European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1991 Marcos return expected to rattle philippine politics by Robert h. Reid the associated press Manila Philippines a former first lady Imelda Marcos return monday will shake up philippine politics at a time when old alliances Are fraying and the military appears More assertive in influencing the National Agenda. Her Homecoming from six years of exile in the United states could set the stage for a a War of the widows Quot pitting president Corazon Aquino against the wife of the Man she blames for her husband s death. Ostensibly Marcos is returning to face tax fraud and other charges. She is accused along with the late president Ferdinand Marcos of embezzling billions of dollars before the 1986 revolution that propelled Aquino to the presidency. But sources who spoke on condition of anonymity a said Marcos wants to run in May a presidential Clicc tons. The sources said Aquino members of Marcos new society movement known by its tagalog language initials dbl Are preparing to proclaim a the new dbl Quot and offer her the nomination. Fears about a Challenge from the Marcos network Are behind Aquino s refusal to allow the body of the late president who died in 1989, to be returned from Hawaii for burial in Manila. Such concern also led to the ban on other members of the Marcos family. That ban was lifted in july. Allowing Marcos to return and enter politics carries risks because the country s political institutions Are fragmenting. About 12 politicians have declared their interest in running for president next year. None has emerged As a front runner. For years Aquino ruled out a second term but relatives said she is reconsidering. Some Western Diplo Mats said they think Aquino May run if Marcos docs Aquino blames the Marc oses Tor the 1983 assassination at the Manila Airport of her husband. Benigno Aquino or. A filipinos like watching that political tussle like pulling hair Quot said political analyst Emil Jurado. A that excites the poor. That is the culture of the filipino  Aquino a record has been spotty but most political analysts said they think she could win because of her incumbency. Marcos prospects Are unclear. Many former Marcos supporters have joined the Aquino Camp or lined up behind Aquino a estranged Cousin Eduardo a Dan Ding Cojuangco a longtime admirer of Ferdinand Marcos. Cojuangco was at Manila a Airport thursday when Marcos son Ferdinand jr., became the first family member to return. Marcos 33, then flew to the family a Home province aboard Cojuangco a plane. That has fuelled speculation that Marcos children have doubts about their mothers candidacy. Cojuangco had close tics to the Young Marcos but not to Imelda Marcos. Cojuangco is competing with vice president Salvador Laurel and sen. Juan Ponce Enrile for the nomination of the opposition Nacion Alista party. In Hawaii former Marcos labor minister Bias Ople said Marcos will a test the Waters and run if she believes she is the Only candidate who can unify the opposition. A this is the final Hattle of two dead men through their proxies a Ople said referring to Ferdinand Marcos and Benigno Aquino. Parties in the Philippines Are weak and loyalties Are based More on personality and past favors than on ideology. Party jumping is common and several other politicians Are organizing their own National groups to promote presidential candidacies. A mrs. Marcos is the heir to All the political debts that have been contracted for the past 20 years a Ople said. A that translates into a lot of clout. This is the Factor of political  with Many candidates and no Clear front runner. Former first lady Imelda Marcos the shoe Lover will return to the Philippines on monday. Some have expressed fears that the next president could win without a convincing mandate. In addition the supreme court has ruled that All other officials a including governors mayors and congressmen a must be elected at the same time. The commission on election would be hard pressed to count paper ballots and declare winners before the Legal expiration of the administration on june 30. Last week military chief of staff Gen. Lisandro Abadia warned that if the election proves chaotic the armed forces will intervene a to restore  Abadia said such a possibility was Remote. But the fact that he raised the possibility at All was enough to produce new coup rumours in a country that has experienced seven failed puts Hes in years trekkie pay final respects to Roddenberry by the los Angeles times Hollywood it May have been the first time that anyone brought a Pha scr gun to Forest Lawn memorial Purk Hollywood Hills. It probably was the Only time anyone greeted a memorial flyover by a Squadron of four jets a the traditional a missing Man Quot Salute to a fallen airman a with a a shaped hand signal that Means a live Long and  but neither incident Drew much notice at the memorial service Friday for Star trek creator Gene Roddenberry whose television series inspired admirers to make his make believe future a part of their lives. The service United cast and Crew members from both versions of the popular to series and from the six Star trek movies with family members Golf Bud Dies and More than 100 Star trek aficionados known As  Roddenberry died oct. 24 in Santa Monica calif., at the age of 70, More than 25 years after a giant spaceship known As the Enterprise first shot at Warp Speed across americans television screens. In Many ways the funeral was pure Hollywood a traffic Jam stretched across the expansive cemetery before the service. In the Hillside Hall of Liberty the crowd of More than 500 was welcomed by a recording of the television series lilting theme song. Afterwards participants were met by flashing strobes of the paparazzi. The crowd s faces read like Star trek credits Leonard Nimoy Deforest Kelley and Niche Lac Nichols were among those from the original cast. From the current series Star trek the next generation for which Roddenberry was executive consultant came Patrick Stewart Levar Burton Marina sir tis Jonathan Frakes and others. Roddenberry was eulogized by fellow writers and the actors As a Man who through patience humility and hard work was Able to persuade network executives to accept and continue a series they originally thought was too cerebral a in the midst of so much violence and. So Many shows we done to care about so Many movies we done to want to see. Star trek stands out As a Nice quiet moral example at a time when we need it a said science fiction author Ray Bradbury. Comedian and actor whoops Goldberg sergeant s wife Dies of injuries suffered in crash near Lakenheath said she a begged to be on the new series because she had grown up watching Nichols play it. Juhura one of the few continuing Black roles on to at the time. When Roddenberry asked Why she wanted to be on the show Goldberg said a i explained to him that his was the Only vision that had Black people in the  while Goldberg and Bradbury spoke from the Halls carpeted stage trekkie wept quietly in the Balcony seats. None of the cast members came to the service in costume but several of the trekkie did. Roddenberry would have wanted them to they said. Donald Maglio 34, of Long Beach Calif wore a Golden Star trek Pullover Complete with a shaped insignia and carried a phase strapped to his Belt. Raf Lakenheath England a amps a the wife of a staff sergeant assigned to Raf Lakenheath died thursday afternoon As a result of injuries suffered in a Accident on a two Lane Highway a base spokesman said Friday. Joanne Thran was pronounced dead by air Force medical authorities at the 48th fighter Wing Hospital at Lakenheath said cd Apt. Dave Cannon. Her husband sgt. Nathan s. Thran of the 48th equipment Maint so was treated for minor injuries and admitted to the base Hospital for observation said sgt. Troy Prine. The couple had been travelling North of the Village of Mun lord on a134 when the Accident occurred about 2 p.m., Cannon said. Mundford is about 15 Miles Northwest of Lakenheath. A spokeswoman for the local British police said the Accident involved a Semi tractor trailer and the the ans Austin mini Saloon a Small British made Hatchback. The Road surface was very wet she said. The truck had no passengers but police records showed the Thran car was carrying three people. The spokeswoman said she did t know the identity of the third person in their car. Neither the police spokeswoman nor the Public affairs office at Lakenheath could provide further information Friday afternoon. 450 actors theatregoers attend funeral for Papp new York up theater lovers mixed with dramatists in the newly named Joseph Papp Public theater in lower Manhattan to attend a funeral marked by tears and laughter for the Man actress meryl Streep called Quot her  the Day after his death the five theater Complex that was the heart of pappus operation was renamed for its founder and Leader an Honor Papp rejected three times in his life. Papp died thursday after a Long bout with cancer. He was 70. In a move that Papp might have applauded the 90-minute funeral was open to the Public. Speakers set  the Street relayed the words and music from inside. About 450 people including luminaries of stage and screen who began their careers with Papp and theatregoers who supported its productions for two generations attended the Eulogy. A Tje was my adopted artistic father Quot said Kevin Kline