European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 r the stars and stripes . Friday August 12,1994 flight Bill pushes new smoking ban Washington a smokers on International airline flights to and from the United states May soon be facing aflame out. A House subcommittee voted wednes Day to ban smoking on International flights that begin or end in this  has already been snuffed on Domestic flights of six hours or less. This is Long overdue particularly forthe flight attendants rep. Peter Defa Zio  said after the voice vote bythe House Public works and transportation aviation subcommittee. The Bill no goes to the full committee. The measure was strongly backed by airline flight attendants who work inter National routes. Flight attendants Are sick diseased dying and dead from illnesses caused by tobacco smoke Patricia Young a american airlines flight attendant told the subcommittee at a hearing May 18. The easiest the fastest the cheapest Way to improve air Quality on International flights. Is to Stop the smoking said rep. James Oberstar d-minn., aviation subcommittee chairman. Rep. Bob Clement d-tenn., said he in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago aug. 12,1984 the Senate which earlier approved $117 million in military Aid for Al Salvador sought by president Reagan accepted the House s $70 million Compromise. 20 years ago aug. 12,1974 friends of for Mer president Nixon s wife and two daughters believe that the three women did not learn the True extent of Nixon s involvement in watergate until three Days before he resigned. 30 years ago aug. 12,1964 Cyprus tottered on the Brink of a new crisis when cypriot officials rejected turkish de mands that greek forces withdraw from coastal villages they captured during heavy fighting. 40 years ago aug. 12,1954 East Germany presented former West German Security chief Otto John to the world press and he told 400 journalists that he had defected from West Ger Many to fight revived. Nazism and threats of a third world War. 50 years ago today aug. 12 1944 Allied engineers turn on the spigot for the first pipeline under the English Channel and begin pumping gasoline from the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg France to fuel the quickening Advance from Normandy american soldiers capture along on and push rapidly North to the outskirts of Argenta. On the Central italian front British Commonwealth forces drive German troops out of Florence. Source 2194 Days of War we. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War Bison books corp., 1981. A would prefer to see the Rule take effect july 1, 1996, the Date that the International civil aviation organization has urged All air carriers to ban sri oking. I think that s too Long to wait for something we can handle now said Oberstar. Under the Bill proposed by Oberstar the ban would take effect within 120 Days of the measure s becoming Law. The air transport association which represents the airline Industry has said it supports efforts to eliminate smoking on International flights As Long As All airlines Are included. The transportation department has sought to negotiate smoking bans with individual countries when it works out air travel agreements with those nations. The Bill would require the transportation department to ban smoking in the Cabins and lavatories of airliners entering and leaving the United states. Asked if the United states could limit smoking on foreign airlines Oberstar said it would be the same As any other aviation regulation airlines that want to Fly into the United states must . Rules. B-29 exhibit plays Down Japan s guilt museum told Washington a a smithsonian exhibit on the Enola Gay bomber wrongly portrays Japan As an innocent victim of the atomic bomb two dozen lawmakers complained wednesday. In the latest complaint on an exhibit that is still nine months away from open ing the lawmakers complained in a letter to Robert Mccormick Adams Secretary of the smithsonian institution. They said the exhibit at the National air and space museum should be altered before i opens. The Enola Gay was the b-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiro Shima Japan on aug. 6, 1945. A second atomic raid on Nagasaki followed three Days later. The attacks which killed More than 210,000 people led to Japan s sur Render and the end of world War ii. In response to complaints from Veter ans groups and historians the exhibit has already been revised once. The planners of this exhibit ignore Many of the constructive criticisms the lawmakers wrote. The revised version still does not give a balanced perspective of the events surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and  the 18 republicans and six Democrat who signed the letter said they want the exhibit to include More on the suffering inflicted by Japan on the United states and asian nations during world War ii. They also said the exhibit Underlays the importance of the atomic bomb attacks in saving american lives by ending the War before the United states was forced to invade the japanese Mainland. The letter notes that the exhibit includes 84 pages of text and 97 photo graphs on japanese suffering but Les than one Page and eight photographs on the suffering inflicted by the japanese from 1930, to 1945. Museum spokesman Mike Fetters said the smithsonian will consider the complaints. I %