European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 6, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3imelda Marcos freed after posting Bond Manila Philippines apr Imelda Marcos interrupted her Homecoming schedule briefly tuesday and turned herself in to authorities who said she faces tax fraud charges. She was released after being fingerprinted and posting $2,700 Bond. The flamboyant former first lady presented her own Mug shots for the court record. A if i have to go through All this then i have to Quot she said before leaving the office of judge Antonio Solano in suburban Quezon City. A a it a a sad Day a she added showing reporters her Ink stained fingers. Earlier Marcos visited the Northern stronghold of her late husband former president Ferdinand Marcos. She was mobbed by crowds and Northern politicians promised their support. The former first lady is believed to be running for the presidency in May elections although she claims she has no a political  she returned monday from nearly six years in exile. President Corazon Aquino a government allowed her to return so it could prosecute her. The Marc oses were forced into exile in 1986 by the a people Power revolution that propelled Aquino into the presidency. _. Marcos appeared at the judges office clutching red and Pink roses. She faces at least seven tax fraud charges and other cases in connection with allegations that she and her husband looted the philippine Treasury of up to $10 billion during his 20-year administration. The charges include failing to notify the tax office that Marcos had died in 1989 and to pay her taxes while in exile. Several prominent pro Aquino figures have also admitted they failed to pay taxes while in exile during the Marcos Era. However they have never been charged. After leaving the sixth floor office the elevator carrying Marcos her . Attorney and five bodyguards stopped Between floors. Security guards had to pull her out witnesses said. Meanwhile in los Angeles a Federal judge on monday dismissed a Multi Bil lion Dollar racketeering lawsuit against Marcos. The suit sought to recover some of the Money she and her husband Alleg an takes the fingerprints of former philippine first lady Imelda Marcos alter she surrendered tuesday in Quezon City edly plundered from the Philippines. Philippines officials said they now prefer out of court settlements to lengthy litigation and Hope to close the cases before Aquino a term ends in june. In other problems tuesday the government ordered Marcos 16 american bodyguards from a California Security firm to Stop protecting her and advised them to leave the Philippines. Immigration officials said the 16 had violated the Law by failing to obtain work permits. Earlier about 5,000 people Many of them schoolchildren greeted Marcos in the capital of Laoag in Locos Norte prov Ince her husbands Home. Riot police using plastic Shields forced crowd Back when it surged toward her plane. Supporters along the Highway waved philippine flags and cheered. Marcos received an even warmer Welcome in Batac the family a ancestral Home 10 Miles to the South. Crowds swarmed around her and grabbed at her  so vigorously that she was visibly bruised. Some of the placards lining the Highway read a there is no substitute for Marcos come 1992,�?� referring to the presidential election. In Batac she prayed at the temporary crypt of her husbands Mother Josefa who died in 1988. The body will not been permanently entombed until the former presidents body returns to the Philippines. Marcos told about 8,000 people at the Batac gymnasium that she returned with mixed emotions because the body of her husband remains in Hawaii. The remains have been barred from entering the Philippines. Marcos next Stop is expected to be Subic Bay naval facilities and other areas devastated by june a volcanic eruption of mount Pinatubo. She brought 19 philippine american doctors to treat refugees displaced by the  stickers Monitor teens Orlando Fla. A motorists tired of the loud music and maniacal Lane changes of teen age Drivers can now get even. Bumper stickers from the Central Florida safety Council ask a is this teen driving safely 1-800-4218355.�?�. Callers can have offences such As drinking and tire squealing reported to the Drivers parents. A teens will drive More safely if they know their driving is being monitored and that there Are Clear consequences for unsafe driving a said a mental health Counselor for the Council David Emerick Brown. A it really affects my driving a said 16-year-old Eileen Gongora. When she was Given a car her parents asked her to attach one of the stickers. Despite Driver education and training teen agers Are inexperienced Drivers and liable to make mistakes. A this is a preventative measure a said Eileen a father Elias Zongora. A it gets them to  so far 24 families have signed up for the experimental six month program and no complaints have been logged against participating teen agers said Council spokeswoman Susan Denton. If successful the Council Hopes to expand the program in partnership with the 87 chapters of the National safety Council. Renewed yugoslav Battles flare As dec brokered talks Convene Belgrade Yugoslavia up fierce artillery and infantry Battles Between the serbian led Federal army and croatian forces broke out in the breakaway Republic tuesday As yugoslav leaders gathered in the Hague for european Community sponsored peace talks., at least two people were reported killed and More than 30 wounded in the fighting across Central and Eastern areas of secessionist Croatia. The Tan Jug news Agency in a report not independently confirmed said explosions erupted at 10 50 . In the serbian Border town of Sid. The town 60 to macs Northwest of Belgrade is a major staging area for Federal army operations in Croatia a Eastern Slavonia re Tan Jug said a there was a possibility the explosions resulted from croatian mortar fire from Nijem i a Village just inside Croatia. If confirmed it would be the first attack of the 4-month-old War staged by croatian fighters on the territory of the rival serbian Republic. Military sources quoted by the Agency said a silo near the Sid railway station had been damaged. Authorities sounded Church Bells and sirens in Sid urging residents to take Refuge in basement shelters Tan Jug said. The development came As tank backed serbian forces for a fourth Day pressed their a final operations to capture the embattled town of Vukovan 25 Miles Northwest of Sid. The serbian troops clashed with croatian defenders in House to House Battles said slate run radio in the yugoslav capital of Belgrade. Vukovan has been under siege by Federal troops and serbian irregulars for 74 Days. Its ethnically mixed population of 50,000 has dropped to some 15,000, with most people fleeing the devastated town to join about 400,000 refugees from the civil War. The War has killed at least 2,600 and possibly 5,000 or More. The latest fighting came As the dec sponsored conference prepared to Start. Communist ruled Serbia faces political and economic sanctions unless it agrees to a peace proposal that has received general approval from the five other yugoslav republics. The proposal called for maintaining the federations current Borders but transforming it into a Loose association of Independent states in which ethnic minorities would be guaranteed special rights. Fighting also raged in the no ska and Nova Gradiska areas 170 Miles West of Belgrade amid an ongoing exodus of peasants from serbian dominated villages Belgrade radio said. State run radio in the croatian capital of Zagreb reported fresh Battles in Darugar Northeast of no ska an area from which some 10,000 serbs have fled since the weekend because of fears of persecution. The worries were fanned by serbian Media reports of alleged atrocities by croatian nazi forces against a a unarmed serbs