European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stapes d Patriot battalion to deploy in Pitburg Page 3 vets demand release of americans in Vietnam Page 5 d today s Dollar buys 2.27 Marks rates Page 27 the stm4andpripesvssvi i is a Aster autmori1ed unofficial publication for th6 . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 312 tuesday. February 25, 1986 i  and Sunao d 8693 a Reagan to Marcos staying in Power through violence futile pro Marcos Soldier is jumped by rebels taking Over to station in Manila. Washington a president Reagan in a dramatic reversal urged philippine president Ferdinand e. Marcos to surrender Power monday and told him it would be futile to try to prolong his 20 year Rule through violence. See related stories Page 13. While calling Marcos an old Friend and ally the administration All but offered a . Plane to whisk him to Safe Haven in the United states. Marcos vowed to go through with plans to be re inaugurated tuesday and called on citizens to come to his Palace with guns to defend him. Asked if the administration wanted to Sec Marcos step Down before his inauguration White House spokesman Larry up cakes said we re trying to precipitate it As quickly As we  military rebels operating from a barricaded stronghold in a Manila suburb have proclaimed Marcos rival Corazon Aquino As president and she too planned an inauguration tuesday As head of a provisional government. In Manila troops guarding Marcos Palace opened fire Early tuesday on civil ians demonstrating in support of military rebels. Doctors said four people suffered gunshot wounds. The shooting at about 1 20 . Was the first time troops Loyal to Marcos opened fire on civilians since top defense officials began their rebellion saturday. In declaring Aquino the head of a new provisional government the rebels said Marcos had defrauded her of Victory in the feb. 7 special presidential election. In a series of to broadcasts Marcos said he controlled the military and called on Loyal civilians to come to his Palace with guns to defend him. He also imposed a 6 . To 6 . Cur few. But Aquino and the leaders of the rebellion former defense minister Juan Ponce Enrioc and Deputy armed forces chief 1.1. Gen. Fidel v. Ramos urged civilian supporters to remain on the streets around a rebel held military Camp and broadcast facilities to protect them from attack by loyalist soldiers. Thousands of civilian backers of the re Bels also gathered near the presidential Palace and tried to pull Down barbed wire barricades. Witnesses said some tossed firecrackers periodically apparently hop ing to provoke the loyalist troops. The guards fired into the air several limes monday but directed their guns at the protesters for the first time tuesday. Witnesses said that after the shooting began some fleeing protesters were injured when they stepped on pieces of bar bed wire. Also monday two loyalist soldiers were killed when rebel troops seized the govern ment s to station. Hospital officials said one of the soldiers shot himself accidentally in the Mouth. At least two other soldiers see Reagan on Page 28 cafes gasoline prices drop sharply by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich the Price for a gallon of gasoline will drop sharply for cafes Europe customers in Germany and the Netherlands breaking a four month stable trend after an equally Sharp Price increase last october. Cafes Europe spokesman capt. Mark Busich said prices at the pump in March will average about 9 cents per gallon less than in february. New prices take effect  drop in Price is the result of decreased product costs which arc being passed along to the consumer Besich said. However setting the Price on gasoline is not As simple As watching the Cost to cafes Europe go up or Down. For the Exchange service which last year sold nearly 500 million liners of fuel the pricing formula involves several variables and a fair amount of Fortuna telling. Pricing our fuel products in Europe is significantly More Complex than in the United states said it. Col. Robert Thompson cafes Europe spokesman. The most critical Factor is the Dollar and its value against foreign currencies because cafes purchases its motor fuel from locally contracted dealers and pays for it in local currency Thompson said. Cafes Europe converts dollars to local currencies to Purchase from local Petroleum suppliers Thompson said. These suppliers must make their purchases in the International Oil Market from a variety of sources. Cur Rency Exchange rates affect both transactions which do not necessarily take place at the same time or the same rate of  the entire buying and Selling process is geared to the future which Means officials at cafes Europe he in Munich must attempt to gauge what is expected to Hap pen. Although cafes Europe commander Brig. Gen. . Lccy sets the Price he gets a recommendation from a select committee of soothsayers that meets each see gasoline on Page 28 2 governors ban training exercises in Honduras. Laam Iskol of twin a it in not ninth nil ii Inch in nor tit. Met in the Var let by the associated press fearing for the safety of National guard members and concerned about the course of american policy in Central America democratic governors in two states have banned training exercises in Honduras. Four other governors have made at least some assignments in Honduras off limits. National guard commanders however Are enthusiastic about training their Citi zen soldiers in Honduras and in most states it has not been an Issue. Riby maligned said capt. Ken Mana Vin of the Missouri adjutant general s office which is sending 2,600 guard members on a Road building exercise. If it were a person he d sue for  goes. Joseph e. Brennan of Maine and Michael s. Dukakis of Massachusetts have barred their National guard units from training in Honduras. Gov. Mario Cuomo of new York says he is opposed to any Mission there which is connected with Nicaragua and goes. Booth Gardner of Washington and John Carlin of Kansas say their troops can train elsewhere. The harshest criticism has come from Arizona s gov. Bruce Babbitt who has accused some people in the Reagan administration of hoping for casualties Dur ing Maneu vers near the nicaraguan fron tier in order that War could be escalated in a highly emotional  however Babbitt allowed 65 members of the Arizona National guard to participate in a Road building exercise in the Interior the same Mission which Brennan thought was too dangerous for a 35-Mcm Ber engineering team from his slate. Honduras Borders Al Salvador and Nicaragua two Central american coun tries with ongoing internal rebellions Brennan said in a statement. Both rebel Lions have spilled into Honduras. The possibility of violence in either of these neigh Boring countries moving into Honduras is very real As is the potential for anti american  however Dan Donohue spokesman for the National guard Bureau in the Penta gon said the Security risk in Central America is no greater than it is anywhere else in the  guard forces have never been closer than 26 Miles from the nicaraguan Bor Der and there has been no incident in which troops have been caught in the Cross fire Between Contra and government forces he said on feb. 5, Dukakis announced he was Banning the state s National guard troops from going on Maneu vers in Honduras. We Don t need another War in Central America involving american troops. When you Send National guardsmen Down there to Honduras that s a step in that direction Dukakis said. Republican state chairman Andrew Natsios charged that Dukakis was just see Honduras on Page 28