European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strings q sources say Pentagon plans big exercises Page 5 c cruise missile crashes in test Over Canada Page 9 q Steve Boros named manager of padres Page 21 the stars authorized unofficial publication of vol. 44, no. 314 thursday february 27, 1986 t Dolly Ana sunday q 8693 a Marcos flees to Guam Aquino begins Healing Manila Philippines a Ferdi nand e. Marcos Flea the Philippines after 20 years in Power wednesday and Corazo Aquino the new president said we can Start Healing he made the comment to journalists wailing outside her Campaign headquarter Sas television and radio stations reported that Marcos and an entourage of 55 rela Tives and friends had arrived safely in the . Territory of Guam aboard two Ameri can military planes. Certainly with or. Marcos leaving an with the relaxed atmosphere we can Start Healing the wounds she began returning to Normal after Days of turmoil in the revolt that ousted Marcos. Stores businesses and Banks re opened wednesday and schools we rescheduled to resume classes thursday. Thousands of filipinos lined up to enter the pics dental Palace the scene of loot ing and vandalism after Marcos fled by helicopter tuesday night but the morn ing throngs were quiet and mingled with civilian sightseers in the Palace grounds that had been under virtual siege by rebel forces and their civil Ian supporters during the final Days of the Marcos presidency. Marcos 68, resigned tuesday night driven from office by a military and civil rebellion in support of was taken by helicopter to Clark a a filipino youth slashes a portrait of Ferdinand Marcos in the presidential Palace. 50 Miles Northwest of Manila where his group spent the night before fleeing the country wednesday. The . Defense department issued statement in Washington saying a c-9 transport Jet carrying Marcos his wife Imelda and the ousted armed forces chief. Gen. Fabian c. Ver and his wife landed a Guam s Andersen fab late wednesday. It said a c-i4i Star lifter followed with other sin the Marcos group. Or. Marcos will receive a medical checkup at the . Naval Hospital in Agana. Guam the statement said. The period of time on Guam and further Desti nations Are not known at this Frank Quimby a staff aide to Guam Delegate to Congress said Marcos would receive medical attention and then probably would go to Hawaii. He did not specify what medical treatment was involved but Marcos has been said to suffer from a kid Ney ailment and other problems. A state department official said i Washington that Marcos would stay in Guam for some time but Guam s acting governor Edward d. Reyes who greeted Marcos and Var at the air base said mar cos was scheduled to leave Guam for Honolulu on wednesday evening. I think his preference would have been to remain in the Philippines returning to see Marcos on Page 28 ., Philippines both gain from bases by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the United states relies on two bases in the Philippines to extend its military umbrella into the Western Pacific and Asia because their spot on the Globe makes them uniquely qualified to accomplish . Strategic relationship Overall has been a rather comfortable one for the United states As Well As the Philippines. More than eight decades old owl at the installations has turned Clark a and the Subic Bay naval base into the largest us. Military complexes outside the country and made them key contributors to the philippine Economy. The relationship is intact for the moment despite the unrest that led tuesday to the abdication of Power by president Ferdinand Marcos. Secretary of state Georgep. Shultz announced that the United states has officially recognized the new government of Corazon , Pentagon officials like Richard l. A Milauc the assistant defense Secretary for International Security affairs say they believe Clark and Subic will remain under . Control no matter what happens to current . Lease is Good at least through 1991, and there has been Little evidence the filipino people wan americans out. Shultz buttressed those statements tuesday by noting that Aquino widow of slain philippine opposition Leader Binigno Aquino has supported the presence of the bases and insofar As i know has no question in her min that they arc there he said the agreement for the bases runs to 1991,and i m sure when that time comes there will be Nego officials acknowledge that the defense department has been studying contingency Sites to replace the bases but that study has led to one main conclusion. Clark and Subic arc not irreplaceable but we need see bases on Page 28 for up to 35,000 serv remembers air Force authorizing Early Obj by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the army and air Force plan to let As Many As 33,000 Servic members leave Active duty Earl during the rest of this fiscal year to lower personnel costs and meet Gramm Rudman spending reduction require ments. -w1 army officials saytemaf9 to and 30,000 to apply fordischara�4l Eto two months before their Ilion dates. An army official said to Heth take to save about $43 million this fiscal lease program. An air Force spokes5,200 air we Iii be re y. He said All of. A released Early will be from units stationed in the Continental unite states and no personnel overseas will be affected. A Navy spokesman said that service has no plans to release any of Early but he Dic cd gel to. Teams own it works you Don t hmm learn procurement and research development areas he said. personnel operations and but releasing personnel Earl is an obvious . But we have nothing on the right now the army and air Force figures Are much higher than the original estimate of Ian Cox assistant Secretary of de sense for Force management and person Nel who recently said he thought All the services combined would release about 15,000 members Early Over the rest of this fiscal year. All army enlisted personnel arc eligible for Early release if they have at least two years of service have a separation Date before oct. I and apply by March 21, Jing to a department of the army see Early on Page 28
