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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, November 6, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 6, 1991 the stars and stripes b Pago 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 a she said before leaving the office of judge Antonio Solano in suburban a 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 official takes the fingerprints of former philippine first lady Imelda Marcos after 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 a 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 Arm 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. Apr 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 Gongora. 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  rejects dec peace plan despite threat of sanctions e the Hague Netherlands apr hard line Serbia shot Down a european Community peace plan tuesday despite a threat of economic sanctions but it agreed to another cease fire in Yugoslavia a 4-month-ofd civil War. Lord Carrington chairman of the dec sponsored each conference warned that if this cease fire collapsed As previous truces have he would propose that the talks be indefinitely suspended. A it became More and More apparent that it was increasingly difficult. To continue with the conference while the violence continues at current Levels a he told reporters. The parties failed to agree in a 90-minute session on an dec proposal to turn Yugoslavia into a Loose association of Independent states. The plan which was opposed by Serbia would retain the internal Borders that were in place when Croatia and Slovenia declared Independence june 25. The talks were derailed by a proposal made by Serbia and its ally Montenegro to allow ethnic groups to vote on switching their areas from one Republic to another. That probably would result in serbian populated regions in Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina going to Serbia which already is the dominant Republic in the yugoslav federation. Opponents of Serbia a proposal said it would Only Lead to More bloodshed in a War that already has killed More than 1,000 people. A a it a actually the clash Between unitary Yugoslavia which is advocated by Serbia and Croatia and Slovenia who seek Independence a said Dimitrij Rupil Slovenia a foreign minister. Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic said he was insisting on his plan because Quot Yugoslavia cannot be erased from the map of the  ethnic feuds have always strained the yugoslav federation but nationalist feelings among croats slovenians and serbs have risen sharply since the death in 1980 of president Josip Broz Tito the communist guerrilla Leader who held the federation together after world War ii. _ the breakdown in negotiations came one Day after of the dec member nations said co foreign ministers nomic sanctions not endorse the dec peace nomic sanctions would be imposed on Serbia if it did i stars threatened to halt Trade and Aid and to possibly an by Friday. The min impose an Oil embargo. But Carrington said monday that it would a take a Lone time before sanctions would have any effect on the fighting. Fighting Between the serbian dominated Federal army and croatian militia was reported on several fronts in Croatia on tuesday and Serbia a defense minister claimed croatian forces attacked a serbian town for the first time. The serbian report could not be confirmed independently  
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