European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes memorial Southern Christian leadership conference officials Leon Hall nearest camera and Hosea Williams Field director of the poor people s Campaign Lead a Small band of Campaign volunteers to a Montgomery ala., Church to place a memorial Wreath honouring or. Martin Luther King. A photo despite new York a most . Police departments which have experimented with Chemi Cal made for subduing aggressive citizens intend to continue its use despite reservations voiced by some med Carmen. ,.the police feel thata squirt of Mace in the face is mulch More humane than brisk rap on the Skull with a Nightstick or maybe a Bullet inthe leg. This finding emerged from nationwide Survey Friday in the Wake of a warning by . Sur Rugeon general William h Stew Art that the chemical might have More than transient effects on human eyes unless there is prompt first Aid. The primary chemical ele ment in Mace which is made by the general ordnance equip ment corp., of Pittsburgh is the main constituent of tear Gas. When made into Mace the chemical is mixed witha car Rier fluid and put in a can under pressure. Thumbing a Button stores officiate act Jav i i i _. Of guns restricted new York a Man state and local governments and major department stores  on gun sales in the aftermath of recent civil Dis orders. Taper Gold 1236-15,in House vote. Washington a .participation in the new paper Gold International Reserve cur Rency system was approved Fri Day by the House 236 to 15 the Roll Call vote sent to the new ibu1 to authorize .i a vote for amendment Fla  monetary fund charter to provide for special drawing would be in effect a most Active i restricting sales and Possession of firearms particularly pistols have been states in which riots occurred a spot Check across the country showed Friday. _. Sears Roebuck and Montgom Ery Ward two major mail or Der houses have quit filling mail and phone orders . Some major department store shave discontinued gun sales. Early this year Chicago enacted Laws which require gun owners to Register them an which extend the ban on carry ing concealed handguns to in clude rifles and shotguns. License Law effective july 1 the state of Illinois will require All persons possessing firearms or ammunition to have a License California enacted a gun control Law ban Ning loaded firearms in Public areas except for police and per Mit holders. Montgomery Ward announced it will not mail directly to customers firearms Pellet and a guns and ammunition. Custom ers who order guns by mail or Telephone will be required to pick up their orders personally and show proof that they Are Over 21 years old the company said the restriction was adopted to help enforce the registration and delivery provisions of new an changing state and local ordinances without interfering wit the Sale of guns and Armuni turn to ranchers Farmers Hunt ers and other legitimate  Sears Roebuck said it was imposing the same restrictions because of the climate i which we Are living and the great proliferation of state an local  Iii new York City Macy Sal expander s and Abraham & Straus department stores have discontinued gun sales within the past  a the biggest department store Chain in new Jersey also has quit Selling guns. -. A. It was around the time of Theriot in Newark that we discontinued gun sales said Bamber Ger s vice president Ronald Seltzer. It was a Good business decision a worthwhile decision for the  National shooting sports foundation reports that about40 million americans out of a population of 200 million own some sort of firearm. Sgt. Edward j. Higgins i charge of firearm records for the Massachusetts department of Public safety said there has been a substantial increase i pistol permits in the last two years. He said gun dealers have sold enough of All types of guns to equip 15 infantry divisions. Mamie leaves for East san Bernardino Calif a mrs. Wight d. Eisen Hower left by train for Gettys Burg police depart ment said members of the Force recently had been using Mace on the average of twice a week Only in lieu of the night stick or gun Only to subdue Vio  Fryman said no harmful aftereffects had developed. Capt. Marvin Leonard of the new Orleans police department said Mace is used Only in Spe Cial circumstances for in stance we use it at the Centra lockup when a prisoner gets out of  ,.-cease-fhe in Ann Arbor mich., police chief Walter trashy ordered a Mace Cea a fire until University of Michigan scientists Complete a series of tests on the sub stance. The tests were arranged because of protests by civil rights groups against use of Mace to Calm an unruly crowd at the scene of an Auto Accident last month. Surgeon general Stewart in recent letter to All state and local health officers said that Flushing Mace out of the eyes promptly with water would a effective treatment for most  added however that those with severe exposure might need soothing Eye drops and an expert Eye  said he planned fur ther studies particularly 13 de Termine possible chronic of  helicopters too Complex 2 pilots say Washington a two army helicopter pilots veterans of combat in Vietnam complained Friday that the equip men they use is getting Overl Complex and. Harder than Ever to keep in working , col. William b. Watson or. And it. Col. John r. Dunham jr.,in a paper presented at the an Nual forum of the american Heli copter society presented a Long list of complaints and suggestion from pilots and from ground Crew members they said the problem of accessibility in maintenance work is becoming worse instead of better. They said that when air Craft were relatively simple in construction a Mechanic could reach almost any item requiring maintenance with relative ease. Now however he must work through a Maze of equipment in the area of common hard Ware we find a fantastic mix of different nuts screws and bolts of different types All on the same aircraft each of course requiring different tools to move or replace they said