European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 5,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 5 critics fired up by free cigarettes for troops in Gulf Deal Mem Blackjack dealer Adelbert Zephier gets which was opened tuesday by the san ready for action at the new Royal River tee Sioux Indian tribe features Jack Casino in Flandreau . The Casino pots As High As $1 million. New York apr War is breaking out in the persian Gulf but its Over cigarettes not Oil. The antagonists in this Battle Are tobacco companies that Are giving free cigarettes to . Forces stationed in the Gulf and anti smoking groups that say the giveaways Are a ploy to Hook a new generation of soldiers. Philip Morris .a., the nations leading cigarette maker said tuesday that it had donated 2 million cigarettes to operation desert shield in response to letters from tobacco deprived soldiers. Larry Glennie company director of military specially sales said Philip Morris had shipped the 10,000 Cartons of Marl Boros to saudi Arabia on sept. 26. They were distributed free to a members of the army air Force and marines who have the least Access to the Basic comforts of everyday life a he said. The shipment followed a sept. 25 announcement by the much smaller Brown and Williamson tobacco corp., which said that it planned to Send an undisclosed number of free Kool milds and Richlands to the . Contingent defending Oil Rich saudi Arabia against a possible iraqi attack. Smoking critics said the moves subverted a 4-year-old defense department health policy aimed at discouraging cigarette use. A was health organizations we certainly have to be concerned about the readiness of our troops a said fran Dumelle chairwoman of the coalition on smoking or health a Washington lobby group. A i think the coalition is principally outraged at the tobacco Industry a attempt to exploit the situation in the Mideast a she said. A in every War in the last 40 years the Industry has used the concept of free cigarettes to Hook a new generation of  Steven Dickinson a spokesman for the american cancer society said he Wasny to surprised by the giveaways but he questioned Why the Pentagon Hadnot taken a Public position on the free cigarettes. A the Point is the department of defense has recognized that smoking is a deterrent to fitness. Here they Are playing into the tobacco companies hands a Dickinson said. At the Pentagon defense department spokesman maj. Douglas Hart said he would have to Check further before he could comment on the tobacco company announcements. A this is the first in be heard about this a Hart said. Gop contender stepping out to stymie Duke Baton Rouge la. A the Republican Senate candidate has dropped out of the race leaving former Kun flux Klansman David Duke As the Only major candidate to Challenge the incumbent. Gop hopeful Ben Bagert dropped out and urged his supporters to vote for the 18-year incumbent Democrat sen. J. Bennett Johnston. A i think that a just the final insurance against Duke getting any further a said Charles Black the Republican party a main spokesman in Washington. Black said it was Clear to him three weeks ago that Bagert could not beat Duke and get into a Runoff against Johnston. Duke is a first term state representative and Bagert is a state senator. The party spokesman said that although he and other party leaders did not help arrange endorsements of Johnston by Senate republicans a we sure did no to discourage  he added a the Republican National committee should not endorse a Democrat while there is a Bona fide Republican in the  a a Johnston is seeking a fourth term. Based on Louisiana a open primary system a candidate can win saturdays election outright by receiving More than half of the vote. But if no candidate achieves a majority the two top vote getters will face each other in the general election nov. 6. Bagert has run a Distant third in polls which also have shown Johnston a support at about 50 percent. The Field also includes two unknowns both democrats. Kelly Johnston Deputy political director of the Republican Senate Campaign committee said earlier that a Runoff Between Johnston and Duke a would be the worst possible thing former met Star Steber Dies at 76 new York apr Eleanor Steber who began singing solos As a child in West Virginia and went on to become a Prima Donna at the new York metropolitan opera died wednesday of congestive heart failure at the Attleboro nursing Home in Langhorne pa., according to Martha Moore Smith her personal representative. She was 76. Steber became a Church soloist at age 5 and debuted at the met in 1940 As Sophie in a Der  As her voice matured she undertook heavier roles such As Donna Anna in a Don  in All she Sang 404 met performances in 33 roles a in French italian and German a through 1966. She was known especially As a Mozart interpreter portraying the countess fior Diluigi pamina Donna Elvira and con Stanze the latter at the metropolitan premiere of a the abduction from the Seraglio a in 1946. She appeared throughout the world in recitals and musical comedies and was a featured soloist on televisions a voice of  sir Rudolf Bing then the met a general manager dismissed her without explanation in 1963, three years after a new York times article proclaimed her a a indispensable to the opera company. She returned at the met a pleading in 1966 to sing Minnie in a girl of the Golden  she headed the voice department at the Cleveland Institute of music from 1963 to 1973, then taught at the Juilliard school of music. In 1975, she established the Eleanor Steber music foundation to help Young singers. That could happen to  it would allow democrats across the nation to link any Republican in the november general election to Duke she said. On wednesday eight Republican senators in Washington urged Louisiana voters to reject Duke. Senators said Duke represents hatred and bigotry and Bagert can twin. A fall of us would be embarrassed and mortified to have to serve in the United states Senate with David Duke masquerading As a Republican a sen. John Dan Forth r-mo., said  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Oct. 5,1950 a the new York Yankee edged out the Philadelphia Phillies 1-0 in the opening game of the 1950 world Seric in philadelphia.30 years ago today. Oct. 5,1960 a the . Navy said a be fighter air Speed record of 1,390.21 Mph was reached by cmdr. John f. Davis in Ai f-4h phantom ii. The Speed was 100 my faster than a soviet record set four Mont earlier. Prostitution banned at Mustang ranch Virginia City Nev. A the county commissioners have voted to prohibit prostitution at the bankrupt Mustang ranch saying they Are tired of the a a circus surrounding Nevada a most infamous Legal bordello. The Storey county commissions action Means the internal Revenue service will not be Able to sell the property As a Brothel when it goes up for auction. The irs seized the ranch on sept. 21 for an estimated $13 million in taxes owed by owners Joe and Sally Conforte. Commissioner Karl Larson said wednesday that the county is not against Legal bordello. Its just weary of the ruckus stirred by Mustangs notoriety. The commissions action gives con Fortes Nephew David Burgess a monopoly in the county a Brothel business. Burgess owns the old Bridge ranch Brothel near the Mustang. Larson said the county probably will increase Burgess $30,000 annual License fee to help make up for lost Revenue from the Mustang. Irs officials said they will sell the Mustang As real estate not As a Brothel. County officials said Banning prostitution at the ranch Likely will further decrease the property a value. The irs has said it Hopes to sell the property within two months.20 years ago today. Oct. 5, 1970 a the presidents commission on Campus unrest ended its report on the deaths of four Kent state University students killed during protests on May 4, 1970. The report said protesters and the Ohio National guard shared the blame for the deaths.7 0 years ago today. Oct. 5,1980 a a pre Dawn fire aboard the dutch luxury liner prise dam forced nearly 500 crewmen and passengers most of them elderly american couples to abandon ship and take to life rafts in the Choppy Winay Gulf of Alaska