European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 growth of lotteries slows As Sacramento Calif. Apr the growth of state lotteries across the nation is slowing and sales in six states Are going Down an Industry analyst said. The 33 . Lotteries grossed $20.8 billion in 1990, up 7 percent Over the previous years $19.4 billion analysts said. But that compares to a growth rate of 14 percent in 1989 and 30 percent in 1988. By mid-1991, sales gains had slipped to an estimated average of about 5 percent for the previous 12 months said Terri la Fleur of International gaming and wagering business Magazine. Older lotteries no longer enjoying the Crest of player interest a Are eking out sales growth_ol2 percent to 3 percent if they Are even achieving that a la Fleur said. A the reasons Are All Over the Board. There a the recession people Are spending their discretionary Money More on other things. Some states say their military players were in saudi  California Topping the sales declines of six states posted an 11.3 percent drop taking in about $2.29 Bilar a top concern worker Cynthia Lee displays the clean top can Carrier introduced by a company based in Stockton Calif. The polyester resin product was developed to replace the ring Type beverage can Carrier which is considered a threat to the environment and wildlife. The company says its new Carrier can be recycled and is beneficial to Consumers and the environment. Expert says lion last year Down from about $2.59 billion in 1989. Oregon followed closely with Anil percent decrease. Pennsylvania sales declined 7.5 percent Washington 2.4 percent arizonarl.7 percent and new Jersey 0.8 percent. The figures Fow Calendar year 1990 were compiled by International gaming and wagering using monthly totals from the lotteries which report sales either by Calendar year or by fiscal year ending june 30. Revenue to California Public education which gets 34 percent of the lottery a Gross sales has dropped As a result of the sales decline. Although lottery funds make up just 3 percent of schools budget about two thirds of the school districts have rejected state officials advice and spent the Money for continuing needs rather than supplementary uses. Bill Bergman executive director of the National association of state and provincial lotteries said California May be experiencing unique problems because virtually no other states games Are experiencing such a Large decline. Laboratory horse is Unsung hero of War in Gulf St. Paul Minn. Apr one of the Little known heroes of the War in the persian Gulf is a horse that was the country a Only source of Antitoxin to protect troops from food poisoning an army official says. The horse called first flight provided the military with Antitoxin for botulism when Allied commanders feared the iraqis would resort to germ warfare. A botulism has Long been considered a potential biological warfare threat a said Chuck Dasey spokesman for the army medical research and development come in fort Detrick my. The army inoculated the horse with increasing doses of botulism toxins until its body developed an immunity to the food poisoning. About 12 years ago the army gave the thoroughbred to the University of Minnesota under a contract to continue the research Dasey said. First flight was inoculated with All seven strains and produced blood antibodies that fight each Strain said Richard Condie director of an immunology research Center at the University. The horse was the nations sole source of Antitoxin stockpiled to protect Allied troops from botulism Dasey said. First flight was bled Over the years and had Given nearly 1,000 liners about 1,060 quarts by last summer said Liz Barrett who works with the University slab animals. The plasma was extracted and used for the botulism Antitoxin. The red blood cells were returned to the horses system. Some of the Antitoxin was tested on about 10 army volunteers and they showed no ill effects Condie said. The iraqis never used biological agents so none of first flights Antitoxin was needed. Rate of Oral disease linked to shortage of Black dentists Ann Arbor Mich. Up a a shortage of Black dentists contributes to a High level of Oral disease among americans poor and disadvantaged and Little Progress is being made to Correct the problem according to a University of Michigan report. The report released Friday by the University during a Black dentistry in the 21st Century conference said that in 1988 Only 2.6 percent of . Dentists Are Black while 12 percent of the population is Black. That figure was unchanged from 1970 and 1980.the conference keynote speaker. Audrey f. Manley Deputy assistant Secretary in the . Department of health and human services said the dearth of Black dentists is one Factor in the High level of Oral disease found among Low income and less educated people in the United states. Manley said the incidence of Oral cancer is 30 per cent higher among Blacks than Whites and the mortality rate for it is twice As High for Blacks As it is for Whites. She said increasing the number of Black dentists is important because an has study shows minority practitioners Are More Likely to locate and practice in medically undeserved areas and to serve Low income individuals. A the fact is that minority America is sorely in need of practising physicians dentists researchers academicians and scientists who Are sensitive to cultural and ethnic distinctions and who can serve As mentors and role models for our youth a she said. The More than 170 health care professionals University researchers and corporate representatives at the conference called for increased funding for training at Black dental schools increased financial support for Black dental students and for programs that allow dental students to repay Loans with Community service. . A. Al Blue Bunny workers on a scaffold arc dwarfed by the 92-foot Long 40-foot High Rabbit they arc painting on a billboard overlooking new York City a times Square. The Bunny coloured Light Blue is an advertisement for a hair tinting listings in the new York yellow pages. Washington state Drivers upset by new Dpi plates from wire reports Olympia Wash. A some people driving around with newly issued License plates caring the letters a cd win Are worried other motorists will think they were punished for Drunken driving. The Washington state department of licensing let 1,000 plates with the letters Dpi slip into circulation. The abbreviation stands for driving while intoxicated. A especially with the Low numbers like ool Dpi or 007 Dpi people might think the person has had one Dpi or has had seven Dis a said Felicia Remmen vehicle service manager for the Thurston county auditors office. The Dpi letter combination was not on the departments do not Issue list which is intended to screen out embarrassing tag numbers. About 25 motorists have complained about Dpi plates. Those hot yet issued in Thurston county will be returned and anyone who wants a replacement plate can get it free Remmen said. Man imprisoned for slur fort Lauderdale Fla. A Man will serve three months in Federal prison and three years probation for shouting racial slurs and making threats to keep a Black woman from moving in next  at fridays sentencing wanted More prison time for James Tribble 53, who was also ordered to perform 100 hours of Community service. Quot . Magistrate Lurana Snow settled on the sentence after defense attorney Ron l. Baum told the judge that his client Felt ashamed and had apologized. Tribble indictment stems from a May 1990 incident in which a real estate Saleswoman showed a prospective buyer a woman from Haiti a Home listed for Sale in nearby Hollywood. During a trip to the property Tribble glared at the agent and the prospective buyer from his front Lawn and made an obscene gesture. Later that Day the agent received a message on her Telephone answering machine containing a racial slur and a threat. Prosecutors charged Tribble under the 1968 fair housing act