European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 18, 1938 the stars and stripes Estonia s Assembly passes right to overrule soviet Laws Tallinn . A Estonia s parliament wednesday declared the Liny Baltic Republic Sov Ereign with the right to veto soviet taws after deputies said Loo much Kremlin control had mined the Economy and environment. The vote on the declaration of sovereignty was 258-1, with five abstentions following a restrained serious debate in the estonian parliament. The declaration stops Short of Independence but Calls for a treaty to be negotiated with Moscow that would determine the further status of Estonia in the composition of the soviet  the passage of such measures by a government body is an unprecedented act of Defiance toward Central authorities in a nation still feeling its Way through president Milt Hail s. Gorbachev s policy of glasnost or greater  decisions of the estonian parliament were not immediately reported or commented on by stale run Media in Moscow. The parliament compromised on a Resolution that originally demanded that Moscow cancel plans to Amend he soviet Constitution after Moscow leaders hinted that this would be fruitless and said that further amendments would safeguard the rights of the republics estonian lawmakers unanimously called for changes in the amendments to reduce the shift in Power from the is soviet republics to the Central government i Moscow and to retain the republics right to secede. The Moscow amendments which also remove the republics right 10 secede Are scheduled Tor adoption nov. 29, and authorities have shown no sign of Back ing Down despite opposition in Estonia and the othe Baltic republics Latvia and Lithuania. The vote on the declaration came after a full Day of debate by deputies from the communist party and government of Estonia. In he Debute televised in the Republic from the Isle Century too Mica Palac they detailed the Republic s need to control its own land factories and Laws decrying centralized control from Moscow. A vote on related amendments to the estonian Constitution passed 254-7 minutes before the vote on the declaration. The amendments include one declaring that soviet Laws Wilt Lake effect in Estonia upon their registration by the presidium of the supreme soviet of the Estoni an soviet socialist Republic in a Way regulated by it that somewhat vague wording apparently was the result of a last minute Compromise. The other four amendments add human and civil rights guarantees claim the land and natural resources of the Republic As the property of Estonia rather than of the Hale and guarantee Ilic Light to hold private property. Estonian radio reported wednesday that 2.6 million people in the three republics have signed petitions opposing the soviet amendments to be voted on in mos cow next week. Thai would represent nearly a third of the republics combined populations of 7.7 million. People. Deputies from largely russian speaking regions and factories in Estonia however complained of haste in 200 Miles Moscow % chernobyl Kiev Chicago Tribune map the estonian proposals for sovereignly and pleaded for delay More often than outright a Cleat of the measures they have been proposed behind our backs complained Vladimir Andreyev a russian Power plan Mechanic from Narva. Estonian activist strategy rests on the traditional claim of the soviet Union to be a federation of inde pendent republics. The activists say they arc simply reminding authorities in Moscow thai they were prom ised such sovereignty when Estonia was absorbed bythe soviet Union m 1940. Filipino paper says soviet gave advice on . Bases Manila Philippines up the soviet Union secretly encouraged tac Philippines to try for All the Money it could get in recently concluded talks . Military bases according to a text of the diplomatic message printed in a Manila newspaper. The letter also said the soviet Union was in no hurry to Sec the bases re moved and suggested the two nations talk about it Agam in 2000,foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus asked about the article in the respected daily Globe newspaper told reporters that he had not seen any such soviet letter and knew nothing about it. President Corazon Aquino neither military fount up confirmed nor denied its existence but said it is the National interest and the welfare of our Sovereign people that behave to consider. And not the views advanced by foreign  the Globe said the note was relayed tothe foreign affairs department by soviet Deputy foreign minister Michael Kapitsa during september while the acrimonious six month bases negotiation were in Progress. The note also explained a sept 16 speech in which soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev offered to put out of military facilities at Caj Tranh Bay Vietnam if the United states vacated Clark a and Subic Bay naval facilities in the Philippines. The Philippines is our Friend and we want to help you said the daily Globe copy of the soviet tent we know that you need economic assistance very badly and that you vie the bases primarily for this purpose. We want you to gel All that you can from the . By Way of economic assistance and we Are trying to help you do this by this Gorbachev speech. As for getting rid of the bases therein no Harry. We can wait. When the year 2000 comes you might be economically stranger and the International situation might have changed. We can Wail and Talit about it then toe note also repealed a standing Vila t Ion for Aquino to visit the soviet Union saying she n very popular there. Aquino has already accepted but refused to set Date saying Only she will come sometime before her term ends in 1992. The bases agreement signed oct. 17in Washington provides the Philippines with $962 million in direct . Aid Over two years in Exchange for unrestricted ii. Access to and use of the bases until the treaty expires in 1991. The Deal which includes As much again in various forms of indirect Aid marked Amajor improvement Over the previous pact signed by deposed president Ferdinand Marcos but still fell Short of philippine de mands for More than is billion year. . Vice Admiral gets Merit award from France London the Pruty commander of .naval forces Europe vice adm. Edwarc the award in oct Obi quarters in Paris of. After the War Urt exploded Minei damaged forests and dead livestock were an immediate problem Ngo said Reading a paper thai was translated into English. Then came natural disaster a devastating flood in 1983 and a typhoon in 1985 that caused $50 million in damage. Since the end of the War our people s health has. Been declining Ngo said. Many children Are under nourished and gel add. Toe height ind weight of new born babies Are  but he added,."despite the Many difficulties we face Progress is being  people in the province Are replanting Trees and the water can now be used for Domestic purposes he said. Ngo and another vietnamese physician Bui Tung n surgeon at Hanoi medical school said assistance from several countries and private groups has helped the country recover from the War. / a. Tung said reconstruction has erased Many of the. Scars of War and he showed a picture of a portion of a bombed out Bridge next to the rebuilt Span. He said the government has concentrated on providing medi Cal care nourishment mental care and assistance in resuming Normal life and