European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday april 6,1986 Marcos claims . Aided rebel forces new York a former philippine president Ferdinand Marcos says the United states aided rebel Mili tary forces against him in the final hours of his regime with americans refuelling and rearming the helicopters that attacked his presidential Palace. In an interview on Abc s nightlife Friday Marcos also denied stealing or misappropriating Money from his country and said he still considers himself president. He also defended his wife s collection of 3,000 pairs of shoes. A partial transcript of the interview was released by Abc news on Friday. Portions were shown on world news  Marcos 20-year Rule ended feb. 26 when he fled the country after a popular uprising in which hundreds of thousands of filipinos surrounded rebel military bases in support of Corazon Aquino who had been Defeated by Marcos in an election marked by massive fraud. In the nightlife interview Marcos said that philippine air Force planes supposed to be used in the defense of his government were grounded at Clark a and that americans refuelled rebel aircraft there. I Learned that the helicopters that attacked Malaca Nang Palace Well i might just As Well come out with it those helicopters were gassed and reared at Clark air Force base Marcos said. By americans then asked nightlife Host Ted Koppel. Yes Marcos replied. He added that when he arrived at the . Base i saw planes our planes that were supposed to be used in defense of our own installations grounded in Clark s air Force base and so also did 1 see some of the f-5s based in Basa Airfield grounded in Clark s air Force  state department spokesman Joe reap said the depart ment would have no immediate comment on the interview. Marcos repeated an allegation that the United states threatened to Send in marines if he escalated attacks on the rebel forces. Last week in a taped message to the filipino people he made a similar assertion which was called absurd by the state department. A photo Ferdinand Marcos makes a Point on Abc s  the former president who has been living in exile in Hawaii and has been refused Asylum by several countries said he is taking in stride the fact that i m treated like a  there is nowhere else to go he said. I either stay Here or go Back Home and take my life into my own hands and Tell everybody if you want to kill me Here i am. But you will Start a civil War " Marcos maintained that he is the legitimate president of the Philippines and that he never expected president Reagan would subject him to the indignity of having his documents examined. Marcos said that when he fled Manila he wanted to go to his Home province of Locos Norte but the air Force took him instead to Guam. As he was leaving he said a . General took away his .357-magnum pistol and a Small Caliper revolver. Maros said his family s private gatherings that were shown on videotapes released by the government of mrs. Aquino were simple parties and they made them to look like  he described As All lies reports that his wife Imelda frequently went on extravagant shopping trips. The shopping trips Are fabricated. Saying that she went to Japan and bought a half million dollars Worth of pearls completely false a lie he said. Philippine officials claim that Marcos and his associates plundered up to $10 billion during his two decades in Power. He said he never stole from his country. I be committed Many sins in my life but stealing Money from the people and from the National government is not one of them he said. I have enough Money of my own and that Money is  Koppel also asked Marcos about mrs. Marcos collection of thousands of shoes. You know what people Are mostly interested in your wife s 3,000 pairs of shoes Koppel said. How Many shoes Marcos said. That s right. How Many shoes Koppel asked. Well Marcos replied she gets All kinds of shoes buys All kinds. She probably has to change shoes twice a Day and then after a while because she. Probably feels More comfortable and there s a party where she can Wear High heels and parties for Low  but or. President 3,000 pairs of shoes hundreds and hundreds Koppel said. Twenty years that is our collection for 20 years Marcos answered. News update Glass in baby food Fremont Mich. A Gerber products co. Said a piece of Glass found in a Jar of baby food by a grand rapids woman was in the Jar before the product left the Plant. The piece of Glass half the top rim of a Jar of Gerber banana Apple dessert was in the Jar before it was filled with baby food Gerber spokes Man James Lovejoy said. He said the company can t explain How the Glass escaped inspection. Out of 1.3 billion Gars of baby food produced yearly guess one is not beyond the realm of possibility Lovejoy said. The system is set up to get Small pieces. This looks like it s half the  the Glass was reported March 21 by Joan Hudson whose Mother Dis covered the Glass while preparing to feed Hudson s 5-month-old Daugh Ter. Merger opposed Washington a the Justice department has announced it opposes the proposed merger of Northwest airlines and Republic airlines asserting that the trans action would stifle Competition. In 29 pages of comments the department said it found serious anti Trust problems with combining the two airlines operations especially at Minneapolis Airport which both Northwest and Republic have made a major Hub. The two airlines Between them have 51 of the 63 Gates at the Minne Apolis Airport. Under the proposed agreement reached Jan. 23, Northwest would buy Republic for $884 million in the largest commercial. Airline Deal on record. Philippine communists capture tree 9 Gas Washington up nine . Servicemen were detained for 26 hours be fore they were released unharmed by armed philippine communist rebels claiming to be members of the new people s army the defense department said Friday. It. Cmdr. Ross Kudlick a Pentagon spokesman said the unarmed servicemen were on a humanitarian Mission March 13-15, searching for a world War ii . Military plane crash site in the North Cen trial province of Luzon. The incident Marks the first time Ameri can soldiers have been reported captured by the new people s army which has an Esti mated 16,000 rebels operating in most of the Philippines 74 provinces. Kudlick said the american group was investigating reports of the crash site and was searching for human remains. The Crew left Clark a on March 13 arid searched in Nueva Viscaya province before being directed by local residents to the town of Abler in Walinga Gapayao province according to Kudlick. On March 15, the team found the crash site and was on its Way Back to the base when it was intercepted by the group Farmed filipinos. The rebels held the americans for 26 hours and questioned them about their mis Sion but they made no apparent demands and voluntarily released them unharmed Kudlick said. He said it was not known How Many rebels were involved. The american group consisted of six staff members from the army Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu three servicemen from Clark two explosive ordnance specialists and one historian and a filipino interpreter. Reagan urges revamping of military Santa Barbara Calif. A president Reagan saturday urged Congress to follow the recommendations of a presidential panel that studied an overhaul of the nation s defense establishment. In his weekly radio address broadcast from the reagans Mountaintop ranch Reagan said the United states needs an overhaul of its defense system that would be the largest since the 1950s when president Eisenhower restructured the defense establishment. With congressional support we can put in perhaps the most thoroughgoing Reform of the defense establishment since 1958," Reagan said. He said he agreed with the commission that there must be a better More efficient Way to protect the nation. Earlier last week Reagan ordered to be implemented those proposals from the presidential Packard commission that could be put into effect by presidential decree. Sat urday he called on Congress to take action on the recommendations that need legislative approval. Among the proposals is a plan to change the budget Cycle for defense acquisition in con Gress from one year to two years. The commis Sion also urged Congress to streamline its committee system for defense procurement. Reagan said defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger had made some Progress in reducing inefficiency in the Pentagon procurement process. But he added Secretary Weinberg or and myself knew still More had to be  the president said the nation s military was in better shape than when he took of fice and gave indirect credit to former president Carter for starting actions to reverse a decade Long decline in military strength. The president said that at the beginning of his administration the Navy had declined in strength from 1,000 to fewer than 500 ships and warplanes were grounded be cause of a Lack of spare parts. 58th combat engr co gets starry award Fulda Germany Donn a. Starry a retired army four Star general presented the Donn a. Starry award for the Best non combat unit of the Lith army Cav regt to the 58th combat engr co of bad Hersfeldt. Starry who was the Lith army Cav regt commander when it served in Viet Nam also was made the first honorary Colo Nel of the regiment during the ceremony saturday. The Donn a. Starry award was created to recognize a troop company or Battery for the unit s total performance during the previous year. It recognizes those units ineligible for the Draper award which recognizes outstanding achievement in the Cal vary air Calvary troops and tank companies of the regiment. This award was created to give non combat units something to strive for said capt. John e. Barren regimental adjutant. This department of the army sponsored program is designed to bolster the regi mental affiliation program. Starry commanded v corps in 197.6 and commanded the army s training and Doc Trine come before retiring in 1983 after 35 years of service