European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 71st class endangered species of Paris metro Paris apr first class subway cars on the once highly regarded Paris metro will Likely be phased out this year victims of the Hustle and sleaze of modern Urban conditions. Youths armed with  paint Drunken tramps inconsiderate dog owners and the throng of illegal riders have converged to make the first class metro car something less than top Quality. The Paris regional transport authority recommended wednesday that the metro switch to Only one class of ridership by the end of 1991. The Board of directors is expected to approve the plan by summer. A a we re the Only subway in the world to have a first class a said Michel Dubois an authority spokesman. A a it a outmoded and we done to really offer the paying rider anything  launched in the Belle Epos us of Politeske and Art Nouveau the metro Lias had first and second class cars since opening in 1900, except for a two year period after world War ii. In a country where Equality is a National motto the Metros class system was rigidly enforced by controllers who handed out stiff fines to second class stowaways. A in recent years however ticket checks have become few and far Between. Homeless people and panhandlers have taken up residence in the subway. Muggings Are frequent and teen agers Spray paint stations and cars a especially those designated first class a at will. Turnstile jumpers and second class passengers alike now ride in the first class cars with virtual impunity drawing the occasional withering glance from a Well dressed passenger paying full fare. Dogs Are another problem. Despite posted warnings prohibiting most pets dog owners often bring animals on Board. Some have been known to open a can of food and feed them on the spot. In such an environment its hard to justify having first class cars or fares. A a we be found that 80 percent of the cars Are tagged a said Dubois. A and there Are the individuals at night that done to inspire people to ride in first  among them is student Capucine Chapron 17, who finds the atmosphere less threatening in second class. A at my age All the bizarre Guys make problems for you and the place you find them is in first  she said. This if there is a control we re the first ones  the crushing number of riders �?4.2 million daily. A has made it impossible to enforce the rules during Rush hour. In 1982, officials quit trying. First class was limited from 9 . To 5 . Of 120 million monthly ridership passes sold in 1990, Dubois said Only 21.000 paid for first class. The figure is far out of proportion to the one first class car per seven in a train. The authority Hope s to provide better service to All riders by eliminating Graffiti at a Cost this year of $10,7 million. Dubois said the authority will rely on the passengers sense of civic duty to continue giving up their seats to pregnant women and handicapped War veterans. Easter service at red Square russian federation president Boris Yeltsin Center and his wife far right attend Church on the eve of russian orthodox Caster. More than 3,000 people egyptian Soldier sentenced for gathered sunday at St Basilus Cathedral on red Square for easter service. It was the first time in decades St. Basil has been used for easter services. Rebel bomb blasts Knock out Power in most of Peru Lima Peru apr most of the capital was without Power saturday alter guerrilla bombings toppled electrical towers and damaged embassies and Banks. Almost half of Peru a 22 million Peon Lvere affected by the late Friday blackouts which stretched 500 Miles along Peru a coast from Trujillo in the North to Lea. The attacks by the maoist shining path rebels were the most widespread in the capital since president Ai Berto Fujimori took office in july. No one was injured in the blasts. Bomb squad spokesman Jorge Alzamora said five electrical towers were toppled near Lima. Three of the towers were on the main Power line to this City of 7 million he said. Alzamora estimated Power will be disrupted for at least a  said repairs will be delayed while bomb experts remove land mines planted around the towers to protect against rebel attacks. Alzamora said the rebels used cables to hoist 50-Pound charges Over the mine Fields. Shining path rebels Nave downed More than .1,250, electrical towers in the 11 years since they took up arms. Police on saturday said the bombings were apparently aimed at scaring foreign businessmen planning to invest in Peru. The most powerful of blasts came from a car parked near the japanese embassy which did not sustain major damage. Ing israelis Suez Egypt up a an egyptian Soldier was sentenced to 12 years at hard labor saturday after a military court found him guilty of killing five israelis and wounding 27 when he opened fire across the israeli egyptian Border last november. But the High military court in the City of Suez about 150 Miles East of Cairo said Ayr Nan Mohammed Hassan 27, is mentally unstable which was considered in issuing the sentence. Hassan could have received the death penalty or life imprisonment with hard labor. A according to the medical report on Ayman Mohammed Hassan he was not under the effects of any psychiatric or mental illness when he committed the incident a the verdict said. A but a Ray examination had shown unstable conditions in his health including an underside brain leading to his feeling of disappointment and repeated attempts to commit . After the verdict Hassan appeared pleased with the sentence. A new York a five years and countless accusations later the fight for the Marcos Money comes Down to two widows one Rich the other powerful both seeking revenge. Imelda Marcos on the defensive throughout her . Exile says a she a ready to confront Corazon Aquino in her Homeland whether the philippine president wants her or not. A bring us Home get us tried and put us in jail if you can. This can go on no longer a Marcos widow of deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos said in an interview. The former first lady accused of helping her husband loot the Philippines Treasury was acquitted last year of fraud and racketeering charges in an american court. She has never been charged in the Philippines. A they always talk of the Marcos Quot Money a the millions the billions a yet what about the taxpayers Money h re in los Angeles in Honolulu so much Money spent and for what a she asked. With a wave she dismissed the thousands of Legal documents lining the Walls of her Wood panelled Library filled with 17th-and 18th-Century furniture that the . Government seized but lawyers got Back after her acquittal. A in five years not one criminal Case has been filed against me in my Homeland. I done to need any paper to return. I am a  the theme a returning to the Philippines a is not new but Marcos composure is. Gone is the pitiful widow face drawn wringing her hands and near tears at every mention of her late husband or her daunting Legal problems a Many of which remain. She still wears Black but she a More Likely to laugh than cry although tears do appear As she looks at pictures of the Graves of her father and Mother a dug up recently a by that woman in the Aquino governments futile search. Attorneys say Marcos is intent on returning to her Homeland this july. Aquino blames Ferdinand Marcos for the murder of her husband Marcos opposition Leader Benigno Aquino who was assassinated in Manila in 1983. \ his death sparked the. Popular revolt that catapulted Aquino to the presidency in 1986 and the Marc oses into exile in Hawaii where Ferdinand Marcos died three years later. Marcos grew even More bitter when Aquino not Only refused to let her husband come Home to die but also rejected pleas to let him be buried in the Philippines. Aquino says the Marc oses plundered the philippine Treasury for 20 years but that criminal charges have not been filed because Marcos would invoke her constitutional right to return to defend herself. The sense of urgency on both sides increases As 1992, the year for the next philippine presidential elections nears. Aquino has vowed not to seek another six year term. No administration even a pro Aquino one is expected to be As firmly against the Marc oses so the search for the couples a hidden wealth is expected to Wane