European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday july 3,1988 ousted Leader of Haiti seeks Europe backing Madrid Spain up ousted haitian presi Dent Leslie Manigat arrived in Spain Friday on a five nation tour to enlist european support for a return to civilian Rule following last month s military coup. Manigat said at a news conference that he was Over town june 20 because his government had tried to respect the supremacy of civilian Power Over the Mili tary but that the military was not ready to accept this political  Manigat 57, was deposed by it. Gen. Henri Nam Phy after he tried to oust the general from his Post As armed forces commander and placed him under House arrest. Namphy loyalists within the army freed the general and Manigat was forced into exile. The former haitian Leader is touring Europe in a bid to Garner support for the return of civilian Rule to his country of 6 million the poorest in the Western Hemi sphere. He arrived from Rome and is scheduled to visit Paris Bonn and Brussels. Manigat said he had no evidence that the unite states was behind the bloodless coup but he said Washington had never favored his Center left an nationalist government that came to Power after fraud marred january elections. Manigat said a democratic Victory in november s . Elections would create a More favourable climate for the return of democracy in Haiti. But the struggle is ours he added. Manigat said that after his european tour he plans to continue his work against the military government and that he has been invited to live in Venezuela. Manigat was to meet later Friday with foreign min ister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez. German taxpayers stir Flap Over lifting of Pilot fuel tax a Blooming Good pastimes a photo by Gus Schuettler artists in the Madrid Spain botanical Garden add their canvases with Flower creations. The Park is their own splash of color to the landscape As they fill located just South of the Prado museum. World today Bonn a a proposal to Grant a Federal tax exemption on fuel for private pilots has pitted Indig Nant citizens against bavarian state politicians led by minister president Franz Josef Strauss himself an avid  taxpayers surveyed say they can t see Why a luxury Hobby should get a Bonus in the face of recent cuts in Federal health and Aid programs High unemployment and planned tax increases on gasoline for  recent poll showed that nine out of 10 voters from both the ruling conservative Camp and the main opposition party oppose the  have two options either Trade in my Volkswagen for a Cessna or put wings on my car and tank up at the Airport Hico Neumeyer of Werme Skirchen wrote in a letter published by Der Spiegel newsmagazine in its june 27  exemption was passed by the lower House of parliament As part of the Federal government s sweep ing tax Reform package and it goes to the upper House for a final vote later this  of the measure say they can t understand what the Flap is  s part of the German mentality to get so excited Over such a minor Point finance ministry spokes Man Burghard Reiser told the associated press on  exemption would Cut Federal revenues by up to 25 million Marks $14.7 million very Small part of the government s 43 billion Mark $25.2 billion tax Reform package Reiser  exemption supporters say is in keeping with the tax Reform s goal of simplifying the present tax  fuel tax imposed on private pilots m 1981 but not on commercial airlines is More trouble than it s Worth they   administrative Effort spent trying to differentiate Between taxable and non taxable plan fuel is in no Way in proportion to Revenue the tax the exemption would Benefit the country s 30,000private pilots ranging from pilots for Large corporations and air taxi services to Hobby fliers who make up the majority. Franz Josef Strauss a photo statistics show that few of them Are wealthy Jet set ters contrary to Public opinion but instead Are Normal wage earners Reiser  who oppose the exemption however claim that Strauss the Leader of Bavaria since 1978 and former Federal defense and finance minister is exert ing pressure on Chancellor Helmut Kohl to get the measure approved. Strauss blackmails Kohl the plane fuel scan dal proclaimed Der Spiegel on the cover of its june 20 Issue with a picture of Strauss in a cockpit. Theatch conservative Strauss is often criticized by the  of Strauss party the Christian social Union have threatened to Call for numerous revisions of the new tax Reform plan if the exemption for Pri vate plane fuel is  Friday West Germany s constitutional court rejected a complaint filed by a lawyer seeking to bloc approval of the exemption. The complaint alleged that the exemption favored private plane owners and discriminated against the nation s automobile owners. But the court said it  Rule on the Issue until the Law was enacted. Guard kills aids patient fleeing egyptian Hospital Cairo Egypt up an aids patient was shot and killed by a police guard after he escaped from a Hospital quarantine slashed his wrist and threatened to spatter the guard with blood news reports said sat  reports published by the newspapers Al wafd and Al gom Houria said Fawzi Mahmoud 33, escape from the i Spital Friday by breaking his room window and climbing Over the Fence. But the police guard Mahmoud Gammal chased him in the streets of Nasr City a suburb in Eastern  then slashed his wrist and threatened to spatter the guard with blood unless he left him  guard continued the Chase and the patient dashed at him presumably to carry out his  guard Drew his pistol and shot him dead. Sikh gunmen assassinate Indian government official Amritsar India up sikh extremists sat urday burst into the Home of a local Leader of prime minister Rajiv Gandhi s Congress party and killed him in a Hail of automatic weapons fire police  shooting occurred saturday morning on the out skirts of the sikh holy City of  unspecified number of sikh separatists broke into the Home of Manjit Singh Verka the District Gen eral Secretary of Gandhi s Congress party and shot him killing him instantly police said. Acid rain problems noted in 2 chinese cities Beijing a acid rain is destroying vegetation in the tourist City of Hangzhou and in the former Capi Tal of banking official reports say. Acid rain has destroyed foliage and damaged ancient statues and Stone tablets in the City of Hangzhou the official China news service said in a report seen i Beijing. Hangzhou is in coastal Zhijian province. In banking capital of the nationalist government until the communist takeover in 1949, acid rain is also causing serious problems the report said. Banking is in i angst province