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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday May 21,1988 . Should  Philippines More for bases study says Washington a the . Government should neatly triple what in pays for use of military bases in the Philippines on the condition that presi Dent Cora Ron Aquino moves to allow the bases beyond 1991, says a report issued Friday by a conservative think tank. The report by heritage foundation policy analyst Richard d. Fisher proposes that . Negotiator agreeing Manila to seek from Congress 12. S billion or s500 million a year for five years. For inc current five year period which ends this year the adminis Lvalion agreed to ask for is 80 million in annual Aid tied to int bases. Congress increased appropriations after Aquino took Power in february1986. Fisher Ako advocates the Sale of modern Jet fighter Sand naval warships to the philippine military Anil a review of the entire Range of . Actions to keep Manila from cup Elling .  a review of the bases agreement which lapses in 1991, is under Way in Manila with compensation for the bases a major  tide in the talks has indicated How much might be asked for or paid. But suggestions by philippine officials have been More Jhansi billion a year Var the current i to million annual Aid attached to . Use of Gark a and Subic Bay naval facilities during the expiring five year  military Aid to the Philippines during Ibe five Yean will total about 11.7 billion says Fisher in hit report. A strategy far keeping the . Bases in the  heritage foundation ii a privately funded think tank which generally espouses conservative Yiew. Often paralleling those of tic  administration. Aid tied to the bases is one or three major financial packages being considered for the financially troubled Philippines which is More than Sib billion in debt. The administration according to sources is preparing to Back a multinational Effort to collect $10 billion Over five Yean in Aid Trade concessions and debt re Lief. It has also asked Congress to appropriate $257 million in Aid for fiscal 1989, Down $90 million from what Congress appropriated list year . Officials have suggested All the Aid might be tied together but Aquino has said she supports the Multi National Aid idea Only if in is not linked to what the Philippines views As rent for the . Bases. Fisher in his analysis Calls the . Military facilities in the Philippines the american Gibraltar i Southeast Asia saying that if the United states aban dons them the soviet Union will move in. Were the United slates to withdraw from the bases Moscow surely would be emboldened to give direct assistance to the Mph the communist party of he Philippines he said. Philippine officials estimate that up to 21,000 communist rebels Are fighting the government and Fisher says the communists now control 20 percent of the Countryside. Fisher criticizes philippine foreign Secretary Raulman Lapus who lived in . Exile during eight years of martial Law under in president Ferdinand a mar cos. Mang Lapus has said the bases do not protect the Philippines and if the United Stales can t increase the rent it should gel out. Stateside plans for 60-Story building in Atlanta Are unveiled Atlanta up architect John c. Port Man or. Thursday unveiled Plant for the South East s tallest building a sj500 million 60-Story skyscraper that will lower Over the City s famed peach Are Street. Pori Man showed City officials and reporters a 1 moot High kale Model of inc skyscraper Idsaid the 1.4 million Square tool building will be inc most significant development in Atlanta and will define inc Northern Core of the Central Busi Ness District the building will Sund b42 fuel High 100 feet taller than the ism building currently the tallest Atlanta Sty scraper officials said. The building will be built North of Portman s 15-Block Pecac Hitrec Center Complin. Man killed two burned in explosion at be Plant Rotterdam . A equipment containing superheated steam a imploded thurs Day Ai a general electric co. Manufacturing Plant killing one worker and burning to when. One critically company and Hospital official said. The explosion at a facility where fifth below were ruled. 94 Hurt in 2 accidents involving school buses by the associated up a school bus overturned on b Sharp curve called Devil s Elbow an plunged Down an embankment in Penn Sylvania injuring 60 people and another school bus flipped in Iowa injuring 34fifth-graders and others. Both accidents occurred thursday afternoon. In the Accident about 90 Miles North of Harrisburg pa., the bus went off Hie curve fell about 20 feet and landed up Side Down police said. The bin. Carrying 45 children and 15 adult chaperones from the Walnut Street Christian school in Jersey Shore was re Luming from a Field trip in Lla Risburg. Sixteen children and eight adults were treated Al divine Providence Hospital in Williamsport mining supervisor Marga ret Hen said. An adult passenger and a child were hospitalized in fair condition Friday but most of the other injuries were minor. Twenty nine children Dud even adult were treated Al two other area hospitals mostly for bumps scrapes and bruises officials said. Slate police said the Driver was unfamiliar with the stale Road which he had taken to avoid a traffic lie up and said Speed May have contributed to the Acci Dent. He did t know the turn was there trooper Allen Green said. In the Iowa crash. 61 people escaped serious injury when heir bus overturned on a county Road South of Albion. Thirty four passengers were treated at Hospital sin Marshalltown and Waterloo for minor lacerations Brut is and fractures then released officials said. The bus was carrying 58 students two Parent chaps ranch two teacher and a Driver from living history farms Neades mores when it slipped off the pave ment onto a Muddy shoulder. The bus flipped on its Side an skidded about 40 feet before stopping on the Edge of an embankment. We were turning the Corner and the bus Driver started Yelling and the backfires went off the Road. Everybody started hollering and we ran out tieback said Xuemin Bolden who said he was Silling six rows from inc  elementary school principal Bill Dodd travelled to Albion to Calm Ibe youngsters. We re taking some of them Home in vans because they re afraid to ride the bus Dodd said. Boy 9, steals keys to bus goes on smashing Joyride Salina Kan. A a 9-year-old boy stole the keys to his father s bus and went on a careening Joyride through his neighbourhood Una Jhog into cars a Iree and a House As startled residents tried to Stop him. The bus finally came to rest in a trailer Park. The boy and a 10year-old Friend were treated for minor injuries but no one else was Hurt. He look the keys out of Liis Mother purse and just went for a Joyride said Shelley h Inch tit who works with the boy s Mother. The boy s father drives a 23-Passengcr bus used to transport Spe Cial education students the bin use verely damaged in the incident i heard tires squealing and saw in coming Down the Street and in sideswiped my car. It then turned the Corner. On two wheels and disappeared. I tried to get the License plate number but it was going too fast said Etc Aba Collins. The bus sideswiped two parked ears to turned North then cast and Bil a pickup truck. Then it crossed a Street and ripped limb from a tree in the front Yard of a House  
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