European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 4&Quot, 1991the stars and stripes Page 9swiss state says no to Slot machines Zurich Switzerland a More than 6,000 electronic gambling Rha Chines Are to be dismantled in Switzerland a most populous state after a weekend vote spelled the end of what some Media dubbed a Swiss a Las  a in a statewide referendum a 51 percent majority supported a ban of the one armed bandits throughout the Canton of Zurich which accounts for about two thirds of All machines in the country. The Slot machines operated on two Swiss franc coins $1.38and the maximum take was 50 francs $34.50. A citizens committee and a group of psychiatrists had proposed the ban on the machines arguing that they exploited Young people and pensioners prone to addiction. Hotly the state government which now stands to lose about $10 million in annual tax revenues.,and the state parliament had urged voters to reject the proposal. Opponents launched a massive advertising Campaign and manufacturers warned that a ban would Cost Mirc than 1,000 jobs. A most of those who voted for the ban Are Likely to. Have thought that honest and steady people should Quot know better what to do with their free time than gambling away their Money Quot commented the Cue Uricher Zeitung newspaper monday. A but it May be Overly optimistic to assume that All those who gambled now will spend their tree time on a More meaningful  Zurich is the 14th of Switzerland s 26 cantons to ban the gambling machines. The Federal Constitution prohibits no limit gambling houses throughout the country. That ban has helped make Divonne a resort near Geneva France s busiest  ends a Cyprus airways plane with 151 passengers on Board lands amid stringent Security at the Beirut Lebanon Airport on monday ending a six year Boycott caused by a 1985 hijacking of a cypriot jetliner by lebanese air pirates. Cyprus airways is the first Western airlines to resume flights to  pact obtains Germany s help in building Effort Nicosia Cyprus a Iran has signed letters of agreement with Germany outlining extensive Gec Man help in developing ports Power plants mines and metals the islamic Republic news Agency said  Agency monitored in Nicosia said the agreements were signed by Iran a minister of mines and metals who returned sunday Tom a we Klong visit to Bonn. A. A a. A a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a tithe agreement comes about As  pics Dent Hashemi a Sfanjani has tempered Moie than a decade of anti Western islamic Fervour and improved his com try a ties with Western Europe. Tehran has looked in mainly to Germany and Fiance to a a reconstruct industries battered in the 1980-88 Yvain with Iraq. A Sfanjani is scheduled of visit Paris and Bonn this summer. A. According to Irna the germans will provide a support and assistance to build a jetty with a 50 million ton capacity in Iran s Southern of chm Island. Germany will also construct a 1.400-megawatt Power Plant there Irna reported. The germans will help upgrade facilities at the ban Dar Khomeini port  Iran Irna said and a project for Coke production to fuel Iran s steel Mills will also be. Undertaken with German  projects will be financed by joint investments and Export credits to which get Man Linns and Banks have agreed Irna said. Scores missing Hurt As Japan Volcano erupts Tokyo up a molten lava sped Down an erupting Volcano in Southern Japan at nearly 60 Mph monday injuring at least 30 people As it burned a wide path of destruction through a town authorities said. The Kyodo news service reported 17 other people including 10 reporters were missing. But officials could not confirm the report _. _ mount Unzen which has been spewing Ash and Small amounts of lava since an eruption on May 24, began erupting at a much faster Pace at about 4 . Monday creating an Avalanche of hot lava arid volcanic rocks which burned at least 15 Homes and sparked several Forest tires. ,. Most of the damage occurred in Shi Mabara a town of 44,f 0 on the Side of the erupting Volcano on the Island of Kyushu approximately 600 Miles South West of Tokyo. A a it a like hell Down there Quot said the chief of a fire brigade. Most of the 30 people injured in the flow were firefighters authorities said. Also injured were reporters sent to cover the eruptions. Seventeen of the injured people required hospitalization a spokesman said. A local firefighters brigade which had been observing the volcanic activity was a caught by Surprise As the lava flowed at speeds up to 60 Mph said Nhok television. The lava was estimated to be burning at 1,800 degrees fahrenheit with enough a jts Ower to break Down Concrete Walls said the Kyodo news service. Local residents described hearing aloud bang shortly before the lava Rush. _ a it was like a booming drum a one eyewitness said in a television interview. Another woman holding a surgical mask Over her face said her heart was still pounding with fear after having seen the massive lava flow. At least 3,500 residents in the areas surrounding mount Unzen had been evacuated following the earlier eruptions Moscow up a  soviet prosecutor issued a report monday blaming Lithuania for the Jan. 13 soviet troop massacre of 14 people and justifying the military attack on civilians guarding the Vilnius television Center As necessary to maintain order. The report to the supreme soviet or standing parliament by procurator general Nikolai 1 Rubin also repeated charges that the lithuanians surrounding the Center in an attempt to Stop its takeover by soviet forces were armed and attacked the soldiers approaching in tanks. He also said while the soldiers were issued live ammunition they did not shoot civilians an if did not intentionally run Over protesters with tanks a making his report at Odds with eyewitness accounts by Western journalists and others at the scene pm Jan. 13. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev denied Advance knowledge of the television Center takeover and on Decd Trubin a investigate the Jan. 1.3 troop attack alter a worldwide outcry against the soviet crackdown but some had apparently returned officials said. Mure than 600 japanese soldiers Weie dispatched to the Mountain to help with the Rescue Effort officials said. On april l 1792. Mount Unzen erupted killing an estimated 15,000 people m what is believed to be Japan a most destructive volcanic eruption a a mount Unzen had been quiet until november 1900 when it erupted sending pillars of steam 300 Yards into the air from a crack near the Peak. There had not been any major.etup-, Lions since then and the area was considered Safe until the latest eruption last month. ,. Massacre to reassert control in the Independence mired cd Baltic. Trubina a report carried in part by the official lass news Agency and the Independent Intel fax Agency said that soviet  and army troops were sent to take Over die television Center because it was a a fueling tensions with anti soviet broadcasts. A a the tragic events in Vilnius on Jan. 13 were the result of the lithuanian leadership a anti constitutional  the report says referring to the elected gov Emmen s moves for Independence from Moscow