European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes shocking blow says lbs Tough gun Bill is blocked peaceful protest Richard Hale hands his Shotgun to theirer John Huhn during a mass at the St. Joseph Catholic Church Fin Battle Creek Mich. Hale said his action was prompted by the mooting of sen. Robert f. Kennedy. It was just an attempt to get one More gun off the associated press photo Washington a a tie vote in the House judiciary committee blocked the latest at tempt to move a Tough gun control Bill through Congress tues Day. Chairman e m a n u e 1 Celler,d.-n.y., said he is confident the deadlock in his committee would be broken in favor of the Bill when it takes another vote on it june 20. President Johnson who has been pressing Congress for two years to make it harder to buy guns and ammunition called the committee action a bitter disappointment and a Shock ing blow to the safely of Ever citizen of this a move to write gun control legislation into an emergency supplemental appropriation Bill failed when the House rejected two amendments designed to curb weapon imports. They were offered by rep. Sidney r. Yates d-i11.one, Defeated by a standing vote of 96 to 60, would have banned issuance of licenses for importation of surplus military weapons by private or non gov Ern ment groups or other turned Down by a standing vote of 132 to 76, Wouldhave required registration of All imported weapons including list ing of the serial numbers an the name and address of the first retail . Robert l. F. Sikes d fla., claimed the Yates Amend ments would Only have the effect of preventing sportsmen from getting cheap but Good guns. What s so sacred about Agun that it should t be registered Yates asked. Why must a dog be registered be cause he might tried to get prompt committee approval of a Bill sent up by Johnson monday that would prohibit mail order sales of rifles shotguns and ammunition and direct sales of the Wea Pons to out of state residents and is intended to buttress a provision in the crime control Bill passed by Congress last week but not yet signed by the president that would prohibit mail order sales of revolvers and pistols. But with committee republicans voting almost solidly against it Celler s motion to Send the Bill to the House floor failed on a 16-16 vote. Two re publicans and 14 democrats voted in favor of the Bill with four democrats and 12 republicans against it. Liner gets first Lauderdale of million a year and no taxes Era founded for target shooters Washington up presi Dent Johnson thinks the easy availability of firearms in the United states is but the National Rifle association Era thinks it s just Fine. When it was founded in 1871,the Era was nothing More than a target shooting club like those found All around the it was established by National guard officers who were Dis state have always opposed any Type of responsible effective gun reasons for the Era s opposition to gun restrictions Are Laid Down in a statement of policy released by the association. Two of the Points made in this statement read a follows the Era is opposed to proposals to License the Possession tin bed by the poor Marksman p Sals e Possession ship displayed in the civil War Purchase of a Rise Sham in i a j it Liiv a a. Which was still fresh in their minds. Benign aim the Era s declared aim was a to promote and encourage Rifle shooting on a scientific today the Era is the voice of the munitions makers and the gun Sellers in the United states at least in the View of sen. Joiseph d. Tyc Lings did. I and Fri director j. Edgar Hoover said every attempt to i restrict the Sale of guns runs 1 1T head on collision with thei in k a. A target shooting club the. Has grown into a nation wide organization with about a. Million members. It publishes an attractive Magazine the Amer ican Rifleman which in 1964 snowed an income of $1,121,574 of advertisements placed by ers of arms ammunition and related products. High income no taxes " in a recent television Aba pinned out that themes estered As a non profit organization and does not Nav taxes on this income by have pay an income Ofsow Nom some $5 million a year and 25 of that income comes sold in their most which Are munitions makers a Forth Tydings said. Sensibly the Rerer present gun Sellers in the have a tremendous Power in Thea he unfortunately in Al Jai Volt ova a a pistol or revolver. The inevitable result of such licensing Regula Tion is to Vest the arbitrary Power to say who May and who May not own a gun in the hands of an appointed or elected official. It is the illegal use and not the ownership of a fire Arm which should be the subject of legislative Era is opposed to the registration on any level of government of the ownership of rifles shotguns pistols or revolvers for any purpose what Ever. Regardless of professed in tent there can be Only one out come of registration and that is to make possible the seizure of such weapons by political authorities or by persons seeking to overthrow the government by will not keep guns out of the hands of undesirable persons and few people seriously claim that it fort Lauderdale Fla a a proposal to Dock the British liner Queen Elizabeth a port Everglades As a hotel and convention Center won solid approval tuesday at the first of two scheduled Public r. Miller representative of a Philadelphia group which bought the vessel for $7.75 million said he expects an agree ment with port authorities to be completed shortly after the second hearing. If so he said the liner would be Here in november and would be operational by next proposed 50-year contract Calls for an average rental of$170,000 a year for water space and 100 acres of to some hotel own ers who had expressed concern that they would lose business Miller said the ship could no possibly handle All the people it will bring estimated the ship s attraction would mean $50 million year in general Gross Revenue to the Queen Elizabeth would be docked in the Infra coastal water Way at the South end of the port. Priest marries sex teaching at Georgetown Washington a. Roman Catholic priest married a former nun former miss Jean Bordeau a theology instructor at Jesuit run Georgetown University Here confirmed her marriage to there. George Frein a priest who is studying for his doctoral de Gree in religious education at Catholic University in washing mrs. Frein said she and he husband were married at the courthouse in nearby upper Marlboro . Frein 34, was a nun until four years couple will move to the University of North Dakota state supported school to take teaching positions on july 1. Me ton. Lightning kills 15 in India Calcutta a lightning killed 15 people including four women during a thunderstorm near Bihar state monday according to delayed official re ports priest will assume a Post in the department of religion. His wife will teach humanities in the school for behave rial studies and education. Father s say for sales Sacramento Calif. Up the California Senate thought about honouring the state decided to fathers outtake another the look. They passed a measure to ask gov. Ronald Reagan to pro claim june 16 As father s Darin California. But sen. George Miller jr., urged reconsideration of its action and a new Vole crass commercialism said Miller father of four children he said father s Day was promoted by a Bunch of Necktie a $1.2 million project to Widen and deepen 7,000 feet of the waterway will get under Way Assoon As the contract is signed Miller , it was planned to Dock the vessel at said there had been no assurances that roads would a built providing Access to a Phil Ulel phia pier. Knife Token from youth As Lindsay passes new York up polic subdued and arrested a 19-year old youth with a three Inch Kaifoon the Steps of City Hall tues Day moments after mayor John Lindsay whom the youth asked to see had passed identified the suspect As Carlos Valle. He told police he had been in mental Hans Lowald said the mayor and a group of guests had just come up the Steps when i noticed this kid standing by himself."1 saw what looked like a knife handle sticking out of his Bel Tunder his jacket so i went Over to him and pulled the knife outland asked him what he was do ing with it Lewald said. Allie said to me was leave me alone and then he jumped scuffled with the 200 Pound 5-foot-nine youth until two other patrolmen rushed Over and subdued the suspect. Hews taken briefly inside City Hall where he kept repealing want to sen the mayor Accord ing to police. Mud Tropel miners for five hours. _ .1 f. 1. N ,1 Frt n it Rel i la Helena Mont. Up three miners were trapped for five hours in a Silver min tuesday when a series of Muddy Cave ins sealed off their Shaft while they were 500 feet workers digging through the mud As ram cause new slides brought the three men out at Nightfall. One of the miners was seriously injured. The other two suffered minor injuries. The Trio included a father and son team of minors. Wayne Evans 24, had rushed to the res Cue when his father Louie Evans 57 was trapped by a slide along with another Miner Joe Merritt also about 57. When Wayne reached his father and Merrill a second mud slide locked the three in the Shaft. Rescuers working feverishly to reach the men were hampered bythe rain and seeping mud. The elder Evans was brought out 9 Hurt in Bogota riots Bogota Colombia a Vio Lent demonstrations erupted in Bogota tuesday night sparked bythe resignation of president car los Lleras. Eight policemen and one student Wei injured. First and rushed to a Hospital suffering broken ribs and possible internal Evans walked out of the Shaft and Merritt was no believed to be seriously Hurt. Air hoses were inserted in Tho pile of rocks Clay and wet suction pump was used to draw out rain and mud which seeped into the Shaft of Tiu White Rabbit Silver and Lea mine 15 Miles West of Helena. Families of the three men stood outside mine Shaft in and praying. T i u y the horizontal the rain silent Viiu j l us i a -./mrs. Louie Evans and two of her daughters
