European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday april 25, 1991 London apr British airways gave away All 50,000 scats on its International flights tuesday but the airline still  fill its planes. Tickets for about 5,000 seats went unused officials admitted. A up and away Day was designed to generate excitement Over International air travel which has been in a severe slump because of economic slowdowns and fears of. Iraqi sponsored terrorism. British airways estimated the promotions Cost at about $27 million winners in the drawing including 5,800 passengers from the United states received roundtrip tickets. The 90 percent who showed up seemed pleased. A a four year old Danny. Barnes was bubbling before his flight to California he was going to Disneyland to meet a my favourites a a Mickey Moustis goofy and Donald Duck. His Mother Anne Barnes of paddock Wood England said she had hoped to win a trip to Sydney Australia but was delighted to be Able to go to Disneyland. Quot we certainly  do it otherwise a she said. Lydie Mcglot a 12-year-old from Paris arriving on her first trip to London said she was eager to Sec big Ben. The airline treated the Day As an International party. The departure lounge at Heathrow a terminal 4 was filled with live Rock a no Roll and bagpipe music. Employees dressed in Clown an fill Imal and Tudor costumes. Charlie Adams a truck Driver from Basildon England and his wife Rose were among the winners of free scats on the concorde British airways luxurious supersonic Jet. A a a it a absolutely fabulous quite Unbe. Lic Vable a Adams said As he sipped Champagne. He had never flown outside Britain. Linda Abrahams of London said she and her husband were taking advantage of their free tickets to Tokyo to spend a month in the far East including Hong Kong and Thailand Quot its fantastic. Its something we be always wanted a she said. British airways Hopes  Tell their friends a the company says International air traffic is Down 12.5 percent from a year ago. That san improvement from a 30 percent decline this year during the persian Gulf War. Still the Industry Isnit expected to return to Normal until at least september the airline said. A total of 1.5 million britons 1.6 million . Residents and 2.4 million other foreigners entered the drawing for the 25,000 free seats for flights to Britain and  number from the United kingdom the airline said. Applicants for each pair of free roundtrip tickets could specify three destination choices and the number of. Weeks they wished to stay. Australia was the most popular  unveil new tax system just Days before local elections world temporary fix planned to help Tower of Pisa London up a prime minister John majors conservative party said tuesday that a new tax based on property values and the number of residents in a household would replace the deeply unpopular poll tax which has sparked riots and even contributed to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Details of the new tax came a Little More than a week before the May 2 local elections which conservatives feared would focus on the poll tax unveiling the Long awaited plan to the House of commons environment Secretary Michael Csc line said that with the new Levy called a Council tax britons would pay less than they did under the poll tax or the abandoned property rates. A the Council tax will be simple and cheap to collect h will require less of single adults than larger households. It will not impose excessive demands on any household a he said. A it will make a Clear connection Between what Community councils spend and people pay. It will be seen to be  last month the conservatives announced that the poll tax would be replaced after it became Clear it was a crowd watches As a statue of Vladimir Lenin the founder of soviet communism is moved from its Pedestal in the main Square of the armenian capital of Yerevan where it stood for 46 years the statue was re jeopardizing the party a political fortunes. Critics of the poll tax which levied a charge on every adult regardless of income or property holdings said the system was unfair and the tax Money was difficult to collect. When she was prime minister Thatcher called the poll tax the a a flagship of her third term in office. Her refusal to reconsider the system As Well As her opposition to european Community integration led to a party leadership contest that she lost in november. The labor party said that the tories who have remained divided Over the poll tax Issue had not aban do cd the controversial system and that the new plan is unfair. Quot a a a by \ Quot a a a a a v a the government has once again missed by failing to disentangle itself from the poll tax a Brian Gould a labor member of parliament said in response to the government plan. Hese Tirie said the new system would be based on property values and the number of residents in the household. Heseltine a plan covered Only England. A separate arrangement will be announced later for Wales and Scotland. Moved on april 13, but the photo was Only recently released by an armenian news Agency. Lenin a statue now rests beside one of czarina Catherine ii in the soviet republics National museum. From wire reports Pisa Italy a government appointed experts say they have decided to put 10 steel rings around the Tower of Pisa in a temporary measure designed to keep the Monument from Tilting too fast. The Tower which is about 13 feet off the perpendicular leaned an extra four hundredths of an Inch Between december and March. Experts were concerned noting the additional tilt was almost As much As the annual average. Although Many experts claimed the Tower would not topple for another 100 years the government closed it to the Public in january 1990 because of fears of danger to  of a government appointed scientific commission said tying 10 stainless steel rings one centimetre in diameter at the level Between the first and second cornices would slow the tilt \ the experts at a news conference tuesday said the rings would compress the Monument and increase its resistance to inclination at the Point considered most critical and where there is the greatest risk for instability blast hits nato pipeline Bremen Germany a an explosion apparently resulting from an attack damaged a nato fuel pipeline Early wednesday hear the Northern City of huge West of Bremen police said. Of police said they had no Trace of the assailants and gave no damage assessment. They said a fire inside the pipe was discovered in the morning after which police began to search the area and found several explosive devices hooked onto the Metal construction protecting the pipeline. Only one of the explosives ignited and the fire burned itself out police said. Several weeks ago a similar attack was carried out against a nato Supply installation in the same area. Nobody was  television plans cuts London a bbl television is cutting 720 jobs. Closing studios and cutting program budgets because of a difficult times a the publicly funded network has announced. Quot these Are difficult times for Many industries. Television is no exception a will Wyatt the networks managing director said tuesday. A was far As possible we shall try to Cushion the Impact by seeking volunteers for Early retirement and not filling vacancies. But this wont be enough and redundancies will be unavoidable a he said. The television network has been caught Between two different pressures Wyatt said in announcing the cuts. Under the broadcasting act of 1990, a Law aimed at encouraging growth and Competition in the television Industry the network must buy one fourth of its programs from Independent producers by 1993, As the network approaches that goal the size of staff it needs grows smaller. The television network also is expected to contribute one third of a $127.5 million saving target the bbl plans to meet within the next three years. The savings will be used to improve salaries and programs. The bbl is financed by mandatory Public subscription in the form of a television License. On the Way out