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...deposed dictator fended off legal actions, citizens of Davenport, Iowa, responded enthusiastically to a disk jockey's appeal to ease the plight of the Marcoses--sending 1,500 pairs of used footwear, including bowling shoes and swim fins, to replace the collection former First Lady Imelda left behind at Malacanang Palace. One hundred pairs were sent to Mrs. Marcos, the rest to the local Salvation Army...
...Malacanang Palace, the former presidential residence, continued to yield evidence of Marcos' ostentatious ways. No fewer than 15 limousines, five standard Mercedes-Benz cars, a BMW, a Datsun and a Nissan still sit in the mansion's garage, as does the plush personal bus that Imelda used for political outings. Its appointments include 14 armchairs, two beds, a kitchen and bath. Parked nearby is the hospital-on-wheels that accompanied Marcos on his campaign stops earlier this year, its dialysis machine and operating table pointed reminders of the former President's frail health...
...focus the question by meditating upon the 2,700 pairs of shoes that Imelda Marcos left behind in Malacanang Palace. A person's vision may cloud a little as he tries to peer into the shadows of Swiss bank vaults or into the double-bottomed luggage of the Marcos real estate deals. But the image of the 5,400 shoes of Imelda Marcos makes the metaphysics vivid...
According to Salonga, the Aquino government found "smoking gun" documents at Malacanang Palace, the presidential residence, that link Marcos with bank deposits in Brazil, Switzerland and the Bahamas, as well as with property in the U.S. Salonga said the papers prove that Marcos used intermediaries to buy properties in New York, including a shopping complex in Manhattan and a posh estate on Long Island. Total value: approximately $350 million...
Salonga has said documents found in Malacanang Palace after Marcos and his family abandoned it link them to New York real estate valued at $350 million, which they have denied owning...