European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 6, 1987 the tars and stripes Page 7 truly Man s Best Friend a photo Thomas Perkins 78, or Boston and King pose at ceremony in Honor of heroic animals and people sponsored by the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. The 10-Yeir-old German Shepherd protected Perkins from an Umed assailant during 1 break in surviving four Bullet wounds. . Can t freeze Marcos Fortune appeals court says san Francisco a a Federal appeals court on thursday overturned a ruling freezing assets of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos saying he philippine government had Little Chance of regain ing i. 5 billion it claims the couple note. By a 2-1 vote a 9th . Circuit court of appeals panel said the Contention by the government of Corazon Aquino that the . Investments were bought with proceeds or Marcos looting or the Philippines during his reign raised political and foreign policy questions that went beyond this nation s courts. Thursday s ruling if it stands would lift an order issued in june by . District judge Mariana Pfaelzer in los an Geles freezing All Marcos assets world wide with a value estimated by the Aquino government at $ 1.55 billion. The decision appeared to conflict with a ruling in november by the 2nd . Circuit court of appeals in new York that upheld a freeze on Marcos Pur ported holdings in new York and declared that . Courts could judge such a Case. The supreme court could decide to resolve the conflict thursday s majority opinion by judge Alex Kozinski said that even if Marcos seized dictatorial Power in violation of philippine Law and used it to fill his pockets As the Aquino government claims a . Court would have no Stan Dards by which to judge his actions. Offensive As such absolute government May be to our sense of Justice no Legal restraints can prevail against dictatorial Power Kopnski said. A dictator can do whatever he can gel away with. A court in this country simply cannot second guess How that Power is  n addition said Kozinski court action in the Case could Embarrass . Foreign policy for example if the court ruled that the Marc oses acted legally or if Power in the Philippines changed hands. Judge Dorothy Nelson dissented sharply saying the court appeared to be placing foreign dictators above judicial review and was ignoring the desires of both the . And the philippine govern ments to Lake jurisdiction Over the Case. John Bartko a lawyer for the mar costs said the ruling conformed with their View that the suit raised political questions Best adjudicated in the courts of the Philippines where Marcos is willing to return. Bartko said Marcos congratulated his lawyers when informed of the ruling and told them he s always had Confidence in the american judicial  according to the suit $1.5 billion is in Swiss Bank accounts $4 million was used to buy a Beverly Hills Home owned by a corporation with ties to Marcos $800,000 is in two los Angeles Bank accounts owned by mrs. Marcos and $7 million is in Cash jewelry and other property seized when the couple fled to Hawaii in february 1986. Kids business broke zoning rules City closes lemonade stand fort Worth. Texas a three Young Broth ers whose profitable lemonade stand was shut Down by the City because of inning rules have turned Down an offer from the mayor 10 return to business on property he owns. The Merrick Brothers Chip 14, j.j., 7, and to 5 operated the stand in their front Yard for the past two Summers drawing neighbourhood kids business men and even City workers with lemonade canned soft drinks and homemade cookies. Then to recalls a Man came by and told us to shut Down because zoning prohibits the stand. It Means we can t sell lemonade anymore to says. An apologetic City inspector informed the boys Mother last week that the stand violated Laws against commercial enterprises in a residential neighbourhood. And the City is sticking to its rules despite overwhelm ing Public opinion in support of the Merrick boys. Mayor Bob Bolen on tuesday offered the boy s father Bruce Merrick a piece of his own nearby com Mercial property As a relocation site Tor the stand. The offer was rejected. I feel like mayor botch wants to help us but that s not what we really want said the elder Merrick a youth minister at Birchman Baptist Church. To us the Home is important and that s where we want our children he said. The boys worked up to seven hours a Day on the stand averaging also to 1200 a week. They gave 10 percent of i hair earnings to their Church and still piled up enough change to pay for a Home computer and help finance their family s vacation to Disney world in Florida last year. Chip told the Dallas times Herald an wednesday that he d like to see the ordinance revised so children can have lemonade stands. The parents say hey Are prepared to Lake the Issue before the City Council. We feel like the zoning Law just does not apply in this Case the father said. We be taught the boys that even if the Rule is unfair or wrong it s still the Rule until it s  candidate s Cessna was out of Gas Shattu Cit okla. A the single Ermine plane flown More than 500 Miles off course by a Louisiana gubernatorial candidate crashed after it ran out of fuel a Federal investigator said thursday. There was t a drop of fuel in that Plant said Armand Edwards a senior safety investigator for the fort Worth Texas District of the  Tion safety Board. That is Why it finally crashed Edwards said. It just ran out of fuel. From what witnesses Are saying it appears the air plane was just flying itself at least Dur ing the last portion of the flight the plane containing the body of Butch Baum was found on a desolate Hillside about 12 Miles South of Shat tuck near the Texas Border wednesday when a rancher on horseback saw the wreck glinting in the Sun. Baum May have been unconscious at the time of the crash Edwards said. The 49-year-old insurance executive who had More than 30 years flying experience left Baton Rouge la., on wednesday for a business meeting in Alexandria la. His single engine Cessna 210 flew past Alexandria in a straight line. Edwards said investigators believed the plane crashed about 12 30 . Witnesses descriptions of the plane As it flew in Northwest Oklahoma near the Texas Border were consistent with the actions of a pilotless plane Edwards said. Light planes have a tendency to Fly themselves when no one is at the controls he said. Maybe he was unconscious Edwards said of Baum. It would seem unlikely that he was asleep especially if the plane was moving around like it was stale medical examiner Fred Jordan said an autopsy showed Baum was Alyc at the Lime of the crash and died of multiple injuries including major wounds to his head Chest and neck. A Democrat Baum was one of nine candidates in Loui Siana s gubernatorial primary in october. In 1983, he lost his bid for slate agriculture commissioner. Eye in fhe sky watches traffic in Vermont City Burlington Al. A Vermont s first air borne traffic report was dedicated this week with Champagne croissant sandwiches and an apology from the master of ceremonies. You May have noticed if you looked at your watches we re starting a Little bit late said Tom Lavin. General manager of xxx radio which Spon sors the Eye in the sky reports. The reason for that is the governor got stuck in  on wednesday the South Burlington station began broadcasting live reports on the snags bottlenecks and breakdowns of Rush hour traffic. They be Only made two nights yesterday afternoon and this morning and for us at this Point there s no Way we could measure for any discernible change in traffic patients police chief Kevin Scully said thurs Day. But As we approach the end of the week we Wilt probably be Able to see that people use alternate routes As advised by the radio  traffic jams Are something new for the City. It s sobering in a Way to think we have to have traffic monitoring said Susan Crampton Vermont s transportation Secretary. It says that Vermont is not entirely a Rural stale any  two decades ago the Burlington area was a quiet group of communities. There were Farmers fishermen Bankers professors and insurance agents a county of 74,425. Then came the double Lane highways enclosed shopping malls and 121,000 people. When we drove around we discovered after two months there were two kinds of people those who grew up Here and those who moved Here from other places said Lloyd Lewis one of the owners of xxx. And the one thing both of them were upset about was the  the Good advice available from the traffic plane is limited by the Lack of alternate routes. They Are limited Scully said and 1 suspect one of the effects will be to have some of the Remote areas hat would not be thought of but arc identified As options to use will Start to see a Little More