European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 6, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9top assistant to Aquino resigns Post Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino Stop aide Nas submitted his resignation and an official said Friday it could be the prelude to a bid for the presidency. But it was not immediately Clear whether Aquino had accepted the resignation of executive Secretary Oscar orbs who stepped Down along with a group of other officials. Aquino a spokesman said orbs May have resigned to pave the Way for him to run for the presidency next year. The philippine daily inquirer reported Friday that orbs the chief of the presidential management staff Herminio Coloma and Orbost chief of staff Roberto Lucila submitted their resignations thursday. The newspaper did not name three others who reportedly quit. A a it a True he resigned but there a no confirmation the president accepted it a said Jose Ricafrente  the presidential action Center. A a on thursday the newspaper and several broadcast stations claimed orbs 40, had argued with finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao Over plans to keep a 9 percent Levy on imports and High prices for Petroleum that were increased during the persian Gulf War. The reports said orbs wanted the Levy scrapped and prices reduced but Estanislao refused. Several Cabinet members however denied any such feud and press Secretary Tomas Gomez indicated the report was fabricated by Orbost supporters to make him appear to be a a a martyrs and enhance his prospects for the presidency Campaign. Aquino has said she will not seek re election. She came to Power in 1986 following a popular uprising that toppled president Ferdinand Marcos. Orbs could not be reached for comment  frolicking parisian kids splash about trying to Cool off in the Tro the French capital was plagued with unseasonably Cool Cadero Fountain As temperature Rose to 86 degrees. Weather and rain during  seeks 40% More . Military Aid Tel Aviv Israel a Israel needs an increase of nearly 40 percent in . Military Aid to keep its Edge in weaponry Over the arabs defense minister Moshe Arens said thursday. The $1.8 billion Israel receives annually for military needs a has been eroded considerably in real terms by inflation Over the years and should be increased to $2.5 billion Arens told a gathering of the zionist organization of America. He said he has asked the . Administration to increase the sum and also to in Vest More in israelis Home grown arms Industry. Arens said successive . Administrations including president Bush a had committed themselves to upholding israelis a Quality  he said israelis military superiority was being eroded by . Weapons sales to the arabs. A there Isnit a single significant piece of equipment that. Is being sold Only to Israel and not to any of the Arab armies a Arens said. A the commitment to assuring Israel a Quality advantage is not being met and cannot be met As Long As this is american  therefore he said Israel is maintaining its Edge by developing its own weapons. But it needs . Participation in israeli research and development and More . Purchases of israeli made systems he said. Arens said the Only Hope of bringing peace to the Middle East a is that Israel be perceived to be Strong by the Arab  a your enemies in the Arab world would Welcome nothing More than to feel that there is an erosion in the .-israeli relationship a he said. Such a perception True or not could a bring on another War a might be just the thing that could create the image in the Arab world that now they could achieve what they did not achieve before a he said. . Officials have been critical of Israel recently for its failure to offer concessions for peace in the Middle East. Soviet conservative quits Job Moscow up a the conservative head of the russian federations communist party has quit the top Post the official Tass news Agency said. Friday in another sign of disarray among hard liners. Tass reported russian communist party chief Ivan Poloz kovy a resignation a Day after former foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said he quit the party and gave up his important Central committee seat. Tass quoted Sergei Baburina a close associate of to Rozkov As saying he tendered his resignation. Baburina is a member of the communist dominated Rossiya bloc of the russian republics legislature. Poloz Kov an unapologetic defender of the soviet centralized Economy has recently denied he was preparing to give up the key party Post. Tass said officials a among the russian communist party leadership declined comment on Baburina a claim that Poloz Kov had quit. Poloz Kov ran a Strong race for chairman of the russian legislature in june 1990, narrowly losing to Boris Yeltsin in parliamentary elections for the republics effective presidency. Conservative communists have appeared to lose their direction in recent weeks after a Winter in which they seemed to be gaining influence with soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev who is also general Secretary of the soviet communist party. Shevardnadze accused party conservatives of investigating him a in the spirit of the Spanish inquisition because he advocated a two party system in the soviet Union during a speaking tour of the United states last month. Piece of Wing peels off during flight Auckland new zealand apr a 1-foot-Square piece of Wing covering on a United airlines Boeing 747 peeled off on a flight Over the Pacific an airline spokesman said. Wayne Dodge United a general manager for new zealand said the piece was discovered missing from the top of the right Wing when the Jet landed at Auckland thursday after a flight from Honolulu. Repairs caused Long delays for hundreds of Sydney bound passengers and the flight was eventually cancelled. Dodge said the missing piece of Wing covering was not structural and that it did not affect the planets aerodynamics. No explanation was Given As to Why the Wing piece peeled off. On feb. 24, 1989, nine people aboard a United Boeing 747 bound from Honolulu to Auckland were hurled to their deaths when a 10-foot-wide Hole ripped open the Cabin at 22,000  beats leftists in Liverpool election Liverpool England a the opposition labor parly Defeated a troublesome far left minority in an election thursday in this Northwest City where the revolutionaries thrived. Labor hailed the Victory of official candidate Peter Kilfoyle in Walton a shabby inner City District whose legislator died in the Spring As the demise of the shadowy trotskyist group militant tendency. But labor suffered a blow when its majority of 23,253 votes in the 1987 general election was slashed to 6,860 votes by a greatly improved performance by the centrist Liberal democratic party. Kilfoyle polled 21,317 votes while rebel leftist Lesley Mahmood attracted just 2,613. A militant tendency supporter she ran on a a real labor Quot ticket. Liberal Democrat Paul Clark was second with 14,457 votes. Conservative candidate Berkeley Greenwood got just 1,155. A Kilfoyle a 53 percent share was 11 Points Down while the Liberal democrats 36 percent was 15 Points up. The conservatives had 3 percent Down sharply from 15 percent in 1987. It marked the first time that labor s official candidate was challenged by a supporter of the militant tendency