European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday Mays 19bb news updates . Olympic coins Denver a Treasury Secretary James a. Baker Iii struck the first i9�b . Olympic coins during a ceremony Al the Denver mini. The coins commemorate . Athletes participation in the 1988 olympic games sales of the s5 Gold and is Silver coins arc expected 10 raise m9million, which will be sent to inc . Olympic committee to train present and Futuik olympians. The Gold coins will sell for j15, and the Silver coins for St. Congress has authorized the minting of a million Gold coins and id million Silver coins a keepsakes Orthe 1983 olympics. Trade talks fail Washington a Awe Klung round of negotiations Over increasing . Beef and Orange sales in Japan ended in fail ure tuesday night with the United Stales saying it would seek id have Japan s import quotas declared illegal under International trading rules japanese agriculture minister Takashi Sato and . Trade representative Clayton a Cutter broke off their talks after meetings thai began a week ago. It was the second collapse in inc negotiations since late March Marcos Mother Dies Aquino forbids his return for funeral Manila Philippines a the Mother of Ferdinand Marcos died wednesday As inc consid ered her request for a. Death bed visit from her son. President Corazon Aquino then told the nation the deposed presi Dent will not be allowed to return for the funeral because he remains a threat to National Security. Or. Sergio Brillantes director of vet Erans memorial medical Center said 95 year old Josefa Edralin Marcos suffered cardiac arrest Al noon wednesday and was pronounced dead 20 minutes later. In a nationally televised address Aquino expressed condolences to in Marcos family bul said after careful assessment in consultation with the leadership of both Chambers of Congress and the Cabinet committee i regret thai considerations of National welfare which Are above the individual interest forbid us from allowing the former president to Aquino Laid respect for parents is an important value in filipiuk society. But she added there Are other values involving National stability and the com Mon Good of our people whose Primacy i am duly bound to in Hawaii Marcos spokesman Gemmo Trinidad said the former presi Dent was closeted in his room and has made no statement about his mothers death. Hundreds of Marcos supporters Man of them weeping gathered outside the Hospital where Edralin Marcos died. Many of them shouted anti Aquino slogans and called for a revolution Aquino met with Cabinet members i consider a request by Edralin Marcos made in a letter delivered to the presidential Palace tuesday to allow her Tonto return Tor a final visit. Before a decision could be made. Edralin Marcos died and the meeting broke up. National Security adviser Emmanuel Soriano who attended the meet ing said Aquino consulted congressional Leaden before deciding to forbid Marcos return. It was a very difficult but very serious decision Soriano said. We might summarize it in terms of what is Best torte common Good at this time what is Best Tor National stability at ibis Denmark s military to allow women to serve in front line combat units product recall Heidelberg West Germany tic 7th medical command warned wednesday that All bottles of ipecac syrup arc being recalled because of potential contamination and that anyone having any of this medication should re turn in immediately la the nearest Mili tary medical facility. A command spokesman said that the product made by Hunch laboratories Philadelphia and normally prescribed for medication overdoses is dispensed in3 0-milliliter bottles. Correction an article yesterday detailing he in crease in military Bank charges incorrectly explained the new foreign currency sales Rales. The Memple should have indicated that when inc commercial Rale in Wesl Germany is 1.68 Narks the military rate in most cases will be 1.66, As compared id the current 1.67 Marks. In Italy if the commercial Fin is 1,200 lire the new rate will be 1,185 lire rather than 1,191 lire under the current system. Copenhagen up Denmark announced wednesday that it will allow women in front line combat units Start ing in july becoming the first member of inc North Atlantic Trcay organization to introduce sexual Equality to the armed forces. Defense minister Bernt Johan Collet said a two year probe had shown women were As Able As men to carry out combat duties including driving tanks into Bat the and conducting commando operations. In most other countries women Are hardly Ever used in front line combat. Even in Israel they Are withdrawn from combat units in crisis situations and Given other Collet said wednes Day. In Denmark we decided that since there was very Little worldwide experience in the subject we wan cd to launch a major investigation into he possibility of Equality of the sexes in lie armed forces he said psychologists medical doctors and instructors had closely observed the performance of a Tutt group of women placed in a few designated units Over the past two years. After evaluating the reports i am inno doubt whatsoever that the time has come Tor the armed forces to be opened up to women Collet said. Starling july to women May be used As Drivers of Leopard tanks parachutists commandos and general infantry sol Diers As Well As pilots for the army s t 17 aircraft and h-500 helicopters the statement said it said that while in inc Navy most jobs have been open to women since 1986, the defense ministry decision now allows for women to be employed a Lynx helicopter pilots and captains of Denmark s corvettes and patrol boat. The air Force will also do open to women the statement said although they will not be allowed to Pilot f-16fighter aircraft until further medial tests have been carried out on the physiological effects on women of lengthy or Vio Lent acceleration. Former photo Archive chief detained in Berlin document Center theft Case Berlin Sas a former depart ment chief in the .-Nin Berlin document Center is being held on suspicion of stealing nazi War records a Ber injustice department spokesman con firmed wednesday. Alfred Darko who formerly was chief of the photographic Archive was apprehended Over the weekend and remains in police custody the spokesman said. Darko a German civilian began working at the Center in 1976, bul the spokesman could not say when he left that position. The arrest is the fourth since report of an organized scheme to remove world War la Cra documents from the Center surfaced in february. The three other Downs apprehended All antique dealers bar been released on their own recognizance pending the results of the investigation the spokesman said four other dealer and the number two Man it the document Center remain under investigation be said la february German newspapers re ported that documents from the Center were sold to world War ii Memorabilia dealers in the United stoles England and West Germany the Center is operated by Ide ,state department and contains records seized by the . Army at the close of the War. Nearly Complete membership files of the Nan party and an extensive catalogue of members of the is Trie nazi elite Are part of the collection. Negotiations have been under Way for Yean to turn the collection Over to the West German government. Shuffle afro Nous simulate escape from fire base Cape canaveral Fla. A Jef Van space shuttle astronauts con ducted an escape Drill from a mock launch pad fire and explosion wednes Day in a rehearsal designed to help improve safely following the challenger tragedy. Five emergency workers and on launch pad worker received make Belicic injuries in the disaster exercise and some were evacuated to local hospitals. The astronauts All rookies who have rot flown in space Rode elevators to the 195-Fooi level of launch pad 39b As if they were to Board a Thule on launch Day. Although there was no shuttle on the pad they simulated entry into a space Craft Cabin. Following a report of smoke somewhere on the launch pad lest director Frank Merlino called a major Emer gency and ordered an evacuation. With water spraying the area As it Wpm in a real emergency the Astro nauts and the seven members of the spacecraft closeout Crew put on oxygen masks and made their Way to seven slide wire baskets Al the Cabin level of the pad. Seven tire Rescue workers rushed to the pad from a station a mile away. As they fought a mock fire at the 175-Footlevel, an explosion occurred and test observers declared five of the firefighters they and one pad worker were trans ported by a Tan like vehicle to helicopters which took some to hospitals. All those on the pad made their Way to the baskets each of which holds three people but did not ride them Down 1,200-fool cables to the ground. Some officials believe the Swift 50 Mph ride and abrupt Hall in netting at the Bottom would be risky and should be attempted Only in an actual emergency. Instead the baskets were sent Down with ballast and the astronauts and others look an elevator to ground level and re entered the baskets those not injured made their Way to a Concrete Bunker near the launch pad. Nasa has said it plans to test the baskets with human passengers sometime before the next space shuttle flight now scheduled for August. The shuttle Fleet has been grounded since the shuttle challenger and its seven Crew members were lost in an explosion 73 seconds after launch on Jan. In 1986. Officials said the Drill wednesday would allow the astronauts to lest new Crew escape equipment intended to give them t better Chance of surviving a launch pad the most important features of the upgraded system 11 the addition of More fire die Eton equipment Ana backup electrical relay line that would Flash a warning to launch director if i pad emergency occurred fire inhibiting Metal plating also he been added to the platform thai Conn Ccu the launch Tower id the in Niue slide wire baskets have been added and All have been wrapped in fire remit Tam material. Astronauts participating wednesday were Frank Cul Benson Ken Cameron Carl Meade David Low Kathryn Thor ton Pierre Thiol and Jerome Apt. Another emergency Drill u scheduled Friday to rehearse a Rescue of Crew Mem Bers from a Thiltle that has Enid tand de in a swamp near the shuttle Landing runway Here
