European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 4, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 world today woman suffers minor injuries after car descends 350 feet Melieres Switzerland a a woman escaped with minor injuries when her car skidded off an icy Road broke through the Guardrail and tumbled about 350 fee Down a Hill police said. Catherine Gertschen 26, was thrown out of the car and Suir ered a broken jaw and facial cuts in the Early morning crash said Valais police spokesman Raymond Collon. She apparently lost control of the vehicle by jamming the brakes when it hit an icy Patch he said. Gertschen a resident of this Western Swiss Village was taken to a Hospital for treatment. Citizens will no longer need visa Between Sweden Hungary Budapest Hungary Dpi Hungary and Sweden have decided to cancel the Vita requirement Between the two countries Jen. 1,1986. The agreement was signed in Budapest by hungarian Dep Uty foreign minister Peter Kovary and the swedish ambassador to Hungary Vidor Hellmers. It provides that both Hun Garian and swedish citizens can visit each others countries by merely presenting their valid passports. Sweden is the third country in the West after Finland and Austria where hungarian citizens do not need a visa if they have valid passports. Hungarians also May visit other Warsaw pact countries without a visa. Hungarian citizens Are allowed to visit the West once a year and they Are entitled to buy As much As $500 per person in hard currency. Hungary is the Only Warsaw pact nation that allows is citizens to travel to those three Western countries without a visa and does not require a visa for citizens from those countries. Switzerland rejects proposal to ban live animal experiments Geneva a Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected an environmentalist proposal for Banning almost All live animal experiments in Switzerland. The government and the pharmaceutical Industry opposed the plan As a threat to jobs in research. In a nationwide poll the proposed constitutional Amend ment was Defeated 70.5 percent to 29.5 in the popular vote the Federal chancellery Saiof turnout was 37.5 per cent. All of the 22 cantons states rejected the measure. The Valais Canton in Western Switzerland  the greatest negative margin with 88.5 percent of the voter opposed. German youth group launches Campaign against prejudice by de reams staff writer , Germany Young germans have Lakin to a new National movement against racism a spokesman for the Campaign said. Our initial printing of 100,000 posters was gone within a few weeks and we arc flooded with requests for new posters slogan pins and our Calendar of events for the coming year said Wolfgang Romisch managing editor of ran a monthly Magazine for youth. The Magazine published under the auspices of the German labor Union kicked off its keep your hands off my buddy Mach Meinn Kumpul Nicht an Campaign earlier this year with a Udo Lindenburg con Cert in Gronau. Romisch said the Campaign now is catching on among youth in factories schools Trade schools and Church groups throughout the country. The Campaign currently is collecting information about racism in Germany publishing an eight Page supplement on the latest National and International developments in combating racism and planning for a multinational meeting in autumn 1986. One of the main reasons for Starling the Campaign was increasing racism within certain sectors against All for Eigners especially turkish workers Romisch said. The organization is trying to educate the German Public about unemployment he said. We Don t have unemployment because of the Force pm workers but because of a structural crisis in our econ omy he said. Should the foreigners disappear Over night we would still have a grave unemployment prob Lem because the majority of the foreigners work at unskilled jobs that pay so Little a German could not support his family. We also try to remind the German people that our so called economic Miracle of the 1950s would not have happened without the foreign workers we  he said the Campaign also is trying to overcome the prejudice Many germans have about people from the third world who ask for political Asylum  we seem to understand when someone flees an Hast bloc country but not Pakistan Afghanistan or Many of the Arab countries where persecution also exists he said. The German Campaign and similar movements in Bel Gium the Netherlands Norway Denmark Sweden and Switzerland were patterned after the French "s.o.s. Racism Campaign with the same slogan touch Pas a Mon pot Romisch said. The purpose of the National organizations is to collect information on the daily practice of racism in these countries work out new ideas for publicizing racist practices and to coordinate the Europe wide anti racist Campaign to be held next autumn he said. The founder of the French Campaign was Harlem keep your hands off my buddy Csir a 25-year-old history student whose Mother is from Alsace and whose father is from the French Island of Caudal up in the West indies. We will fight and prevent racism through deeds in schools bars restaurants and on the streets to show our Arab jewish vietnamese and african friends that they do not stand alone Desir said in his founding statement. We want to push the racist out onto the fringe of Civili de society and make it Clear that the cultural and ethnic differences have enriched French  Csir blames increasing animosity and physical at tacks on foreigners in France on economic conditions. The Campaign slogan has been parodied by French politician Jean Marie be pen spokesman for the National front party. Be pen who demands that Alt for eign workers in France be sent Home was elected to the european parliament in Brussels with the slogan keep your hands off my  thanks Vang Frain to Vienna is big success7 by Betty Bell staff writer Vienna Austria a record number of military members and . Civilians travelled the Deutsche Bun Desbah s third annual thanksgiving express to Vienna this past weekend and gave the Holiday excursion rave reviews. I had heard about this Holiday train in past years and had my doubts said John g. Rhyme principal at Bamburg elementary school Nuernberg. But this is neat. His wife Irene Rhyne also a teacher said we met Cople from the school system we did t expect to Sef we be spent 20 years in Europe and this was our first trip to Vienna. This was a Good Way to trav the German railway pressed two trains into service to accommodate the More than 1,200 Holiday travel cos the thanksgiving train has been a big Success said Klaus Mohr regional chief director of tourism Shin of German rail in the Frankfurt area. Amen cans like to make the tour if it is possible and the end no to travel very much be v joins for the Secone so we try to offer something new and different each  Mohr said moving 1,200 people is a difficult task. We must begin to organize three or four months in Advance. We arrange the vouchers for hotels and Spe Cial Tours and we must arrange for English speaking  the two trains picked up passengers from various Points around Germany the night before thanksgiving. The red train carried participants from Stutt Gart Frankfurt Hanau Aschaffenbur Wuerzburg and Nuernberg. Blue train passengers boarded at Kaiserslautern Mannheim Heidelberg and Darm Stadt. Each train had a bar car and 12 passenger cars with sleeping berths. After the late evening departure Pas sengers were requested to give travel documents to their conductors before going to sleep so they would not have to be awakened at the Border. A Wake up Call the next morning announced breakfast before the train arrived in Vienna. Once in Vienna travellers were bused to one of six hotels where baggage was delivered to their rooms. The package tour included three nights of lodging breakfast each morning and a City tour. Optional Tours and activities included thanksgiving dinner the Spanish Riding school Mozart boys choir Baden Casino and Vienna Woods. Many passengers expressed their satisfaction with the tour. The trip was Worth the Money just for the train ride and hotel said 1st it. Richard Brown spokes Man for his group of travelling partners from the 1 Ith army Cav regt Fulda. Of course we did t spend a lot of time in them. We did All the sightseeing on our own and we especially liked the night  Betty Pharoah a teacher at Bundlach elementary school Nuernberg said she and her husband enjoyed the trip very much. They did a Beautiful Job with the organization and the train has been a convenient Way to Sec  for capt. Jeff cry Heller of 7th medical come the Holiday trip was a time to seek out personal history. My family comes from Austria and we were Able to Fina a jewish neighbourhood and cat Kosher food he said. We did t know what to expect i rom the trip but it turned out we did t have to worry about anything and we did everything we wanted to do said Heller s wife Alicia. Col. Mike Mccormick of Heidelberg said we had heard so much Good about this trip we decided to do it. It s a Good Way to come on your  capt. Murk Paylon and his wife Diane from wies Baden made the trip with two youngsters Ages 3 years and 15 months. Travelling with the children on the train was t a problem. We d do it again Payton said. Individual and group German Railroad Tours Are available year round at reasonable prices. For information Contact do ticket offices. Der travel agencies itt us or any do sales Agency