European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday August 17, 1989 stateside Mobile phone Call sets off smoke alarm in Airliner Columbus. Ohio a an incoming Call to a Mobile phone in Luggage aboard a commuter plane triggered a smoke alarm forcing the Pilot to make an emergency Landing a Federal official said. The express airlines plane carrying seven passengers and two Crew members landed with out incident monday and no one was injured said Bob Spencer a Federal aviation administration supervisor at port Columbus International  Columbus to Milkau acc flight was about three Miles outside Columbus when a Detector Light was activated indicating smoke in the bag Gage area Spencer said. The Pilot of the twin engine Turbo prop plane radioed the Airport about 5 30 . And emergency vehicles were called out to the runway he said. After the plane landed the Crew discovered a cellular Telephone in a passenger s suitcase and determined a Call had caused the problem. Spencer  flight continued to Milwaukee after the Telephone was shut off Spencer said. Jewish inmates can travel to services court rules Cincinnati a a Federal appeals court ruled tuesday that jewish inmates at the Southern Michigan state prison should be Al Lowed to travel Between complexes at the prison site so they can attend weekly Sabbath services. A three judge panel of the 6th . Circuit court of appeals unanimously rejected claims by Michi Gan prison officials that Security problems could develop if six jewish inmates were allowed to go to another Complex. The inmates accused prison officials of violating their civil rights. The appeals court s decision reverses a ruling by . District judge Horace Gilmore who upheld the prison officials position and barred travel of the prisoners for the weekly services. The inmates filed suit in april 1986. Bank fined $5 million for laundering Money Atlanta up1 a panamanian Bank pleaded guilty to helping Colombia s Medellin drug Cartel launder hundreds of millions of Dol Lars in cocaine profits and was fined $5 million by the . Government. The Banco do  of Panama pleaded guilty on monday in Atlanta s Federal court and paid j2 million of the Fine on the spot. The remaining $3 million will be paid by the Bank Over three years officials said. The Fine resulted from a plea agreement in what officials called the largest Money Laun Dering investigation Ever conducted by . Law enforcement agencies. It was the first time a for eign Bank has pleaded guilty to violating . Money laundering Laws. Attorney general Richard Thornburgh said Canada and Switzerland each will receive Simillion of the Money from the Bank because those countries cooperated with american re quests to freeze Bank accounts containing Laun dered drug funds. The funds were wire transferred from the United Stales. Youth shot in Mouth by companion in Louisiana Shreveport la. A a 12-year-old boy lost two front Teeth but was otherwise uninjured when a 14-year-old acquaintance shot him in the Mouth with a Small Caliper pistol police said. The unidentified 14-year-old was questioned monday night and later booked with attempted second degree murder police spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick said tuesday. Kunte Kinta Green said he was standing on a Corner talking with friends monday night when the older boy pointed a gun at him and pulled the trigger several times before it fired Accord ing to police. Authorities speculated the Bullet was deflected by the boy s Teeth. He said the Bullet did not hit his lip and he Felt no pain. He said he Learned he had been shot when he began bleeding. Hell be All right said Eddie Mcraney the boy s Cousin we re blessed that it was t any worse than it  2 Iowa counties say yes to riverboat gambling Law Dubuque Iowa a two Iowa counties voted tuesday to allow floating casinos to land at their Mississippi River docks but voters in a third county disapproved in the first  on the state s new Riv Croal gambling Law. Voters in Dubuque county the largest of the three counties approved the proposal by a 2-1 margin. With about 25 percent of voters going to the polls. 7,793, or 66 percent voted yes and 3.913, or 33 percent disapproved. The outcome in Dubuque county was expected but voting in Allama Kec county in extreme Northeast Iowa was surprising because there was Little organized opposition to the referendum. With 23 percent of eligible voters going to the polls 1,099 rejected the measure and Only 645 voted for it. In Clayton county with about 20 percent of voters going to the polls the measure narrowly passed by i.i22 to 1,060. Six other Mississippi River counties in Iowa hold elections on the gambling question later this month. A majority of those going to the polls must approve in order for the countywide  to pass. If voters approve the measures the state racing and gaming commission will decide How Many licenses to Grant and where the boats will Dock. Terry Harrmann chairman of Dubuque s riverboat referendum committee said he did t expect a close vote. We Felt we knew we had the support out there he said. The Only catch was How Many would get out and vote. A special election is not a popular item most of the  Francis Garrelt the Man who organized the River boat gambling drive in Allama Kec county was unavailable for comment. It was very quiet. There were a couple of letters to the editor. It s surprising Deputy county auditor Marian Smith said. Iowa s new riverboat gambling Law allows gambling on excursion boats beginning april 1, 1991, in counties where voters approve the measure. Supporters of riverboat gambling spent the summer gathering names on petitions. They had to get Signa Tures equal to at least 10 percent of a county s votes from the most recent gubernatorial or presidential election. The racing and gaming commission is drawing up guidelines for developers seeking a riverboat gambling License. Those rules arc expected to be ready for the commission s september meeting. No licenses Are expected to be issued until next year. Because developers believe the commission will Grant very few licenses the first year they arc competing hard to be the first to get them. The legislature this year narrowly voted to Autho Rize riverboat gambling limiting betting to $5 per play and setting a $200 limit on losses. Boats can offer Blackjack Roulette Slot machines Dice games and video gambling. Special elections on riverboat gambling arc scheduled aug. 22 for voters in acc and pcs Monics counties. An aug. 29 referendum is set for voters in Scott. Jackson Clinton and Muscatine counties. Voters in Louisa county have not asked for a referendum on the Issue. Amir Omrani sits Between a collection of deodorants and his wife Randi Freeman in Watertown . Couple raising a stink offer they were forced of leave us air flight Watertown . A a couple kicked off a us air flight after an attendant complained they smelted badly arc asking the airline for an apology and the Price of two of its most expensive tickets. Personally i Don t think we smelted any different than anybody else on the plane Randi Freeman said tuesday. She claimed the airline fabricated the accusation to regain two scats on an overbooked flight. Us air spokesman Larry picket said airline employees followed company policy in removing Freeman 27, and her husband Amir Omrani 30, from flight 252 on july 31. Picket denied the flight was Over booked. He said the head attendant and Gate supervisor told the couple to leave because their body odor was Offen Sive. Passengers also had complained he added. If passengers Are offending other passengers with their odor or anything else he said we have every right to remove them from the  Freeman said airline employees eventually told the couple that Only Omrani had an offensive odor and they Gac the couple toiletries and put them on a later flight. Nothing changed from the time we got off the first plane until we got on the next one. My husband washed up and put on my deodorant but he did t take a Shower. When we got on the next flight 1 asked a woman sitting next to me if we Small cd and she said no said Freeman at her Mother s Home in water town. The couple live in Sweden. Freeman said she has written us air president Edward c Olodny seeking an apology and $3,528, the Cost of first class round trip tickets for two from new York to los Angeles