European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 6 1993 world the stars and stripes Page d russian lottery May help chernobyl victims  m b " of Moscow a the american doctor who helped treat victims of the 1986 chernobyl nuclear disaster has announced a russian lottery that he Hopes will raise $1 billion to pay for More research and medi Cal treatment. We re desperate for Money said or. Robert Gale the american Bone marrow specialist. Gale has predicted that 2,000 to 20,000 people will die of cancer around the world during the next 50 Vears As a result of the radiation release at chernobyl. Some ukrainian scientists say thousands already have died but former soviet officials say the cancer rate has not been affected by the Accident. The lottery tickets Are being sold for $1 or its Ruble equivalent because this is the Only Way to protect the proceeds from inflation said Vladimir Tkach director of the children of chernobyl lottery. The target could prove difficult to reach. One Dollar at the current Exchange rate is 572 rubles a Day s wage for Many russians. The tickets printed in the United states went on Sale Jan. Is at kiosks Street vendors and hard currency shops. Prizes Range from $5 to $100,000. Some of the winners will get tickets entering them in the Kentucky state lottery. After the april 1986 Accident at the chernobyl nuclear Power station in Ukraine Gale flew in and helped soviet doctors treat 499 people at Moscow s Hospital no. 6. Twenty nine died from radiation but the other 470 arc alive and quite Well and we continue to follow them in the clinic Gale said at a news conference. Two others died at the site of the explosion the world s worst nuclear Accident. Gale said a deteriorating health system economic upheaval and the breakup of the soviet Union have Siulc it difficult for experts to precisely measure Lac health Impact of chernobyl. Experts who once worked with a Central soviet government must now coordinate with the governments of Russia Ukraine and Belarus none of which is particularly keen to work with the others he said. The organizers said they hoped to raise $150 million in the first year for Medicine medical equipment and rehabilitation and relocation services for children thousands of families were evacuated from their Homes aft Mac nuclear disaster. Pileup near Vienna More than 80 vehicles were involved in this Accident on the autobahn cast of Vienna Austria. Police said about 100 people exiles reject israeli offer Jerusalem a Israel on Fri Day gave the International red Cross a list of 101 palestinian deportees who will be permitted to return to Israel after seven weeks in exile in Lebanon the de sense ministry said. But the deportees in South Lebanon immediately rejected the offer Well even refuse to receive the list of names from the red Cross or any other party said or. Abdul Aziz Rantisi a spokesman for the palestinians. The 400 men followed Rantisi s Lead in a pledge taken after midday prayers that said i swear to god that i will refuse to return unless All of us return  if some of the men do agree to return they would be brought to israeli jails or detention centers for questioning ministry spokesman Odd Lien Ami said. Is Rael has said those taken from prison for deportation will Likely be returned to jail. Israel s announcement came a Day after president Clinton said he was Send ing the . Secretary of state Warren. ,.,. M. Christopher to the Middle East to try were injured in the mass collision. The cause of the i thursday \ o re open Arab israeli peace no gotta not croon Accident was not immediately known. Tons. Holocaust Monument shattered to hide flaw Amsterdam Netherlands a a Glass Cutter has confessed to vandalizing a holocaust memorial to cover up his company s construction flaw police said Friday. The 38-year-old Man told the Rotter dam daily Alec Mccun Dag Blad that he had no racist motive in using a Pickas to Shat Ter the Glass Monument to the millions of jews killed by the nazis in Auschwitz. The attack last weekend shocked a nation sensitive to anti semitism after los ing nearly All of its jewish Community under nazi occupation in world War ii. Flowers covered the shattered Monument for Days after the attack and prominent political and religious figures expressed outrage. Police said they believed the Glass Cutter was responsible. Police spokesman Klaas wilting said a claim of responsibility received earlier in the week by a previously unknown rightist group proved unfounded. The Glass Cutter identified by the newspaper As Ruud s., said he worked for the Van act Mcrode Glass company in Amsterdam which was commissioned to build the Monument designed by dutch artist and author Jan a olkers. The Monument consisted of six panes of Glass set Over mirrors to reflect an inscription engraved on a slab never Aguin  it was to have been unveiled sunday in Wortheim Park at the annual Auschwitz memorial ceremony. Friday when we cleaned it we found that two of the panes had leaks allowing condensation to get in and ruining the Mirror effect. For the company it was a terrible embarrassment especially just before the unveiling Ruud  Was quoted As saying. Me said his Boss offered him u $540 re Ward for each shattered pane. S. Korean tourist bus attacked in Egypt Security sources say Cairo Egypt up As govern ment authorities imposed censorship on All news reports in egyptian Media relat ing to violence by Muslim militants Secu Rity sources reported an attack thursday on a bus carrying 15 South korean tourists. The sources said no one was injured in the attack by suspected militants in which homemade bombs were used and the Windshield of the bus reportedly was broken. An employee at hotel Europe across the Street from which the attack was mounted said that two Young men threw at least one explosive device on the bus and confirmed that they were arrested. The attack according to the source occurred in front of hotel Europe while the bus was on its Way from the Mena House hotel the nearest hotel to the great Pyramid of i a to downtown Cairo on thursday morning. There were no signs indicating that the new censorship measure will also be imposed on the foreign Media in Egypt of which the government has recently been critical for what it sees As improper coverage of events and incidents related to the militants. The government has dealt lately with militants attacks on tourists with great caution and a measure of secrecy for fears they might further undermine the tourism Industry which has been the country s chief earner of foreign currency. Tourism employs More than a million egyptians and it is estimated that the  is losing an average of $200 Mil lion a month. Couple Dies in scuba mishap Mexico City up an american couple drowned while scuba diving off Mexico s Caribbean coast authorities said thursday. The tourists from Illinois and in their mid-30s, arc thought to have Dis appeared Down a 900-foot ledge in the sea off the mexican Island of Coz Mcl said Otto Van Mac risen vice Consul for the . Consulate in me Rida 600 Miles East of Mexico City. They were identified late thursday by co Umel authorities As Mike Hagel am Nilufer. Van Maessen said they were experiencing buoyancy problems and be came separated from 11 other divers in their group which was exploring a reef off Cozumel on tuesday. The couple had trouble with their weight belts which Are thought to have dragged them Down Van Maers sen said. The bodies were missing As of late thursday but search efforts had been called off he said. When the instructor realized they were missing he went to look for them but could not find them said Van Maessen. They never surfaced again. The group was diving in water about 90 feet deep but nearby there is a Wall which drops Down to 900 feet. It is believed they May have slipped Over the  . Embassy officials have in formed the couple s relatives of the Accident. The sea off Cozumel is one of the most spectacular venues for scuba div ing in the world. The Island is a popu Lar resort for . Tourists