European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday june 5,1983 politics complicate 16th of s Mission commander outlines difficulties faced by Rosemary Sawyer suit writer Torrejon a Spain political realities faced by inc air Force across nato s Southern flank Hurt the Quality of life for . Servic members and can mate their jobs More difficult inc Ifill air Force com Mander said. Maj. Gen. . Scott Harp said in a recent inter View that politics affect service members daily lifestyle when they must contend with constant labor strike in Greece and Italy the toughness of inc turks on operational mailers in Turkey and base negotiation prob lems in Spain. The nature of the four countries in which we Oscr Alc Here is somewhat different than he experiences of the Central Region countries where there s been a Long Well established relatively non political relationship Between the Host country and the forces of the . Iacre Harp said. Not so Down  an ongoing strike by greek maintenance workers at Iraklion As on Crete for example has forced the air Force to use limited travel funds to Send 40 service Mcm Beri from other bases to the air station to operate 1he base Power Plant laundry and dining Halls. Farther West in 16th air Force territory Spanish treaty agreements impinge on the lifestyle of vacation ing  and retirees living in the country by prohibiting them from using base facilities such As inc commissary and Exchange Harpe said. And Only in an emergency can they use base hospitals. In certain Southern Region countries shaky tenure has prompted the air Force to scrap building projects a a photo atom  danish Leader resolves dispute on nation s nuclear arms ban Copenhagen Denmark a prime minister Paul Schlitler milled a dispute Over How the nation s nuclear weapons ban affects its nato membership and he formed a new minority government. Friday s moves ended a three week crisis created by inconclusive elections. Sch Lilter had called the elections because he said a stiffer anti nuclear ban approved by lawmakers against his wishes jeopardized Denmark s position in the Western military Alliance. He presented his new 21-member Cabinet Friday to Queen Marge cite ii. The coalition includes Schuler s conservative party which has 35 scats in the 179 Mcm bar parliament the liberals with 22 and the so Cial liberals with 10. Schiller called his coalition the Best foundation in a difficult situation for stability in Domestic and for eign  Denmark has not had a majority govern ment since 1971. The Way was cleared for the coalition when the Par tics agreed on a method of reminding Denmark s nato allies of ill 31 year old policy barring nuclear weapons in peacetime danish radio said. Schlater had refused to carry out an april 14 Resolution by parliament requiring the government to notify visiting warships of the policy. He called the May 10 election As a referendum on the Issue. Sch ulcer would not say How he resolved the matter but he told reporters he would explain it tuesday in a speech to parliament. The radio said he chose the norwegian Model under which Denmark s non nuclear status would be mentioned in diplomatic contacts before a port Call but notification would not be sent 10 captains As ships entered the Harbor. Previously Denmark has simply slated its policy and assumed that visiting ships observed it. The United states and Britain the two nuclear pow ers in the Alliance military command had said notifying ships might Compromise their policy of not acknowledging the location of their nuclear weapons. 1,500 Marcos supporters March in his Mother s funeral procession Manila. Philippines a about 1,500 sup porters of Ferdinand Marcos marched behind his Mother s Hearse saturday and flashed Victory sign As her body was brought Home to await burial. The exiled president family which had hoped to convince president Corazon Aquino to allow Marcos to mum for the funeral said they had not yet set a burial Date. It has been one month since 95-year-old Josefa Edralin Marcos died. Saturday s 90-minute procession accompanied her body from a suburban roman Catholic Church where it had Lam in state to her Home several blocks away. At least four police cars headed the procession. Traffic jammed on Many streets As the procession inched us Way to the House in the Manila suburb of san Juan. Edralin Marcos body had been kept at the Santua no de san Jose Church sine die died in a Hospital on May 4. Her two children in Manila pacifier Marcos and Fortuna Marcos barbs had set no Date for the funeral in Hope thai their exiled brother would be allowed to attend the burial. Aquino has repeatedly said she won t allow Marcos to return to the country for fear his presence would endanger National Security Marcos supporters have held numerous Street demonstrations since Edralin Marcos death to demand that Aquino change her mind and allow him to return. Marcos lives in Hawaii where he fled with his immediate family after the civilian and military revolt that ended his 20-year Rule and swept Aquino to Power in february 1986. Asked when the funeral would be held Pacifico Marcos said it s very hard to  he said he was still hoping his Eider brother would be Able to come Home for the burial. But Marcos Barba told reporters later that she would Telephone Marcos in Honolulu in two or three Days to set a Date for the funeral in the family s Home town of Batac 240 mild North of Manila. We really have to Start planning and i suppose Well have to do that she said. It determined were non essential to the Mission and would not cause undue Impact to Quality of life if cancelled. While the air Force has been Able to use operational and maintenance funds Over the years to modernize and renovate existing buildings hire said he feared Bell tightening such As illustrated by the lean fiscal 1988 budget eventually could prevent even the pre sent Patchwork method for improvements. A few construction projects were spared on the bases because hey were beyond the Point of economic  we found when we researched it that in some cases it would Cost More in paying damages to the contractor than it would be to just continue the project to its conclusion Harpe said. Aside from the construction cancellations it re Mains business As usual at Torrejon a the Home of the 401st tac fighter Wing and its 72 f-t6 Falcon tighter jets. Harp said May 24. The jets will be going to a new base in Italy after Spain and the United Stales negotiated the withdrawal of the planes which is to take place within the next three years. This Wing continues la have a combat Mission and it will up until the Day it leaves. We Are continuing to bring people in to replace those people who Are Leav ing we arc continuing to buy the supplies that we need to keep this base running full Speed Harpe said. The italian government announced saturday that i would accept inc Transfer of the jets although no Basing location was revealed. Nato defense minister agreed May 26 to ask Italy to accept the fighter Wing. World today climber Dies from injuries in Mont Blanc Avalanche Chamonix France a a dutch Stu Dent who was rescued in a climbing Accident on Mont Blanc five months ago died in another mishap on the same Mountain police mid Fri Day. Ernst Zika cd. 21, of Haarlem. Holland was climbing the Mountain on the French Swiss Bor Der thursday when an Avalanche hit him at 9,385 feet. Chamonix police said he fell several Hundred Yards before Landing on a Glacier West Berlin store pays blackmailer $290,000 Berlin a West Berlin s Madewe department store has paid a $290,000 Ransom to a blackmailer who is suspected of planting two bombs in the store police said. One of the bombs damaged inc store s Spon in goods department last week while the other failed to go Ottic cause of a faulty Detonator. No one was injured in the first blast which occurred late at night. Police said Friday hat the blackmailer threat ened a series of bomb attacks on the store last month unless he was paid 1290,000. The Money was delivered in a paper wrapped package late thursday to a rail embankment police said. Police launched a Large scale search but the blackmailer escaped with the Money. Madewe is owned by the Large Hertie retail stores Chain Mao s widow refusing surgery for Throat cancer Hong Kong a Jiang qing the widow of chinese Leader Mao tse Tung who played a key role in China s cultural revolution Hai Throat cancer but is refusing a treat ment that would leave her voiceless a pro Beij ing newspaper reported saturday. Jiang qing 74, is receiving treatment for the cancer at a Beijing tumor Hospital and was told by doctors she needed an operation the chinese language Wen Wei to said in a front Page article that did not cite sources. But she refined he operation because she no longer would be Able to talk the report said