European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Dodds students score High in Basic skills Page 2 a my Testa falsified Northrop admits Page 5 d contest winners join Clem for dinner stripes Magazine the St sail off types vol 46. No. T95 Friday october 30, 1987 0 8693 a 2 american airmen slain in Philippines Clark a Philippines not two american airmen and to other men were shot and killed wednesday in a series or attacks outside his major military base. The attacks in widely separated areas look place within 15 minutes of can Oiler . Officials said. In addition to the two airmen who were Bolh in uniform the victims were a filipino businessman and a retired . Air Force sergeant who May have held Ither filipino or american citizenship. The officials said they did not know who was responsible. But the philippine Security commander at the jointly run base and the mayor of Angeles City where the base is situated 50 Miles North of Manila said they suspected communist guerrillas. Local residents also expressed suspicion thai right Wing forces who have sought to destabilize the govern ment in recent weeks might be responsible. Maj Gen. Donald Snyder commander of the 13th air Force spoke on inc military television station Tourge americans to exercise caution and to say on base unless Raveling to off Post housing where two thirds of the 9,600 service members at the base live. Altogether including dependents and civilians the base and cily arc Home to 26,000 americans. In Washington inc state department said it had advised military personnel and civilians in inc Philippines o exercise special caution. If the killings were the work of the communists they would Mark a serious escalation in the tactics of the 18-year insurgency. The rebels have warned the might begin attacks against americans. In the past the guerrillas Are not known to have harmed americans although they May have been involved in an ambush at Subic Bay naval station in the mid-1970s. Maj. Thomas Boyd director of Public relations at Clark a called he attacks inc most serious he knew of against americans Here. He said that three attacks were against men in vehicles near off base housing areas and that in the fourth an american airman was shot dead outside a Mcdon Ald s restaurant a half mile from the base s main Gate. Col. Manuel Caranza inc philippine Security chief Here said the killings appeared to be in the style of communist assassination squads and that they were carried out Wajih ,45-caliber pistols. The Angeles City mayor Franciso Nepomuceno also said he suspected the communists. Earlier wednesday in Manila gunmen suspected of being communists shot and killed two policemen and wounded an army colonel in separate ambushes. On tuesday a neighbourhood politician and two sol Diers were killed in similar separate shootings in a continuation of Fth Urban assassinations. The four incidents outside Clark a look place be tween 3 43 and 4 p.m., Boyd said in the first attack according to the philippine Mili tary three gunmen shot and killed an air Force ser Geant in front of inc Mcdonald s restaurant. Within moments in another part of town As Many As 15 gunmen ambushed the car of another air Force sergeant. He was killed instantly along with a local filipino businessman who stopped to investigate. Then a retired air Force sergeant was shot dead Ashe drove his station Wagon near a military housing area. Boyd said this third victim was a Nalic filipino who had served in the . Armed forces under a Spe Cial arrangement with the Philippines. In the fourth incident an air Force Captain escaped Irv jury when his car was fired on. He said he names of those killed were being with held pending notification of next of Kin. Stats Unis 5 commukaute7 pays Bas Taue Dai Mark Holande Buck out of Luck an employee of the Paris Slock Exchange Points to Dollar s quotation against the French franc As the Dollar reached its lowest level wednesday against the franc since Jan. 11,1982, despite the attempts of Gaver Menli to share up the Dollar it fell in trading against All major european Curren cies. In London the Pound strengthened to $1.72from $1.71, pushing the Dollar u it lowest level in five Yean. The Dollar fell to 1,268.90 against the ill Lut lira from 1,281.50. And id dropped in new York against inc japanese yen from 141 10 138. See currency conversion rates Page 23. 3 greeks held in stinger spy Case Athens Greece -. Charges prompted the formation of the Blue ribbon panel investigating air Force pressure on working spouses be Lieve the panel s effectiveness remains to be seen. I really Hope that something can be done but t Don l see now said Battaya Luenberger after meet ing Wilh the panel wednesday at a Arstein ajl Jed of can they implement it 1 think the  to address How they can bring Aba i Epe Hange that is needed in the air Force a the panel is  in Germany and the United . The  in an article in the july 19 Issue of the Indianapolis Star and the aug. 3 Issue of the air Ebruce times. Quoted wives of senior officers at gris som fab Tom Ihrl Llcy had been col. Gary r. Ebe fueling win . Recent Media attention Over the couple of months increased the visibility of this Issue which the air Force was already looking into said capt. Chris Outfield the panel spokesman. Leuenberger s husband. Cot. John Leuenberger is assigned to Rhein main a after asking to be re assigned from Grissom. Leuenberger remembered comments made by Maria former wife of Mai. Gen. Larry former then the commander of the 42nd air div Juring a luncheon uni Somsiri the general s wife told the gathering Here was a unwritten policy forbidding them from working. She said if you Are unwilling to do All these rents like work in the Thrift shop and go 10 the tej dub functions your husbands career could Beena canal was find someone else to door said. Her reaction was Louthi fuck to her fair  she did not take a Job Andice pm ported the officers wives club and All of its  first see panel on Page 24