European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday september 4,1987page zif a anti War demonstrators delay trains san Francisco not protesters wednesday returned in a naval weapon Transfer Point where a train severed the leg of an anti War any. Two trains scheduled to leave the station were hailed As a result of the renewed demonstrations. The Contra Costa county sheriffs department i investigating 10 determine whether criminal charges should be brought against the civilian Crew of the train that struck the demonstrator at the weapon station in nearby Concord. The injured Man. A Brian Willson of san Rafael Calif a 46-year-old Vietnam Veteran remains in serious condition at John Muir Hospital in Walnut Creek about 30 Miles cast of Here after eight hours of surgery to amputate part of his left leg which was mangled when he was struck by the train. His right Teg was severed below the knee and he also suffered serious head injuries. The weapon station refused wednesday to identify the three members of the Crew operating the train or to provide any information about them other than today they were part of a regular contingent of workers operating the trains that leave the base every Day. About 50 protesters at the site wednesday denounced the Navy for failing to Slop the train thai hit Willson. Stephanie Troyan the Western Region coordinator for the pledge of resistance a nationwide anti War group based in Washington said a rally would be held at noon saturday at the weapon station to protest the incident and demand a congressional investigation Wiltson a longtime peace activist was among group of approximately 25 people demonstrators at the weapon station. Several attempted to Block the train and Willson was struck when the train failed to Stop. Capt. Russell Pilkin of the sheriffs department said it had been Given primary investigative responsibility because the train was travelling on county prop erty from one pan of the Navy base to another. Beginning in 1980, Willson served for three years on the staff of Massachusetts slate sen. Jack h. Backman As a coordinator of veterans affair wednesday Backman now a lawyer in Boston issued a statement calling Willson a True Martyr for world peace and accusing the commander of the naval weapons station and the train Crew of deliberately at Campti no to kill him. Rust from pm Job 1 spectacular Aniual in Moscow on May 28, he showed Reddish cont Lemund his hair was neatly trimmed in the 100 people including25 invited foreign journal us his parents and brother who flew in sunday to be Wii rust described his stunt a hip one else was involved and he did not make his Tinglu Cuiston to Fly into Moscow until Afier he took . An hour later a soviet plane approached
