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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 19, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5barry has decided to run aides say Washington apr Washington mayor Marion Barry intends to run for a fourth term despite the drug and perjury charges filed against him. He is being advised however to delay the formal announcement until at least next month top political aides said tuesday. A the will run but we Are urging him to wait until the first week of May when petitions Are available at the earliest a said one Barry adviser. A in the meantime we can see whether his personal support translates to political  when Barry returned to the nation s capital on March 13 following six weeks of substance abuse treat ment Many local political observers were ready to count the mayor out. The mayor had just been indicted on five Misdemeanour cocaine Possession counts and also faced three felony perjury charges. He had openly acknowledged suffering from alcoholism after being arrested on a cocaine Possession charge Jan. 18. Top aides said he had a drug problem As Well. But the mayors approval rating has hovered Between 20 percent and 25 percent a enough to give him a Chance in a crowded democratic primary Field. In addition barrys spirit has seemed buoyant As he chronicles his Battle against alcoholism and stresses his rededication to serving the City. Barry Campaign director Anita Bonds has said the Campaign will again accept political contributions a move that suggests Barry is seriously preparing to run. All the deliberations about timing could prove moot however. If Barry is convicted of any of the three perjury counts against him he will be barred from holding office and running for re election. If he is convicted of a Misdemeanour however Many of barrys aides Are convinced he can still win. A fall those charges involve drugs and the mayor is saying that part of his life is behind him a one aide said. A the a confess and repent approach is helpful and especially so since it seems  of Garbo carried out new York up a legendary film Star Greta Garbo a body has been cremated according to her wish to remain As private in death As she was in life it was disclosed tuesday. A spokesman for Frank e. Campbells funeral Chapel said the cremation had taken place at an undisclosed time and place at the order of Garbo a family. The City medical examiners office confirmed that it had Given permission for the cremation on monday. A it was All very private at the request of the family a said Robert Lewis of Campbells which was in charge of arrangements for Garbo. Garbo died at 84 on sunday at new York Hospital of kidney disease after undergoing thrice weekly dialysis treatments for several months. She retired from films a millionaire in 1941 after making 27 silent and talking pictures in 19 years in her native Sweden and in Hollywood. She had lived a reclusive life since in a Midtown Manhattan apartment. Her nearest known relative is a Niece Grae Reisfeld wife of a new Jersey doctor. Reisfeld is the daughter of Garbo a brother Sven Gustafsson who followed his sister to the United states in the 1920s. Reisfeld a plans for disposal of her aunts ashes were not made Public Lewis said. He added that Campbells knew of no plans for a memorial service although one might be announced later. Campbells said no Floral tributes had been delivered to the funeral Chapel for Garbo but in Hollywood there were a few fans who remembered. Several Floral tributes appeared next to Garbo a Bronze Star on Hollywood Boulevard late monday. Judge scolds Marcos supporters As document testimony continues new York apr the judge in a the fraud trial of Imelda Marcos threatened supporters of the former philippine first lady with contempt citations on tuesday for hissing and groaning during the Cross examination of a government witness. Judge John f. Keenan red faced and angry stood up and said to the courtroom at Large a i done to know who started that but you make one More noise and you re out of  Keenan threatened to hold anyone involved in a future outburst in contempt of court. A this is not Shea stadium or Yankee stadium or Madison Square Garden a the judge said. A you done to cheer for one Side or  the Brief noisy reaction came As Marcos attorney Gerald Spence elicited from the witness or. Angelita Reyes the admission that she mistakenly testified that she signed an Fri affidavit in 1988, instead of the Correct Date in 1986. Reyes a prominent philippine dermatologist was called to testify about documents she helped take from the Malac Anang Palace in Manila on feb. 28, 1986, three Days after Marcos husband Ferdinand was ousted As president. The couple fled to Hawaii where he died last september. Several of the documents were admitted into evidence including the Purchase contract for a Wall Street office building and Bank records that showed Marcos used the pseudonym a Jane Ryan in an account at the credit suisse Bank in Zurich. The . Government intends to use the documents in its Effort to prove that Marcos and her late husband used millions of dollars embezzled from a Imelda Marcos arrives at Federal District court in Manhattan. Their homelands Treasury to finance her lavish lifestyle and the Purchase of four new York properties including the building at 40 Wall St. Reyes returned to the stand after a weeks break for the easter holidays. She had testified april 9 that she went to the Palace with her neighbor Margarita Cojuangco the sister in Law of president Corazon Aquino. Spence sought tuesday to show that Reyes Friendship with Aquino her former schoolmate motivated her to testify for the prosecution. Reyes said she Only wanted to Tell the truth not to help either Side win the Case. A it is my duty a she said. A to whom mrs. Aquino Quot Spence asked. A no sir a she replied. Reyes a husband Jose was the next witness at the trial in . District court. Reyes a phillipine ship owner testified that he paid legitimate a address commissions to the government owned philippine National Oil co. When it leased his ships. But he testified he was instructed to Send the Money to Stephane cattaui. Whom the prosecution describes As the Marcos est a own personal Swiss  under Cross examination by Spence Reyes said he did not know what became of the Money once it was sent to cat Taui a Bank Banque Aribas in Geneva. He said he paid about $25 million in commissions Over a 10-year period that ended when Marcos was deposed. Replying to a question Reyes said his testimony in the Case was not influenced by the fact that the Aquino government no longer demands the commissions. . Abortion Bill veto upheld Concord . Apr the state House on i tuesday failed to override gov. Judd Gregg a veto of Hera 011 its at 8�vernor said was too. The Bill would have Given women the right to unrestricted abortions until the fetus could live outside the womb. Supporters had argued that the Bill essentially put into Law what is current practice. Vote Fen 33 Short of the two thirds needed for override. Riff aces had been Bleak that lawmakers would Over Annn of vet0, Kut abortion rights advocates held out Price More sympathizers than opponents would be present Tor the showdown. House rules base the number of votes needed to override on those present and Oung not the entire membership. Two previous ouse votes approved the legislation by comfortable Argins but Short of the two thirds to override. A really done to think the majority of the people in a rect Rute . Letting new Hampshire have the a Nii abortion Law in the nation a the governor said after the vote. Rep. Stephanie Micklon one of the Bill a sponsors called it patronizing and bizarre that new Hampshire refuses to make motorcyclists Wear helmets or Drivers Wear seat belts and allows people to buy assault rifles under the Mantle of Freedom of Choice but Hasni to Given abortion rights to women. A fall these people May make very personal choices but the women of new Hampshire a she said. The Bill also would have allowed abortions after fetal viability to protect the life or health of the Mother or if the fetus had a life threatening physical or congenital abnormality. It would have repealed three unenforced anti abortion statutes enacted in 1848. If the House had voted to override the Bill would have gone Back to the Senate for an override vote. The Senate originally passed the Bill 14-10, two shy of two thirds. In his veto message Gregg argued that the Bill would authorize abortion Tor a convenience sex selection As a form of birth control and with or without parental notification or consent in the Case of a  abortion rights proponents had hoped to put the principles of the 1973 . Supreme court ruling legalizing abortions into state Law in Case the Federal court turns greater regulatory control Over abortion to the  of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. April 19, 1950 a the United states charged that soviet fighters shot Down a missing . Navy patrol plane Over open Waters of the Baltic sea. It demanded that the soviet Union punish those responsible.30 years ago today. April 19, i960 a cuban prime minister Fidel Castro charged that . Authorities at Guantanamo naval base were linked to counter revolutionary plotters in Eastern Cuba. The . Denied the charges.20 years ago today. April 19, 1970 a clusters of tornadoes raked 200 Miles of the Texas Panhandle killing at least 24 persons.10 years ago today. April 19, 1980 a president Carter won a narrow Victory in Idaho a democratic caucuses  
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