European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday March 25,1986 news update protester Dies Baltimore a a retired army Reserve officer who set himself afire near the White House last month has died a Hospital spokeswoman said. Orland Payne Mccafferty 57, of Lee s Summit mo., died in the Francis Scott key medical Center s Burn unit said spokeswoman Karen Beauregard. Mccafferty who had been in critical condition since the feb. 15 incident died from severe Burns she said. Mccafferty who retired from the army Reserve in 1979 with the rank of lieutenant colonel apparently went to Washington to express his disappoint ment with policies concerning social Security Bene. Fits for servicemen District of Columbia police said. Before dousing himself with gasoline and lighting a match Mccafferty left a three Page letter in his car addressed to president Reagan that ended let me Light the  French vote result Paris a socialists and the governing conservative coalition split the final two outstanding seats in the National Assembly that were determined in second round voting according to election results. The election of Albert pen As Deputy from St. Pierre it Miquelon off Eastern Canada gives the socialists 216 seats in the 577-seat Assembly. The election of Benjamin Brial a Neo gaullist As Deputy from the South Pacific territory of Wallis it Furtuna gives the conservatives 291 seats two More than needed to form a majority. The two sets of islands retained a two round Vot ing system when the rest of France and its Territo Ries replaced it with a proportional system. The original balloting was held on March 16. Socialists Are now the opposition party after five years in government leaving socialist president Francois Mitterrand to work with conservative prime minister Jacques Chirac. Two years remain in Mitterrand s seven year term. Munich Campus honors program has 7 scholarships still available Munich seven of 10 scholarships awarded by the University of Maryland s Munich Campus honors pro Gram Are still being offered for next year. High school seniors in Europe must have a Grade Point average of 3.6 or better for their most recent two years of school and a combined score of 1,100 on the Scholastic aptitude test to compete for the half tuition scholarship Worth $1,500. Once in the program the spa requirement is 3.0. Students interested in applying should Contact their school Counselor for an application. The honors program allows a student to participate in accelerated and Independent study programs. We also organize a special cultural program each year for the honors students designed to familiarize them with the civilized pleasures of a major european City said coordinator David Petts. Air Force identifies airman killed in Luxembourg Accident Pitburg a Germany the air Force monday identified the airman killed in a one car Accident saturday in Luxembourg As sgt. Jeffery c. Smith 24, of the 36th aircraft generation so. Smith of Clarksville tenn., was killed in echternach Luxembourg when he lost control of his car Pitburg spokeswoman Victoria Hanson said monday. Senior airman Bernard towns 22, of the 36th acs was seriously injured in the Accident. He is in Good Condi Tion in a Luxembourg Hospital Hanson said. Two other passengers in Smith s car senior airman Dennis e. Brown of the 36th and his wife Cheryl l., both 23, were slightly injured. Base officials incorrectly identified Brown As an airman first class in the Story in Sun Day s newspaper. Clarification express mail service which began monday at 11 test Sites in Germany and Italy and was reported in monday s stars and stripes is for personal mail and packages Only. We will not accept mail that has government postage paid indicia on the envelope or meter strips said 1st it. Daniel Olsen . Army postal group Europe. If a individual wants to Send official documents via express mail he or she will do so at their own expense. The government will not fund express mail service. Strikers bar filipinos from basest but let americans enter Clark Clark a Philippines a strikers stopped most filipinos from entering . Military bases monday the third Day of a walkout by 22,000 filipino workers but allowed american personnel and their dependents free Access to Clark a. At Subic Bay naval base spokesman it. Cmdr. James Van sickle said americans were being advised to stay away from base Gates following two clashes involving filipinos and americans that left 13 people injured Over the weekend. Six of the injured were . Servicemen. We be made it Clear to our people to stay away from the Gates until we can resolve this said Van sickle. The clashes reportedly occurred when servicemen tried to pass the barricades to enter the base. The highest ranking . Naval officer in the Philippines monday called on . Servicemen to show restraint. Avoid All confrontation. Don t try to Cross the picket lines. Stay away from the possibility of being Hurt rear adm. Edward Kohn said on the . Military s far East network television Channel. He acknowledged that efforts to end the strike have not been successful adding i do want you to know that we Are continuing to pursue  at Subic strikers permitted some americans to enter the naval base monday for the first time since the walkout began. Union Leader Roberto Flores said one . Service Man was allowed to Cross because he was vomiting blood. Another got through after he showed a Telegram saying his child in the United states was sick. In other developments during the weekend president Corazon Aquino asked filipinos for huge doses of patience As she and her new government seek to undo what she said was 20 years of economic and social damage caused by Ferdinand e. Marcos. She told the commencement of St. Scholastica s College in suburban Manila that the government has begun to make fundamental changes. In my first 100 Days of office what i Hope to accomplish is to be firm directions toward political normalization and eco nomic recovery while the government strives to maintain the delivery of essential Public services she said. The information ministry also announced that Aquino s office will pay the medical Bills of Marcos 93-year-old Mother who has been hospitalized for More than eight years. A newspaper columnist recently wrote that Josefa Edra Lin Marcos a widow did not have the Money to pay her Bills at the philippine heart Center in suburban Manila. Or. Esperanza Cabral director of the medical Center said mrs. Marcos Bills for food and Medicine reached $57,333 by sunday. She said Bills sometimes had been paid by the presidential Palace but mrs. Marcos never was charged the regular room and Board because she was the president s Mother. Up photo strikers Block a Street leading to Subic Bay naval base. At Clark a strikers refused support of about 30 leftist youths who wanted to help blockade Gates sunday night witnesses said. The witnesses said youths from the group called Bayan country marched to the main base Gate carrying red banners but were pushed Back by the strikers Many of whom Are longtime . Government employees. Leftist groups oppose american use of Clark Subic and a half dozen smaller military facilities in the Philippines. . Officials say the bases Are vital to defense of the Pacific. The strikers Are asking for Severance pay upon Resig nation the Only Issue remaining unresolved in negotiations with . Officials. Deputy labor minister carmelo Noriel said his office has been in touch with both parties. Army denies report that Persh nos based in Germany exceed limit from staff and wire reports . Army officials monday denied a report in a Ger Man news Magazine that the Pentagon has stationed More Pershing ii nuclear missiles in Germany than the 108 agreed upon in a 1979 nato Basing decision. Der Spiegel citing information from the National Jour Nal Magazine of Washington said there were 156 new Pershing medium Range missiles based in Germany. Der Spiegel said about 30 More Pershing ii rockets were awaiting shipment overseas at the army s fort Sill artillery Center in Oklahoma. Maj. Michael Griffon spokesman for 56th Field arty come the Only . Pershing ii unit in Europe said 108 missiles Are in Germany and no More will be deployed. There Are no plans to have More than 108 Pershing ii missiles in the Federal Republic of Germany Griffon said. That number is in line with the 1979 nato dual track agreement under which defense and foreign ministers of the 14 nato countries decided to modernize the per Shing system by replacing Pershing a with the Pershing ii Griffon said. The plan was to deploy 108, and 108 Are Here he said. Der Spiegel reported that the Pentagon ordered the manufacture of 308 new Pershing and that the army chief of staff Gen. John Wickham said the reason for the extra missiles was that the number based in Germany was Way under the calculated  nato Secretary general lord Carrington told a news conference at the conclusion of a nato defense ministers conference Friday in Wuerzburg Germany that deployment of the new weapon system was completed dec. 31. Girl killed boy injured in apartment fire Mannheim Germany a 2-year-old girl died anther 4-year-old brother was injured in an apartment fire in Benjamin Franklin Village authorities said monday. The children were alone when the fire broke out at 3 15p.m. Sunday said sgt. . Barham Mannheim Public affairs spokesman. Their names were not released. The girl died of smoke inhalation according to  Jurgen Rapp attending physician at the scene. Her brother was listed in critical condition monday in local Hospital military police officials said. A building occupant who smelled smoke called the sul Livan Barracks fire department. Firemen and military police responding to the Call had to use Force to enter the quarters. The Mother of the two children arrived after firefighters and maps had arrived at the scene. The service member is a single Parent Barham said. It. Col. James Cullem director of engineering an housing for the Community estimated damage to the quarters at $13,000. The cause of the fire is under investigation