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Show 1 2A The Salt LakeTribune Saturday, Jupe 2, 1984 Aquino Murder Still a Mystery After Testimonies of Escorts TesMANILA, Philippines (AP) timony from the six men who guarded Benigno Aquino when he was shot has left investigators with little more evidence than two empty holsters, a gun smudged with fingerprints, and a picture of a crime that changed a nation. After seven months and more than 150 witnesses, the board probing the Aug. 21 assassination of President Ferdinand E. Marcos leading rival finally has questioned the soldiers Aquino's family thinks were responsible for the killing. But their testimony, just before the board left this week for a round of hearings in the United States, failed to clear up the mystery of the still-fuzz- y killing. Marcos claims Aquino, returning from exile in the United States, was shot on the Manila airport tarmac by alleged Communist agent Ro lando Caiman, whom troopers quickly gunned down. The Aquino family says it has witnesses who saw the escorts shoot Aquino as they led him off his plane by a service stairway. Four of the escorts, including one holding Aquino close to his side and another immediately behind, testified that they didnt see the shooting or even notice Galman approach. A fifth said he saw the alleged assassin dnly after the shot was fired. The sixth claimed he saw Galman charge in but said he didnt shout a warning because events happened too fast." In response to some of the testin mony, the board's chairwoman, Agrava, spoke acidly of witnesses who have eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear." Other board members hinted at a Cor-azo- Dialogue Breakdown Making World Sick, Says Harvard Doctor - The HELSINKI, Finland (AP) breakdown of the dialogue between the superpowers has made the world a much sicker place, the of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War said Friday. Dr. Bernard Lown told a news conference that this makes all the more important the fourth annual meeting of the IPPNW that opens here Monday for more than 400 physicians from about 50 countries. Lown of Harvard University said the doctors campaign to forestall the final epidemic of nuclear war obviously met a profound and widespread desire, attracting 90,000 members since 1980. After our start, lawyers, nurses and even baseball players, astronauts and cosmonauts have followed suit, Lown said, crediting the proliferation of such movements with silencing nearly all abrasive rhetoric" about nuclear arms. Europe Blamed for U.S. Supremacy MUENSTER, West Germany Europeans have only themselves to blame for the supremacy of the United States in the NATO military alliance, Foreign Minister Genscher said Fri- He was party chairman Friday by a 61 percent margin. The vote was with 22 abstentions, but Genscher was unopposed and his showing masked growing opposition to his leadership in the part- day. "The Americans are not denying us equal weight in the alliance; rath- y- (AP) Hans-Dietric- h er, the inability of many European states to define a common security policy often leads to supremacy by the United States, the West German foreign minister said in an address to a congress of his Free Democratic Party. We Europeans cannot improve the situation by pushing the blame for all problems on the two superpowers, departing from world politics ourselves and dreaming of the dissolution of the military blocks, Genscher said. Genscher has been the chairman of the Free Democrats for 10 years. His party is the junior coalition partner in Chancellor Helmut Kohls government in Bonn. ance with the Social Democratic Party. Genscher also said he was satisfied with the declaration issued. Thursday in Washington at the close of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. The declaration stressed the alliances intention to preserve its military strength, but said NATO remains willing to negotiate arms Warreductions with the Soviet-lesaw Pact. 241-12- Genscher announced last weekthat he does not plan to lead the party in the 1987 federal election end campaign. That announcement helped calm the opposition to his Friday, party sources said. Discontent with Genschers leadership grew as a result of his support of a proposal to grant an amnesty to nearly 2,000 politicians and businessmen accused of involvement in illegal campaign financing schemes. Genscher, 57, acknowledged that the small party has its back against the wall following recent state election setbacks. However, he said he expects the party to continue its commitment to the Kohl coalition, which it made in 1982 after abandoning a alii- ar d Tass Says Activist in Danger, - MOSCOW (AP) The official Soviet news agency said Friday that imprisoned Indian activist Leonard Peltier had been framed for two killings and was in danger of dying because of a hunger strike. But Peltier's lawyers in the United States say he stopped the strike a week ago. Peltier is serving two life sentences in a federal prison in Marion, 111., for the slayings of two FBI agents in 1975. Foreipi Briefs Lebanon War Costs Israel $900 Million TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) Israels war in Lebanon has cost $900 million and is continuing to burden the economy, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday. The daily Haaretz quoted a Bank of Israel report for 1983 as saying there have been indirect costs, as well, including a high rate of absenteeism from work caused by an increase in army reserve service and higher labor costs in industry because of higher taxes. The banks estimate of the cost of the war, which began when Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982, is slightly higher than other recent reports. Those reports said it was costing Israel $1 million a day to keep its troops in Lebanon. But other estimates published after the first three months of the war said the total cost to the economy was about $2 billion. The reports said the fighting had consumed about $1 billion worth of ammunition, fuel and equipment stocks, and that there was a decrease of about $1 billion in earnings from industry and tourism. """t A ys' i A t " t 3. RWffe , s - X t' , V, i' v ) ' , ;vS, v i j r v vsv wi - y A ' vi GRAND OPENING s$ THIS WEEKEND! 10 Die as Sikhs Holed Up In Temple Battle Police - GunAMRITSAR, India (AP) men firing machine guns and hurling hand grenades from inside the holiest Sikh shrine battled paramilitary police for six hours Friday, officials said. Police said 10 people were killed and 21 wounded. The battle was the biggest shootout in the 22 months since armed Sikh militants moved into the Golden Temple complex and began using it as a command post and arsenal. The main Sikh political party, Akali Dal, is demanding political, economic and religious concessions from the government. It plans to start a drive on Sunday to cut off grain, water and power supplies from Punjab to neighboring states. Other Sikh militants are demanding that Punjab, 52 percent Sikh, secede from India. Police said seven people were killed inside the sprawling Golden Temple complex and three were killed outside. Ambulances were allowed to enter the temple to pick up 17 injured people. Strikers Told to Propose Work Week Package Deutsche Presse-Agent- STUTTGART, West Germany -A top employers representative told striking metalworkers here Friday that it was their turn to come up with proposals for ending stoppages that have idled more than 300,000 workers and paralyzed parts of West Germany's automobile industry. The union involved, I.G. Metall, Tuesday rejected an employer offer that went further than any yet, the official, Hans Peter Stihl, State Metal Industry Federation chairman, said. The union had swept from the table the entire package put up by the employers after only superficial scrutiny, Stihl said. 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