European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes monday september 23, 1991aquino backs . Withdrawal deadline Manila Philippines up a president Corazon Aquino expressed support sunday for a phased withdrawal of . Forces from their Philippines bases following the philippine Senate a rejection of a 10-year lease. She did not mention her wishes for a National referendum on the subject. In her taped television talk show Aquino fended off criticism that she was trying to violate the philippine Constitution by calling for the referendum to override the Senate which rejected the lease last week in a manifestation of nationalism. Quot if we Are now talking Only of withdrawal perhaps we would no longer hear criticism. What i would like to clarify is i have not thought of violating the Constitution a Aquino said. Aquino met with four pro bases senators a Leticia Shahani Jose Lina Ernesto Herrera and John Osmena a on saturday and later taped the talk show broadcast on sunday. The Senate on sept. 16 rejected 12-11, a treaty allowing the United states to pull out from Clark a in one year and remain for 10 More years at Subic Bay naval facilities for $203 million annually. World the 1947 military bases pact in the former . Colony expired sept. 16, coinciding with the Senate vote. Critics said the rejected lease was an affront to philippine sovereignty. Those favouring the treaty worried that a sudden . Pullout would dislocate a shaky Economy already reeling from the eruption of mount Pinatubo now in its third month. I ? r 1 soldiers in his Back Yard i�2s, a a s,,ed550,000 vietnamese workers fired in massive budget deficit Effort Bangkok 1 Hailand up a the vietnamese government fighting to reduce a massive budget deficit has sacked More than 550, my civil servants official Hanoi radio said. The move however has temporarily put further strains on the budget with government units asking for some $17 million in additional funds for Severance pay to the discharged officials said the radio. A translation of the vietnamese language report was made available sunday. A so far More than 550,000 civil servants have been discharged from work a the report said. It said the layoffs were in response to a Cabinet Deci Sion but did not give the Date of the decision. According to a report by the world Bank Vietnam experienced a budget deficit last year amounting to More than 7 percent of the Gross Domestic product. Vietnamese prime minister to Van Kiet said last month that the budget situation has worsened this year due to the collapse of most Aid and Trade from the soviet Union. Until last year the soviet Union provided an estimated $ i billion per year in Aid to Vietnam. The dismissal of so Many civil servants fuels unemployment already estimated at More than 20 percent and seen As one of the most serious political threats to the communist  lays off nearly half of workers for one week from wire reports Turin Italy a Italy a Auto giant Fiat on saturday announced plans to reduce its car production by laying off 50,000 workers for one week next month. The temporary layoffs of nearly half of Fiat autos 115,000 workers from oct. 28 through nov. 3 will trim production by 30,000 cars. Fiat owned by the Agnelli family has closed some factories for one week every month since february in response to sluggish Auto demand in Europe and loss of Market share in  girls strip searched new Delhi India a a High school principal ordered 70 female students to remove their clothes for a body search after one Pupil complained she lost the equivalent of $6, the mid Day newspaper said saturday. The incident occurred Friday in the Laxmi Devi Jain girls senior secondary school which was besieged afterwards by hundreds of angry parents. Principal Shail Bala Gupta ordered the students to strip after a student complained she had lost 150 rupees or $6. The bags of All students were searched first the newspaper said and the strip search was ordered when the Money could not be found. Gun rules protested Sydney Australia a thousands of demonstrators marched through Sydney and Melbourne on saturday to protest tighter gun control rules that were proposed after a gunman killed eight people in a suburban shopping mall. Police estimated that 12,000 people participated in the March through downtown Sydney. Anti gun control groups estimated the attendance at 25,000.forefathers honoured Seoul South Korea a South koreans celebrated Husok a the mid autumn Moon festival in sunday by honouring their forefathers with family rites at Home and visits to ancestral graveyards. Children and women walked through Seoul streets in traditional korean costumes As part of one of the biggest holidays in Korea. Prost 158th oktoberfest opens Munich Germany apr the 158ih onto Bertest opened saturday with a traditional gun Salute and higher Beer prices. The 16-Day Estival the biggest Beer Bash in the world is expected to attract about 7 million visitors with most foreign visitors coming from Austria Switzerland the United states Japan and Italy. A liter of brew or a Little More than a quart costs up to 8.50 Marks $5compared with 7.55 Marks $4.40 last year. Brewery owners said they were forced to raise prices because of Munich a new environmental Laws which ban plastic plates and cutlery and Force Brewers to separate garbage and pay for its removal. Major Munich breweries who erect seven huge tents that Cun each seat 10,000 people refuse to disclose How much Money they make during the festival. I he festival Dales to 1810, when a live Day Celebration toasted the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig later King Ludwig i of Bavaria and Princess Therese von Sachsen Hildburg Hausen. The Beer was on the House then. Dec vows to stick together in forming monetary Union Apeldoorn Netherlands apr finance ministers of the european Community agreed saturday that stronger nations should not be allowed to Rush ahead of weaker ones to form a monetary Union. The ministers of the 12-nation trading bloc sought to dispel fears of Italy Ireland Greece and others that they might be left outside the planned economic and monetary merger. A the european Community As a family must stick together a said dutch finance minister Wim Kok. The talks to conclude in december Are expected to Lead to a european Widt Central Bank and a single currency. Britain s Chancellor of the exchequer Norman Lamont said his country could not yet sign on to plans for a single cur Rency because that participation would require parliamentary approval. Britain has been the most see Utica about a monetary Union fearing it would erode some of its National sovereignty. But Kok said there was Genera agreement to set up a european monetary Institute As of Jan. 1, 1994 a As the foundation for a full fledged Central Bank to be introduced As Early As 1997