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Show A World Friday, September 29, 1989 The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah Mrs. Marcos vows bury husband in Philipp ine soil - From the casket, Imel-d-a Marcos pledged to return Ferdinand E. Marcos' body to his homeland for burial despite Philippine and U.S. government orders barring such a move. "This is so cruel, so inhuman and so immoral,'' Mrs. Marcos told reporters Thursday night in the HONOLULU (AP) side of her husband's the safety of the aircraft and the persons involved." But Mrs. Marcos dismissed that rationale with a gesture toward her husband's open casket in the living room of the family's mansion. "How can you feel this man is dangerous to security when he is resting at peace forever?" she said. Marcos, his face clearly visible living room of the hillside home beneath a pane of glass, was .where the former Philippine presi- dressed in an Filipino dent and his wife lived during most shirt called a barong tagalog. The of their exile. casket was draped with a PhilipShe said there were no immediate pine flag, and the presidential seal : plans for burial, and an aide sug- of the Philippines was mounted on gested that, barring their return to the wall behind the casket. About two dozen mourners wept the Philippines, Marcos' remains might be above ground for a long and prayed in the living room. Van loads of flowers arrived throughout time. , Marcos, 72, died Thursday at St. the day. Mrs. Marcos, clad in black, told Francis Medical Center after nearly 10 months in the hospital. Doctors reporters Marcos had left his estate said kidney and lung failure and a to the Philippine people. She did not widespread infection contributed to elaborate and attorney John Bartko cardiac arrest that caused his would not comment on the bequest. Mrs. Marcos, 60, said she had death. made no funeral plans. She said she His successor, Corazon Aquino, would not consider burying Marcos refused to allow Marcos' body to in the United States while she had return to bis homeland for burial in hope Mrs. Aquino would change her the interest of "the tranquility of mind. the state and the order of society." "I have always considered that Mrs. Aquino ordered Philippine his wish and every Filipinos' wish until Sunis to be laid to rest in the Philipflags flown at half-staout on all government buildings day pines," Mrs. Marcos said. "I conof respect for Marcos. tinue to believe that sooner or later Later Thursday, the Federal he will be." Aviation Administration in Wash"Burial in the U.S. will be considington prohibited any aircraft from ered like turning off the life support flying Marcos' remains out of the systems," family spokesman Roger United States for the Philippines, Peyuan said. "She will decide that saying it would "create a danger to at the last minute." off-whi- te ff Afghan official says his nation's ready for democratic reform - The UNITED NATIONS (AP) foreign minister of communist Af- his country is ready fhanistan says reform and and urged Washington to send an envoy for talks on ending the insurgency. Also Thursday, Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze offered to mediate between Israel and the PLO and said they could meet on Soviet soil. Colombian President Virgilio Bar-cfighting a deadly war with drug U.S.-back- ed o, traffickers, today addresses the 44th General Assembly and officials said there would be heavy security. Afghan Foreign Minister in Abdul Wakil announced that his country's Communist Party "has abandoned the monopoly of power" since the last Soviet troops withdrew in Feb- ruary. "We are ready to welcome in Kabul a special envoy of the U.S. administration for a mission and for the exchange fact-findi- of views," he said. Washington would find Kabul is ready to institute a "democratic system based on political pluralism and a free economy," Wakil said. - The United States backs the Moslem guerrillas in their war against the communist government of Afghanistan. : Barco was expected to express gratitude for international aid for battle against cocaine his month-ol- d kingpins while asking for more assistance, particularly economic aid and price supports for coffee and pther crops. The United States has sent $65 million in emergency military aid. Britain announced Wednesday ii would also send military and com- munications equipment. In Washington on Thursday, Barco said he was not looking for more tools to fight drug lords and U.S. officials said he discussed trade issues. U.N. security officials said protective measures would be tight at U.N. headquarters today for Bar-co- 's visit. Since the drug war began in traffickers have been blamed for more than 100 bombs in Colombia that killed at least 10 people. The first speaker scheduled today was Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, who was expected to discuss his offer to host talks on ending the Palestinian uprising. At least 575 Palestinians and 40 Israelis have died in the Arab revolt against Israeli rule of the occupied territories. mid-Augu- st, Israeli-Palestini- Mubarak's proposal would have the two sides discuss ways to smooth Israel's plan for elections in the territories. Israel's Foreign Minister Moshe Arens was silent on the Egyptian plan when he spoke to the Assembly on Wednesday. Shevardnadze met Thursday with Arens. Both praised the improvement in Soviet-Israe- li relations but said there were no immediate plans to resume full diplomatic ties, severed by the Soviets 22 years ago during the 1967 Middle East war. toOCxo - : - The WARSAW, Poland (AP) Interior Ministry said today it will disband the ZOMO riot police, the widely scoi-neparamilitary units long associated with the Communist government's repression of opposition activists. The helmeted police, with shields and batons, were especially active following the imposition of martial law in December 1881. I The Interior Ministry, which controls the police, is still run by the Communists, one of four cabinet posts retained by the party after the formation this month of the East bloc's first nonommunist-le- d government under Prime Minister Tadeun MazowteckL - The decision to disband the ZOMO was made to save money and remove an "irritation" for society, said Wojdech Garstka, ministry spokesman. The ZOMO squads will be replaced by special "preventive pa trol units" of the civic militia, as the police force is called, to be established in 22 of Poland's 49 provinces, the state PAP newt agency said. In addition, the power to deploy the forces will be removed from provincial police chiefs and reserved for the office of the prime minister, a government presidium or the Interior Minister at their instruction, Garstka said. "This is one of the most important changes because those troops were not bad by themselves but the formula for using them was wrong sometimes, and this formula is changing," the spokesman said. Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiss-cza- k had said this month in parliamentary hearings that he saw a need for some force trained to maintain public order. "We assume at the same time these are indispensible troops because some danger for social peace and order will remain at a large scale that will have to be approached with mobilized troops," Garstka said. "I am talking ... about various big events, first of all sports events." According to the Interior Ministry budget published in early September by the liberal Communist week- -' Polltyka, there were 12,819 potiS ons in the ZOMO department, not counting part-tim- e employees and others assigned temporarily, including those doing mandatory military service. The International Institute for Strategic Studies put the number of ZOMO at 28,008. II tifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. In a brief statement, Runcie said his talks likely would be "frank" but he was confident they would lead to increased understanding. Earlier, about 20 cut protesters at London's Heathrow airport carried signs such as "Runcie resign" and "no to papal talks" as the archbishop departed. Runcie refused to speak to the group. Runcie's secretary for ecumenical affairs, Canon Christopher Hill, said earlier he did not expect immediate union of the churches because, "talks about closer relations have been going steadily on for 30 years." "I am sure it will happen eventually because the founder of Christianity wanted one church," he said. Anglican leaders said they thought unity between Anglicans and Catholics would not come until the 21st century. "It will happen, eventually," Cardinal Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster and leader of Catholics in England and Wales, said in an interview with Channel 4 television late Thursday. Runcie and John Paul have met four times, but this is Runcie's first official visit to Rome as spiritual head of the state Church of England. He is also the leader of 70 million Anglicans worldwide, including 2.5 million U.S. Episcopalians. The pope leads 850 million Roman Catholics. In Rome, Runcie is expected to discuss the nature of the Anglican Communion and explain how its system of dispersed authority gives a measure of equality among church leaders. The Anglican church does not have the Vatican's central directing authority, although its priests lis I I' a AP Laserphotff look to Canterbury for guidance. The Anglican freedom allows members such as the U.S. Episcopalians to ordain woman priests and, this year in the Boston diocese, the first Anglican woman bishop. "There's no doubt about it, and the pope himself has said so, that the ordination of women and especially the consecration of a woman as bishop, constitute very considerable difficulties for us and also the Orthodox church," Hume said. Anglicans and Catholics have discussed for many years how their churches might draw closer together. Runcie caused a stir last week by telling an Italian journalist that the Church of England might recognize papal authority in a united church, a view that had already been stated by the commission. Evangelicals in the Church of England, who base their teaching strictly on the Bible and oppose unity with Rome, reacted indignantly. Their chief spokesman, the Rev. David Samuel, said, "Many people in the Church of England don't want closer ties with the Church of Rome. Already, people are leaving the Church of England because of the Catholicizing tendencies." Runcie said on British Broadcasting Corp. television Thursday he was looking forward to the visit. "One thing which is at the center of my thoughts and I believe at the center of his (the pope's), is that we do have a unity already," he said. "We don't have perfect unity, but there is something we have and sometimes people forget that." Runcie is returning the pope's 1982 visit to Canterbury Cathedral, the Anglican mother church and the seat of the first archbish op, Augustine, who arrived from Rome in 597. Runcie and the pope also met in Accra, Ghana, in 1980 and inC ' Bombay, India, in 1986. They met again later in that year in Assisir Italy when John Paul invited.'.4 leaders of world religions to pray for peace in the city, which is the ' . birthplace of St. Francis. The first visit to Rome by an : archbishop of Canterbury since", the Reformation was paid by the late Geoffrey Fisher, who met: Pope John XXIII on Dec. 2, 1980,-- r The Vatican regarded the meet- -, ing as so sensitive that it, barred-- ; photographers. Pope Paul VI saw Michael Ramsey in 1966 and Donald Cog"'' d i "i ganinl977. Britain's King Henry VIJI sepa-- :i rated the English from the Catho lic Church when the Vatican. fused to annul his marriage with Katherine of Aragon will keep pressure on Panama's chief PANAMA CITY, Panama (AP) -The head of the U.S. Embassy said Thursday the United States will continue to press for the ouster of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega, and warned any action against an opposition leader on hunger strike may backfire. Charge d'affaires John Maisto said economic sanctions imposed on Panama's government last year after Noriega was indicted in Florida on drug trafficking charges are having their effect, and "they will continue." He spoke to reporters during a visit with opposition leader Guillermo Endara, who was on the camninth day of a hunger-strik- e paign to persuade Panamanians to stop playing the lottery, gambling in casinos or going to the race- track. The campaign aims to further deprive the government of needed revenue. "I came to greet (Endara) and offer support for democracy here, in Panama," Maisto said. He called Noriega "a dictator who uses force, and who will continue using force, like all dictators, until the day they Michael Pott, a VS. political officer, accompanied Maisto. Ambassador Arthur Davis withdrew in May to show displeasure at Noriega's refusal to step down. Noriega, who controls the government through his power as chief of the Panamanian Defense Forces, has denied the drug trafficking and money laundering d.arges. Israelis colobrate Jewish Now Yoar JERUSALEM (AP) - There is a cloud over the mayor's office in Provo. A dirty polluted cloud! In the 4 years that Joe Jenkins has been in office, Provo's pollution problem has gone from bad to worse. Provo has gained a national reputation for having some of the worst air pollution in the country. Our children's health is affected, our economic growth Meanwhile Provo's mayor is calling the largest single source of pollution in the state a "good neighbor." Rather than demand less pollution he has accepted their money. Jenkins has also: Gone along with a state plan to build a truck route through the heart of the city. Scrapped a pollution free district heating plan. Characterized clean air proponents as "radicals." Provo can't afford a Mayor with his head in the clouds of pollution. Candidate Sherm Hislop will aggressively fight for clean air and clean environment. What docs Shorm Hislop say: "Brigham Young counselled the first settlers of this land to keep . . the soil, the air, the water pure and healthy. Do not suffer them to become polluted . . . ' The mayor of Provo needs to lead the fight for a good clean environment. Our children deserve it. We deserve it. We cannot let the state run a truck route through the heart of our community. It is unsafe and unclean. We cannot turn our backs on innovative pollution free solutions such as district heating. The mayor must take the lead, or our health and economy will continue to decline. " Jews throughout Israel today began their celebration of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, with prayers, picnics and tight security. The beginning of the Hebrew year will not be marked by blowing the traditional ram's horn, or shofar, in Israel's 8,000 synagogues because the holiday falls on the Jewish Sabbath, when it it forbidden to sound the horn. Instead, the shofar will be blown on the second day of the new year festival Sunday. The new year 5750 was interpreted by tome religious scholars as the "year of miracles" because 50 stands for the letter "n" in Hebrew. The scholars linked the "n" to the word "nlslm," or miracle. But some newspapers interpreted the new year as the root to the word "tathan," or sleep, suggesting Palesweariness over the tinian uprising against Israeli occupation of the territories. ' Demostrators at London's Heathrow Airport hold signs condemning the Archbishop of Canterbury's, visit to Rome to meet the Pope in a quest to unify the two churches. Official says U.S. leave." Polish government to disband riot police X ROME (AP) Britain's archbishop of Canterbury arrived in Rome today for four days of talks with Pope John Paul II on uniting the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, divided since the 16th century Reformation. Archbishop Robert Runde was greeted on arrival at Leonardo da Vinci airport by top Vatican officials, including Cardinal Johannes Willebrands. president rf the Pon- VOTE OCTOBER 3RD mffl: Provo City Mayor The Clean Choice" " |
