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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, September 8, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 8, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9future of Subic Bay treaty in doubt Manila Philippines up a Hopes for Senate endorsement of an agreement to allow the United states to remain for 10 More years at the Subic Bay naval facilities appeared in doubt saturday senators said. A for All intents and purposes the agreement is dead a said sen. Ernesto Maceda who opposed the treaty after a meeting of the Senate foreign relations committee. A i think it will be very very hard to get it ratified a conceded sen. John Osmena who supported the pact a two thirds vote or 16 of the Senate a 23 members is required to ratify the agreement that replaces one expiring in nine Days. Under the agreement Washington will withdraw from Clark a which was forced to shut Down by the eruption of mount Pinatubo Volcano. The United states would remain for 10 More years at Subic a repair and logistics Center for an annual compensation of $203 million. Seventeen senators attended sat urday a committee meeting after a five Day Public hearing on the agreement signed tuesday after 15 months of grueling negotiations. Of those who attended 11 were against but they yielded to a request by the committee head. Sen. Leticia Shahani to hold off a vote until monday in the committee. A simple majority vote among those who attended saturday s meeting normally would have sufficed to throw out the agreement but those who attended said they wanted to give their colleagues who had previous commitments a Chance to participate in the vote. The senators said that on monday two groups would present resolutions on the treaty one for. And the other against to be voted on in the committee. The result will then be transmitted to the Senate floor for a formal vote. A this will provide the nails for the coffin Quot said sen. Rene Saguisag who also opposes the agreement. All of the 23 senators Are members of the committee and the decision monday could be regarded As  finishes its Quot peace walk Quot through Vietnam Bangkok Thailand api a a group of 33 americans left Vietnam this weekend after completing a a peace walk in areas from North to South the official Vietnam news Agency reported. The group including three veterans of the Vietnam War arrived in to Chi Minh City on wednesday the final leg of its journey the report said. They were to arrive in Cambodia on saturday. The report said members of the group visited the cd Chi tunnels that communist insurgents used during the War to hide men and weapons. The elaborate tunnels Are found on the outskirts of to Chi Minh City called Saigon when it was the capital of the  South vietnamese government. The americans made the walk to push for an end to the . Economic embargo on Vietnam and the normalization of relations Between the two countries. They began their walk aug. 29. The vietnamese Media said they had visited Hanoi the capital and Hue the former Imperial capital in Central Vietnam where some of the fiercest Battles of the 1968 tet offensive were fought. The americans do not belong to any single organization. A spokesman for the group Ker Mit Dorius had said they shared a a sense of collective guilt of what we did to that  a i disagree with president Bush a assertion that the Gulf War ended the Vietnam problem. We May have won that War but that did no to erase what we did in Vietnam a he said in Bangkok before flying on to Vietnam. Aircraft explodes Over East Lebanon Beirut Lebanon apr an aircraft exploded saturday Over East Lebanon a Bekaan Valley radio stations said. State run radio Lebanon quoted unidentified Security sources As saying a a military aircraft crashed on la Klouk mount on the Western Edge of the Valley. It said Security sources were trying to identify the plane. Local radio stations gave various descriptions of the plane. The Christian voice of Lebanon radio said a soviet designed Remote control reconnaissance plane blew up in midair and crashed. It did not elaborate. Another radio station the communist run voice of the people said an a unidentified object was seen exploding in the sky Over the Bekaan. Witnesses believe it was a surface to air  Ulii fireworks Light the sky Over Salisbury Cathedral during the fund raising spectacle of music Light and theater.10,000 attend extravaganza to raise funds for famous spire Salisbury England apr More than 10,000 people watched a spectacle of music Light and theater Friday night on the grounds of Salisbury Cathedral to raise Money to save its world renown spire. Prince Charles and Princess Diana hosted the three hour a symphony for the spire a which included music from opera stars Placido Domingo and Jessye Norman and pop Star Phil Collins readings by Charlton Heston and 2 tons of fireworks. The Prince described Salisbury cathedrals spire As a a medieval  a i wanted to do everything 1 could to help preserve this Beautiful building and its remarkable spire a he said in an interview on Independent television news. The spire a at 404 feet the tallest and most elegant in England a was the Centrepiece of the extravaganza. A Light show played on the 13th-Century spire and the Western front of the Cathedral which is 84 Miles Southwest of London. Acid rain and time have taken their toll on the crumbling 6,400-ton spire which is built on foundations Only 4 feet deep. Cathedral authorities say that without extensive restoration it would collapse within 20 years. Repairs costing 6.5 million pounds $11 million involve replacing a Large part of the stonework and installing a steel Core. The Prince devised the evening of entertainment to help raise 1 million pounds $1.69 million for the Salisbury spire Appeal of which he is president. The audience paid up to 100 pounds $169 each to watch the event which featured 250 performers former East German spy chief reported to be in Austria Vienna Austria apr Markus Wolf the legendary spy of former East Germany who was last reported in Moscow May have entered Austria the government disclosed Friday. Interior minister Franz Loesch Nak in reporting the indications of wolfs presence in Austria did not elaborate on whether officials believed the former spy chief was running to evade authorities. A should he still be in Austria and we get hold of him he will be detained in Case certain crimes can be proved against him Quot Loesch Nak said. Wolf headed East Germany a intelligence service for decades building a spy network in neighbouring West Germany. An arrest warrant issued by Germany is seeking Wolf on possible espionage charges. The German news Agency adn reported that Wolf who had gone to Moscow to avoid prosecution left the soviet capital on aug. 30 in the Days after the failed soviet coup by communist hardliners. That report said Wolf was headed either to Austria or Hungary. The Kurrier an austrian newspaper said saturday that Wolf had arrived at Vienna a Airport a few Days ago flying under his own name. No other details were reported. Interior ministry spokesman Manfred Matka could not confirm the report hut said Wolf a obviously did no to come today hut a few Days  the German newspaper Bild reported earlier Friday that Wolf was intending to return Home. The newspaper said it had Learned a Wolf wants to give himself up to the Federal prosecutor in Karlsruhe at the latest next  the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe has issued the arrest warrant against Wolf. Bild did not give a source for its report  
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