European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R a saturday May 25, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9u.s.-philippine base talks appear stalled Manila Philippines apr the Philippines refuses to Compromise in negotiations with the United states Over the future of . Military bases the chief philippine negotiator said Friday. The lease on Clark a and the Subic Bay naval facilities expires of sept. 16. Negotiations on a new agreement have stalled Over the amount Washington must pay and How Long the bases can remain. A there is no Compromise in sight. The fire is no flexibility a foreign Secretary military Raul Mang Lapus told reporters after the philippine negotiating panel met Frida / with president Corazon Aquino. A your duration is still the same and we just looked at the composition of the package but the amount is still the same a said Mang Lapus who is the chief philippine negotiator. . Ambassador Nicholas Platt did not attend the meeting and had not been expected to said spokesman Stanley Schrager. Washington has already begun turning Over its smaller installations to the Philippines and plans to hand Back All four of those bases by the end of the year. The Philippines says it will allow Subic Bay and Clark the two largest bases to remain for seven years in return for $825 million in annual compensation. Washington wants a 10 to 12-year agreement in Exchange for $360 million a year. President Bush has said he wants to retain the bases but that there can be no a Blank Check for the Philippines. Aquino and Platt met for about three hours to try to resolve differences. . Officials said it was the first time mrs. Aquino had become personally involved in the year old negotiations. 1 airy new agreement must be ratified by two thirds of the philippine Senate where opposition to the bases is Strong. But Aquino said this week she is confident the Senate will approve any agreement that satisfies  War ii getting special archives attention Washington a amps the National archives will Mark the Start of its nationwide commemoration of the 50th anniversary of . Participation in world War ii at a Public ceremony on june 3. Speakers at the ceremony will include Secretary of the army Michael p. Stone and sen. Robert a Dole r-kan., co chairman of the National archives world War ii commemorative committee. Special world War ii commemorative posters can be purchased from the National. Archives through 1995, said spokeswoman Susan Cooper. Also during the next five years special conferences exhibitions educational workshops and film festivals will tour the United states she  As Usan Best Ramstein a Germany a chief master sgt. Lyle l. Voles has been recognized As the air forces top air traffic controller. Voles was named air traffic control enlisted manager of the year for his work during a project removing chemical weapons from the Clausen army depot last september As Well As his daily work with the 86th comm groups radar approach control at Ramstein the busiest and most Complex air traffic control facility in  freebies Schwet Zingen Germany a army morale and recreation officials Are encouraging Europe based service members heading Tor vacations in the United states to take advantage of the following free entertainment opportunities being offered to military personnel. A major league baseball games. Twenty two teams from both the american and National leagues Are offering passes to one or More games., a v tickets Are available for Active duty personnel and in some cases Reserve National guard and family members with appropriate id cards. A family entertainment Parks. The Uso and Anheuser Busch Are sponsoring free admission for Active duty military reservists National guard and their families to one of seven family entertainment Parks. Thi Roffer expires sept. 2. The seven Parks Are sea world Parks in san Diego san Antonio Orlando in Florida and Aurora Ohio Busch gardens Parks in Williamsburg va., and Tampa Fla. And Cypress gardens in Winterhaven Fla. Single soldiers May Purchase discounted admission tickets for their guests. A Disney theme Parks. The department of defense received 1.8 million passes for free admission to Disney theme Parks in California and Florida. The tickets Are one Day passes and Are valid until nov. 11. Active duty military and Reserve component personnel who were mobilized during desert storm and desert shield Are eligible  tickets but family members Are not. A pro football Hall of Fame Canton Ohio. All Active duty military reserves and family members May visit the Hall of Fame free of charge. No Advance tickets Are required but each individual must present a military . Card. Tickets to the baseball games Disney theme Parks and other entertainment Parks can Only be obtained at stateside installations. For More information Contact the recreation Branch of the Community and family support Agency at ets 379-6259 or 6063, or German civilian 06202806259 or 806063. Red Cross blood centers woes not common to . Military Heidelberg Germany a the . Military has not experienced any of the problems that Are forcing the american red Cross to revamp its blood donation system in the United states medical officials say. Red Cross president Elizabeth Dole announced monday the organization plans a two year $120 million reorganization of its 53 blood centers to protect the nations blood Supply from the aids virus. It col. David Zolock a Laboratory consultant for the army s 7th medical come in Heidelberg said this week that the military s collection process relies on donations from service members and is much smaller than the red Cross system. A the problems in the states can be attributed to the fact that processing centers Are part of a huge conglomeration throughout the country with one of the 53 cur rent centers processing As Many As 100,000 units of blood a year a he said. The 655th medical co the Only full time blood collection for the . Forces in Europe processes Only about 12,000. Units of blood a year according to its commander maj. John Hatton. A compared to the american red Cross we Are More like a family business a he said. He estimated that 98 percent of the blood processed by the unit is donated by Active duty military personnel who must pass his antibody tests to remain deployed overseas. A a. A a a. A since the mandatory biennial screening among military personnel began in 1986 in Europe we have detected an extremely Low number of his positive donations a Hatton said. Cosimo Wing closing Down com Iso Sicily a amps the air forces 487th tac missile Wing will deactivate monday at com Iso Sicily closing Down what was once the largest ground launched cruise missile Wing in Europe. The deactivation ceremony scheduled for 3 ., will be followed by a base wide picnic officials said. The 487th became fully operational in december 1987. Later that month the United states and the soviet Union signed the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty and the first missiles and launchers were removed from Comiso less than a year later. The final shipment of the installations treaty limited Germany mosque gutted by Blaze Bonn up a a turkish mosque in Central Germany was gutted by fire Early Friday in what appeared to be arson police officials said. The officials said no one was injured in the fire which caused damage estimated at $2350 x. They said the fire started after an explosion was heard at the mosque in Liedberg a Small town near Gaiter slow in the state of nor Rhine westfalen. Quot the damage was major. The explosion could have been caused by an arson attack but that will have to be established by investigations a said Peter pipping head of the local fire brigade. Police said they suspected arson but did not know whether the attack was racially motivated or aimed at officials of the turkish islamic association who run the mosque. Items took  26. About 200 . Military personnel will remain at the base to maintain american controlled facilities base spokesman capt. Michael j. Kormanik said Friday. Plans Call for the base located 11 Miles  the City of Ragusa to be turned Over to the italian government on sept. 25�?~, Kormanik said. The future of the installation where nearly 2,100 people were once assigned has not been decided kor Manik said. The base is the subject of discussions among Italy the United Stales and nato he said. Services scheduled tuesday for Heidelberg employee Heidelberg Germany a amps a a memorial service will be held tuesday for Roberta Edwards a civil service employee who died wednesday of heart failure. She was 49. Edwards an 18-year Veteran of government service had worked for the troop support Agency Europe in Heidelberg for the past two years. She is survived by her husband Isaac and three children Robin Descaro of Tampa  Michaele Thorpe of Heidelberg and Douglas Descaro of Tampa. The memorial service will be held at 1  At the Mark Twain Village Chapel in Heidelberg. Soviets criticize arrests of germans. Moscow apr the Kremlin says Germany a arrest of a former East German Premier and three other officials for allegedly ordering the shooting of Iron curtain escapees is political persecution. A the arrests of people for incitement to killing people on the German Border is part of a Campaign to discredit leftist forces in the country to create an atmosphere of intolerance around members of the party of democratic socialism a soviet foreign ministry spokesman Vitaly Churkin said thursday. Sex Premier Willi Stop 76, and former defense minister Heinz Kessler were arrested along with two other members of the now defunct nations National defense Council according to Berlin Justice minister Jutta Limbach. The four had been under investigation on suspicion of manslaughter in connection with the shool to kill orders issued in 1974 by former East German Leader Erich Honecker Limbach said. Churkin said East German officials in Power during the cold War were working in an atmosphere that affected their decisions including measure to Stop people from crossing the Border. A of course today we can condemn those acts but i think that it should not give any ground for criminal prosecution a he said. Churkin said the soviets were concerned a about the persecution of people who had some Power in the German democratic Republic and that the soviet foreign ministry was sending a message to the German embassy to express its assessment of the