European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 a the stars and stripes monday november 11,1991 world austrian train crash kills at least 4, injures 46 Vienna Austria a at least four people were killed saturday and 46 were injured four of them seriously in a three cornered collision of local trains just Northeast of Vienna a railway official reported. The Accident occurred when the Engineer of one train disregarded a Stop signal at Suessen Brunny a station located Only a few Miles from Vienna a City limits according to Ernst Hengst Berger chief of Central traffic control. Hengstberger said that although an automatic braking mechanism was immediately activated the train slammed into another train. That pushed some cars onto a neighbouring track where a third train was delays continue Paris a passengers taking commercial flights in and out of France suffered delays for the second Day in a Row saturday because of a strike by a Small group of electronic engineers. However waiting times were reduced and fewer flights were cancelled Airport officials said. Delays ranged Between 20 minutes and 90 minutes at Charles de Gaulle Airport and orly Airport As Well As at provincial facilities the officials said. The strike is scheduled to continue until killed saving dog Colchester England a a car struck Michael Hughes 37, As he attempted to lift his injured dog from a Road where it had just been hit by another car police said saturday. Hughes 37, of Fingringhoe about 50 Miles Northeast of London died after the Accident on Friday police said. His part Labrador retriever was stunned but recovered. Hughes apparently stopped to walk his dog but the animal ran into the Road and was run Over police said. As Hughes tried to lift his injured pet he was found in cargo hold Milan Italy a baggage handlers at Milan Airport found a Man with a gunshot wound to the head in the cargo hold of an air plane that had flown in from los Angeles Airport authorities said sunday. Doctors said roman Soriano Vasquez 28, a mexican american who worked As a baggage handler at los Angeles International Airport was in a coma after what appeared to be a suicide attempt. Investigators said the Man was found lying in a Pool of blood in the cargo hold of an a italia jumbo Jet which arrived from los Angeles on saturday. They said a .38-caliber pistol was lying nearby. Italian investigators were working sunday to try to establish How the incident took place and How the Jet could have left los Angeles without the presence of the injured Man being Era ends with departure of last . Sub from Scotland from staff and wire reports Dunoon Scotland a the last . Submarine left Scotland on saturday morning followed by peace protesters in a launch. The departure of the will Rogers was part of the . Navy a plans to close operations at its holy Loch base next june after 30 years. A a a it a a momentous occasion for the . Navy and Marks the end of a cooperative and successful relationship with the Royal Navy a said . Navy it. Terri Kaish Public affairs officer for submarine so 14. The . Navy still has communications and weapons storage facilities in Scotland and its european Headquarters in London. But its main european bases Are now in Spain Italy and Greece. The will Rogers the last of the original Poseidon class Polaris submarines will carry out a regular patrol before its 150 officers and Crew return to their Home port of new London conn., said . Navy capt. Perry Bishop. Bishop said holy Loch was being closed because the Poseidon Are being replaced by More advanced Trident. Britain a Royal a is building four Trident which will come into service m the mid-1990s. Its main submarine base is at Aslane about 12 Miles Northeast of holy gift from Bottom of her us feet Manila Philippines apr Imelda Marcos gave away a pair of her fabled shoes saturday to a contestant who correctly guessed the Date of the former philippine first lady a Homecoming. A the shoes of Imelda Are being put to Good use like Cinderella a Marcos told listeners of a local radio station which sponsored the contest. A Cinderella has returned and i believe this will bring us Good Luck. The shoes Are a Symbol of Marcos returned Home last monday after nearly six years of exile in the United states where she and her husband former president Ferdinand Marcos fled after they were ousted in the 1986 uprising that catapulted Corazon Aquino to Power. Ferdinand Marcos died in exile in 1989. Marcos removed the pair of shoes she was wearing after picking out the name of Lorna Agris a filipino from the 50 winning entries. The other winners will receive pairs of new shoes. A you can see that this pair is Well worn a Marcos said As she raised the philippine made White leather shoes with Mother of Pearl inlays. Rina Veloso an radio station executive said More than 100,000 people sent entries during the three week contest. The entries included people from Australia Brunei Canada Hong Kong Japan Singapore Thailand and the United states. Marcos said she will Send each of the non winning entries an autographed picture. A when Cinderella lost a shoe everything turned into a pumpkin that is what happened to her life and All the things around her a Marcos added. A now that Cinderella is Back i Hope they will return All my the submarine tender Simon Lake with a Crew of 1,600, will be the last . Ship to depart from holy Loch Bishop said. It is scheduled to leave in March but the base is not scheduled to close until june he said. Among the protesters who showed up saturday to witness the departure of the will Rogers was Keith Bovey who said he took part in demonstrations 30 years ago when the first . Support ship arrived in holy Loch. A we were right All along a said Bovey who is president of the scottish Campaign for nuclear disarmament. A the base should never Nave been there in the first place. We Are calling on the people of Scotland to heave out the equally alien dangerous and unwanted when holy Lochs closure was announced last summer there were 3,000 . Navy personnel and family members stationed there. They contributed an estimated 56 million pounds or about $99 million annually to the local Economy. An estimated 1,600 jobs in the area depended on the base. It. Jack Papp a spokesman for the . Naval forces Europe confirmed in october that closing holy Loch would mean trimming 122 local National and 94 . Civilian positions in 1992. The 216 positions Cost the Navy $4.8 million annually in salaries benefits and allowances Papp said. Imelda Marcos autographs her shoes As a top prize. 14 die after sikh militants fire on Indian worshippers Chandigarh India a sikh militants sprayed automatic gunfire on a group of worshippers in a Northern town killing 14 people and wounding 16 others police said sunday. The attack occurred late saturday in Sirsa near the Border with the strife torn state of Punjab said police superintendent Giridhar Gopal the districts top official. Sirsa a prosperous Cotton growing Region in Saryana state is 130 Miles Southwest of Chandigarh the capital of both Punjab and Saryana. Gopal said the victims Many of whom were sikhs were coming out of a building at the conclusion of a program of devotional songs. A they were All killed in indiscriminate firing by the terrorists a said Gopal who was contacted by Telephone. He said the four gunmen used chinese made assault rifles. Sikhs and hindus in Northern India often gather for hours at night to sing hymns and songs at temples. Gopal said the militants fled from the site in a jeep stolen a Day earlier in another town then abandoned it a few Miles away near Cotton Fields escaping through nearby thick foliage. A police spokesman in Chandigarh Raj Kiran said three people were killed immediately and 11 others died at a Hospital. Sikh militants have been fighting since 1982 to set up an Independent nation in Punjab a prosperous farming state bordering Pakistan. Occasionally they have staged murderous assaults in nearby states. In recent years they have often attacked sikhs accusing them of not sympathizing with the separatist Campaign or of associating with hindus. Actor Singer Montand mourned across France Paris up a France went into mourning sunday for Yves Montand. The popular Singer and actor 70, died after suffering a heart attack on the set of a new movie that he was making in a Forest North of Paris. President Francois Mitterrand and prime minister Edith Cresson paid tribute to the italian born son of impoverished tuscan immigrants. Montand made More than 50 movies during a dazzling 45-year career. Montanda a body was moved saturday night from sen Lis Hospital 40 Miles North of Paris to an apartment he owned on the fashionable Boulevard St. Germain one of his two parisian Homes. He became ill Friday night at ver Neuil in Halette where he was work ing on a new film being shot by director Jean Jacques Beineix. He was still conscious when he was admitted to the hospitals emergency room at 1 a.m., Hospital officials said. At 4 30 a.m., he was taken to the intensive care unit of the Hospital. Efforts to save him were in vain following a renewed heart attack and he died at 1 10 . His companion Carole and Catherine Allegret the daughter of his late wife Simone Signoret were present at the Hospital when he died. Municipal officials lowered the French Flag to half staff on the town Hall at Auteuil aut Houillet some 50 Miles Northwest of Paris. The crooner had maintained a country residence there since 1955
