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Wednesday, October 22, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Marcos called raider of lost gold Buddha
United Press International
HONOLULU — The tale of the Golden Buddha, a Philippine-style "Maltese Falcon," has surfaced again with charges that exiled Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, are raiders of a lost treasure.
The story came up during efforts by the U.S. government to get a federal judge to take possession of the reported $7.7 million worth of Hawaii Mines, and also currency that the Department of Marine party brought to Hawaii in February.
Justice Department Attorney John Seibert said Monday the United States has no interest in the dispute between the Philippine government and Marcos over ownership of the $7.7 million in property.
But the Golden Buddha mystery threatens to further complicate the case anyway, he said.
The gem-stuffed statue is said to be part of a treasure belonging to World War II Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, who led the Japanese forces that occupied the Philippines.
In January 1971, treasure-hunter Rogelio Roxas claimed to have found the buried riches in a mountainous area. He said he found the treasure with the help of a map he got from a Japanese man and also by tunneling his way to the treasure.
But Roxas said he was only able to remove one object before his way was blocked by cave-ins. That object was a 28-inch, one-ton Golden Budda with a removable head, he said.
In April 1971, Rosax said, government agents bearing a search warrant signed by Marcos' uncle, Judge Pio Marcos, entered his home and
took the Buddha — apparently on the grounds it was a national, not personal, treasure.
Fifteen days later, when Roxas went to court to fight for the statute, he announced someone had brought him a verdict. Dhudha — one made of brass, not gold.
Roxas accused Marcos and his family, Marcos' mother, Josefa Edralin Marcos, had tried in vain to retrieve the kid from day before it was seized, Roxas said.
The charges triggered an investigation. Marcos spokesman Arantu Arruza said a fact-finding committee linked Marcos to the incident.
Decanay said Marcos' agents later excavated the site and some of the property impounded in Hawaii stemmed from the missing treasure.
Dacanay has asked U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese to give the Marcos millions to his company, instead of to Customs or the Philippine government. He said his firm is the rightful owner of the riches, and he planned to sue Marcos and his family and friends — wherever the exiled leader has property.
However, the Marcos spokesman yesterday dismissed the contention.
"Our lawyers don't even consider it a claim," said Aruiza, reading a prepared statement. ("They) argued in court that there is nothing to it and it has no effect on Customs Service's position in court."
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Soviet experts disagree on SDI proposal limits
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MOSCOW — The Soviet Union admitted yesterday that its experts did not agree on the details of Mikhail Gorbachev's proposal confining Star Wars testing to the laboratory.
But they still insisted that no deal on nuclear weapons would be made without U.S. concessions in the space shield program.
said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Genady Gerasimov said at a news conference that Soviet experts still disagreed over what Gorbachev meant when he insisted at the iceland summit that the testing of the U.S. strategic defense initiative be limited to the laboratory.
President Reagan said he could not accept that demand, and the Oct. 11-12 summit ended without agreements on long, and medium-range missiles that the Soviets insisted be adopted as a package with an accord on SDI, a space-based nuclear missile defense popularly known as Star Wars.
"We will allow for research and testing in the laboratory. This is a major concession on our part but the American side wants to test SDI in space." Gerasimov said.
"As to the specific interpretation as to what we mean under laboratory testing, our experts do not yet agree, but anyway, any interpretation of testing in the laboratory must exclude any testing in outer space," he
Gerasimov's remarks showed there may be more flexibility in the Soviet position and its definition of "laboratory" than first thought by U.S. officials.
White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Monday that the United States still was seeking a clarification of the Soviet position.
The Kremlin, however, reaffirmed its stance yesterday that no deal could be reached on the reduction of long- and medium-range nuclear missiles without U.S. concessions on Star Wars.
The official Tass news agency said Soviet negotiators at superpower arms talks in Geneva would continue to work toward separate agreements on medium- and long-range missiles but the agreement could not be carried out until Washington gave up something on Star Wars.
"To begin with, clearly to reassure Western Europe. Washington officials claim that there are prospects for a separate agreement on medium-range missiles. Such claims, however, are groundless." Tass said.
"The Geneva talks will be conducted in every area and a separate agreement on each group of weapons can be drawn up. Yet the decision to put them into effect should be all-embracing."
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Two tax writers, Sen. Russell Long, D-La, and Rep. J.J. Pickle, D-Texas, were among those who tried to overturn the ruling, Sen. Bob Packwood, R Ore., and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-III, managers of the tax bill, made it clear they would not let that happen, but they made some concessions to Long and Pickle.
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WASHINGTON - When the cheering stopped and the 99th Congress became history, football fans at Louisiana State University and the University of Texas found themselves doing high-fives over a special tax break.
Negotiators killed the $2 million provision, but it still will become law today. A typist erroneously left the benefit in the 799-page bill, and a companion measure correcting that and hundreds of other mistakes in the legislation was lost in the shuffle when Congress adjourned Saturday night.
The IRS said a fan who makes a contribution to an athletic scholarship program and, in return, is
But their tax break, which involves full deductions for gifts to their universities' athletic scholarship programs, is likely to be as brief as a first-quarter lead in a closely fought game.
as a result, the final version of the tax bill retains the IRS ruling - except for those who contribute to LSU or the University of Texas.
LSU. Texas benefit from tax bill's error
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