| Show 2A The Sait Lake Tribune Friday August 28 1987 Spotlight Philippine Coup Attempt Kills 29 Continued From l riots Probably that is what we are seeing now" Marcos said After the attack on the palace was repulsed hundreds of rebel troops led by Honasan seized several buildings of the armed forces headquarters at Camp Agumaldo about 6 miles northeast of the palace A source close to Honasan said the rebel leader was not seeking the ouster of Aquino but only of armed forces chief Fidel Ramos who was holed up across the street in neighboring A-- Camp Crame Ramos has been accused of being weak and wavering in the fight against a communist insurgency Honasan has close ties to Senator Juan Ponce Enrile Aquino's former defense minister and now her chief political rival Interviewed by a radio reporter at the base where a rebel flag was flying Honasan said he was "articulating our demands for a change in government so we can have a good ” military organization Both Honasan and armed forces spokesman Col Honesto Isleta said their troops were in control of Camp Agumaldo Radio reports said government forces in an armored personnel carrier rammed the gates in an assault of Villamor Air Base next to Manila International Airport where the rebels claimed to be holding air force chief Maj Gen Antonio Sotelo hostage in his office Yet another rebel force armed with three tanks seized the headquar- - Laxalt Says He Feels Liberated Since Deciding Not to Run By Brendan Riley Associated Press Writer MARLETTE LAKE Nev Former Sen Paul Laxalt said Thursday he feels "liberated" by his decision to drop out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination In the first interview granted since the announcement of his plans Wednesday the conservative and longtime friend of President Reagan added the decision is irrevocable and he would not consider a bid or other political contest “All my life I’ve been overloaded with obligations since I was a young lad and for the first time I really feel liberated” he said relaxing in jeans a plaid flannel shirt and hiking boots at his rustic mountain retreat Laxalt who did not The run for a third term to the Senate in 1986 in order to consider whether to seek the presidency had not formally entered the race but announced in April that he was forming an exploratory committee Laxalt said he abandoned the race because he would have had only 6700000 to $800000 in the bank by OcL 1 for the campaign and his previously announced goal was 62 million “By the time you get to ‘Super Tuesday’ it's a good 67 million we would have needed" he said in referring to the primary balloting next March 8 Paraphrasing what he once told former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos as a special envoy for Reagan Laxalt said “It's time to cut and cut cleanly” “If the money isn’t there this would be a silly trip for us to take” he said Given his campaign finances Laxalt said he would have been “in a horse race and waiting for one of the horses to stumble That wouldn’t be honorable” In Los Angeles White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said "Senator Laxalt is of course a close friend of the president and the presi - dent wishes him the best But the president is not getting involved in the primary political campaign” n Laxalt said his exploratory took him to 39 states and 150 cities over the past four months “and that part of it went well But the money didn’t” Laxalt said he had been contem e?on-paig- plating his decision since last Thursday when his finance chief Jerry Dondero had advised him of (he bleak campaign finance situation "I have a hunch that if these Other presidential hopefuls see these numbers you'll see some of them following this course” he said but added that with bad advice some contenders might "go on a kamikaze run” ters of the national police in San Fer- miles north of Manila and took hostage regional commander Brig Gen Eduardo Taduran Aquino had been scheduled to visit the city Friday morning Rebel forces also took over Broadcast City which houses two Manila television networks and several radio stations By only one of the capital's five television stations was on the air Fighting raged from about 2 am until after 7 am around government television Channel 4 which went on the air at dawn with gunfire audible in the background but later disabled its transmitter as a “precautionary measure” An employee said four people were wounded inside during the battle A radio station reported about 100 rebel soldiers repulsed from Channel 4 after dawn had entered three nearby houses and taken the residents hostage The rebels were repelled earlier from the streets around the downtown Malacanang Palace where troops trucks and a tank were seen emerging into the street to engage the attackers US Ambassador Nicholas Platt who arrived Sunday said in an embassy statement he “expressed this morning the US government’s continued and unequivocal support for President Corazon C Aquino and her nando 50 g administration” Platt “strongly deplored the Vladimir Horowitz cal hit chart for a record-settin“Horowitz in Moscow" —AuocxlM Press Userpftoto Paul Laxalt taking it easy at his ranch in Nevada says his decision to drop out of the race for GOP nomination is final is g sitting atop Billboard 42nd straight week with his hv Glenn Gould who held the No tv- - 1 j‘' spot for 30 Sadat is workwidow of Egyptian President Anwar s husband memory her ing harder than ever to preserve The former first ladv currently promoting her autobiography she hopes “Woman of Egypt" told the Los Angeles Times Thursday leader slain the honor to museum Egypt will establish a B Johnson “I've visited the John K Kennedy Center the Lyndon like smaller much she said "I’m dying to have something Jihan Sadat Library” that in my country” Sadat whose strong progressive views often irritated to charges that Moslems during her husband's rule said she is resigned I m not going to she has been too flamboyant and extravagant adding answer any more lies" Who could bear She also vowed never to remarry because she said me talking all the time about Sadat'’” mali- Handy Travis country singer was admitted to a Virginia hospital Thursday for treatment of dehydration a spokesman said Newell Wright director of public relations for Wythe County Comcondition He did not know munity Hospital said Travis was in stable had been prescribed treatment what illness what caused the singer’s nor how long he would remain hospitalized and Wright said Travis was “just passing through” with his band crew when he became ill Travis’ hit songs include "1982” “On The Other Hand” "Diggin’ Up Bones” and his current single "Forever and Ever Amen” cious acts perpetrated during the night and meant to destabilize the Aquino government The ambassador further expressed his great relief that President Aquino is safe” Witnesses reported seeing at least 10 dead bodies in one street near the palace where a number of civilians were caught in a vibetween loyalist and cious cross-fir- e rebel troops One witness said the rebel forces sprayed the civilians with gunfire when they began chanting “Cory Cory” and “Surrender surrender” m support of Aquino Radio reporters said they saw another five dead soldiers in another street near the palace and two dead soldiers in a street near Channel 4 Local hospitals reported another 12 dead including one rebel soldier and 91 wounded Other bodies were taken directly to funeral parlors or remained in the streets Press photographers said New Zealander Robert McDonald 26 of the Melbourne-base- d magazine Pacific Defense Reporter was shot and killed near Channel 4 when government snipers mistook the flash from his camera for gunfire The bloodied body of a Filipino press photographer also was seen in a wrecked jeep with his chest ripped open but could not be approached because of a live grenade in the vehicle blood-spatter- te Randy Travis Jihan Sadat Vladimir Horowitz Jay Rockefeller D-- Va decided to live in West Virginia when he came in 1964 as a VISTA volunteer but one of his sons says he prefers a place with a little more to offer Charles Rockefeller 14 accompanied his father on a trip through southern West Virginia this week Asked by reporters if he wanted to take over the questioning of his father the boy jumped right in “Do you ever wish you were a senator from another state considering West Virginia is one of the worst states to be a senator of?" Charles asked ” Rockefeller “One of the most difficult began trying to rethe phrase question “Well it’s one of the poorest and there’s hardly anything here” the younger Rockefeller persisted “You can get things done if you keep plugging away” the senator finally answer Charles said he prefers life in the nation’s capital to his early years in West Virginia “I remember some of the kids chewed tobacco” he said "Sometimes I miss it but I’m glad we moved to Washington” Rockefeller was kinder He compared the pressures and dangers of y life to the friendliness and fairness of West Virginians big-cit- —Complied From Tribune Wire by David Noyce List Shows Cities Cleaning Up Air Provo- - Orem Not Among Them - WASHINGTON (AP) The number of U S cities with too much ozone polluting their air dropped from 76 to 62 in 1984-8- 6 but the holdouts included such places as Los Angeles that have no chance of meeting federal standards by the end of the year the government said Thursday in the The Provo-Orearea of Utah ranked sixth-wornation for carbon monoxide pollution “If you took every car off the streets of Los Angeles they still couldn't meet it” said Chris Rice a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency “There’s a 70 percent reduction needed in ozone pollution Taking the Cfirs off would only be a 50 or 55 percent reduction” The EPA also said 65 cities violated the limits on carbon monoxide during 1984-8- 6 The figures still reflect an improvement over the when EPA’s previous report covering the years 1983-8- 5 m st 76 cities violated the ozone standard and 81 violated the ozone numbers for the summer He said the EPA's “emphasis is normally much more on ozone We believe the carbon monoxide problem is only a long-terproblem for a few cities” to the list of violat“Cities could be added or areas when the 1987 data are incorporated” he said The Clean Air Act requires that all areas of the country reach the standards by Dec 31 and the EPA will use data from 1985-8- 7 in judging which have complied he said The hot dry summer of 1983 triggered an increase in ozone pollution and Rice said the cities dropped from the latest ozone pollution list should not celebrate too soon He said the region’s current hot summer may throw some cities back on the list in the next report “My understanding is for the most part in the Western of the country it's been a relatively cool summer” Rice said “But it’s been particularly bad for the area from about South or North Carolina up to part ‘Head Held High Poindexter Asks to Retire After 30 Years in Navy WASHINGTON (AP) - Former National Security Adviser John M Poindexter has asked to retire from the Navy wanting to leave “with his head held high” and before any Iran-Cont- Independent Counsel Lawrence ments are Walsh obtains grand jury indictments which Hill said he expected would name Poindexter turned a friend said Thursday Pentagon sources confirmed that Poindexter! submitted his “He said he left the hearings with his head held high” Hill said of Pom-dext“He’s in the position to do that I think it from the Navy now makes good sense” er re- -' tirement request John Poindexter to the Navy on Wednesday specifying a desire to step down effective Oct 1 after nearly 30 years of service In addition Poindexter requested that he be allowed to retire at the rank of vice admiral which he held while working at the White House rather than the rear admiral's rank he was reduced to upon leaving his a post when details of the affair were disclosed last November Pentagon sources said Such a request would have to be approved by President Reagan and then confirmed by the Senate During the congressional hearings to investigate the affair Poindexter testified he kept Reagan in the dark about the diversion of Iranian arms- Nicasales profits to the U raguan Contra guerrillas He also said he destroyed a presidential document authorizing the Iranian arms sales as a weapons-for-hostage- s transaction fearing political embarrassment if it should become public Iran-Contr- t Retired Adm Clarence A “Mark” Jr a friend of Poindexter's and trustee of his legal defense fund said Poindexter “is very concerned about the image of the U S Navy” He said Poindexter wanted to a leave the service before Hill Iran-Contr- indict-- 1 re- ra Hill also said Poindexter faced an “extremely difficult” prospect of trythree-sta- r ing to win a Navy job carrying vice admiral status now given his role in the affair and the possibility Senate members could block his appointment Poindexter has no job lined up and will probably spend a year or so before deciding what sort of work he wants to pursue Hill said Poindexter made the request to retire at the higher rank “as a matter of principle" believing he is entitled to the extra star in retirement because of his service in a three-sta- r job at the White House one official said The Pentagon sources who spoke only on condition of anonymity said the difference in the pension for a three-sta- r admiral compared to a two-sta- r admiral with Poindexter's length of service is only about 6250 a year New York Those areas will probably experience bad carbon monoxide standard Rice said Army Restricts Pilot Who Flew Close to Reagan FORT LEWIS Wash (UPI) -Army Pvt Ralph William Myers who violated restricted air space and forced a helicopter carrying President Reagan to take evasive action lost half a month's pay and was restricted to Fort Lewis for 30 days for going AWOL it was reported Thursday The Army announced Wednesday that Myers had been disciplined but declined to release the details since the case was handled at the company level But a lawyer for Myers said the soldier from Bingen Wash received 30 dajs post restriction and the loss of half a month's pay 6365 Myers could have received a maximum of 60 days post restriction 45 days extra duty and the loss of half a month's pay base officials said Myers was charged with simple AWOL an offense that involves an unauthorized absence of less than 31 days Maj Frank Ham said Myers chose punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice rather than face a court-martiHe also had the right to appeal the punishment to his senior commanders but elected not to Ham said Ham said the punishment is meaning it will go on Myers’ military record not his criminal record He flew into notoriety when his light plane strayed into restricted air space above Reagan's mountaintop ranch near Santa Barbara Calif Aug 13 forcing the helicopter to veer off - - - - i Congress has not said what will happen to cities that fail to meet the standards by the Dec: 31 deadline Rice said However the EPA already has begun enforcement actions against cities that either have failed to develop an approved plan to reduce the pollution or that have failed to carry out previously approved plans Such sanctions include bans on contruction of major new sources of pollution and cuts in federal grants So far EPA Administrator Lee Thomas has proposed construction bans for 14 cities and cutoff of highway and clean air funds for Cleveland At the end of September the EPA will announce its 7 policy for areas not meeting the standards Rice said Some areas have virtually no chance of meeting the standards ing Ozone is a form of oxygen that comes from chemical reactions in sunshine between nitrogen oxides the combustion of fossil fuels and chemicals such as unburned gasoline and certain solvents A layer of ozone 15 miles to 25 miles high protects the earth from harmful ultraviolet rays but ground-leve- ‘ post-198- l ozone is a key element in smog and cannot be added to the protective layer Thrift? ‘Golden Fleece Award’ Creator WasnT Sheepish Proxmire to Leave Senate After 30 Years Of Chopping the Federal Money Tree By Helen Dewar Washington Post Writer WASHINGTON Sen William - Proxmire the third most senior member of the Senate chairman of its banking committee and a maverick who reveled in the role of custodian of the public purse announced Thursday that he will not seek a sixth term next year Describing a senator’s life as “the best job in the world" he told reporters at the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison that he was nonetheless abandoning it because he would be 79 when a new term ends “I think that’s too old" he said later In a telephone interview "Too many people stay too long It’s better to leave early than stay too late” The announcement by the lawmaker whose career was marked by crusades on issues ranging from government waste to arms control and human rights was made on the 30th anniversary of his upset victory in a special election to succeed the late Sen Joseph R McCarthy It also marked the beginning of what could be one of the most hotly contested 1988 Senate races giving Republicans a break in their otherwise uphill campaign to regain control of the Senate which they lost to the Democrats last year A dozen or more candidates from ls penny-pinchin- William Proxmire Quitting “Best Job in World" g both parties are understood to be considering the race Proxmire was perhaps best known as creator of the "Golden Fleece Award" to call attention to excessive government spending But he also made a mark in other areas most recently including Senate ratification of the d long-delaye- treaty Asked Thursday what was his proudest accomplishment in the Senate Proxmire said “holding down spending' Asked what him most he said “not being more effective at it” He also listed passage of the g and foreign corrupt practices act and defeat of the U S civilian supersonic transport as among the highlights of his career and said he regretted his early support of the Vietnam War It was before a Proxmire subcommittee in 1969 that Air Force efficiency expert A Ernest Fitzgerald disclosed a 62 billion cost overrun in the Lockheed aircraft program The stubborn Proxmire lived by the same skinflint rules that he sought to impose on the government He refused to travel at government expense returned more than 1 million to the Treasury by cut ting the size of his staff and ran successful campaigns on loose change He reported spending $177 75 in 1976 and 6145 10 in 1982 winning both elections by or better C-- 5 ( I ’ |
