European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It Page 12 the stars and stripes Athens acropolis closed As ministry workers strike. From the associated press Athens Greece a culture ministry employees closed the acropolis on wednesday barring thousands of people from visiting the capital s most important archaeological site. The employees demanding higher pay and the establishment of their own Providence fund with ministry Money have said that the strike could last indefinitely and could spread to other Sites. The acropolis with its White Marble temples dating from the fifth Century b.c., is visited by about 6,000 people daily in summer. The columned Parthenon Temple is recognized internationally As the Symbol of �.Greece.-. Y  How Long the strike would last. No one answered the Telephone at the employees federation offices wednesday. The socialist government is trying to cur Greece a Public debt and has said it cannot offer wage increases this year. Paris shootout kills 3 Paris a two police officers and a taxi Driver were killed in a Paris Park tuesday night in a shootout As officers pursued a car fleeing from a traffic Accident police said six other people were injured in the shootout. Including two police officers two passers by and two men in the Lecine car. Of lick said. Re to lacing car p slayings of police officers Are rare in France a Only two other officers had been kilted in action this year. Interior minister Charles Pasqua and the Paris police chief Philippe Massoni both went to the scene of the shooting to show their concern. Details of the incident were sketchy but police said the trouble began with a traffic Accident. For reasons not immediately known the occupants of one vehicle a Renault supers took a person from the other vehicle hostage and drove away. The occupants of the Renault opened fired on police pursuing them and the officers fired in return in two exchanges of gunfire in and near the Bois de Vincennes a Park on the Eastern Edge of Paris. The car eventually was overtaken and the occupants a two men and a woman a were. Arrested. Their identities and the identity of their hostage were not released immediately. Dozens Hurt in train crash Rome a a passenger train collided with a freight train tuesday after a signal Light apparently malfunctioned. Dozens of people were injured but Only two were seriously Hurt reports said the passenger train was heading to Central Rome from the Beach town of Fiumicini when it struck the freight train stopped at the red signal police said. The signal should have been Green to allow the freight train onto a Side track the report said a. About 40 people were injured but most were treated at the scene of the Accident the Ansa news Agency reported. Two people were seriously injured and taken to a Hospital. V Voa plans protested Colombo sri Lanka police opened fire / tuesday on about 400 people protesting the construction of a voice of America broadcasting Quot station in their Village killing one person police said. Residents of Irana Wila 50 Miles North of Colombo fear having a Voa station in the Village will make it a military target. Some villagers also say that the station will Emit radiation. Construction of the $60 million facility began last year Voa says the station will improve the Quality of broadcasts to East Africa East Asia the Middle East Russia and China. The station is expected to be ready in 1995. Police said they fired on the protesters after tear Gas failed to Stop them from marching to the construction site. Noriega gets jail in murder Panama City a Manuel Antonio Noriega serving a drug sentence in the United states has y been sentenced to 20 years in prison by panamanian court for the murder of a Man who tried to overthrow the military ruler. One of Noriega a former lieutenants also was sentenced tuesday to 20yeafs for his part in the 1989 killing of maj. Moises Giroldi. Three others were acquitted. Noriega and another Man were sentenced last year to 20 years in prison for the 19s5 decapitation of or. Hugo Spadafora a Noriega opponent. Thursday october 6/1994 in the Backwash of the suds a cleanup team takes Over tuesday morning at a huge ble Job of brushing up started shortly after Midnight Beer tent in Munich Germany where he oktoberfest following the close of the annual autumnal bavarian had worked its Frothy magic for 17 Days. The form Ida event billed As the world s biggest festival of its kid. Ferry with group flooded Turku Finland a Salvage teams from sever Al countries have swamped investigators with offers to re float the ferry Estonia or retrieve bodies trapped in the vessel on the Baltic seabed. The Estonia Sank off southwestern Finland Iasi week killing More than 900 people the ferry lies 180 feet to 280 feet underwater making any attempt to haul it up or retrieve bodies difficult. A a we be had All sorts of offers from companies in Scotland the Netherlands and Norway Quot Tuomo Karppinen a member of the Accident investigative commission said tuesday. _ a however we cannot make decisions on retrieving the bodies or re floating the ship. Those will happen at a much higher political level a he said. He did not say How the Salvage teams proposed to bring up tie bodies or How much Money they might be asking the Job a tire Estonia Sank with More than 1,000 people aboard while travelling from Tallinn Estonia to Stockholm Sweden on sept 28. Only 137 of those on Board were saved. Most of the dead were swedes. A swedish member of the nine member investigative commission Olof Forssberg said his government was under pressure to find the lost bodies �?o1 think we should do everything in our Power to re float the ferry a swedish prime minister Carl Bildt said. Tuesday. Bad weather May delay any major action at the site Acci radio Budapest Hungary apr Cooks arc seeing red. Paprika spiked with a poisonous anti corrosion agent that brightened the spices fiery color was sold for More than a month before the government banned sales and began inspections. Forty six people were hospitalized with Lead poisoning before More than 200 Lons of paprika were pulled from store shelves. It can Only condemn those greedy enough to do this for that extra profit Edge Quot but i am also angry with the government for not taking action sooner a said Hajnal Csato Day 45, the Mother of three teenagers. Paprika the hungarian word for Pepper is to Hungary a cuisine what Chili is to mexican or soy sauce to chinese. Paprika came from Mexico in the 16th Century and gained widespread popularity by the 18th Century. Hungarians consume about 5,000 tons until next year. _ Ingvar Carlsson who will replace Bildt As head of the swedish government Friday said efforts should be made to bring up the wreck y but investigators say Jay Frost could be prohibitive. A a there a a Good casts tar floating the vessel but we Are talking in sums upward of $100 million a Karppinen said. A at the moment there a a 50-50 Chance of it  a a. A 1 a none Gin Salvage vessel was bound for the Dent spot about 70 Miles South of Turku. Finnish reported y a be up. 9uld be ready to begin work As Early As wednesday said Leif Birger Wallenius a representative of Stoll come Seaway which owns the Salvage ship. A Quot a a / Kari Lehtola a finnish member of the commission said it was too Early to say whether salvaging the vessel was feasible. We treaty just 0n1 i now at this stage a Lehtola said after viewing 16 hours of video film taken by underwater robot cameras. A if they do re float it it will be one of the major flotations in maritime  investigators decided tuesday to retrieve More sonar pictures of the wreck before taking further action. A a it san eerie thought to have passengers on other ferries passing Over the area thinking there Are 900 bodies Down there a Karppinen said Over tainted paprika of it a year a a Pound of paprika per person in this country of 10.6 million people. Why anybody would want to Poison a Staple of the National diet remains a mystery. But most hungarians agree with Csato Day that profit was the Likely motive for mixing the spice with a poisonous additive that brightens the powders color increases the. Weight a and causes Lead poisoning. Interior minister Gabor Kuncze who is heading the governments Effort to Root out the poisonous paprika told parliament on tuesday that police have arrested 59 suspects and launched criminal proceed mrs against 37 of them. ?0ut 3,300 pounds of contaminated paprika were Conj stated from those arrested. As Many As 50 or 60 tons of the 200 to 300 tons the government seized for inspection Are believed to be poisonous said Laszlo Mako of the Trade and Industry ministry