European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.48. No. 166 saturday september 30, 1989 8693 a inside strikes d air Force toughens fitness standards Page 2 d Bush praises colombian efforts against drug traffickers Page 5 d Al East race goes Down to the wire sports Page 21 d plan will Cut noise from Low flights in w. Germany Back Page Ferdinand Marcos Sho i exile in january 1988. Morons Dies a 72 in Hon Julu Hono Leniu a Ferdin Ltd e. Marcos former Prcz paint of the philippine died thurs Day in diff in exile a life that toe him to the Pinnacle Jit Power and  in his  country. He was 7ft Cor Fin Aquino who came to pm scr in the 1986 uprising that drove Marcos for Ornis Home land be fused again to allow his Burn in the Philip pics citing the need for the Tranquility of this Tate and the order of  � Marcos died at 12 40 a.m., said Eugun Tiwa Nak spokesman at St. Francis medical inter where the former president had been hoi Ktal it for nearly 10 months with kidney Lun and in ailments pneumonia and bacterial inns. At 1 17 a.m., Marcos son Ferdinand jr.,continued Page 3 150 injured 3 killed in Virginia train wreck Calverton a. A an Amtrak train smashed into a firetruck at a Railroad crossing thurs Day night and derailed killing three firefighters and injuring More than i so passengers. The two other firefighters on the truck and two train passengers were listed in critical condition in area hospitals. Both engines and 11 cars of the southbound cres cent bound from new York to Atlanta and new or leans derailed when the collision occurred about 7 40p.m. In this Northern Virginia town about 40 Miles Southwest of Washington said Amtrak spokesman John Jacobson in Washington. The train was carrying 379 passengers and a Crew of 20, he said. Five cars of the 16-car train remained on the track said pal Jeffrey another Amtrak spokesman two firefighters died at the scene and a third died later at a Hospital said sol. Butler Grant of the Fau Quier county sheriffs department. The fir Cluck with five men aboard was responding to a Call from the nearby town of Catlett when the Accident occurred Grant said. Fauquier sheriffs Deputy . Crawford said 150 or More people on the train were injured. Most were trans ported to nearby Prince William Hospital in Prince Wil Liam county and Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton. One firefighter and two passengers were in critical condition at a Washington. . Hospital said a spokeswoman. One firefighter in critical condition with head injuries was flown by helicopter to Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax county said spokeswoman Mary Stuart Rizk. Or. Thomas Ryan of Prince William Hospital said the Hospital had treated about 26 people s injuries most  Steve go vans. A Prince William spokes Man said three were in serious condition and the hos Pital expected a total of 34 injured. Roger Baker administrator of Fauquier Hospital said 27 passengers were treated for minor injuries and released. He said the Hospital was expecting a Busload of another 30 passengers with minor injuries. I understand there arc a great Many people who arc not injured he said. We heard a big thump like. Then 1 could Tell the train came off the tracks. I started bracing myself said passenger William Roby of Bowie md., who was in the first or second passenger car of the  and a group were headed from Washington to new Orleans to Sec the National football league Gam Between the Washington redskins and the new or leans saints on sunday. Luckily the train was t going very fast said Roby. All the derailed cars on the train remained upright he said. Roby said two people in his car were Hurt but non of the injuries appeared serious. One woman sitting in the front Row of the car was Hurt when she flew out of her scat and hit the Wall and others were injured when their seats broke lose he said. Juliet Blair an american University student from Ossining. . Said help arrived within minutes and rescuers put ladders up to the sides of the cars to Hel people climb Down. We were really Lucky she said. No lights were flashing at the crossing and no lights were necessary because it was a private drive. Susa to reported citing state police. Jacobson said the Speed limit for the train was 79mph at the crossing but he did not know How fast the train was travelling. National transportation safety Board spokesman Allan Pollock said the Board sent an investigative team to the scene of the Accident accompanied by Nosb Board member Lee Dickinson. School buses were taking uninjured passengers to a school in Calverton state police said. Blair said am Trak officials told passengers that buses were being sent see train on Back Page House oks capital gains tax Cut Washington up the House of representatives handed president Bush a major budget Victor thursday by soundly rejecting a democratic plan to raise taxes on the Rich and restore Ira tax deductions. More than five dozen democrats contributed to the 239-190 margin of Victory for Bush in a vote that was set up As an either or Choice so defeat of the democrats Ira plan meant Victory for Bush s proposal tout capital gains taxes. The House is expected to vote on the Overall Bill and Send it to the Senate next week after other difficult issues such As catastrophic health and child care arc resolved. An Uncertain Fate awaits the measure in the Senate where the democratic leadership also opposes a capital gains Cut. The Basic Bill is a $16.5 billion Revenue and deficit reduction package that is needed to meet Gramm Rud Man limits on the budget deficit for fiscal year 1990, which begins sunday. If the $100 billion 1990 deficit target is not met by oct. 15, the balanced budget Law would Force across the Board spending cuts of about $16.2 billion split evenly Between defense and Domestic programs. Bush issued a statement praising the House Vole which moved him a step closer to fulfilling a 1988 Campaign Promise. 2 gis killed in fort Stewart mortar blast fort Stewart a. A a mortar Shell exploded and killed two fort Stewart soldiers during a training exercise thursday one Day after three soldiers were killed when an artillery Shell overshot its target at fort Sill okla. The fort Stewart soldiers were killed while firing 4.2-Inch shells at the base s mortar Range said it. Colonel Herbert Blanks spokesman for the  safety Center at fort Rucker ala., which sent a team of investigators. Maj. Donald Keeling a fort Stewart spokesman said the mortar Shell that exploded could have been faulty or one of the victims might have made an error setting the timing fuse on the Shell. At this Point we really Don t know what happened he said. Mortar rounds can be set to explode in the air or on Impact but Keeling said twas not known whether the round exploded in its tube or after being detonated at the base near Savannah in Southeastern Georgia. Authorities did not release the names of the victims pending notification of relatives the soldiers killed at fort Sill were in the seventh week of an eight week train ing course at the sprawling Field arty Center in Southwest Oklahoma. The were in formation preparing to leave a training site when the artillery round hit about 5 . We know it happened. Now we re going to find out Why it  said Brig. Gen. Clyde a. Henrics director of  safety at fort Rucker which also sent investigators to fort Sill. Officials said the round from a howitzer overshot a target area by about a half mile and fell 10 to 15 feet behind the soldiers. Henrics said investigators had t determined which artillery was involved in the Accident. Post spokesman said Lomm and 155mm and 8-Inch Howitz ers were being fired wednesday. Camouflage fatigues helmets boots jackets and other military Wear were strewn across about a 25-Yard area at the Accident site. They heard a whistle of incoming a blast and then they were blown off their see Mohtar on Back Page