European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 16, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13partial railway services restored in Netherlands from wire reports Amsterdam a. Railroad services resume wednesday on some routes in the Netherlands after an agreement with dutch railway management prompted some of the 27,000 striking rail workers to return to their jobs. The development brought Relief to some of the. 900,000 commuters stranded by a two Day walkout. Train conductors and Drivers in Amsterdam the Hague Haarlem and other cities agreed to go Back to work after reaching an agree rent with dutch railway management. Rail workers in utrecht the Hub of the dutch rail network and Rotterdam rejected the management s proposal and planned a f Urther round of talks. The partially restored services opened up International connections in the South of the Netherlands to Belgium and France. Connections on the heavily travelled lines to Germany which run through utrecht remain closed. The strike was called after management proposed a further 470 Job cuts affecting mainly conductors on top of 4,800 Job losses scheduled Over the next three years. A dutch railway spokesman said the company had proposed reducing that number to 200 and offering a package of concessions to the halts . Trains Londona 24-hour strike by railway signal workers disrupted travel wednesday for thousands of commuters across the country. The rail maritime and transport Union said most of its 3,800 members participated in the work stoppage called Over a pay dispute. The strike halted All but a handful of trains throughout Britain and some lines on London a subway system were shut Down. British rail estimated that Only 250 of its Normal 15,000 services would run wednesday on the 11,0 mile network. The Union is planning a second strip next wednesday if its demands for a pay incr Cas Are not met. R Navy seals get their Wist by dropping in on russians aboard the Neu St rash i my a nine . Navy commandos parachuted into the Battic sea near the Bow of this russian frigate and clambered aboard to a Welcome of Berry Flavoured Vodka and Salami sandwiches. A we made history it s fantastic a said a dripping it. Brad Mckinney 32, of Virginia Beach a delighted with the first . Military jump to a russian military vessel. It Wasny to exactly the Way the commandos had expected to arrive on the 4,100-Lon warship. They were originally supposed to be passenger on the Nous trash my an example of the new cooperation Between the United states and its former cold War enemy. But when the group of about 15 Navy seals and underwater demolition experts showed up at the Dock in Kiel Germany to Board the ,.they were told that their trip had been overruled by higher russian command said it. Ryan Zinke 32, of Whitefish Mont. The commandos were disappointed. So were senior . Navy officers who had spent months arrange my the on Board stay As part of a 15-nation military exercise that began june 7 m the Baltic sea. With the ship at sea however the americans were permitted to go ahead with the Parachute drop and other drills designed to Foster cooperation with the russians. The commandos boarded the Cust Rashidy quickly with ropes in an operation that could be used to enforce . Sea embargoes. Baltic exercises have been head for 22 years but this was Only the second year that former communist states bordering the sea were invited. The Baltic operations exercise �?T94, or bal tops �?T94, which ends Friday is a preview of what former soviet bloc nations can expect in nato s partnership for peace program. . Navy capt Edward e. Hunter commander of the exercise said b Alto is 95 May be part of the nato program which was started in Jan uary to build closer military tics Between nato and its former Warsaw pact adversaries. Among bal tops �?T94 participants from the former East bloc Only the russians appeared to be operating with restrictions. The russian High command also barred most of the screw from visiting other vessels but the russians did allow limited Tours of the frigate which was commissioned last year and they warmly welcomed americans and other visitors. French Mark de Gaulle s 1944 return Bayeux France apr Premier edouard Bahadur presided tuesday at a commemoration of the 50lh anniversary of Charles do Gaulle a return to France after four years of leading a wartime government in exile. De Gaulle landed on the Normandy Beach of Cour Eulles on june 14, 1944, after crossing the Eri Glish Channel on a French destroyer. The general proceeded to Bayeux the first major town liberated by the allies after the a Day invasion and declared it the temporary capital of free France. The declaration confirmed that do Gaulle had prevailed in a bitter argument with some Allied leaders who wanted to install their own military led occupation government in France As they did in Italy. Balladur said de Gaulle was an example for contemporary France and urged people not to let their differences undermine National Solidarity. Also at the ceremony were Paris mayor Jacques Chirac who Heads the Neo gaullist rally for the Republic party National Assembly president Philippe so gum and Interior minister Charles Pasqua 1994 is forces european Chili Cook off 8c camping jam80ree held by 4-Ioth a so bad c he Early registration. Friday july 29, 1994 registration on Slit also possible Chili Cook off is saturday August i3th it the Kuhber Community Park r travel Camp two 2 divisions True Chili. Maverick Chili winning True Chili 4-person team receives round trip airfare to the a world Quot Chili Cook off in Reno Nevada in october. With . 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