European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday May 9,1990philippines gets Bank in plea bargain new York apr a los Angeles Bank that allegedly laundered Money stolen by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos from their country has been turned Over to the philippine government. The Bank estimated by a defense attorney to be Worth $20 million to $30 million was transferred monday in a significant Victory for the government of president Corazon Aquino. The Philippines is trying to recover More than $220 million allegedly embezzled by the Marc oses from the country a Treasury during Marcos 20 years in Power. The Transfer of All shares in the California overseas Bank to the Manila government was part of a March 16 plea bargain in Federal court where mrs. Marcos is on trial. The Bank had pleaded guilty to wire fraud. The Bank was owned by Robert s. Benedicto a one time Marcos crony whom prosecutors charged with conspiring to help Marcos shift stolen Money to secret Swiss accounts and other personal uses. Mrs. Marcos is alleged to have participated in the embezzlement using the Money to live in luxury and invest in new York real estate. Co defendant Adnan Khash Oggi the saudi financier is accused of helping the Marc oses conceal ownership of the new York properties. Marcos was indicted with his wife but died in september while in exile in Hawaii. Benedicto also indicted and listed As a fugitive by the court was dropped from the Case As part of the plea bargain. Two former Bank officials testified last week that Benedicto had said he bought the institution for $7 million in 1976 because Marcos a needed the they also said that Benedicto had personally managed several accounts whose owners were known Only to him. Prosecutors said the accounts belonged to the Marc oses and were used to launder Money being funnelled to other accounts. The Money was used to buy a Manhattan office building and mrs. Marcos jewelry and to provide the two Marcos children with $ 10,000-a-month allowances. A conservation officers Check the massive lava flow at Harry k. Brown state Park near Kaapana flow from Kilauea halts after burning Way to Ocean Kaapana Hawaii apr the massive flow of molten Rock from Kilauea Volcano has come to a temporary halt having burned its Way through much of this coastal Community and finally reached the Ocean. Officials Are keeping a close watch on acid formed when the lava hits the Ocean. Hot lava mixing with Salt water produces steam Clouds known As Laze which contain hydrochloric acid and other hazardous chemicals. Trade winds Are blowing the Gas out to sea said Bruce Butts Deputy administrator of Hawaii county civil defense. The flow entered the Ocean just West of Harry k. Brown state Park about a Quarter mile North of the town Butts said. Before it stopped at noon monday the lava had been gushing from the opening of the Volcano at a rate of 650,000 cubic Yards a Day feeding the 8 mile Long lava flow that has destroyed 61 Homes in this Community since april 4. Geologists said they do not know whether the halt in the lava flow signals the end of Kilauea a eruption that began Jan. 3, 1983. A if it holds True to form it la be Only a pause a said Reggie Okamura of the . Geological surveys hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Instruments monitoring the vent or Volcano opening show continued tremors indicating molten Rock is continuing to move in the vent system Okamura said. Drainage from the flow is entering the Ocean and should do so for the next two or three Days. Butts said. The flow has destroyed 139 Homes in Kaapana since the eruption began More than seven years ago. Only 34 Homes remained untouched and most have been Godiva rides again protesting taxes in . The Anonymous lady Godiva takes her protest ride tuesday in Winston Salem . Winston Salem . Up a lady Godiva Rode through the streets of Winston Salem on a dappled Grey Steed her amazingly Long Blond hair covering what appeared to be a Bare body As she protested a proposed 41 percent increase in property taxes. The 20-year-old woman who was careful not to move much during her ride Drew a crowd monday of some 10,000, who poured out of office buildings to watch and to cheer her. She did not appear to be wearing anything but a triple strand of pearls. A Man rushed into the Street and tried to hand her a single red Rose but Godiva her Long hair covering the essentials did no to reach for the Flower. She did not say a word bowing her head and peeking demurely at the gathering crowds. The woman declined to reveal her identity. According to legend lady Godiva Rode nude through the streets of Coventry England in 1028 after her husband the Earl of Leicester levied heavy taxes on Coventry a citizens. Lady Godiva begged the Earl to Cut the tax and he promised he would but Only if she Rode a horse naked through town. Clad Only in her Long Blond tresses Godiva complied after asking villagers to close their doors and windows and remain indoors. But a voyeur failed to oblige and was afterwards dubbed peeping Tom. N for ? Start Dallas apr the news from biologists that record flooding Over the past two weeks is Likely to produce a bumper crop of mosquitoes has been particularly unsettling to one group of texans a nudists. Claudia Adcock manager of the Ponderosa ranch nudist Colony near wills Point said her Camp is putting up birdhouses to lure purple Martins which eat mosquitoes a like nobody a officials said pests such As mosquitoes fleas and fire ants will be plentiful because of the moisture this Spring from the worst flooding since 1908. Spring is a particularly Tough time for nudists anyway because Many people Are venturing out into the Sun for the first time during the year. To protect Novice nudists Ponderosa keeps an ample Supply of insect repellent sunburn ointment Poison Ivy lotion and other skin injury remedies. A sunburn is our biggest problem with Newcom ers Adcock said. A if your butt ainu to seen Daylight before you done to have any idea How quickly its going to
