European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Marcos says he s still Philippines president Honolulu a Ferdinand mar cos on sunday called the government of Corazon Aquino a Plain and simple dictatorship and said he still considers himself president of the Philippines. Of course Marcos said when asked whether he still considers himself president. The deposed Leader made the remarks on the Lawn of his Home after a private easter mass. It marked the first time he answered reporters questions since fleeing the Philippines. Marcos said that since arriving in Hawaii feb. 26, he has been Busy writing but he said his lawyer advised him not to talk about what he has written. He said he has been resting and eating Well and has gained two pounds since his arrival. Marcos also said he had no immedi ate plans to leave Hawaii. An easter picnic on sunday was can celeb after secret service agents objected to the number of guests and the City said the party could t be held in a Park. Instead of the party the Marc oses separately met Well wishers at a travel Agency owned by a Marcos supporter. Mrs. Marcos greeted More than 1,000 people who filed through the Small office. Her husband then made a Brief appearance mounting a Small Pedestal to wave at the crowd before he de parted. Outside a filipino band performed. About 100 friends and relatives joined them for the mass after which Marcos and his wife Imelda Sang you la never walk  guests to the party had been told to bring their own food because of the Short notice for the gathering announced Friday. An easter egg Hunt a sing along and an Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos talk to reporters after a private easter mass. A photo easter mass on the Beach had been scheduled organizers said. But the secret service which is provid ing Security for Marcos objected to having 1,000 people at the residence along Busy Kalania Aole Highway said Francisco ugali president of the United filipino Council of Hawaii. Ugale then made plans to hold the party at Keechi Lagoon Park but City officials pointed out that the organizers had not obtained a required permit. At Home the Marc oses dabbed their eyes with handkerchiefs As the Rev. Terrence Fisher pastor of the nearby holy Trinity Catholic Church said mass. Fisher sprinkled the couple with holy water and offered them holy communion. During the mass motorists on the High Way in front of the House honked their horns in apparent support of about a do in anti Marcos protesters. The Marc oses had stayed in a guest cot Tage at Hickam fab for nearly a month after fleeing the Philippines and had scrapped plans at the last minute to move into two other houses on Oahu due to Evlyn Sivc publicity. The picnic would have helped compensate for earlier welcoming events for mar cos that were later cancelled Ugale said. Leaders of anti Marcos groups had expressed concern that the picnic would Hurt the image of Hawaii s filipinos. Let us not lose sight of the fact that Marcos is a moral  Tomas buddy Gomez said at a news conference saturday. People who continue to Admire support and coddle Marcos Are quite apart from the rest of America and the  Sunrise services easier egg hunks usher by the associated press thousands of people got up Early sunday for easter Sunrise services while others worked to feed the elderly and new York City s fifth Avenue became a promenade for Spring fashions. Some people decorated eggs some hunted for eggs and some smashed eggs. At Georgia s Stone Mountain just East of Atlanta up to 25,000 people turned out for a Sunrise service atop the 700-foot-High Granite Mountain and at the base below Park officials said. Warm temperatures and a Brilliant cloudless Sunrise greeted the Mountain s 53rd annual easter service. Thousands turned out to enjoy Bright Sunshine and temperatures in the 70s for new York City s annual easter Parade on fifth Avenue immortalized in song by Irving Berlin and Judy Garland. The Parade on a closed Section of the Avenue past High priced stores in Manhattan has no floats and no bands just Street entertainers and people showing off Spring fashions. I was waiting for a formal Parade said a dismayed Felix Rivera from suburban Hawthorne. "1 brought my daughter. I was ready for some  another kind of Parade was held in met Airie la., a new Orleans suburb a Mardi gras style procession for hundreds of handicapped children from the City and four surrounding parishes. Those who were in the Parade last year have been asking about it since shortly after Mardi gras said Mary Sutton adminis Trator of St. Elizabeth s children s Home. In addition to marching bands and other units eight trucks were turned into easter floats from which the children could toss Candy and other favors. Some people thought i was making a spectacle of them said one of the organizers Marian Matranga 61. But it s to let the children enjoy themselves. Where else can these children ride As Kings and Queens in Wildwood n.j., bands floats and an Tique cars rolled Down the Boardwalk while judges awarded prizes to those deemed Best dressed. Hats seem to be in said Jackie Fortino the tourism director. We encouraged that she said. We re trying to revive the easter spirit of Long ago when everyone had her easter  in Chicago easter parties were organized by a group called the Little Brothers friends of the elderly which hoped to serve dinner to 1,000 senior citizens and deliver meals to 750 bedridden elderly residents. The delivered meals were to include an easter Basket filled with painted eggs and a Small bottle of Champagne or a potted Tulip Plant. Little Brothers philosophy is Flowers before bread said group spokesman Peter Cunneen. Yeah you need bread to live on but you need Flowers too. And sometimes the Flower is More  daddy Bruce Randolph a Denver bar Becue restaurant owner who s known for feeding thousands for free on thanksgiving and Christmas sponsored his annual easter egg Hunt in Denver s City Park. City police officers spent the morning hiding about 20,000 eggs coloured by Randolph and volunteers. Not All easter eggs Are hidden in Hood River Ore. With help from eight members of a Garden club Barbara o Neill spent three hours saturday decorating shrubs Trees and Flower Beds with 4,200 coloured eggshells continuing a tradition she began nearly two decades ago. The display of coloured eggs and Spring Flowers is an easter attraction in the town. Some people come and then they go and get somebody else and come Back o Neill said. Some families have been repeat Visi tors since the display began. And then there was the annual Peters hollow easter egg fight near Elizabeth ton tenn., which Drew thousands of people sunday. Tom Peters 68, said the event has been going on since 1823 when two Mountain men stood toe to toe and banged eggs to see whose Hen Laid the hardest ones. And people who were too Busy with other activities sunday can still go on an  egg Hunt in Bothell Wash. In two weeks. We n Candy companies and stores donate their easter leftovers. For five years mrs. Owl s easter egg Hunt and Bunny ear Parade has been held on the second sunday after easter. Five Hundred people showed up last year for the free Hunt. There s no catch. It s a Nice Day for everyone to just forget their problems for four hours said organizer mrs. Owl. Who insists on anonymity and appears at the event disguised As big Bird. Twa claims it has restored full service new York up trans world airlines said sunday it has restored full commercial service and warned striking flight attendants it will not rehire them if their walkout lasts Long enough for them to be replaced. But the flight attendants citing data from Twa s computer system disputed the airline s claim of 100 percent service and said it would take a Long time for Twa to replace them. Contract talks were suspended saturday when the Independent federation of flight attendants representing 6,000 members rejected an airline proposal to end the strike. The Union said the terms were unacceptable and no different from when the walkout began More than three weeks ago. No new talks were scheduled. Company officials released a letter in which Twa chairman Carl Icahn told working flight attendants that under no circumstances would they be furloughed to make room for strikers when the walkout ends. Twa spokesman Larry Hilliard said the airline has reached 100 percent of sys Temide service operating with 1,800 flight attendant replacements. But Karen Lantz the Union s vice presi Dent said our figures from the Twa computer reservation system show about 84 percent of  and she said the airline Only reached that figure by threatening non Union Twa employees such As clerical workers and reservation clerks with dismissal if they did not work As flight attendants. The Union says about 95 percent of its 6,000 members Are honouring the picket line. Icahn who took control of the airline in january is demanding a 22 percent wage reduction and changes in work rules to save $66 million. He has already won Between $250 Mil lion and $275 million in concessions from the airline pilots association and the inter National association of machinists and aerospace workers. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April i 1946 polling stations opened at Dawn All Over Greece for the first National election since 1936, against which the left Wing parties have been campaigning for weeks news reports from Athens said. 30 years ago today. April 1, 1956 president Eisenhower has reiterated that America opposes recognition of red China on grounds the chinese communists Are responsible for the deaths of thousands of americans in Korea. 20 years ago today. April 1, 1966 an angry jeering crowd beat up six men after they burned their draft cards on the Steps of South bos ton District court. 10 years ago foday. April 1, 1976 police in Montreal said $2.8 million in Cash was taken from a Brink s armoured truck thai was hijacked while it was being loaded with Money out Side a downtown Bank