European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o pol Dexter asks to retire with third star., Page 5 d learning abcs of Abc combat Page 9 d royals fire Gardner hire Wathan sports Page 21 authorized unofficial publication Fob Thi bed fop1ce1 1i a w soft vol. 46, no. 133 saturday. August �9, 1987 d 8693 a philippine coup try crushed Manila Philippines a Loyal troops backed by helicopter gunships and Low level bombers seized Strong holds or mutineers Friday to crush the bloodiest coup attempt yet against presi Dent Corazon Aquino. Aquino s Only son was wounded during the fighting. In Cebu City 350 Miles Southeast of Manila the com Mander of paramilitary National police joined the rebels he put the mayor and Provin Cial governor under House arrest. Military and hos Pital sources said at least 25 people had been killed and 275 wounded including Aquino Benigno Aquino Iii. Aquino said her son was seriously Hurt and three companions were killed when gunfire riddled heir car near the presidential Palace Early Friday. Those kilted include news photo Ira Phyra a new zealand or and a Filipi no and numerous civilians caught in Cross fire. The uprising by about 800 mutinous soldiers began at 1 . Friday with at lacks on the Malac Anang Palace com Pound and other targets. Aquino facing the gravest crisis of her 18 months in office ordered military chief of staff Gen. Fidel v. Ramos to terminate this Mutiny immediately and ruled out any concessions of to Csc Haj Copler gunships and Small propel Ler driven bombers attacked the rebel held military Headquarters at Camp Aguinaldo on Manila s outskirts and inc assault was led by elite army units. Military officials said inc rebel Leader col. Grcgorio Honan a fled in a helicopter. Onasan was Security chief for Gen. Juan Ponce Enrile now a senator until Aquino fired Enrile As defense minister last november after an earlier attempted coup. Enrile and Onasan played leading roles in the civilian military uprising that drove president Ferdinand e. Mar cos into exile feb. 26, 19s6. Enrile also was defense minister under Marcos but changed sides. Marcos who was president for 20 years said he had nothing to do with Friday s rebellion. He and his wife Imelda now live in Hawaii. Presidential spokesman Marlin Fiji water said in Washington that the White House had no evidence of any Marcos involvement in inc attempted coup after a Long Day of righting govern ment forces regained control of the half dozen installations seized by the rebels. They included four television stations part of an air base and the Headquarters of the armed forces general staff at Camp see coup on Pago 28 hard living director John Huston Middletown . A director John Huston who at times lived As hard and As dangerously As the characters in the maltese fal con prizzi s Honor and other films which he created in a Long and honoured career died Friday he was 81. Huston died in his sleep at a Home he was renting during the filming of or. North said Patty rays production coordinator for the movie. We Wilt miss him a great Deal Stephen Haft a producer said in a Telephone interview from the Home. He said Huston s longtime compan Ion Marcella Hernandez was at the director s Side when he died Huston a longtime smoker had been released last week from a Hospi Tal in fall River mass., after he was hospitalized for three weeks for Emer gency treatment of pneumonia complicated by emphysema. When he was hospitalized he had been on his Way to Start filming a role in or. North which is being directed by his son Danny and co Star ring his daughter Anjelica. The movie is being filmed in nearby new port. He was forced to turn Over the Rote to Robert Mitchum but planned to remain As executive producer. During his half Century in film Hus ton ventured deep into a Jungle for the african Queen pulled together misfits and outcasts for under the vol Cano drank Carousel befriended such Mavericks As Ernest Hemingway and flourished in a Hollywood that Cut most rebels Down to size. A half dozen of his 40 feature films see Huston on Page 2b John Huston a Fumito attack Muti troops Loyal to philippine president Corezon Aquino Friday prepare la neers a the armed forces Headquarters in the capital City of Manila. Troops gearing up for Scarf of reformer by Joe Mapother Bremerhaven Bureau Muenster Germany it will be Early next week before any significant increase in military traffic is generated by the thousands of troops arriving from the United states to join nato aides for fall Maneu vers. Related Story. Page 2. A German army spokesman at the staging area press Center Friday said basically All the roads capable of handling military traffic in the Muenster Region will be affected after tuesday. The affected area reaches North from Hamm to Osna Binieck and cast to Biele Feld. The staging area is situated North East of the Ruhr Industrial area. Rush hour traffic will be avoided said German army Cape. Matthias Smo Larek press officer for the annual fall exercises. Larger convoys will a accompanied both by military and civilian police he said. Seventy five thousand soldiers from seven countries including 35,000 arriving from the United Stales will Lake part in the certain strike Field training exer Cise sept. 14-24. Nato air forces will conduct cold fire 87 Corr Clit a Over Germany. In North Germany they will be closely geared 10 ground Maneu vers. Twenty thousand a tick d vehicles and 2,200 tracked vehicles will be on the Road during the exercises. German military officials warn lha the first critical Davs in terms of convoys on the move will come sept. 4-9, when Large convoys make their Way to the Field exercise area North of Hannover. Slow speeds will distinguish inc con Voys that Are expected to Range in size from 20 to 40 vehicles. . Soldiers began arriving wednes Day in the Netherlands As part of ref pro or 87, described As the largest peacetime Airlift to Western Europe. Miles away in the German staging area activity was Light Friday at roughly a half dozen Railhead said . Army maj. Moses Harvin of the accent re serve corps. He is acting As press officer for the arriving Iii corps. A lot has happened already with equipment coming in. Now we re wailing for the troops to come in Harvin said the equipment slowed in humidified storage facilities in Germany and the Netherlands has arrived in Good shape Harvin said. Equipment stored is matched to the needs of the unit arriving to pick it up. We be had some slight minor dam age Harvin said in summarising Early Man Euver damage claims. For the first time since inc Forward brigade moved to North Germany in 1978 to take up residence in Garls Ludl soldiers of the 2nd army div fwd Are preparing to Wal come the Reil of it in division to Western Europe. Because thy arc combat arms troops and the Only such . Unit in North her sea re forget on Page 2b
