European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday july 29, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 Aquino aide confirms that Marcos offered $5 billion to return Home Manila Philippines a presi Dent Corazon Aquino s executive Secre tary confirmed thursday that Ferdinand Marcos offered to pay $5 billion to re turn Home but said her staff recommended that the offer be rejected. Executive Secretary Catalino Maca Raig said he believed the offer was a ploy by the deposed president to avoid Crimi Nal indictment in the United states. We saw it for what it was macaraig said. It was just a ploy to get his . Indictment against him suspended. Recommended the rejection of the $5 Bil lion macaraig did not say whether Aquino accepted the advice. On wednesday she told reporters Marcos should Send the Money first and then Well Aquino has refused to allow Marcos and his family to return from Hawaii where they fled after a february 1986 popular uprising toppled his 20-year administration. Her government alleges that he stole about $ 10 billion from the Phillip Ines trea sury. In new York the Village voice reported this month that . Attorney Rudolph Giuliani had recommended that Marco Sand his wife Imelda be indicted on fraud and conspiracy charges in connection wit acquisition of real estate in new York. Presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwa Ter confirmed later that the White House had asked to be consulted before the jus Tice department sought any indictment against Marcos. In a statement tuesday from Hawaii Marcos said negotiations about his re turn were taking place but denied he had offered to pay the Money in Exchange for permission to return to the Philippines with immunity from prosecution. But macaraig said the offer by the ousted president was relayed earlier this month by Emmanuel Pelaez philippine ambassador to Washington. Macaraig said Pelaez told him he had been approached by two americans about the Marcos offer and relayed it to the philippine government. Macaraig identified one of them As James Mcgregor a political science professor at the University of Cali fornia at los Angeles. Macaraig said he could not remember the other american s name. On wednesday Boston University pro Fessor Allen Weinstein said the $5 billion offer was in a proposal brought to him by Amarcos representative and was part of the substance of a letter to him from Marcos. I was approached last month in Washington by a representative of former presi Dent Marcos with a list of proposed agreement Points for an arrangement which would allow his return to the Philippines said Weinstein. The Points were conditioned by an offer on his part to accept the legitimacy of the Aquino government stay out of poli tics throw his support behind Aquino and provide her government with $5 billion Weinstein added. Weinstein identified the Marcos emis sary As Jay Hoffman a California Advertis ing Man. Weinstein declined to comment on mar cos denial. A source close to the discussions with Marcos insisting on anonymity said the ousted president s statement appeared worded to provide him deniability. Weinstein is president of the washing ton based Center for democracy a non partisan . Organization promoting democracy abroad. Child to actress parents found dead in la Home los Angeles a a child actress who played daughter of killer Jeffrey Mcdonald in the television movie fatal vision was shot to death with her Mother and burned in an apparent murder suicide by the girl s father police said. Three bodies were found wednesday in the fire damaged Home of Jozsef and Maria Barsi whose Only child Judith 11, starred inthe movie jaws in the re Venge As Well As numerous Tele vision shows and commercials. Coroner s officials identified the dead Man As Jozsef Barsi 55, but withheld the names of the woman and child pending notification of relatives. However neighbors said the girl was Judith. Barsi apparently shot an killed his 48-year-old wife bars Maria and his daughter Intlehouse doused their bodies with gasoline and set them on fire before going to the garage and shooting himself in the head with a .32-caliber pistol investigators said. Her television appearances included roles in "st.elsewhere," Cagney and Lacey and growing pains said Bonnie Gold a spokeswoman for the Stu Dio City Agency that managed her career. She also played a daughter of Macdonald in fatal vision a partly fact based television movie about the killing of the doctor s pregnant wife and two daughter sat fort Bragg n.c., in 1970. Boyfriend out on bail actress Cher Waits for her Boyfriend Robert Camilletti Center with his father to unlock his car outside the West los Angeles police station after a $2,000 Bond was posted for Camilletti 24, who was arrested for investigation of a felony assault charge. The former pizza chef and bartender allegedly tried to run Down a photographer with his Ferrari sports car outside the Benedict Canyon Home Camilletti shares with Cher. Panel told recruit s phobia led to his drowning by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the March drowning of a Navy recruit during a water Rescue exercise was an anomaly that should not be used to indict the entire Navy training program a top official told a congressional hearing. But one lawmaker said the death flee Mirecki who had an abnormal fear of being pulled under water is evidence that the military does not know How to identify or treat phobias and similar mental health disorders. Vice adm. Nils Thunman the chief of naval education and training testified at a hearing of the House armed services Mili tary personnel and compensation subcommittee wednesday that training is being conducted in a Safe and proper Thunman and his counterparts in the other services As Well As senior defens department officials said great Atten Tion is Given to safety and that the num ber of military training deaths is Low considering the total number of person Nel involved. But rep. Michael Birlirakis r-fla.,said the question of training safety is secondary at least in the Mirecki Case. In that incident which occurred in Pensa cola fla., the recruit panicked during an air sea Rescue exercise and drowned after being forced Back into the water by instructors. Birlirakis said his concern was that the services do not adequately diagnose Pho Bias which he claimed afflict one out of every eight people. Mirecki was phobic and his phobia entered on a fear of being grabbed and pulled underwater the very thing that caused his death he said. It s alleged that one military flight surgeon said Mirecki was unfit for the Rescue exercise because of his phobia yet this decision was overruled by a military psychologist he said. One has to won Der whether there was an attitude of get Back to your exercise and be a Man " military medical procedures Don t re quire doctors to ask about specific men Tal health disorders Birlirakis said. The questions on the applicant pre screening form merely ask whether one has been treated for a mental condition he said. This is not sufficient since Many phonics May never have sought treatment and like Many other people Haven t connected their discomfort with a possible phobia. The fact that none of the witnesses Here today has even mentioned mental health disorders of phobic types Dis tresses me he said. I wonder if we re taking it seriously the military witnesses admitted there is no specific medical screening for phobias they said the services have tightened their drop on request proce dures which enable recruits to quit if they think they can t Complete an exer Cise. Mirecki reportedly wanted to Dor just before he drowned but his instructors allegedly would not let him do said the Navy has issued a new policy that prohibits coercion to induce a student to return to training following a Navy policy also has a provision for training timeouts in All training when a student expresses concern for personal safety. If a timeout is called the situation will be examined and additional explanation and instruction will be provided As necessary to allow Safe re sumption of training Thunman said
