Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 3, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bing Crosby Frank Sinatra Andy Williams Elvis Presley Rosemary Clooney Perry Como Natalie and Nat King Cole Harry Connick or. Plus Many Many More. From Christmas carols to Christmas pops to Christmas swing its the sounds of the season now playing on a a a get greatest music a i. 0 a wow. I 290starlight.com rescuers gather at site of train wreck in India. More than 200 passengers were trapped. Train crash in India kills 36, injures 150 rescuers with blow torches try to reach screaming victims Sarai Bajara India a railway workers with blow torches struggled to reach screaming victims trapped in the mangled wreckage of a passenger train after it rammed into derailed freight cars yesterday in Northwestern India. At least 36 people were killed in the Early morning Accident and 150 were injured Many of them seriously officials said. The Accident occurred after cars from the freight train derailed and fell onto an adjacent track at Sara Bajara station. About five minutes later the passenger train came Rushing through this Rural town in Punjab state said Baldev Singh an official at the railway police station. Four coaches of the passenger train were smashed and overturned in the wreck trapping More than 200 passengers. A when i reached the site what i saw was horrific a Singh said. A people Many of them Cut and bleeding were screaming from the overturned wagons where they were villagers who heard the crash rushed to the railway tracks with lanterns and helped pull scores of people from the wreckage. They comforted survivors with Tea and blankets. The injured included 45 people in critical condition and the death toll was expected to Rise Singh quoted doctors As saying. One of the first people to reach the scene Village headman Dharminder Singh said he heard two Bangs and when he reached the crash site people were Yelling and be saw that Many were trapped inside the wreckage. A a lot of people died in my arms a he said. Twisted Metal and passengers baggage surrounded the crash site and a Rescue Crane was trying to separate the two trains. A i was sleeping in my berth a said survivor Sunil Kumar. A then i heard a Large bang and there was a Jerk and i fell Down. Then i woke up in a rescuer from a nearby Village Kartar Singh said people were Yelling and shrieking for help in the passenger train. A we had to break open the doors and Rush the injured to hospitals on tractor trolleys a Karta Singh said. Most of the injured were hospitalized in nearby towns but to were transferred to a Hospital in the Punjab capital Chandigarh. The passenger train was heading from Ludhiana to Ambala 200 Kilometres North of new Delhi when the Accident took place at 5 30 . As the passenger train approached Sarai Bajara at 80 Kilometres an hour one of the links attaching the cars of the freight train became unhooked and four of them toppled on to the passenger trains track railway officials said. The two trains were in touch by Walkie talkie and when he heard about the derailment the passenger trains Driver tried to Stop said Shanti Narain a member of the Indian railway authority who visited the Accident site. A but there was barely a minute before his engine hit the wagons lying on the track a Narain said. A from a Reuter Angels can Fly because they take themselves so lightly . Chesterton motorists driving North Over the Maryland Bridge on their Way to work w ill see just How lightly. On december 5,6 and 7,2000. An Angel squad of volunteers decked out in Gossamer w Ings sparkling halos and warm parkas w ill he located on the Maryland Bridge. These Hardy souls will be waving at traffic and collecting donations on behalf of the Misericordia care tree 2 Hethe Misericordia health Centre foundation 5l 1 annual Holiday Campaign. Made up of Misericordia health entre and foundation Board members and staff Community volunteers Media and local personalities the Angel squad spends the Early morning hours handing out Tim Horton s Coffee and donuts a Winnipeg free press newspaper and a charitable receipt to passers by who make a donation at the speedy drive thru set up on Sherbrook Street. Each Sio donation received by the Angels adds a Light to the 3<moot tree on the health Centre tree appropriately named the Misericordia care free was chosen As a Symbol of the Century old Misericordia health Centre s strength growth and Hope for the future. % a a o Hie Misericordia health entre is eagerly building a Strong future on its proud history of caring. Misericordia plays a vital role in the Community s health care system w Ith programs such As a i urgent care entre a 24-hour option for people with non life threatening medical emergencies a Eye Ane Centre of excellence the largest consolidated Eye program in it Canada Ami a health links a 24-hour Telephone health help line. Misericordia health Centre is meeting the needs of the Community by providing Long term care through the follow ing programs a Misericordia place 100-bed personal care Home located on Furby Street a interim care for those waiting to be accepted into the personal care Home of their Choice. Angels can be spotted on and around the Mary land Bridge december 5,6 and 7 Between 7 30 and 9 00 am. Drive by and show your support or Call 788-8458. ? a 2 or a or in amp bib a x or c Patty Dan ill \ Ariette Yvrette .1 a a v a in. A a Canada backs in Resolution against Israel Ottawa a opposition Leader Stockwell Day called the country a policy on the Mideast a incoherent and inconsistent after Canada supported a in Resolution that declares israelis control of Jerusalem illegal. Quot Canada should be brokering a peace settlement in the Middle East not burning Bridges with Long time friends and allies a Day said in a statement. A the prime minister is undermining Canadas Long standing reputation As a broker of peace and balance in the a spokesman for foreign affairs said the text of the in Resolution was virtually identical to resolutions passed last year. A each year we have voted in almost the same Way. I done to think our vote has changed significantly on any of the resolutions a said Carl Schwenger. The vote one of six cast on israeli palestinian issues by the in general Assembly on Friday said that israelis decision to a impose its Laws jurisdiction and administration on the City was a illegal and therefore null and void and has no Validity the Resolution also a deplores the Transfer by some states of diplomatic missions such As embassies to Jerusalem part of which is claimed by palestinians As a capital for a palestinian state. Canada was among 145 countries that voted yes while the . Abstained along with four other countries. Of the other resolutions Canada voted for two and abstained from three. All six texts were updated versions of what have become annual declarations. A Canadian press ;