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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday aprils 1986 filipino strikers agree to lift barriers at Subic Subic naval base Philippines a about 1,250 militant filipino strikers agreed wednesday to lift their barricades at Subic naval base and promised to allow workers and . Personnel to enter. Larry Salazar a director of the filipino employees Union representing about 22,000 workers in . Military facilities announced the decision to militants Manning the barricades at Subic s main Gate. The decision was reached after dissident strike Leader Manuel Torres met with Salazar and 30 picket line organizers. Salazar said the decision to end the 12-Day walkout at the largest . Naval base overseas was unanimous. The Subic militants were the last holdouts in the strike that blockaded Subic Clark a and half a dozen smaller . Facilities. Earlier thousands of workers returned to their jobs at Clark and the other bases after accepting a strike settlement plan offered tuesday by a conciliation panel of . And philippine government officials. Militant workers had refused the offer saying it did not go far enough to meet the strikers economic demands. But Salazar told the associated press we have reached the limitations of our  he said the . Military and the philippine govern ment would not recognize the militant strikers and so there is no Point in us remaining at the  while Many strikers wish to continue the struggle and Harden their stand Many of the people Are not really committed to giving life and limb to the walkout Salazar added. Salazar said the strikers planned to lift the barricades before Sunrise thursday., earlier 50 filipino riot troops cleared a Side Gate at Subic by bodily lifted blockading strikers to a nearby Road. There were no arrests. Workers lifted from the Side Gate claimed they were hit with truncheons and kicked by the soldiers but soldiers described it As a peaceful dispersal. The agreement called for a $100 Bonus to workers upon signing of the contract extra pay for Rice purchases and the lifting of barricades so talks on the Severance Issue could continue. Salaries for filipino workers Range Between $1 and $2 an hour. Militants claim it is the lowest pay of any . Base abroad and say the americans have saved millions in recent years because of the philippine peso s devaluation. Bomb from Page 1 interpretation is that it the bomb appeared to be in the passenger Cabin not in the cargo  no one immediately claimed responsibility for the blast. The flight was scheduled to continue to Cairo Egypt and Twa senior vice president Peter Mchugh said in new York that the plane had arrived in Rome wednesday morning from Cairo and Athens. Greek officials identified the injured As Henry Simpson 70, of los Angeles his wife Myrtle 67 James Carlton 29, an american Eleni Phillips 63, a greek american from Patras Greece Despina Tsiotis 24, of Athens Ibrahim Al Nami 29, a saudi arabian and his wife nala 30. In new York however Twa president Richard d. Pearson put the number of injured at nine. He did not provide any names or explain the discrepancy. He said three remained hospitalized and the rest were treated and released. Mrs. Simpson said at Voula Hospital near the Airport it sounded like there was an explosion right outside the window. I was hit by dozens of fragments of  Al Nami told the associated press he was sitting next to the Man who was sucked out of the plane. There was a big bang and then the Man beside me was blown out along with his seat. I Felt myself being pulled out too and i Hung on to my wife s seat beside me he said. A local reporter in Argos Georgios Sera Phim told the a that a Shepherd saw the bodies tumbling from the sky and alerted police. Christopulos said that after the blast the plane stayed up in the air because it 3 libyan pilots banned from soloing after 1 threatened to form suicide squads Kidlington England up three libyan pilots training near two . Military bases in England have been banned from flying Solo because one of them volunteered to form suicide squads against  the three Are flight students at the Oxford air training school from which it. Is physically possible to Fly a Kamikaze mis Sion against bases at upper Heyford or Grenham common said school principal Colin Beckwith. British radio monitors said libyan radio had carried a report that someone claiming to speak for the revolutionary Force at Oxford aerodrome telephoned Tripoli last week saying we the revolutionary Force Are prepared to become suicide squads against America and its  we will hit with an Iron fist the caller said. Beckwith said one of the unidentified libyan trainee pilots had admitted making the Call. A London newspaper report quoted the 24-year-old Pilot As saying tuesday i did t mean what i said. I have no intention of doing anything special  but the Call attracted the attention of Britain s special Branch and anti terrorist squad officers and the offender was hauled up for questioning. The Home office said it was reviewing his immigration status a hint that he could be expelled from the country. Britain is especially sensitive to libyan threats and the movements of libyan Stu dents and other nationals As a result of the fatal shooting of a policewoman outside the libyan embassy in London two years ago. Beckwith said the students could continue their training but for the time being we will not allow the libyan students to  he described the Telephone Call As the act of a Young Man in the heat of the to  was flying at a relatively Low Altitude so there was Little difference in pressure be tween the Cabin and  Sarah Tittle 24, a passenger from new York City told the a there was blood All Over the Cabin. I heard a big Boom. There were pieces of cardboard and window flying All Over the Cabin. My foot got Cut. There was a lot of noise but people were really  Airport officials in Athens said they were not aware of any threats against Twa flights out of Athens in the past few Days. Officials at Leonardo a Vinci Airport in Rome said the plane had 111 passengers and seven Crew members. They said 101 of the passengers had arrived from new York on another Twa flight and 10 others began the journey in Rome. They said that All 111 passengers went through a Metal Detector in Rome but that the checked baggage of those who came from new York was transferred to the new plane without additional examination. Flight 840 originated on a Boeing 747 in los Angeles tuesday morning and stopped in new York before proceeding to Rome said Anita Clark a reservations agent in los Angeles. The flight changed to a 727 in Rome for the flight to Athens and Cairo. Temperatures april 1 Bush from Page 1 devise a strategy to solve the crisis but the Cartel agreed to reconvene april 15. At his news conference Bush also said he was not optimistic about Hopes for an end to the s i year old Iran Iraq War. We would take a very dim and serious View of anything that would put pressure on or risk destabilization of any of the coun tries not involved in the War now Bush said. We would be very concerned about  a senior administration official briefing reporters after Bush left said the United states would want the Gulf countries first to protect themselves if threatened by the Iran Iraq War. If asked however the United states is prepared to help them defend themselves said the official who refused to be identified by name. The extent and degree of what we could do to help if asked is going to depend upon the specific situation the official added. It would depend whether we re invited in and whether or not we re offered military facilities. It would depend obviously on our own Legal and constitutional constraints the official said. But our commitment to help our friends defend themselves is certainly firm and Well  the administration is trying to persuade Congress to approve a $354 million Sale of missiles to saudi Arabia and has argued that the Deal would deter Iran from attack ing Kuwait in the Gulf. The vice president will arrive saturday in saudi Arabia after an overnight Stop in Frankfurt Germany. Before returning to Washington on april 13, he also will visit Oman Bahrain and North Yemen. L h77 47 6402 24 54 8449 58 41 7630 56 47 8338 52 42 6950 78 37 7557 71 52 8448 62 51 7952 80 64 7440 64 46 6944 79 -212230 57 34 7271 86 62 7852 77 48 8151 65 66 8059 75 Alban Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffal Burlington Charleston , . Chicag Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas a. Worth Denver Des Moine Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vega Little Rock l h60 67 53 8060 81 68 7739 58 51 8147 77 54 7140 74 59 6441 60 55 8042 79 54 7752 83 30 6442 53 36 6251 86 39 6555 67 63 7937 58 60 6855 65 70 8842 52 41 8466 81 51 8048 65 los Angeles Louisville Memphis Miami Bea Chmels St. Paul Nashville new Orleans new York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburg Portland me. Portland  Raleigh Reno St. Louis St. Petersburg Salt Lake Cit san Diego san Francisco san Juan Seattle Syracuse Tucson Washington Wichita Reform from Page 1 ing the report Reagan called on lawmakers to do their part As  the Senate is considering its own version of a military Reform Bill which is similar to the Packard commission s recommendations but gives More authority to the joint chiefs. The commission did not Call for major changes in the office of the Secretary of de sense which oversees the 1 million civilian personnel who work in the department. But it did recommend creation of a new Post under Secretary of defense for acquisition to oversee the Pentagon s purchasing system. The commission said the. Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff the top officer among the nation s 2.1 million uniformed military personnel should have a Deputy and should be designated the president s principal military adviser. Meanwhile with the president and his wife Nancy nearing the end of their 10-Day stay in the Santa Ynez mountains the couple has seen Little other than fog. Except for a sunny easter the Santa Barbara area has been shrouded in Clouds and fog daily since the president and first lady arrived thursday. The president has been attending to some business. On tuesday he signed a Bill provid ing $150 million of superfund Money for pol Lution cleanup work through May 31,1986.the president and first lady will Fly Back to Washington on sunday going to Point Mug Nas by helicopter and transferring to air Force one As  have left their 688-acre Rancho Del Cielo 20 Miles North of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez mountains Only to attend easter services at the nearby Santa Ynez Valley presbyterian Church. The White House said no other Public appearances Are  to daily White House announcements the president has been Clear ing Brush and doing other ranch chores and he and mrs. Reagan have gone horseback Riding every Day. European weather forecast for thursday Northern areas of Ger Many and Benelux will be fair becoming partly Cloudy. Central and Southern areas will have Partl Cloudy to Cloudy skies with rain rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. High temperatures in the 50s,lows in the 30s. Sunset thursday 8 00 Sunrise Friday 6 56. Outlook for Friday Little change in weather an temperatures. Temperatures recorded wednesday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm Adana f 56 72 Copenhagen f 32 46amsterdam, f 33 48 Frankfurt f 32 54 Athens f 55 68 London f 33 48aviano, p 51 63 Madrid p 44 52 Berlin f 38 50 Munich f 45 54bremerhaven, cd 37 46 Paris m 40 54 Brussels p. 36 50 Rome f 8 64 provided by det. 13, 7th weather so Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low Cairo cd 75 54 Montreal cd Dublin cd 46 36 Moscow a Helsinki cd 37 34 Oslo cd Jerusalem r 57 46 Toronto a Lisbon f 70 48 Vancouver cd High low79 37 48 4141 30 79 3451 41 _.,supplied by the associated press far cd Clouds a mostly Cloudy a partly Cloudy a rain  
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