and 25 others in the 1983 assassination of Aquino s husband who had been Marcos main political foe. Calling herself the Best known victim of Marcos Long list of victims Aquino said she would offer Hope to the 1.2 million filipinos who signed petitions urging her Candy Dicy. Three civilian judges said in their 90-Page verdict that Rolando Caiman a purported communist agent killed Aquino s husband on aug. 21, 1983, at the Manila air port. Aquino was returning from voluntary exile in the United states. Soldiers escorting him immediately ibo Galman. The court rejected a year of investigation by a fact finding Board that concluded the killing was a military conspiracy. Aquino responded to the verdict by saying my no. 1 suspect is Marcos. Since he was not even mentioned Twu not of too much concern whether one or All would be  Banner a foes f know it Shell meet with Pope Rome a Yelenc Banner the wife of soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov stayed with family and friends tuesday on her first trip to the West in six years and said she did not know if she would meet with Pope John Paul ii. Bonner 62, who flew to Italy monday night to meet her Eye doctor came to the window of her room in a residential hotel and smiled and waved to photographers. She was then joined by her son at the window As she puffed on a cigarette. Bonner told journalists who accompanied her from Moscow that she had signed an agreement not to discuss her life in the so Viet Union or Sakharov s health. She also expressed fear she would not be allowed to return if she did so. When asked by reporters whether she would meet the Pope As italian Media have reported she replied in English. I Don t  Vatican officials have said the Pope would willingly meet with Bonner. But they said there has been no request for an Audi ence. Bonner her son Al Xci Semyonova and her son in Law Efrem Yankelevich stayed in a luxury hotel in a residential area of Rome. A family spokesman said the hotel was paid for by italian friends of the Sak  Bonner is scheduled to visit Siena in can fraud from Page 1 spending taxpayer dollars it s difficult for him to continue with any  torrid Coli said Nasa is fighting for its life in the budget process and if Public Confidence in the  is to continue bc3gs will have to  eggs said he had t seen the charges and could t address them specifically. But from what has been reported to me by my attorney i can state 1 am innocent of any criminal wrongdoing and i intend to vigorously defend the Case. 1 am confident that after All the evidence is aired 1 will �. Exonerated said Beggs. Boggs is former pc Cutie vice president at general dynamic s and became head of the National aeronautics and space administration on july 10,1981. Rep. Bill Nelson of a., chairman of the House subcommittee on space science and applications said he had no comment on the charges. I do know that in All my dealings with him As a chairman of the committee my conclusion is that he s a very honorable Man and that s All i can say at this time Nelson said at Cape canaveral Fla. Nelson is training for a dec. 18 space shuttle flight. In addition to Beggs the indictment accused Ralph e. Hawks jr., 54. Of Clarc Mont calif., formerly corporate vice presi Dent and general manager of general dynamics division in Ponoma and now corporate vice president and general Man Ager of the Valley systems division of Gen eral dynamics. David l. Mcpherson 45, of Alia Loma. Calif., a general dynamics employee who was program director for the anti aircraft program at the Pomona division. James c. Hansen jr., 53, of Upland calif., a general dynamics employee who was assistant program director for the pro Gram. The four defendants Are expected to be arraigned dec. 16, Bonner said. If convicted each defendant would acc up to five years in prison and a si0,000 Fine per count. The corporation would face a maximum $10.000 Fine on each of the seven counts. Hansen was out of the country and not available for comment his Secretary said. Mcpherson declined comment through his Secretary who referred callers to the corporation s Public relations department. The indictments resulted from Cost accounting judgments which were made More than five years ago said general dynamics spokesman Peter Connolly in St. Louis. The company and the individuals intend to contest these charges  the Issue was a highly sophisticated regulatory and accounting matter which should be resolved in a civil forum not in a criminal Case he said. General dynamics knows that the individuals involved were honest in their judgments and acted in Complete Good Faith Connolly said. We arc confident that when our Side is heard we will pre  according to the indictment company officials fraudulently charged several Mil lion dollars Worth of expenses on the con tract As bid and proposal and Independent research and development expenses. Contractors arc reimbursed by the department of defense for such losses but arc not permitted to use the funds for work required by an existing contract. The indictment alleges that the defendants fraudulently billed the government under the false headings to reduce Multi million Dollar losses on the firm s $40 Mil lion army contract for the production of the sol. York prototype systems. The sgt. York also called diva for Divi Sion air defense was a tank mounted gun system designed to protect tanks and infantry against enemy aircraft and helicopters. Ford aerospace & communications corp. Of Newport Beach calif., won the production contract away from general dynamics in 1981, but defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger cancelled plans for the weapon last a gust concluding that the system did t work Well enough. That s the simple  stung by months of government allegations of improper Billings and bribery. Gen eral dynamics said at its annual meeting in May that it intended to acquire another major company outside the defense Indus try. In september it agreed to Purchase Cessna aircraft co. For about $669 million. Trial Italy wednesday to meet with her Eye doctor. It was her Eye condition a form of Glau coma that could Lead to blindness Ani heart problems that prompted soviet authorities to Grant her a temporary visa to leave the soviet Union. She plans to go to the United state for evaluation of her heart condition after her stay in Italy. She had been serving a term of internal exile in the closed soviet City of Gorky 250 Miles East of Moscow under House knot for 19 months when she was granted u exit visa. = soviet officials granted her the three month visa Only after she signed statement agreeing not to talk with the press. Bonner said on the flight to Italy to May 1983 i had a heart attack and i have had no modern medical  ? Sakharov a 64-year-old physicist it Mains in Gorky where he was exiled with out trial in january 1980 after denouncing the soviet military intervention in Afghani Stan a month earlier. 4 he went on a hunger strike last summer to try to win permission for his wife to to Jel abroad for medical care and he reported by lost 44 pounds during the fast. A Roth Sakharov and Bonner went on Fatt f Ger strikes in 1981 and won a visa for a my nov s wife Lisa to join him in Tea $ United slates. . Agrees of limit firing of weapons of nato framing area German says Bonns a the . Department of defense has agreed to limit weapons fir ing at a nato training area in response to protests from local townspeople about noise according to a German politician. Alfred dragger speaker for the ruling conservative party coalition in parliament said defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has approved restricted hours for heavy weapons practice at the 18,000-acre wild Flecken training area. A Brief statement issued late tuesday by the army in Heidelberg contradicted dreg Ger s claims. Usa eur is not aware of any new agreement affecting training policy and procedures at its major training areas nor has it received any new policy or instructions from higher Headquarters. Discussions on the subject have been held with German officials and Are continuing to be held the army statement said. Dragger who represents the Border town of Fulda in parliament said the Pentagon ruled that tiring practice on the 40-Range training area will run from 6 . To Midnight on work Days and until 6 . On saturdays. Dregger said there will be no firing prac Tice on sundays and German holidays. This new ruling docs not apply to Light weapons Dregger said. In the past the ranges could be used 24 hours a Day seven Days a week. Helmut Raab assistant mayor in wild flock in said tuesday the communities affected have received no official word about the agreement. Speaking for the bavarian communities of Oberbach Siedenberg bad Bruc Chenau molten Kothen and of Kors i can say this decision if official has been a Long time coming. We be been protesting for years Raab said. 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