European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 23. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 visitors to the soviet Union s first air show in 22 years rasped when they saw Gas tank goes piggyback shoulders. The startling piggyback cargo is a fuel tank for the soviets giant this vat transport floating Over mos cow with a us Parsi a Burden on its Enervia Booster rocket which the claim is the world s most powerful. W. German afghan accused of Export violation Phoenix a the . Customs service arrested a West German and an afghan Here monday for allegedly conspiring to Export a sophisticated military computer to the soviet Union. The arrests of German National Egbert Partesius 46, and Abdul Aziz Ahmed 40, capped an eight month investigation into what Thomas Mcdermott special agent in charge said was a significant  the technology is such that it s being sought by the soviet bloc and there arc people attempting to obtain it in this country for them Mcdermott said. Partesius was in the United Stales on a visitor s visa Ahmed was a resident alien living in Alexandria a. Customs spokesman Charles Conroy said agents believe that Partesius Ahmed and Hady Azimi who remained in West Germany conspired to Purchase and Export a digital equipment Vax 8820 mainframe computer which re quires a validated Export License from the . Department of Commerce. The Vax 8820 has military capabilities and is not eligible for licensed Export to soviet bloc countries Conroy said. Mcdermott said the men initially paid $28,000 to agents working undercover for an ism computer with military applications and shipped it to West Ger Many at that Purchase they came Forward with the Deposit to Purchase the Vax 8820 and gave an initial Deposit. Then last thursday they came Forward with the balance of the $596,000," Mcoder Inott said. Partesius and Ahmed were charged in . District court with violating a 4 year old Federal arms Export control Law and with conspiracy and Money Laun Dering. If convicted on All counts each defendant could receive up to 35 years in prison and a $2.5 million Fine. The two arc being held As Federal prisoners at the Maricopa county jail with out Bond Mcdermott said. Reno University Institute finds Slot As nation s i of of study gambling Reno Nev. A the nation s Only University Institute to study gambling has opened in Reno As More local governments legalize what some citizens still consider a vice. Some people still look at gaming As quite a ways Down on the morality list said Judy Cornelius acting associate director of the Institute. But the attitude toward gaming is definitely changing As states see this As a Legal Way to generate  Cornelius said monday that Only three states Hawaii Indiana and Utah have no form of legalized gambling. The new Institute for the study of gambling and commercial gaming which plans to offer undergrad uate minor degrees opened july i at the University of Nevada Reno. The Institute is really intended to be an umbrella organization that will. Further the understanding of gambling s effects on society said William Reading ton a Una economics professor and an analyst of the gaming Industry which provides More than half the funds that run Nevada s government. The Reno Institute will focus not Only on economics but also on ethical moral and Legal issues to Dis cover Why people Gamble and Why some become addicted to it. There s so much gaming activity going on now that there needs to be a research Center where information from All Over the world can be gathered Cornelius said. In its curriculum the Institute plans to Start slowly by offering non degree courses through the Una Divi Sion of continuing education this fait for people in Middle management positions in the Casino Industry. Then existing related University courses will be consolidated into the equivalent of an undergraduate minor with a specialization in gambling or Casino management. Gaming really is big business All Over the world now even in the Midwest where charitable gaming is really  Cornelius said. Voters in an Iowa county recently approved River boat gambling and Deadwood s.d., has approved Casino games. In some areas where legalized gambling has been opposed citizens Are approving games of Chance on the condition that business operators Tell gambling addicts Whereto get treatment Cornelius said. There s a new trend in lotteries in which a Small percentage of the Money is earmarked toward treat ment of pathological gambling she said adding that some lottery machines must Post phone numbers of gambling addiction treatment centers. It s a bit of a twist to get voters to approve Gam  nurses think lunar eclipse triggered baby Boom Miami up South Florida hospitals re ported an unexplained jump in births late last week and some maternity nurses believe the lunar eclipse prompted the baby Boom. Hardly anyone in South Florida saw the eclipse late wednesday and Early thursday be cause of heavy Clouds but maternity Ward staffs said they saw the results. At Jackson memorial Hospital in Miami which normally handles 40 births a Day 61 babies were bom Early thursday. At Plantation general Hospital West of fort Lauderdale there were 17 births twice the usual number. At mount Sinai medical Center in Miami Beach which usually has about three births Aday nine babies arrived after the Moon Slid through Earth s Shadow. I m sure it had to do with the  said Myrna Roth a Plantation nurse. Whenever it Rains or there s a drop in the barometric pres sure we gel  St. Mary s Hospital in West Palm Beach reported about seven More new oms than Normal. At South Miami Hospital births nearly doubled in the hours around the eclipse which started at 9 21 . Wednesday and ended at 12 56 . Thursday. They always say the tide has something to do with  said rat Jamason a nursing super visor at St. Mary s. So maybe the eclipse is