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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a. A the stars and stripes saturday september 21,1991 Aquino says she s prepared to drop push for Subic vote Manila Philippines apr president Corazon Aquino says she Wilt give up her plan to Call a National referendum to save the . Naval facilities at Subic Bay if it fails to generate Public support. It was the first sign that Aquino might Back Down on trying to save the 10-year lease that the Senate rejected monday. A certainty if the idea of an initiative does not have the support of the people it will be abandoned a Aquino said in a statement thursday. The referendum Call has generated Little Public backing and no sign has emerged that the admin Strain on is taking Steps to organize one. The Senate voted 12-11 to reject an agreement under which Washington would return Clark a next year but keep Subic for 10 years in return for $203 million annual Aid. The Aquino administration scrambled to find a Legal in the eyes of these four giraffes Hayden Turner is a sight that is Worth seeing. And for that matter Turner finds the foursome and their Long necks worthy of a Warsaw Poland apr Cardinal Jozef Glemp the roman Catholic inmate of Poland says he has no intention of apologizing during his . Visit for remarks he made two years ago that Many jews consider anti semitic. He also suggested in a polish newspaper interview that some of his remarks were based on historical and sociological research. One Glemp suggestion then was that jews have too great an influence on International mass Media. A apology is a Christian thing and if you feel that harm is done you should apologize. I have no such feeling a Glemp told reporters thursday before departing for the three week visit. He was responding to Calls for an apology from rabbi Avraham Weiss of new York who threatened to sue the Cardinal and Lead demonstrations in some of the dozen or so . Cities Glemp is to visit. The polish news Agency Pap quoted Weiss As saying he would organize a demonstration Friday in Washington outside . Catholic Church offices where Glemp was to meet with american jewish officials. In new York Weiss called Glemp s refusal to apologize a beneath contempt. Cardinal Glemp has reiterated his egregious statements. I am absolutely shocked by  basis for holding a referendum although framers of the Constitution her Cabinet and her supporters in the House of representatives said none exists. Aquino has extended the stay of the americans indefinitely pending the hoped for referendum. Senate president Jovito Salonga met Friday with senators from both sides of the Issue to discuss the country a next move. Senator Orlando Mercado who voted against the treaty said the senators want an a orderly and expeditious withdrawal of the bases. At least four Cabinet members the assistant majority Leader in the House and 16 framers of the Constitution have questioned the legality of the referendum and urged mrs. Aquino to accept defeat. Raul Roco assistant House majority Leader and a Strong Aquino supporter said thursday that it was time to Bow to the will of the Senate and the Constitution and close Subic. Little closer look As Well. The animals and their keeper went Eye to Eye at the Sydney Laronga Park zoo in Australia on  apology Weiss and his attorney Harvard professor Alan m. Dershowitz have threatened to serve Glemp with papers in a libel suit during his . Visit. Glemp a remarks followed a 1989 sit in by Weiss and six other american jews at a roman Catholic carmelite Convent at the Edge of what was the Auschwitz death Camp. The protesters demanded that the Convent be moved. The Church has promised to remove it and replace it with a religious education Center a mile away. Referring to polish jewish relations in a Sermon later Glemp made the remark about jewish influence on the Media and suggested the demonstrators meant to harm the nuns. The remarks prompted an outcry from International jewish groups and caused considerable consternation in Poland s intellectual circles where Glemp does not enjoy great popularity. Glemp said thursday that the 1989 protest was illegal Ana therefore Quot one should first apologize to the nuns and polish  he said he intends to promote a dialogue and reconciliation with jews while in America and said extensive publicity about the controversy could serve a other a a purposes a world rescuers try to free trapped workers in Japan from wire reports Tokyo a rescuers struggled to save seven construction workers trapped in a flooded Tunnel Friday after tropical storm Luke struck wide areas of Central Japan triggering landslides and floods that killed eight people. The workers were trapped in a Tunnel in Chiba prefecture just East of Tokyo when water from a nearby River suddenly flooded into it thursday police said. Rescuers were pumping the water out so that divers could get into the Tunnel. Luke the 18th Strong storm system or typhoon of the season flooded More than 28,000 Homes according to police estimates and played havoc with Togo s intricate transportation system before fizzling out Over the Pacific late thursday. The National police Agency said the storm killed eight people injured 18 and left three people missing not including the workers trapped in the  leaves group Buenos Aires Argentina a Argentina has pulled out of the non aligned movement and president Carlos Menem said the group should disband following the demise of the soviet Union. A Argentina can to belong to a movement that does no to respect human rights Freedom of the press or political pluralism a Menem said after a Cabinet meeting thursday at which the pullout was approved. The non aligned movement with the collapse of communism in the soviet Union and other countries a has no reason to exist a Menem said. The movement is a forum launched in 1956 by third world nations seeking a political voice and economic development strategy other than communism or capitalism. Argentina joined in 1973, when Juan Domingo Peron was  Shipwreck found Nassau Bahamas a divers have discovered a Shipwreck in the Caribbean that May Date to the 16th Century officials said thursday. Most of the wreck lies buried in Sand but divers found wrought Iron and Breech loading artillery indicating the sunken ships age said Peter Bethel Bahamas transport minister. The announcement came in a joint statement from Bethel and John Browning president of St. Johns expeditions of West Palm Beach Fla. Archaeologists from the bahamian department of archives and the maritime heritage museum in key West Fla., were called in to map the site and examine the finds. They agreed that the ship Likely Sank before 1550, during a period of intense european exploration of the americas. If the ship proves to be from that Era a a major treasure from history will be revealed a said Eugene Lyon an authority on Early Spanish colonial history. Plans Are being made to Field an archaeological expedition in 1992.island Volcano erupts Jakarta Indonesia a a Volcano on the indonesian Island of Sulawesi erupted thursday spewing smoke and Ash into the sky. There were no reports on casualties officials said Friday. The 5,183-foot mount Logon in the Mina Hasa District in Sulawesi a Northern Region about 1,250 Miles Northeast of Jakarta erupted thursday morning sending smoke about 2,296 feet High. An official at the volcanology Institute in Bandung West Java said the eruption had not yet been classified As  readies for aids Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam has set up 18 aids Centre even though Only one person has tested positive for the deadly virus so far the official Vietnam news Agency reported. A the National anti aids committee of Vietnam has set up 18 aids consulting centers throughout the country and trained consultants a the Agency said thursday. It said the centers in Hanoi to Chi Minh City and Haiphong have already begun providing information and testing for the his virus that causes aids. Making eyes Quot polish Cardinal for jewish remarks unnecessary  
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