European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 10 the stars and stripes wednesday May 15, 1991japanese trains collide killing 42 Tokyo apr a train packed with tourists crashed head on with another passenger train in Western Japan on tuesday. Police said 42 people were killed and 402 injured. Japan s worst rail Accident in 19 years occurred on a 10-mile-Iong single track line called the Shig Araki Highlands rail. Way in Shiga prefecture near the ancient capital Kyoto and 230 Miles West of Tokyo. Local railway officials said failure. In a signalling device might be to blame. The front cars of both trains buckled on Impact and television footage1 showed one car Jackknife into the air. Rescuers climbed ladders to reach the top of the wreckage. A. Passengers were pinned Between mangled scats and rescuers used Power saws and ropes to remove survivors from the twisted cars. Emergency Crews carried away bloodied passengers on stretchers and on their backs. Quot All of a sudden i heard a thunderous bang and Felt a tremendous Shock in the Back and there were people screaming All Over a a passenger in his 60s said in a televised interview. Quot i did no to feel any brakes a said another unidentified passenger interviewed on television. A a we just hit with a loud a Farmer said he heard the crash at his Home a mile from the Accident site. Most of the passengers on one train were tourists going to a world pottery festival in the town of Shig Araki police said. Shiga prefecture police did not know if any foreigners were among the dead but said at least one foreigner was injured. Police identified him As James clean Wood 21, and said they were trying to determine his nationality. The authorities said the injured were being treated at seven hospitals and clinics and Many were seriously Hurt. Chief Cabinet minister miso i Sakamoto said the government had sent investigators to the scene. A three car express of the West Japan railway co. From Kyoto packed with about 500 tourists a 240 percent of Normal capacity a was headed to Shig Araki such crowding is common in Japan during holidays special events or Rush hour even on the 125-Mph a Bullet at 10 35 a.m., the express collided with a four car local train from Shig Araki in route to Kibukawa the other end of the Highlands railway. About 100 passengers were on the local train. It was not immediately known How fast the trains were going when they collided. Rail officials said the maximum Speed limit on the Highlands railway is 50 Mph. The officials said the trains were supposed to have passed each other at a 100-Yard-Long siding about a mile and a half from the Accident site. However because of the apparent fault with the signal the local train left a nearby station 10 minutes later than scheduled and the other train failed to wait at the siding the officials said. They spoke on condition of from Page 1 ing the White House with their backs to the Washington Monument. Crowds of tourists strained to get a glimpse of the Queen As she stood on a Rcd carpet podium with the president. The Only snafu was a Balky Public address system that made Bush a remarks difficult to. Hear at times. Bush said the Royal visit came at a time when the two countries were celebrating their Victory in the persian Gulf. As in world War ii a a we linked hands. And hearts in the Gulf to do what was right and Good a he said addressing the Queen Bush said a you have been freedoms Friend for As Long As we remember Back to world War ii when at 18 you joined the War against fascism. It was then that America began to know you As one of us came to love a the Queen and her husband the puke of Edinburgh left London earlier in the Day on a private British airways concorde Jet. A state dinner was scheduled in the Queens Honor at the White House on wednesday night. On thursday she was to become the first British Monarch to address a joint session of Congress. The Queen in her speech was expected to highlight Anglo american Friendship in the Wake of the Gulf War and to congratulate Bush for leadership during the crisis. The trip is to include some simple pleasures As Well. In Baltimore the Queen will attend her first baseball game a a matchup Between Baltimore arid Oakland calif., at the City a memorial stadium. In Tampa fla., the Royal couple will visit the . Central come and meet Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of operation desert storm. The Royal couple also will visit Dallas san Antonio and Houston before taking a few Days of private vacation in Kentucky. The Queen a avid horsewoman has made frequent private trips to Kentucky to attend sales and View from Page 1 / peal the decision. He said he always believed she was innocent of assault and that she did not know people were being held at her Home. Quot the Hist word in this regard has not been spoken a he told College students in Stelle Bosch near Cape town. Nelson Mandela already under fire front hard liners May now find it Eveh More difficult to continue his efforts to reach accommodation with the government. His wife is a leading Radical in the Anc and her supporters arc Likely to spurn talks with the government following a verdict they will see As politically inspired. Stegmann sentenced Mandela to five years in jail for the four counts of kidnapping and one year in jail for being an accessory after the fact to assault. The. Sentences arc to run consecutively. The defendants abducted four Young men from a methodist Church Home in december 1988 and beat them at Winnie Mandela a Home in the Black township of Soweto prosecutors said. One of the victims 15-year-old Tompie Weipei Wras killed after the assaults. A the judge sentenced co defendant vol Iowa Falati to six years in jail a four years for kidnapping and two years for assault third defendant John Morgan received a one year suspended sentence for kidnapping. No More shooting incidents Iraq promises Allied forces Zakhoo Iraq apr Iraq denied that a shooting incident involving Saddam Hussein a summer Palace guards took place despite offering assurances it wont happen again the . Military said tuesday meanwhile operation provide Comfort was succeeding in its of speeding the return of kurd to their Homes from the spartan Mountain Camps along the turkish Border an air Force spokeswoman said. But the spokeswoman capt. Marcella Adams said the accelerating return of the kurdish refugees to the lowlands May necessitate building a third temporary Camp near the iraqi Border town of Zakhoo. The kurd fled to the mountains after their failed uprising following the persian Gulf War. Adams also provided More information on mondays shooting incident at one of Saddam a summer palaces near the Northern iraqi town of Sirsen. In that incident British soldiers monitoring one of Saddam a palaces said they were fired on by iraqi soldiers and fired Back. The allies have allowed iraqi soldiers to guard the Complex. Adams speaking from Allied Headquarters at in Ciurlik a Turkey said an iraqi official said the incident was an isolated one and promised it would not be repeated. She did not name the official. Late monday another . Military spokesman air Force it. Col. Philip Crowley said the iraqis had told the allies that two of their soldiers who shot at a Royal marines patrol were hit by return fire. An official iraqi statement released in Baghdad on monday night denied an Exchange of fire took place. Adams said the iraqis were sticking to that statement tuesday. M a regarding the refugees Adams expressed Hope that a recent Effort involving 55 buses and 45 rented trucks would take less time than planned. She said plans were to transport 7,000 people a Day but that 12,000 had been moved on monday. More than 220,000 refugees were listed As having returned to Northern Iraq with an estimated 204,000 still in the mountains. A a an estimated 18,000 refugees occupied the first provisional tent settlement at the outskirts of Zakhoo. At a second settlement being set up nearby about 8,000 refugees were living in 1,075 tents. Adams said Allied officials were considering building a third Camp where 15,000 other refugees have applied to move. V. A the main problem continues to be Dozhuk a Adams said referring to the reluctance of the kurd from there to return to the provincial capital unless the City was included in the Allied controlled 3,600-Square-Milc Security zone along the turkish Border. . Army Gen. John Shalikashvil told reporters monday that the the Allied command has no plans to take control of the City. Shalikashvil came to Iraq to participate in a . Flag raising ceremony celebrating the Transfer of administrative control of the first .-run refugee Camp to the . High commissioner for refugees. A . Special envoy Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan also attended the ceremony held on a Grassy Knoll Between the two american run Camps near Zakhoo. In another development tuesday an american reporter for the associated press and his kuwaiti trans Gator were released in Baghdad two Days after they were seized by iraqi police near the Border with Kuwait. Mark Fritz 35, and his translator Salah Zamani were seized by iraqi police near the Southern Border with Kuwait. A a. A Bush from Page 1 Boren promised a the committee will engage in a very thorough and careful confirmation process1 conducted in a timely manner a a Gates 47, is a specialist in soviet affairs and a Veteran of the Cia who. Has served As Deputy director of the National Security Council took office. Quot i know Bob will maintain a Strong and responsive intelligence Agency Bush said. He praised Gates work at the Csc Over the past 2years a a key period for Gates Given the opposition to his 1987 nomination. Bush said he was optimistic about chances for confirmation saying he was a very very pleased with the responses he received from members of the Senate intelligence committee when he sounded them out about his Choice of Gates. Since Webster s resignation last week the White House has been testing sentiment toward Gates in the Senate. Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine said he expects Gates role in the Iran Contra scandal to be an Issue in his confirmation hearings. But Mitchell a member of the joint committee that investigated the scandal said he will not decide on whether to support or oppose Gates nomination Quot until the hearing process is Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas called Gates a a seasoned pro who has earned the respect of members on both sides of the aisle with his expertise dedication and commitment to americans National a a. A. The Cia issued a Brief statement saying a emr. Gates intellect experience and professionalism will be invaluable As the Cia and the entire intelligence Community continue to respond to the changing intelligence requirements of a rapidly changing world.�?�. Gates was Deputy director of intelligence at the Cia Al the time of the Iran Contra affair. He was named to the Agency a no. 2 Post in 1986. When Gates was nominated for the Agency Stop Posi by Reagan in 1987, several senators complained he should have been More aggressive in speaking out against the Deal particularly after learning that Money made or sales to Iran had been illegally diverted to the con tra rebels in Nicaragua. 1 after his nomination was withdraw Gates kept hit Job As no. 2 at the Agency until Bush named him a put National Security adviser under Brent scowcroft Anc moved him to the White House. The president himself a former director of the Cia said Gates would not routinely attend Cabinet meeting but would take part in any sessions where intelligence was necessary for decision making. He said that was the role when he headed the Cia. Former Cia director Wil Hani Casey had Cabinet status in the Reagan istra Tion. A
