European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 10, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7pope vows to fight anti semitism Warsaw Poland apr Pope John Paul ii capped a nine Day trip Home with an emotional Sermon at an outdoor mass on sunday telling fellow poles they face a a flew test of Freedom with the fall of communism. Earlier in the Day he assured leaders of Poland s remaining jewish Community that the roman Catholic Church would step up its Battle against anti semitism. But he rejected their request that the Vatican establish formal ties with Israel. Later sunday John Paul met with Bishop priests and nuns and urged them to Cefi Tine fighting for passage of a Bill before parliament that would outlaw abortions. He praised those members of parliament seeking to reverse a 1956 Law implemented by the communists permitting abortion on demand. He returned to Rome on sunday evening from his fourth papal journey to Poland flying in a plane provided by polish president Lech Walesa. At least 300,000 people crowded Warsaw a Agi Kola Park for the mass held around a Pond the last by the Pope at the end of a 12-City tour of his native land. The capitals faithful clambered Over barriers and Hung from Trees to catch a glimpse of the 71-year-old pontiff. Walesa and his wife Danuta prime minister Jan Krzysztof Bilecki and other top officials also attended the mass. The Pope said poles and other Eastern europeans should not take lightly the Freedom they won with the fall of communist regimes. A we cannot simply possess Freedom we must constantly fight for it. We fight Bertice Reading jazz Singer Dies at 58 London up Bertice Reading the american jazz Singer and actress who moved to Britain in the 1950s, has died in a London Hospital after suffering a stroke. She was 58. The 5-foot Singer said to have weighed As much As 252 pounds suffered a stroke on thursday during rehearsals at her London Home and never regained consciousness according to her fourth husband psychotherapist Phillip Tutton. She died on saturday. The Chester pa., native s most recent appearance was in the revival of Quot South Pacific and she had been rehearsing at her Home for a new London musical Quot notre Dame a based on Quot the Hunchback of notre Dame a when she collapsed. Sex Warsaw Poland a Popo John Paul ii received a familiar figure in dark suit and dark glasses sunday morning As he ended a nine Day trip to his native land former communist Leader Gen. Wojcicch Jaruzelski. The Surprise 15-minute meeting took place at 8 . At the papal Nuncio s residence. / a the Church Side and i personally were interested in holding such a meeting. The rest was arranged by the holy spirit a the 67-year-old Jaruzelski said with a chuckle As he emerged and got into his private car accompanied by a bodyguard. A Vatican spokesman said the meeting was allowed because Jaruzelski head of state until december was the one who had extended the formal invitation for the pontiff to come to Poland. Jaruzelski said he and the Pope talked about a polish affairs. World affairs about Hopes and  from an aristocratic family Jaruzelski was baptized a roman Catholic and educated in a Jesuit Seminary before his family was deported to the soviet Union during world War ii. He emerged from the War a Young communist officer in a soviet sponsored polish army. The last meeting Between John Paul and Jaruzelski was an icy Airport confrontation at the end of the pontiff s last pilgrimage in 1987. Communist authorities were furious at what they saw As political interference by John Paul a who during the visit had urged the faithful not to lose  Jaruzelski who imposed martial Law to crush Solidarity in 1981 and then yielded to its rebirth and Assumption of Power in 1989, said his meetings with the Pope have always been Good. A Poland unites us a he said. Replaced As president by Lech Walesa Jaruzelski now is retired. For it by putting it to Good use and using it in the cause of truth a he said. A i love my nation. I was not indifferent. To the oppression endured by it. Now i am not indifferent to the new test of Freedom before which we All  at his meeting with six jewish leaders at the Vatican embassy John Paul acknowledged that jewish Catholic relations in Poland had been poisoned by the Quot evil in our Mutual history and urged both sides to a Salvage and renew the Good  Quot unfortunately both the Good and evil that occurred Between us was crushed by the genocide inconceivable in its severity to which the jewish nation fell  about 1.5 million jews were killed by the nazis at the Auschwitz death Camp in Poland. Only a few thousand jews still live in Poland compared with 3.5 million before world War ii. The 30-Minutc meeting was one of the highlights of the Popes tour because of the continuing tensions in Catholic jew ish relations in Poland and protests Over John Paul a remarks last week drawing a parallel Between abortion and the deaths of 6 million jews in the i lol Deaust. A spokesman for the jewish Clega Tion Konstanty Mcbert said the Pope described the founding of the modern state of Israel As a an act of historical  but he quoted the Pope As saying the situation in the Middle East was not favourable for the Vatican to have formal relations with the jewish state although lie expressed Hope for a breakthrough in the peace process the Vatican has cited the Lack of a palestinian Homeland israeli occupation of Arab territory and the need for into run tonal guarantees for holy Sites in Jerusalem As among reasons blocking full diplomatic recognition. In a private meeting with about 100 Bishops and other Church people John Paul kept up his crusade against Poland s Liberal abortion Law referring for the first time specifically to the anti abortion Bill pending in parliament. A Kista n i a i i Way head suspended Karachi Pakistan a the head of pakistanis railways was suspended sunday after More than 100 passengers were killed a Day earlier when a fast moving passenger train crashed into a parked freight train. Prime minister Nawaz Sharif Vjio visited the crash site saturday suspended Zafrullah Qureshi the general manager of Pakistan railways. Qureshi was suspended pending the outcome of an investigation of the tragedy. On saturday the station master and four other station employees were suspended. Qureshi has been head of the railway Agency during three of the nations deadliest train accidents. At least 35 people were still hospitalized in serious or critical condition sunday at least 225 people were reported injured. The crash renewed Calls from Lawman women Geneva up Switzerland a women plan to take to the streets this w Eek in a nationwide strike to demand equal  and opportunities for their sex. Officials say the affair will be conducted with decorum and taste. A there la be no Bra burning Here and no parades through the streets with banners denouncing male chauvinists a says Christiane Brunner a Geneva Union Leader who is one of the organizers. Brunner and her fellow organizers stress that the  of the strike is to underline the continued differences in  and opportunities Between men and women in Switzerland. This has produced some spinoffs. In Geneva women University students have said they will use the strike to protest the fact that women make up 53 percent of the student body but Only 3.5 percent of the faculty. They also intend to protest at ers and other government officials including president Ghulam Ishaq Konni to revamp the country a antiquated rail system. Investigators on sunday were looking into the cause of the crash pakistanis seventh major train Accident in 38 years. They said they could not Rule out sabotage but. Suspected negligence by station workers. The conductor reportedly told officials that pakistanis Premier express train had approval to pass through the Small Rural station where the freight train was parked. Hundreds of army soldiers and private volunteers worked throughout the Day in blistering heat to Cut through the twisted wreckage and recover the dead and free the wounded said railway officials speaking on condition of anonymity. The 18-car a Taz game express was carrying about 800 passengers from the Southern port City of Karachi to the Eastern Border City of Lahore and then to the Federal capital of Islamabad officials said. Taz Gam which Means a fast runner Quot in the urdu language is considered the country a Best and fastest train. The train moving at about 40 Mph slammed into the parked. Lahore bound freight train loading fertilizer at the station in Chotki about 400 Miles North of Karachi in Singh province. The Taz dam carries hundreds of people on the 21-hour, 900-mile journey daily. Most of the passengers were asleep when the Accident occurred at 1 10 . Saturday. The collision derailed twisted and splintered a dozen of the Metal train cars officials said. The government said it would  $2,100 compensation to the families of the dead and $415 to the injured. In what Cornelia Hummel their spokesperson Calls a soft sexual harassment. A everybody knows that when you re in an examination situation its More important what you Wear than what you know a she told reporters. The impending strike has raised the ire of a Good Many men in a country where until last year women were barred from voting in elections in the Canton state of Appenzell and Only won the right to vote in Federal matters in 1950. A this is an illegal strike and any woman who does no to show up for work on june 14 is going to get fired right away a says edouard due head of the employers association of Central Switzerland. Eta one of Switzerland a leading watchmakers has written to Brunner warning her that the strike will effectively kill off negotiations Between the company and its unions Over a collective bargaining agreement. Other employers Are less hard line. The Berne division of micros the country a largest supermarket Chain has said a we will not stand in the Way of our employees if they wish to participate in a  and the evangelical reformed Church in Jura Canton has called on All its employees to join in the strike. However the Church has added the rider that anyone striking will be docked a Days . Brunner who said she was Quot a bit Over who Mcd by the enthusiasm with which this project has been greeted a is organizing women a marches in All Swiss cities. Some a but not All a of the country s political parties have said they will join in As a show of Solidarity. Police have said they do not expect any trouble except perhaps in Zurich where left Wing rowdies have a tradition of taking Over rallies against almost anything for their own purposes