European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 26 news briefs the stars and stripes tuesday March 8,1888 angry Panama retirees protest closing of Banks Panama City Panama a hundreds or irate retirees rallied in the streets monday As local Banks remained closed and Panama s oust cd vice president urged his countrymen to take up arms against Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega if the m Hilary Leader does t step Down. Meanwhile a spokeswoman for the Panama canal commission said ships Are passing nor Mally through the canal despite reports thai the nation s crisis is holding up passage of ships. Noriega s regime under increasing pressure from inc United states tried to assure the coun try s 60,000 retirees Over the weekend that they would be Able to Cash their pension checks for the first two weeks of March. But it did not say How or where. 6 filipino sailors 3 others killed in rebel ambush Manila Philippines a communist re Bis ambushed and killed sin filipino sailors As signed 10 Subic naval base the military said Mon Day. Three civilians also died in the shoot out. The philippine constabulary old the philippine sailors were travelling to Manila sunday when re Bels opened fire on their land Rover near die town or Hermosa on he Bataan Peninsula about 10 Miles from the  installation. Three civilians were killed in the Cross fire during the is Minuto Battle the military said. There were no reports or rebel casualties. Another Sharp earthquake rocks Gulf of Alaska Anchorage Alaska a the third severe earthquake in the cult of Alaska in tour months prompted Brier evacuations along the coast and was Felt hundreds of Miles away. No damage Orin Uryas reported. The quake Shook buildings and led to warn Ings of 3 huge sea wave. The warnings forced hundreds of coastal residents from their Homes sunday afternoon. The quake entered about 350 Miles South East of Anchorage was computed Al 7.z on the Richcr scale. 3 Ira rebels killed in Gibraltar after reportedly planting bomb Gibraltar a British soldiers and police Shoi and lulled Ihm Irish Republican army guerrillas after they planted a car bomb set to go off during a military Parade in this British Colony official and Security source said monday. But foreign Secretary sir ceo Trey Howe denied British new reports and did no bomb had been plan led. Still Howe told the House of commons that a dreadful terrorist act Luu been averted by the shoot Oul sunday. He said second car linked to the unarmed guerrillas and parked in Spanish territory near the Border with Gibraltar � British Colony contained three false passport and other equipment including an alarm clock insulating tape Glove a and wire. British Newt reports said the two men and a woman were killed after authorities uncovered inc plot to set off the car bomb on tuesday. The reports quoted unidentified Security sources the reports said bomb disposal experts defused 440 pounds of expletive in a Spanish registered car parked near Cov. Sir Peter Terry s official residence in Gibraltar on the Southern tip of Spain. British armed farces minister Ian Stewart Laid an intelligence tip off led to information about the three members of the Irish Republican army which is fight ing a guerrilla War to drive he British out of Northern  an interview in London monday on the Brush broadcasting corp s radio 4 program Stewart said the Gibraltar government of chief minister Adolfo Canepa asked Britain for military assistance under the Standard arrangements because of the involvement of suspected  Stewart Laid the two men and a woman Wen unarmed when they were shot and killed by members of the British armed forces. Independent television in Britain monday identified the three Ai Mairead Farreau 31 Don Mccann 3ft and Sean Savage 24. The report Laid they were driving to the Airport when they were topped by the police. Iran from Pagan Simp son returning up the Gulf after a Convoy escort Mission. A . Statement said the Hel Coplen took evasive action and did not return fire when the iranians shot at them. It did not aay what kind of helicopters were involved or How Many there were. Nor did the statement mention any warning by the iranian before they started shooting. The platform was not identified by name or exact location although the statement said it was not the Rostam platform. Rostam was shelled by . Destroy ers last october in a retaliatory raid after an iranian silkworm missile hit a .-Flaggcd kuwaiti Tanker the sea Isle City anchored off Kuwait. The iranian account said two . Helicopters at tempting to approach an iranian zone in inc persian Gulf Early sunday were forced 10 flee by the anti aircraft tire of naval forces of the islamic Republic of  it added the Navy anti aircraft unit detected the two helicopter on us radar and warned them to Flay out of the iranian zone. However the iranian Navy tired warning shots after the us. Hel Coplen violated the iranian  after Midnight Friday . Officials mid the guided missile frigate John a Moore fired Al what were believed to be iranian speedboat seen on the radar screen before they disappeared. Also sunday thousands of iranians marched through Central Tehran to the soviet embassy claim ing Moscow had supplied Iraq with Long Range mis Sulci Irna said in a report monitored in Nicosia. Irna said a number of indent entered the embassy grounds by scaling a Wall but were thrown out by Alert  Iran said in first Learned about Iraq s new missiles seven months ago and had warned the soviet that any use of the rockets would harm relations Between Tehran and Moscow Irna said. In Moscow the soviet views Agency toss Sard a mob besieged the embassy pelted it with rocks and tried to set tires threatening the lives of soviet Diplomat and their families. Similar hostile actions were directed sunday at the soviet consulate in Isfahan Iran Tan said without elaborating. This said the  rejects any allegations about the soviet Union s involvement in the mis Sile attack against  Campaign from Page 1 provide the unswerving commitment to the conserva Tive beliefs that arc needed to see America into the 1990s." Dole told a Newt conference in Atlanta that polls do demonstrate that t beat All the democrats. He Bush does t beat any of them. We re trying to continue to rep Hamzc inc Republican party to let it  Kemp struggling to survive after finishing no better than third in any contest so far told an audience at Louisiana slate University i think the Republican party wants a Reagan Republican progressive conservative to be nominated and frankly George Bush Bob Dole and Pat Robertson Don t  quest we arc in the race instilled Kemp brushing aside scions of How Well he had to do on tuesday 10 survive. While Dukakis met with Carter sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee picked up backing from another influential georgian sen. Sam Nunn. As the Georgia senator left for a we Klong trip to uie soviet Union i office released a statement laying he had Caal his Absentee ballot for Gore because his views come closest to my Awn views Aslo the Steps our nation must Lake to meet our challenges at Home and  four of Dukakis rivals Jesse Jackson Gary Hart rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri and Gore were in Texas monday a was Robertson. Bush was ending Tiu Campaign Day in his Hometown of Houston Texas which votes with 1" other 5tales on tuesday offers a trove of 183 democratic delegates and 111 on the Republican Side. In Washington is. District judge Joyce hens Green signed a Brief order dismissing Robertson s libel lawsuit with prejudice which Means that former rep. Paul n. Mccloskey jr., a Calif. Is legally the Victor in the dispute. Robertson accepted the condition the judge imposed on Friday in a one sentence idler from his attorney Douglas v. Rigler that Wai delivered to tie judge Chambers by messenger. Under terms of the dismissal Robertson must a court feel priming costs and court reporters feel but nol Mccloskey s attorneys fees which he a Laid Iota about $400.000. This a a confirmation of my integrity Mcc Lodicy said monday in a Telephone interview from hit Home in san Francisco. I Don t like at the age of �0, to be called a pathological liar All Over the United slates he is admitting that he is the one who is the liar Dole conceded sunday that he is involved in a Long hard fight for the gop nomination. He had Lilue cause for optimism about his super tuesday prospects. Seventeen Stales Are holding Republican Pri Maries and 20 Are holding democratic Conlest. There Are 712 Republican and 1,307 democratic delegates at stake including the four to be selected from american Samoa. Reagan from Paga 1 Side Din id Ortega dismissed Cardinal Obando y Bravo As the mediator in peace talks with the rebels. You know where Ortega stands. In t it time for Congress to have the courage to show where in stands Reagan asked rhetorically now i Lime far Congress to show that it knows you can t have real peace negotiations when one Side has helicopter gunships and the other has bandages he said. Reagan said the defeat of inc contras would mean a grave strategic defeat for the United  the communists in Centra America understand this the soviets understand this it s time thai con Gress understood it Loo Reagan said adding a soviet base on the american Mainland is a pistol pointed at he heart of the  Reagan contended that the real Issue before the Caner Sci is not the con rns it is communism in Cen trial  the president who was warmly greeted by the Audi ence or older veterans Laid them of his recent trip to Brussels where he met with nato leaders. He asked their support for the ratification of inc recently signed .-Soncl treaty Banning medium Range nuclear musics from Europe. Reagan also called on Congress to reject further cull in the nation s defense budget and allow for a Strong Alliance for defense this is not the time to drop our guard Reagan said it s just this simple if we put americans in harm s Way we owe them the Best weapons Money can buy. Well need to keep up our strength if we re to succeed and hat s Why the Congress must not further reduce the defense  in a saturday radio address. Reagan offered a report on the recent Brussels meeting. He declared that arms reduction is not enough in dealing with the Spielt and demanded that they abandon inc offensive Strat egy displayed against the Western Alliance on the european continent. Reagan said there was a lesson Learned at the meeting which was the first full scale Summit for the leaders of nato in six years. One must always negotiate with the soviets from a position of strength Reagan said. Following the nato Summit a while House and Vance team travelled to Moscow to scout out possible Sites for the fourth meeting Between Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev planned for late May or Early june