European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday october 6, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 13assurances fail to Calm plague fears a girl covers her face tuesday at her school in new Delhi India. School attendance was Low As Many parents refused to Send their children to classes for fear of the plague. New Delhi India a despite government optimism that the plague will end soon fear of the deadly disease remained High wednesday in new Delhi where a suspected plague patient committed suicide. A Mohammed Nizamuddin 21, leapt out of the second floor Ward of Rajen Babu tuberculosis Hospital on tuesday after doctors refused to release him until his blood test was completed. Nizamuddin was admitted sunday with a High fever a symptom of the plague and Many other diseases in India. Indian newspapers reported that he denied having the plague and feared he would catch it m the plague patient Ward. To allay panic a group of doctors started a Call in service tuesday to answer questions about the plague. One of the first Calls came from a school principal who asked what she should do with a dead rat found on the it premises. Another caller said he had col acted fleas in a Glass Jar and wanted them tested. New Delhi reopened Public schools tuesday after a four Day closure because of the plague. But Many parents refused to Send their children again wednesday and private schools stayed closed. A indians pneumonic plague epidemic began sept. 2 t in the Western City of Surat Ana hundreds of thousands of people fled spreading it across India where the disease has killed at least 61 people. More than 4,000 patients Are still being examined in hospitals. Many private doctors were among those who fled Surat even though the disease can be cured with antibiotics. Pneumonic plague is spread by fleas from infected rats or coughs from infected people. The spread of the plague appeared to slow wednesday As Many states cleaned garbage strewn streets sprayed poisons to kill rats and fleas handed out antibiotics and searched City slums for plague a people who were admitted each Day for More than a  tuesday a top Federal health official predicted that the plague scare would end in two weeks and the world health organization for the first time agreed with the governments estimate. In the United states or. Duane Gubler the plague expert at the Federal centers for disease control and prevention office in Colorado Springs colo., refused to react to the government and who prediction. But he said a pneumonic plague is very treatable and should be controllable using antibiotics with an effective surveillance system and treatment  on tuesday China joined More than 30 countries that have cancelled flights to and from India or imposed travel  got underworld funds paper says Moscow apr russian Ultra nationalist Vladimir a Mirinovsky was once financed by an alleged Leader of the russian underworld and participated in his financial frauds a newspaper reported tuesday. Sergei Gorshkow whom russian police suspect of involvement in numerous Money laundering schemes has Given  a party More than $300,000, said the respected weekly Literat Maya gazeta. Gorshkow a businessman now lives in Paris. The newspaper said that in the summer of 1992, Gorshkow got false Bank guarantees from two commercial companies associated with  a party allowing Gorshkow to pocket $2.5 million. He donated a part of the sum to  a party the newspaper quoted police investigators As saying. Questioned by police earlier this year a Mirinovsky denied any knowledge j f fraud but acknowledged that he Hatmac Cepter Money from Gorshkow and other contributors. A they give i take a he told police according to the weekly. Such transfers normally went unrecorded he said. 4 a Mirinovsky was in route Back to Moscow on tuesday from a visit to North Korea. Quot a a plentiful gifts allowed the flamboyant a Mirinovsky to launch an aggressive election Campaign last fall that brought his misleadingly named libera democratic party a Large portion of seats in parliament. Literat Maya gazeta Gorshkow As a leading figure portrayed i guru of the rus Sian underworld saying he had accumulated millions of dollars on his accounts in Western Banks through similar operations with false Bank guarantees Ana fake  who scalded worker receives death sentence Beijing apr a restaurant owner was sentenced to death for fatally injuring an employee by pouring boiling water on her when she worked too slowly an official newspaper reported wednesday Jia Jilin Vna arrested after the 21-year-old waitress Zheng Zhenfeng died aug. 7 from Burns covering 30 percent of her body the Legal daily reported. Zheng also had 34 scars from old wounds All Over her body. Jia poured boiling water on Zheng on aug. 5 because she was working too slowly. She tried to resume work the same Day and Cut up vegetables in the Kitchen but was too weak to lift a knife which earned her another Shower of boiling water.  ,.  a Ajia who had previously been commended by the government As a a Model workers and elected to the local legislature did not allow Zheng to go to a Hospital until several hours later. By then it was too late. Similar reports of worker abuse Haye been surfacing with increasing frequency As China a economic reforms have infused society with greed and a get Rich at All costs mentality. Another official newspaper reported tuesday that dozens of peasants were being kidnapped or tricked into forced labor at a Stone Quarry m backward Jiang i province. Some were lured with promises of up to $70 in monthly wages Well above the average factory workers salary of $29 s month. Upon arrival the peasants personal belongings and Money were taken and they were forced to work without pay the newspaper said. Communist demands Yeltsin undergo tests for alcoholism Moscow apr a communist Lawman amp 4narked the opening session of parliament on wednesday by demanding that president Boris Yeltsin undergo medical tests to determine his fitness for office. A the is seriously suffering from alcoholism and is incapable of governing the state a said Viktor Ilyukhin chairman of the Security committee in the state Duma parliaments lower House. Ilyukhin said Yeltsin a recent behaviour abroad had a put shame on russia.�?�. Last month Yeltsin was criticized following a trip to Germany where a red faced president blew kisses to the crowd led a German band with a wild flourish and Sang boisterously. / Quot then on his Way Home from a Summit in the United states Yeltsin left Ireland a prime minister waiting for him on the Airport Tarmac while he remained aboard his plane. Yeltsin a aides said he was ill but Yeltsin later said he had simply overslept.  both revived questions about his health and drinking habits.  a the speaker of the Duma Ivan Rybkin immediately dismissed Ilyukhin a proposal telling reporters a Tenitia lives of this kind have accompanied our president since the very beginning of his work. His detractors Are All gone wit the president is still   a a.  a a a a spokesman for Yeltsin said he had no comment on the proposal. A Iran reportedly unhappy with russian made subs Nicosia Cyprus apr a Iran is unlikely to take delivery of its third russian kilo class submarine As soon As expected because it is having problems with the two it already has Jane a defence weekly reported wednesday. A it said the iranian Navy is not satisfied with the performance of the subs storage Battery systems in the hot conditions of the Southern persian Gulf and nearby Waters where the submarines Are operating. Jane s said the iranians have contacted the Indian Navy for help to solve the Battery problem. The indians operate eight of the diesel electric boats and have reportedly developed technology to improve Battery endurance in hot temperatures the defense publication said. Iran a Navy commander rear adm. Ali Shamkhani said in april that the third kilo would be delivered in late 1994. A the first kilo was delivered in november 1992 and the second in August 1993, the islamic Republic is the Only Gulf state to have submarines and this has alarmed saudi Arabia and the other Arab states of the Region triggering a new naval arms race. The submarines ordered in 1989, Are part of a major rearmament program under Way in Iran. Washington claims the Effort is offence oriented but Iran says it is simply upgrading defense forces severely mauled in the 1980-88 War with Iraq