European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages a the stars and stripes Friday june 12, 1992 firefighters inspect the twisted remains of an italian train car involved in wednesday s collision near Turin. Italian train collision kills 6 Turin Italy apr two trains collided outside a Mountain Tunnel wednesday killing at least six people and injuring 33, news reports said. All of the victims were italian officials said. The front cars of each train were smashed. The end of another car was pushed about 12 feet into the air complicating Rescue efforts. Crews continued to search the wreckage for victims. The crash was on a line connecting the Northwestern City of Turin and Costa near the French Border. Gabrilla Carraro a passenger from chivas so told the italian news Agency Agi that her train had just pulled out of a station and was waiting outside the Tunnel. A a few seconds later i heard a Long whistle and there was a tremendous blow. I ended up under a seat and heard shouts and horrible cries Quot Carraro was quoted As saying. Investigators speculated that rain had shorted out an electrical track signal according to news reports although human error Hadnot been ruled out. A Railroad official at chivas so just Northeast of Turin said the trains collided at a Point where trains must wait at a station for others to pass on the single track. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said he did no to know what caused the crash. One train was running from Turin to Costa the other Between Costa and chivas so. French Farmers protest subsidy cuts Paris apr Farmers angered by the governments decision to reduce farm subsidies dumped tons of vegetables in the streets of one City wednesday and used tractors to Block highways in several regions. Agriculture minister Louis Merman said the government would meet Farmers demands to publicly debate the subsidy cuts in the National Assembly there was no indication however that the Farmers were prepared to halt their protests which began tuesday. The government agreed to trim subsidies As part of a major change of european Community agriculture policies demanded by the United states As part of International Trade negotiations. The socialist party government aware of the Power of the French farm lobby had been the most reluctant of the 12 dec members to accept the subsidy cuts. Major traffic jams were reported in the Midi Pyrc nees Region in the South the Eure it Loir Region around Chartres and other districts As Farmers drove tractors two or three abreast during the morning Rush hour. In Nantes about 250 Farmers in trucks and tractors arrived at Daybreak and dumped tons of carrots Leeks and lettuce in front of a government building. Traffic was blocked for two hours and people helped themselves to free produce. Leaders of the demonstration said they were protesting a Sharp drop in Market prices and the subsidy cuts. Vegetable prices which Are not subject to subsidies have fallen in part because of excess Supply. Some Grain Farmers switched to growing vegetables because the dec Calls for a 29 percent reduction in subsidized Grain prices. In the Western City of Rennes More than 150 shallot producers stormed an agriculture ministry building tuesday night damaging office equipment and painting slogans on the Walls. Angolan president seeks ties with Vatican Rome a Pope John Paul ii returned wednesday from a week in Angola with a request for diplomatic ties and promises of greater Freedom of worship. The Vatican has withheld establishment of relations while Angola dismantles its official policy of atheism brings Back religious holidays and improves relations with the roman Catholic Church. During his visit John Paul secured promises for the reopening of a Catholic University and a Church radio station. The former marxist government also promised to introduce into the schools instruction in religious morals. At the Popes departure ceremony Josd Eduardo Dos Santos the 49-year-old, soviet educated president told him Angola would like to have diplomatic ties with the Vatican. The Vatican had no immediate reaction to Dos san toss request. Dos Santos who recently broke with marxism said closer relationship with the Church will Benefit Ngoh a when criminality prostitution drug consumption Ani other social evils decrease and social Harmony  Angola which was torn by civil War for 16 years unti a cease fire in 1991, will hold its first nationwide elections under United nations supervision sept. 29-30, like the United slates the Vatican has withheld re suming ties while awaiting the outcome of the election which pits Dos Santos against unit a rebel leade Jonas Sav Imbi. During the civil War the soviet Union supplier weapons and Cuba dispatched troops to support that government against Unita which was backed by that United states and South Africa. World Cuba Hopes to boost foreign investment from wire reports Havana Cuba a officials welcomed 125 american and european businessmen wednesday to a conference on foreign investment. The delegation composed mainly of americans got a red carpet Welcome from mariachis and Cabinet members underscoring cubans eagerness for foreign capital. President Fidel Castro later hosted the delegation at a banquet in the presidential palace.11 slain in Punjab Amritsar India a sikh militants disguised As policemen ordered 11 people out of a Village in Punjab lined them up in a Field and shot and killed them police said thursday. All of the victims of the wednesday night massacre were sikhs. The rebels have often attacked fellow sikhs during their 10-year-old rebellion accusing them of being unsympathetic to their Campaign for an Independent nation in the Rich farming  killed in Soweto Johannesburg South Africa the son of time Magazine photographer Peter Magu Bane was hacked and shot to death in Soweto township mag Ubane said wednesday. Charles mag Ubane 30, disappeared after leaving his Soweto Home on May 185his father said. Police found the body outside the Dube workers Hostel two Days later and took it to a morgue. The reason for the killing was not  Wall collapses Urbino Italy a a 10-Yard Section of the Renaissance Era Wall girding this City of Art collapsed wednesday but no one was injured news reports said. After cracks grew tuesday night in the Wall the Road skirting the weakened stretch was cordoned off and nobody was nearby when the Wall gave Way the italian news Agency Ansa reported. The fallen Rock landed in a Garden  killed in Accident Wollongong Australia a weeks before he was expected to collect a $1.5 million inheritance a 43-year-old Man was crushed to death when a Wall Felt on him in a construction Accident. Michael Brauti cry a father Clement baiter died in Belgium in december leaving 7.5 million francs each to Michael and his sister. The estate had been expected to be released by a French probate court in a few  outranks sex Hamburg Germany a More germans would rather drink Beer or sparkling wine to forget their troubles than have sex according to an opinion Survey. Of 1,007 germans polled by the Forsa Institute 37 percent said they regularly get drunk and could not imagine a world without sparkling wine or Beer the news Magazine Stern reported wednesday. Stern said 21 percent said they preferred sex. In third place was dancing at 15 percent followed by those who would rather go for a drive with 9  s mayor quits Rome a mayor Franco Carraro resigned wednesday saying he wanted to shake up the top Levels of City government to tackle problems ranging from health services to traffic