European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 30, 1986 the stars and stripes 64 Page 5 Washington a deposed philippine presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos and he nearly 90 people who fled from Manila with him ran up a Bill of Mot than j206.000 for personal Rapcan pcs including s2.552 for shoes during the month they stayed on . Air Force bases a congressional Repon said wednesday the figure wus Purl of a total Cost of ss58.417 for moving Marcos ant Liis relatives and friends out of the Philippines after his 20-year Rule -.-.-. Collapsed feb. 25. According 10 Fig ures provided by the House armed services co Mitil a. The panel called on the Reagan administration to try to get reimbursement from Marcos who reputedly is Worth billions of dollars. Corazon Aquino Marcos Succes Sor claims he and his relatives cot Rich at the expense of the philippine people during his years in Power. Stale department and Pentagon officials did not immediately return Marcos Telephone Calls seeking comment. Marcos his wife Imelda and 88 relatives and friends were evacuated by the Ait Force on feb. 25. After an overnight stay at Anderson fab on Guam they were Laken to Hawaii where they remained at Hickam fab for a month. During that time according to the investigation by the armed services readiness subcommittee the group run up i Bill for totalling $206.899. Thai figure includes $19,971 Worth of Long distance Telephone Calls. Sif,649 for food and si6,020 in room charges the total also includes 139,101 charged during three visits to base shopping exchanges an Guam and Hawaii those purchases included 518,952 in dollies $10,555 in health and Beauty aids $2,s52 Worth of shoes s1.792 world of Luggage 1630 in cosmetics. $227 Worth or cigarettes s31 in film and u pair of earrings Worth s4. Although the figures include shoes none of the Pur chases was made by Marcos or his wife the report noted. Mrs. Marcos reportedly left 3,000 pairs of shoes behind when she lied a figure that has been widely cited As evidence of the lavish lifestyle of the couple. The base exchanges arc. Self supporting and receive no tax Money. After the Bills were run up by the Marcos party Pentagon officials decided to pay them and then seek reimbursement from Marcos the total Cimi of evacuating Marco and his puny was 5358,417, the House panel found. That includes �407,604 to pay military Security personnel 5183,539 for operating the planes involved 160.375 for additional military costs at Hickam and the personal Bills. However the military Security personnel would have been paid anyway the panel said so the extra costs incurred by moving Marcos came to about 5450,000. After slaying at Hickam for a month Marcos and his wife moved to a rented Home on Oahu. In interviews Marcos and his wife have said the reason they charged items at the base exchanges was because they had not expected to leave Manila and because they were not allowed to take any clothes or Luggage. Tainted capsule suspected in death Austin Texas a a 24-year-old Man who died lost week May have taken an anacin 3 capsule that contained cyanide and Walgreen drug stores ordered the product pulled from its shelves nationwide official said. Blood tests revealed cyanide in the blood of Kenneth Wayne paries and a preliminary toxicology report received wednesday from the Travis county medical exam Iner indicated a Battle of anacin 3 capsules taken from the victim s apartment showed signs of being contaminated with cyanide said Kellye Norris a spokeswoman for the police department. Authorities said the capsules had been traced to a Wal Green store and they were considering the death a homicide. Walgreen s has sent out a computer message to its stores nationwide to pull the anacin 3 capsules from the shelves and to quarantine the product until further no Tice said Laurie Meyer manager of corporate relations for Walgreen s in Deerfield Iii. Faries of Garland was student in natural sciences at the University of Texas police said. Area residents Are being asked to examine All anacin 3 bottles o see if they Are labelled lot 6-b-11 with an expiration Dale of 10-88. Jack Wood a spokesman for american Home products of new York which makes anacin 3, said there were no imme Diate plans to remove the pain killer from store shelves. Faries was found dead in his apartment by a Roommate may22. At first they thought it might have been a drag Over dose Norris said adding that there were indications Faries took Al least one of the anacin 3 capsules. Homicide it. Jerry Slaton said the medical examiner s office had initially ruled the death a homicide adding we re investigating All aspects of Austin police the food and drug administration and the Fri have joined in he investigation she said. Sellers guff a to testify in cocaine Newark up the actress daughter of Brill Ekland and the Laic Peler Sellers secretly pleaded guilty to a cocaine related charge and agreed to testify against an alleged co conspirator in a violent Hollywood drug ring prosecutors Dis closed wednesday. Victoria Sellers 23, entered a guilty Pica april 5 to concealing her knowledge about the cocaine ring which allegedly tried to establish o sales network in new Jersey prosecutors said. In return for the plea the government agreed to Dis miss charges that Sellers lured a rival cocaine dealer to a meeting in California during which her live in boy Friend and manager the alleged Leader of the Strong Arm operation beat the unnamed seller and de Sellers Mandod drugs and Money. Prosecutors have claimed the ring used burglary threats and Vio Lence including at least one killing As tools to col Lect debts and obtain some of the drugs it sold. Sellers is the daughter of film comedian Peter Sellers. He died in i960, the concealment of a felony charge to which Sellers admitted carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison the original charges had car ried a 20-year maximum term. Sellers and five others were charged March 12. Assistant . Attorney Judy Russell said Sellers will probably testify Friday in the trial of code fun Danl Curtis Hunt 75, of Hollywood. Hunt s trial on charges of conspiracy began wednesday Russell said Sellers Boyfriend. Reed Wallace 30, also of Hollywood has also entered a plea agreement and will testify tuesday Russell said two other California men charged in the drug conspiracy Stephen Nave. 27, and Philip Ina both of Hollywood Are being held by authorities in California pending trial on state charges. Sena has been charged with a killing that allegedly occurred during a break in at a drug competitors stash House. A Smith defendant Candace Raggio 2j, of West Hollywood calif., is in the Hospital in California with a serious infection. . Officials claim blackmail forcing changes in insurance Law Charleston . A just two months after adopting one of the nation s toughest liability insurance Laws. West Virginia has backed Dawn in the face of what state leaders called Industry blackmail mass policy cancellations for doctors hospitals lawyers and government officials it seemed that the insurance companies took the smallest weakest state Thev could find to hex their muscle said Craig Mcdonald a spokesman for Public citizen the Ralph Nader affiliated Washington organization which has been challenging the insurance Industry s demands for Reform of state taws on malpractice lawsuits so called Lorl Reform. West Virginia is not alone Mcdonald said. The insurance Industry � playing some pretty hardball politics in tort Reform in several Stales. But nowhere else has it escalated to Uch a critical situation. Within weeks of the West Virginia Law s of Asirie on March 8, the final Day of the regular legislative session five major insurance companies announced they would can cel thousands of policies by May 31 if it was not changed. The legislature voted in special session lost week to modify the Law and gov. Arch Moore has indicated he will sign it. The insurance Industry favored provi Sions of the original Law which limited mat practice awards Tor pain and suffering to j million and reduced the time during which such suits could be filed but objected to reporting their losses on a Case by Case basis. Legislators enacted that provision to ensure that the companies actually were los ing Money not limply making smaller prof its and the companies said its strict financial reporting requirements would have mandated an overhaul of their accounting systems. They also objected to the Law s limits on their right to cancel insurance policies. At least 6,400 doctors 34 hospitals and an assortment of Banks accountants architects and lawyers received letters similar to the one sent to Edward Skriner presi Dent of first Bank securities of Morgan town who was told that insurance on he Bank would be cancelled. The termination of your coverage on May 31 is the direct result of West Virginia Law sb714, which effectively prevents us from operating our business As was in tended under the free Enterprise system said the letter from Continental National american of Chicago an insurance conglomerate that owns three of the five companies that threatened cancellations. If that in t blackmail you Tell me what is said state sen. Gerald Aih. The state attorney Genet s office sued the companies that threatened to cancel their policies claiming they were violating antitrust Laws. However As the deadline for cancellation loomed closer the Case bogged Down in the courts. West Virginia was the first stale to impose limits on the insurance Industry in Exchange for limits on the Public s right to sue according to Mcdonald. However because other Stales were considering similar proposals Mcdonald said he believed insurers wanted to make an example of West Virginia. Insurers blame skyrocketing premiums on High damage awards in liability cases. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 30, 1946 the . Government turned its attention to a threatened shipping strike that could Hall shipments of Relief supplies overseas. Secretary of labor Lewis sch Wellenbach called representatives of shipping lines and maritime unions together in an Effort to Avert the strike. 30 years ago today. May 30, 1956 fourteen University of California students who participated in parity raids May 16 have been Given penal ties ranging from censure to dismissal. About 2,000 male students look parly in the raids which caused an estimated damage to women dorms and clothing. 20 years ago today. May 30, 1966 two Buddhist women burned themselves to death in Saigon touching off a violent clash Between 20,000 chanting demonstrators and South Viet namese troops. 10 years ago today. May 30, 1976 attorney general Edward Levi has decided not to intervene in the Boston school busing Case before the . Supreme court the Justice depart ment announced
