European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday november 9, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 Wooldall 37 aboard soviet Jet die in Mountain crash from wire reports Moscow a a soviet passenger Jet crashed in the caucasus mountains killing All 37 people on Board the Tass news Agency reported Friday. The Yak-40, a Short Range commuter style aircraft was travelling in Southern Russia when it vanished from radar shortly before it was scheduled to land in the Caspian port of Makhachkala the Agency said. A search was launched and late thursday the wreckage of the plane was found Between the cities of by Inakak and Makhachkala. All 33 passengers included two children and four Crew members died. The plane was flying South from Elista in the Kalmy Skaya autonomous Republic to Makhachkala in the Dagestad autonomous Republic the report said. A commission will investigate the  a departure set Washington a the United states will vacate Clark a in the Philippines late this month and return the facility to the philippine government. Spokesman Pete Williams said thursday that the Pentagon expects . Forces finishing work at the base to leave by nov. 26, ending a stay that began with a 1947 Basing agreement that included both Clark and the Subic Bay naval facilities. The air base was heavily damaged this year during the eruption of the mount Pinatubo Volcano and . Negotiators working on a new Basing agreement ultimately rejected by the philippine Senate opted to leave Clark because of the damage. An associated bombing Range nearby also has been abandoned Williams said. The United states recently got a diplomatic note from the philippine government suggesting discussions on a three year phase out of the Subic Bay operation where the Navy does ship repairs. Williams said the United states could Complete its operations there within three years but would need a specific a status of forces agreement to keep personnel there in the absence of a new Basing  suffer 3 defeats London a prime minister John majors conservatives have suffered defeats in three parliamentary elections. The labor party won two seats and the Liberal democrats the third. The British Domestic news Agency press association called it a the tories worst by election night since they came to Power in 1979. Thursdays special elections were held in the largely Rural and relatively prosperous parliamentary seat of Kincardine and Dee Side in Northeast Scotland in Lang Burgh a Rural and Industrial area in economically depressed Northeast England and in Hemsworth a Coal mining area in Northern England. The special elections were caused by the deaths of the officeholders. By Law a general election must be held by  record set Paris a an Anonymous american collector has bought a painting by Paul Gauguin painted in Tahiti in 1892 for $9 million marking the highest Price paid in France for a work by the artist auction House officials said Friday. A woman acting on behalf of the collector made the Purchase of the landscape Oil painting thursday evening at the Jacques Tajan Sale rooms. The direction of the museums of France said the painting tie fare was of a great Quality but recommended there was no need for it to be forbidden from leaving France. A i had a lot of Luck a said the woman bidder who said she was acting for a an american collector who wished to remain Anonymous. Thursdays Sale marked the highest Price paid for a Gauguin in France. The record paid for a Gauguin was set in May 1989 in new York when $22 million was paid for another of his 1892 works Mara Mua. Strict gun control measure nears approval in Canada by the Washington Post Toronto a Canadas House of commons has overwhelmingly approved a gun control Bill that goes far beyond restrictive measures adopted in the United states. By 189 to 14, the lower House voted thursday to ban the import or Possession of military style assault weapons require a 28-Day waiting period for Purchase of other guns stiffen prison sentences for illegal Possession of prohibited weapons and restrict gun purchases to persons at least 18 years old. The measure still must be reviewed by the usually rubber stamp appointed Senate chamber of parliament. While gun control advocates and spokesmen for the gun lobby criticized aspects of the measure Justice minister Kim Campbell said the Bill reflects Canadas a own firearms culture a which she said is less violent than that of the United states and elsewhere. With a population 10 percent of that in the United states Canadas firearms murder rate is less than 2 percent of the . Figure which was 12,847 last year according to the Fri. A major influence during a divisive two year debate was the dec. 6, 1989, shooting rampage by gunman Marc Lepine at a Montreal Institute. Campbell told reformer hostage recuperating in Cyprus Sun Nicosia Cyprus apr Jack Mann the 77-year-old briton released in september after More than two years Captivity in Lebanon began a new life thursday in a Sun splashed suburban Bungalow in Cyprus. Mann frail but showing More color than six weeks ago said he wanted privacy to recuperate from his ordeal. A listen get away from this place a he said to a Small knot of reporters outside the House which was rented for him and his wife by British Media organizations and friends. A of course he a glad to be Home but he a very tired. He a had a Long trip a said his wife Sunnie 78, As the two hoisted glasses of Champagne on their Rosebush ringed front Patio. The two said a Book contract barred them from giving interviews. As they posed for pictures their White poodle Missy freshly shampooed combed and rib boned ran around their feet. A dog looks gorgeous does no to she All tarted up a said mrs. Mann stooping to lift her. A ooh in be gotten Champagne All Over  mrs. Mann spent the past month furnishing the House while her husband was going through physical therapy at a British air Force rehabilitation Center. Most of the furnishings Are on loan from the British embassy but the Manns retained a few mementos from the Beirut apartment they had lived in for More than 40 years. Following service As a fighter Pilot in world War ii Mann was a Pilot for Middle East airlines and later worked As a bartender. As violence Rose in Lebanon the Manns stayed put figuring they were too old to be kidnapping targets. He was abducted on May 12, 1989. A group called armed struggle cells claimed responsibility. Porters the new Law will a make it very much More difficult for another Marc lip inc to do what he  Lepine shouting anti feminist epithets killed himself after shooting to death 14 women and wounding 14 others with a Sturm Ruger assault Rifle. Wendy Cukier president of the coalition for gun control said she was a generally Happy Quot with the measure but disappointed with a Grandfather clause allowing owners of restricted guns to keep them As Long As they obtain a collectors permit. She said the coalition had also unsuccessfully advocated requirement of permits to Purchase shotguns single action rifles and ammunition. An official of the Washington based National Rifle association said thursday that he does not expect the Canadian measure to influence . Gun control legislation but he said it will influence the rhetoric of the american debate. A it will show that restrictive gun Laws Lead to More restrictive gun Laws. Canada got a gun Law in 1978 that was not successful so the anti gun lobby said a Well pass another Law a a said Paul Blackman the nral a Deputy director of research and information. A with the old Canadian Law nothing happened. The suicide rate went up and crime is increasing. Our lesson is anti gunners Arentt satisfied with  to safety residents in the philippine City of Oroc carry an old Man from the wreckage of his House after it was destroyed by tropical storm Thelma on thursday. More than 3,000 residents of the City died and thousands More were feared dead after being swept away into shark invested Waters or buried under debris. Hash not dangerous Swiss court says Lausanne Switzerland apr in a Legal reversal the Swiss supreme court ruled thursday that hashish is not a dangerous drug. The ruling Means that casual dealers will no longer be classed As a a serious offenders. Those convicted of Selling Large quantities of hashish provided this is on an occasional basis will face a Fine or maximum three years imprisonment. However professional dealers or members of cannabis dealing rings still risk up to 20 years in jail or a Fine of up to $700,000 under the country a narcotics Law. In a 1983 judgment the supreme court had said anyone handling More than 4 kilograms a 8.8 pounds a of hashish was guilty of a a serious drug dealing in View of the health risks. Thursdays judgment abolishes that limit. In its written statement the Federal tribunal said medical evidence showed that cannabis did not directly harm the a physical and moral health of Large numbers of people and that it was scarcely More Dane Crous than alcohol. The a Swiss hemp friends a group welcomed the move. The society a president Barbara Frei told the Zurich weekly newspaper Tochen Zeitung that it marked the first step toward legalization of cannabis