European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday january 5,1988 Carlucci conferring with Gulf leaders Al Ftp Manama Bahrain apr defens secretory Frank Carlucci began a Lour of the persian in t monday but the Penta gon denied assertions by diplomatic sources thai his visit signals an sex panic of . Mili tary role in he re Gion. Carlucci arrive Dat Kuwait International Airport where he was met by the defense min ister Sheik Salem Carl Tuci Al Sabah and senior military official. No talks were planned monday night. But Carlucci was scheduled on tuesday to Mecl inc Sinif of Kuwait Sheik a Seraf Ahmed Al Sabah. And the Crown Prince and prime minister Sheik Savadel Abdullah Al Sabah As Well As the Oil. Defense and foreign ministers. Knowledgeable diplomatic sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said american Navy ships apparently have been escorting merchant vessel not flying the . Flag. They said such actions were a forerunner of what car Lucci would make official Carlucci s eight Day trip Wilt include slops in Bahrain saudi Arabia Andaman. It is his tint visit to the area since taking Over from Caspar Weinberger in november. The defense Sec Ciary is to inspect the 30-Sbip . Naval Force assembled in and near the Gulf to protect 11 re flagged kuwaiti tankers from attacks by Iran which has been at War with Iraq since september i960. In Washington Pentagon spokesman Fred Hodman said sunday there was no basis to the report of an . Role in the Gulf. A Western Diplomat in the Region said any change in the Force could be decided Only Afier Carlucci returned to washing ton Jan. To and reported to president Reagan. We think Carlucci is coming with an open mind and that the decision to increase or decrease the Force win be made after his return id Washington said the Diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity. Newspapers around the Gulf criticized any american buildup. Carlucci will be asked to report to his administration that any new american stand on inc Gulf that docs not emanate from working to end the War Wilt have no credibility the Dubai newspaper Al mayan said in an editorial. The United states admits Only to protecting  ships although numerous reports Nave Crock Ltd in recent weeks of american warships appearing to escort other Neutral lipping in the waterway. The diplomatic soured said such above would pull the carpet from under a soviet suggestion that a United nations naval Force replace warships from several Western nations in the Gulf. A  Isler Oman firs Ope i the Edesio mov n garbed so Takin o unde unite military officials november return ii. Nation warship o talks were planned monday night. The i t t speaking conditioner fro several nation i the Gulf witness says he saw Soldier shoot Aquino in 83 m an i la. Philippines a a sur Fundan Luln 1985. Gun and he Aquino Felt  the defense contends Aquino a prise witness testified monday thai he but after mrs. Aquino was swept to Barcelona a 30-year-old philippine Shol by Rolando Oal Tan no i saw a Soldier shoot president Corazon Power in a military civilian uprising airlines employee was brought to the gunned Down moments later. Marco Quinn s he Chart � i Murne a from  mar in i in inv i9ftfi. The courtroom by seven Security Euadis. He said Caiman a Petty criminal wit Manila. Philippines a a sur Pris witness testified y thai he Aquino s husband As he return fro exile in the United slates in August 1983. It was the first time in the current Ria that a witness had testified to hav ing seen the actual assassination of sen. Binigno Aquino or. Which touched off a wave of indignation that led to the ouster of president Ferdinand Marcos in february 1936. Aboul 40 people mostly from the military Are on trial in the killing. A Marcos Era court acquitted 26 defendants in 1985. But after mrs. Aquino was swept to Power against Marcos i february 1986, the supreme court nullified the ruling an ordered a new trial which began last May. The witness Jesse Barcelona said he was driving a towing tractor Between Bays 8 and 9 at Manila Airport on aug. 21,1983, when he saw Aquino descend ing the China air lines jul with three military escorts. I saw the Soldier at the Back of the Man in White Point he gun at the Nape Barcelona said. He fired the gun and he Aquino Felt  Barcelona a 30-year-old philippine airline Brough courtroom by guards did not Point out the assailant. Before the session prosecutor Raul Gonzalez told reporters Barcelona had not identified the killer. Aquino a leading opposition Leader was taken front the plane under Mili tary escort shortly after he arrived fro three years of self imposed exile in the United states. Previously the prosecution had been unable to find a witness who saw the actual shooting. The defense contends Aquino was Shol by Rolando Caiman who was Gunne s later. Marcos Sai with links to inc military was a communist. After the 1985 trial the court cleared Alt defendants and rejected testimony by some witnesses and evidence on audio and video tapes from foreign journalists that pointed to a Soldier As Aquino s Assassin. During a Brief recess monday con Zalez showed reporters a Tetter threat ening his life if he did not Stop pursuing new evidence in the Case. Storms palestinian protesters dispersed from Page 1 or four years said meteorologist Fred Keyes at the weather service in Ann Arbor Mich. The cold air was spreading South and East rolling across Kansas during the Day and lows in the teens were forecast As far South As no  service said. The breakfast hour in North Daniola gave Northern Stales Power in Fargo a record Peak Load on 86 megawatts a 7 . Monday said Joe Peterson distribution Engi nearing manager for the Utility s Fargo division. And the cold air s Advance across Michigan dropped the temperature at Muskegon from 28 degrees at Midnight to 14 degrees by 8 ., and to 12 degrees at noon the weather service said. Chicago s department of human service opened two Telephone lines for homeless people in need of emergency shelter. The Agency said More than 2,500 people used the City s shelters and warming centers each night Over the weekend. One Man was found Frozen to death saturday on a Street in Cicero said detective Robert Biziarek. The East coast storm spread freezing rain Over North Carolina and then rolled up the coast into the Northeast just in time to disrupt the monday morning Rush hour. Boston s Logan International Airport closed for More than two hours during the morning postponing or cancel ing about 40 flights said spokesman Phil Orlandella. Is inches of Snow caused night delays at . Green state Airport in Warwick . Snow accumulations ranged from 2 inches in the North Ern mountains of North Carolina up to 8 indies in Eastern Massachusetts and 7 inches in Connecticut and new York s Long Island. Tee accumulated from freezing rain snapped tree limbs and Power lines across much of North Carolina on sunday knocking out Power to an estimated 85,000 customers including some Holiday travellers at Raleigh Durham air port. By monday about 20,000 customers in Durham and Chapel Hill were still without Power said Anne sch Fiield of Duke Power. As Many As 10,000 Wake county custom ers still had no Power monday said Roger Hannah of Carolina Power & Light co. A to moving Pacific storm coated Oregon roads with ice and dumped heavy Snow in the mountains of Northern California and Nevada. Major traffic delays occurred on westbound roads across the Sierra Nevada As thousands of California tried to return Home after new year week end vacations in inc Reno and . The coast guard said it rescued three fishermen off Northern California s coast after their boat candied be cause of the storm but another Crew member found unconscious in a life raft died. Jerusalem a israeli soldiers monday used tear Gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who turned tires and threw stones in the West Bank town of ram where a palestinian woman was kilted by israeli   spokesman speaking on condition of anonymity said monday s demonstration in ram lasted for about 90 minutes before soldiers dispersed the crowd. Elsewhere in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip there were scattered protests bul no injuries were reported. The  reported a curfew was reimposed on Theta Skarem refugee Camp in the West Bank restricting the 10,000 residents to their Homes. Arab reports said demonstrators threw stones burned tires and blocked the main Road. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir speaking on Israel radio said the  sought to avoid casualties and described the killing sunday of 25-year-old Hama Suleiman As a regretful  an  spokeswoman said the Soldier who shot Suleiman and the Soldier s commanding officer were suspended pending an inquiry relatives of Suleiman said the was killed while doing her laundry by Soldier who had chased a Young demonstrator. Four of the nine arabs slated for deportation began Hunter strikes sunday according 10 the Palestine press vice and the office of Felicis Langer their attorney Servi who has appealed the input Sion orders to a military tribunal. The  had no comment on the hunger strike. Ambassador Mohammed Bassiouny of Egypt on sunday challenged israeli contentions that deporting the leaders of the demonstrations would deter further rioting. It will not Stop violence but Only make it greater he was quoted As saying by the Jerusalem Post. The United states has strongly opposed the planned deportations which Are possible because people born in he West Bank Gaza strip and East Jerusalem Are not israeli citizens. Army spokesmen said the deportation order Proba by would not be executed for at Leniul several weeks. Deportees have the right to Appeal to a military Tribu Nal and to the supreme court Paris from pass 1 Tan an area divided among Turkey. Iraq Iran and Syria where about 17 million kurd  from has been responsible for widespread pro tests including takeovers of airline offices and Consul ales in european capitals and has charged Wisl Ger Many with discriminating against kurdish refugees. Anatolia the sem official turkish news Agency re ported earlier in the Day that the kurdish National liberation front claimed responsibility for planting a  of Licals said the flight recorder of the Boe ing 737 was found monday near the crash site in mountains near the Aegean  turkish Agency said a Telephone caller who did not identify himself told its London office we killed the West German Diplomat in Paris and we downed the plane that crashed in Izmir. We put a bomb in one of the suitcases aboard the  Ekrem Pak Demili the turkish transport minister said earlier that the minor possibility of sabotage would be investigated. The kurdish statement said a conspiracy was in tended to discredit the kurdish movement and called the murder of swedish prime minister Olar palme on feb. 28, 198the most flagrant example of the numerous crimes to which others had tried to link the front s  alter palme was slain authorities arrested several urls allegedly linked 10 the front. They were re leased for Lack of evidence and the murder Bat never been solved. The West German embassy in Paris said  in the consular and judicial Section and had been assigned to Paris in 1986. He was shot several tunes soon after leaving the consulate on Avenue d Leni where he had been night duly officer. Two passing youths found him and notified police who quoted the youths As saying the German said they shot  As a car ipod away police said the victim died Toon after his arrival at the Val de Grace military Hospital. Classified advertising Coupon today on Page 12