European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 Many retirees abroad never die . Finds Washington a the secret to eternal life May be retirement abroad at least for people who receive . Government benefits. Judging from available records such people never  they just keep collecting their checks the inspector general of the department of health and human services told Congress on tuesday. Those program benefits go on  inspector general Richard Kusserow Lold the Senate governmental affairs committee. Kusserow said the government does t know How widespread the problem is or How pm Tiv or where itis greatest because i ims depends on focal govern ments and the state department to validate death Sand Tell Washington when to Stop checks. In. The Philippines a local constabulary ingoing to Stop a Benefit from going into a Village no he told the panel. Kusserow said he s also suspicious of the Long lifespans of people  retire to Poland where the benefits Are distributed through the government. Hut there s no evidence of wrongdoing he said. The panel s chairman. Sen. John Glenn a Ohio suggested proof could be found when you have peo ple who Are obviously 120 years old collecting Bene fits. The department s Independent auditor said he liked a suggestion by sen. William Cohen a Maine. To impose regular Check in requirements on people collecting benefits abroad. I think it s a Good idea that periodically the should produce evidence that they arc alive and Well Kusserow Aid. Pretty soon Well find people living throughout the world and not just Transylvania will never  Marcos to be temporarily entombed in Hawaii Honolulu a the body of Ferdinand Marcos will he temporarily entombed Here in Hopes the philippine government will allow the former presi Dent to be buried in his Homeland family spokesman said monday. Marcos died thursday at the age of 72following a Long illness the Hawaii filipino Community i preparing a temporary Home for the body at Valley of the temples memorial Park in Windward Taliu. Said Joe lao a close Friend of the Marcos family in Tomb enl is scheduled for sunday. We will have to take into consideration very strongly the health problem so what Ever it is to keep the body intact and Beautiful that is what we will  Lazo said. The temporary resting place would be separate from other mausoleums at the rear of the cemetery Chapel and would be guarded 24 hours a Day he said. There s one Point i want to make perfectly Clear and that is the final resting place of my father is going to be Locos none Marco s native province. Ferdinand Bong Bong Marcos or. Said monday. Whatever arrangement we do pre Vious to that is  he said. The family will bring Home the body no matter How Long it takes said Arturo Aruiza who was Marcos chief aide. In bombing Marcos above ground would serve a symbolic purpose for the family in that the former president would not be buried in . Soil said philippine Consul general Tomas buddy Gomez. Gomez also said the body of Marcos will be Al Lowed to briefly lie in slate either saturday or sunday if philippine president Corazon Aquino approves. During a meeting with Lazo tuesday morning. Gome said he will personally Appeal to Aquino if Lazo puts the re quest in writing and it is signed by a member of the Marcos family. Gomez also said the body must be Dis played in the philippine consulate s Ninoy Aquino Freedom Hall near thereat of the grounds. The Hall is named for Aquino s assassinated husband  Aquino. Lazo said the Marcos family would Imelda Marcus stands with her children Ferdinand or. And Irene As the casket of Ferdinand Marcos is displayed in Honolulu. Agree to that condition. Gomez also said he would allow Marcos to be buried temporarily at the consulate if he had philippine and local government approval. This would satisfy the family s wish not to have Marcos buried in american soil since from a Legal  the consulate is an Extension of the Philippines Gomez said. Aquino who succeeded Marcos after he was ousted in a popular revolt in february1986, has refused to allow Marcos to return to the Philippines dead or alive. However the philippine supreme court has agreed to consider a petition filed by Marcos supporters to overturn the ban. The court gave the government10 Days to respond to the petition. The philippine mortician who embalmed the still unburied body of Marcos Mother last year Frank Malabed. Has arrived in Honolulu to assist the Honolulu mortuary that embalmed Marcos body according to the Honolulu  Corpse lies in a Bronze casket in the living room of the family s Mankik Heights estate. The body will be taken Friday evening to the co Cathedral of  for a funeral mass. Following the service the body is to be taken Back to the mortuary. President Grant s estate declared historic site Washington a president Bush signed legislation tuesday making the St. Louis county mo., estate where Ulysses s. Gram lived a National historic site. Bush also signed a separate Bill paving the Way forthe acquisition of three additional houses adjacent to Harry s. Truman s Home in Independence mo., which is already a National historic site. The 9.65-Acrc Grant estate called White Haven waste Home of Grant s wife Julia. The Grants lived there before the civil War from 1854 to 1860. They owned the estate until Grant s death in 1885. Grant led the Union troops to Victory in the civil War and became the 18th president in 1869. The Grants lived together at White Haven during the crucial pre civil War years. It was during this time that Grant s strength of character was developed through economic adversity Bush said in a statement. Grant developed such traits As a relentless Pursuit of Success and a determination to move ahead despite temporary  qualities that served him Well Asan incomparable military Leader and later in the White House hush said. While saying that White Haven will be a Worth addition to the National Park system Bush expressed Chagrin that Congress had passed the legislation ignoring the recommendation by the Interior department that a formal study be done. Bush said that in the future completion of a formal study should be a prerequisite for establishment of any new unit of the National Park  such studies enable the National Park service to examine the suitability feasibility and alternatives for managing proposed new Park units the president said. While Haven is in what is now a suburban area Oft. Louis. The county of St. Louis acquired the Home after a civic Campaign was launched in 1985 to save the Grant estate. The legislation sponsored by House majority Leader Richard Gephardt. D-mo., and others stipulates that the estate will be donated to the government As historic site. It also allows the government to acquire other Grant artefacts by either donation or Purchase. It also authorizes the Interior department to spend up to $ 1 million to restore the estate. The annual operating and Upkeep budget has been estimated at 5400,000. The separate Truman legislation authorizes the government to spend $250,000 to acquire three houses adjacent to the Truman Home in Independence. I gives the current owners the right of tenancy for 25 years or until death whichever is later. Administration officials estimated it will cost575,000 to repair and convert one of the vacant houses into a visitors Center with an annual operating Cost of515,000. The measure was sponsored by rep. Alan wheat d-mo., and others. Truman the 33rd president died in 1972