European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Age 6 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday March 14,199025 passengers injured in train collision Rocky mount. . Apr a eight engine rammed an Amtrak train sitting at a station Early tuesday injury a 25 passengers officials said. Amtrak a northbound 9-car Silver meteor which runs from Florida to new Ork City was about to leave with 471 passengers when it was hit at 1 23 . Gay the engine pulling 96 freight cars said Amtrak spokeswoman Pat Duricka. Twenty five people were injured All it of them aboard the passenger train Aid Lindsay Leckie a spokesman for so transportation operator of the Reight locomotive. A it slammed me into the seat in front of me and then threw me Back in my seat a said Mary Lou Henley of Lackawanna . Nursing supervisor june Williams at a Rocky mount Hospital said 21 patients were treated most for sprains. All had been released by 6 . Except for one who was being examined for a possible compression fracture and another who was suffering Chest pains. Three passenger coaches derailed but did no to turn Over Duricka said from Amtrak Headquarters in Washington. The cause of the Accident was not immediately known. Leckie said he did no to know How fast the locomotive was going but one passenger said she had heard it was Only 3 Miles an hour. The passengers included College students returning from Florida vacations and 22 members of a High school French club travelling to Canada from red Springs . The club members from Flora Mcdonald Academy boarded the train in Fayetteville ., said headmistress Elma Averitte. One student suffered whiplash but rejoined students on buses to new York she said. A we just had a student who was terrified of train rides and we assured her nothing would happen a Averitte said a a we be got another group leaving for London today but they re a it really Wasny to that bad a said a 17-year-old member of the group who gave Only his first name Jonathan. A the girls Leckie said there were no injuries to the three Man Crew of the switch train a locomotive used to move freight cars he said the cars were being taken to a siding for cleaning and probably were crawl up Capitol Steps to lobby for rights legislation Washington apr using her to drag her mall body up the Capitol Steps 8-year-old Jennifer joined some 60 disabled americans monday in pushing for legislation to guarantee their civil rights. A a in la take All night if 1 have to a Jennifer said to others crawling alongside her. She paused just past the Halfway Point for a sip of water on a Bright and unseasonably hot March Day then resumed pulling herself along the rest of the 83 Marble Steps. Jennifer a Blond second grader with cerebral palsy from Denver was the youngest of about 60 people with disabilities who left their wheelchairs and crawled up the West front of the Capitol. They were making a symbolic protest to demand passage of a key Bill pending in the House that would extend civil rights to the disabled. She and the others climbed the Capitol Steps after about 1,000 people walked or Rode in wheelchairs Down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol and held a rally at the base of the Capitol Steps. They were demanding passage of the americans with disabilities act which passed the Senate in 1989 but has been bogged Down in the House this year despite widespread predictions of its ultimate passage. The measure would outlaw discrimination based on physical or mental disability in employment Access to buildings use of Telephone and transportation systems and other areas. Although the Bill has the support of the Bush administration and congressional leaders some supporters have begun questioning the administrations commitment in recent weeks. At the White House Bush press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater denied that the support was slipping and said the administration was negotiating Over the Bill with key members of Congress. A we do support the legislation a Fitzwater said. A a we re very supportive of their rights and their cause. President Bush has spoken out on that in the rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., one of the Bill a backers told the rally that pressure was building for the Bill and that the House Energy and Commerce committee was scheduled to vote on the measure tuesday As a result. The protesters a including those in wheelchairs with seeing Eye dogs or using sign language a wore signs demanding passage of the Bill without weakened amendments. Among those at the rally were James Brady the former White House press Secretary who was snot in the head during the 1981 attack on president Reagan. 1. King Jordan president of Gall University in Washington d.c., and the first deaf person to hold that position at the school for the hearing impaired said a a we re not asking for any favors. We re simply asking for the same rights and Equality any other american a eight year old Jennifer and the other demonstrators wheelchair users gather outside the Capitol on monday after a March Down Pennsylvania Avenue. Began crawling up the Steps to the Capitol As soon As the speeches ended. Unable to move any other Way some rolled on their sides to cover the Concrete spaces Between the five flights of Steps. As Jennifer made her Way her Mother Cynthia Keelan stood watching in the Shade. She said Jennifer decided to crawl up the Steps herself after joining the organization americans disabled for accessible Public transit. A Young Friend of hers in that group 5-year-old Kenny Perkins of Denver died in january. A a in a doing it for Kenny a Jennifer said As she reached the soldiers who walked at driving gis to combat area wont be punished Washington up a two women soldiers who walked at driving troops into an area of heavy fighting in Panama will not be disciplined the said monday reporting its inquiry found there was no a order Given and subsequently Quot the . Army has determined that disciplinary action is not warranted in the Case of two female Drivers who expressed reservations about driving combat troops into Panama City several hours into the first Day of operation just cause a the said in a statement issued from Panama. A commanders inquiry was called after reports in january that the two women had refused to drive troops into a combat area during the dec. 20 invasion of Panama. Some news reports said tears were shed. The reports followed other accounts of women soldiers who had performed Well under fire in Panama reinvigorating the controversy Over whether american women should be assigned to combat duty. Federal Law and policy bars women from joining combat units. Stateside archbishop re examines role of women in Church Seattle apr Seattle archbishop Raymond Hunthausen has cancelled plans to train More deacons until the role of women in the roman Catholic Church is addressed More thoroughly. Women Are not allowed to be deacons. A Many women and men told us that the Church did no to seem to respect the person Hood of women that the Church was patriarchal and unappreciative of women a gifts a said Hunthausen who with coadjutor archbishop Thomas Murphy is helping the . Catholic Bishops to write a pastoral letter. A women in society and the some priests deacons and Lay catholics praised the archbishops decision in calling attention to women a role in the Church but others said they thought it would have no effect other than slowing the flow of deacons into parishes. Deacons perform considerable work in some parishes such As administering the sacraments of baptism and areas jolted by 2 mild aftershocks Upland Calif. Apr two mild aftershocks to the Upland earthquake Shook parts of los Angeles and san Bernardino counties Early monday but no injuries or damages were reported seismologists said. The first aftershock at 3 26 . Measured 3.3 on the Richter scale and the second at 3 29 ., measured 2.8, said Robert finn of the California Institute of technology in Pasadena. Both were entered four Miles Northwest of Upland he said. Upland police received about 20 Telephone Calls from residents who reported feeling the aftershocks but it. John Cannon there were no injuries or damage. _ the feb. 28 Upland earthquake measured 5.5 on the Richter scale and caused nearly $ 13 million in damage according to a preliminary estimate by the state office of emergency services. The Richter scale measures ground motion As recorded on seismographs. An earthquake of magnitude 2 is the smallest normally Felt by humans while a quake of magnitude 3 can cause slight damage. A magnitude 5 quake can cause considerable ii test missile fired from submerged submarine Washington apr a . Navy Trident ii test missile was fired from a submerged submarine on a demonstration and Shakedown cruise off the coast of Florida the defense department announced monday. _. The announcement said the Fleet ballistic missile was launched from the Pennsylvania the second Ohio class nuclear powered submarine built specifically to carry the missile. It was the 30th flight of the missile since january 1987, and was the second to be launched during a demonstration and Shakedown operation designed to test the ability of the Crew to handle maintain and operate the weapons system. After completion of such a launch the submarine is then certified for deployment the defense department said. The announcement said additional underwater launches of Trident ii test missiles Are planned in the months ahead
