European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 5, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Marcos party Lett $ ? 2,000 Tab at Guam pm by Norman Black a military writer Washington family members and associates of former philippine president Ferdinand Marcos were allowed to charge More than $12,000 Worth of clothes and other items at an air Force Exchange on the Island of Guam the air Force said monday the approximately 90 persons travelling with Marcos last week As he fled his Homeland were allowed to use the base Exchange at Andersen air base on Guam after completing the first leg of a trip that took them from the Philippines to Hawaii. The base Exchange has not been paid for the Pur chases the air Force said but referred additional que Ries on the matter to the state department. A spokes Man there Ken Bailes said the question of payment for the purchases is still being looked  last week the state department said the Federal government would absorb Only the Cost of transportation lodging and Security for the Marcos party. Despite that statement Bailes indicated it was still unclear whether the filipinos would be asked to pay for the Exchange purchases. All i can say right now is that we re looking at the question he said. While stressing that final reports had yet to be Vali dated the air Force said monday that the Marcos party purchased clothing and other goods Worth $12,256.69 while spending the night on Guam. Since arriving in Hawaii Marcos and his entourage have been staying in quarters at Hickham air Force base. Members of the Marcos party were allowed to shop at the base commissary after hours but officials have not said How the purchases were paid for. The group needed food and clothing things like that said capt. Kevin Krejcarek an air Force spokes Man at Hickam. They were after personal Basic necessities. They weren t allowed near the stereo and i i department he said. As to How they paid for the merchandise i Don t know. That information has not been released  although there have been no reports that Marcos or his associates were carrying american currency with them when they fled Manila Marcos was allowed to take several crates with him when he resigned his office some of which Are said to have contained Large amounts of philippine currency. The Central Bank of the Philippines is seeking an injunction to recover the pesos Marcos took with him and May also try to seize other assets state department spokesman Charles Redman said monday. The value of jewels and other property taken out of the Philippines by the Marcos party has been estimated at More than $1 million. The customs service has impounded the material. The air Force and state department have declined to provide a precise tabulation of How much it Cost to Fly Marcos and his family and friends from the Philippines to Guam and then to Hawaii. The Cost of operating the four air Force jets involved in the evacuation totalled More than $80,000, however based on Standard hourly operating tables used by the service. Whitworth espionage trial opens in san Francisco san Francisco a trial opened monday for Jerry Whitworth a for Mer Navy code expert charged with Selling secrets As part of a spy ring for the soviet Union with the prosecution seeking to admit As evidence Anonymous letters that the judge has called a virtual  . District judge John Vukasin deferred a ruling on whether to admit the letters to the Fri that speak of involvement in a spy ring and that prosecutors say were written by the defendant. Whitworth 46, is the last of four defendants accused of being part of a spy ring authorities say was headed by John Walker jr., a former chief warrant officer who has been convicted of espionage. Walker s son and brother also have been convicted. All four men were arrested in May. Friend of Walker Whitworth of Davis calif., is accused of passing secrets on Navy code and radio communications systems to Walker his longtime Friend from 1974 to 1983 for $332, 13 charges against him in clude seven espionage and conspiracy counts that carry potential life sentences along with tax evasion charges involving the $332,000. Jury selection was to begin tuesday with the trial expected to last eight to 10 weeks. Only someone with Whitworth s unique knowledge of an espionage conspiracy could have written the four letters to the Fri assistant . Attorney William Farmer argued monday in seeking their admission As evidence. Three letters spoke of involvement in espionage and offered help in breaking a spy ring in return for immunity from prosecution and the fourth retracted the offer. Defense lawyer James Larson said the details of the spy operation and Whit Worth s alleged knowledge of it would be a photo Jerry Whitworth. Accused of Selling secrets established Only if the jury believed John Walker who is expected to be the prosecution s Star witness. Whitworth s lawyers sought monday to require a separate trial on the tax charges saying they were not closely related to the espionage charges. Larson also said Whit Worth s Case would be Hurt because he wants to testify about the spying charges but not about the tax matters. Assistant . Attorney Leida Schoggen argued that All the charges were closely related and that Whitworth s spending of Large sums of Cash would be used As proof of both espionage and tax evasion. For example she said witnesses would disclose that Whitworth spent about $15,000 in Cash in the month after Walker is alleged to have paid him $100,000 for secrets. Received by Fri much of monday s hearing entered on the letters signed rus that were received by the Fri in san Francisco. The Fri said the first three letters in May 1984, said the writer had been involved in espionage for several years and had passed top secret code information to a Contact who relayed it to soviet agents. Vukasin in december denied a request from prosecutors to present the letters to the jury so the panel could decide whether Whitworth wrote them. The judge said then that the letters amount to a confession and that there was no evidence of their authorship. But Farmer renewed his request monday with a two pronged argument. He cited the Content of the letters which he said pointed to Whitworth As their author and their writing style which a Syracuse University analyst had found similar to Whitworth s. The prosecutor said rus described a longtime spy ring with at least five Mem Bers mentioned cryptographic key lists said the information was to be delivered to the soviet Union outside the United states and described the Contact As a Friend and . Citizen who received Money and instructions from his soviet Contact in the United states. The matters disclosed by rus. Were so obscure that Only or. Whitworth could have been the author Farmer claimed. In addition Farmer offered a report from professor Murray Miron of Syracuse University who often analyses disputed documents for Law enforcement agencies. Miron compared stylistic traits of the rus letters with letters found in Whitworth s Home and found enough similarities mis Spellings the use of punctuation and other characteristics to conclude that Whit Worth wrote the rus letters Farmer said. But the prosecutor s suggestion that the letters be submitted to the jury with instructions to disregard them unless the jury decided Whitworth was the author was sharply disputed by the defense. Larson said the letters like a confession Are so prejudicial that no jury instruction to disregard them would provide enough Protection. He also said much of the information in the letters would have been known to the intelligence Community for example it was Well known that the soviets wanted cryptographic secrets and commonly met their contacts in Vienna. Former police chief Dies Wilton Conn. A former new Haven police chief James f. Ahern who handled protests during the murder trial of eight Black panthers has died of cancer. He was 54. Procrastinators behind schedule it s their week it they get around to if Philadelphia up National procrastinating week entered its second Day monday and already the men and women of the procrastinators club of America had fallen behind on their first item of business weeding out Active Mem Bers. We re getting rid of people who want to do things like join committees explained Les Waas club president since the last election was held in 1956. Waas admitted he has been stalling on the project but then that s perfectly respectable during a week when club Mem Bers everywhere try to promote the Bene fits of  if they get around to it. It s really a week to catch up on procrastinating especially for people who have been putting it off said Waas. He said dozens of special events were planned in Observance of National procrastinating week like watching the Reagan Mondale debates mailing last year s Christmas cards and making new year s resolutions for 1985. Also in keeping with the special week club members Are not running late like we normally do we re walking late he said. The procrastinators club headquartered in Philadelphia because the East coast is always later than the West coast currently has about 4,900 members Al though As Waas put it there Are about a half million members who Haven t gotten around to joining  he said the club is made up of professional people who have deadlines to meet and realize the Only Way to meet a deadline is to procrastinate on everything else. A Good procrastinator knows it s impossible to get everything done. Life s too Short to accomplish everything you want to do said Waas. A procrastinator takes time to smell the Flowers while an anti Crasti Nator usually winds up under  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 5, 1946 the United states Britain and France have called for peace Ful abolition of the Franco government by the Spanish people the British foreign of fice in London announced. 30 years ago today. March 5, 1956 the University of Alabama embroiled in the autherine j. Lucy Case was reported to be ready to admit qualified negro students if it must under the Law according to two new York City newspapers. 20 years ago today. March 5, 1966 Bill Frawley 73, the Raspy voiced character actor who co starred in the i love Lucy and my three sons to series collapsed and died while walking in Hollywood. 70 years ago today. March 5, 1976 a. Terrorist bomb exploded in a London train Only minutes after More than 1,000 commuters had Dis embarked