European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday March 10, 1986aquino pushing to Cut prices of Basic goods in Philippines Manila Philippines up president Corazon Aquino addressing the first rally at the presidential pal Ace grounds said sunday she was pushing her ministers to lower prices of Basic goods to ease the worst economic crisis in the country since world War ii. Hopefully by next week i will have some Good news for you. It has something to do with prices but my ministers Are telling me that we have to still study All of this Aquino told a cheering crowd of 3,000. They Tell me Cory if you want to lower prices it is necessary that something goes to the government. Otherwise you won t be Able to run your government " Aquino said. I have to listen of course but i am really pushing them to find out How we can lower some of the  Aquino spoke at a stage where former president Ferdi nand Marcos was sworn in feb. 25 As Winner of a disputed presidential election against Aquino hours before he fled the capital following a military revolt backed by Street protests. The Palace grounds have been open to filipinos since the ouster of Marcos and have since been named free Dom  the rally was staged by a militant women s group to pay tribute to the role of women in the dismantling of the 20-year-old Marcos government. I Appeal to you. Please have a Little More patience and give your government a Little More understanding. We Are trying our very Best Aquino said. Newspaper reports said the 53-year-old Aquino was expected to announce shortly the lowering of fuel prices in a major bid to push Down prices of Basic commodities in the nation of 54 million. Aquino has inherited the worst economic crisis to hit the country since Independence from the United states in 1946. It was sparked by unrest following the 1983 murder of her husband Benigno Aquino and has worsened be cause of massive government spending in the feb. 7 ballot ing. Political affairs minister Antonio Cuenco meanwhile has confirmed reports that Aquino will proclaim her administration a revolutionary government the official philippine news Agency said sunday. In a few Days president Aquino will declare that in deed there is a revolutionary government Cuenco said during a news conference saturday in the Central City of Cebu according to the news Agency. Cuenco said the declaration would Settle the confusing Issue of appointments to replace provincial and municipal officials whose terms expired this month. The local officials most of them members of Marcos dbl party have refused to leave their offices saying the Law states that they can be replaced Only after an election. Local elections Are scheduled in May but the Aquino with their hero a photo youngsters pose around a statue of slain former opposition Leader Benigno Aquino in Concepcion Philippines 50 Miles North of Manila. President Corazon Aquino is the widow of the assassinated senator. Government has Given no firm word on whether the vote will push through or not. The proclamation of a revolutionary government would allow Aquino to pursue her Campaign pledge to dismantle Marcos Pyramid of evil without the constraints of the Constitution tailored to the needs of the previous regime. In another development sunday armed forces spokes Man col. Luis san Andres denied published newspaper reports that at least 13 generals Loyal to Marcos had Bee placed under House arrest. Women compete in vacuuming As soviet Union Marks their Day Moscow up the soviet Union marked International women s Day saturday with boasts of their Equality and tributes that included a televised contest on their housecleaning skills. Television commentators appeared Reading news of the special Day in front of Large pictures of Flowers. Films showed hefty women in factories. A television program entitled let s go girls tested the Domestic skills of five women in their 20s on the eve of their Holiday. In one part of the hour Long program they were timed on vacuuming up confetti spread across floors losing a Point for each piece left behind. Then it was on to other skills including singing dancing and knowing How to preserve your hands while peeling potatoes or cooking fish. It s just More work one woman said of women s Day. You just have to go around and do All the shop Ping for the guests who will be coming to celebrate  the Day was a state Holiday although it benefited few outside of some shops because it fell on saturday. Long lines were formed outside Flower shops on the eve of the Day by those visiting friends and relatives for the traditional parties. The communist party newspaper pravda took advantage of women s Day to attack ". Ruling quart ers for keeping women fettered in a position of no economic and social  the unequal position of women remains one of the More tenacious vices of Bourgeois society the newspaper said producing a Stream of statistics to prove they Are second rate  both pravda and the official Tass news Agency said there Are Only 24 women in the 535-seat . Con Gress which is slightly More than the number of soviet women appointed thursday in the top 500 communist party positions. However the Kremlin could Point to a new face in the ruling Circle As proof of the upward mobility of soviet women advocated by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Alexandra Biryukova named thursday to the pow Erful Post of Secretary on the Central committee is the highest ranking soviet woman in a Quarter of a Cen Tury. But at least one program on state television indicated Little change in the image of women s roles As mothers Cooks housekeepers and what pravda called those who radiate the softest  researchers find food Cache from Scott s Polar expedition Wellington new zealand a Antarctic re searchers found a food dump left by capt. Robert Scott during his fatal quest to reach the South pole in 1912, the government has announced. The Cache included candles cans of Cocoa egg powder Jam sardines and matches. Some items were dated 1910. They were never used by the British explorer whose party died on its return journey from the pole. The expedit toners were narrowly beaten by a norwegian Roald Amundsen the first Man to reach the South pole. A Field party found the Cache of food on Ross Island during the summer season just completed said a spokes Man for the government s science department. The items Are to be displayed in a Christchurch museum the spokesman said. Britain eases rules on prescribing contraceptives to underage girls London a the government has issued new guidelines advising doctors that they May prescribe the Pill and other contraceptives to girls under 16 without parental consent in exceptional circumstances. However the department of health directive said Doc tors should attempt to involve parents in a teen age girl s decision to obtain birth control advice and treatment. The new guidelines issued in response to a court ruling last october restore the right of doctors to exercise their medical judgment in cases in which underage girls sought the Pill and other contraceptives without telling their parents. New nazi party in Germany attracting leftists ministry says Bonn up the German Interior ministry has reported the growth of a new nazi movement that appeals to leftists and no longer accepts Adolf Hitler As a Model. The ministry in a report entitled Domestic Security said the new movement considers itself socialist anti capitalist and revolutionary. A Neo nazi party reflecting these doctrines the nation Alist front was formed nov. 16, 1985, in Steinhagen about 55 Miles Southeast of Hannover the report said. The new party describes itself As part of the worldwide liberation and nationalist movement to smash International imperialism the report said. The ministry said the new party and similar Small groups Call themselves anti imperialist and social revolutionary but they Are Neo nazi rather than left Wing  rainfall causes Mountain Lake in Peru to flood 90,000 flee Lima Peru up More than 90,000 peruvians were forced to flee their Homes when torrential Rains and flooding caused Lake Titicaca the world s highest Large Lake to Rise More than it has any time this Century. The Rains have swollen Lake Titicaca located in the Altiplano Region Between Peru and Bolivia to 8 /2 feet above Normal the Lake s highest level in this Century. There is no sign the Rains will Stop soon officials said. Peruvian and bolivian civil defense officials said dam age from the Rains and flooding at the Lake had topped $50 million. Rainfall in the last six months has been nearly double the average near the Lake according to Peru s National meteorological and hydrological service. Scientists seek to uncover buried secrets about pharaoh Hildesheim Germany up a team of German archaeologists has started a fresh assault on the secrets of Hollywood s favorite pharaoh Ramses ii the old testament King thought to have held the israelite in bondage in Egypt 33 centuries ago. The scientists have renewed excavations near the mod Ern town of Al Cantara 75 Miles Northeast of Cairo where Ramses built an impressive 9-Square-mile capital in the13th Century . A spokesman for the project organized by the Roemer and Eliza us museums in Hildesheim just South of Han Nover said the 10-member team just started excavations and hoped for a breakthrough by the end of May