European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 6 the stars and stripes monday april 8, 1991 visa Warsaw Poland Kupij a six Western european countries including Germany were to open their Borders at Midnight sunday to allow polish citizens to travel freely without visas. A the decision is one of the elements of the formation of Europe a said Janusz Ziolkowski an official in president Lech Walesa a office. A it is a Challenge for Andrzej Drzycimski Walesa s spokesman said poles Are overjoyed that they can be closer to Europe by travelling in the West. / y Drzycimski said Poland has always considered itself part of Europe although Western Europe ignored it when Poland was under communist Rule. A it was Europe that betrayed us a Drzycimski said at a recent news Confer world enc recalling the 1945 Yalta agreement that placed Poland in the sphere of soviet domination although it was a Western ally during world War ii. A we fought for a Long time for this right to get closer to Europe a he said. Germany France Italy Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands All dropped visa requirements for poles to travel in their territory. A Neo nazi groups from throughout Germany planned to rally at the Border monday to try to prevent poles from entering Germany the polish news Agency Pap said. The six nations followed Denmark a decision of March 12 to allow unrestricted travel for poles. Finland Norway and Sweden Are also expected to open their Borders to poles in the near future. Austria which dropped visa requirements for poles last year decided to return to the visa system after experiencing an influx of illegal traders and Black mar Ket labourers. Czechoslovakia and Hungary earlier got permission for its citizens to travel to the six countries and czechoslovak can also travel without visas to Britain. Polish authorities fearing Poland a image could be tarnished by smugglers taking advantage of the new Freedom issued Stem warnings in the Media about possible deportations of those caught Selling illegal goods or working illegally. Interior ministry spokesman Wojciech Wroblewski warned on a nationally Tele Vised program that those who were deported will lose their passports. A we Are afraid that a relatively Small group of people May create an unfavourable image for the majority of poles a said foreign ministry spokesman Wladyslaw Klaczynski. Zygmunt Janczyk spokesman for the main polish customs office said his staff at the Border was increased by 20 percent and controls will be Tough. A the polish Border services will mount an intensive operation to combat smuggling of alcohol tobacco and artwork a Janczyk said. Janczyk also said that All those travelling by train will have to have reserved seats so that the officers can easily carry out inspections. Jewels reported stolen from aircraft Luggage from wire reports Sydney a an International investigation was under Way sunday into a Large theft of jewels from aircraft Luggage Between Hong Kong and Sydney according to Media reports. Reports estimated the jewelry was Worth Between $2 million and $4 million and belonged to Mia Oyama a wealthy japanese businesswoman with property interests in Australia. According to the australian broadcasting commission Abc newscast sunday Oyama boarded a Qantas flight in Hong Kong bound for Melbourne with six bags. Five of those bags arrived in Melbourne but a cosmetic Case containing the jewelry was found going around a Luggage Carousel in Sydney with forced locks and minus a highly valuable ring necklace and several Pearl pieces. 34 Hurt in bus Accident Beaune France thirty four. German tourists were hospitalized two with serious Init rims after their bus rolled Over sunday in this wine growing Region in Southern France regional authorities said. The bus registered in Whiten near Frankfurt was heading Home from a tour of Spain with 65 tourists and three Drivers on Board when it flipped on the a-36 Highway near Sant Jean de lose. Quot a a v the two most seriously injured passengers were lifted by helicopter to a Hospital in Dijon authorities reported. Another 32 were taken Overland to hospitals in Dijon Beaune and Dole. 11 killed by land mine Dipolo Philippines a eleven people including a 2-year-old girl were killed when an army truck hit a land mine planted by rebels the military said sunday. Quot the girl was among six civilians killed saturday after they hitched a ride on the truck near the Mountain town of Molave in Zamboanga Del sur province 470 Miles Southeast of Manila a military report said. The other five killed were soldiers of the 32nd inf in who were transporting Bamboo poles for a construction project the report said. Peaceful demonstration police in an armoured vehicle watch a group of zulus armed with a variety of weapons demonstrate in a Black township near Johannesburg South Africa the Zulu based inkatha Freedom party held the rally sunday. Eggs Greet Kohl in East i Erfurt Germany up a several Hundred people booed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and a handful of youths threw eggs toward him sunday when he visited Eastern Germany for the first time in several months. About 500 people gathered outside the regional parliament of the state of Thuringia to express their discontent Over soaring unemployment and economic hardships in the Eastern part of the country. Several demonstrators chanted a out out out As bodyguards protected Kohl from eggs thrown at him. Group of protesters Sang Quot betrayed by the old government a sold out by the new one a in reference to the former East German communist leadership and the management of the Bonn government now. Kohl who last visited Eastern Germany during the Campaign for the dec. 2, 1990 All German election received a lukewarm reception sunday a in Sharp contrast to the heroes Welcome he received last year. On his. Last visit to the Small City of Erfurt in february 1990, about 130,000 people had Given him a rapturous ovation As he promised to Lead Germany to unification. But on sunday just Over six months after the oct. 3 merger Only a few dozen people cheered and clapped. Cuban train Mexico City a a train derailed saturday in Central Cuba killing at least 56 people and injuring 241 others cubans official Prensa Latina news Agency least sex cars derailed about 4 30 . Just after passing Santo Domingo on a trip from Havana Southeast to Guantanamo the Agency said in a dispatch monitored in Mexico. A Prensa latin journalist said by Telephone that two radio stations reported at six cars derailed but that another government news Agency said seven were off the track. It was not known How Many cars were in the train or How Many people it was carrying. The crash site is 156 Miles Southeast of Havana. Television film shown in Havana showed one car that was twisted and badly damaged he said. He said All the dead and injured had 56 killed been removed. The train was on a Flat stretch near mountains when the derailment occurred he said. The Agency said a commission was investigating the cause of the derailment. Preliminary reports indicated the tracks were in bad condition the Agency reported quoting a radio station. The injured were taken to hospitals in Santa Clara capital of Villa Clara province the Agency said. \ Fla. J v j v. 200 Miles it Vav Ocean 200 pm a a Atlantic Havana v o 6 Santa Clara train derailed "v1 Santo Domingo Caribbean sea Jamaica Guantanamo Quot x hair it ap/5&s
