European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes p Cariucci Hassan discuss base use Page 2 d College education s rising costs pages 13-15,18 g Blue jays picked to win Al East sports Page 23 o 6 More palestinians killed by israelis Page 28 vol. 46, no. 349 sunday april 3, 19bb Good morning , 08693 a . To deploy More troops to Panama bases Panama City us l the . De sense department priday ordered 1,300 additional troops to Panama where oppo Silion groups agreed Tor the first Lime 10 negotiate with embattled strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. The . Reinforcements were scheduled to begin leaving tuesday but Washington officials said no military action was being planned Aga Insl Noriega. Some panamanians have asked for . Help in toppling Noriega a do Facto Leader who fell out of favor with Washington when american courts indicted him on drug trafficking charges in february. In a Teller a Catholic archbishop Marcos Mcgrath the leaders of two opposition panics and an opposition Busi Ness coalition accepted a proposal under which Mcgrath would mediate Between them and Noriega 10 achieve a peaceful solution 10 Panama s 5-Wcck-old Politi Cal crisis. The opposition previously demanded the departure of Noriega before negotiations with the powerful military could begin on Panama s future in Washington the Pentagon said the deployment of 1.300 additional . Troops tuesday through Friday was not intended As a threat to Noriega although the administration has steadily increased pressure on him to resign As chief of he 15,000-member panamanian defense forces. A spokesman said the defense forces would have no immediate comment on the . Troop deployment. The deployment is allowed under the Panama canal treaty the Pentagon said and is a reasonable and prudent Effort to further safeguard Chr canal and . Lives property and interests in the . Southern come spokesman col. Ronald Sconyers said the deployment is not meant As a statement to general no Riega or Sconyers said the new troops would act primarily As sentries to ensure the Security of combat troops by guarding the perimeter of . Bases and doubting defences already in place. The Southern come with 10,000 . Troops permanently stationed in Panama oversees All military activities South of Mexico. The new deployment will augment the 670 additional . Military Security personnel that have been dispatched to pan Ama since March 14, when unrest there began to escalate. Sconyers said the command also was considering contingency plans to bring about 6,000 . Personnel who do no live on . Bases onto the bases As an additional Security measure Laraut 45,000 americans live in Panama including soldiers Panama canal see Panama on Back Page having a Wail of a time inc Monib old Thomas Phillips and his 2-year-old sister. Share Haie trouble getting into theisler spirit at a shopping Mill in Allenton a. Turnout Small for protest at f-16 crash site by Reavis did Crystal Lau Reano staff writers foist West Germany the easter March in railed but Only a handful answered saturday at least in this Small town struck by the trag Edy of a . Air Force plane crash. Some 150 protesters from Hruch Sal and Kai scr Slatlem converged on the Accident site sat urday afternoon to hold a Brief rally marked by Picas for the i Erwn government to shut Down All German nuclear plams and get Cut of nato. I thought we d raise More marchers than this a protester said. I thought this Accident and the others that happened this week would rally More on thursday a us. F-1r Falcon from Hahn a crashed into a Row of houses Oil Hanh Straus killing a 62-year-old Man Theo Huber in continued on Page 3 officer who led coup attempt against Aquino flees prison ship Manila Philippines a the Young officer who led an August coup attempt against president co Razon Aquino s government fled a prison ship Early saturday aided by his elite Navy guards the Mil itary said. Aquino Cut Short a Pri vate easter Holiday in Northern Luzon and rushed to the capital Tor an emergency Cabinet meeting after hearing of the escape of former la. Col. Gregorio Gringo Onasan the charismatic Soldier escaped into Manila Bay about 2 30 . Aboard two rubber boats along Honan with 14 members of the Navy s special warfare unit who had been guarding him the military said. An earlier military statement said 13 guards took part chief of staff Cri. Of Tenayu tic Villa ordered a Mas Sive nationwide search for the 19-year-old Tlona san who had been on the ship since his december arrest in a Manila suburb. Armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers blocked entrances to military Camps in Manila and Check Points wort set up on major highways. Cat. Oscar Florendo. Chief military spokesman Lulu radio station dymm that Afier discovering Onasan was missing guards scanned inc Waters and saw the boats fleeing in the darkness. He did the guard fired but he did nol know if there were casualties. Residents of the Bay area to a reporters they heard gunshots Early saturday Florendo said a Reserve lieutenant who was frustrated Over his inability to obtain a regular commission had aided in the escape. He said the boats used la lice had been sent to increase Security Afier the military Learned of a plot to free i Onasan. De Villa immediately relieved the commander of the vessel the Andres Bonifacio and ordered his Arrol. Lorendo Sard in a radio address in which he called on the Public to help recapture Hanahan Florendo warned that Onasan May try to organise a new bid to topple Aquino. He said the government expected Onasan to resume anti Aquino propaganda see officer on Back Paga
