European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday april 8, 1986 world today two passengers were impaled by the Post penetrating the backs of bus seats when the vehicle crashed into a Fence. Bus runs off Road near Toronto 23 american passengers injured Toronto up a chartered bus carrying 40 americans to the Toronto zoo crashed into a Chain link Fence sunday injuring 23, including two impaled on a rail that smashed through the Windshield police said. Two children were among the five people seriously injured when the bus ran off the Road and crashed into the Fence As it was travelling on Queen Elizabeth Way just West of Toronto in the suburb of Mississauga. It was one of two Blue Bird coach lines buses carrying Buffalo n.y., adult students and their children from Erie county Community College to the Toronto zoo. For reasons that we Haven t yet determined the bus ran off the Highway and into the Hainlink Fence said staff sgt. Frank Harvey of the Ontario provincial police. The top of the Fence went through the Windshield Impal ing some of the one passenger was impaled through the Abdomen and another through the shoulder As the rail a pipe about 3 inches in diameter smashed through the Windshield and rammed almost the entire length of the school bus police said. It went through the seats knocked a child out of the seat and went through my brother s shoulder said Rachelle Hall 24, a student at the Buffalo based College. Her brother David Roberts 31, was in critical Condi Tion at Toronto general Hospital. It was a disaster said Hall who was in the second bus. There was Glass everywhere. People were screaming everywhere. They were Hall said it took about an hour for authorities to free the victims because of the rail impaling two of them. Supplies reach herdsmen cattle trapped by Snow in China peking a Relief supplies have reached More than 1,200 herdsmen and 14,000 cattle trapped by Snow in Northwestern Xin Jiang province since late March the offi Cial news Agency Xinhua said. No deaths have been reported the news Agency said. The Snow with drifts up to 12 feet deep blocked roads in Wensu and Akyi counties and tax Organ tajik autonomous county Xinhua said. The temperature dropped to four below Zero. Border guards sent 350 men 16 vehicles and 45 horses to open a Road and carry food and Medicine for the herdsmen and grass for their cattle Xinhua said. The report said Relief work was continuing. 2 . Climbers starting ascent of mount Everest sister Peak Katmandu Nepal a two . Alpinist have set out to climb Nup tse a sister Peak of Everest through an untrodden Southeastern Spur route. I prefer the new route. I like the adventure said team Leader Jeff Lowe 35. It is More interesting to find your own Way rather than following an old Trail doing what already has been Lowe said he has wanted to climb the Peak since he saw the panoramic View of Nup tse while working on Everest with an american medical research expedition in 1981. He will be accompanied by Mark twight. Lowe and twight will embark on the 25,649-foot Nup tse after ascending a nearby smaller Peak Kanute Gaghich is 22,235 feet High. Three other climbers Allison Hargreaves 24, of eng land Bruce Roghaar 38, of the United states and Tom Frost 50, of the United states will participate in thekan Tega climb. Asian Art exhibition opened by president of Bangladesh Dhaka Bangladesh a the month Long 3rd asian Art exhibition has opened Here with 489 artworks from 16 countries under the theme Art for peace opening the exhibition Bangladesh president Hus Sain Muhammad Ershad said never before has the longing for peace been Felt so much throughout a five member International jury awarded a Gold medal to artist Sadi Al Gabi of Iraq for his mixed medium work entitled "desert-4x." second prize went to Husa Mitten Kocan of Turkey and third prize to Gerardo Gerry ten of the Philippines. The exhibition s artworks come from Japan China India the soviet Union South Korea Malaysia Iran Iraq Turkey saudi Arabia sri Lanka Qatar Paki Stan the Philippines the maldives and Host Bangladesh. A an official vows to curb wine adulteration Rome up agriculture minister Filippo Pandolfi announced plans sunday for sweeping legislation to curb adulteration of wine with methanol and protesters lobbied parliament demanding he resign. Pandolfi said prime minister Bettino Praxi s Cabinet will study later this week a Bill drawn up by his department and will refer it to parliament for approval. Wine poisoned with illicit doses of methanol or Methyl alcohol has killed at least 19 people in Italy in less than a month. Denying the scandal has damaged exports Pandolfi said. He told a news Confer ence that French agriculture minister Francois Guillaume was cooperating with him to prevent random discrimination against italian wines in France. He said he would meet West German counterpart Ignaz Kiechle tuesday. The image of italian wine abroad has not been compromised for Good Pandolfi said. The measures proposed include confiscating plants and handing Down stiffer Pris on terms for offending businessmen. More inspectors would be recruited to beef up fraud squads taking the total num Ber of officials available from 367 at pre sent to 900, Pandolfi said. Authorities have reported finding As much As 20 times the Legal limit of Metha nol permitted in White wine. In future the government also will make any necessary changes in standards for wine production by decree avoiding Long delays in parliament he said. He said investigators have determine that most wine laced with toxic Levels of methanol has been traced to four wholesale companies in the provinces of Parma Cuneo Ravenna and Taranto. About 20 deputies and militants from the libertarian Radical party gathered outside parliament and urged Pandolfi and health minister Costante Degan to resign. Police bundled the demonstrators into vans and drove them to Headquarters but released them an hour later after identification. Pandolfi said he has no plans to quit. One thing i am not going to do now is abandon my Post he said. Five More people were admitted to Hospi tals in Rome and Naples saturday night with suspected methanol poisoning. Police said Public emergency Telephone hotlines in the capital were jammed. Achille Lauro runs aground near egyptian Harbor Alexandria Egypt a the Achille Lauro the italian cruise ship seized by palestinian gunmen in october ran aground sunday just outside Alexandria har Bor with about 600 tourists aboard port officials said. The ship was re floated later in the Day and was to leave for port said Egypt monday morning As scheduled the officials said. No injuries were reported among the passengers or the ship s Crew headed by capt. Gerardo de Rosa the same skipper who was at the Helm when the Blue and White luxury liner was commandeered on oct. 7. The exact number of Crew members was not known but the Crew normally numbers about 340. Maj. Gen. Anwar Hegazy chief of the Alexandria port authority said Navy ships and divers were sent to the Shipto re float it. Hegazy said the Accident occurred As an egyptian Pilot tried to Man Euver the vessel through wind tossed seas into the Harbor. The wind blew the slow moving ship towards port he said and it became stuck in Sand in shallow Waters. On oct. 7, terrorists seized the Achille Lauro several hours after More than 500 passengers disembarked at Alexandria for an Overland trip to Cairo to see the great pyramids and other tourist Sites near the egyptian capital. The hijackers held the liner for two Days leading it on an Odyssey through the Eastern Mediterranean As far As Syria. Leon Klinghoffer 69, a wheelchair bound new yorker was killed before the pirates surrendered to egyptian authorities on oct. 9. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak sent the four hijackers on their Way to Tunisia supposedly for trial by the Palestine liberation organization. . Navy fighters forced the plane to land in Sicily where the hijackers we rearrested. They already have been convicted in italian court and sentenced on weapons offences but have yet to stand trial on murder and piracy charges
