European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday May 3, 1990 Irish authorities crack Down on smoking a i Idi in i 1_�?z j / Dublin Ireland apr the Haze cleared from Ireland a buses and movie Heaters tuesday As the government cracked Down on smoking. Authorities outlawed smoking in cinemas and buses and ordered segregated smoking areas to be set up in government buildings trains schools libraries hospitals airports supermarkets restaurants and Art galleries. Health inspectors will make spot checks throughout the country with the Power to Fine offenders up to $160. Owners or managers failing to enforce the ban can be fined up to $800. Restaurateurs were angered that the ban does not apply to pubs or bars. A there seem to be two Laws a said Henry of Neill head of the restaurant owners association. A publicans pub keepers have gone into food in a major Way yet they Are not restricted. It is  Ireland already bans tobacco Advertis ing on radio and to and the health department said it Hopes a the new Laws will be the final pieces in the Jigsaw of the governments anti smoking  Patrick Macnutt a Galway University economics lecturer said he does not smoke but sees the ban As government interference. A an individual right has been relegated to an imposed Rule a Macnutt said. Richard Miller director of the dub Lin based Edmund Burke Institute which campaigns for individual rights doubted the ban would be enforced. He said it was introduced a to satisfy the demand for regulations and to enable Ireland to look Modem no Eric. Sive and  Irish smokers have declined to 27 percent of the population from 45 percent in 1975. A pack of 20 cigarettes costs $3.20, of which the government takes 67 percent in  of phone system for London takes effect soon London up a ailing Hampstead Heath in i Ondon from Hon Kong or Heathrow will require an extra digit starting sunday. British telecoms is splitting the capital City into two area codes which it says will More than double London s capacity for numbers. All London numbers now have an area code 01 domestically and i internationally followed by seven digits which Are the Only ones londoners use to talk to each other. In theory the system provides 10 million numbers for telephones computers or fax machines but in practice Only about half of the numbers arc available an amount that is running Short. British telecoms has decided to make inner London plus an Extension cast to the booming docklands coded 071, and outer London coded 081. To talk from the Center to the suburbs or the reverse londoners will have to use the full code just As if they were calling a City hundreds of Miles away. Although a recent Survey showed less than half of the capital s companies had begun to prepare for the change a by spokesman said a we arc confident that by the time londoners return to work tuesday the vast majority of businesses and customers will know what their number is and will be using the new  londoners can take Comfort in the inevitable confusion a others have suffered before them. New York out of Hospital Oskar Lafontaine opposition candidate for West German Chancellor greets spectators wednesday As he leaves Cologne University Hospital. A week ago a woman stabbed the social Democrat in the neck seriously wounding him. Boston Hon Kong Chicago Geneva and Zurich Are among the cities that already have gone through Telephone number changes. To help people remember the new codes by has come up with a billboard advertising Campaign making word plays with the names of famous people and places. �?o071 for Shirley in Temple 081 for Eric in  �?o081 for Robert in Mitcham 071 for Burt in Lancaster  �?o071 for Whitney in Euston 081 for Harry in  Enfield is a London comedian. �?o071 for James in Bond Street 081 for Kew a the last referring to the inventor of 007�?Ts Security toys including an Aston Mart db-5 with tire slashing knives that popped out of the wheel spokes. A by spokesman admits that some of the word plays Are a excruciatingly painful but it gets the message  Millie Banerjee who is chief coordinator of the changeover said she expects Only mild confusion when it goes into effect. A a we be done everything necessary to ensure a a. Smooth transition a she Sai let. A a we re planning to have to Deal with a certain extent of mind Ealing but the Calls will be dealt with by recorded announcements explaining the Correct  linked to letters that threatened beatle arrested in London London apr police on wednesday arrested a Man in connection with threatening letters sent to former beatle George Harrison thames Valley police said. Harrison 47, received the letters at his mansion in Friar Park near Henley 35 Miles West of Central London where he lives with his wife Olivia 42, and their 12-year-old son Dhani. Police said officers swooped on a South London address wednesday to detain the Man after an examination of the letters postmarks found they were All sent from that area. We have investigated the allegations and we have traced the person who sent the letters a said a police spokesman who was not named in keeping with British custom. A papers will be submitted for consideration for prosecution. The inquiry has been completed. A the Crown prosecution service is reviewing the Case police said but no charges have been filed. The daily Mirror reported that Harrison had received five Anonymous Handwritten letters in recent weeks threatening death. The tabloid said the letters stated time you went and a goodbye George a but nr\11r o paid 1 so a h to j a a. Police could not confirm the number of letters received or their contents. Another sex beatle John Lennon was slain outside dec 1m 980 apartment by a deran8ed gunman on the pop music group broke up in 1970 after eight years of Success. The daily Mirror reported that Harrison has been haunted by fear of an assassins Bullet Ever since Lennon was slain and is constantly accompanied by a bodyguard. 3 world today Franco a former flagship decommissioned in Spain Many Prague streets get new non marxist names Prague Czechoslovakia apr dozens of Prague streets have been renamed in a move symbolizing the democratic changes sweeping the country after four decades of communist Rule official Media said. Streets named after marxist politicians or historical events linked to the communist movement were renamed. Some streets regained the old names they had before the communists came to Power in 1948 others were Given new names. President Vaclav Havel attended the ceremony marking the name changes at Prague a downtown pal acky Square. Havel who still lives in an apartment on a nearby Quay said he welcomed the name  undergoes surgery in Barcelona for slipped disc Madrid Spain apr Maverick soviet politician Boris Yeltsin got up from his Hospital bed and walked wednesday for the first time since he underwent surgery for a slipped disc two Days ago his doctor said. Or. Josep Llovet Tapies of Barcelona Hospital said the soviet Radical Deputy so clinical evolution is excellent and permitted him to get out of bed and walk  the doctor who performed the emergency surgery late monday at the Hospital also said Yeltsin had recovered �?o90 percent of the movement in his right foot and is recovering satisfactorily from the  Yeltsin 59, arrived in Barcelona sunday to appear on a catalonian regional television talk show. On monday he cancelled his activities after complaining of Back pains and he was rushed to the Hospital for  broadening ban on tobacco advertising Madrid up a Spain a minister of health he prepared a draft decree to ban advertising of Tobacc products everywhere except on radio from 10 . To . Until now such advertising in Spain has Bee banned Only on television and at places where Sale an use of tobacco is prohibited. The minister Julian Garcia Vargas said that each ear in Spain about 40,000 people die of tobacco a lated illnesses. Al Ferrol Spain apr the vessel Gen Francisco Franco used As his yacht and flagship until his death in 1975 ran Down its Flag for the last time monday in the onetime dictators Hometown an official said. The 154-foot Azor was built for Franco in the galician port in 1949. It was last used As a naval flagship in 1984 by King Juan Carlos Francois successor As head of state and the Man who presided Over the country a transition to democracy. Vice Admiral Rafael Marti accepted the ships Flag and the local Navy chaplain said a prayer during a Brief decommissioning ceremony at the port in this Northwestern town capt. Juan Jose Garcia Perez said