European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Different View of Madrid s scenes Page 3 n vets urged to protest cuts in benefits Page 5 n Iran to propose halt in Oil production by open Page 27 the stars an stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force vol. 44. No. 311 monday. February 24, 1986 5im of d 8693 a 2 top military leaders demand Marcos quit while there is time7 Manila Philippines a two lop military Lead ers were holed up at their command posts in army Camps sunday after demanding that president Ferdinand e. Marcos resign in one of the most serious challenges mar cos has faced in his 20 years in Power. Defense minister Juan Ponce Enrioc and it. Gen. Fidel Ramos the Deputy armed forces chief saturday said Marcos should step aside while there is  they said Corazon Aquino the opposition candidate who claimed Victory in the feb. 7 presidential election should replace , in television appearances said there had been a plot to assassinate him and his wife Imelda in a coup to be carried out Early sunday but it was blocked Ana at least two men were arrested. Hundreds of people chanting Cory Cory Aqui no s nickname gathered outside two adjacent military Camps where Enrile and Ramos took Refuge defended by their troops. The Camps Aguinaldo and crame arc on the outskirts of Manila four Miles cast of the presidential  a news conference saturday at the defense ministry Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo the two men said mar cos stole the election and called on the military and the Cabinet to join them in their revolt. Enrile said generals Loyal to Marcos had planned to arrest All opposition leaders. He said i imagine orders like this would come from the highest  Enrile told the news conference the . And japanese embassies had been informed of the situation but said no foreign government had a role in the rebellion. An Aquino spokesman assemblyman Homobono see Marcos on Page 28 it Cen. Fidel Ramos left and defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile at news conference in Manila. Reagan sending Gorbachev arms letter Washington apr. President Reagan in a letter to soviet lcadefmjki�4l.gorbachev, is calling for elimination of medium Range missiles in Europe As a constructive first step toward a worldwide curb of the nuclear arms race a . Offi Cial said saturday night. The letter was to be signed Over the weekend and sent to Moscow this week the official said. A presidential statement to the nation is also planned he said. Reagan s decision was based on the advice of most of his senior arms Conj fat Cia lists who see an Agre Emea lire.5 and soviet medium Arajaj lines As the most Likely  deadlock at the no  at Geneva he said. A holds out the Hope of earliest Prog Ress the official said. He told the associated press Reagan s letter would also touch on Lone Range nuclear weapons space based defense systems and other As " in arms race. Lii f jtn1tiiii Vilii ilium Linn would Besent to the u.s7traiwfc�fcjqeneva arms control talks headed by a reflecting the concern of China Ai allies in Asia Reagan also proposed that to More than 100 Mobile s&20missilg0m0m Els have deployed a  be Mowl Uin bars. Those missiles Jon China and Japan and were not included in the disarmament proposal Gorba Chev made in mid january. The United states has deployed 236 per Shing ii and cruise missiles in West Ger Many Britain and Italy All aimed at soviet territory. Eventual installation of 572 mis Siles is planned. The soviets have about 300 ss-20s targeted at Western Europe. The Pentagon has found nothing substantially new in the 15-year plan Gorba Chev offered Jan. Is but most . Strategists urged Reagan to make a positive reply. Gorbachev proposed to Climina pcs by uj�_�a4flii0mmii. In medium Range a miss Wim pfc within striking Dis Tance of Europe As a the response is to a Nouraf. Wherever possible said the . Official describing Reagan s letter. It s a constructive answer aimed at working out Early  he stressed that medium Range weapons those with a Range of about 3,400 Miles offer More Hope of a breakthrough than Long Range nuclear arms and space based defense systems. White House spokesman Ben Jarratt on saturday declined to say if Reagan s letter had actually been sent to the Kremlin yet but confirmed that the president had drawn up his response and was circulating it to the a major stumbling Block to an agreement Between the superpowers is the . Strategic defense initiative popularly known As Star  the space project s to Sec if the United Stales could be i soviet nuclear attack. Gorbachev user beams and other futuristic techno log Jake the arms race into a dangerous new s his disarmament plan appears to on the United states giving ground on see letter on Page 28 flood wafers receding thousands return Home in California by the associated press most Rivers in flood ravaged sections of the West receded rapidly saturday after the end of More than a week of storms and thousands of California residents were allowed to return Home but thousands More remained refugees. Flood damage left Nevada without Nat ural Gas. A weakened levee forced an additional 400 people to evacuate saturday North of Sacramento calif., and Avalanche danger remained High in the mountains after up to 10 feet of Snow fell. One major Highway across the sierra1 Nevada Between Nevada and Northern California was reopened after landslides at the height of the storms but others remained closed. Damage in California where More than 38,000 people had been forced to evac uate was estimated at about $225 million by the state office of emergency services said spokeswoman Debra Sonnikson. A total of 17 people had been killed in avalanches floods High surf and High wind in the West and three were missing in California. More than 25,000 people had been forced to flee the towns of Linda and Olivehurst North of Sacramento calif., when the Yuba River breached a levee but the see California on Page 28