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Monday, February 2, 1987
Daily Nebraskan
By The Associated Press
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Aquino confident constitution will pass after failed coup
MANILA, Philippines Filipinos decide whether to accept President Corazon
Aquino's proposed constitution Monday in a crucial test of her strength after last
week's failed coup. The military put 79 battalions on alert to prevent trouble.
Her government expected overwhelming approval of the 20,000-word document.
On the eve of the vote, Manila police said they arrested two men and seized 120
sticks of dynamite after getting a tip about a plot to disrupt the balloting.
The new charter was completed in October by a 48 member commission she
appointed, despite opposition from both leftist and right-wing critics.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 3 p.m., but final results are not expected for
days. Voting is mandatory and failure to do so carries a $5 fine. Ramon Felipe Jr.,
chairman of the Commission on Elections, predicted an 80 percent turnout of the
25 million registered voters.
The plebiscite asks voters to respond "yes" or "no" to the question: "Do you
vote for the approval of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines as
proposed by the Constitutional Commission?"
The proposal would sharply reduce the power of the president, re-establish a
two-chamber legislature, provide civil rights guarantees and ban the military from
political activity other than voting. It would confirm Mrs. Aquino in the presid
ency for a six-year term.
It is unclear what would happen if the proposal were rejected. Aquino's
opponents say she should then resign and call new elections, but there is no legal
requirement to do so.
State radio and television mounted an aggressive ratification campaign, featur
ing appeals by Mrs. Aquino as well as politicians, athletes and entertainers.
In Brief
Plane crash lolls two near Central City
CENTRAL CITY Local and federal authorities are investigating a
fiery airplane crash which killed two people early Sunday.
. A small airplane crashed about 3 a.m. in a cornfield adjacent to U.S. 30
about six miles west of Central City, according to Merrick County officials.
County Attorney Dale Shotkoski said the identity of the victims and the
origin and destination of the plane were not immediately known. He said
the investigation was hampered because of the fire.
Harold Scott, a Federal Aviation Administration official in Kansas City,
said the FAA has confirmed the aircraft was a Cessna 150 and it crashed at
3:13 a.m. ".
. The.plane apparently hit power lines just south of the highway before
crashing into a cornfield owned by Jack McMahon.
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guests jump into safety nets
TAIPEI, Taiwan Fire swept
through a hotel filled with Taiwanese
celebrating the Chinese New Year on
Sunday, killing 18 people and injuring
13, authorities said. Twenty people
jumped into safety nets to escape.
Most victims in the southern
Taiwanese hotel died of smoke inhal
ation, apparently unable to escape
because of blocked exits, according to
officials.
No foreigners were among the dead,
firefighter Lin Yi-chao said in a tele
phone interview from Kaohsiung, site
of the fire. Kaohsiung is 204 miles
south of Taipei.
Fire officials said emergency exits
were locked and blocked by mattresses
and by hotel supplies piled in front of
them.
Lin said the fire began around 1 a.m.,
apparently on the third floor of the
four-story, 27-room hotel.
Lin said 20 of the hotel's 70 guests
saved themselves by leaping into safety
nets from rooms on the third and fourth
floors.
Walkout ends;
steelworkers
return to work
PITTSBURGH United Steel
workers members, ending a six
month work stoppage at USX
Corp. plants, begin returning to
work Monday under a newly
ratified contract that swaps pay
concessions for job security.
The industry's longest work
stoppage ended on its 184th day.
Workers were to be called for
orientation briefings Monday and
production would resume within
several weeks at the company's
biggest operations, the Gary Works
in Indiana, the Mon Valley Works
near Pittsburgh, the Fairless Hills
Works near Philadelphia, the
Lorain Works in Ohio, and the
South Works at Chicago, said
USX spokesman Thomas Furrell.
The two sides were unable to
agree on wage and work-rule
concessions, reduction in health
benefits and subcontracting cer
tain jobs to non-union workers.
The shutdown surpassed the
previous record, a 1 16-day strike
in 1959 in which 500,000 union
members paralyzed the U.S. steel
industry.
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leaders have started to determine the fate of miss
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his safety, a senior militia official said Sunday.
"These hush-hush talks are in high gear," said
the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
"The parties concerned are burning up the (tele
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Plenty of Syrian and Iranian emissaries are shut
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