European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday september 1,1987 philippine military cadets on hunger strike Manila Philippines a the armed forces Deputy chief rushed to the nation s military Academy monday after600 cadets launched a hunger strike to show sympathy with a coup attempt Buthe apparently failed let persuade them to end it. Right Wing sources meanwhile distributed copies of a rebel statement de Claring a provisional Junta and Catling for new presidential elections. Sources said the rebel had planned to release it i their Friday coup attempt had not been crushed. Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile fired by presi Dent Corazon Aquino As defense min ister in november after a coup plot was uncovered monday blamed Lack of statecraft for the political instability and said he would neither condemn nor defend the of the capital efforts continued to find coup Leader col. Gregorio Gringo Onasan who had been in rile s Security chief and several Hundred mutineers also still at Large. Officials said at least 37 people were killed and 300 injured in the fighting which posed the most serious Challe geto the government since Aquino came to Power in a military civilian uprising i months ago. Maj. Gen. Eduardo Ermita Deputy chief of Salt rushed to the philippine military Academy in Baguio City 130miles North of Manila after press reports that the 600-member Cadet corps had launched a hunger strike in support of the hours later Vennita left the Academy for the Airport and refused total to reporters. Academy officials clamped a news blackout on the , sen. Joey Lina said to supported a Call by sen. Raul Mang Lapus a former foreign minister to determine if retired . Maj can. John Singlaub was linked to the coup attempt. Singlaub. Reached in Las vegas nev.,on sunday called such suggestions Loo outrageous to imagine Singlaub head of the world anti communion league left the philippine this past february after a lengthy visit during which he searched for world War ii japanese treasure he said. Soviets May agree to nuke monitoring plan Washington a a lop soviet arms control official monday offered for the first time to accept a . Proposal for monitoring nuclear tests and eve offered to let the United slates explode its own bomb in the soviet Union to calibrate monitoring equip ment. The chief . Negotiator to arms control talks i Switzerland Max Kampelman immediately said the offer was Worth pursuing. Colonel general Nikolai Chertov of the soviet de sense ministry said through an interpreter that the soviet Union is prepared to accept any Type of Ven i last British sep Tuple Dies in Liverpool Hospital Liverpool England a the last of Britain s sep Tuples died monday after a 16-Day fight for life Liverpool maternity Hospital said Kane Halton who weighed i Pound 8 ounces when born on aug. 15, died in the Hospital Sneor Natal intensive cure unit. Five of the babies died within five Days of their birth. The sixth died thursday the Day after their Mother was released from Halton had been taking Fertility drugs after she and her husband Neil tried for seven years to have children. The sepi upsets Britain s first born 15weeks prematurely by caesarean san. S. Korea ends deadlock on constitutional revision Seoul South Korea a government and opposition officials broke a deadlock Mon Day and agreed on revising the Constitution to Clear the Way for direct presidential elections and other of the governing democratic Justice party and the main opposition reunification democratic party said work was expected to begin tuesday on rewriting the breakthrough in the constitutional talks came after concern had grown that the negotiations would drag on impeding chances of hold ing elections by the end of the Chun Doo Hwan gave in to opposition demands for direct elections and other re forms after massive Ami government riots in june. The constitutional revision talks were Mohave been concluded last week. Man sets himself on fire Dies on storehouse Steps Boston a a Man complaining of religious persecution in Haiti doused himself with gasoline ignited it and died monday on the Massachusetts statehouse Steps police said. The Man was described As a 56-year-old Hai Tian native who Wai working As a cab Driver in Boston. A statement left at the scene provide the name Antoine Thurel. The body was taken to a sign and fliers were found near his body said Jeff Grossman spokesman for the state department of Public safety. A relative said the Man was upset about treat ment his daughter had received in Ham Grossman said. The sign written in French complained of religious persecution. Cation on a test ban is no problem on verification Chertov said in a speech at a luncheon for visiting members of the soviet delegation to last week s conference on . Soviet relations at Chautauqua n. A Chertov said his statement could include adoption of the cortex test monitoring system which earlier had been proposed by the us. Side. The system involve placing a detection device in a Hole bored near the site of an atomic explosion. If you want to calibrate the instruments feel free to come to our test ranges with a nuclear device of your own and explode it there to make sure that everything is All right he added. Kampelman said it was the first time he had heard soviet official make such an offer. This to me wait a new thought and i have to Check that Kampel Mann Tola reporters after the luncheon Well look at . Who has been in charge of arms reduction Issue for the soviet military has been a frequent ecu Rier of information from the soviet Union to the soviet negotiating team in Geneva although he is not member of the team. Amelco from Page 1 Liam Russo. These problems were revealed when ban officials met with representatives of the Pentagon comptroller s office after the american express contract was not renewed be said. We went to a debriefing on Friday with the Dodo find out Why we lost the contracts Russo said and it arose at that meeting that while our service was considered excellent we have a 40-year history in the overseas banking business the selection process focused on retail banking in the United Russo said his company never knew that Domestic banking was going to be a criteria and that it was never mentioned in the Pentagon s original advertise ment for the banking contract. We feel that was a bit unfair to us he express is Best known for its worldwide charge card service but does not operate any Banks in the United slates Russo said. He said that if the com Pany had been aware of the Domestic criteria it could have demonstrated its Many financial have a lot of experience he said. One of our subsidiaries is Shearson Lehman bros., our investment banking service. And of course we re expert in inter National banking and we own ids investors Diversi fied services financial planning the Pentagon comptroller s office said it was in the process of reviewing the protest and could not com ment on the action at this express attorneys expect the Issue to take about 90 Days to resolve. We expect to move this protest just As fast As the Gao procedures permit said Robert Savage vice chairman and chief operating officer. We Are not interested in a protracted debate on this National which was awarded the con tract aug. 22, was planning to begin its operations inthe three foreign countries Early next year. Dod officials said merchants won the contract Pri Marily because of its technical capabilities. Musicians stage anti nuke concert by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Barap Heilbronn Germany about 160 musicians converged on the . Pershing ii missile site at Camp re leg on monday performing classical works outside the facility s Gates. The concert staged by the German peace movement civil disobedience until disarmament was planned in april said organizer Rudolf Schmid of Sletten near Stuttgart. We wanted a soldiers workday in order to prevent their operations he said of the decision to hold the concert on a monday perhaps we will play again several Hundred onlookers attended the event staged under sunny skies and the watchful Eye of Ger Man police. They clogged traffic along the narrow tire lined Road passing by the 56lh Field any come s missile site. Command spokesman maj Jerry Hart said no disturbances had been reported by Early said the musicians were from All Over Ger Many the group has staged Many protest blockades and other events at the United states three Pershing i missile Sites in Germany chiefly at the mul Langen missile storage area near Schwabish Volker Nick said monday that the group voted in june to discontinue spontaneous illegal Block Ades while the United states and the soviet Union Are negotiating the removal of medium Range missile from Europe. We said there Only a justification for civil disobedience when there s no other Way to solve the problem he said. It took a couple of weeks to think about said local police authorized monday s con certs but his statement could not be the afternoon concert session Drew to a dose Many peace movement participants left to Lake part Ina protest today at the German army s Pershing la site in Geilenkirche. Faulty paycheck deduction made Heidelberg s4s an unknown number of soldiers in Europe received slightly smaller August end of month paychecks monday u5areur re source management officials said. Monthly deductions of either $3.45 or $7.90 were erroneously collected from some soldiers for participation in the dependent dental program said Sec. Michael donor me. Staff finance no at the finance and accounting div. There is no Way to determine Bow Many Soldier were affected he said. Some soldiers also were affected in july. Since the program applies Only to family Mem Bers residing in the United Stales soldiers with All their family members stationed in Europe be enrolled in the program Donohue said. Soldiers who have been incorrectly enrolled should notify their finance office to have the Deduc Tion slopped and to receive reimbursement be said. Corrections made by a finance office during the first week of a month should be reflected on that month s paycheck Donohue said
