European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 11, 1991 the stars and stripes b take credit for crop circa 2 britons say they started hoax 7 3 years ago Page 9 by William Tuohy the los Angeles times London a one of the most puzzling contemporary scientific mysteries in Britain May have been solved monday when two men asserted that they were responsible for the Phenomena popularly known As a crop  the strange patterns found in Southern England a Grainfield have been attributed to alien visitors electromagnetic impulses and erratic weather conditions. The designs in wheat Corn and Barley Fields have been widely photographed with the images published in newspapers and magazines without any definitive expert explanation Given As to their origin. In recent weeks scientists from Japan and Sweden have arrived in the English Countryside to join concerned British de sense experts and local specialists a All of whom set up a group to try to get to the Bottom of the Puzzle. Patrick Delgado a retired radar expert who has written profitable books on the subject has insisted the circles must have been created by some higher intelligence. But on monday British artists Doug Bower 67, and Dave Chorley 62, claimed that for 13 years they have been responsible for the circles that first appeared in Southern England. Their hoax the painters indicated May have been improved on by other pranksters in other parts of the country or overseas. In the presence of reporters from the London newspaper today they created circles in Grainfield in the Southeast county of Kent using Only Flat 4-foot planks which they pulled by hand with reins toppling Over Grain stalks. The newspaper brought Delgado to View the Arcles and according to the paper he said of the designs a no human being could have done this. These crops Are Laid Down in these sensational patterns by an Energy that remains unexplained and is of a High level of  the paper then introduced the men to Delgado who admitted a we have been conned. This is a dirty trick. Thousands of lives Are going to be wrecked Over  but later Delgade denied that the circles had been created As a hoax. He now says the designs created by Bower and Chorley were an a absolute  Delgado and his co author Colin Andrews planned a press conference tuesday with others interested in the crop Cir cles to determine whether the hoax itself was a hoax. As for Bower and Chorley they asserted that they went out into the Fields at night using tractor paths to disguise their own footsteps and made the patterns. They created about 2,000 circles and Allied patterns in Wiltshire Hampshire and Kent counties they said. The patterns were undoubtedly copied by others elsewhere they said. The artists decided to Tell about their prank they said because As Bower pointed out a we arc not getting any  besides said Chorley they were tired of others profiting from their Long running prank. It was not discovered for More than 13 years he said adding of the researchers a if they want to go on with the charade that is up to  Brad Davis Dies of aids complications los Angeles apr Brad Davis who played an american imprisoned in Turkey for hashish smuggling in the harrowing movie Midnight express has died of complications from aids. He was 41. The actor who died sunday at his Home also starred in 1985 in the new York stage production of the Normal heart a drama about the aids epidemic. He played the Lover of a Man dying of the disease. Davis contracted aids from his use of drugs when he was younger said his wife Susan Bluestein a casting director. A the had a couple of experiences of sharing Needles with people who later. Died of aids a she said. W was Young and wild l and Success came fast. He  handle  Davis was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award for the Davis 1978 film Midnight express in which he played Billy Hayes a drug smuggler who escaped from a turkish prison. Davis said it was his favorite movie. A people still come up and look at me with the same passion As if it was still yesterday a he said in 1985. A i got letters for years after Midnight express from Young Guys telling me who they were and what they wanted to do with their  Larry Kramer author of the Normal heart said Davis a brought fury and overwhelming love to the role of Ned. He was also one of the first straight actors with the guts to play Gay  in the Oscar Winner chariots of fire in 1981, Davis portrayed american runner Jackson Scholz. Other films included Duerelle Rosalie goes shopping a Small Circle o f friends heart and cold steel. He played the title role in Robert Kennedy and his times a lbs miniseries. Other to credits included Walt Whitman Sybil roots the Caine Mutiny court martial and the plot to kill Hitler. Davis was born in Tallahassee Fla. He studied at the american Academy of dramatic arts and the american place theater in new York. The actor Learned in 1985 that he was infected with the aids virus his wife said. But she said a we All kept this a secret because he was afraid that if it were known he had aids he would never be Able to work As an  asks filipinos to Back . Lease on Subic Bay base Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino led thousands of marchers to the Senate on monday to try to save a new . Lease on Subic Bay naval facilities that lawmakers have All but rejected. A bomb outside the Senate injured five people. Opponents said Aquino failed to persuade them to approve the agreement under which the United states would abandon Volcano damaged Clark a next year but keep the Subic Bay installation. Aquino dressed in a yellow Raincoat marched through a thunderstorm after declaring at a rally that the people support the . Presence. A let us shout yes to the treaty a she declared. After the Brief procession Aquino entered the Senate building for a private meeting with lawmakers Many of whom say the $203 million that Washington has agreed to pay each year of the 10-year lease agreement is not enough. Opposition sen. Juan Ponce Enrioc a former defense minister and bases opponent called the rally and March a a futile  the Senate adjourned for the Day and was to resume deliberations today. A Small bomb exploded in front of the Senate building while Aquino was inside and police said four men and a woman were injured. The device was concealed inside the bed of a delivery truck police said. Police estimated the rally crowd at about 100,000, far fewer than the half million to 1 million the government had expected. Several people said they had been encouraged to attend by mayors and local officials and had no idea Why they were there. More than 15,000 people turned out for an ant bases rally that was to begin at the Senate after Aquino a March. Police kept the two groups about 400 Yards apart. On monday the Senate voted 12-11 in a preliminary vote to reject a lease Extension for Subic 50 Miles Northwest of Manila. Two thirds of the 23 senators must ratify the agreement before the current lease expires next monday. Some lawmakers said they hoped the americans would agree to renegotiate terms for an Extension. In Washington president Bush said monday a a we be made our Best  defense Secretary Richard Cheney said that if the agreement fails to win ratification a a we re  on tuesday the military chief of staff Gen. Lisan Dro Abadia warned that rejection would cripple the armed forces which rely heavily on equipment received from the americans under the agreement. Aquino said the country needed the Money provided for under the agreement because of the economic crisis caused by the eruptions of the mount Pinatubo Volcano in june. The eruptions also seriously damaged Clark a. The government rally was urged by influential business organizations that fear the american withdrawal will discourage foreign investment. The bases agreement also has Strong support in Olon Gapo a City philippine president Corazon Aquino Waves to thousands of demonstrators tuesday in Manila. Of 300,000 people near Subic that depends heavily on the base and its estimated 7,000 personnel for business. The american presence was credited with helping Aquino beat Back an attempted coup in december 1989, when . Warplanes new air cover for government forces. Before the rally presidential executive Secretary Franklin prison said the administration will support a proposal by pro bases senators to Call a National referendum on the bases Issue a regardless of the votes in the  Senate sources said a final vote May not be taken until after the lease expires. The sources said Many senators Hope the United states will ask for at least a year to vacate the bases. During that time negotiations could resume possibly under the new philippine administration to of elected next May. Most filipinos Are believed to support the . Military presence