Student Visits Philippines; Meets President Aquino
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» • p __ •• Mm Student visits Philippines; meets President Aquino I By Margie Reins Smith mUnJty College, part.time heved to have the 11' freedom three weeks I was In Manila," StockIng saId the people of the He was no good for the country." Staff Writer T worker at Jerry's Club Party back and to have an honest, de. Stockmg said PhIhppInes have an unreahstlc DUrIng hIS stay, StockIng said The chance meetm.g of an old Store (whlch hIS brother owns), pendable, reliable leader," Stockmg first stayed at a pIcture of what hfe 1& Ilke 10 the he was repeatedly told he ~ould fnend from the PhlhpP1l1es and sdid he wIll 6'1'aduate next May, Stocking's friend - the cata. guest house at AssumptIOn Col. Umted States "They VIew have a chance to meet PresIdent a conversatIOn about the Coun. then transfer to another school lyst for his whirlwInd trip - is a lege In ManIla A couple of !:>tu. Amencan lIfe as It IS on "Dal. AqUinO, but he dIdn't know try's new president, Corazon and eventually find a career in priest formerly at St, Philomena dents were assigned to show him las" and "Dynasty" and "The when AqUinO, led to the tnp of a hfe- bUf>1l1essmanagement. Cathohc Church In DetroIt, the around the city "Mamla IS not Cosby Show," They get all our TV After four days In ManIla, he tIme for Grosse POlntel' Ray. "I was Just an ambassador of Rev, Ernesto 0 Javier, S J, glamorous About 70 percent of shows. traveled to Cagayan de Oro, a mond Stocking, 22 Wlthm a few ~ood WIll," he said about his tnp Ph.D, Javier, a native of the the people are liVing 111 poverty," "We're unmformed m OUl" city on the southernmost major weeks, StockIng had flown to to the PhIhppmes "I met a lot of PhIhpplnes, was a pastor of the he saId "They live 10 shacb view of them, too," he saId "For If>land of the Phlhppmes, to VI[,It Mamla and had spent several !:>tudents and people and we church when Stocking was a It's sad mstance, we read a gJeat deal Xavier University There he weeks travelIng around the tdlked about how they VIew child When they met again a "The people 81 e mcredlbly about the demonstratIons by plO talked With students and ex. I country talkmg to students and Amencan life We VIeW them as few months ago, Stocking said mce," he Said "They have sud1 Marcos people In fact, nobody IS changed views of Amencan and cItIzens. d troubled country Economi. they talked about their mutual faith In their country Such cal e warned about the pro ~Iarcos PhIllppme life And he'd met President cally, they're troubled But not admnatlOn for Prel:lident Aquino and concern for each other They group. They're Just a couple Stocking Said he had no trou- AqUinO. otherWise They have a bad taste "Father Javier asked if I'd put theil' handf> out to each thousand people Most FilIpmos ble talkmg to people or meeting Stocking, a graduate of South left flom (deposed President Fer. like to ViSIt the Philippines and other They don't take lots of al'e not concerned Most have no people "I'm very SOCIable," he HIgh, student at Macomb Com. dmand) Marcos, but they're reo meet PreSident AqUInO WIthIn thll1gs fOl' granted, lIkE' we do " good feelmgs at all for Marcos See PHILIPPINES, page 4A Board Change of command About 250 sailors and more than 100 guests attended a special U.S. okays Navy ceremony Monday at the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House. The ceremony is a time-honored Na- parking val tradition thai restates the con- tinuity of authority to the person- nel of the command. The com- mand at the U.S. Navy Recruitlng solution District Detroit was last changed By Nancy Parmenter in June 1985. when Capt. Kenneth Staff Writer M. Martin. right, came to Detroit. The school board authorized Capt. Robert S. Noce, center. will its attorneys to draw up the pa. take over one of the best Naval pel's agreeing to the library recruiting di&trlcts in the country. parking solution proposed by the according to Capt. Paul C. Moess- city of Grosse Pointe Farms - ner, commander of Navy Recruit- but reserved the l'1ght not to ap. ing Area Four, at the left. At the J prove if they don't lIke the de- left, a Naval guard llnes the walk- tails. way. ReservatIons surfaced when board members realized they have no control over a future de. terminatIOn of a need for addI' tlonal parkmg. Part of the pro. Farms public safety contract still being negotiated posal stipulates that if at any By Peter A. Salinas trator with the Michigan Em- out," Lock SElld, "and OUI latest the contract for publIc safety IS those years, but recently has I time the Farms determmes such a need, it can reqUire the schools Staff Writer ployee RelatlOns CommiSSIOn in Pl'opoSCll i~ nO\\ befOl'e them." negotIated, then. we will. CWk. dg!.61.cd 10 Bevel'al of the umon's All three Sides agree that pub. to provide more parking spots. the last several weeks. Both Gla. Lock called the latef.t proposal a tmue to dISCUS::;public safety demands. Trustees wanted to make sure hc safety is ineVItable m Grosse nert and fire umon PreSIdent tentative contract, but both Gla- WIth the city It (the arbitratIOn) Glanert said that If the city Pomte Farms - It'S Just a mat. they don't end up providmg James Turner said they feel that nert and Turner SaId they were WIll bnng US cUl1'ent agreed to the umon's demands tel' of how and when the new parking for shoppers as well as the arbitratIOn wIll deal Solely not an-xious to take that package "We've come more In the last on wording, both Unions would program WIll be implemented. hbrary patrons with the two unions as they now back to the rank and file for ratl' three 01' foul' months than we af,'1'ee to a contract "tomonow" July 1 marked the beginning "How would the council deter. stand, not with the pubhc safety ficatlOn ha ve In years " He noted, however, that It's not of the third year the Farms fire mine the need for additional department, which has not yet "As always some are for pub. Lock saId he beheves that the likely to happen. department has operated under parking?" asked board Secretary been created lic safety and borne ale agamst cIty could ask for al'bitIatlOn and "The cIty has proposed an. the old contract. The police Both men spoke pOSitIvely Carol Marl' It," Glanert saId "We ale not that settlement on the pubhc other contI dct, but we feel we umon has been WIthout a new "They'll be watchmg after the about reachmg an agreement opposed to pubhc sdfety, It ISJUf>t f>afety department questIOn could Lal1't brmg It to our people be- contract for the same time, but Bologna and EdgaI bmldlngs are soon. the WOldll1g on how It will be come that way, which IS In ap cause of the uncleal wording m last year they enteled mto a SIX. G1anelt saId he feels the CIty Implemented th,lt \\ e dre can. completed to see If thete's a sen- parent OppOSItIOn to what the It,' Gianeit saId "We are not month contract for the penod of and the unIOn are very close on CeIned about" ous problem," said VICe PreSI' U1uon offiCIals believe Lock dId dskmg for any more than Oul July I, 1985, to Jan 31, 1986, so economic Issues, but still a great dent Vmcent LoCIcero. Both GlaneI1 and TUl ner Said (oncede the Issue could be one sunoundmg peers have got We that officers could get cost of hv. dIstance apalt on the publIc they dIdn't feel the city's latest 'Preasurer Jon Gandelot noted fO! litIgatIOn Ju!:>tdon't want to be at the bot. mg and a slight wage Increase safety depmtment Implementa. proposal was somethmg that the that the vote to approve SImply Lock s~lld the Clt) has been tom of the totem pole now. "We have been at a dead end tlon wordmg Both declined to meant that the lawyers could go t\VO UnIons would agree to, and lookmg at Implementmg a publIc GOing publIc safety, we would on the wording for a new public give detaIls, smce the contract IS ahead and draw up the papers didn't thmk that they would safety depaltment to! the last never make It up " safety department contract for a under negotIatIOn blll1g It to them fOJ d vote and that the board could still reo seven to 10 years With some m. Lock said the unIOns have long tIme," pohce Cpl Otto B Carrol Lock, Farms CIty con. "As fal a....I am <.oncelned \\ e fuse the compromise "I want to fO!mal dISCUSSIOnsover that pe. been patIent WIth the CIty, but Glanert said troller and member of the city's c10sL be sure that (If they reqUIre ex. are 1\u ne' ..,.ud If the IIOd The city hds 1emamed that the admInistratIOn feels Glaner'l, who has been with negotIating team, SaId that the II j (()l11l'''' tra parking) It's a library prob- arbltl atll dO\\ n helm e ....teadfast on some Issues ovel See CONTRACT, page 2A the Farms depaItment fOl' 30 polIce department command offi.