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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, January 22, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. January 22, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 a photo earlier lift at Clarksville tenn., was � Success. Uplifting pastor ends stunt with 5-tooth cavity Carbondale Iii. A a gimmick gone away look a bile out of Dap Tisl minister Paul Wrenn s sermons when he pulled up a 385 Pound Coal Miner using a special leather Mouth piece and Ion five from Teeth. Wrynn said he still has 24 Teeth left but there s no Way i m going to be Able 10 keep up the  maybe i scratch around and try to come up with something id take the place id Var can who had been promoting his sermons by i ring the heaviest member of the audience with his Mouth. Besides his Teeth lift the s-fool-10. 335-Pound preacher allows the heaviest pc Jon in the audience to jump on his stomach. He also bends huge spikes and drives nails into boards with his hands. But the 40-year-old preacher who lives in Clarksville Tenn blamed the mouthpiece and his own poor judgment for the mishap. With the mouthpiece that 1 had i did t want to lift  he said of moots Coal Miner Joe Pierce. Wrenn was in the Region sunday speaking at the Southern Illinois Bible and evangelism con Ference. Earlier that Day he had a successful tooth lift in Carbondale and two in a Cal Frank fort. A few years Back. Wrynn s heaviest Looth lift Hod been 404 pounds. Enter Pierce. Wrynn used a mouthpiece connected by a Short Nylon rope to a weightlifting Bell Pierce wore. The 34-year-old Pierce Lay on the ground As Wrenn stood Over him. According to the Rev Allen t. Speer. Pastor of the first Baptist Church in Christopher about 25 Miles Northeast of Carbondale. Wrynn managed to lift Pierce about 5 inches from the ground As Aboul 225 people watched. Then the mouthpiece slipped and Pierce crashed leaving Wrenn s five from tech Dan gling from his Mouth. He did t complain and i know thai Man was in pain spacer Slid. Wrenn finished his 30-Minule Sermon and about three hours eater received denial Atten Tion la took eight shots of painkiller before the roots could be extracted. Aquino s defense Secretary quits Over insurgency Issue Manila. Philippines up defense Secretary Rafael Alclo has submitted his resignation to presiden Canton Aquino in a dispute Over her handling of the 18-year-old communist insurgency the defense depart ment said thursday. The West Point trained former general submitted his resignation to Aquino in letter dated Jan. 14, said Eduardo Pangilinan a spokesman for the defense department. Pangilinan quoted the letter As saying that Ileto was no satisfied with the conduct of the Campaign against communist guerrillas who have waged an 18 year War against the government. He is not satisfied with the Way the military is handling inc insurgency said a defense department source who asked not to be identified. There was no immediate comment from the presidential Palace and it was no known if the resignation was acc Ptim. Pangilinan said Alclo hoped his successor would be Able to effectively implement policies against the rebels. Alclo took Over As defense Secretary in november 198ft after Aquino sacked sen. Juan Ponce Enrioc whose aides were implicated in a failed coup. Enrile founded the scout rangers that successfully put Down an uprising of the communist hunks in the 1950s. The hunks were inc forerunners of the rebel new people s . Alclo i reported resignation came amid an impending reshuffle of the 159,000-Mcmbcr armed forces. Al least 41 general arc due to retire in april according to the military. Armed forces chief Gen. Fidel Ramos was reported holding meetings with senior officials. News of the resignation came three Days after the philippine elections monday to fill 16.400 posts for municipal and provincial councils. Aquino s Candi dates Are certain 10 win most of the posts but results indicate the final tally will be less than inc predicted 70 percent Victory nationwide. Marcos says he s almost broke has to borrow from supporters Honolulu a deposed philippine presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos said wednesday he has Lille Money and is living Oft gifts and Loans from support ers Marcos also said his successor Corazon Aquino had lost popularity and what he called a coalition of forces on the lower Levels had formed against her. We have borrowed for our Legal fees As Well As for our living expenses Marcos said. But Nam now we Are almost Penni  Marcos and his family have been accused of Rob Bing the philippine peo ple of 110 billion during 20 years in Power thai ended in an uprising in february 1986, Marcos 70. Spoke haltingly during the interview and aides at Sev eral Points completed his sentences. He motioned sey. Erol limes for servants to bring pillows to Cushion his chair. Marcos declined to name the donors or divulge his Marcos Legal and medical expenses. He said he borrows sub Stantial sums Only when faced Wilh Legal or medical emergencies. Marcos said inc donations were coming from Bath inside and outside the Philippines. Even filipino labourers who come Here sometimes give us $200 and $300," he said. Marcos said he was putting the Money into a fund that could be drawn upon for living and Legal expenses. Bul on the undemanding the Money would be paid Back and used to help educate filipinos in Hawaii. Marcos claimed Early returns in philippine regional elections showed Aquino s popularity had diminished. The returns from monday s Vole showed Aquino backed candidates leading in the majority of the races for governor bul trailing in some Manila area con tests. The losses indicate she has lost popularity he Laid. The support that has been referred to As people Power seems to have  Marcos who has lived in Hawaii since his ouster declined to say if the perceived blow la Aquino s Power would Lead the Way to his return. I m not ready to answer that until i get More Defi Nite signals he said. I have no plans. 1 will wait for what follows  Felix the famed feline frequent flier Heads Home for a purr act reunion London a Felix the cat got inc vip or very important pussycat treatment thursday when she look a flight from London 10 los Angeles to be reunited with her owners. Felix Raveling in a specially secure carrying Case was put in the first class compartment of a pan Ameri can world airways jumbo Jel free of charge and was accompanied by an airline employee Jane Ford who saved her from possible destruction by British authorities. This time she s going to be safely under lock and key and she will stay that Way for the next 11 hour or 40," said Ford. I m nol taking any chances on her going missing  before the 2-year-old Calico boarded night 121, which left at 10 a.m., the got a Lasle of caviar and a Silt of Champagne and then she posed for a. Photo session at Heathrow Airport Felix became a celebrity after escaping from her travelling Box in the car of hold of a pan am jumbo Jet on a journey from West Germany to los Angeles on dec. 3. Her owners. William and Janice Kubicki were moving from Frankfurt to Edwards fab. Calif. For 29 Days Felix flew More than 179,000 Miles and made at least 64 stops All Over the world. On Jan. Tihe bedraggled cat was enticed from the Jet s hold at Heathrow by pan am Siatt members and was Given emergency animal Hospital treatment. She had been discovered the Day before by a baggage Han Dler in London but she flew across inc Atlantic and Back again before she could be captured "1 think she must have used up at least one of her nine lives said Ford who supervises inc calculation of air plane fuel weights for the airline. Felix was then placed in quarantine and Ford raised the fund to pay for the fees by asking fellow workers for donations. Meanwhile Felix s owners were tracked Down through baggage claim records. Britain requires immigrating dogs and cats to spend six months in quarantine to prevent the reintroduction of rabies on the Island nation. However Felix was sprung Early because she left inc country directly. Ford a cat Lover Visi cd Felix every Day at the quarantine Center i shall be very sad 10 Sec her go bul i shall be pleased to hand her Over 10 her owners who have been missing her Ford said. She s put on a bit of weight. She s now very til and will have a Good Lime on this last  Ford added that she hoped Felix would nol cat too much and would get plenty of Cal during the trip. She needs to be ready for All that Media attention in los Angeles Ford said  
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