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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, March 9, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 9, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 . Has gifted leadership report shows but Reagan other top officials can t keep those foreign presents Washington a former philippine first lady Imelda Marcos presented Nancy Reagan with two gowns valued at $10,000 and joined her husband in giving a . Congressman jewelry Worth $10,420 last fall a report showed Friday. President Reagan also received an Ivory elephant studded with diamonds and other gems from thai Queen sir kit and two bottles of Vodka from soviet party chief Mikhail Gorbachev. Rep. Jack Kemp r-., reported that in september he received from then president Ferdinand Marcos and mrs. Marcos earrings rings cuff links studs broach and  the jewelry valued at $10,420, has been sent to the House clerk s office the report said. The gifts were detailed in an annual report on thousands of dollars Worth of items lavished on . Officials by foreign governments in 1985. Under . Law the items must be stored by the . Government and they have been. Saudi King fahd presented a $12,500 Gold plated Diamond studded clock to the reagans As Well As apparel and artwork costing even More. Gorbachev sent 12 jars of caviar along with the Vodka and other items. Central intelligence Agency director William j. Casey not required to reveal the sources of gifts reported a French d armes St. Etienne revolver a Bone handled Silver sheathed sword and assorted african and chinese Art objects. Gifts to other Cia officials some not obliged to give even their own names included a Luger pistol and a mideastern Sultan s  most gifts will be displayed in museums or be stored in government Ware houses. Under the government ethics Law officials May not accept gifts Worth More than $165 from foreign governments except on behalf of the . Government. Eye catching items Are sometimes cleared for display in the recipient s of fice but they must remain behind when he or she leaves the Job. The White House report said that on oct. 21, mrs. Reagan received from mrs. Marcos two gowns one is Black velvet and floor length with a Silver sequined and rhinestone Phoenix Bird design the other is a red silk strapless gown with a Rhine Stone Butterfly design at top and a match ing jacket with same design repeated at top. Both a sized and sewn by j. Moreno  the gowns with a total value of $10,000, have been sent to the National archives the report said. Elaine Crispen mrs. Reagan s press Secretary said they were Given to the first lady by mrs. Marcos in new York at a conference held in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the United nations. John Buckley Kemp s press Secretary said the gifts the congressman received were presented to him and to his wife Joanne in Manila Philippines while they were on a privately financed fact finding tour of Asia. He said that it was custom Ary for Marcos to bestow expensive gifts on foreign dignitaries and that Kemp was accorded the treatment of someone who could be a presidential candidate in some future  Reagan and the first lady received most of the treasure. Their report of 120 gifts and parcels of gifts covered More than seven pages of Fine print in the Federal Register. Among top donors King fahd an amethyst studded Gold Pitcher and tumblers created by Wolf res of Brussels Belgium $5,000 a photograph of the Monarch in Sterling Silver Frame with Gold Border by Aspry of London $6,000 photographs of Ara Bian horses. $13,190 a Gold evening bag with the initials or lettered in diamonds $20,000 a Green silk outfit with Gold thread embroidery $25,000. Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres set of 10 color serigraphs silk screen pictures of the late prime min ister David Ben Gurion $10,000 an an Tique Glass necklace made during the roman occupation of Israel $5,000. General m. Ziaul Haq president of Pakistan leather bound books describing Pakistan s history and culture and an Atlas of islam $8,300. His wife gave the reagans a length of Black Gold embroidered Chiffon valued at $9,500. Boy admits he caused derailment that i 3 Cpl ton Calif. A a 12-year-old boy tearfully admitted he released the brakes on Railroad freight cars that ran into an intersection and smashed into an Auto Mobile killing three teen agers police said. The boy whose name was not released because of his age was arrested thursday afternoon four hours after the Accident police sgt. Randy Heusterberg said. He returned to the freight Yard with two friends and was spotted by an officer. He noticed that one of them was misty eyed like he was just about to cry Heusterberg said. So the officer started asking  the boy tearfully admitted he released the Brake he said. His companions were not involved and police do not believe the boy had intended to injure anyone sgt. Nor Man Sebern said Friday. The boy who was not booked was turned Over to his parents thursday night. The Case will be presented to the san Bernardino county District attorney s office to deter mine if charges will be filed Sebern said. Coroner s officials identified the victims As 17-year-old Colton residents Erica Marie Martinez Catherine Eliza Beth Robles and Frances Mendoza. The deaths emotionally devastated fellow students and staff members at Colton High school said principal Rollin Grider. We used a Pep rally that we scheduled for today As an Opportunity to share some love and pain Grider said Friday. I think it s kind of ironic that on the Day they died All three of then gave blood and maybe helped save a  teens Lora Diaz left Cynthia Phelps mourn friends. The leading freight car reached about 35 Mph when it smashed into an automobile in the intersection before crashing into a building housing the Dai tile corp. Santa be railway spokesman Mike Martin estimated the weight of the five rail cars involved at 600 tons. I think All three victims were in the car said Dep Uty Coroner Frank Lee. It was just such a mangled mess it was difficult to  Dai tile manager Douglas Bancroft 47, was sitting at his desk when the freight car smashed into his building 60 Miles East of los Angeles. Bancroft was treated for facial cuts and a sore Back. I still had the phone in my hand and i was underneath the Boxcar that was in my office Bancroft said. The Accident began when three rail cars loaded with scrap Metal rolled off a Union Pacific siding and banged into two Hopper cars filled with Grain that were standing on a Santa be track said Tom Buckley manager of Public relations for Sante be railway in los Angeles. The five cars rolled several blocks Down the track until they reached an intersection where the first car hit a de vice called a derail which automatically forced it of the track Buckley said. As it rolled across the Street the Hopper car struck the Auto and the building Buckley said. The other four cars stayed on the track continuing across the intersection and smashed into track maintenance equipment. A single car usually is stopped by the derail mechanism which is designed to derail a car if it s not supposed to be moving but the momentum of the four cars behind launched it across the Road Martin said. Documents Fink Marcos . Property lawmaker says Manila. Phili nines \ pm tvs 1\  to in i c a. I _ i Philippines up the government of Corazon Aquino has secured documents firmly establishing for the first time a link Between deposed president Fer Dinand Marcos and vast real estate holdings in new York rep. Stephen Solarz said saturday. Solarz d-., said Jovito Salonga minister of the commission for Good government produced dynamite documentation linking Marcos to a . Lawyer and his brother who Are responsible for Man aging the new York properties. Lawyer Joseph Bernstein and his brother Ralph have been named in a suit filed in new York on behalf of the Aquino government seeking to freeze As sets in four new York properties including a Long Island estate linked to mar cos. The properties Are Worth an estimated $350 million. The 13-Day-old government moved swiftly saturday to recover assets taken from the country or seized from private citizens by the Marcos government and turned Over to his close associates. Information minister Teodoro Locsin said Salonga had authorized the sequester ing of three television facilities because they May have received Public funds diverted by the Marcos administration the official philippine news Agency reported. The three stations originally owned by businessman Eugenio Lopez jr., were seized by the Marcos government the Day after martial Law was imposed on sept. 21, 1972, and eventually fell under the control of close Marcos associates. Lopez was jailed by Marcos for five years but made a dramatic prison escape and fled to the United states. He returned to Manila last week after nine years in exile and said he May take Legal moves to recover his previous holdings which also included the Manila electric co. Solarz said Salonga had asked him not to divulge details of the documentation of the Marcos connection to the new York prop erty but he said i have now seen the document with the name of president mar cos on  Salonga produced dynamite documentation which firmly establishes the link be tween the Bernstein Brothers who were responsible for the management of the Marcos holdings in the new York area and president Marcos for the first time Solarz said. Solarz who spoke with reporters at the end of a three Day visit to Manila is chair Man of the House subcommittee on asian and Pacific affairs which conducted an extensive investigation into Marcos s new York holdings. Courts and to the court of Public opinion Solarz said. Estimates of Marcos s wealth have ranged As High As $10 billion but a precise figure May never be known. The Aquino government swept into Power feb. 25 when a Church backed Mili tary rebellion brought Down the Marcos government has vowed to exert All Legal efforts to claim assets spirited out of the country by the former ruler and his associates now in Hawaii. According to a Cabinet official who spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity Aquino is expected to dissolve the National Assembly no later than monday and name a panel to draft a new Constitution. The official said Aquino was expected a Stii ii Mauiu Vaju Iuva a Tauc vice in we were always told by our critics that declare a revolutionary government a we did t have a smoking gun. I think the move that would give her the Power to Dis smoking gun is now available and i believe solve the Assembly and abandon the constr that it will be presented in due course to the tuition used by the Marcos government  
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