European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 17, 1993 world the staff and stripes Page 7 a i i. E e y r y log be another Blaze set by child blamed on Beavis show a. \ a a a \. A from wire reports Norwalk Ohio a tvs a Beavis and butt head is being blamed for another fire involving 1 another 5year-od who burned Down his family a Home. Christina Zapata 24, said her son Marcus climbed up and got a butane lighter off the top of the refrigerator and set the fire in his bedroom monday. No one was injured. A we were in the grocery store and he kept saying a fire is Good. Fire is Good a like on that stupid Beavis and but head show a Zapata said. Mtg deleted references to fire in Beavis and butt head and moved it from 7 . To 10 30p.m. Est after an Ohio woman blamed the show for a fire her son started oct. 6 that killed the woman a 2-year-old  the show also was blamed for a fire in Ohio in August. Mtg had no comment on the most recent fire. Sex tenant probed in fire los Angeles a a tenant evicted from an apartment building three Days before it was set on fire had threatened to Burn the place Down residents told investigators. The Blaze killed three people and injured 19. A we have heard there were some threats. We re trying to run that Down a detective Lawrence Garrett said. Residents were screaming jumping from windows and struggling through smoke filled Halls when firefighters arrived before Dawn monday. A it was a hellhole an inferno. There were flames coming toward me a said Everardo Gutierrez who escaped with his Young Niece and Nephew by jumping Over flames in the halt. Two women died in a corridor and a Man died after jumping out a window. Eight children and four adults were reported in critical condition and seven adults were in serious condition. Caesars to build Casino Palm Springs Calif. A Caesars world inc. Won a contract to build a $25 million Indian run Casino on a reservation in this desert resort. The 285-member Agua Caliente tribe Hopes to have an agreement with the state by the time the Casino opens in 1995 that would allow full Las vegas style gambling. The state opposes Las vegas style gambling on Indian land. Caesars would be the biggest Casino Developer Ever to build a gaming Hall on Indian land in California. The 80,000-Square-foot project will feature a Casino restaurants shops and entertainment Caesars said monday. A a we la still be known for Golf and Tennis and for sitting in the Sun but this adds one More dimension a a major dimension a to Palm Springs a mayor Lloyd Maryanov said. The tribe also plans to give the City a percentage of profits. Shuttle swaps launch pads Cape canaveral Fla. Nasa moved endeavour from one launch pad to another monday so the Hubble space telescopes new parts could be loaded into the shuttle from a clean cargo room. Nasa is still on track for a dec. 1 launch of endeavour on the Hubble repair Mission. The launch pad Swap was ordered after sandblasting grit was discovered in the cargo storage room of endeavours original pad last month. Officials believe High winds whipped up the debris. Phones aiding drug Battle Lansing Mich. A policy a Are using old fashioned telephones to combat High tech drug dealers. At least four Public telephones in Lansing have been switched from the push Button style to rotary dial. That a because drug users would use pay telephones to Contact drug dealers using pagers. Rotary phones do not make the necessary beeps to activate the pagers and police say that Means fewer drug users waiting by the Telephone to make connections. Police it. Tim Metts said pay phones became popular for making drug deals several years ago because of dealers a paranoia about having their phones tapped by  plan to crush smoking in Federal facilities of d Washington a the House heeding re  that secondhand smoke causes lung cancer has approved a Bill to ban or severely restrict smoking in Many Federal buildings. However the Bill is expected to face a Tough Battle in the Senate where tobacco state lawmakers have More Power. The Bill passed the House on a voice vote monday. Under the legislation designated smoking areas could be set up if they were equipped with a separate ventilation system. The Bill would not cover veterans affairs hospitals military installations or any area of a Federal building used primarily As living quarters such As a prison or Barracks. One tobacco state lawmaker. Rep. Tint Valentine d-n.c., complained that the legislation amounts to a ban on smoking since it would Cost $50 million to install special ventilation systems in just the largest of Federal buildings. A it would be a Complete ban rather then a reasonable Compromise a he said. Current policy allows for smoking Only in designated areas As determined by Cabinet officers for that executive Branch. The legislation would put a unified policy into Federal Law for All three branches of government. Japanese pair anti gun to by the Washington Post Washington a Masaichi and Mieko Hattori whose teen age son was shot to death in Baton Rouge la., last year were to bring their crusade against gun violence in America to a meeting with president Clinton in tuesday. A we came Here to present to president Clinton the wishes of All those who signed these petitions a said Masaichi Hattori 46, who works for a manufacturing company in Nagoya Japan. Since their son Yoshihiro died the Hattori have collected 1.7 million signatures in Japan on a petition to Clinton a to reassess the easy availability of guns and a help end the senseless yearly Slaughter of thousands of americans and foreign  a the life of my son will never be Back a Mieko Hattori 45, said monday. A but i done to want his death to be in vain. I know so Many people suffer Here the same grief which we had to endure. I done to want to see More agony. I like America very much. That is Why we Are working for this  on oct. 17,1992, Yoshihiro Hattori 16, an Exchange student known As Yoshi had been invited to a halloween costume party in Baton Rouge but mistakenly arrived at the Home of Rodney Peairs. Peairs testified later that the youth appeared to be a grinning potentially crazed intruder brandishing a weapon which actually turned out to be a camera. Peairs 32, who shot the teen Ager with a .44-caliber magnum revolver said that he yelled Quot freeze a but that Hattori did not Stop. Many japanese believe the youth did not understand Peairs command. In Japan where personal Possession of handguns is prohibited the shooting became major news seeming confirmation of the harshest feelings Many japanese hold about the United states As a Savage place. When Peairs was acquitted of manslaughter last May further attention was riveted on violence in America. When Clinton visited Japan last july he called the Hattori to express regret about their songs death. The president praised the family for playing Host to an american Exchange student and for establishing a fund in their songs name to pay for visits of american youths to Japan. Besides visiting the president at the White House the Hattori were expecting a Busy week. The coalition to Stop gun violence helped arrange a schedule that was to include a news conference and visits with members of Congress. The Hattori also were scheduled to visit hospitals and schools and attend a Church service. Valentine complained that Congress would end up ignoring the Law in the Capitol and nearby office buildings. There Are informal designated smoking areas in the Law in the Capitol and nearby office Buile House buildings but Many smokers simply Light up in whichever hallway they want. The Senate has no policy. While the House architect reviews ways to install special ventilation systems most areas a such As a lobby next to the House floor a arc still fair game for smokers. Some lawmakers still discreetly carry lighted cigarettes onto the floor. A this constitutes another example of the Congress mandating one set of rules for the rest of the country and one set of rules for itself a Valentine said. Rep. Richard j. Durbin d-lll., said Congress like All Federal agencies would have to abide by the Law. He noted that most private companies already have such policies. A most Quot of America is Way ahead of Congress and the Federal government a Durbin said. Rep. James a. Traficant jr., a Ohio the Bill a sponsor cited an environmental Protection Agency study this year that said about 3,000 lung cancer deaths a year Are caused by secondhand smoke. Valentine said the Bill was unfair to smokers and a the thousands of americans who make an holiest and honorable living from tobacco a Legal  h a a a fila Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman wants to represent himself in court one of his lawyers says. Blind cleric loses Kunstler team in terror plot Case by the new York times new York a Blind ill and speaking Only arabic Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman is prepared to represent himself when he stands trial sometime next year on charges of leading a plot to overthrow the government through terrorist bombings one of his lawyers said monday. William m. Kunstler and Ronald l. Kuby have been representing the Sheik As Well As two other defendants in the Case but judge Michael b. Mukasey ruled last week that it was a conflict of interest because some of the menus defense strategies might contradict one another. The lawyers had until monday to Tell the judge whom they would defend but they refused. A we take the position not to choose a Kuby said in . District court in Manhattan. A it is a tactic by the government to drive a wedge Between the  with that the judge chose for them designating their clients As Ibrahim Elg Browny and Siddig Ibrahim Siddig Ali the lawyers initial clients. It is unclear whether the Sheik ultimately will represent himself in a Case that carries the risk of a Long prison sentence. In the meantime Kunstler and Kuby said they would continue to give him advice until a standby lawyer is appointed to offer Abdel Rahman Legal help without interfering with the 55-year-old egyptian clerics determination to represent himself