European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 22,1988 news briefs Justice o Connor has surgery for breast cancer Washington a supreme court jus lice Sandra Day o Connor underwent surgery Fri Day for breast cancer and is expected to make a Tola recovery and be Back on the Bench by the end of the month a court spokeswoman said. Spokeswoman Toni House said the cancer was discovered in a very Early  the operation was performed at Georgetown University  Connor 58, was appointed to the court by president Reagan in 1981 As the first and Only female supreme court Justice in he nation s history. She issued a Brief statement that said the prognosis is for total recovery. I do not anticipate missing any Oral  the court is in recess until oct. 31. Hurricane Joan resumes March toward c. America Managua Nicaragua a Hurricane Joan Friday resumed its deadly trek toward Cen trial America with 110-Mph winds after heavy Rains pounded Venezuela and pushed the storm s death loll id at least 26.costa Rica joined Nicaragua in declaring a National emergency. The storm threatens devastation and death said Manuel Obando president of Costa Rica s National emergency committee the Rains unleashed mudslides wednesday and thursday that Swa owed wooden huts and left Al least 11 people dead in the poorest neighbourhoods of Caracas  storm killed 15 people in Colombia injured 30, and left tens of thousands homeless when it swept the Gua Jira Peninsula on monday. More than 37,000 people fled coastal areas of Nicaragua and Cosia Rica where a Hurricane watch was in Force. Hurricane warnings were in effect for the colombian islands of san Andres and neighbouring Albuquerque and Provdencia. Quakes Rock California Maine new Hampshire by the associated press two mild earthquakes hit Northern California while a moderately Strong temblor a continent away jarred parts of Maine and new Hampshire but authorities in both regions reported no injuries or damage. The Weston Observatory in Weston mass., said the new England quake measured 4 on the Richter scale enough to cause moderate damage and the . Geological Survey in Menlo part calif., said the temblor measured 3.9 on the Richler scale. Authorities said rumblings and booms were reported All the Way from Central new Hamp Shire to Yarmouth on the Maine coast to Augusta in the South ventral pan of Maine. In California one quake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale occurred near the geysers area about 50 Miles North of san Francisco about 10 30 . Thursday the University of califor Nia seismographic station at Berkeley reported. The other with a 3.3 magnitude occurred near Garberville about Iso Miles North of san Francisco about 4 20 p.m., according to the seismographic station. Yugoslavs debate Reform As serb protests continue Belgrade Yugoslavia a Yugoslavia a s parliament debated a series of controversial economic and constitutional reforms Friday As thousands of serbs continued protests against the outcome of a communist party meeting ear Lier this week. Belgrade radio said several thousand serb attended three mass rallies held to support the communist Leader of Yugoslavia s largest Republic Slobodan Milosevic after he suffered a set Back at a three Day Central committee meeting that ended wednesday one of the rallies was held in Milosevic s Birthplace the town of Pozer evac in Central ser Bia but the serbian Leader did not attend. The other two rallies were Al Ruma about 24 Miles North of Belgrade and velika Plana the same distance cast of  34 constitutional proposals would Amend about one third of the text of the yugoslavian Constitution which was passed in 1974. Whale rescuers to smash ice Barrow Alaska a rescuers frustrated by a delayed icebreaking Barge opted for a new plan to free three trapped whales Friday using a helicopter to drop a 4vi-ton Concrete slab that could punch a Trail through foot thick ice. A Large wide Lead has opened four Miles from the whales. That s the closest open water there s been yet Ron Morris of the National Marine fisheries service said thursday. I just want to Lake advantage of the  forecasts indicated that favourable winds would shift Over the weekend probably shutting the pathways through the ice moms said. Officials said they planned to have a giant Alaska army National guard sky Crane helicopter lift the con Crete Crusher left Over from the construction of the trans Alaska Oil pipeline at first Light Friday. The trip was expected to Lake about two hours. The guard has not abandoned its Effort to Tow the 185-ton hover Barge 230 Miles to Barrow. But the two guard sky cranes that towed the Barge thursday have managed to move it just six Miles from the Dock at Prudho Bay in two Days. The Tow was to have begun monday but was Sty Mied by cold darkness mud fueling and weight. And after those problems were solved the helicopters found the going Tough in the shallow Muddy Bay just outside the Oil Field. Meanwhile the soviet Union announced in was sending a giant icebreaker to iry to save the whales unite press International reported. A soviet weather service spokesman said Friday that the Admiral Makarov now 300 Miles from the immobilized whales Wilt Start steaming toward the Beaufort sea on saturday. But Valery Skachkova Deputy director of the slate com Mittee for hydrology and meteorology said he doubted the Rescue Mission would succeed because the area where the adult adolescent and 2-year-old whales Are trapped is too shallow for the giant ice breaker. The vessel under the control of the soviet maritime ministry is unloading supplies and equipment for a manned soviet Arctic weather station up said the California Gray whales whose species it endangered were trapped during their annual migration about 100 Yards off the treeless Arctic Ocean coast More than two weeks ago by the constantly shifting ice pack. They have been breathing through Small air holes about 18 m Iles Northeast of this inupiaq Eskimo Village. Volunteers have been using ice picks Chain Sawi anode ices donated by a Minnesota family business to in targe the two original holes and punch new ones in the ice. Biologists named the whales Bonnet crossbeam and Bone the last having much of ils snout scraped away by the ice. Eskimos have Given them their own names sikh ice Pulu ice Hole and Kam k Snow Flake. Marcos from Page 1 his wife Gliceria once the president of the filipino department store the los Angeles based Californi overseas Bank its chairman Roberto s. Benedicto and the Bank s former president Rodolfo Aranbula. The grand jury charges Are the culmination of a criminal investigation launched nearly 2w years ago by Giuliani. The Sis count indictment charges the Marcoss engaged in a pattern of racketeering activities to divert philippine government funds and Cash and Slock garnered through bribes and kickbacks to . Invest ments. From 1981 to 1983, the Marcoss transferred $103 million to buy four valuable Manhattan properties including commercial buildings at Herald Square Andon fifth Avenue Madison Avenue and Wall Street the indictments say. The in roses and their alleged co racketeers were also accused of obstructing Justice in a civil lawsuit filed by the filipino government to reclaim the Man Hattan properties. The Maroses the Tanto cos and Khasho Gei allegedly plotted to conceal the True ownership of the four buildings through false documents. The Marcoss Are also accused of a scheme to buy 15.9 million in Art objects and transporting Money and certain works of Art they knew to be stolen. Under the racketeering Laws the government is seeking forfeiture of All the defendants property obtained through illegal activity. For the Maroses that includes the four new York buildings foreign Bank accounts and other property interest they hold. The government also is seeking forfeiture of Kha Scoggi s condominium at the posh olympic towers in manna iian As Well As Bank accounts and any interest he holds in the four buildings. The indictment charges Khash Oggi joined a scheme to backdate his interest in the Marcos owned buildings to prevent the Philippines from winning them in .  is also accused of submitting a false document to French officials seeking evidence at . Re quest in the Marcos  of those charged with racketeering and racketeer ing conspiracy face a maximum of 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines on each  Maroses the Tan Locos their son  jr., Jaime Alberto Arias a panamanian attorney associated with the Tanto cos and Khash Oggi associate Karl Bock Peterson were charged with one count of obstructing Justice and one count of mail fraud for their part in the scheme to conceal the ownership of the buildings. They would face up to five years imprison on each count if convicted. Khash Oggi would face an. Additional 15-year penalty on each of two obstruction of Justice counts. Khash Oggi. A Central figure in the secret sate of Armsto Iran by the Reagan administration posed As the owner of valuable paintings and new York property secretly held by the Maroses according to court documents filed earlier. The Justice department decided to move against Marcos 71, after his lawyers involved in plea bargain ing negotiations with Federal prosecutors missed a deadline thursday afternoon to respond to a demand that he plead guilty to a racketeering charge according to Federal sources in  thursday president Reagan indicated he would step aside and not intervene to Stop a Marcos indictment saying that in order to bring the matter to him i would think that it would have to be a Mailer of foreign  Reagan said it May not come to my desk at  in Manila Philippines government officials Friday hailed reports of an impending indictment of Marcos As a major breakthrough in efforts to collect the Bil Lions he allegedly embezzled As president. The philippine government has cited 39 civil Law suits against Marcos seeking to collect $96.7 billion in damages. But no criminal charges have been filed be cause officials fear Marcos would insist on his constitutional right to return to the Philippines from Hawaii to face his accusers in court since the philippine Constitution forbids criminal trials in absent a Sakharov May attend . Meeting Moscow a human rights activist Andrei d. Sakharov Friday said the Kremlin tentatively has agreed to Lei him leave the soviet Union for the first time to attend a conference in the United states. He said he will leave for the United Stales next month. Sakharov the father of the soviet dissident move ment told a news conference the lifting of a travel ban against him was due to Mikhail a Gorbachev s pro Gram of economic and political restructuring and the personal efforts of some soviet officials. Sakharov a physicist bad been denied permission to travel on grounds he had Access to sensitive information while working on the soviet Hydrogen bomb. He has spoken out repeatedly for free emigration and protested soviet intervention in Afghanistan. For his human rights activities he was awarded the 1975 Nobel peace prize. He was exiled to the closed City of Gorky in 1980 and released under Gorbachev s administration in de Cember 1986. He told reporters the government agreed in Prin Ciple to allow him to attend a conference of the inter National foundation for the survival and development of humanity. Sakharov Aid he had not yet officially applied for the necessary travel documents. Sakharov has been invited to attend the Board meet ing in Washington on nov. 15 and 16, As Well As meet Ings in the los Angeles area san Francisco Boston new York and possibly Chicago said group member Edward b. Hodgman. The Moscow based group is a non profit philanthropic organization set up in january to help solve environmental human rights disarmament and eco nomic development problems