European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28  stars and stripes wednesday january 7, 1967 freight train ran Stop sign probes say Chase. My. A three Conrail in Jinks struck by a passenger train in a Colli Sion thai killed 15 people and injured More than 170 had run a Stop signal moments before in crash said officials investigating Amtrak s wont Accident. The Engineer operating the con Mil engines told the Railroad in a written statement he saw he Slop signal about500 feet from the site of sunday s crash but was unable to mop in time said Joesph t. Nail a member of the nation Al transportation safety Board. The last bodies Isom the disaster were pulled from the wreckage monday. Nail told a news conference thai the track switches near the Accident were set up for the a Nurak train. He also said the Conrail train s signal indicated Slop for 31 least three hours before the Accident. Officials did not know what was shown by another signal about two Miles before the signal nearest the collision. The train the colonial was moving about 100 Mph when it slammed into the cd Jurail engines. I my a authorities said the freight train moved out from the siding milliseconds i before the arrival of the passenger Irain Fonto the  Federal Railroad administration head John Riley said on the menei1-Lhrer report on pcs. He said officials believe the Amtrak Engineer who was killed had no time to react and Well be Able to confirm that with certainty As we examine the  Baltimore county police maj. Robert Oatman said 176 people were taken to hospitals with injuries ranging front visa not required on by the Stan Uii Stuttgart . Military me Ben travelling to France no id to have their travel documents is consulates a Neucom spokes monday. The policy went into Eft fun late no vember and was Conj cd by the French government mr23. Maj. Den Nis Pinkham said of military person ton temporary duly in France must by a military identification card a nato travel orders. .  travelling through France we of on temporary duty must have and card and a Neucom form 80.  document needed to Cross Bordle Ilary personnel travelling to France heave must have an id card and a 3m form 80. None of the form squared a Coumeri signature by French officials. Department of defense civilians and All family members must carry a . Passport with a French visa. Everal different visas Are available 1 on desired length of stay. A one-ycarrgjjllip1e-Cntry visa is the longest Avail Labno . Forces related person Nel. Isaiak available to personnel with a . Pass Olund a civilian or dependent id card. Of tos Are required for visa applications. The Only Issue  undecided is the Type of visa to Bavven to family members with non-. A Cwm Pink Ham said. The . Embassy rat Faris will announce the requirements Are worked out he said. Very serious to not As  Man were treated and released. The 12-car Amtrak train originated in Washington d.c., and was headed to Boston and Springfield. Mass., when i crashed and derailed about 1 30 . Sunday piling three passenger can atop each other and blocking traffic on the Busy Norih Easi rail corridor the Conrail diesels were in route from Baltimore to Harrisburg a. While the probe of the wreckage continued and teams worked to repair the rail bed so service could be restored Nosb officials ordered routine drug Lesl for surviving Crew members As pan of their investigation. Nail said earlier total both the Amtrak train and the Conrail diesels were equipped with pulse event recorder that could yield valuable information on the trains Speed braking throttle condition i and other elements of operation. The re-1 Carder from the Conrail engine had been removed and were apparently in i i Good enough condition he Iai Reagan from Page 1 lion. A later White House announce ment however said he received antibiotics before entering the Hospital and during the procedure and would continue to receive them for a few weeks. The announcement said 23 Grams or slightly less than an ounce of tissue was removed from the president s pros tale. He said preliminary testing was done by microscopic examination of a Frozen Section. Regan spent about an hour and a half with Reagan on monday afternoon bring ing a briefcase full of paperwork. It was Regan s second visit of the Day. Responding la shouted questions from reporters Regan said of the president he s Fine in Good  asked what they talked about Regan replied All kinds of regular business. Vice president George Bush was in his office during the operation. The surgery was performed to relieve what a spokesman described As mild recurring discomfort from an enlarged prostate. The president had a similar operation 20 years ago. No complications were encountered in surgery. The president s general condition is excellent speaker quoted or. Oliver t. Beahn one of the physicians in attendance As saying. Hutton said the hour Long operation was a very routine trans urethral reset  Reagan had taken a spinal Anes thetic in Advance of the operation. Prostate Issue removed during the surgery monday will be examined in the Laboratory Bui Hutton said a preliminary View of All specimens shows no suspicion of cancer 1 a computerized a Ray examination of his internal organs is scheduled for tues Day but Mutton said All tests so far showed no evidence of a recurrence of the cancer. Sunday s Colon rumination was a Fol Low up to surgery the president under went m july 1985, in which a malignant polyp was removed from the president slower intestine. The prostate is a sen gland surrounding the urethra at the base of the bladder. A trans urethral involves the insertion of a Small flexible instrument into the Penis and through the urethral canal which passes through the prostate to the bladder. The instrument has a Liny electrically charged wine on the end which i used tout away pieces of the prostate obstruct ing the canal. Navy from Page 1 continued but the merchant vessel is thought to be still in that port. The o Bannon was standing off in coast of ire United Arab emirates in International watery the . Central command is investigating the incident the Pentagon said. The sources said the initial reports from the scene had also been unclear As to whether the missile had been fired from the unidentified merchant ship or per haps from some other ship or aircraft. The Pentagon however asserted in its statement that the missile had been tracked from the merchant ship. The helicopter an sh-2 anti submarine chopper had been dispatched from the o Bannon to ascertain the identity and National Flag of the merchant ship. Such surveillance is conducted routinely by the five Navy ships currently patrolling in the persian Gulf. The Pentagon in a prepared statement said it did not know the identity of the merchant vessel. The Heli copter was about three Miles from the merchant ship when the missile was fired and about 38 Miles from Theo Bannon the Pentagon said. The helicopter was conducting a routine surface surveillance Mission the Pentagon said adding the incident occurred at sea approximately 75 nautical Miles West Northwest of Dubai United Arab emirates. The sh-2, also known As the sea sprite normally carries a Crew of three and is armed Only with two torpedoes. The chopper assigned to the o Bannon is part of helicopter so 36, which is based in Mayport fla., the Pentagon said. The o Bannon is based in Charleston . The Navy s Mideast Force has maintained a pres ence in the persian Gulf for several years in pan be cause of the War Between Iran and Iraq. Oil tankers bound for Iran have frequently come under attack by i forces. Iran has forced merchant ships to submit inspections at sea for War Materiel that might be several months ago a . Navy warship prevented an american cargo vessel from being slopped by an iranian  the toll on commercial shipping. In the Gulf has mounted there have been reports that commercial ships were being armed with surface to air missiles. However the Pentagon said it cannot speculate on what a merchant vessel of another country May be carrying it said it did not know what Type of missile had been fired at the helicopter. The . Central come which a responsible for Alt . Forces in the Mideast Region is headquartered a Macdill fab in Florida. The Pentagon said the investigation of the incident was being conducted by the command s Forward Headquarters which operates off the Navy flagship Lasalle in the Gulf. The Pentagon declined to elaborate when asked How he incident was being investigated. From Page 1 put on the chopping Block in pret mums am Trak rail service College Loans food programs and mass transit Are again tar deep cuts or elimination. Reagan proposes eliminating Federal Arrak subsidies entirely and Selling he rail passenger Corpora lion s Washington new York Boston line. Fun i pm Grams would come in for some of he deep est Cim of All in the new budget. Spending on All farm programs would be slashed id s26.3 billion from the current  billion.-1 " spending reduced 10 $ 18.2 billion by 1990 the proposed changes would a farm target prices by 10 Pujo a year to reduce incentives 10 Over coital tie current minimum $250,000 thai  Farmer can receive would the budget Calls for a 28 percent increase or is is million for the government s program to combat aids. The budget facts an Uncertain Fate on Capitol Hill especially now that both Chambers Are under demo uralic control. And As they have done in previous years congressional Leaden voiced scepticism in Advance toward the 1 budget. Projects j916.6 billion in hich begins next oct the s842.4  Ifim fled and while it doe9mrauy Call for tax increases,s23 baiionoymm5te